Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-11-06
JOSEPH RANKIN is NO MORE.
End Came at Home Last Saturday
Notes About Community.

Bounty Land, Nov. Especial:
The sad though not unexpected death
Of Joseph Rankin occurred at his
home in this community at 2 o'clock
Saturday, November Cd, after an i'll
ness of something over a year, of tu-
berculosis, which developed from a
spell Of typhoid fever, followed by
grip. Mr.. Rankin was SO years old
and was a member Of Salem Baptist
church, having joined in early youth.
When quite a young man he was hap
PLY married to Miss Nancy Nix, of
Salem. Ee moved to this community
from Walhalla about three years ago,
and a made during this brief pc
ROD quite a number Of friends here
who deeply s%ympathiZe with his be-
reaVed relatives. He leaves a wife,
daughter and two Sons-Nettie, Louis
II Edwin. Four children preceded
him to the grave. He is also survi-
we'd by one brother, r. N. Rankin, Of
this community, and three sisters,
Mrs. Malinda Orr, of the Bethel sec
ton; Mrs. Alzarie Davis, Fort Payne,
Ala, and Mrs. Matte Brown, Oxford,
Ala. His body was laid to rest in
the Poplar cemetery Sunday at 3 D.
III in the presence Of a large number
OF relatives and friends. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. A.
+. Marett, Of Westminster.
Mrs. j. b. Pickett left Wednesday
for a week or ten days visit to rela-
tives in Atlanta.
Paul Gillison attended the funeral
Of his cousin, NJ. A. Terrell, which
occurred at Westminster on the 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Holland return
ed Saturday from Anderson, where
they had been for several days.
Mrs. d. A. Perritt will leave to-
morrow for a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. A. S. Rollins, of Charleston.
Mrs. r. II. Smithson, Of Westmin-
ster, and Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Gill;
son, Of Pine Mountain. Ga, we're Wis
itors OF Mrs. j.. M. Gillison Saturday
and Sunday.
Bounty Land school will open on
the 18th instead of to-day, the date
having been changed on count Of
the slow recovery of Miss Bulgin's
arm.
The Halloween party given by
Miss Annie McMahan Thursday even
ing was a pronounced success, and 1t
Is with some reluctance that we yield
to your RiChland correspondent the
privilege Of writing a full dcscrip-
ton Of one OF the most pleasurable
social functions that ever embraced
the two communities, but we will say
this much: One Of the "spookiest''
OF spooks in attendance emerged
from the shades OF our own "vine
n fig tree" thrilling and filling
II with fantastic terrors never felt
before and his description on his
return of the varied amusements-
unique fortune telling, diving for
apples, witch's scene from Macbeth,
and Of the appropriate decorations of
pumpkins, autumn leaves and ripe
corn-the whole scene being illumin-
ed by soft, mellow candle light, and
Of ne c'eENnt and eiaNoraia cola.
ton served, IL sufficient PROOF that
Nils McMahaM spa et 20 pains il az
ran ing tOr nc amusement o. IlaH
Gue Is, and thai our brother cprrUS-
Don Lent nhS alnplc scope f0s cia >orH,
ti0I aud the full exercise Of bis da.
scriptive powers.
Mrs. j. NJ. Gillison was in Walhal-
la yesterday.
Arthur Tarrant and b. f. Wilson
expect to leave in a few days for
Florida.
w. j. Mcdonald left to-day for Bel
ton on business.