Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-08-06

some time in Walhalla, stopping at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman G.
Busch. ~
&C. H. Freeman, OF Birmingham,
Ala, is visiting at the home of II. c..
Busch. Mr.. Freeman has made
number of friends during his short
stay in Walhalla.
Mrs. G. A. Norman and son
Harry returned last Saturday from
three weeks visit to relatives in
Tennessee and sections Of this State.
They had a most enjoyable trip.
Mrs. Platt and children, Of
Aiken, are in Walhalla for the sum
mer. They spent month here last
year and made many warm friends
in Walhalla. They are stopping with
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Busch. AS
For covering farm buildings,
barns, tenant houses, ETC., galvanized
v-crimp and corrugated roofing Is
best and cheapest. Ballenger Hard
ware & Furniture Co., Seneca. adv.
-Thos. V. l.. Fahnestock, Of
Greenvilie, is spending a part of this
week visiting at the home of his IA
ther, DR.. II. G. G.. Fahnestock, near
town. Tom has a host of friends
here who are always pleased to see
him.
There will be services at ST.
Johns Episcopal church next Sunday
morning at IL o'clock, at :. hioh time
the Holy Communion will be cele-
brated. The public in general, and
members of other denominations, are
cordially invited to attend.
Miss Pauline Grant, of CoIum-
bia, spent last Saturday and Sunday
in Walhalla with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ThOs. A. Grant. Miss Grant
is employed as book-keeper forgH. A.
Taylor, furniture dealer Of the cap
ital city. Her numerous friends here
were pleased to meet her again.
Miss Eunice Macaulay has ac-
cepted position in the law Office Of
X. II. JayneS, Esq, succeeding Miss
Florence Rankin, who was this morn
ing married to LTcien Abbott. Miss
Macaulay is young lady Of marked
ability as stenographer and tyne
writer. We welcome her to "the
Court House ring"
The friends of Mrs. Joe McCarey
will be pleased to learn that she and
her daughter, Miss Lois. who have
been suffering from attacks of fever,
are better. We regret to announce,
however, that Mrs. McCarey's son,
y. P.', is now confined to his bed
with the same disease. We hope
they may all soon be enjoying their
usual good health.
MIR. and Mrs. A. D. Mckinney
and two children will arrive this
evening from Birmingham, Ala, for
Iew days visit to their uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Grant. Mr..
Mckinney IS conductor on the
Louisville and Nashville Railway,
with Headquarters in Birmingham.
After spending a few days here they
will go to Highlands for two or three
weeks to visit the formers father
and mother. We wish this family
pleasant stay in our midst.
We are in receipt this morning
Of letter from our friend, l.. l..
Jarrard, of Westminster, who is now
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Kate
Goodwin, at Lynchburg, Va. During
Mr.. Jarrard's stay of a month in
Lynchburg his daughters, Mrs. Lola
Goodwin. of Newport News. Va, and
Mrs. S. p. Booker, OF Philadelphia.
will also visit Mrs. Kate Goodwin,
making a very pleasant family reun-
ion. Mr.. Jarrard finds that section
lin the throes Of State and county
elections" and notes very marked
interest being taken in the race for
Attorney General-in fact, he says,
the interest seems to center in that
Office.
The sale of land at the DR..
FahneStOck farm yesterday resulted
very favOrably, we are informed,
practically every foot OF the land Of
fered being disposed of at fair to
fancy prices. The sale, we are in
formed. ranged from $50 to $50 per
acre. 1t is understood that the resi-
dence property Of DR.. Fahnestock
was bid in at $50 per acre by ].
DAVIS Abbott, near neighbor.
There We're something over 100
acres in the tract bid in by Mr.. Alb
bott. The FahneStock place is one
of the best tracts in this vicinity. It
was cut up into small tracts for sale
by b. r. Moss and l.. A. Brenecke.
We are also informed that an Ander-
son county man, J. Reid Garrison, of
Denver, was heavy purchaser Of
the farms.
The Granbury (Texas) News
announces the arrival in that city of
Jas. . Doyle, who, with his brother,
w. E. Doyle, also of Texas, were re-
cent visitors to Oconee. Mr Doyle
reports to his Texas friends fine crops
and good prospects wherever he vis-
tied in Oconee, but was dismayed on
his arrival in Texas to find crops
burned up" to use his quoted ex-
preston, and badly damaged. Oco-
nee has been having fine rains for
the past three weeks, this section
getting good shower now for some
time twice week to every other day.
The outlook in this section was
never brighter for bumper Yields
where the farms have been given
proper attention. and it Is also mnted