Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-05-27
THE DEATH OF INNIs ALEXANDER.
A Full Account OF the Fatal Accident
Funeral Services.

| FuneTa, DEVICES.
Innis Alexander, the fourteen-year.
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Alex
ander, died Friday afternoon at 2.45
o'clock as the result of fracture OF
the skull received by fall from the
loft of Mr.. Alexander's barn, located
in the rear of his residence in Wash
iDgton street.
The accident occurred Friday
morning shortly after 7 O'Clock.
Young Alexander went to the barn
to secure some trucks which he had
stored away in the loft. When seen
again he was found about Is minutes
later by his brother, M. r. Alex
ander, lying on the ground floor of
the barn with blood on his head and
in an unconscious condition. M. II.
Alexander carried his brother in his
arms to the house and at once tele.
phoned for physician.
"A portion of the loft is not foored.
The trucks were found near the edge
of the untioored space and tho sup
position is that in an effort TO get
the trucks to the ground the boy fell
forward through the open space, a
distance of ten feet. 1t is thought
that the boys head struck sleeper,
which caused the fracture of his skull.
DR.. e. w. Carpenter, who lives
only short distance away, was the
first physician to reach the house.
In very short time Drs. Il. II. and
Curran Earle were present. The
physicians did everything that human
skill could do to save the life of the
young man, but to no avail. This
bright, energetic and ambitious
youth breathed his last at LAS o'clock
Friday afternoon.
Young Alexander had gone to
work two. weeks ago with Ellis 81
Pope, wholesale grocers. He was
proud of his position and worked
manfully for his employers. The
boy had genial, pleasing disposi-
tion and made hosts of friends, not
only with other boys, but was well
liked by persons who knew him.
The death is peculiarly sad one and
the family have the sympathy of the
entire community in their hour of
bereavement.
M. l.. Alexander, the father of the
boy, was absent on business at Cars
ton, a small town i'm the northern
part of Iowa, having left Greenville
about week ago. Shortly after the
accident Mr.. Alexander was notified
of it's occurrence. He wired reply
inquiriDg as to the seriousness of the
accident. The reply to this wire
was an announcement of his sons
death.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
The funeral services over the body
of Innis Alexander, the fourteen
year-old son of M. l.. Alexander,
took place at 4.30 yesterday after
noon, from the residence in Wash
ington street, Rev. @. B. Smith and
DR.. ID. w. Key officiating.
On account of the peculiarly tragic
and seemingly untimed nature of the
lads death and the universal love
and esteem in which he was held for
his many fine qualities, the funeral
was an especially sad one. The
crowd assembled at the residence to
attest their sorrow for the young life
so suddenly gone, and their sympathy
for the grieving family, was repre-
sentative of every age and condition
of life. Besides numbers of others,
there were present the grade to
which he belonged, the senior class
of the Greenville Female Col
lege, Of which Miss Bessie Alexander
is member, and Roy Alexander's
class mates of the senior class at Fur
man, with great many other stu
dents of the University. The inter-
ment at Springwood cemetery imme-
diately followed the ceremonies at
the house. The floral offerings were
beautiful and unusually abundant.
Flowers, always appropriate and
suggestive, seemed especially in place
accompanying a sweet and pure
young boy to his last resting place.
Greenville News.
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