Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-17
THREE GOOD WOMEN DIE.
Mrs. j. 4. BURNS, Mrs. Rosa Barton,
Mrs. w. u. HawkinS-Locals.

lnWnVil!e, Inn9 lG. SPECIAL: ReV.
Bonneau Harris, of Gainesville, Ga,
has been visiting his parents here.
He occupied the Methodist pulpit at
the o'clock service last Sunday af-
ternoon and the Baptist at the 8
o'clock service. Mr.. Harris is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Handy Harris. Of
Townville, and has many friends and
relatives here who were delighted to
welcome him to his old home and
listen to his forceful sermons.
MeSdames j. l.. o. Marett and J.
l.. Whitfield are i'll at the present
writing. We hope for their carly
restoration.
Clarence Bruce is home from the
University for his vacation.
Little Gary Speares Is convalcscing
nicely from a recent illness.
Frank Hawkins, from Mercer, and
his sister, Miss Kathleen, from Win
throp, are at home for the summer.
Miss Ann Bruce is i'll at her home
near here.
Miss Annie FAINT has returned to
Rabun Gap, Ga, after two weeks
visit ITO relatives here. Miss Fant is
a pupil of the Rabun Gap Industrial
School
J. A. Burgess is recovering from
recent illness.
D.. w. T. Hunt is in Baltimore at
the Johns-Hopkins Hospital for treat
ment. DR.. Hunt has been a leading
physician here for years, md his
| friends hope he may soon be at
home again, fully recovered from his
recent illness.
Little Cecil Milford, who has been
| i'll at the home of his grandfather,
J. d. Compton, here, is improving
nicely.
Miss Mary Smith is visiting rela-
tives in New York.
Mrs. Theodore Faht, Of Anderson,
is spending some time with her aunt,
Miss M. A. Bruce.
| There has been an unusual amount
Of sickness in and around here, de-
spite the extreme drought. The old
saying that a wet spring breeds sick
ness is not applicable to our COM
munity at present.
After a long illness, Mrs. J. Y.
Burns died at her home near here on
June 10. Her remains vero inferred
in the Baptist cemetery after funeral
services conducted by Rev. w. B.
Hawkins, assisted by Rev. II. G.
Ligon. Mrs. Burns was a Miss
! Thrasher, sister to r. L. Thrasher
of this place. Besides husband and
several children the deceased leaves
many friends and relatives to mourn
her death. May God abundantly
bless and comfort the bcreaved ones.
News was recently received here Of
the death of Mrs. Rosa Barton. of
Hartwell Ga. Mrs. Barton was Miss
Rosa Pratt before her marriage to
Dr.. ID. JudSOn Barton. She was
well known in this community,
where she had taught before her mar
riaGc. DR.. Barton, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. p. Barton. once
practced medicine here, and has
many friends and relatives who will
learn with genuine sorrow Of his
loss. May He who doeth all things
we'll be very near the husband and
motherless little ones in their sorrow.
Mrs. w. B. Hawkins, wife of Rev.
| w b. Hawkins, died at her home
here Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
She had suffered greatly from an at
| tack Of typhoid fever, and while her
death was not unexpected it was a
great shock to her friends. All that
| skilled medical cid, competent
nurses, loving care and earnest pray
ers could do accomplished naught
toward he"' restoration here, but He
who knoWeth best carried, her home
to be forever there, where there is
no sorrow, no sickness, no death.
Hers was indeed a beautiful life-a
life of thoughtfulness for others. a
life of earnest, conSecrated service
| for Christ. She was a tireless worker
in the Sunday school, church and
missionary society, in all Of which
she will be greatly missed After
appropriate services held in the
home, the remains were taken to An
derson for interment Sunday morn
ing. A host OF friends throughout
THIS and neighboring counties will
unite with us in extending sympathy
To tho fn npnily