Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-06-25

Children Day services will be
held at the Lutheran church next
| Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited.
-. & J. S. Carter's big special
sale will close next Saturday night,
the 28th. Be sure TO stop at their
store in Westminster during the next
three days.
Mrs. C. Terhune and daughter,
| Miss Anna, Of Atlanta, spent Tues
day in Walhalla among their many
| friends, who we're delighted to meet
them again, bat regretted the short
ness of their stay. They returned to
Atlanta this morning.
There will be preaching at
| Bethel Presbyterian church next Sun
day morning at IL o'clock. At $50
o'clock in the afternoon services will
be held at Oconee Station. Both SER
vices will be conducted by Rev. G. NJ.
Wilcox, and the public is most cor
daily invited to attend.
Married, yesterday evening
| (Sune 24th) at z o'clock at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Grant, on
College street, Miss Nellie F. Reese,
Of Highlands, n. c., and Horace A.
Gable, of Asheville, N. G. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. G. NJ.
Wilcox, of the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Mason Simpson is quite i'll
at her home on Tugaloo street, and
her friends will regret to learn that
her improvement is exceedingly slow.
Her mother, Mrs. Duncan, has also
been confined to her bed for two
weeks, but is improving. We hope
for their early complete restoration
to health.
One of the largest yields of
wheat we have heard Of lately was
made by w. j. Hunt, on about an
acre of ground just southeast of the
corporate limits Of town. Mr.. Hunt
sowed slightly more than bushel
OF grain, and the threshGrs report a
| turnout a little better than 23
bushels. Oh, you Oconee dirt!
-Kodaks and supplies. r. A. Nc
Lees, Walhalla. adv.
Mrs. NJ. R. Ellison, of William
ston, has been spending the past
! two weeks very pleasantly at the
! homes of her children, Mrs. A. 7.
Smith, Mrs. J. Fl. Cason and A. L.
! Ellison, Of West Union; Mrs. S. A
| Elrod, of Seneca, and w. S. Ellison
of Pendleton, and among other rela-
| tives and friends. She has returned
to her home.
The Southern Railway will ope.
| rate an excursion from Greenwood
| and Greenville and intermediate
| points to Atlanta tomorrow (Thurs-
| day.. The excursion train is due to
arrive at Seneca at 1 o'clock p. m.
and the fare from that point will be
$3.50 for the round trip. Parties
from Walhalla wishing to take ad.
vantage of this excursion will have
! to take the a. m. train or drive to
Seneca. Tickets will be good to re.
turn on all local trains leaving At.
lanta up to IL o'clock Monday, June
| 30th.
Prof. c. c. Newman, of Clemson
College, will speak at the Court
| House Thursday (to-morrow) even
ing, June 26th, at $50 O'Clock. His
subject will be How to Beautify the
School Grounds" Every citizen OF
| Oconee county interested in a practi.
cal way of making our school
! grounds, as well as our yards al
home, more attractive, Is cordially
| invited to be present and hear Prof
Newman. The only admission fee
that will be charged is a request now
that you come and be there at $50
sharp.
The home of Elbert Ward, col
ored, was destroyed by fire yesterday
| about O'Clock in the afternoon. The
house was owned by R. II. Jaynes
ESQ.,, whose loss is about $500 on
the building. Elbert Ward states
that his loss Is about $500 in the
way Of furniture, clothing and a good
organ. There was no insurance on
either building or contents. 1t Is
thought the fire probably had it's ori-
gin through the medium of rats car
rying matches into loose cotton
stored in the house. Another tenant
house nearby caught fire, but was
saved with but slight damage. The
town has had it's new chemical en-.
gine for some time, but 1t was moi
brought into play at the fire yester.
day.
Annie, the three-year-old daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Hall, died
at their home near Walhalla on June
18th. She was a sweet child and the
light Of the home, and it was indeed
hard for the parents to give her up
She will be greatly missed by loved
ones and little friends. She had beer
sick but few days, and the cause OF
her death was cholera infantum. The
interment took place at Bethel GENE.
terry on the day following her death
Services were conducted at Betbe
church in the presence of a large
| number of friends. Rev. j. A. BOND
officiated at the burial. The bereaved
parents have the sympathy OF many
! friends in their sore affection. Mr.
and Mrs. Hall desire us to extend
thanks to friends and neiphhors fo,
the many acts Of kindness and sym.
| pathy shown them during the sick.
| ness and death Of their little one.
PRICES OFF! POULTRY OFF!