Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-09-28
WESTMINSTER NEWS LETTER.
News Items of Interest Gathered
from All Sources.

social tea given Tuesday evening by
Mr.. and Mrs. |. S. Pitts, in honor Of
the Summer B"ides." Mr.. and Mrs
Pitts re. eived their guests IN the
drawing room, which was cool and
inviting, with palms, ferns and pot
plants. A delicious course dinner
was served in the drawing room.
An attractive arrangement of carna-
tions and ferns formed the center
piece, while a bridal rose bud was
placed at each plate. The comical
drawing on the place cards, which
were supposed to represent the brides
and grooms, created a great deal of
laughter These cards were after
wards placed in a box and the couples
were asked to draw them out and
write a prophecy on the back without
knowing to whom the card belonged.
The reading of these original prophe-
cies, ard the Bridal Contest" were
very interesting features Of the
evening. Mrs. Pitts was cordial
hostess and received her guests
wearing becoming gown Of white
lingerie, elaborate w'tn lace and en-
broidery. Appropriate music for the
evening was rendered by Mrs. White
and Mrs Hugh Bibb. Those enjoy
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Pitts hospitality
were Mr.. and Mrs. Moon, MI. and
Mrs. Leathers, Mr.. and Mrs. Zim-
norman, Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr..
and Mrs. Dixon, Mr.. and Mrs. Duke.
On leaving, the brides were given
beautiful hand painted plate as
souvenir
The Sunday School Institute was
held here last Thursday and Friday
and was very much enjoyed by all
who had the opportunity Of attending.
Rev. }. ID. Moore, State Secretary Of
the Baptist Sunday School Board,
was in charge Of the meeting. His
lectures on the Normal Course Of the
Teachers Training System were very
interesting as well as beneficial.
Rev. S. p. Hair, Of Fort Mill, who
is the State Secretary Of this Normal
Course, also delivered some very able
lectures on the Teacher Training
System. Rev. c.. S.. Blackburn, OF
Seneca, spoke on "thc teacher and
soul winning"
w. E Steakly, division freight
agent for the n. c. and St. l.. rail-
way, Of Atlanta, was in town Thurs
day
Mrs. J. B. Quartermus, who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Nc
Donald, for the past month, has re-
turned to her home in Wilmington,
n. c..
Several real estate deals have
been made here in the past week.
j. S. Carter has bought the West
minister Knitting Mill from VIM. p.
Anderson. Mr.. Carter expects to put
in new machinery and open up a
woollen mill in the next few months.
|. S. Pitts has purchased from j.
5. Carter the lot opposite II. n. Car
ter's.
J. S. Carter has sold the lot oppo-
site Gray's marble shop to DR.. w. A.
Strickland.
Rev. A. p. Marett will preach at
Pulaski school house next Sunday at
| a. m.
Miss Emc Kilburn, o" Seneca, is
visiting her uncle and aun Mr.. and
Mrs. II. e. Kilburn, this wc1k.
Dr.. j. G. Walker and son, Hol-
Mrs. S. Il. Brown last week.
II. c. Dresser and Misses Me-
Adams, Mahaffey and Crowthcr Wis
tied Clemson last week. They went
in Mr.. Dresscr's Ford auto, and at
tended the foot ball game between
Gordon Institute and Clemson Col
lege.
Cotton was selling this morning
for 13 hc. and cotton seed for $50
per hundred
Last Saturday Miss Ada Wham
was called to Abbeville TO nurse her
little niece, who is very i'll with
typhoid fever
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell, Of Andcr-
son, were in town Friday i'm their
Hupmobilc.
Mrs. George Marctt and Miss
Grace Phillips returned Thursday
from Atlanta.
Mrs. l.. p. Jones and Walter Dick
son were married at the Christian
church last Wednesday night.
quite a number of our young Deo-
pie are planning to go to Clemson
next saturday to sec the foot ball
Samc between Mercer University and
Clemson College.
The w. Nj. u. and Y. w. NJ. u. of
First Baptist church will have rally
day next Tuesday, October lth. They
are preparing very interesting pro-
gram.
Leves lIarbert. youngest son Of c.
j. Harbcrt, of this place, fell out of
a barn last Tuesday and broke his
arm.
II. G. Williams made business
trip to Atlanta Tuesday.
Lee Leathers, nagman on the
southern, spent Friday and Satur-
day with homefolks.
w. p. Anderson, president Of the
Westminster Bank, made business
trip to Anderson one V last week.
The marriage Of George Dickson
and Miss George, I'm Atlanta, was
quite surprise TO many friends
here. Miss George Is from Union
CITY, Ga. Mr.. Dickson lives near
Westminster. They were married I'm