Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-14


Miss Carrie Darby. of Sandy
Springs. Is visiting her sister, Mrs.
NJ G. Long.
One new candidate this week.
II. l.. Mcdonald, OF the Courtenay
section, for Sheriff.
II. B. ShelOr attended commence
ment exercises Of his alma mater
(Fnrman) in Greenville last week.
MIR. and Mrs. n. l.. Fant are
now occupying rooms in the house Of
Mrs. G. E. Rhodes, on North Broad
street.
DR.. and Mrs. G. w. Gardner,
Of Greenwood. spent the weekend in
Walhalla visiting at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. }. w. Shelor.
Mir. and Mrs. Il. L. Herndon re-
turned Monday from q pleasant visit
Of a week to relatives in Aiken coun-
ty. They made the trip in their au-
tomobile
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sloan and
children, Of Clemson College. spent
several days last week in Walhalla
visiting at the home of Dr.. aud Mrs.
b. +. Sloan.
Miss Alice Strong, Of l)ue West,
arrived in Walhalla last week and Is
spending the summer with her mo-
ther, Mrs. G. G. Strong. She is be-
ing greeted by host Of friends, who
are delighted to welcome her back
home.
Mrs. G. r. Baughman, of McCor-
mick, is visiting her mother, Mrs. G.
NJ. Brennecke. and other relatives in
Walhalla. Her son, Kenneth, who
has been in Walhalla for several
months, is now quite i'll at the home
OF his grandmother. He has many
friends who hope for his early re-
covery.
Miss Mary Ellen Wilson left
Monday for Columbia, where she Will
be for q short while among relatives
and friends. Before her return she
will also visit at Darlington, return
ing to Walhalla in time to take up
her duties as teacher at Blue Ridge
school, to which position she was re-
Gently elected.
WIN. Arthur Jackson, the seven
year-old grandson Of Mrs. J. f. Ro-
chester, who resides in the Monaghan
Mill village, died on Tuesday morn
ing of last week, after brief illness
from pneumonia. The bereaved rel
atives have the sympathy of many
in their sorrow. Funeral services
and interment were held last Wednes-
day morning.
1t will be Of interest to many of
our readers to know that three Oco-
nee girls made honor marks at Win
throp College during the session but
recently closed and were announced
as distinguished at the commence
ment exercises. The young ladies thus
honored are Misses Idah Pitchford
and Grace Beard, Of the freshman
class, and Miss Tabitha Stribling, of
the sophomore class.
We are requested to announce
that there will be preaching services
at Pleasant Ridge next Saturday af-
ternoon at $50 o'clock and on Sum
day morning at II O'Clock. The SER
mon will be by Rev. l.. II. Raines.
O'Clock there will also be services,
The public is cordially invited to at
tend all services at Pleasant Ridge.
Mrs. Mary l.. Montgomery, who
has been visiting in Atlanta for some
time, returned to Walhalla last week
and is among friends here for a short
while. 1t will be learned with regret
that Mrs. Montgomery will in the
near future return to Atlanta to
make her home. She and her bro
ther, John G. Law, have purchased
property in the Gate City and will
make their home there together.
The regular summer schedule of
union services was begun last Sunday
night, when Rev. w. B. Aull, Of the
Lutheran church, preached at the
Baptist church. Next Sunday even
ing at $50 o'clock Rev. w. II. Ham
ilton, OF the Presbyterian church,
will preach, the services being held
at the Lutheran church. The men,
bers Of all denominations are urged
to join in these union services during
the summer months.
-Honea Path Chronicle: "W. J.
Edmonds, superintendent of the
Honea Path Oil Mill, has returned
from Charlotte, n. c., where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
Interstate Association Of Oil Mill
Superintendents. He reports very
interesting meeting and large at
tendance. Mr.. Gdmonds was elected
State vice president for South Caro-
lima. The next meeting Of the asso-
citation will be held in Augusta, Ga"
Mr.. Edmonds is we'll known in Wal
halla and Oconee, and has many
friends who will learn with pleasure
Of his prominence among the mill
men Of the State.
-Walhalla has a representative in
the Golden West who is doing the
honors for Democracy in her adopted
home. Mrs. j. e. Brown (fOrmerly
Miss May Fant, of Walhalla,) writ
ing TO her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N.