Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-01-19

THE NEWS FROM BoUNTY LAND.
Child Hurt at Play--Some Very VAL
uable Relics.

Bounty Land, Jan. 17.--Special:
News Is rather scarce since the hoii-
day season.
r. NJ. Ellison, of Greenville, made
recent visit to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. H. Ellison.
Joe Barron visited relatives at Eas-
ley short time since and was accom-
panied home by his niece, Miss Mar
gle Knox. ,,stM
Miss Agnes Ellison anticipates a
visit to relatives in Anderson in q few
days,
Mrs. Fl. r. HEghs, of South Union,
spent Saturday night with Miss Mar
ion Coe.
Miss Julia Davis left Friday for
Atlanta, where she will spend some
time with Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Davis.
Miss Laura Smithson, of Westmin-
ster, was the attractive guest Of Miss
Myrt Davis Tuesday.
Mrs. Amanda Rutledge, who has
been visiting at the home of Jasper
Doyle, Is visiting in Seneca
Dean Davis has returned to Glenn
son College,.
julius Shanklin, while at play on
the school grounds at Richland one
day last week, unfortunately got his
collar bone broken. We hone he
Will soon recover from the accident.
MISS Sallie Davis, who has been
spending some time with relatives at
Keowee, returned Saturday, accompa-
MED by her aunt, Mrs Matthew Da-
Wis, who attended services at Rich
land yesterday.
Edgar Shanklin, of Clemson, Wis
tied his mother, Mrs. Julia d. Shank
lin, Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Hughs enter
tanned the following guests at tea
Friday evening: Misses Claudia
Crouther, Henrietta Werner and Mar
ion Coe; Messrs. Wade Hughs, Eu-
gene Power, Morris Shanklin and
Charlie Werner.
Arthur Davis. of Greenville, was
with homefolks Saturday night.
MIS-. }. II. Dendy, who has been
spending some time with her par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. J. w, Wideman,
OF Due West, is expected home in a
few days.
Richland has a barber shop in the
rear end of Robta McDonali's store.
eugene Power has bed elected
superintendent Of the SunHay school
at Rock Springs.
w. Fl. Hughs has recovered from
severe attack of erysipelas, and his
friends are delighted to see him ont
again.
j. p. Stribling was appointed dele
gate from Richland church to the
state lnterdenominational Sunday
school Convention. which meets at
Rock Hill in February.
Your correspondents, together with
Miss BERTHE Smith and w. r. Davis,
were elected delegates to the County
convention, which met at Seneca
Wednesday and Thursday Of last
week. An interesting program was
carried out. All denominations were
represented and all worked harrno-
nlously together. Delegates were
royalty entertained by the good peo-
pie of Seneca, who never do things
by halves, and we feel sure that the
meeting was both profitable and en-
joyable to all who attended.
While In Seneca at the convention
we saw the Irish linen table cloth.
referred 10 by your Seneca cores
pondent last week as having been
used by Mrs. ]. II. Thompson at her
old-time quilting. The cloth Is an
heirloom, having been used by Mrs.
thompson s grandmother Mrs. James
A. Doyle, long before the Civil War,
ana is now well preserved, being
used only on state occasions. The
home double-woven piece was woven
by "Dilsey.' slave, who belonged
to Mrs. James Doyle. These relics
have been sacredly kept by Mrs. H. F..
Alexander, who possesses high appre-
citation of relics of antiquity. The
old spoon-holder used at this quilt
Ing was purchased in 1870. A china
fruit bowl also used has been in the
Alexander family rs years, and the
pitcher was presented to Mrs. Alex
ander by Mrs. Tidemann, of Charles
ton, lin honor of her mother, who
brought 1t from Germany. 1t is per-
haps one hundred years old.
We cannot understand why our
last communication, mailed on Mon
day, did not reach you before Fri
day. They we're not printed in the
order In which they were sent. No
blame, attached to the editor, how
ever, but there Is something wrong
somewhere. e. NJ. d.
Meeting New Hope Mission Society.
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