Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-06-25
THE NEWS FROM SENECA.

Seneca, June 24.--Miss Sallie Living
! atom is AZ: home again, after o visit OF
| several weeks TO Lockhart.
Miss Alta Cary, Of Lockhart, is visit
ing Mrs; q. *. Livingston.
| Mr.. George X. Coleman is In Seneca
for o few days. His friends here are
glad to see him looking well.
Miss Julia Bryan, who is remembered
pleasantly by our people, arrived yester-
day and Ia now with her brothers
family, Mr.. j. III. Bryan, nc Newry.
| Mrs. Eyie Werner Moorman is visiting
In Westminster and Retreat this week,
She was accompanied TO Westminster by
Master James McCarey.
| Mr.. Lie. Craig, formerly a merchant
here. but who now numbers himself
among the knights of the grip, spent
Saturday in Seneca.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Harper reached
Seneca on Saturday afternoon last. afte,
spending some days at Tallulah Falls,
and remained over Sunday with their
parents here, leaving yesterday after
noon Tor their future homo at Newry.
Ihey are accompanied by the hearty
good wishes Of scores of friends here,
Mr.. Will Thompson and children are
with the family Of Mr.. A. w. Thompson,
| Mr.. Thomas Harper continues oriti.
cally Ill at his home here.
| Mrs. Mary McCarley's friends will
regret TO learn that she has been confined
to bed of illness for some days.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. 8. Stribling will issue
affair at their home near town the latter
part of this week.
On last Thursday evening "chosen
few enjoyed a moonlight picnic at
Dayis's mill, few miles below t, wn.
The Presbyterian church here is closed
now for regular services, but the Sunday
school will be continued, while repairs
are going on. There will be no preach
ing nor prayer meeting until the first
Sabbath in August.
Rev. W.. S. Hamiter and family will
leave on Thursday next for the noun.
tains, where they will occupy a cottage
for two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Knox, of Town
vile, moved to Seneca last week and are
occupying the cottage of DR.. John Hop
kins on Fair Play street.
On last Saturday at noon the homo OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Russell, at Autun,
was destroyed by fire, which caught
from the stove pipe. Most of the furni-
ture was saved.
Following is list of those who at,
tended the picnic to the tunnel last Fri.
day: Misses Lizzie Harper, Hessie Mo.
Carley, Eleanor Wardlaw, Maud Hopkins
|
Ella Richardson, Lena Evans, Messrs. j.
H.: Moore, Edd Hiott, Jim Myers, Edd
Sitton, Charlie Harper, Lawrence MIN.
mons, Leland Marett and Chris Lowery.
a good time is the verdict of all.
a few OF our June weddings, which
Madam Rumor predicted, will be carried
over until July, so the story goes.
The tent meeting, which has been in
progress here for two weeks, closed last
night DR.. Clayton, of Central, who was
prevented by illness from attendance,
came over and conducted the services
yesterday, preaching to an immense con.
gregation last night.
Mr.. M. l.. Tribble had the misfortune
to fall on last Saturday from which he
received painful, but not serious injury.
lie is on the streets to-day.
Misses Hill and Humphreys. two OF
Anderson's charming young women, will
arrive on "Wednesday for visit to Miss
Mary Cherry.
Following is al extract from private
letter received from Mrs. Ludie M
Coleman which will prove interesting to
her large circle of friends in the county
and particularly to those who are inter.
ested in silk culture:
| Our next point was Florence. This
city is quite interesting, in many respects
as Rome. We only had three days here
much to our regret. This is the place
where the most beautiful mosaics in the
world are made. We saw them being
made, both the jewelry tables and great
pictures.
The next point was Venice, by far the
loveliest place of all. We visited all the
great points of interest, the Doges Palace,
now museum full of pictures by the
old masters. Then we went across the
bridge OF sighs, and saw the exact spot
where the condemned were executed
(heads cut Off; took In the National
Museum and the lace manufactures; we
also saw them making Venetian glass in
the glass factories. 1 never dreamed
there were so many beautiful things in
this line before. AS it was not tho right
time OF the moon for riding in gondolas
at night, we were satisfied with one ride
on the Grande Canal, but every night
there was music and dancing in the
| squares. Every time we went out we
passed Robert Browning's house, as it is
on the Grande Canal, very near our
hotel. 1t is a lovely palace of white
marble (or was). Everything in Venice
looks like the old houses in Charleston.
The next place was Milan, the finest
and most progressive city of Italy. 1t is
the capital of Lombardy, and the center
OF the silk-growing industry. This was
my second visit to Milan, as went there
| from Genoa when l came. l am quite
| satisfied that this work can be as sue
| cessful in Oconee as it is here, in fact. I
am more encouraged about it than ever.
The whole of the silk-growing region is
a perfect paradise. Vegetation is much
later there than with us and they never
hatch out their worms until the middle
OF May. | saw the worms at work and
also saw the silk mills. The silk farms
look just like orange groves, except that
In many instances grape vines are draped
from one tree to another, and grain is
planted in the same field. The trees are
not allowed to grow large, but made to
bunch They are planted about twenty
feet apart.
En- route from Milan to Vienna our wav
lay between the Italian and Austrian
Alps, and words cannot describe the
views. The highest peaks were perfectly
white with snow. The great Summering
Pass is the grandest sight I've ever seen.
Vienna is beautiful city and contains
more handsome blocks of buildings than
any other city in Europe except Paris.
Mrs. Ida M. Beard spent two days in
our town last week selling her book en-
titled, The Story of my Life, or a De-
tion attracted many to buy the book, and
after reading it your correspondent is of
the opinion that modern authors, Ellen
Glascon, Mary Johnston, and others, had
best ''go way back and sit down."
While we doubt the assertion that
"timidity in woman is an obsolete term"
we do not doubt, but deplore, the fact
that the gentleman of ye olde school is
becoming stranger to these parts. Oh!
for just glimpse into the past, when
man was not too absorbed with the affairs
of this life to recognize the presence ii
ladies by tip of the hat and at least a
good morning" to say nothing of his