Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-06

RICHLAND'S NEWS LETTER.
Local Items--"Plucl1" Finds Himself
Up Against the Devil.

Richland, April 4.--Special: The
farmers Of Richland are very busy,
especially the boys who are planting
their corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Davis, of At
lanta, spent Easter Sunday with the
latter's parents. Mr.. Davis returned
Sunday evening, but Mrs. Davis is
visiting friends here.
Mr., and Mrs. Sloan Bruce, Of Ava
Ion, Ga, spent Monday night at the
home Of J. =. Stribling.
Rev. Mr.. Driggers, of Walhalla,
spent Tuesday night at the home Of
Capt. }. J. Ballenger.
Mrs. &. Nj. Gaines spent last Tues
day with her sister, Mrs. y. S. Sigh.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry r. Hughs Wis
tied friends and relatives at Richland
last Tuesdar and Wednesday. MIR.
Hughs is principal Of the South Un-
ion school,
Mr.. Alexander, OF the Conneross
section, was in Richland on business
recently.
April Fools day went by quietly
except the ladies played a joke on the
men by going TO Seneca on No. 12
and staying until No. II. The center
of attraction at Seneca was the mil
linery stores. Those who went on
this trip were Mesdames w. H..
llughs, Grover Davis, }. p. Blackwell.
Robert Mcdonald, Lucy Burriss and
n. S. Sigh, and Misses Henrietta Ver-
ner, Ada Wyly and Lois Sigh.
Samuel E. Erwin, of Westminster,
was visiting in Richland Saturday.
The attraction this week was the
party given by Miss Lynn Werner in
honor Of her guest, Miss Verna Strib-
lin, and her mother, Mrs. II. e. Strb
ling, OF Seneca. Those present were:
Misses Claudia Crowther, May Hub
bard, Cornelia Foster, Fredda Hughs
ana Messrs. Bennie, Jesse and II. S.
Hubbard, Stiles and Bruce Stribling,
Henry Hughs and Marcus Mcdonald.
All had delightful time Mrs. Strib-
ling and daughter returned home
yesterday.
Col. II. ID. Long visited Hon. E. e.
Werner recently.
Norris Shanklin left last week for
California. He was accompanied by
Frank Shirley, Of Westminster.
David Conger, Of Georgia, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Stribling last Fri
day night. Mr.. Conger is doing work
IN FRANKLIN county, Georgia, that
ought to be going on in this county
lie is making a map with every road
and school district, every school
house and dwelling and every church
noted on 1t. If we had such q map
OF this county we could go to any
part of 1T by looking on the map.
AT a congregational meeting at the
Presbyterian church yesterday Mr..
Dubose and Duncan Wright were
elected deacons for this church.
Miss Marion Coe is helping the
children of the school on their enter
tainment. She is fine singer and
has helped in arranging the program
giving special attention to the music.
Miss Hortense Jones visited our
school here last Tuesday before re-
turning home.
Claud Gaines, who is q student at
t'urman University, with his sister,
Miss Alice, who Is attending Green
Vile Female College, visited at the
home Of n. S. Sigh recently.
Rev. Mr.. Wilcox spent Saturday
with his old friend, Mr.. Power. Mr..
Wilcox announced yesterday that he
would be away on next preaching
Sunday. but It is probable that we
Will have preaching.
Haskell Dendy has been elected as
assistant secretary in our Sunday
school.
We have not heard any more of the
dam talk, but understand that the
leaders have bought the property.
The farmers are doing everything
against 1T they know how to do, and
that is they have told the leaders I'm
the company that they cannot build
1t. and that is enough. I think.
We have found another snag in the
way of moving the Court House, and
that Is when we start to move the
Court House we will have The Cou-
rler oftce to move also, and there Is
where the devil stays and we are
or hin,