Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-07-04

| MIR. and Mrs. Jas. NJ. Moss re-
turned Sunday afternoon from their
bridal trip to Atlantic City. They
are at home to their friends on Maui
din street.
H. l.. Brandt has been spending
| two weeks at Florence visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Herman Hoffmeyer,
and family. Mr.. Brandt is expected
| to return to Walhalla to-day.
The many friends of Jos. J. Nor
ton, who has been In the cotton busi-
ness in Seneca for G. w. Gignilliat,
will be glad to know that he will be
in Walhalla for some time among rel
atives.
We are indebted to our good
friend, J. S. Carter, of Westminster,
for treat in the way of a basket of
his fine peaches. He is now shipping
East hundreds Of crates of these
peaches, which are Of the Carmen
variety. His earliest crop, the May
flower variety, has already been pick
ed. packed and shipped, these ripen-
ing some three or four weeks ahead
of the present crop. He will have
other shipments to make almost con-
tinuously up to the middle Of Octo-
ber.
| -Oconee came near having ano-
ther murder case for trial at the pres
ent session of Criminal Court as the
! result of an assault on Conductor
Thomas Cox, Of the Southern Rail-
way, Saturday night near Seneca.
Two men boarded Mr.. Cox's train,
freight, and when the conductor en-
deavored to put them off they turned
OH him, one, it is said, catching hold
of him and graphing with him, while
the other attacked him with a knife,
cutting him severely. The result of
the wounds is still in doubt, Mr.. Cox
being in an Atlanta hospital, from
which comes the word that his
wounds are still regarded as of very
grave and probably fatal nature. The
two men are Of the class known as
mill hobos, being cotton mill opera
t1Ves who make practice Of travel
ing from one mill to another, but
working at none for any length Of
time. They give their names as Will
Barker and Jim Turner, the former
claiming Gainesville, Ga, as his
home. the latter Clinton, S. C. They
! are both in the OcOnee Jail awaiting
the results Of the wounds inflicted on
Conductor Cox. Mr.. Cox is said to
be a man about 10 years of age. The
two men charged with the assault
upon him are younger men, probably
80 years of age, or about that age.
Mr.. Cox was given medical attention
at Seneca and was then sent to At
lanta for hospital treatment and care
as soon as possible. Turner will be
charged with the actual assault and
cutting, or murder If Mr.. Cox dies
| ho dc,
ker Is held as an accessory and ma
terial witness against Turner.
The best patent flours-Dan
Valley, Snow Flake and Palace,
$11.0G per parrel c. w. & ]. e.
Bauknight.-Adv.
| Yesterday afternoon about 2
o'clock heavy clouds gathered over
| Walhalla, and within few minutes
one Of the heaviest wind and rain
storms that has visited this section in
a long while, If ever, broke forth,
deluging the town and surrounding
communities with water and hail, the
wind rising to such velocity as to top
pie over a number Of large trees in
almost every section Of the town,
twisting others and swapping them
off. The high chimneys on the Court
House were toppled over, damaging
the roof, which sprang leaks here and
there, pouring water into the court
room in pools. A number of roofs
in town were damaged, sections of
tin and metal roofs going into neigh
boring lots. Outbuildings we're over
turned at several points, and the Bur-
ton cottage residence in the south
western section Of town, occupied by
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its foundations. The Second Baptist
church, which is located in the mill
village Of the Victor Mills
Company, was blown over, going
completely from its foundations, the
roof being split in the middle and
crushed in. This building is consid-
cred to be practically a wreck. 1t
was built only about year ago. The
union church Is also blown from it's
foundations, but the body of the
building stood the strain better than
the newer one. A store building in
the village, owned by M. G. Todd,
was badly damaged. No damage of
any consequence occurred in the viii
lage proper, all of the cottages stand
ing the strain we'll A number of
the beautiful trees on Main street
were uprooted. The rain was accom-
panied by heavy hail, though in
this sections 1t seems to have not
been heavy enough to do material
damage to crops. Practically all corn
In and around the town is either bent
fiat to the ground or twisted badly in
the rows, but not great deal Is in
such shape as to be beyond straight
ening up for full crop of grain as
well as for the forage it will produce.
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