Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-07-28
THE SUNSHINE WORK.
Rays of Sunshine are Being Scatter
ed All Over Oc0nce.

cause we have not the "Silver and
Gold?" GOD does not ask us to
give what we do not have" Surely,
we all can give a pleasant word, a
smile, or word OF encouragement to
the down-hearted, or to one who
needs it loving sympathy. Some
times we think we have so little to
give that it's not worth passing on
Any Sunshiner is we'll repaid when
he sees the happy smile that trans
forms the face when a little gift is
made in the name of Sunshine. The
receiver knows it's not charity, but
loving kindness.
Issaquena and Poplar sent bas-
ket of sunshine to widow and two
little fatherless children. Surely it
Is more blessed to give than to re-
ceive, for it did make us rejoice to
think we had carried one ray OF sun
shine into that darkened home.
Bounty Land and Issaquena gave
an old veteran and his paralyzed
wife basket Of sunshine.
IssaqueEa and Oceola gave a blind
man with a wife and two children a
basket running over with sunshine.
To each society l gave an invalid
to be looked after and kept in good
reading matter.
The societies in the county are as
follows:
Issaquena Sunshine Society-46
memberships. Julia D. Shanklin,
president; Mrs. Lucy Burriss, trea-
surer; Miss Cornelia Foster, secre-
tary.
Oceola Sunshine Society-24 men,
bers.-Miss Grace Werner, president; );
Miss Beth Coe, secretary; Miss Pearl
Watson, treasurer.
Poplar Sunshine Society-52 men,
bers.-James Davis, president; Miss
Agnes McAlister, vice president; Miss
Mamie Adds, secretary and treasu
rer.
Wagner Sunshine Society 80
iiSihp pSi D. 4hioS beSSic hSll, pIeSl-
dent; Mrs. w. w. Burley, vice presi-
dent; Miss Nellie Burley, secretary;
Mrs. w. M. Fennell, treasurer.
Return-57 memberships. Nor
ton Cox, president; Miss Ella Will
liams, vice pres dent; Miss Ehie
Martin. secretary; Miss Martha Jul
ian, treasurer.
Bounty Land-15 members. -
Mrs. d. A. Perritt, president; Miss
Birdie Smith, vice president; Mrs
Jasper Doyle, secretary; Miss May
Guntharp, treasurer.
The Hiawatha, at Salem, has more
than 20 members. l am especially
proud Of Hiawatha, as it's the first
society organized since / was ap-
pointed. They did not wait for me
to come, but organized and went to
work. They send in good reports
every month.
At Wolf Stake Miss Hortense Tay-
lor organized a society of 20 mem
bers. look for good reports from
them.
The Richland International Sun.
shine Society Is composed entirely of
young men. The young men who
were raised here and have left home
have all Joined with some of the
home boys to make a society | am
very proud of.
The Gonzales, with eight members,
IS composed of people all over the
State who cannot belong to a club.
The Four Score-Col. Robert A.
Thompson, Capt. John c.. Neville
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughs, Mrs. Eliza
beth Martin. az / can put some
touches of rosy sunset into the lii.
OF any man or woman, then l feel
that I have wrought with God"
'To make an old person happier
more comfortable, more hopeful
that is TO put the touch of a rosy
sunset into a human life. 1t Is a
special privilege Of youth to cheer
old age. How naturally an old per-
son turns to young person for sun
shine. 1t Is in the power of every
young person to bring sunlight into
the life Of some old person, to i'm.
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