Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-17
Jew Series No. 51S.---yolnme LIX.--No. 40.
LOCAL MATTERS ABOUT SENECA
Blossom Show Early I'm December.
Items OF Local News.


| Seneca, Nov. 16.-Special: Among
the visitors to Atlanta during auto
week, whose names were not given
last week, were the following: Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. Hamilton, Ben Har-
per, Miss Edith Morgan, DR.. VIM. r.
Doyle, j. Eustace Hopkins, ]. l..
Marett, Horace Wood, Miss Maude
| Hopkins, Mrs. j. III. Adams and Mrs.
w. K. Livingston.
Mrs. Ruskin Anderson is in Green
wood this week as a delegate to the
w. M. U. from the Ladies' Missionary
Society OF the Baptist church.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Hopkins, OF
Fairview, Greenville county, spent the
past weekend with the family of Dr..
/, John Hopkins on their way from At
lanta.
Miss MINIS Kirkpatrick is in
Manning this week, where she Is to
act as bridesmaid at the wedding Of
a friend.
There was a large congregation at
the union service held at the Presby-
terian church last Sunday night,
Rev. J. G. Tongue doing the preach
ing.
II. S. Stribling is at Retreat for a
two days hunt with friends.
John l.. McWhorter will spend sew
eral days this week with his family
here, and will leave on Friday for
Columbia, where he takes q job with
the State newspaper.
| We would sug. est that some en-
terprising citizen inaugurate sys-
tenn Of insurance on life and property
/ xnl, ,x,N 80. ~ H.,,. l.
at the mercy of amateur drivers, who
| look not upon the order of their
going, and who have not learned yet
that whoa" without brakes dom t
mean anything.
We have this much to say, how
ever, for the owners of autos in
! Seneca: There Is an utter lack OF
selfishness shown, and those Of us
who do not own machines are afford
ed frequent and delightful drives by
those who do.
We are in receipt of a much ap-
preciated letter from an erstwhile
friend in the Lone Star State who
has been a regular subscriber to The
| Courier for many years. It is In
deed gratifying to know that our
efforts in behalf of the "old reliable"
are appreciated by friends far and
near, testimonials of which occa-
sionally reach us, and we hope the
aforesaid friend will live many years
yet to read the weekly messages COM
ing las SO many letters from home. u
Seneca rose gardens are showing
their gratitude for the long contin-
ued spring-like weather by literally
blooming themselves to death. In
fact, the rose bushes are fuller now
than at any time during the past sea-
! son.
Next week Seneca will open her
gates to the Osterling Amusement
| Company-in other and more ex-
plicit terms, we are to have a street
carnival There will be the usual
amusements, ferris wheel, fortune
teller, snake charmer, ETC., ETC., with
an Italian band. The concern is said
to carry a large number OF people
and to be good show.
Mrs. c. V. McCarey Is suffering a..
attack of grip.
Mrs. John Harper is also on the
sick list this week, victim Of grip.
Miss Susie Sloan, formerly of Sen
eca, was the guest Of Mrs. Ruskin An
derson the past weekend.
Mrs. J. e. Crayton, Of Charlotte
spent last night in Seneca, and to-
! day left for a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Thompson at LAGRANGE, Ga.
| She was accompanied by Mrs. w. d.
Holland. ....
We called attention two weeks ago
to the fact that the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Presbyterian church
would repeat the Blossom Show in
the near future. The time has been
set for the first week in December
1t will be seen that new talent has
been added, and there are also many
new and attractive features. The
| show was recognized as being one OF
the best ever given here, and repeat
ed and continuous requests for its
| repetition induced the society to com
ply, and 1t is useless to say that with
superior local talent the show will be
a marked improvement over the first
presentation. The following is the
cast of characters: Mrs. Elder Bios
som, Mrs. w. S. Hunter; Mrs. J. G.
Blossom, Mrs. j. W. Byrd; Miss Lii.
lie, Mrs. T. e. Stribling; Miss Rose
Mrs. r. S. Stribling; Miss Pansy
Miss Clara Hunt; Miss Daisy, Miss
Maud Hopkins; Miss Violet, Mrs. j
H. Thompson; Misses Myrtle ant
Glover Blossom (twins), Miss Mar
non; Miss Mehitable Doolittle, Mrs
f.. NJ. Cary. Musical Director, Miss
Carrie Hunter.
DR.. j. S. Stribling has bought a
handsome Ford touring car, which
he and his friends are enjoying to
the utmost. On Monday he compli-
mented the members Of the Seneca
medical fraternity with drive to
Easley, where they went to attend
the District Medical Association.