Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-11-19

at the home Of Mrs. N. l.. FAINT.
Miss Maggie Brandt left last Sat
urday for Charleston, where she will
| spend n short while among relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Adalena Oelkers was con-
| fined to her room several days last
week, but is now able to be about, to
the delight of her friends.
Homer Laughlin gold band"
china, cheap as common crockery.
Harrison's. adv.
Harry, son OF DR.. and Mrs. f. f.
Collins, has been quite sick for a
week or more, suffering from an at
| tack Of fever. Friends of the family
hope for the early recovery of the
| little fellow.
| Miss Letitia Reid, who has been
spending some time 1T Woodstock,
Ala, returned to West Union last
week and is again at the home Of her
brother, Claude w. Reid. Her many
| Walhalla friends are delighted to
have her with them again.
The annual conference of the
South Carolina Methodist Church
will meet at Rock Hill next Wednes-
day. e. l.. Herndon, Esq, Of Wal
halla, will be among the lay attend
ants, he being one OF the representa-
| tives fro1A Anderson District. 1t is
! probable that there will also be other
lay representatives from this place.
The allotment of prisoners for
! Oconee arrived in Walhalla last even
ing. The authorities we're disap-
| pointed in the number received They
had anticipated getting twenty for
| the county works, but returned with
only five. These are as follows:
White-W. II. Whitney. years,
(about five months yet to serve; Bob
| Belcher, life; will Gray, five years.
| (between two and three years to
serve); negroes, Alex Walker, life;
w. Fl. Malloyd, life. The prisoners
were photographed at the county Jail
this morning and left Immediately af-
| terWard for the county works and
! will begin at once to perform ser
vices for OConee. The camp is now
located near Madison. BY a recent
arrangement with the penitentiary
authorities each county is allotted
| those prisoners from its own terri
| tory who are not considered partic-
ularly dangerous.
ALL seasons post cards. Nor
mans. adv.
| "A very narrow escape from Seri-
GUS injury occurred this morning on
| Main street when the rural mail
wagon for Route No. l was over
turned, throwing therefrCm the six
year-old son Of Carrier Ira l.. Bur-
ley Mr.. Burley was in the post Of
flee preparing his mail for the route,
having left his little son in the mail
wagon. The horse hitched to it be-
came frightened and ran down Main
street at full speed, but was headed
off about two blocks from the post
office. Instead OF stopping, how
ever, the animal turned, coming back
up the street, swerving toward the
sidewalk on the opposite side. In
front Of the residence of DR.. j. w.
Bell the wagon was overturned and
the little boy thrown out just short
distance from the stone curbing
| Fortunately he was not injured, and
after getting over his fright was as
good and sound as ever. 1t was a
nasty runaway, however, and it
seems almost miraculous that the lit
tie roy came out without a scratch.
| Even the wagon was practically un-
injured
Mrs. Emily Foster, widow Of the
late Edmond Foster, who has resided
for many years in the country lust
west of Walhalla, died at her home
yesterday morning at II o'clock. af-
ter long illness, she having been
sick during all Of the past summer
and up to 1he time Of her death She
was ~ years Of age. She was we'll
known to many in Oconee, and for
many years the family resided on
| Poor Mountain, later moving closer
to town. At the time Of her death she
| liyinp ~ Va 70 Of l;o ~
| Ladey. She is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Thomas, Edmond.
Robert, Pierce, Sameul and Charles
Foster; Mrs. John Rogers, Mrs. Wes-
| ley White, Mrs. John Harvey and
| Miss Corde Foster. Two OF the chill
| dren are invalids. There are many
| who will join with us in extending
| to the bereaved ones sympathy in
| their sorrow. Funeral services will
be held this afternoon at l o'clock at
Rocky Knoll Baptist church, the in
| terment following at the Neville
cemetery at 2 o'clock. The services
| will be conducted by Rev. Louis NJ.
LYDIA, OF the Baptist church.
Miss Annie Reid, Of Pendleton,
| accompanied by Miss Helen Thomp-
| son. Of Pacolet, and Messrs. Ralph
| and Gaillard Hunter. of Pendleton,
spent last Sunday in Walhaila as
guests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
| G. l.. Reid. The Messrs. Hunter and
Miss Reid returned to Pendleton in
the afternoon, Miss Thompson re-
| naming over to spend a few days
with Miss ROXie Reid. A very pretty
romance grew out of the trip to Wal
| halla, this resulting in the marriage
yesterday evening of Miss Thompson
and Leo Harbic, of PacOlet Tuesday
| morning Miss Thompson received