Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-15
LOCAL MATTERS FROM SENECA.
Grea. Preparations for IL. Of p. BAN
quet- -HOn. &. B. Werner HOnored.


marriage of Miss Maria Dendy and
M. A. Marett, at Westminster, the
22d instant. The ceremony will oc-
cur at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
w. l.. England, and a number Of
friends from Seneca will be in at
tendance.
Preparations for the big Knights
OF Pythias banquet are going on,
and it will possibly be the largest
gathering OF the kind in the history
OF the place. The fact that the occa-
sion is to he a home-comers' affair
will add material interest, as well as
big increase in the number Of vis-
itors. The banquet will be held in
the opera house and covers laid for
two hundred. Toasts will be re-
sponded to by distinguished speak
ers from distance as well as from
neighboring towns, and d royal time
Is anticipated. Friday night, the
18th, is the date.
The following Is clipped from the
Tuscaloosa Times Gazette and will
prove OF interest to Mr.. Verner's
friends in Oconee:
- IL.
B. Oliver, acting dean of the Univer-
sity Law School, two instructors
have been added to the faculty of
the law department, Judge Henry
Bacon Foster and Hon. G. B. Werner.
of Tuscaloosa. Mr.. Werner
has already endeared himself very
much in the hearts of the students
by his lectures, in the absence of Mr..
oliver. He Is prominent member
Of the firm of oliver, Werner and
RICE, of Tuscaloosa, and solicitor for
Tuscaloosa county. Mr. Werner will
take up soon the subject of corpora
tiOnS.
1T is very fortunate for the law
school to be able to secure two such
men as Judge Foster and Mr.. YER
ner in the law faculty. Judge Eos
ter, when practicing attorney, was
one or the most popular men at the
par ana has been an able Judge. =
Mr. Werner Is one of the lead
ing men at the Tuscaloosa bar and
ne is much esteemed all over the
state. He has lectured at the uni
versity number of times and Is
greatly admired by the students. He
is one OF the best versed lawyers in
TINS part of the world. He IS up on
all deciGions and ever since he en-
tered practice has been noted for his
qulckness and his keen appreciation
or the hnest points OF cases. He Is
a very strong man mentally, and his
brain power and his full fund of
knowledge are made the more yalua-
Die ny his enormous amount of en-
ergy and the practical methods he
believes in. He is intensely practi-
cal, and while he knows the laws
theories fully he also knows their an
pllcatlon in a manner hard to an
proach by any lawyer anywhere near
his age. Mr.. Werner has had sue
cessful legislative experience, and Is
splendidly equipped for the position
OF an instructor In the law"
splendid congregation assem-
pied at the Baptist church last Sun
aay night, 1T being the time for un-
ion services. Rev. A, D. Driepers
preached.
The Seneca Cotton Mill sounded
the alarm Of fire last Saturday night
but the blaze, originating in the
roller shop, was soon eXtinguished.
Mrs. Ruskin Anderson was the
hostess last week to a delightful
meeting of the Once-a-Week Club,
Alter the business and literary pro-
gram was dispensed with the hostess
served two-course luncheon.
number Of our people attended
the oratorical contest at Richland
last Friday night.
Creatore at clemson was seen bv
several couples from Seneca. not
"ithstandirs the bad weather, and
everybody was delighted with the
splendid work Of the band.
The Seneca German Club gave
charming little dance last Friday
night at the x. of p. hall. Misses
Lila and Lese Stribling, OF Pendle
ton, and Miss Leila Doyle, OF Cal
noun, were among The visitors.
LUX 9 w. Werner and Edward Strib-
ing viii probably return the latter
part OF the week from a pleasure and
business trip to Kentucky.
Prof and Mrs. NJ. E. Brockmon
and the track team attended the gym
nasium exhibition at Clemson last
Friday night.
The girls Of The Seneca High
school Will begin practice this week
III gymnastics, under the leadership
OF Miss Margaret Morrison.
= few OF our ladies have decided
to form themselves into club for
the purpose OF growing chrysantbe
mum plants and blooms CONNER
ciaily. Preparations are already m
der headway for issuing price lists
OF plants for spring planting. These
Will be issued in short while.
Mrs. Bryan, of Clemson College. |
was in Seneca Monday.
Snow fell on Saturday for several
hours
Mrs. l.. w. Werner and Mrs. r. s.
Stribling spent last Sunday with |
friends in Easley.
Mrs. S. p. Stribling, OF Fair Play,
visited her son, Y. l.. Striblng. last
week.
s. ]. Craig visited his homefolks, |