Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-10
DELAYED NEWS FROM slssaeA
Distinguished Evangelist GiaAly
Hcard--ttems Of Local IntcrestS
(Too Late for Last Wee

| sion and was therefore ideaLS IA
fine crowd saw the various esssE$
composing the meet, and the ssisS
best feeling prevailed. Folloyang
Is the official result as furnishe6gbg
the manager Of the Seneca tSsE&
team to tho newspapers: 9fYk
Five schools were Represented
and each school entered two men an
each of eleven events. The WfSst-
minister school scored O. pluralityLtnf
points, winning the beautiful trophy
cup for the second time. Some hith
school records were broken hlGX.
ander, Of Westminster, won stare,
| Ing high jump with record OF foG Z
| feet six inches. Ragsdale, bS We
| minister, won first place in runung
| broad jump with record OF twenty
feet four inches. StriblingI of st.r,-
eca, won first place in hurdles in u
fiat and also pole vault in 8 feet 10
inches. Stribling made this rercyd
after breaking his vaulting pole, fall,
ing on back seven feet. Ills TejA
was the thrilling event Of the moe
Werner L., one of Seneca's BEST men
strained tendon III first eScut ana
was out OF the meet for tht rest 0f
the afternoon. Davis, of Ilchiana.
was practically the whole team
Westminster had several goal
strong men in Breazeale, Mitchell
Ragsdalc and Alexander. The Sul-
lowing is the order and numbel OF
| points won by each school: West
minister II, Richland 81, Seneca42%
Ebenezer 5, Walhalla 3, making q
total Of 80 points for eleven events.
Four Of these schools will be3iu
the Piedmont meet in Greenville two
weeks from to-day. The rest of,rne
schools may look out for some htlrd
contests from Oconee schools. Five
hundred people enjoyed the meet.&
Sunday night distinguished Ms
itor, Geo. G. Stebbins, composer ss d
singer, spoke to a large congre9&
ton at the Baptist church. Mr
Stcbbns IS widely know In this ana
other continents as a composer of
hymn tunes, and as q singing evangc-
list. For many years he was assQcia.
ted in evangelistic work with thS2ee-
nowned Moody, but Is now no Longer
engaged actively in this work on&H-
count of his advanced age. HeSE
however still most distingusstfc
looking and speaks interestinglv}tf
his experiences in his chosen ilelF.
work The people of Sfeneoa 20" II
r';' ''''''iS'iItUUI 'S''5'SIUUI pr tj 'Ae&r tp4 t,5
panied by Mrs. S,eDbins, anu nay
were the guests Of Rev. and Nm G..
S. Blackburn. Mr.. Stebbins Is lear
relative Of Mrs. Blackburn.
Carl Jansen, the popular ~ dish
lecturer, spoke to an appraaiAtiyc
audience at the school aud lorium
! Monday night. He spoke andy on
the life and characteristics Nl Haly
Crockett, with some selection from
M,Bcth, and closing with the n0N
widely popular poem, "Yol Gotta
Quit Kickin' My Dawg Aro'm''"
Mr.. Jansen will always receive a
| hearty welcome to Seneca.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Carpent"I and
daughter Miss Nina. spent the ", ok
end with MIR. and Mrs. w. S. Guuter,
Mr. and Mrs. S. j. Craig haze npv~
ed into the cottage on North Fair
Play street, formerly owned and DC
cupied by Mrs. Ellen Wilson TNey
are now at home to their friauds IN
| these comfortable quarters.
Misses Helen Fant, Lynn "a
| Grace Werner, Leila Doyle and = ISIS
Cromer were among the out-of-loHn
| visitors to the leap year dance Nst
Thursday night. The dance wa q
| big success and was admirably mnn~
aged. The Seneca band Furnished
| the music. Punch was 8"r, ad
| throughout the evening.
Luke Werner, who sprained M g
Gle in his hip during a race t ne
meet last Saturday is imrroy &,
and it is hoped that he will 1c lie
to enter the other meets.
AT the last meeting Of thn N IS.
sionary Society Of the Presb ,;r.nan
church 1t was decided to confcT .lrh
other societies throughout thv ,,Yn-
ty, and, if deemed practicable, tn -
ganize county union. In chuo' 'es
where there are no societies visitors
will be invited to attend. Nj t.Ic
societies are requested to take &c
ton in the matter and to rerorJ 10
| thc Seneca society as carly as NMNHnn-