Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-09-26
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L ceueca, ,.SeptemOorsx0 70. "A musicale, 20
be given under the auspices Of the III.
brary Association at the residence of
Mrs. ]. 81. Bryan this evening, (the 28th, y
is held In pleasant anticipation by our
| people here.S After the program ice
Dream and cake will be served in the
library. The admission 20 the musicale
will be ten cents and our very beat musi-
cal talent Is booked for the entertain-
ment. The proceeds are to be used in
buying new books.
Barlow Minstrels, is billed for Saturl
day, the 2pth,. which fact is giving stir
70 lutereBtS along show lines, as good
minstrel never fails to draw crowded
house here. Asuperb band is one Of the
chief attractions, which will give the
usual street parade on the afternoon
previous TO the performance. The prices
are so apd 75 cents,
Major b. r. Sloan sold his handsome
homo here a few dayH ago to Mr.. Wood.
Mr.. Wood will be remembered as a part
ner In the firm Huff, Knox 6 Wood, and
we extend aehearty welcome to him and
his family to onr town.
pYing rooms with Mrs. C. ". McCarey.
DR.. John Hopkins, accompanied by
Miss Helen Hopkins, visited Greenyille
last week.
Miss Matte Harvey, of Spartanburg,
Is the attractive guest of Mrs. Lloyd
TRIMMER. ,6.
The Knights of Pythias, at meeting
last night, served delicious cream and
cake aud hot coffee to their members
aud number of visitors.
Among the sick this week we regret
to mention the names of Miss Hannah
Brown and Joe Brown.
Miss Margie Holland was the dainty
hostess at a charming meeting of the
Gossipers last Friday evening. A "con-
1nts ass,o, AL L..
the hostess, which was greatly enjoyed by
the guests, they being presented with
sealed envelopes containing stars with
words on each taken from some familiar
quotation. The guests we're requested to
hunt tue missing words, the first to COM
plete sentence receiving the prize. A
dainty handmade collar was presented
first 70 complete asentence. A delicious
| salad course was served, thus ecoring
! another perfect meeting of the Gossipers
On October 9. z and the Peruchi
Gypsene Stock Company will fill an en-
gagenlent at the opera house here. Man.
ager Cary says this Is the strongest COM
pany that has ever been here, in fact he
Greenville opera house, that it is the
strongest that. has ever been there. This
leaves our show-going public to conclude
| that there isN rich treat in store for
them. The company is showing in An
derson this week. Manager Cary is
spreading on' In bringing two high
priced attractions 80 close together, but
he Is trying TO satisfy growing demand
for high grade shows.
THE woMAN's MISSIONARY UNION.
The meeting of the union was held
this year with the Little Mountain
church, which is situated in prosper
GUS section of Abbeville county. The
session lasted two days, the 20th and
2lst, and proved to be one of the most
successful and enjoyable in the history
of the union. A number of excellent
papers, bearing upon various phases of
church work, were read and other mat
ters of business attended to. The cleo
ton of officers resulted In retaining the
old corps of officers except one. The
next meeting will be held with the
Lowndesville church. We were lucky in
being guests in the home of one of Abbe-
ville's most prosperous farmers, and
right royalty were we entertained! The
acquaintance of most interesting family
Of boys (seven in number) was q chief
delight, and more orderly household
would be hard to find; perfect table
manners, gentlemanly department while
at play, the kindest consideration for our
comfort made us say, "these are but
strangers here; heaven is their homer
A little later we discovered the secret,
"the power behind the throne" a sanity
mother, gentle and refined, member Of
an old family of stannch Presbyterian
stock. What a pleasure to know and
what lesson to learnt I remarked to
my co-delegate that had learned two
lessons worth remembering, viz: that o
family of boys could be trained to be
gentlemen. all the way from nine years
up, and that o lady could wear waist
three days and be presentable (fairly).
(Our dress suit case was lost en- route and
left us at the mercy of charitable
public.) NJ. s.
BE sure to see me If you want good
dress goods of all kinds at lowest prices.