Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-10-02
THE NEWS FROM SENECA.
Marked Activity I'm Social Circle.,-
News Notes In General. !,

preaching at the Methodist church
at o'clock ,at which Presiding Elder
Beasley will be present.
This atternon at 4 o'clock the
annual meeting will be held at the
Baptist church, mention of which
was made last week. There will be
8 sa3l report OF the work done dur
ing the past year, in connection with
which there will be given music
program. After the business 10 dis
posed of an hour will be spent 10
social intercourse. The occasion
promises to. be one of great pleasure
and profit to this wide-awake branch
of the church.
Our milliners are arranging for
their openings this week, which will
be held the Sd, 4.h, 9Th.
Miss Morgan, who Is we'll and pop
ularly known here, is with s. X. &
j. Il. Dendy's millinery department..
Miss O. theline Wall, head mill
liner at w. d. Hollands, has been
at her home in Atlanta for few
days on account Of sickness. Her
friends will be glad to know that
she is we'll enough to return to her
work here.
The opening meeting OF the Once
aaWeek Club was held with Mrs. j.
H. Adams last Thursday. There was
large attendance, and indications
point to most successful club year.
The hostess served delicious refresh
ments.
Miss Annie Werner, of Walhalla,
arrived in Seneca yesterday, andf
opens her vocal and elocution classes
to-day. Seneca extends q hearty
welcome to Miss Werner, assuring
her Of the encouragement which she
deserves In this laudable and much
needed work here.
The friends and relatives of Mrs.
Susan Long, wife Of T. d. Long, of
Tugaloo, will be panied to learn of
her death which occurred In Green.
vile last Friday, the 27th. The body
was taken to Westminster on train
No. 80 on Saturday and inferred at
the family burying ground at the
home on Tugaloo. Mrs. Long was q
Miss Perry before her marriage, a
daughter of Josiah Perry, and niece
of Governor B. r. Perry. She was
orphaned in early life, and Was)
brought up by her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert s. Ga Foster, of
Greenville, and there was married to
many friends and relatives go out
to the bereaved husband and rela-
tives of this good woman, who "arise
and call her blessed.
Hon. A. G. Latimer was in Seneca
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hopkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Folger are enter
tanning late arrivals at their homes
on Fair Play street, in the persons
Of bouncing youngsters, on whose ac-
count they are being heartily con-
graduated.
H. J. Gignilliat, Of Anderson, spent
several days last week in Seneca.
His friends, (and that means every
man, woman and child in Seneca),
were pleased to have him here. They,
are, however, grieved to learn of
the serious and continued illness of
his mother, Mrs. Grimm, but hope
for cary news of her Improvement.
The funeral service; of Mrs. A. w.
Thompson were held from the resi-
dence, on Fair Play street, last Tues
day, and were largely attended.
There were many friends and loved
ones from a distance to "pay the
last tribute" ana the Y agnificent
floral offerings bore mute testimony
to the esteem and universal popu-
larity of Mrs. Thompson. In her
death Seneca sustains sad and seri-
GUS loss. Truly she was regarded
as part and parcel OF the place, her
people and her interests, and the
gloom occasioned by her sudden
demise will not readily be lifted.
The Willis Comedy Company ap-
peared here on the evenings of the
9th and 28th with splendid houses.
It is patent fact, however, that
these companies, In visiting small
n
tI!eir best work, consequently the
shows do not reach the expectations
of our people. 1t was 80 with the
Peruchi- Gypsene Company, which
was billed here some months ago,
and which was reported to be the
best company ever brought here, and
1T was so with the Wills Comedy Co.
This should not be so. The prices
and the bills indicate a higher grade
attraction, as in the recent show,
with thirty members, when for q
fact their full force was not here.
This is not criticism of our manage
ment, however, but of the companies
who do not come up, TO the full mea-
sure of their advertisements
b. p. Earle, Jr., is reported on the
sick list this week.
Next Friday evening, at the home
of Miss Mary Cherry, the quarterly
meeting of the library association will
be held. There will be short busi-
ness and music program, after which
the meeting will be turned over to
the hostess, who will offer an hours
entertainment to the members. The
meeting promises to be one OF the
pleasantest yet held
The cultivation of few chrysar-
themums in our garden brings to
mind the once popular Oconee Floral
Association, and with 1t the pleasant
est recollections and associationa of