Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07
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Our Seneca Correspondent Visits the Mecca
Of North Carolina.

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Seneca, January 3O.-A few hints
of my recent visit to Charlotte may
not prove unin,eresting to your read
ers. l foundlthe place thoroughly
cold fashioned" one, with evidences
of push and stir and handsome pub
lic buildings. went through the
Carnegie Library, the United States
assay Office formerly the mint), saw
the colleges, poet Office, ccas.. house,
monuments, etc. My host lived 8
few miles out, but with blooded
horses and macadamized roads,
travel was indeed reduced to song.
My host, Rev. w. II. Davis, pos
sesses weakness for blooded stock,
be it horses, dogs or what not. Mr..
Davis was classmate of John and
William Werner at Davidson College
and is a brother of Rev. John Davis,
the missionary. So there were John
and William Davis and John and
William Werner, group of more
than ordinary interest to large
number of mutual friends. 1 found
the cook, who had been in the family
thirty years or more, an interesting
specimen of her kind also, she being
able to tell me of lot of Davidson
College history; fora fact. she wit
messed the marriage of John Werner
and was able also to tell bit of un-
written history of the occasion. 1
asked her to tell me how she made
such delicious biscuit. "Well,
takes good size lump O. lard, a
pinch O. sody and, when comp'ny's
here, leetle grain O. baking pow
der" The poor, faithful creature
added that she "must go home to
her sick boy, who was sufferin' with
a bad spinal trouble in his back"
"You may paint and you may rub |;
you may brush and you may scrub"
but niggers wilkbe niggera
had the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson in her own home.
She has recently bought snug
home adjoining the First Presby-
terian church, of which she is a
devout member, where she plans to
spend her last days. She is bright,
active and charming, with propen-
sity for getting at things, and upon
knowing who your humble servant
was, remarked, "I was entertained
at your brothers house when in
Columbia"
The churches in Charlotte are an
index to at least an amount of spirit
ual pride. They are handsome and
beautifully kept, the First Presby-
terian church occupying an entire
square, with magnificent trees and
an elegant lawn of grass. l met q
fine young fellow in the family whom
visited, who, by the way, is cop-
nection of Mrs. jackson. In order
to appear pleasant and avoid a gap
in conversation, asked the kid elf
- were not the image
of our Mr.. Finlayp" "Oh!" he said,
"I'ns going to tell Mr. .Finlay."
The young man declared he "didn't
have to feel for that" I found also
that kids will be kids. On Sabbath
7 attended divine services in hand
some country church, of which my
host is pastor. l had felt keen
sense OF disappointment that 1 could
not be in my own little church, and
when the good man announced his
text as taken from Job, a flood of
homesickness came over me, for I
had<been hearing series of sermons
from the same subject for some Sab
baths past. The sermon was fine
one, and l have heard that l missed
one of the same character and sub
saw good many former Seneca
people, among them Mr.. and Mrs.
L. III. Adams, who are delightfully."-
situated and evidenced good old
South Carolina hospitality. M.v.s.