Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-24
The Visit Of the Band to South
Union,

| EsTRs. EDITORS: On Thursday afternoon
tho l7th instant, BY previous invitation Of
Prof y. A. johnson. tho Dixie Cornct Band
started to South Union, a church about %
miles Southeast of Wulhalla in their band
wagon drawn by four of d. Bicmann & Sons
| best horses.
AS we rode along VIC had splendid op .
portunity Of viewing tho country along the
road. Tho crops below hero, arc looking
very fine, especially corn. Cotton is very
good in somo places, but in others it is sadly
IN need of the hoe and plow. We can safely
prophecy that, with good seasons, this will
larger ia cotton than corn, at least, as tar us
we could soc.
| 1t being very late in tho afternoon when
we left Walhalln. night soon overlook us, ard
wo passed the time singing all the popular
airs Of the day. with now and then sacred
song. About II o'clock we wcro met about
! three or four miles from the church by Prof
Johnson and another gcntlsman, who con-
ductcd us to tho residence OF Mr.. w. ii
sheldon, where we divided, part Of Us going
on about II mile further to Mr.. j. w. Shclor's,
| where we were 1narcrGd fur tic night. ln the
morning, after partaking Of hearty break
fast, VIC took walk ovor his plantation on
rngaloo River. llia@rors were locking
we'll. Next VIC proceeded to Mr.. Shcidon's
compared notes and each patty We'd with
each other in commenting on tho courtesy
and hospitality with which they had been
treated After staying an hour or two here
VIC took up the lire Of march to the church,
near which the exhibition was to be held.
a considerable crowd had gathered at the
ground when We arrived, and continued to
come until several hundred people we there.
About 1880 a. NJ. the exercises were begun
by Prof johnson, principal of the school,
making few remarks by way Of introduc>
ton to five young men, who entered into a
contest for prize. The speakers acquitted
themselves very crcdi,ably and showed n
thorough training, These addresses were
followed bya discussion Of the question, SIS
there more pleasure in private than public
lifc?" by the same frc young gcnt.cmcn
Then came the biggest thing of the occasion
tho t.uncr. The impromptu tables fairly
groanel nnder tho weight of u feast tha,
would have delighted the heart Of an cricurc
and the band did their full duty in relieving
them Of their load
After dinner, essays written by several
young ladies' Of tho school, were read by
different gentlemen. The composition 0,
these essays was very fine.
W. p. Calhoun, Esq, in The absence Of the
appointed speaker W. j. Stribling. Esq,
then delivered an appropriate address, after
which tho prize for the best speech was given
to Master Oliver johnson, and honorable
mention made OF Mr.. w. II. Davis speech
The question was decided in favor Of the
negative. Two books, MS prizes for the hest
spclcr and reader i'll The school we're then
presented respectively Mr.. W. II. Davis, and
Miss Maggie l.. Sheldon.
These exercises were interspcrscd ut ntcra
walls by music by the band.
The crowd soon after began to disperse
and wc left for home about S O'Clock, and
concluded to come back by Scnccn City, and
on this road also the crops were in fine COM
di,on. The all absorbing question all the
way to Seneca was (Which way and how far
is it to Senecn2" which was asked Of every
man seen on the road.
Many amusing incidents happened on this
trip, both going and coming, and "Old John"
was called in to settle many an intricate
| point and ho always gave his decisions in
good taste. This trip will ever be rcmem-
hcrcd by the band, who were unanimous in
declaring it the best since their organization.
| The kindness, too, of tho citizens of that
ncighborhood will never bo forgotten. 1t is
the hope Of the Dixie Cornet Band that Prof
johnson will soon have another exhibition
and invite them to furnish music. We trust
this communication will not prove uninter,
esting to your readers. and you will pardon
us for trcspassing on so much Of your yalua,
bic space. MEMBER.
a majority Of the Kentucky delegates arc
for Tildcn.
There nro no Tilaen men in tho North
Carolina delegation to Cincinnati.
Gov Jarvis has been rcnominated by the
Democrats Of North Carolina.
Tho report comes from Union County that
n man named Willis Brannon, living near
Wilkinvillc, murdered his wife few days
ago and has fed.
W. 5. Lynch, tried at Hampton G. II. last
week on tho charge of breach of trust with
fraudulent intent in four counts, and OF
larceny in four other counts, has been
acquitted on every count. The jury was out
.l.