Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-14
THE NEWS FROM SENECA.

Sabbath evening were delightful, not
withstapdiDg the very inclsmsnt weathe
when Rrv,.S. y. Blackburn, the pastor of
the Baptist church. was rendered a well
come tO onr midst. The resident pastors,
Reys. Abney and Kirkpatrick, aud Prof.
II. p. Bopgs, in behalf OF the Episcopa-
lians, made delightful, earnest talks, and
the entire service wAs characterized by
an earnest, brdtherly love that should
prevail among Christian people. A mixed
choir sang, " Behold What Manner of
Love-" which WAS beautifully appropri-
ate. and the pastor elect, Mr.. Blackburn,
preached forceful sermon from John
10 10.
On Wednesday evening the ladies OF
the Presbyterian church will serve oys-
ters In the vacant store room on tho
square, beginning at O'Clock. Desserts
will also be served. We bespeak liberal
patronage from the public, this being the
first thing of the kind given here this
season. These good women having made
a reputation for serving liberal, delicious
meals, the public is assured of value re-
ceived and courteous. polite attention.
Will our public spirited women bear in
mind the mass meeting called for next
Friday afternoon in the parlors of the
Palmetto House {?
Prof. Fayssoux, the hypnotist, is in
Seneca with his company and gave a
creditable performance at the opera
house last night and will give second
performance Tonight. On last Saturday
according to advertisement, a subject
was hypnotized and placed in the large
show window "f Harper, Boyd g. Hunt,
where he remained forty.eight hours,
until last night, when at 8.45 he was
awakened in the opera house in the
presence of the audience. Previous to
waking him, however, Prof. Fayssopx
had the subject placed upon two chairs,
his head in one and feet in the
other, large rock, weighing in
the neighborhood of 500 pounds,
placed upon his body and an oppor-
tunity offered to committee of
a sledge hammer. A vigorous effort was
made. Another feature di the entertain
ment was hiding articles, etc., which
were found by the hypnotist blindfolded,
notwithstanding a pronounced effort to
foil him in his efforts. A number of citi-
zens offered themselves as subjects and
the exhibition was amusing in many
ridiculous instances. Your correspond
ent saw two members of the committee
who rode in the carriage during the wild
drive, G. w. Gignilliat and w. S. Hun
ter, the other members being A. b Bene-
dict and DR.. Moi utcheon. The drive
was made from the Palmetto House in
the presence Of throng of interest ed
aud curious spectators. The plan, as
some of your readers will know, was to
have the committee write letter, put it
In box in the post office, secure the key,
hide IL, and the professor, blindfolded,
would drive the carriage, accompanied
by the committee, to the place of hiding,
secure the key, return to the post office,
get the letter and read the address and
deliver the same to the owner. G. w.
Gignilliat wrote the letter, and in COM
pauy with the other members of the COM
mittee, drove to the upper end of town
and concealed it in a terra Gotta pipe in
font of w. 0. Hamilton's residence.
The hypn0tist was then blindfolded, and
after a circuitous route found the kew,
went to the post Office, secured the let
ter, read the address and delivered the
same to Pat 1sbell at the Mercantile
Company. One member Of the commit
tee said the drive was not complete in
his opinion, as the hypnotist failed TO
drive the carriage to the place where the
key was concealed, but that otherwise
the test was perfect. Your correspond
ent saw Prof. FaySsoux and asked for an
explanation, which he courteously gave,
saying he knew nothing of direction or
distance, he was merely following the
direction indicated by the minds of the
committee. We have since found that
the committee. was not posted as to the
address OF the letter and number of box,
80 in justice to the hypDotist we would
suggest that the test was not altogether
fair. The letter read as follows: "Dear
Charlie: There's il fellow asleep up here
in Harper, Boyd q Hunts store. Bring
some of G. w. G.'s 'guano up here and
rub him and We'll bring him to- G.W.G."
Your readers will observe that the letter
was written to one party and addressed
to another, which was not understood by
other members of the committee, which
accounts for the delay in selecting the
letter from number of others in the box.
Mesdames NJ. w. Coleman and l.. w.
Jordan have been with friends in Seneca
the past week.
Miss Lillian Caldwell is in Atlanta,
where she will probably remain some
time.
Rev. George Judd, of England, will
arrive in Seneca this week to be guest
of Rev. S. C. Blackburn.
1t was regretted that Rev. W. III. Davis
was prevented from coming to South
Carolina last week to fill his appoint
ments with the Walhalla and Riohland
churches. He had two i'll members in
his congregation, who have since died.
Mr. Davis will arrive on Thursday after
noon of this week for weeks visit to
friends here and in the county.
Mrs. j. FL. Harper is with her mother,
Mrs. Hunt, who is quite SICK
Robt. Boyd has withdrawn from the
firm of Harper, Boyd & Hunt and will
conduct business at Jordania.
We warn the participants in the post
lenten weddings that II the dainty arti-
cles to compose the aforesaid 'linen
shower are not Forthcoming that they
must place the blame where it ought to
lie! Nobody amt told me nothin' no
time"
Der Captain took our breath away the
other day when he declared he was going
to move the house, we'll and all and that
we wouldn't have to move out either. 1t
reminds ua of the instanca whore the