Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
u. e. Alexander sells Rock Hill

u. e. Alexander sells Rock Hill
buggies. Walhalla, S. C. adv.-tr.
The Emery Club will meet with
! Mrs. Geo. Seaborn Friday afternoon,
| December 18th, at $50 O'Clock.
Bargain sales on at Harrison's
j. w. Shelor, Esq, left last
| Thursday for StauntOn. Va, to spend
a few days. Mrs. Shclor has been in
Staunton for week, and both she
and Mr.. Shelor returned to Walhalla
| yesterday afternoon.
Furniture Of all kinds at right
prices. Call on G. G.. Jaynes. Wal
halla. adv.
| Bargain sales at Harrison's. ad
Providence permitting, Rev. w.
! 7. Hollingsworth will preach in the
Fair Play Presbyterian church at II
O'Clock a. III. on the second Sunday
| (14th inStant, and in the Townville
Presbyterian church in the afternoon
| of same day at $50 o'clock. Cordial
invitation to all to attend both SER
vices.
| AT the regular meeting Of Oco-
nee COnclave, Improved Order Hep
tasophs, held last Thursday evening,
the following officers were elected to
serve during 1914: Archon, George
l.. Jones; Provost, r. F. Kaufman;
Prelate, Rev. NJ. G. Holland; Finan-
cier, G. A. Norman; Treasurer, John
A. Ansel; Secretary, f. A. II. Schro-
der; Inspector, J. A. Bischoff; War;
der, ID. A. Smith; Sentinel, J. Whit
Grant; Trustees, r. f. Kaufman,
w. ID. Moss, w. J. (Pete) Schroeder.
Big choice line extra nice can
dies, 10 and 20c.-Norman's ad
| We are requested to announce
that Rev. j. l.. Stokes, D. D., the new
pastor Of the Walhalla Methodist
! church, will conduct services there
next Sunday morning, the 14th, at II
O'Clock. All the members of the
church are urged to attend and meet
the new pastor, and the members of
other denominations and the public
generally are most cordially invited
to attend this service. Rev. Mr.
Stokes is one Of the foremost minis
ters OF the South Carolina Confer
ence, and the Methodists Of Walhalla
feel that they are peculiarly fOrtu-
nate in having been given the SER
vices of this able minister. He and
his wife will arrive in Walhalla this
afternoon.
Columbia phonograp records
and needles-all styles, sizes and
prices. The "Columbia" is the best
machine made. Call and see our
line. Bells drug store. adv.
Mrs. A. p. Holden, of Cordell,
Okla, arrived in Walhalla last We'd
nesday afternoon and spent several
| days here among her hosts Of friends,
who were delighted to meet her
again. Mrs. Holden has been spend
ing some time in the Milestone sec
ton visiting her mother, Mrs S. G.
Conley, and among other relatives
and friends. There are many friends
here of the Holden family who will
be pleased to learn that her chill
dren are doing well in their adopted
homes in Oklahoma. Chas. A. Hol-
den is now a practicing attorney, hay
ing been admitted to the bar in Okla
homa year or more ago, and is en-
Joying good practice. Her other
grown son, Samuel, is holding a re-
sponSible position as manager of the
arg goods and shoe department Of a
large retail store in Cordell. Mrs.
Holden will spend short while Ion
ger with her moth ar near Milestone
| before returning to her home at Cor
dell.
-Norman's drug store for alma
macs, calendars and samples OF medi-
| cneS. adv
| Sheriff j. w. Davis was sum-
moned to the Newry section last Mon
day to look after a death which oc-
Cured there on Sunday night, the
Vlctlm being negro man. The facts
as they come to us are that Louis
| ROBINSON, cOlOred, went to his home
| with TWO other negro men in a drum
| ken cohdltlon. RObinSon's wife,
| AFRAID or her husband when drinking,
| left the men at the house and went
! to n@tShb0T'S home 10 stay. she
stated that she left two long sticks
OF lumber, piled cross ways, in the
| fireplace, and that the fire was burn
ing good when she left. The two mel,
VINO accompanied Robinson home left
shortly after the woman went away.
and stated that they left Robinson
eating his supper. An hour or more
| after that the house was found to he
burning, and Robinson, supposedly in
a drunken stupor, was asleep or una
Die to leave the building. His char
red body was found after the fire
was over. jury Of inquest was en-
paheiled by Magistrate J. n. Hop
kihs, or Seneca, and the verdict at
| Whlch they arrived, after considering
| the evidence obtainable, was that
toDlhson came to his death by being
burned through accident. Robinson
| liVeu Ill mouse on property of the
LOU tehay manufacturing Company.
Inc mouse was located across the
creek from the residence of s. C. sig
gerstaff.