Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-07-04
wALHALLA. SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 4, 1905
SENECA.

be the usual services in the Baptist and
Presbyterian churches. On Monday fol.
lowing, Rev. s. o. Byrd will arrive, as
heretofore announced, and assist the
pastor Of the Presbyterian church in
pr0tracted meeting. There will be two
The congregation at thu l..ssby t,rian
church yesterday enjoyed the privilege
Of hearing Rev. j. +. Wardlaw, who
spoke in the morning about home mis-
sion work in South Carolina and preached
at night. Both the lecture and sermon
were highly interesting and instructive,
the former being demonstrated by map,
and containing bits of information which
could not fail to interest and instruct his
own, but other denominations as we'll. 4
striking feature at the evening service
was the solo by Mr.. Wardlaw at the close
Of the sermon, A Clean Heart, his splen-
did. full voice filling the church, and de-
lighting every listener present.
At the meeting of the Library Associa-
ton next Friday night, at the residence
of DIR. Z: A. Hines. applications for libra
rian will be received. 1t Is hoped the
meeting will be largely attended.
Seneca is full of fair visitors, and, not
withstanding the intense heat of the
past week, there have been almost daily
fairs. The delightful game tennis has
ties and the week has been Charming
one socially.
Misses Ella sproles, of Greenwood,
Carrie Shelor and Lidie Keith, of Ander-
son, and Keith Chairman, also of Ander-
son, were the guests of Miss Maud Hop
kins the past week.
Will kirkpatrick, of Texas, is with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. NJ. r. Kirkpat-
rick.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. s. Holleman are enter
tanning #. s. junior at their home and are
receiving the congratulations of many
friends upon the advent of the little fell
low.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Thompson, of sa.
vannah, are with Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Thompson.
Wayman Holland, Jr., of Schenectady,
N. Y, is with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Holland, and is being heartily well
coined by his friends here.
Mrs. Rush and daughter, who have
been visiting DR.. and Mrs. McCutchen,
leave for their home to-day.
DR.. aud Mrs. j. Louis Gray were in Sc.
neca yesterday.
Miss Frances Arlington left to-day for
q visit to relatives in Augusta.
Miss Ethel Benson, of Hartwell, who
was the guest of Mrs. j. II. Adams, re-
turned to her home last Saturday.
Miss Maude Hopkins entertained the
Gossipers and number of visitors at
the regular meeting last Friday after
noon. "Hearts'' was the game played,
resulting in the largest score for Mrs.
Luke Werner, who received the prize, a
dainty handmade handkerchief. Ices
with champaign waters were served.
Notwithstanding the many casualties
some of them, by the way, smacking
strongly of the romantic, q genuinely
good time was had by the society young
people who went to Davis's mill last
Wednesday night.
Miss Sarah Hull returned to her home
Prof. and Mrs. Il. P. Boggs leave to-
morrow for Highlands, where they 90
with number of boys for summer
outing. These come from Charleston,
Savannah, Columbia and other cities.
Mrs. Lloyd TRIMMER is on the sick
list to the regret of her friends here.
Miss Olivia Bacon returned to Ma
rietta, Ga, last week after her usual
summer visit here. u
Mrs. e. O. Werner leaves to-day for a
visit to Richland and Retreat.
Luke w. Werner spent Sunday with his
family here.
THE ONCE-A-wEEK CLUB.
1t was fitting that the last meeting of
the Once-a-Week Club should be held
with the president, which practice has
become an unwritten law in club history
here. The opening and closing meetings
of this progressive woman's club are
always social ones, and among the long
list of elegant functions, which 20 to
make the years. social calendar, p-oba-
bly, the one of last week exceeded In ele-
gance of arrangement and appointment.
The handsome suburban home Of the
President, Mrs. j. III. Adams, is admira-
bly, adapted both in interior appointment
and in the possession of broad, spacious
verandas, to large entertainments.
The lower floor was thrown into one
immense space by the use of sliding
doors and was elegant in the absence Of
decoration except for handsome foliage
plants. IT. o piazzas were bright with
Japanese dnterns and the large number
OF guests, including the club women and
occupied them at will. A contest was
engaged in by some of the guests which
consisted of answering number of ques-
items with the name of the author. The
free and easy hospitality of the hostess
was characterized by the generous and
lavish supply of punch, which was in a
large punch bowl stationed in the hall
and of which the guests partook ad libi-
tum.
The hostess appeared in simple, but
handsome gown of dotted swiss, while
her guest, Miss Benson, wore an elegant,
but girlish costume of Irish point over
pink taffeta, with baby waist. Miss
Felicia Perry wore blue crepe de chine,
the fashion of which was intensely be-
coming, and Miss Sproles, of Greenwood,
wore abewitching dress of net over pink
silk. Seneca society was out en- masse
and her fair daughters we're never pret-
tier nor more attractively gowned. Deli
oious ices and cake were served and thus