Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-29
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THE NEWS FROM SENECA.
The Election Of Town Officers Communion
Services at the Methodist Church.


upon the wise choice made. In view of
the fact that the retiring council has left
notable and substantial monuments to
It's administration, it is up to the council
elect to keep the ball moving, which, in
the minds of live citizenship, is a fore
gone conclusion.
Yesterday, at the Seneca Cotton Mills,
Luther Hyde died from the effects of a
wound made by George Thompson, of
Newry, in an alteration which occurred
between these parties at the Seneca Cot
ton Mill on Saturday, the 18th instant.
The Coroner held an inquest yesterday,
the verdict of the jury being in accord
with the above factsa Thompson gave
up and is in Jail.
X. M. Richardson is building n large
oistern in the rear of the lot on which
the Palmetto House is located, which
will be used for sanitary purposes by the
hotel. The large we'll supplies water for
other purposes.
1t has been said that the travelling men
are complaining that the hotel business
is overdone' here" 1t occurs to us that
they (the travelling men) are the last men
on earth to discourage enterprises of
this nature, knowing that in this, as we'll
as other, trades, competition truly is the
life of trade! And as long as no kick
comes from the competitors we advise
them, in the language of brer rabbit. to
"lay low and say nothin'."
Others say that business in other lines
Is over-done in Seneca. AS long as there
are no failures and everybody seems to
be making a comfortable living, we
fail to see how business can be over. done.
On last Sabbath exercises were held in
the Presbyterian church by the Sunday
school, the program of which was sup-
piled by the Home Mission hoard.
Services will be held as usual next
Sabbath at the Presbyterian church
morning and evening. AZ the morning
service the following program of music
will be used: Voluntary, Deal Gently !;
Quartette, Thompson; Offertory, Not
Ashamed of Christ, Soprano Solo.
Communion was celebrated at the
Methodist church last Sabbath, and a
delightful program of music was rem
dered. The male quartette sang as vol
untary, o, Silvery Waves. and Mrs.
Benedict rendered as offertory, Redemp
ton by Shuts. During communion the
quartette sang, Morning, Noon and
Evening.
On last Sabbath afternoon at the Bap.
tist church a Baptist Young Peoples
Union was organized. Following are
the names of officers elected: President.
j. G. Huff; Vice President, Leland Ma
rett; Recording Secretary, Miss Maud
Hopkins; Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Eleanor Wardlaw; Organist, Miss Fannie
Lowery. The delegates appointed to
attend the convention, to be held in
Charleston, in April, are j. G. Huff and
Miss Maud Hopkins.
The grading done on the street leading
to Walhalla, Immediately in front OF the
residences of w. S. Hunter and H. r.
Alexander, is completed and has made q
decided improvement, both in the at
tractiveness of these residences and the
use of the street as driveway. The
council lowered the shade trees on the
sidewalks also, and terraced the border
of the yards, finishing the entrance with
cemented steps. We hope it will be
consolation to these good citizens to
know that this street is now more CITY
like in appearance than any in town,
We hope the council will now turn its
attention to other approaches to town.
Fair Play street, for instance.
Tonight Russell's electric, shows will,
be given at the school house, and will be
repeated on Wednesday night.
S. X. Dendy is in Atlanta making fina,
for the opening Of the mil
linery department of the establishment
of Hunter, Dendy & Co., which will oc-
cur in the near future. The dates of the
formal openings of our milliners is not
SCI yet, but they promise to be full.
varied and more attractive than ever.
Last Saturday was a great day in bust
ness circles here. On account of the
rains on Friday the farmers were here in
round numbers, and the merchants saw
that the business done was unprece-
dented.
A notable acquisition to the Baptist
choir last Sabbath morning was the cor
net playing by Ben McErath, whose de- |
lightfui smooth handling of his instru-
ment was much enjoyed by the congre-
CATION present.
L. Nj. Lowery is in the mountains this
week. ~
Major w, J. stibling was in Seneca
yesterday.