Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-14
For best grades cement and
oofing call on w. NJ. Brown, .sWal-

halla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank e. Harrison
and Mrs. Ida II. Darby are at Glenn
son attending the commencement eX-
ercises. @se
Miss Susie Sharp, Of Rivoli is
spending some time here visiting at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ.
Moss.
Miss Cornelia Corbin, who has
been spending some months in Re-
public, Ala, returned to Walhalla
last week.
Use Royal Portland cement;
$2.25 per barrel, cloth sacks. Mathe-
son Hardware Co., Westminster.
Clarence Duncan returned to his
having spent the fall and winter
months in Summerton, S. G..
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude w, Reid
making their home in West Union,
having moved from Walhalla last
week.
Miss Beth Harrington, Of Cen
tral, returned to her home Saturday
after spending ten days with her
friends, Misses Ellen and Dora Dun
can, Of West Union.
The town officials are having
some much needed work done on the
sidewalk on the north side of Main
street, near the Methodist church.
Concrete retaining walls are being
built, and the walk will be raised
about six feet.
-T.ain No. ~, known as the Bell
train between Charlotte N. c., and
Seneca, will change schedule next
Monday, the 10Th, leaving Seneca at
7.35 a. m.. thus giving connection
with the Blue Ridge train leaving
Walhalia' at O'Clock. The "Bell"
train has heretofore been leaving
Seneca at $50 o'clock. The change
will give the travelling public from
WalhalIa additional accommodation
In making points East and North. No.
~ will make close connection at
Spartanburg for Asheville.
Royal Portland cement, in
cloth sacks, S2.25 per barrel. You
can get 0c. each for the sacks. Now
is the time to use cement Mathe-
son Hardware Co., Westminster.
There are quite number of
Walhalla people taking an unusual
interest in the commencement eXer-
cises of Clemson College this year
owing to the fact that two Walhalla
boys-Lewis G. Harrison and James
Harrison--will complete their edu-
cation at that institution this year
These young men have taken excep-
tionally high rank in the student
body, and we bespeak for them sue
cessful careers in whatever spheres
they may occupy. They are both
worthy young men. and their course
at Clemson has been watched with
interest.
j. w. Lee yesterday brought to
this office q young opossum which he
had caught in large wire rat trap.
For night or two Mrs. Lee had
noticed that some of her young
chickens were being taken from un-
der the hens and eaten up. TIL Ink
ing one end Of the trap we'll filed
set the trap, and was surprised in
deed when he found yesterday mdrn-
Ing one end of the trap well-ffliad
with opossum. Mr.. Lee thinks his
captive Is one that some one was
raising, as it seems improbable that
one SO young would stray so far into
town from the woods. 1t appears
to be about three weeks old
The price Of s2.25 per barrel
on Portland cement will not last
long. Do it now. Matheson Hard
ware Co., Westminster, S. c.
John e. Humphries has accepted
a position with the Dairy Ring Tray
eler Co., Of Taunton, Mass, repre-
senting them in the States of South
Carolina and Georgia. Mr.. Hum
phries will travel in portions of
these two States, retaining Walhana
as his headquarters. Mr.. Humphries'
company are large manufacturers of
spinning and twisting travellers, used
In the manufacture of cotton goods.
He has hosts Of friends here and
elsewhere who will join us in wish
ing him we'll in his new field. Heis
an experienced mill man, having held
several responsible positions in this
State, the last being overseer Of card
ing and spinning. with the Walhalla
Cotton Mills. which he relinquished
to enter other lines Of work.
w. w. Burnside died at his
home near Holly Springs, this county,
last Sunday afternoon, at the age Of
about &C years. Mr.. Burnside was
a Confederate veteran, having served
through the War Between the States,
and was said 10 have made an excep-
tionally good soldier. He was
member Of the Holly Springs Baptist
church. Interment was made at the
Holly Springs cemetery Monday af-
tcrnOOn In the presence Of a large
number who had gathered to pay the
last sad tribute to the deceased Mr..
Burnside had not been sick, death
coming suddenly and unexpectedly at
his home while taking noon ret.
He is survived by his wife and Ave
childrcn--Mrs. S. X. Thompson. w.
Charles Burnside, Mrs. J. j. Busch,
j. Ed. Burnside and one young son at