Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-15
FACTS FROM FAIR PLAY.
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Mud and Rain School Honor Roll.
Cotton and Corn Unbarvested.

Cotton and Corn Unharvested.
Fair Play, Jan. I3. Special: Not
T.nch doing around oar little town
these gloomy days. oh, the rain,
the lain, and mud. 'Tis fearful to
behold, but there! if We are not oare-
ful some OF our New Years resolu-
tons Will be broken for didn't we
all promise faithfully not to grum-
just to, make the best OF our sur.
roundings. and remember that sInto
each life some rain must fall, some
days be dark and dreary." Life Is
Just what we make tt--mfserable or
happy. We are 30 prone to look on
the dark side OF things, that we
sometimes forget TO count our
many blessings, count them one by
one. The great Ruler OF the sUnf-
yerse, IL his aii-wise providence. has
SO ordered that each human being
shall have his or her own peculiar
burdens and CROSSES to bear, and if
we could realize that nothing IA put
upon us above that which we are able
to bear there would be more conse-
Grafton and loyalty to His cause.
Just here j would like to quote the
following lines, which as child Inn
pressed me very vividly;
'Tis better to weave In the web Sof
"A bright and golden filling
And do Gods will with a trustfuI
heart, .a 81 Is Is
And hands that are swift and Will
ing #
Than to break the delicate, tender
cords OF our wonderful lives
asunder,
And then blame heaven for the
tangled ends,
And sit and grieye and wonder.
Following is the honor loll OF the
Fair Play school, with Misses Shell
don and Thompson teachers:
First Grade Clayborne Davis,
96 1-3; Gatha Davis, 81 la.
Second Grade-Ida Dooley, 90 ia.
Third Grade Belle Dooley, 97 SA9.6
Fifth Grade Pauline Marett, 81;
Sallie Grubbs, 95. i,
Sixth Grade Marion Compton,
90; Wallace Glymph, 86; Thelma
Watson, 98; Laurens Sheldon, 9S;
Gilman Thompson, 9S. q
Seventh Grade--C. D. Marett, 9S;
Ola Grubbs, 98; John B. Compton,
95. S'l
Tenth Grade Harry sheldon, 98;'
Willie Whitworth, 97
Mr.. and Mrs. John Holland, of AM
derson, were visiting the family OF
DIV. Wright last week. Mrs. Hol-
land is remembered here as Miss
Daisy Wright.
Notwithstanding the .inclement
weather on yesterday quite a num-
Der were present at both the Pres
byterian and Baptist Sunday schools.
The Woman's Mission Society will
meet at the home of the president,
Mrs. w. u. Dobbs, on next Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. All members
are urgently requested to be present.
From the amount of water that
congregates in the town of Fair Play
we would suggest that the city faith
ers build road around the town, or
trians can travel without the aid of a
ferry boat. From all we can under
stand they have discontinued the use
of the free ferry at Knox's Bridge,
and we would suggest that the Su-s
to be used in the town of Fair Play.
could scarcely get to his buggy from
thing should be done and at once
Some of our farmers still have
cotton in the field not picked, some.
unginned, and some have corn stand
ing on the stalk Now, is this poor
management, indispos,tion or what?
/ think both
/ Hurrah for the Special Fair Play
Items last week. Let us hear from
81. S." again. Twas something
worth reading. Au Reyoir.
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