Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-09-27
WALHAL14A, SOUTH CARoLINA,
GREAT Gypsy SMITH MEETING
at Seneca Has Ended - Numbers
We're Added to tho Church. &

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Seneca, Sept, &c. Special: Mr.
and Mrs. Harry M. Pickett came
over from Greenville to spend tho
weekend and attend the Gfpsy Smith
meeting. u
Mrs. Sallie and Mamie Burgess, OF,
Greenville, have returned home, af-
ter weeks visit with their brother,
Dr.. ]. II. Burgess, and family. They
have, scores Of warm friends in Sem,
eca who were delighted to have them
in their midst. III
The Interdenominational Sunday
SCHOOL Association OF Oconee county
will hold a convention at Richland
church on Sunday, the Sth Of Octo-,
ber.. There will be a morning and,
an afternoon session. A full program
has been arranged. Every Sunday-
school in Oconeo is urged to be rcp-'
resented. Although you may not be
officially called on to- represent your
school, all who can attend should do
so, especially the superintendents Of
the various schools, and the teachers.
are urged to attend. .t,
The first meeting of the Once-a-:
Week Club after the summer. vaca.
ton will be held Thursday afternoons;
dent, Mrs. S. X. Dendy. 81
The Greys Of Oconee U.D.C. chaps
ter will hold the October meeting at
the home Of Mrs. j. j. Ballenger on
the first Friday afternoon, 4 clock.
Members are requested 10 notify the
hostess in advance if they cannot at
tend the meeting
The death angel entered the home
five n Wi;
evening at o'clock and claimed
their little four-year-old daughter,
Imogene, after a weeks illness from
diphtheria. The body was taken, to
Clarkesville, Ga, for interment the
following day. Profound sympathy
is felt for the bereaved parents in
the death Of their first-born little
one. .sE,# .t} y
Rev. Marshall Woodson left Tues
day morning for Columbia to resume
his course in the> Theological SeiniS
nary, this being his senior Year. Mrs.
Woodson MOST acceptably filled ,thH,
pulpit Of the Presbyterian ehurch Ssiti
the "a b8ence OF 4 he hast tor II ReYss ssIls
|SWallace, !dIring TIL 81 mme er. IIe
threw himself most earnestly in the
work Of the church and gave untir-
ingly Of his services throughout the
Gipsy Smith evangelistic campaign
and the nree weeks series of meet
ings. His fMends are numbered far
and near in Oconee, who regret to
have him leave, although he extended
his stay In our midst for month on
account Of the Gipsy Smith meeting
The Gypsy Smith meetings are now
recorded as history, as Sunday night
brought to close the greatest re-
vival that has ever been known in
Oconee. Several hundred persons
united with the various churches in
tho county on profession Of faith
others by letter, and many church
members reconsecrated themselves
to the Masters service. The time was
ripe for the ingathering Of souls after
hearing the evangelist preach the
truth with such power, literally un-
folding the Word of God so earnest
ly for these three weeks. Mr.. Smith
and his party left Monday morning
surrounded at the station with a
large crowd, who had gathered to
bid the good people goodbye. Rev
Mr.. Smith will spend a week with
his family in their winter home at
Jackson, Miss. Miss Abernethy went
direct totSavannah. Rev. j. A. Wood
left for his home at Canton, Miss.