Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-24

NdlNtS lOl SdlS at a. L. olllDlilB b,
Richland, S. G. 25-26-adv.
The Emery Circle will meet with
Mrs. J. A. Steck on Friday, July Sd,
at ) o'clock.
Miss Carmen Chase, of Column
bia, is spending the IN in Wal
halla with her sister, Mrs. John Mar
shall.
Mrs. II. B.. Schroeder left last
Thursday for Charleston, where she
will spend a month with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee G.. Holleman
and Miss Marie Isbell. of Anderson,
spent Sunday in Walhalla with rela-
tives and friends.
Sidney Adams. after spending a
few days in Walhalla among rela-
i've and friends, returned Monday
morning to Rock Hill.
See our line Of white shoes in
Queen Qaulity and Star Brand. c.
w. & J. T.. B~auknight. a
C. G. Ensley, of Sunburst, N. c.,
is spending this week in Walhalla
with his family. Mr.. Ensley Is in
the employ Of the Champion Lumber
Company.
iClt Dt All ltS NlSdlh sui y
per at w. NJ. Murphree's, in the Wolf
Stake section, next Thursday night,
June 25th. The public is urged to
attend and enjoy the evening.
Mrs. n. l.. Brandt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hampton Meiburg and little
child returned Monday from Charles
ton. where they spent a few days Wis
iting among relatives and friends.
Pleasant and profitable employ
ment for women, girls and boys. APP
ply to Hetrick Hosiery Mills, Wal
halla, S. c. t. f.-adv.
The union services next Sunday
night will be held at the Methodist
church at $40 o'clock, at which
lime Rev. T. l.. Smith, of the Baptist
church, will preach the sermon. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Will Jones is the latest Ford
owner in Walhalla, he having a few
days since annexed n car from the
Piedmont Auto Company's garage.
He couldn't watch the Fords go by"
any longer without owning one.
On Tuesday Of last week, June
10th. n small hoISc belonging to w.
b. Rcinllardt, located on his farm
near West Union, and occupied by
Columbus GraNSOn, was destroyed by
fire about noon. The loss to Mr..
Reinhardt and Mr.. GraySon amount
ed to about $l5o or $500.
L. ID. Cox, Of the upper section
of the county, was IN town last Fri
day and reports that the drought has
cut the fruit crop in his section very
materially. Even the blackbcrries
and h~uckleberries, he says. have
been practically destroyed as a
whole--a thing unhcard OF before as
a result Of drought.
Hon. G. r. d.. Burns returned
Monday from a pleasant visit to
Charleston and the "Oil of Pawms."
at the latter place enjoying a dip in
the ocean with the mermaids. Mr..
Burns attended the Charleston coun-
~ Senatorial campaign meeting
while in the city, ENJOYING the meet
ing greatly.
-Chas. s. Reid and family and
NJ. Strother n family. Of
Woodbury., Ga. are spending a
month among relatives in Walhalla
and West Union. They are always
most welcome guests in Walhalla,
their former home. They will di-
vide their time between the homes
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Werner and
Mrs. c. l.. Reid. Of Walhalla. and
Mrs. r. c. Str0thcr. OF West Union.
News reached Walhalla Monday
OF the death at Salem. on Sunday
night or early Sunday morning, of
Miss Bessie Sloan, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben p. Sloan. death being |
due to complications arising from an
attack OF measles. Miss Sloan was
% years Of age. Funeral services
and interment took place Tuesday
morning. The bercavcd family have
ne sympathy of many friends in
deep SORROW.
For Salc-Horsc. buggy and one
horse wagon. j. y. Rutherford. Wal
halla, Route No. 2. 20
The Courier is in receipt of a
few first cotton blooms this
week, the first to reach us being one
sent in by letter from John b. Whit
ten, reaching us Saturday night. At
tached to the bloom was the follow
ing: "Encloscd is a cotton bloom
which | found in my cotton yestcr-
day, June 49," Mr.. Written lives in
Oconee, near the Anderson line. his
route being No. 4. from Pcndlcton,
The first bloom picked in this i'm
mediate vicinity comes from John w.
Oliver, who lives on Walhalla Routc
No. |, and who sent a bloom into
town Monday morning picked from
field about 8 o'clock. This was
early in the afternoon bv n
bloom taken from the field OF Gin
ton Gillespie, who lives in the Ebc-
neZer section, the bloom having been
taken from the stalk in the morning.
Mr.. oliver generally brings i'm the
first bloom each year for this sec
lion, and Mr.. Gillespie Is going to
run a race with him hereafter. The