Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-18

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Read Garter & Co. $ new adver-
tiSement.
a full line Of wash coat suits;
all colors. Mrs. II. Galloway.
DR.. w. +. Strickland and r. NJ.
Glrod were business visitors to the
Court House last Thursday.
Two new candidates this week:
John p. Reese and X. w. Grubbs for
County Auditor.
Mrs. II. Galloway has just re-
turned from Atlanta with a full line
Of midsummer hats.
Miss Annie Reid returned yester-
day from pleasant visit to relatives
ana friends in Seneca.
No. 2 timothy hay, $1.25 per
100 pounds. G. w. & J. e. Bauk-
night, Walhalla.
Municipal taxes are now paya-
BILE. See notice Of Town Treasurer
elsewhere in this issue
-.Rcv Is. l.. Padgett will preach
at the Co ton Mill church next Satur-
day evening at s o'clock; also Sun
day morning 1T II o'clock and Sun
day evening at s o'clock.
There will be services at st.
Johns Episcopal church, Walhalla,
next Sunday morning at II O'Clock,
to which n cordial invitation Is en-
tended to all.
Postmaster A. c. Merrick leaves
to-day for a short visit to his son,
r. Q. Mcrrick, and family in Green
vile. While there he will take in
the horse show, in which his hand
some horse, "Jerry,' will be entered
Just received another car load
Of High Point buggics. Every one
sold under personal guarantee.
w. NJ. Brown, Walhalla.
u will preach Mrs. Moorc's fune-
raj at Friendship church on the 9TH
Sunday in this month at II O'Clock
a. m., and at Fairviow at 4 O'Clock
p. m. The public Is respectfully in
vitcd TO attend. Coke ID. Mann.
We will pass through the tail
OF liallcy's comet tonight beginning
at l.30 O'Clock. 1t will take about
two hours and Il half for the earth to
pass through the thin gaseous compo-
sition tharmlcss) OF the comets tail.
we guarantee safe passage.
The many Walhalla friends of
Douglas Scahorn will be pleased to
learn that he has been promoted in
the service of the Blue Ridge Railway
at Anderson. He is now chief clerk
in the Office OF the auditor for that
road.
---ElScwhcrc in this issue will be
found the announcement Of the Ra-
bun Gap Industrial School, which will
doubtless interest many Of the pco-
pie Of OcOncc, especially those whose
homes are located in the upper por-
tion OF the county, conveniently near
to Rabun Gap.
The Walhalla High School will
close Friday OF next week, the 27th.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged and Prof. ID. w. Daniel, OF
Clemson College, will deliver the an
nual address before the school. The
session just closing has been one Of
the best In the history Of the school.
On account Of conflicting dates
the Woodmcn OF the World picnic to
be given by the Walhalla Camp, has
been changed from June ith TO Sat
urday, June 1lth. All Woodmcn in
the county arc invited to come and
bring their families. Several promi-
ncnt speakers will be present
Mrs. Dell G. McAlistcr, Of Column
bia, accompanied by Miss Johnson,
spent several days here last week
with the formers mother, Mrs. T.. A.
Bell They returned to Columbia
Monday, accompanied by Miss May
Bell and DR.. J. w. Bell DR.. Bell
Will return this evening. Miss May re-
naming for stay OF Il few weeks.
AT the examination for teachers
on Friday, May &, there were "a ap-
plicants present. Whites, 3 women
and 10 men: cOlorcd. 6 women and
: men. The county board has not
yet completed the examination of all
the papers, but they expect 10 do so
in the next few weeks and certificates
VIII be sent out to those who made
the required averages.
The second trial OF Calhoun IIar-
riS. former secretary OF the Orr Cot
ton Mills. Anderson was begun ycstcr-
day. This trial is being had on four
separate indictments. 4 miStrial was
the result at the last term OF court
In Anderson, when Harris was tried
on the charge Of forgery. six Of the
jurors standing for conviction and
six for acQuittal.
Through the efforts OF Capt w.
y. StrOthcr 7-foot cannon has been
secured 10 ue placed aiOngSidc the
Confederate monument to be erected
at the intersection Of Main and Col
icgc streets. The cannon is what IS
known as a siX-poundcr and weighs
500 pounds unmountcd II was
shipped here from the arsenal at Au-
GuSta, Ca, Mr.. Strothcr securing il
through the general government. It
Will be mounted on substantial
foundation at the side OF the monu-
ment, the concrete foundation for tho
latter being already in place.