Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-26
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM SENECA.
Preparations Making for Presenta-
ion OF Play-Personal Items.

W VI toy CTSoIEu1 llSIiS.
Seneca, March 25.-Special: The
National Amusement Company has
arrived in Seneca and will show on
Carey's lot all this week. The con-
Germ promises a good show, there be-
ing the usual attractions found with
the street carniva, the Ferris wheel,
merry-go-round, etc.
AT the teachers meeting Of the
Presbyterian Sunday school last
Sunday morning, held at the close of
Sunday school, Mrs. w. p. Reid was
elected a delegate to the State Sun
day School Convention, to be held in
Sumter April 2 to 4, inclusive. Mrs.
Reid is superintendent of elementary
Sunday school work in the county
and will take part in the interesting
program which will be rendered.
Breezy Point"
the play, which Is to be given by
local talent soon, and which has been
mentioned in a former letter, is un-
der Roadway, and it Is planned to
present 1t about the last of April or
first of May. Following Is the inter-
esting cast, and every one who has
road the play pronounces 1T the best
given yet by these ladies: Aunt
Dibby Dexter" Mrs. j. w. Byrd;"El-
inor Pearle," Miss Werner Stribling;
"Ashrael Grant" Mrs. e. Nj. Cary;
Mrs. Hardscratch," Mrs. T. S. Strib-
ling; the "Hardscratch Twins" Clara
Werner McCarey and Mary Hines;
"Mehitable Doolittle," Mrs. w. s..
Hunter; "Bernice Vernon" Miss Sa-
die Parker; Laura Leigh Miss
Stella Fincannon; Edith Norton"
Miss Florence Reid; "Clarice Fen
leigh" Miss Margaret Morrison;
"Fontaine," CFrench maid), Miss
Mary Julia Reid; bliss Hazy,' Mrs.
Jasper Doyle; "Olds Glenn" (Gipsy),
Mrs. ]. II. Holleman. The ~presenta-
ton Of this delightful comedy is an
ticipated with great pleasure by the
show-going public here.
The pupils Of the high school had
holiday last Friday, which enabled
their teachers to visit their homes,
Miss Morrison going to Clemson for
me weekend and Miss Florence Reid
visiting her homcfolks at Rock Hill.
DR.. w. NJ. Riggs gave Monday as a
holiday to the Clemson students in
asmuch as the recent holidays fell on
obIul udy. 1llS dullOulCSIIlSIll Ill
chapel on Friday morning was JOY
ously received and the Seneca contin-
gent visited their homefolks here, re-
n.eining over till Monday afternoon.
Miss l.. r.. Lowry was the dainty
host ess to her friends composing the
ca+C in the play recently given by the
students of the high school at the
home of Mrs. w. o. Hamilton, on last
Friday evening. The evening was a
pronounced social success, and at it's
close a delightful salad course was
served,
Miss Mamie Blalock, of Westmin-
ster, visited her friend, Miss Sadie
Parker, the past weekend.
The writer, during a stroll a few
evenings since, saw a colored indi-
vidual ~excavating Ill a vacan lot ON
Townville street and asked "what
was up" to which this reply came,
"Mr. Bob Neill, he gwine build and
settle here" This was pleasing news
to the citizens on this side, and we
welcome in advance Mr.. Neill and
whatever encumbrances he may bring
with him.
r, X. Nimmons Is in Wa1halla this
week serving IN the jury.
Our merchants have agreed to
SiooO Ihoit otoIcb az nov ClOch De-
ginning the first of April.
Miss Kate McClanahan spent last
Sunday night in Seneca on her way
to Charleston, where she has accept
ed a position.
Mrs. w. F. Austin entertained her
Sunday school class delightfully."- last
Saturday afternoon, and on the same
afternoon Mrs. o. r. Bacon rendered
an Easter egg hunt to the members
of her Sunday school class.
Mrs. Runion, from Greenville, is
visiting her son, T.. Runion.
We call attention again to the visit
of Miss Mary Fraser, from Rock Hill,
who vii, lecture on domestic science
at our school next Friday morning.
The Once-a-Week Club has offered
three prizes to the pupils OF the
school, to be divided as follows: One
to the 1st, Cd, Sd and 4th grades:
n TO the 5th, 9Th and 7th, and one
to the 8th, 9th and 10th. The pupil
in each OF these sections who takes
the best notes from Miss Fraser's
talk Will be awarded a prize. Miss
Fraser will go to WalhalIa and talk
before the school there in the after
noon,