Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-04
NEWS NOTES FROM R1cHnaND.
Farmers Filling Cotton Warehouse.
Enjoyable Halloween Party.

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Richland, Nov. 2.-Special: Events
Of general interest have been few,
but none the less important for that,
In our community this week
We are glad to note that the farm
,,ers are fast filling the warehouse
here with their cotton. 1t seems that
they are determined to have good
price for what they produce--a ching
which is but their due.
Marshall Jordan was the guest of
Capt. G. w. Ballenger Sunday.
Tom Anderson spent Sunday at
the home of s. N. Hughs.
Miss Pauline Hughs was at home
Saturday and Sunday.
A number of our young people, in
company with guests of the commu-
nifty from Anderson, attended the
evening. A very pleasant evening
was spent
w. H. Hughs, who has long been
the postmaster here, was in Colum-
bia this week attending the Postmas-
ters' Association.
Marcus G.. Mcdonald attended the
State Fair and spent very pleasant
visit with his brother, Monroe R.
Mcdonald, who is studying law at the
South Carolina University.
The Richland school opened this
morning with Prof. w. w. Kennedy
as principal and Miss Hortense Jones
as assistant. We are very hopeful
Of successful school this term, as
both teachers come highly recon-
mended. ..,....
A congregational meeting Sunday
of the Richland Presbyterian church
failed to concur with the Walhalla
church in the call to Mr.. Bailey, of
Timmonsville. ...
Miss Marion Coe entertained a
house party during the past week.
The guests present were: Misses Mill
wee Talbert, Nellie Guyton and Julia
Burns, Of Anderson; Chas. l.. Ver-
ner, Jas. M. Hughs and Harry Hughs,
Of Richland. The party were de-
lighted with the series of social
functions which the hostess had SO
|charmingly and deftly arranged for
their entertainment. Perhaps the
most pleasant event of the weekend
was the Halloween party given Sat
urday evening. A fairy approaching
Miss Goes home on Halloween
might have seen an occasional flash
and glimmer of a dim and CHASTITY
light, not unlike the sombre light
seen at the close Of winters even
ing among the dying embers of
witch's campfire in the dark recesses
of weird and desert forest. APP
preaching nearer and entering the
front hall with silent tread, one felt
himself in the very haunts of the
witches, for on each side of the doors,
and overhanging them from the in
terror of the hall, were masses of
|shrubs clothed In their autumnal fol-
iage and arranged in such a manner
as to produce the effect of low
rooted cavern, grown about with a
tangled mass of shrubbery. In the
center Of the hall, which appeared to
be the rear Of the cavern, were bank
ed a mass Of willowwitches, tangled
with ferns and bog weeds, in the
midst Of which sat huge jack-o'-
lantern, glowing with all the fury Of
an angered ghost. A ghastly effect
was produced by the glimmer-
ing rays Of the blue from the lamp
suspen led above. The light of blue
failing, now glimmeringly,n now stead
lily, mi lgled with the unsteady rays
of vel ow from the jack-o' Lantern,
and threw fantastic shadows of weird
forms upon the walls-forms much
like those which may be seen in the
lonely haunts of the witches. The
parlors on each side of the hall were
decorated and strewn with leaves,
producing an effect something like
forest recesses, in which the witches
played from their adjacent cavern,
the hall. An enchanting effect was
obtained by the rich glow from a log
heap upon the hearth, with an occa-
sional lantern or jack-o' lantern
placed in the rear of the room.
The guests were received by the
hostess into the forest-like parlor
and entertained for several hours
with Halloween games. Among 9TH
ers was the time-honored and infalli-
Bile fortune telling game Of diving
into tub Of water for an apple with
the initial Of your future fate upon
it. While ell were yet interested in
these games ne door from the dining
room swung open, admitting four lit
tie waiting maids, who served a very
dainty and delectable salad course
Afterwards the party sat about the
fires and toasted marshmellows,
while each guest in turn related
ghost story. The lis
teners were still shivering from their
flight through the weird land of the
Spirits when the waiting maids again
appeared, bearing plates of most de-
licious fruits
AS the closing hours Of the evening
were drawing near, nuts, containing
each slip Of paper with the fortune
of some guest written upon 1t, were
passed. When each had learned his
fate he was invited to jump over four
lighted candles to see how long 1t
SHOULD be till his fortune would come