Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-12-15
FACTS FROM FAIR PLAY.
Almost an Epidemic Of Pneumonia.
w. II. Davis Seriously Ill.

, Fair Play, Dec. 13.-Special: Mrs.
r. F. Leathers Is visiting the family
of ]. A. Leathers. of Spartanburg.
| The many friends of w. r. Davis
are panied to learn of his serious III
ness at his home here and wish for
h!:. -; early recovery.
Miss Sallie Leathers was shopping
in Lavonia last week.
whole-souled fellows, was here on
business last week. Mrs. Moss is
pleasantly remembered here as Miss
| Deane Seaborn. ...
Cornelius Davis, OF Westminster,
| was summoned to the bedside of his
| brother, W. r. Davis, Saturday.
w. l.. Dobbs and Horace LaatheTs
attended the Baptist Convention at
| Anderson last week. ..
The friends of Miss Louise Shell
| don will be sorry to learn she has
been absent from the school room
several days on account of sickness.
| Her sister, Miss Mary, is teaching in
her place.
Miss Clyde Smith, of South Union,
visited the weekend with the family
| of DR.. j. r. Heller.
The sale Of E. G. Marett & Son is
| in progress and will continue until
the goth. The young lady clerks,
| Misses Dollie Knox and Pearl Marett,
are kept very busy waiting on the
numerous crowds that visit the store.
j. E. Dobbs visited his mother.
| Mrs. S. G. Dobbs, of Athens, Ga, last
| week.
DR.. ]. r. Heller reports about
| thirty cases OF pneumonia i'm his prac-
| tice.
Quite number Of our good Pres
| byterian ladies enjoyed an old-fash-
Toned quilting at the hospitable home
of Mrs. S. p. Stribling last Saturday.
! The day was pleasantly spent I'm
working for the orphans at Clinton
| Christmas is so near that we can
| almost hear the jingle Of sleigh-bells
through the cold, frosty air, making
merry the joyous hearts of frolic-
some, laughing children and bring
ing to the minds of our dear old mo-
theirs and fathers pleasant reminis-
cences Of the days long ago, when
| their greatest fun was not in receiv-
ing gifts from loved ones for that
was unknown Ihen), but in popping a
big, wide plank upon the ground, the
report sounding like big gun. That
was fun to these dear old people, but
more is expected nowadays from
this generation, who spend so eXtrav-
agantly many nickles and dimes upon
fireworks and other amusements of
like nature. Another thing that
was almost unknown in days long
| ago at Christmas time was the great
| est curse that is abroad in our land
| to-day-strong drink.
| wonder how many of our read
ers read the editorial in last week S
Courier, "Am l My Brothers
keeper?' 1t appeals to every one
| and should command. our most earn
est, prayerful consideration. Are
we responsible for our brothers
| downfall? In measure yes, en-
phatically yes. Do we, as Christians,
make any effort to remove the bar
riers that shut off our fallen brother
from the position which he would SO
much like to attain were he given the
| right cooperation, sympathy and
Christian fellowship? | again an
swer no, most assurcdly no. If we
are friend to these victims of the
winecup, indeed then we will be a
| friend In need. And when our unfor-
tunate brother falls in the ditch in
his demented condition, or upon the
railroad track to be severed by the
"iSSio VI al engine,
| then is the time, oh, faithful friend,
to bend every energy that in you lies
| to restore that man to his family, at
whatever cost; see that the broken
hearted mother and little children are
safe from any violence that may oc-
| cur; then, at your bedside, beg for
Gods mercy to rest upon him, and
that he may be freed from the shack
les that bind him so secure that
nothing but an awful eternity awaits
him. Yes, we are our brothers
keeper; the Bible says so, and that
should be our guide. Why preach
temperance to a fallen brother, when
on every side blind tigers re crouch
ing ready to drag him into their dens
OF vice and degradation, and no eff
fort being made to eliminate them
from our midst? Now is the time
to arise from our lethargy, and while
the fight for temperance Is on let us
not lay our armor down. We deeply
deplore the fact that there are still
five whole counties in South Caro-
lima under the dark banner Of the
whiskey traffic.
We would add further: Just a
bunch OF flowers, a kind word, a
pleasant smile, will cheer fallen
one more than tongue can tell. Don't
wait until you stand by his open
grave, and while the clods fall fast
upon his coffin lid whisper audibly,
Poor fellow, he was honest to
fault, generous hearted and kind to
all; his worst enemy was the whis-
key bottle" Bring the flowers to
the living; don't put them all upon
his casket; they are a loving token,
but crown him while he lives.