Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-04-12
the NEWS FROM SENECA.

Splttlng orulnance, however. III IL were
not that the council supplies spittoons at
convenient distances along the sidewalk,
we would be in sad fix. But the said
spittoons. being stationary, there will
naturally come day when they will re-
fuse to do duty as such.
There will be no services at the Pres
byterian church next Sabbath, the pas.
tor being absent at Presbytery. The
church is represented by DR.. e. A. Hines,
with j. w. Todd as alternate.
On Thursday evening next, after
prayer meeting, at the Presbyterian
church, the Mems Missionary Society
will be organized, il the way be clear.
j. f. Hinkle, who has served faithfully
in the capacity of town marshal for ten
years, has resigned, and is succeeded by
j. +. Gignilliat. Thomas Grant was
elected night Watohman.
/ On last Tuesday, the 4th instant, the
Oconee Medical Association met in
Seneca. The meeting WAS held in the
parlors of the Palmetto House, and was
full one.
The millinery opening of the r.
Phillips Cochran Co. last Friday and
Saturday was most attractive one, and
drew large number of feminine shop
pers from this and adjoining towns.
Hunter, Dendy & Co. likewise displayed
an elegant lineI of millinery, and there
was rush in this line of business that
F., is unprecedented.
Spring cleaning, that dreaded ordeal to
house keepers, is on hand, and it has
been truly said that man, in escaping
this bette noire alone has enough to
II AXE him truly thankful that he is not
born housekeeper.
TC ,he house keepers who are strug-
Cling with the effort to make their
brown, at this season, when the old crop
of potatoes stubbornly resists their
efforts, we suggest the use of boiling
water poured over them after they are
sliced, which extracts the starch, and
then proceeding as usual with cold water
and salt. The result will be most salts
factory.
introduced at the Palmetto House,
which has proved highly satisfactory in
every particular.
Mrs. Nell Gignilliat TRIMMER is visit
ing at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Gignilliat.
Mrs. d. G. Rogers, of Selma, Ala, will
arrive in Seneca to-day for few days
visit to her sister, Mrs. l.. j. Colburn, at
the Palmetto House.
Mrs. John Livingston, of Cordele, Ca,
and Mrs. d. P. Thompson, of Gaffney,
S. c., are visitors at the home of Mrs.
G. X. Livingston.
Miss Matte Hull, of Westminster,
spent last Sabbath with the family of
Rev. G. Wardlaw.
Rev. j. r. Moore, of Westminster, is
in Seneca to-day.
| Miss Sallie Shelor, the accomplished
daughter of Hon. j. w. Shelor, spent
last Saturday and Sunday with relatives
here.
Miss Willie Cherry leaves on the 18th
for Birmingham, Ala, where she will
attend commencement of her alma mater
and also take postgraduate course in
the school of expression of that institu-
tion.
Miss Anna Hunter, of Townville, who
has been visiting the family of w. S.
Hunter, returned to her home last Sat
urday.
1t is said that wedding, in which one
of Seneca's young men is to figure con-
spicuously, will occur in few days.
However, "mum's the word"
The Palmetto House is receiving the
last coat of paint, and when blinds are
added will be one of the most comforta.
BILE hotels in the up-country.
II. NJ. Lowery is handling lot of very
handsome Kentucky horses.
Remember the ice cream and straw
berry festival next Friday afternoon.
The Methodist ladies will be in charge
and the affair will be held in the new
store room adjoining the Citizens Bank
Mrs. E. M. Brooks is with Mrs. Geo.
Benedict, whose friends will be pleased
to know that she is in Seneca again.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. II. j.
Gignilliat regret to know that they are
both confined to their rooms by illness.
They hope to see them quite themselves
again soon.
Major j. j. Lewis, of Pickens, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. w. S. Hunter.
We presume that George has taken a
rear seat, the all-absorbing question now
being, Have you saw the new bridgep"
Lorenzo Smith, of Washington, Ga,
has accepted a position with r. Ander-
son.