Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-05-05

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in different directions. They are
used in residences, stores. shops,
F, planers, grist mills, etc. Our people
I've where they can enjoy the fat Of
| the land, and most of them are will
| ing to work for 1t.
Horseback riding Is becoming fash
ionable among the fair sex, and they
appea to keenly enjoy the onc-s!ded
| sport these afternoons.
w. P. Mason, thrifty farmer OF
the 'Nubbin Ridge" section, was in
] town yesterday and says the rain on
Friday night at his home was not so
heavy as 1t looked to have been In
| Westminster.
Rev. Ezekiel Durham and wife are
in Westminster with relatives for
few days while on their way to Ar
kansas. Rev. Durham Is quite an
interesting gentleman, but the real
Durham is John, to whom we wish
the best of all thugs.
Mrs. M. S. Stlibling and Mrs. NJ
A. Peabody accompanied Rev. M. e.
| Peabody to Fair Play on last Satur-
day.
Mr., and Mrs. Anthony b. Stewart
have returned from a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. j. f. Stewart, on Toxaway
creek.
Toccoa Record, April 90: "Miss
Maude, daughter OF w. j. Deaton,
and Eugene Harrison, both of this
city, were united in marriage yester-
day in Atlanta by Rev. Knight. Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Johnson, of Atlanta,
and r. r. Mcknight, of Toccoa, wit
messed the CEREMONY" The bride is
a granddaughter Of Mrs. William
Deaton, of Westminster.
! Mrs. M. M. Bruner, Of Monterey,
Ala, and her granddaughter, Miss
Grace Till, Of Butler Springs, AJa.,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Bru-
ner, in Westminster. 49,
Cadet Roy A. Stribling, Of Glenn
son, visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. j. Stribling, Sunday.
The rain Friday night put the rail-
road pump out Of business.
This afternoon at o'clock Rev.
j. II. Gruver, of Nashville, Tenn,
will address the Woman's Missionary
and Ladies' Aid Societies Of the Pres.
byterian church, and at $40 he will
address the general congregation on
the Forward Movement" Of the
Presbyterian church.
1t Is a matter of regret that every
body in Westminster could not hear
Rev. S. r. G. Adams's parting mes
sage Sunday night. 1t would have
been beneficial to have heard it, and
then lived daily the religion that he
preached. His admonitions will live
In memory and bear fruit long after
the preacher goes home
Charley Hays has built neat cot
tage residence I'm Eastminster and is
now occupying it.
Fall oats in this vicinity do not
look very promising. 1t looks like
they have been injured by the fly or
some kind of insect, which are pests
in warm winters
r. X. Pitts, who resides couple Of
miles above Westminster, has been
hustling this year on the farm. He
has 25 acres in cotton, twelve acres
of this crop being planted on April
5, and was ready to put to stand
last week. He has several acres of
corn planted in March that is ready
to work over. Besides the fine pros
poets for cotton and corn Mr.. Pitts
has the earliest forage and melon
plants we have seen. But when we
come to the potato patch Bob shook
his head and said, "The bugs are
bad; | have to use Paris green"
Mr.. Pitts has somewhere near forty
acres in his crop, which he prepared
well by plowing deep and then using
a cutaway harrow.
Now Is good time to look after
the health and the sanitary affairs of
the town and community, and moth
ing should be left undone that would
tend to the betterment Of this condi-
ton.
A. Jerden's' Co.'s violet glycerine
soap, the embodiment of purity, fra
GRANGE and endurance. Free samples
for ladies at Tannery's.
There is one battle that is fought
the last week in April that we did
not have to experience this year, and
that was the battle of the ballots"
for municipal authority. Last year
a new charter was granted, and the
| municipal elections were fixed to oc-
| cur bi-ennially
''in the Slums Of Great City"
will be the subject of a lecture 70 be
given by Capt John Pringle, of the
Salvation Army. Greenville, at the
Westminster Methodist church Fri
day evening, May z. A silver Offer
| ing expected at the door.
Last Tuesday afternoon A. c.. West
lost his purse, containing $21.17, be-
tween Madison and the residence of
| j. l.. Bryan. He travelled the rail
road and the purse dropped through
a hole that had worn in his pocket.
This was, all the money Mr.. West
had, and he would greatly appreciate
! 1t If the finder would communicate
with him at Westminster.
| j. G. BreaZeale, G.. IL. Gray. d L.
and A. NJ. Norris, |. s. Pitts and G.
| NJ. Martin attended a special commu.
nication OF Calhoun Masonic Chan
ter, No. 21, on Saturday night. The