Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-05-16
ras sEws tHoM SENECA.

Oeneca, may 10. 0.--lnbte6d OF the uBual
eleven O'Clock service at, tho Presbyte-
rian church next Sabbath, IL IL Is arranged
to hold the children,s day exercises at;
that hour. There will, however. be the
regular evening service at $50 O'clock.
The usual twice daily preaching will be
had in the Methodist church, and in the
Episcopal church at the evening hour.
Rev. @. S. Blackburn filled the pulpit
of the Baptist church last Sabbath. 1t
was source of great pleasure to his
congregation to have him with them
after an illness covering many weeks.
The public will bear in mind the
change of the hour for preaching and
prayer meeting from the former early
hour to half past eight.
Everybody is on the qui vive, listening
with pricked ears for more railroad talk.
For fact, things seem to be assuming
serious shape, and who knows but that
the present generation may live to see
the old Blue Ridge road built
We advise everybody in the country to
come to Seneca now and buy lot while
land is in sight. Another railroad here
would double the population in years
time. A word to the wise is sufficient.
We hear that President Spencer's pri-
vate car made trip over the Blue Ridge
to Walhalla last Saturday night; that it
contained a number of railroad officials
is undoubtedly significant fact.
We have scarcely been able to wait a
week, so great was our desire to say
three cheers for our town council! At
last we have the splitting ordinance, and
for this, II for no other reason, the pres
ent council stands pre-eminent in that it
makes record for cleanliness, health
and decency. Your correspondent
walked through the business part of
town last Sabbath, and the beautifully
clean streets were indeed good to look
upon. Not scrap of paper nor debris
of any description was to be seen any
where. We we're pleased, also, to note
the attractiveness ofithe park, which, as
the public knows, was due to the work
of the civic department of the Once-a-
Week Club. The park has never been in
better order and it's attractiveness is
apparent to all, not forgetting the hun
dreds of travelling people, who, on pass
ing trains, or while waiting at the depot.
At the sugges zion of the Mayor, the good
women who had the work in charge,
also had signs painted for the protection
of the flowers, grass, etc. This is, of
course, a necessity which is recognized
everywhere.
A reported Gretna Green affair has
created deal of excitement among GER
tain circles here, but as your correspond
ent has not been authorized to give
names, the public must still be left
guessing.
We have noted some magnificent speci-
mems of that grand old favorite, the
Marecbal Neill rose, which, we think,
are surely as perfect as can be grown in
this or any climate. Among our ladies
who have grown them to such splendid
success we take pleasure in naming the
following: Mesdames Ruskin Anderson,
o. f. Bacon, John Hopkins, w. o. Ham
ilton and B. f. Sloan. There are doubt
less others, but these have come under
the notice of your correspondent.
Notwithstanding the splendid rains
of last week, the gardens are very dry,
and, unless relieved in few days, will
suffer.
Major j. j. Lewis, of Pickens, spent
Sunday here with the family of Mr.. sca
Mrs. w. S. Hunter. Major Lewis had
been to Pendleton in attendance upon
the funera! services OF mis- sster-in law,
Mrs. Henry p. Sitton, and was on his re-
turn to his home in Pickens.
Gen. and Mrs. JAS w. Moore, with
their daughter, Miss Lucy Moore, of
Hampton county, are visiting DR.. and
Mrs. K. A. Hines, Mrs. Hines being the
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Moore. We
extend hearty welcome to these good
people upon this, their yearly visit to
our town.
Cecil Todd, of Spartanburg, spent a
few days last week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Todd.
Luke w. Werner is visiting his family
here.
Atlanta papers, as usual, come to the
front with claim on the part of the
State of Georgia, to the oldest inhabi-
tant, or something to that effect, the
citizen claiming Id years at the time of
his death. Now this man is a mere
youth compared to citizen of the town
of Seneca, county of Oconee, State of
South Carolina. We refer to one John
Shanklin, colored, who seems to be in
the prime of young manhood, and yet
remembers distinctly affairs and condi-
tions of our country 1875 years ago! This,