Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-11


Frances and DeCie Earle, n Midway.
The Methodist Guilu will meet
Thursday to-morrOw) afternoon at
i.30 O'Clock with Mrs. r. ]. Sifford.
Mrs. NJ. K. Loveless. of Atlanta,
is spending to-day in Walhalla visit
ing at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
l.. Werner. Mrs. Loveless is pleas
antly remembered here by many as
Miss Daisy Kilburn.
Mrs. Chas. w. Gentry and chill
dren, Of Greenville. are visiting at
the home of the formers mother,
Mrs. S. p. Dendy, and among other
relatives and her host Of friends, who
are always pleased to meet her
Dave C. Strother. OF Fort Val
ley, Ga, arrived in West Union last
week and will spend some time here
visiting his mother. Mrs. r. &. Stro-
ther. and family. His many friends
are cordially welcoming him back 10
his old home
Mrs. j. G.. Latimer and children.
OF Ilonea Path. are visiting at the
home Of the formers father. James
Phinney, in West Union. Mrs. Lati-
mer has host of friends here who
are always delighted to meet her and
hcf interesting chlldren.
MIR. and Mrs. C. w. Bauknight
and son, John Edward, left last Sun
day for New York and other points
East. They went to Norfolk, from
which point they will take an extern
sirc water trip. They will be absent
from Walhalla for about ten days.
Major VIM. j. Stribling. Super
intendent Of Education Thos. A.
Smith, Treasurer r. II. Alexander,
Conductor Paul Fredericks, Of the
Blue Ridge, and Geo. w. Maxwell, Of
Columbia, are spending this week in
the mountains of this State and
North Carolina on a pleasure trip.
MIR. and Mrs. II. d. Knox, Of An
derSon, have moved to Walhalla. to
make their home. They will be cor
daily welcomed by many friends.
Mr.. Knox will take employment in
the Walhalla plant Of the Monaghan
Mills. He has been engaged In mill
work in Anderson since leaving Wal
halla some time ago.
Three shingle mill outfits for
sale. Good shape. w. NJ. Brown,
Walhalla.--Adv.
--"With my compliments" sounds
good at any time, but when it comes
in connection with the presentation
Of Il box OF apples, grapes and toma-
| toes, as ii did yesterday, it sounds
| dOublY so. Our good friend W.
| r. Lynch, OF the Poplar section. is
tn" Good Samaritan" who turned
the trick" Thanks.
Mrs. J. II. Taylor died at her
home in the Ebene2cr section last
! n o
Taylor had been a sufferer from cpl
lepsy, but was feeling as usual a
few minutes before her death. Dur
ing Sunday she had attended two
services at Welcome Wesleyan
church. She returned home after
the evening service and retired, and
| in few minutes told her husband
that she was going to have an attack
of her old trouble. In a few minutes
she was dead. The deceased was
about 3 years Of age and before her
marriage was a Miss Durham. She
IS survived by her husband and four
children, the Youngest only seven
months old. The deceased was a
member Of Fairview Methodist
church. and the interment took place
in the cemetery OF that church Mon
day afternoon, the same being con-
Quoted by Rev. Levi Rigdon. pastor
OF Welcome Wesleyan church. The
| bereavcd ones have the sympathy of
many in their sorrow.
-EverybOdy 90 to Ellison's Mar
ket, Walhalla, for Ice. Prompt deliv-
cry. Call for particulars.-Adv.
-Shcrin John w. Davis brought
to Walhalla last Sunday evening four
negro men whom he. along with
Rural Policeman l.. A. Martin, of
| R"ral Westminster, had arre&, ed
! while the qnartette was engaged in
| a festive game OF "skin" in the
woods near the plantation Of w. r.
| Hunt, near TOwnville, earlier in the
! day. The negroes were tried before
| Magistrate j. A. Eubanks at Wal
| halla Monday. They were all con-
victcd under the State laws for gamb-
| ling, each Of the four being given a
sentence Of thirty days or $40.
| John McCOdC, one of the crowd, was
given an extra $40 or 20 days, he
| having been the only one Of the four
who seemed to be prepared for
| rough house. He was armed with a
peculiar instrument Of torture in the
shape Of heavy leaden ball incascd
in leather. with a strap handle at
| taChcd. Besides McCOdc the party
consisted Of Ernest Harris, Arthur
Johnson and Luther Thompson. uar-
ris paid his fine after arranging with
his employer. The others were unan-
imOuS in their desire to "shOvcl mine
out, case den | don't b'Iong to no
man when I'sC through" Accord
ingly they are now shOvcIing. There
were several others in the gambling
covcy who made their escape. One
OF these was arrested on warrant
and brought 10 WalhalIa Monday af-
tenOon by Sheriff Davis.
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