Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-02
The Methodist Guild will meet

The Methodist Guild will meet
with Miss Eunice Grant Thursday af-
| ternoon at O'Clock.
Everybody go to Ellson's Mar
ket, Walhalla, for ice. Prompt deliv-
cry. Call for particulars.-Adv.
There are not a few who will be
! interested in the fact that Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Foster, of Westminster,
| have announced the engagement of
! their daughter, Miss BesS Werner, 10
John Laurcns Sheldon. The mar
riage is to take place this month.
veterans Newton Crenshaw AL
! w. T. McGill, OF Walhalla, are in at
tendance upon the Confederate Ncte-
rams Union in Richmond These
gentlemen know how to enjoy these
annual gatherings, and we hope that
they may have this year every pleas
ure and enjoyment that they hope to
find in the mixing and minglng with
old comrades and new friends among
'the boys of the COS" Mr.. Cren-
shaw will spend several days in
Washington with his sons, jeff Davis
and Fred Crenshaw, before returning
to his home.
Major and Mrs. VIM. J. Strib-
ling, William Stribling, Mrs. r. Cal
laway, Misses Milderd Moore, Lucille
and Eunice White, spent the first of
this week at Rock Hill, where they
attended the commencement cXer-
cises Of Winthrop College, from
which Miss Elizabeth Stribling and
Miss Norma Moore were graduated
yesterday. Misses Mary Ellen Will
son, Tabitha Stribling, Irene White
and Frances Earle, Of Walhalla, are
also attending Winthrop, and have
host Of friends here who are deeply
interested in them.
There are many Oconeeans who
will be interested in the information
that DR.. John f. White, one Of the
most prominent Baptist ministers of
the South. has accepted call to the
First Baptist church in Anderson.
DR.. White has for a long time been
the leading Baptist minister of At
lanta. lie will spend the month Of
August as a vacation in philadelphia.
assuming his pastoral duties at An
dersOn in September. DR.. White
gives as his reason for resigning in
Atlanta and accepting a lesser work
that he is contemplating writing two
important books, and the new work
offers better opportunities for the
completion Of his religious book One
OF his contemplated volumes is his
torical.
The schools of Oconee county
have received from the State, in the
| matter Of specific state aid" the sum
of So, l5S. The total sum was di-
vided among the high schools as fol-
lows: Oakway $331, Seneca $3.50,
Townvillc SLIT. Walhalla $3.50, and
Westminster $3.50. Statistics in
connection with the payment Of these
funds show that State high school aid
counties on May II. The State
Board Of Education authorizes the
distribution Of this fund in two semi
annual installmeniS-the first early
in December and the second early in
May Of each scholastic year. The
entire appropriation OF 100000 was
fully taken up, leaving a considera-
bic number OF needs and demands
unsmpplied.
A very interesting series Of meet
ings was held the latter part OF last
There were number of prominent
Lutheran ministers and laymen pres
ent, notable among them being Rev.
S. 7. lIallman, of Spartanburg; DR..
J. ID. Kinard, Of Greenwood; Rev. c.
l.. Miller, of Greenville; Laymen
Kenneth Baker, of Greenwood, and
V. l.. Norman and Clarence Norman,
Of Seneca. One OF the main features
of the meeting was the organization
Of the Piedmont Conference. and this
object was accomplished. Much i'm
pOrtant preliminary work was done,
and il is felt that the conference has
a great work to accomplish. There
are a number of points in the Pied
mont section where it is desired to
organize and establish Lutheran con-
grcgations. There were a number
Of sessions OF the assembled dele
daily at the Lutheran church.
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