Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-01-06
Go to w. M. Brown for buggles
wagons, harness, etc. tf

III. VI. ~. loDSI anu ldIIllly nave
| moved into the Norman house on
Main street.
DIR. Probst's dental Office open
at residence, Norman building, Main
street.
Lost, on streets of West Union
| or road to Seneca, strand of gold
beads. Reward II returned to The
Courier office.
Mrs. s., A. Lockwood left last
Thursday for Washington, D. c.,
where she will spend rome time. She
has made numerous friends during
her visits to Walhalla.. and they will
be glad to welcome her among us
again.
Mrs. s. D. Easterby died at her
home in Charleston last Wednesday,
| after a short illness. She was we'll
known to many of our people, hay
| Ing visited here q number Of times.
Before marriage she was Miss Anna
Korber.
Ticket No. 365 is the lucky one
In the Craig-Verner Mercantile Co.'s
graphophone contest. The holder
of No. 365 should present same at
the store within 80 days. After that
| time has expired no tickets will be
| considered.
DIR. G.. w. Garner, Of Green
'.ood,. will preach at the Baptist
| church here on Sunday, January II,
| both morning and evening, 1 O'Clock
a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m. Public will
receive cordial invitation to both
| services.
| Married, by JEFF B. Marett, mag
| istrate, at his residence, near South
| Union. on Sunday, January 3, 1909,
Lee Spearman and Miss Tannie
| Land, both OF Oconee county. The
young couple have the best wishes
of host Of friends.
| Information received this morn
ing from Spring Place, Ca, states
that Mrs. Florence King, nee Cleve-
land, is desperately i'll at her home
t ere, suffering from malarial fever.
She has many friends In Oconee who
will regret to learn of her illness.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Mckinney
have moved to Walhalla from An
derson. They are stopping tempo
rarily with their daughter, Mrs Sam
Hutchinson. Mr.. Mckinney has pur-
chased the cottage of w. S. Cross, on
College street, and will occupy the
same at an early date. He is a shoe
maker by trade, and will open shoe
shop here.
Mrs. ]. C. Neil and three chill
dren, OF Athens, Ga, have recently
moved to Walhalla and are occupy
ing the Keith residence, at the foot
OF Tugaloo street. Her two elder
daughters, Misses ID. B. and Beatrice
| Chamblee, are also with her, and
these two young ladies have opened
| a candy kitchen at the Green Front
| store room. They have started IN
with quite nice little business and
are welcomed to our midst.
| Much interest was manifested
In the drawing of tickets in the
Moss & Ansel four-gift contest, which
closed December 31st. The winning
numbers were: No. 5,551, for the
range; No. 5,901, for the art square;
No. 1878, for rug; No. 6,12i for five
dollar gold piece. Polk Laney held
No. 5,551 and got the range; Miles
Phillips held 5,901 and secured the
art square, Nos. 1873 and 6,124
are still out. Look up your tickets,
and If you have the winners, take
| them to Moss & AnsePs store and get
| the prizes--a rug for 1913, and a
| five-dollar gold piece for 6,124.
| -EX-Clerk Of Court G.. r. d.
Burns is opening a temporary office
| in the old Dendy office, next door to
The Courier, on the Court House
Square. He will do a general busi-
| ness in real estate. buying and sell
ing, negotiating loans, ETC., and
| looking after all matters coming un-
| der the province Of a notary pub
| lie. CA tip to bachelors: Burns is
an expert at tying matrimonial
knots.) He is also reading law and
| expects this fall to be admitted to the
bar. He Is having his office build
| ing on the Square worked over in
side and out, and as soon as the
work is completed he will move into
| comfortable and commodious quar-
| tcrs.
| Our older citizens will regret to
learn of the death Of Jos. G. Steele,
which occurred at his home at Deer
| Lodge, Montana, on December 14th,
| 1908, after brief illness Of only q
| few days. Mr.. Steele was a miner
by occupation. He left Oconee coun-
ty several years before the Civil
War, about 1856 or 1858, his three
| brothers going with him, and they
| have resided in the West ever since
| DR.. VIM. l.. steele, Of Helena, Mont,
| IS the only one of the brothers now
| living. The Steele family was a
| prominent one in Old Pickens Dis
| triCt, now Oconce county, and there
are still large number Of members
of the family connection in the
county. Joseph G. Steele spent seve-
raj years in Colorado before going
| to Montana. He was man of en-
ergy and strict integrity, and during
his long residence in the West accu-
mulated some considerable wealth
He is survived by his wife. who was
| before marriage Miss Matte AleXan-
der, daughter Of Ansel and Caro-
line Dendy Alexander, OF this coun-
| ty, both Of whom have long since