Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-06-06

fISiliHS ~. ana hTS. u. +. corn.
! They expect to return to Walhalla
| Thursday.
Eugene f. Ostendorff, of Char
| lesion, is spending this week in Wal
halla visiting at the home of his
aunts, the Misses Ansel, and among
other relatives. He has many friends
here who are glad to see him again.
We are requested to announce
| that Rev. S. A. Tow will preach at
Mountain Grove Baptist church next
Sunday and Saturday night before.
The Saturday night service will be
held at S o'clock. Everybody is cor
daily invited.
Bishop Grant and Eugene Alb
| bott, Of the Butler Guards, spent the
latter part Of last week and the first
Of this with relatives and friends in
Walhalla, returning Monday to their
headquarters. They were recruiting
for the Butler Guards.
Mrs. A. p. Crisp is spending
some time at NeWberry, where she
| Is visiting her brother, who it criti-
cally Ill. Her sister, Miss Hattie
Belle Crooks, has also been quite Ill
at the Crooks home in Ne@berry, but
Is now much better.
Miss Lettie Grant, who has been
! teaching In the Starr (Anderson
county, High School during the past
session, is at home for the vacation
| period with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. A. Grant. Her many
| friends are glad to welcome her back.
Anderson Mail, 4th: "Mrs. A.
G. Fretwell has let the contract for
the erection Of her residence in North
Anderson. The dwelling will occupy
the lot adjoining the home Of Lee G.
] Holleman, and will be a 7-room
structure, with all modern conven-
iences."
Among those who have gone
from Walhalla to the Confederate re-
union are Veterans w. T. McGill and
| Newton Crenshaw, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
NJ. Brown, Grover c. Crenshaw and
w. Oldridge White They left Sun
day. Their many friends wish for
thom pleasant visit to the National
Capital. 9
MIR. and Mrs. Thos. NJ. Baldwin,
Of Newry, spent the first of this week
visiting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. q. Hand, near town. Mr.. and Mrs.
Baldwin will leave in few days for
Georgia to make their home near
ployed in a textile mill that is filling
government orders.
| Veteran Newton Crenshaw is in
Washington, ID. c., this week in at
tendance on the reunion there. Mr..
Crenshaw will be taken care Of by his
sons, j. d. and +. J. Crenshaw, Of
that city. While in his 7Stn year,
Mr.. Crenshaw is still hale and hearty,
union, both far and near, for a num-
Der Of years, finding great pleasure
In meeting with the "boys of the
sixties" He was accompanied by
his son, Grover c. Crenshaw, of
West Union.
Mrs. 8. A. Lockwood, probably
one Of the oldest ladies in the COM
munity, Is in very feeble condition
at the home Of her granddaughter,
Mrs. J. A. Steck. Mrs. Lockwood is
sc years Of age and has for some time
been gradually weakening under the
infirmities of age. On last Tuesday
afternoon, while walking on the
porch, In endeavoring to move
chair, she lost her balance, falling to
the floor. Since that time she has been
confined to her room constantly and
Is now exceedingly feeble. She is
suffering from no disease other than
those incident to extreme age, and
there Is slight hope Of her recovery
There are many who Will learn with
regret OF her feeble condition.
We learn that David w. Strib-
ling. Of Richland, a son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. p. Stribling, is the winner Of
the four weeks agricultural course
ut Clemson College, with all OK
n"nses paid. Mr.. Stribling's reward
comes for his excellence in work in
the Boys Corn Club Of Oconee for
1916. He Is also the winner Of the
gold medal offered by J. p Stribling
FOR the best general record in the
Oconee Corn Club work for last year.
The awarding Of prizes among the
corn club boys has but recently been
decided. Last year Ennis Abbott, a
son OF Mr. and Mrs. J. s. Abbott, of
Walhalla, won the Stribling medal
and David Stribling made second
place.
Misses Bertha and Henrietta
Klaren left Monday for Charleston.
where they will attend the marriage
OF their cousin, George II. Theiling,
ana Miss Annie Theilkuhl, which will
take place to-day, "wednesday.
Both the bride and groom are we'll
known In Walhalla, the bride being
a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Theil-
kuhl. Of Walhalla, the groom hay
ing on numerous occasions visited
among relatives here. The Courier.
along with numerous other friends
OF the young couple, extends hearty
congratulations and sincere good
wishes to them. Miss Henrietta
| klaren anticipates extending her
! trip to Charleston sufficiently to en-
able her to take business course at
the Stokes Business College, and It