Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-09-20
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j. LOOALlSAND Personal. i.
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Water was turned into all the
mains OF the Walhalla water system
last Saturday afternoon. The pres
sure was all that could be desired,
giving a wonderful flow Of absolutely
clear water, giving eycry evidence
that the filter system is adequate to
meet the purpose for which it was
designed, that of giving our citizens
perfectly clear and pure water for all
purposes. The first use % which the
water supply was put was to sprinkle
the streets, laying the dust that has
fer months been troubling the people
Of the town and tho visitors in our
midst. 1t is evident now that Wal
halla will not be dependennt OH the
elements for needed street work
when the contractors have finished
with the laying Of the lateral lines
Of small p'ue. A good drenching with
hose, section by section, will permit
Of needed scraping and dragging,
thus getting the streets into fair
shape to meet the winters rains and
freezes without having to ply
| through oceans of mud" during the
| long winter months. Walhalla bids
fair to have one Of the best water sys-
| TENS in Upper. Carolina-and that,
OF course, means the best in the en-
| tire State.
We are Informed that County
Policemen Hunnicutt and Lawlcss
| on Monday afternoon made an arrest
in which, doubtless, many Oconce
citizens will bo Interested. Our in
formation is that a man by the name
OF Slaton, Of the OaFway section, Was
taken in charge, having in his pos
session largo quantities Of aut0mo-
! bile accessories, such rs inner tubes,
some castings, at least one complete
| automobile wheel, numerous pumps,
| mOtoimeters, radiator caps Of vAri-
Gus styles, tools OF numberless varic-
! iics--in fact. NEST anything That
| could be easily and hurriedly taken
| from or detached from an autOmo-
| bile. Recently numbers OF such arti-
clcs Fave been removed from cars
! parkol in the vicinity Of the gospel
! tent in Seneca. In other words, while
Evangelist Smith was preaching and
others praying, some one on the out
side was busy pilfering. We are in
formed that the pile OF stuff taken in
charge by the rural policemen made
a pretty good automobile load. The
officers at Seneca, nave also, we i'm
derstand, a young boy in charge who,
| it is thought, did the actual Gift
ing and that he was working for
the older man. If this is the ease.
and evidence sufficient to convict IS
obtained, the youngster should set
off rather light. but the older man,
the real cuiprit, should be given the
limit "in such case made and pro-
vidcd."
There are many who will learn
with regret Of the death Of Mrs. Mag
| gle Aldine Joost Balster, which Oc-
| Cured at Anderson on last Sunday,
! Oct. 18th. at l.20 o'clock. The body
| was brought to Walhalla for inter-
mcnt, which was made in the Lu.h-
eran cemetery on Monday, Rev. w.
! Is. Aull conducting the services at
| the grave. Mrs. Balster was we'll
known here, having spent many years
OF her life here with her parents, the
| late Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Joost, early set
tiers Of Walhalla, and residing here
| for number of years after her mar
riagc. She was born in New York
city May 9Th, 1858. After the death
OF her mother, her father, with three
small children, (she being the young
est aged two years,) located in Wal
| halla, this being 60 years ago. She
remained here until She reached the
age Of IA, at which time she united
| with the Lutheran church here, and
returned to her native State. remain
! ing there until she married D. w.
| BalSter, at the age Of 25, and return
| cd to Walhalla, making her home
here until II years ago, when she
| 70 nd ~ q
| was a devoted mother and loyal ever
| to her church and counted her per-
sonal friends by her acquantances
She was taken i'll Sept. 10th. and af-
| ter one week Of painful sickness fell
asleep in Jesus. She is survived by
! four children-Mrs. Christina !. Nell
son, of Kings rec; Mrs. Mary Grahl,
Of Greenville; Miss Henrietta Bal
ster and Nick William Balster, Of AN
derson. The bcrcaved ones have the
sympathy Of many friends in their
sorrow.
From a Portland, Oregon. paper
| OF Aug 26th, wo clip the following
no.ice, which will be Of interest to
many in Oconcc, the young gentle
man referred to, Arthur Phidcl Fret
we'll, being a son OF Mr.. and Mrs. K.
IS. Fretwcll, Of Walhalla Route l:
"This morning (Aug. 26th) at 7
o'clock, at the home Of the bride s
I parents on y. Sd street, Miss Ellen
Nargucritc Flint was united in mar
riage to Arthur Phidcl Fretwcll. AS
the strains of the wedding march
were played the bridal couple came
down the stairs and took their stand
beneath a bower OF pink ana white
Rev. Joseph Knots oGiciatcd, using