Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-02
CoNERoss AND VICINITY.
CON-ISarnctt MnlTiage-Oyster Sup
pel--The Alexander Reunion.

| supper next Saturday, November 5th,
at O'Clock p. IN. Several gentle
men have been invited to address the
| crowd after supper. All Of the fami-
lies OF the members Of Coneross local
| union are cordially invited to come
| and bring their baskets filed with
something good to eat. NJ. Abbott,
}. w. Alexander, A. N. Prichard and
j. G. Barker have been appointed
committee on arrangements. The
members OF the union are requested
to meet at 3 o'clock p. m., Novem-
| ber 18th.
Robert Crisp returned to his home
IN Walha!la Sunday, after having
spent week very pleasantly at Con-
| cross with his daughters, Mesdames
| *. d. Fretwell and j. w. Alexander.
II. w. Aryc IS at home after spend
ing month at Long Creek, where
he had a position.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Barker, Of Cen
tral, spent some time last week with
relatives here.
Coneross was well represented at
the union meeting at Pleasant Hill
Sunday and enjoyed the excellent
| missionary sermon preached by Rev.
| G. S. Blackburn.
Rev. j. II. Stone, Of Seneca, was
| past week end
j. NJ. Abbott and Miss Katie Abb
bott visited the Missee Cox, near Oak
Grove, recently.
G. Nj. Barnett and Miss Maud Cox
were quietly married Sunday even
| ingn by Rev. l.. G.. Lavender at the
| residence OF the officiating minister
| in Westminster. Their marriage was
quite surprise to friends here, who
wish them much success and happi-
ness in their future life. The groom
is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
| Fl. Barnett, who reside near here,
| and is a very excellent young man.
The bride is the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Bar
nett will probably make their home
near here.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Dilworth, of
| near SiX-Milc, made a pleasant visit
| to the family Of the formers mo-
ther, Mrs. Mary Dilworth, here re-
! Gently. They were accompanied
home by Mr.. Dilworth's sister,
| Mrs. Louie Alexander and children,
| II. d., Suddeth and Mary
There will be Il Sunbeam and Y
w. A. rally q" the second Sunday in
! November, tie 18TH The program
will begin at 10 o'clock a. m. Profs.
| r. w. Grubbs, j. e. Morton, -. =.
Durham and other singers are invit-
ed to entertain the congregation in
the afternoon with music There will
probably be a missionary address in
the afternoon. Everybody is cordi-
ally invited to come and bring some
thing to eat. The following pro-
gram will be carried out:
Song, with JOY we greet you;
address of welcome by Rev. ]. E. Nc
David; dialogue, GLOW some dollies
came to go as missionaries, by four
girls; "'The maid and the mite box"
cents a week." by Miss Minnie Bar
ker; dialogue, "The box opening"
by three young ladies; song, For
ward, reapers"; dialogue, "The Mo-
ther Goose family; Address to an
absent pastor" by Jane Hunsinger;
Address of welcome after the alb
sence," by Jessie Barker; song, Dia
dem; dialogue, :" The Gratitude
Free; recitation, "An Inventors
wife," by Bewley Hunsinger; "a
mite box convention; GLOW the Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society
won the young ladies'" dialogue by
four young ladies; song, cover the
sea-; "a missionary dialogue" by
five girls; "a motion song" by four
young ladies; address by l.. d.
! Mitchell
Mrs. Sue Whaley, of Dalton, Ga,
spent last week at the hospitable
homes Of j. II. Barnett and II. d. AL
eXander and among other relatives
! and friends here.
Mrs. B. c. Rothell, of Toccoa, Ga,
spent several days last week with
her daughters, Mrs. Julia Arve, and
family here, returning to her home
on Friday.
S. =. Abbott eft last week for SEN
eca, where he will take up his work
again after being confined to his
home here for several months suf-
fering from an attack OF typhoid fe-
yer. We are glad to see him well
again.
Mrs. Louisa Abbott spent last Mon
day in Westminster visiting.
We are glad to see the steel bridge
over Coneross nearing completion.
The Alexander reunion at the AL
exander homestead, which is cele-
brated yearly on October 27th, was a
| happy one. Nineteen years ago last
/ Thursday, October 9th, Mrs. Fran
els Crosby Alexander, widow Of the
late James ID. Alexander, died, and
1T has since been the custom Of her
| children to reasscmble with their
| children, grandchildren and few in
| vitew guests at the old homestead
near Coaeross church to renew the
tie that binds memory to memory
and heart to heart and review the
scenes of childhood. The day was
most delightfully."- spent by a happy
crowd. After the children had all
| gathered at their old home again
under the roof which sheltered them
In the days Of their boyhood and
girlhood, and which has witnessed
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