Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
FIRST BALE G1NNED AT SENECA.
Protracted Meeting at the Baptist
ChurcIl-IOcal Matters.

Seneca, Sept. Especial: Seneca
Is in the midst of drouth, the last
rain having fallen three weeks ago.
Gardens are suffering and farmers
complaining that cotton is dropping
its fruit
Mrs. Frank Martin and family, of
Greenville, are visit'ns' Mrs. d. P.
Thomson.
Guy 4. Grove and daughter, Miss
Louise, left to-day for Virginia, where
Mr.. Grove will place his daughter in
Mary Baldwin Seminary at Staunton.
Miss Emma Stribling will arrive
in Seneca on Wednesday and will at
| tend the meeting at the Baptist
church.
Rev. |. e. Wallace will go to Rich
land Wednesday for the purpose of
conducting revival meeting in the
Presbyterian church there.
Rev. G. S. Blackburn has been
preaching in the Baptist church at
night since Sunday, and on Wednes-
day Rev. Mr. Woodward will arrive
from Augusta and will assist in the
meeting, which will be protracted for
will be two services daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Thompson have
returned to Atlanta.
DR.. f.. A. Hines and daughters,
Misses Nellie and Nancy, returned
last Saturday from Buffalo, where
the Doctor delivered an address on
school sanitation.
Miss Verna Stribling is visiting rel
atives at Richland and Westminster
The high school will open next
Monday. the Sth instant. The for
mer faculty is returned except Miss
Sue Gignilliat, who resigned. Her
place will be filled by Miss Miriam
Jennings, Of Campobello. Miss Jen-
nings is a graduate of Winthrop and
also finished musician. She will
have charge Of the school music.
Mrs. Lou Osborne, Of Spartanburg,
is visiting her sister, Ms. J. w.
Stribling.
w. p. Nimmbns and family are at
Russell'S for stay of ten days.
Clarence Miller has been visiting
friends here for several days. He
was called to Georgia last week on
account Of the death Of his father.
Miss RebeCca Todd has been visit
| ing Miss May .Fant in Walhalla.
Robinson Shoals is a popular re-
sort now, where our young people en-
JOY swimming.
The young ladies composing Miss
Norma Gignilliat's house party have
returned to their homes.
Whit Holleman is in Cincinnati,
where he is taking 4 course in the
School of Embalmers of Cincinnati.
Y. B. Jones and his friend, Mr..
Hawkins, of Townville, have been
spending some time in Seneca. Mr..
Hawkins is a finished violinist and
Seneca people have greatly enjoyed
his playing.
Miss Miriam Jennings, the new
teacher for the graded school, will
Dorothy, who will enter school.
The first bale of new cotton was
brought to Seneca last Thursday BY
Wade Sloan, colored, and was sold to
Barron-Byrd Co. for 13c. The bale
weighed 313 pounds.
w. A. Holland, Jr., of Schenectady,
n. Y, is visiting homefolks here.
Mrs. j. e. Hopkins and Miss Stella
FincannOn have returned from the
North, where they purchased their
fall and winter millinery.
A large number of our boys and
girls will leave soon for the various
schools and colleges in the State.
News Of the death Of Miss Lille
Hawthorne, of Greenville, has been
received here. She died in the city
hospital, where she was carried for
an operation a week ago. Miss Haw-
thorne was a daughter Of the late
Judge Jas. G. Hawthorne and was
niece Of the late Mrs. E. G. Werner.
There are relatives here and else
where who will hear this news with
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