Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-06-24
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HEROES OF PICKENs
DISTRICT.

itoioW fIlShcuS SudpteTt u n. sft.s ADy
Miss Marye r. Shelor, Historian.)
(Pubiished by Request.)
The arly settlers OF Pickens Dis
trict were Scotch Irish strong men,
men of prayer, men of honor.
They spent hours in prayer. ask
ing God to, lead them through the
clouds of war They gave their all
them. Such thoughts Shall I get a
big salary, or be a general" did not
enter their minds. e To fight for
American rights was the highest
honor. In war they were faithful;
they drank deep from the cup of
sell. denial; they loved and obeyed
their leaders, for they were men of
COLOSSUS character.
S The women were stronger than the
men, for the mother and the wife
makes the men,. v4
When the war was oyer they re-
turned home, began to Improve the
Gcountry and build homes-some are
Sstanding to-day.
To tell of more than hundred
soldiers individually would be tire
some. Their military service Is fa-
8miliar to ALL will tell of our duty
Eto them and their descendants. To
measure a mans greatness Is to find
Eout how much he transmitted to his
4 descendants. FSS aEs'A 8
Andrew Pickens raised his Ebe-
9nezer wherever he went. The In
sfluence of these churches will travei
down the years for all eternity. His
children answered well the call of
State and church. Governor Pickens
was the most noted of them all.
IA Gen. Anderson's daughter who died
a few years ago, led beautiful life.
Her son, John Halsey, LII. D., is pre-
,sident Of a college in Illinois.
John Rush, builder of Stone
church, gave to TexaS. son who was
"a statesman. aF
Philips Werner, LII. d., descend
ant of the John Verner's and James
Pettigru, carried the royal banner Of
the cross and planted 1t in Africa,
where no white man ever trod. To
the same family belonged a real
heroine, Annie Werner Stribling, who
was real d. A. r., for she toiled
and spun, and raised and educated
stwena children.
Jesse Neville sleeps in Bethel
.churchyard. William G. Neville.
Il. l.. D., ID. D., president of the
at the centennial of the church placed
"a garland on the graves of the heroes
by pledging to help the poor noun
tain boys be men like these heroes.
Benjamin Perry gave to South Car
olina Governor B. F. Perry.
Who can forget James Robertson,
the real Horseshoe Robertson, In the
book of the last name?
John Craig had put on his grave
z stone Estates Rights and Liberty" so
his descendants, yet unborn, could
read for what he fought.
The Reese family are distinguish
ed. If you don't believe 1t please
read Miss Mary heesess book THE
Reese Family"
: These are few of many who have
climbed high. All honor to those
who are mot the least, not the
greatest. We cannot all be great,
but we can be good citizens.
The grave of Ben Cleveland, hero
of Kings Mountain, is most out of
sight. Shall we let the 5plowman and
destroy these graves? No, we, the
d. A. r., will protect them. What
are we doing? Let us see. Here is
what we are doing: Meet, talk Of
our good blood, grandmother's sill
srver, serve lunch, put up little stone
to some forgotten hero, go home,
wait for the morning paper to read in
big headlines "The Beautiful Work
the d. A. K. are Doing" Is this the
true aim of the ID. A. r.? What is
liberty! Was there ever foe so
,hurtful as ignorance? Are we liber-
ating the children from ignorance? :?
We let compulsory bills be killed and
the body Of the young American be
crushed in the mill or grow up like
ragweeds on the farm" The mill
child and ''ragbag' on the farm are
not the only onesSwho need our
care. Our own darlings are often
forgotten. The wine cup and gamb-
ling table are claiming our boys
They look at 1t as innocent recrea-
tion from business. The man whose
head Is crowned with dollars Is more
admired than one of Hampton, Car
lyle and Capers types.
@ Our girls marry regardless of cul-
.ture and blood man just because
he is rich; he has handsome home
and she can entertain well. What
difference does 1t make about him :?
He is just a supporter of the family.
Can we expect heroes from these
homes? No country can rise higher
than the women. Show me home
with cultured and good woman.
who reads, teaches and TRAINS her
children; whose husband shares the
burdens equally--what Is called the
old and fostered home--and ! Will
show you a place to find men to All
all places of honor. ~a
Do we keep properly our National
days? No, we observe them by
fighting the red rooster, pacing the
Hail. or playing ball, and when the
day is over half do not know why
we celebrate July 4th.
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