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

s"id at dilolid DdESalu mouse. ~
Read Carter & Co.'s new adver-
| tisement.
A full line Of wash coat suits ;
all colors Mrs. II. Galloway.
DR.. w. T.. Strickland and II. NJ.
Elrod were business visitors to the
Court House last Thursday.
Two new candidates this week:
John p. Reese and II. w. Grubbs for
County Auditor.
Mrs. r. 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
and friends in Seneca.
No. 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.
-Rev. B. l.. Padgett will preach
at the Cotton Mill church next Satur-
day evening at s o'clock; also Sun
day morning at II o'clock and Sum
day evening at s o'clock.
There will be services at ST
Johns Episcopal church, Walhalla,
next Sunday morning at 1 o'clock,
to which a cordial invitation is en-
tended to all.
Postmaster A. C. Merrick leaves
to-day for a short visit to his son.
r. @. Merrick, 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 buggies. Every one
sold under Il personal guarantee.
w. NJ. Brown, Walhalla.
i will preach Mrs. Moore's fune-
raj at Friendship church on the 5th
Sunday in this month at II o'clock
a. m., and at Fairview at 4 o'clock
p. m. The public is respectfully in
vited to attend. Coke ID. Mann.
We will pass through the tail
Of Halley's comet tonight beginning
at 11.30 o'clock. 1t will take about
two hours and half for the earth to
pass through the thin gaseous compo
sition (harmless) of the comets tail
We guarantee n safe passage.
The many Walhalla friends Of
Douglas SeabOrn 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.
! elsewhere in this issue will be
| found the announcement OF the Ra-
bun Gap Industrial School, which will
| doubtless interest many Of the peo-
| pie Of Oconce, especially those whose
| homes are located in the upper por-
| ton 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. d. 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 Woodmen of the World picnic to
be given by the Walhalla Camp, has
been changed from June ith to Sat
urday, June 1lth. All Woodmen in
the county are invited to come and
bring their families. Several promi-
nent speakers will be present.
Mrs. Dell G.. McAlister, of Colum-
bia, accompanied by Miss Johnson,
spent several days here last week
with the formers mother, Mrs. e. 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 a stay of a few weeks.
AT the examination for teachers
n E'ri1aV /.
plicants present. Whites, 81 women
and . men: coorcd, 6 women and
men. The county board has not
yet completed the examination of all
the papers, but they expect to do so
in the next few weeks and certificates
will be sent out 10 those who made
the required averages.
The second trial OF Calhoun Har-
riS, former secretary OF the Orr Cot
ton Mills, Anderson was begun yestcr-
day. This trial is being had on four
separate indictments. A 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 Cant. w.
y. StrOthcr a T-f00t cannon has been
secured to be placed alongside the
Confederate monument to be erected
at the intersection OF Main and Col
lcgc streets. The cannon is what is
| known as a siX-poundcr and weighs
500 pounds unmountcd. 1t was
shipped here from the arsenal at Au-
guSta, Ga. Mr.. Strothcr securing it
through the general government. 1t
VIII be mounted on substantial
foundation at the side OF the monu-
ment, the concrete foundation for the
latter being already in place.