Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-01-19

Get the trio combination for
$1.G0-keowee Courier, Progressive
Farmer, Housewife.
&C. w. & }. e. Bauknight have
some splendid stock to dispose Of.
Read their advertisement on the first
page. They have new shipment Of
fine young horses and mules. They
guarantee satisfaction.
Attention is directed to the ad-
| vertisement OF w. NJ. Brown, who
| announces that he is in position to
| serve the county well in the matter
OF buggies. wagons, harness, farm
| implements, etc. He has bought in
carload lots and is giving his custom
ers the benefit Of his economic buy
! ing. Read his advertisement and call
on him.
-Tugaloo Tribune, 18th: "Mrs.
II. T. Floyd died at the home of her
son, A. j. Floyd, near Greenville, last
Friday night at the age of 65 years.
About ten years ago the Floyd family
moved from this section to Green
Vile, and they are remembered by
great many of our people. She is
survived by her husband and five
children"
We diret attention to the ad-
vertisement this week of "The Bee
Hive" Seneca's well-known clothing
and furnishing house. The big sale
to be inaugurated by this enterpris-
ing establishment will open Friday
of this week, January 21st. Read
this announcement on the fifth page
and call at The Bee Hive Seneca, for
your share OF the offerings.
The many friends Of Ex-Sheriff
w. NJ Kay will regret to learn that
he is quite i'll at his home in Seneca.
For some time he has suffered from
iaundice and this has been followed
by an attack Of grip. Mrs. w. ].
Schroeder, his daughter, left Monday
to be with her father and mother
during the formers illness. We hope
to hear soon OF Mr.. Kay's complete
recovery.
| AT congre gational meeting in
connection with the meeting Of the
session of the Walhalla Presbyterian
church last Sunday morning q call
was extended to Rev. w. Fl. Hamil-
ton, Of ,Ninety-SiX, to accept the pas
toral relation with the church at
Walhalla. Rev. Mr.. Hamilton recent
ly filled the pulpit Of the Walhalla
! church and made most favorable
| impression on the congregation Of
the Presbyterian church and others
who worshiped with them on that oc-
casiOn.
w. II. Williams, Of Seneca r. Il.
| D., was a business visitor to WAL
| halla last Friday. While in The
Courier Office Mr.. Williams showed
us his parole from prison during the
| CIVIL War. He was captured by
Sherman's army at Durham, N. c.,
on the 18th Of April 1865, nine days
after Lees surrender. He was pa
| rolled on April 20th, being in prison
only two days. The instrument is
| signed officially and sealed by w. II.
Dag, Provost Marshal. In the war
| Mr.. Williams was a member of Com
pany *, First Confederate Engineers.
w. r. Becknell, of Seneca, r.
| +. d. No. |, was a pleasant caller at
The Courier office yesterday. He
had with him a copy Of The Courier
Of December II, 1858. 1t was "re-
wears. Among the local news items
sonal property OF an estate. Among
the things sold were 16 negroes. The
bunch brought over $l3, 900, or more
than $500 per head. Three Of the
negroes were children and one an old
woman. The paper contained many
things Of interest, but we were push
ed for time and did not have time to
give the grand old rag" a careful
| perusal The paper was the property
| Of Mrs. e. e. Robinson, Mr.. Beck
| ncll's grandmother.
The Oconee rela tiyes and friends
Of William Earle Doyle will be griev-
| ed to learn that.a telegram was re-
| ccivcd in Seneca on January 14th,
| bearing the sad news of his death, at
the home Of his father, James II.
| Doyle, of Granbury, Texas. He was
a sufferer for years from nervous
prostration, and was treated by spe-
cialists at Glenn Rose and Fort
Worth, Texas. New Orleans, and At
lanta, with no apparent benefit. He
! was young man Of fine business
qualifications, holding the position OF
cashier in the Granbury Bank for
years. OF the immediate family he
leaves father, mother and sisters,
| Miss Trenholm Doyle, Mrs. Kathleen
| Doyle Harris, and his young wife.
| who was formerly Miss nellie McKen-
zic, OF Weatherford, Texas. The Cou-
! rier joins with many friends of the
family In extending sympathy to the