Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-01-05


Work Is progressing nicely on \.
l.. Fant's new residence in Midway.
1t will be quite handsome structure.
C. l.. Walker, of Due West,
spent several days here last week
visiting his daughter. Mrs. Samuel
Todd. Mr. Walker was summoned
by telegraph owing to the serious
illness Of Mrs. Todd, who, however.
is improving now, and her father re-
turned to his home Monday. Her
friends hope for her early recovery.
i. l.. Burley, carrier on Rural
Route No. 2, from Walhalla, has re-
ceived transfer to Route No. /, and
on Monday morning began serving the
patrons on that route. There will be
an examination held in Walhalla on
January Sth for rural "eligibles," and
those who recently filed applications
for Rural Route 2 will stand this ex-
animation.
We regret to annousce the death
Of Mrs. Jas. H. Rowland, which oc-
CURED at her home in Central on
last Sunday. Mrs. Rowland was
most lovable woman, and her friends
were legion. Funeral services were
conducted Monday afternoon. The
learn that Capt. Rowland has been
quite sick for week or more.
Last week we mentioned the
fact that The Courier Is entering its
Goth year. Our attention Is also
called to the fact that one Of the pa
per's first subscribers Is still on the
list and has been regularly for 81
years. The subscriber resides in
In nd
man. May he live to see the begin
ming and close Of many more pros
porous and happy years.
Mr. and Mrs. Singleton Stone
and five children Of Elida, New Mex
leo, arrived at the home of the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A.
ing to spend the holidays. This was
Mr.. Stones first visit to his parents
in fifteen years. They passed
through Walhalla yesterday. accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Stone,
on their way to the Oak Grove sec
ton Of the county to visit the family
Of Elias Holmes. son-in-law of Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Stone.
One day last week Lucien Abb
bott. an employee Of the Oconee Tel
ephone Co., was quite painfully in
jured by fall. While engaged in
the work of stretching wires on the
Main street poles. one Of the poles
broke about three feet from the
ground, throwing Mr.. Abbott into the
hard street below. His right arm
was broken, his back hurt and his
face was skinned and bruised. His
injuries, however, are not of a very
serious nature. and he is getting
along very well. His friends hope to
see him out again soon.
On the 2Sth OF December lust
passed Miss Ethel Smith. Of Bounty
Land, and Cromwell Whittle, Of
Fruit Hill, S. c., were happily mar
ried at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Smith
The ceremony took place at S o'clock
in the evening and was performed
by Rev. Geo. NJ. Wilcox, Of Walhalla.
The bride has hosts of friends in Oco-
nee, being one Of our popular young
ladies, and possessing many charm
ing traits Of character. We Join with
others In congratulations and best
wishes for the young couple.
Prom the letter OF Montana
subscriber who writes us we take this
interesting bit of information: ITS
too cold to write anything worth
printing. We manage to keep warm
indoors, but it's very disagreeable
outdoors. But we have much to be
thankful for. There is very little
snow except on the mountains. The
switchmen's strike is bad for Mon
tana. The great smelter at Great
Falls is closed for lack of cars to
haul ore and coal. and most of the
copper mines are closed, as are also
the coal mines-all for lack of cars.
Fridays papers contain hints of
general strike. The closing of the
mines and smelter throws thousands
OF men out OF work. The most
noticeable happening in Montana the
past year is the very large number Of
deaths OF members OF the Pioneers
A.sociation-men who came here
before and during 1864, and all of
them are very old, some nearly 90
years.
One Of the most successful social
events of the holidays was that held
last Thursday afternoon, when the
Emery Club was entertained by Mrs.
G. G. Jaynes. Those who braved the
cold to attend were Mesdames Sidney
Adams, G. w. Bauknight, j. w. Bell,
j. II. Darby, J. r. Hughes, Geo. Sea-
born and E. l.. Herndon, but the dis
comforts OF weather were quickly for
gotten as the guests were ushered by
the hostess into her cozy home,
where, around the glowing freside,
busy fingers piled the needle indus
triously (and the tongues were not
idle) until requested by Mrs. Jaynes
to lay aside their work and partake
Of the tempting repast, consisting of
chicken salad, cheese waters, potato
chips, crackers, olives, pickles and
coffee, served by the hostess, assist