Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-01-03
LOCAL NEWS FROM SENECA.
Lively Weok for the Christmas Hon-
days-Local Items.

seneca, Jan. 1.-SpeClal: a happy
and prosperous New Year to The
Courier and its readers!
The holidays passed very much as
usual. There were no casualties
from careless use Of fireworks, and
very rare cases of disorder on the
streets.
The holiday festivities continued
through the past week and into this,
without a break-in fact, so full was
the social calendar that it was neces-
sary to double, in some instances.
However, OH Thursday night every
thing was set aside for the show 1t
the opera house given by local talent
The house was full; In fact 1t was
necessary to place chairs in the aisles
to accommodate the crowd. The play
was given with fine effect, and round
after round Of applause greeted the
players. 1t would be impossible to
give the affair justice here, the cast
being a large one and all the players
being favorites with q part or all Of
the audience. Mrs. +. NJ. Cary as
"sally, Mrs. Tubbs," was perfect, and
in her bridal array was "just deli
cious,' while Willie Werner as Bijah
Tubbs was fine, even though he was
mot much bigger than pint cup"
The main parts were thoroughly sus-
tanned, and it is the united opinion
Of the public that the show was a big
success.
A charming social affair Of the past
week was the entertainment tender
ed the Once-a-Week Club by Mrs.
w. X. Livingston. The hostess was
assisted In receiving the guests by
her sister, Mrs. J. l.. Gray, Of Ander-
son, both wearing handsome house
gowns. The home was very attract
I've in holiday decorations, and after
roll call and reading Of the minutes,
the president, Mrs. J. Fl. Adams,
turned the meeting over to the host
ess, who had arranged an interesting
program of music and readings. Az
ments were served, and then the
hostess threw open the doors con-
Meeting the parlor and dining room,
displaying beautiful Christmas
tree. This was lighted with many
candles, and held cornucopias Of good
things and toys for the guests. The
plan was most unique and created a
deal Of merriment. Some days pre-
vious the hostess had distributed
toys to the club members-horns, au-
tomobiles, animals, etC--requesting
that each compose a rhyme on the
toy received. An extra supply was
prepared for the visitors, and these
were all done up in Christmas pack
ages and hung on the tree. After
they were distributed, each guest
was requested to read the jingle de-
scribing the toy received, and the
visitors were requested to act as
judges Of the merit Of the rhymes
After all were read the judges de-
cided that Mrs. Luke Werner and
Mrs. J. T. Holleman had tied for the
prize, a beautiful work basket. Mrs.
l1olleman's rhyme describing toy
automobile was:
speeding autos oft remind us
We can buy big machine,
And, departing, leave behind us
Odors Of vile gasoline"
Mrs. verner's, describing toy doe,
was:
81 love the doe with its silvery feet
l love the dough that's good to eat
But whether doe, or d-o-u,
Please give me the dough Of the gol-
den hue"
Besides the club members the fol-
lowing visitors enjoyed Mrs. Living
ston's hospitality: Mesdames f. s.
Holleman, Manigault and T. E. Strib-
ling; Misses Carrie Hunter, Lula and
Sue Gignilliat, Nellie Hines and Flo
ride Propst.
Last Friday night the young men
Of the town rendered the young Ia
dies an elegant banquet at the Oco-
nee Inn. After the supper an infor
NAL dance was enjoyed at the X. Of
p. Hall.
Saturday night Miss Marguerite
Adams was at homo to the young set
A charming time was enjoyed.
There were four social functions
crowded into New Years, and thus
tho holidays were brought to q tri-
umphant close:
Thornley, Cary entertained his
yOuno frtapdc OF on alooont o,olooty