Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-06-09

On November 80, 1911, Elder j.
b. Pickett passed suddenly from
death unto everlasting life.
On December IS, 1912, a congre-
gational meeting was called to meet
| on the third Sabbath in January,
| 1913, to elect three elders and two
! or more deacons. On January 10,
| Deacons j. ID. McMahan, r. NJ. Davis
| and Elder John w. Shelor were elect
ed elders, and J. r. Wright, Lowell
| Smith, Charles DuBose and Deacon
ID. Ryland Shelor as deacons, and
were duly ordained and installed, ex-
| cept that Elder Shelor and Deacon ID.
K. Shelor were only installed.
On April 6, 1913, a congregational
meeting was called for the purpose Of
uniting with Pastor Vaughn in ask
ing Presbytery to dissolve the pasto-
raj relations between himself and the
church, the church agreeing thereto.
Presbytery consented to the dissolu-
ton. Immediate steps were taken
to secure another pastor. Arrange
ments were made with Seneca church
to unite and call pastor and on the
25th Of May, 1913, all requirements
being complied with, a unanimous
call was made for the services Of Rev.
|. e. Wallace for One-half Of his
time, Seneca taking the other half
The call having been placed in his
hands and accepted, he was duly in
stalled pastor of this church on the
26th day of June. Rev. G. NJ. Will
cox preached the sermon and Rev. J.
G. Law, ID. D., charged the pastor and
Elder J. e. Boggs charged the pep
pie.
On the 2Gth of July the Sabbath
school decided to undertake (the ses-
sion concurring) the support Of one
orphan in the Thornwell Orphanage
The cost of maintenance amounts to
! $50 per year. Elder j. J. Ballenger
generously proposed to give one-half
of the amount and the Sunday school
the other half, which arrangement is
DSlllS tdIIl0u OUT Sdcn I1On' II.
DIR. John G. Law.
We cannot close this sketch with
out reference to Rev. John G. Law,
ID. D., who has ever been jealous for
our interests, assisting in commun-
ion and protracted services, in one
of which he received ten precious
souls into the church. Always ready
to serve God and his fellow-man in
any and every capacity, he has given
comfort to the sorro wful, and joy
and peace to the boreaved. He has
at all times, when we have been with
out pastor, given us freely and
cheerfully Of his services. He has
never closed sermon without an in
vitation to come to Jesus. May he
be spared yet many years of useful
ness to us.
This brings us up to the lst Of
July, 1914. Allow me to sum up the
results of our labors.
We have sent out from the church
six candidates for the ministry, all of
whom are now actively engaged in
the full work Of the ministry except
one-Jessc w. Stribling-who died
in preparation for the work The
five are Revs. JOS. ". Dendy, Bruce
Doyle and T. Mcknight Stribling, Of
the Presbyterian church; Hollis AL
eXander Whitten, of the NJ. e.
Church, South, and j. Pmmmer
Dendy, of the Baptist church. There
are many others who have moved into
new fields and become elders and dea-
cons in the church, and there is an
innumerable host Of teachers, male
and female, who have left their i'm
press upon their pupils.
We have now in active work Rev.
|. e. Wallace as pastor. We have
six elders, namely, VIM. H. Hughs.
j. j. Ballenger, J. p. Stribling, ]. d.
McMahan, r. NJ. Davis and John w.
ShelOr, and six deacons-J. r.
Wright, Duncan Wright G. w. Bal
lenger, Lowell Smith, Charles Du-
Bose and d. Ryland Shelor. The
trustees of the church property are
the elders and their successors in
office. Members ia; clerk of ses-
sion, VIM. II. Hughs: officers and
teachers Of Sunday school 7; VIM. II.
Flughs, superintendent; James r.
Wright, assistant superintendent;
pupils on roll, 1877; cradle roll, Is.