Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-06
THE NEWS FROM sENRcA.
New Business Firm--P Pleasant5 Enter
tainment---Notes I'm General. 1.

New Business Firm Pleasant5 Enter
tainment---Notes in General.
Seneca, November 5. Special:
Seneca is to have a new business Arm
which will be known as Witzel Bro
theirs. The Arm is composed OF two
young men who are recently from
Arkansas, but are originally from
Walterboro, s. g. They will do d
time business and will carry large
stock of general merchandise. One
OF the handsome new store-rooms
built by Clinkscales G Harper has
been secured by the Arm, and we re-
gard their coming to Seneca as a real
acquisition to the town, both in busi->
| ness and social circles. In behalf of
the citizens of Seneca we extend to
these new citizens and their estima-
BILE families a hearty welcome. For
the present Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Wit
eel are stopping with Mrs. McCarey,
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Witzel with
Mrs. VIM. Neill. G f sG ss
| We have this much to say for the
present City Councils: Senecas streets
and pavements are kept In better
condition ethan your correspondent
ever remembers to have seen them.
We had occasion to go out on the
business square early on Monday
morning, when we observed perfectly
swept pavements, and the entire
square gratifyingly free from debris,
| papers, etc. f.sEGs2a +,
And the carnival comes again! We
are reliably informed that Barkout's
Carnival will pitch its tents in Sem
eca the third week in November. This
means, of course, demoraliZed citi-
zenship, from centre to circumfer-
ence, for weeks time, but as there
Is no remedy to offer, we must make
the best of 1t. and give under grace
fully. After ell, the very fact that
these shows come here marks the
town ss business centre, and places
1t along with Anderson and Green
Vile and Columbia, ETC., and as for
the demoralis.ng influences, we won't
know the difference g hundred years
from now! ESQ much for the COM
fort of our mothers.)
| Rev. M. r. Kirkpatrick and B. f.
| Sloan represented the Seneca Presby-
terian church at the meeting of the
| Synod in Anderson last week.,
| Hon. j. s. Werner of Columbia,
passed through Seneca last Saturday
on his return to Columbia from Wal
halla. He had planned to stop over
IN Seneca for q few days, but had
news of the illness of his son Charles,
in Birmingham, Ala, and so had to
cut short his visit to Oconee. Mr..
Werner was a delegate from the First
Presbyterian church in Columbia to
Synod. ay@ .G
The hunting season is opened very
promptly by our sportsmen, who are
early in, the field with gun and dog.
| prnf, Mrc Nfnhn1onn
have recently moved into the Clink-
scales cottage on First North street,
near the railroad crossing. ,ia
Prof.DIiS p. .Boggs conducted d.
vine services}in the Episcopal church
last Sabbath evening in the absence
of the pastor.
| Dr. and Mrs. e. A. Hines are nurs-
ing their little daughter, Miss Mary,
in a mild case of diphtheria. We
sympathize with these good people
In the isolation which necessarily ac-
companies the disease. and hope to
see them soon restored to their won
ted good health and usefulness.
| 1--WE wonder how many cases of
scarlet fever, or scarlatina, or what
ever of contagious diseases have been
reported to our board OF health The
council thought It necessary to call
the attention of our citizens to an
ordinance on the subject, which they
had published in the Seneca pap ers
last week. 1t Is known fact that
there ho~n been a number Of cases of
contagious diseases in Seneca this
fall, and 1t Is also fact that they
have -. '--- reportedAt ITO the board
of health. Now, do our citizens real
ize tha. they are violating town
ordinance, and one that has been
wisely made. and for the good OF
the town? 1t Is said that there is
scarlet fever all over the county, and
Seneca has had some cases. Now,
we have never advocated hushing up
questions of this nature, but think
they should be aired sufficiently to
make our citizens wake6up to the i'm
portance of handling them. In some
mild cases the mothers are comfort
ed by their physicians in that 1t is
"scarlatina," when they admit them
selves that the worst types of scarlet
fever can be taken from these mild
cases This being so. isn't 1t just as
necessary to use quarantine and other
measures for preventing the spread
of disease, as in the violent cases? Is
this done? Seneca is fortunate In
having very few cases comparatively
but 1t is pure luck. Our citizens
have not reported the cases to The
board of health in every instance
and in some instances have endeay.
ored to conceal the fact.
The friends of r.. p; Clinkscales
were pleased to see him In Seneca
. last week.
Gr~sx A. ~