Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-16
A VISIT AFTER MANY YEARS.
Mrs. Kate Small Smith Rejoices on
Return to Beautiful City.


Smith spent several days in Abbeyille
with friends Of her earlier years. She
Is daughter of Andrew Small, who
lived i'll the homestead on Magazine
Hill, now occupied by Capt. +. w. r.
Nance. Since the war Andrew Small,
his wife, his son John Small, and
several daughters have died Only
two Of the family are living to-day,
namely: Mrs. Maggie Sassard, Of
Charleston, widow Of Nelson II. Sas-
sard, and Mrs. Smith, widow of Dres-
sfden A. Smith, Of Walhalla.
Mrs. Kate Small Smith was mar
ried in 1S79-thirty-one years ago
and since then she has been living In
Walhalla with her husband, her sons
and her daughters, in the family
homestead, where her children we're
born. One son Is Probate Judge at
Walhalla, having been elected first
to fill out his fathers unexpired term
of office, and at the expiration of that
time he was elected for full term
of office without opposition Other
sons and daughters help to make
their mothers life a crown Of joy.
When Miss Kate Small and Dres-
den A. Smith were married they
were we'll known to our people. Mr..
Smith was printer at one time In
the Press and Banner office. He was
consistent Methodist and an eXem-
plary Christian. When a girl Mrs.
Smith was faithful Episcopalian,
who possessed the best love and good
will of all.
Immediately after their marriage
she moved to the home OF her hus-
band in Walhalla, where Mr.. Smith
was one of the proprietors of the
Keowee Courier, which was recog-
nized everywhere as one Of the most
honorable and hgh-toned Of the
county papers,
Since her marriage Mrs. Smith has
spent very little time in Abbcville.
Not having been here for many years,
she was impressed with the growth
of the town and the great change of
of those men and women whom she
knew thirty-onc years ago are in
Abbeville to-day. Some have moved
away to other homes in other towns
but by far the larger number Of her
friends and acquaintances have gone
to the great beyond and are to-day
with the silent majority.
Mrs. Smith having met on this
visit only a few Of those whom she
knew in the days of her girlhood, re-
allied feeling Of sadness that she
was in city Of more strangers than
friends, where the absence Of former
friends could only bring to her heart
feeling of regret and longing for
the scenes Of her childhood. IN her
'"irlhood days she loved the Abbeville
which loved her so we'll She failed
to see many OF the old faces that she
loved in former years, and she miss
ed the hearty greeting from many an
eye that once grew brighter in her
presence, but is no~ dmmed in
death.
While Mrs. Smith knew few of the
men and women of the Abbeville of
to-day whom she met, 1t seemed that
she had not forgotten any Of the
names Of those who composed her
friends in the Abbeville Of her child
hood She still possesses a warm
afection for all. With a heart de-
Il Df ,I,;
which IS filled with love for her Saw
Jour and affection for those around
her, the passing years have dealt
kindly with her. Living for thirty
years with devoted husband, whose
gentlcncSS OF character was bene-
diction, and surrounded as she was
during her married life with the best
or children that ever blessed happy
parents, Old Father Time has had
little opportunity for chiscling the
lines that mark the passing time or
give evidence Of the presence of ac-
cumulatcd years.
Mrs. Smith left Walhalla last week
to attend womans missionary
meeting, which took place near Iva,
and being so near to her old home,
she came back to Abcville.
Mrs. Smith was amazed at the
growth OF the town, and was enthu-
siastjc In her words OF admiration
FOR the many improvements which
she saw on every hand. She admir-
cd the beauty Of tho norl, in tho
public square and spoke highly of
the architecture and the symmetry of
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