Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-11
Fair Play Notes.

Fair Play, May 9.-Owing to inclem
ENJOY of the weather the school enter
tainment was postponed from Tuesds,
evening to Friday. A large crowd, rep
resenting Lavonia, Ga, Seneca, Gross
Roads, Townville, Oakway, South Union
Double Springs, etc., enjoyed the beauti
full exercises.
AS the curtains rose the organ, PLAYED
by Miss Mahaffey, sounded the opening
measures of columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean," and the school on masse on the
stage sang 1t as only music-loving young
Americans can sing. Then as they
marched away the curtains fell, to rise
Upon seven white-clad lassies. who gave
the Welcome as perfectly as the flow.
ing haired elf1ns of old. Then came a
recitation by q wee sprite, followed by
"Beautiful Thoughts" rendered by five
"They Ask Me Why I am SO Bad, !"
provoked much mirt6 as five of the
small-boy brigade told their troubles.
Then another recitation by tiny tot,
and Miss Ethel Marett catoe on the stage
telling us of her sailor boy ont on the
ocean, and that she "believed she'd wait
for Jaok," followed by a "Week of April
Weather." true as life.
After more charming recitations came
a dialogue, "Procrastination," which
brought down the house.
We must omit further mention of the
beautiful recitations or else The Courier
will need to get out an extra edition, but
we'll we wish every reader could have
witnessed the charming Japanese Drill,
by young ladies of the school. As they
went through movement after movement
to the accompaniment Of a delightful
march, clad in wide girdled, flowing
kiminos, the audience fairly sat spell.
bound.
"The Old Maids and Bachelors" gave
an evenings entertainment" which
ended with the usual happy result, as
the bachelors decided to bach it nc
longer.
A dialogue about the girl who didn't
like peaches was a great hit. She finally
ate bushel and said ''she liked 'em
very we'll, only the seeds scratched her
froatp'
"The Model GLASS;" when questioned
by the visiting examiner, gave rater un.
expected answers, as when the head
in, replied, "Iu State of sin and
| miseryr'
The Jolly Girls" attired in Club
colors and peaked caps, then sang for us
the Club Cheer, marched backward to
the rear of the stage, wheeled and -
prestol band of negroes, in black
aprons, marched toward us. singing
cold Black Joe." How we gasped! But,
as in real, so in mimic life, the curtain
fell over the comedy and rose upon the
pathetic.
A Musical Tableau showed young
man, in evening dress, kneeling before
the "loveliest of maidens yet" lwhen a
wondering couple, "The Gypsy's Warn
ing" The tremulous sobbing of the
organ and the gestures of the "lady fair"
the "dark-eyed stranger and the weird
attire of the "gypsy' held the immense
audience breathless. Oh, it was beauti-
full! Tears, not cheers, proved the sue.
cess of the scene.
When the curtains rose again five
''nigs" discussed by-gone days, and as
each called up some day Of yore they
| sang first, "Old Folks at Home," then
''Oid Uncle Ned" and "Massas in do
| Cold, Cold Groun'." 1t was most effect
i've and hugely enjoyed.
That closed the exercises, and Prof.
Barton, thanking the audience for doing
it's part so well, bade us good night. we
| departed with the unanimous note that
it bad never been excelled in all the his
tory of Fair Play.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Isbell,
May 3, daughter.
Sam Zeigler visited friends here Satur-
| day and Sunday.
Rev. Lewis preached fine sermon at
| Gbto m6JnOulSG
Miss Marye r. Shelor and brother, Ry.
land, visited Miss Emily Compton Tues
day.
The Sunshine Branch met Saturday
afternoon. These Sunshners are already
scattering much good cheer.
Miss Emily Compton leaves Friday for
Clemson College to attend the o. R. S. L.
A. meeting. She goes thence to visit her
| cousin, Miss Kate Compton, of Central.
George Y. Marett, Of Atlanta, visited
his father, S. A. Marett, Wednesday.
Farmers, attention! The Farmers
Club will hold its next regular meeting
at the school house May Ia. Please at
tend.
We are having an abundant supply of
rain and cotton is coming up right
along.
Joe w. Shelor, Esq, came down Tues
day. He was the welcome guest of Dr.
and Mrs. Heller. Come back Gin tho
good old summer time," so near at hand,
friend Shelor and we'll treat you to po-
tatoes and beans ad libitum-if you'll
make us a speech. Tell us what you
think of putting poll tax of, say fifty
cents or a dollar, on every dog in the
State, and using the money accruing
therefrom for educational purposes, in
stead of the "dispensary blood money!
put that into improving the public roads.
Let us hear from you on the subject.
Master John B. Compton has been
quite i'll recently.
We desire to thank that "Voice from
Old Pickens" for the pom pictures of
some of our forebears. A Georgia
writer has, through the columns of the
Semi-Weekly Journal, been giving a
"Glance at Our Fathers" for the Geor-
gians. Wouldn't the "Voice' give
upper Carolinians some light on SINH
lar view?' C.
Good Spirits.
Good spirits don't all come from Ken
tucky. Their main source is the liver
and all the fine spirits ever made in the
Blue Grass State could not remedy bad
liver or the hundred -One.ill effects it