Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-06-04

| uISn, Oh oduuy opTluBS, are spending
this week in Walhalla visiting Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. C. Long.
There viii be services at St.
Johns Episcopal church next Sunday
afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, to which
the public is cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Miller, of
| Westminster, were among friends
here last week while the former was
attending to matters OF business.
| Misses Elsie Kaufman and
! Elizabeth Stribling are expected to
! reach Walhalla to-day to spend va
cation with their parents. They have
been attending Winthrop the past
| session.
The "42" Club was most pleas
antly entertained on May 27th at the
home Of Miss Eloise Strother The
next regular meeting will be held
with Miss Gertrude Biemann on
June 18th at o'clock.
Mrs. r. l.. Rogers was the
charming hostess to the Paul Hayne
Circle last Tuesday. At the close of
a delightful program delicious re-
| freshments were served by the hos
tess, assisted by her little daughter,
Miss Carolyn.
| Rev. G.. K. Abercrombie will
preach at Mount Olivet on the sec
ond Sunday in June at $50 p. m., at
Fall Creek on the third Sunday at
$50 o'clock, and at Clearmont at
$50 in the afternoon of the fourth
Sunday. Everybody cordially invited
to attend.
Mrs. ID. A. Smith and little son.
who have been spending some time
with the formers parents at Lugoff,
S. c., returned last Friday evening
to Walhalla, accompanied by Mr.
Smith who had been in attendance
upon the session of the Pythian
Grand Lodge at Aiken.
Miss Leone Barrier, of Danville,
Va, arrived in Walhalla last Satur-
day. Miss Barrier will teach an
art class in the school building dur
ing the summer months. She wishes
to meet the art pupils Thursday
morning at 9 O'Clock in the school
building. Miss Barrier is stopping
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Crisp.
The citizens of Ebenezer school
district last Saturday held an cleo
| tiOn on the question OF levving an
extra 2-mill tax for school purposes.
The extra levy was carried by vote
of Il to Z. This makes a total levy
OF mills for Ebenezer, which is
known now as one of the most pro-
gressive school districts in Oconee
-Ho! for Charleston. On Thurs
day Of next week (June l2th) the
Blue Ridge Railwaw and the South
ern will operate a joint excursion
train from Walhalla to Charleston,
| taking passengers at each station be-
tween Walhalla and Aston. The
fare from Walhalla for the round
t,-t,N t,,th q a l.
plying to West Union and Seneca;
Adams Crossing and Cherry's, $40;
Pendleton, Autun and Sandy
Springs, $4,25; Denver, $4.2O; An
derson, 81, the rate diminishing
gradually. The special train will
leave Walhalla Thursday morning at
TO O'Clock, arriving in Charleston
at p. M 1t will be well for those
anticipating taking the tip to bear
in mind the following facts: Excur-
sion tickets will be good only on the
special train from Walhalla to Bel
ton. Tickets will We good returning
on all regular trains up to and in
Guiding morning trains leaving Char
lesion Monday, JI.ne 10th. Take
the trip!
News of the death Of Mrs. viii
| w. Oliver came as a surprise and
SlOCh W many lIlenuS last FRIDAY
morning. Mrs. Oliver had been un-
well for several days, but there had
been nothing of an apparently Seri-
GUS nature and no uneasness was
felt until two days prior to her death,
when, in spite Of her protests, ply
sician was summoned. and it was
discovered that her condition even
then was all but critical She had
been indisposed for some days and
had taken calomel, from the effects
OF which She became salivated, the |
condition gradually becoming inter-
nal, and when medical assistance
came she was beyond aid, though |
every effort was made to alleviate her
suffering and to restore her to health. |
Her illness became such that on
Tuesday morning she took to her
bed and Thursday night at $50
O'Clock she breathed her last Mrs.
Oliver was only 23 years Of age, and |
was young woman of many noble |
traits OF haracter-always cheerful, |
loving and tender, and the news Of |
her death brought genuine sorrow
to wide circl" Of friends here at |
her old home and in the immediate |
neighborhood where she had re- |
sided since her marriage. She Is |
survived by her husband and two |
small children, her father and mo-
ther and six sisters, to whom the |
sincere sympathy Of many goes out |
in their hour OF sorrow. Her maiden |
name was Miss Estelle Carter, being |
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Robt. |
Carter, OF Greenville, who came to |
Walhalla as soon as they learned Of |
Mrs. divers death. Mrs. F. r. Will |
son, Mrs. c. B. Ellison, Miss IneZ |
('nrtpr and Q
the deceased, of Greenville, also ac- |
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Carter here. |
Funeral services were conducted at |
the home. about TWO miles from NNal-