Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-06-20

IT. e. Alexa nder, Walhalla, S. c.,
sells land, buggies and harness. See
him before you buy.-Adv.
The Emery Circle will meet FRI
day afternoon at o'clock with Miss
jamie Neville.
Mrs. Fl. l.. Wilson, of Tampa,
Fla, Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. NJ. A.
Merritt, and counsin, Mrs. J. r.
Earle.
Mrs. Fair Dodd and son Dick,
of Atlanta, arrived last week and
will spend the summer here with Mrs
r. G. Strother at her home in West
Union. The many friends of these
families most cordially welcome their
return.
III. D. Cheek and family moved
to Walhalla last week and are occu-
pying the cottage residence on Ann
street belonging to the J. w. Holle-
man estate. Mr.. Cheek has assumed
charge Of his duties as agent Of the
Blue Ridge Railway. He and his
family will be most cordially well
coined to Walhalla.
Take all your scrap iron, brass,
copper and automobile tires to H..
| Fayonsky, at the Peoples Store, and
get cash for it.--Ady. .,a
!. We present to the Oconee public
this week the complete list of the
young men registered June 9Th un-
der the selective draft act This
, work was Of necessity rushed to COM
pletion with all speed in order to
have the lists in Washington within
the prescribed time. The list is di-
vidcd into two sections-white and
~
ever, that an error or two occurred
in the hurried transcribing. If there
should be found the name of any
white man in the colored list, or vice
versa, the error is entirely uninten-
tional on the part of the transcribers
Jordan Alexander. one of Oco-
nee's oldest and most highly respect
ca clt,%ens died at his home in the
Cheohee valley section last Sunday
h1ght after an illness extending over
a long period, suffering from the in
urtilties incident to age. For months
past, though Mr.. Alexander was not
at all times bed-ridden, the an
nouncement Of his passing would have
come as no surprise, for it was known
all over the county that his condition
was very feeble. He would have
been 81 years of age had he lived mn
III the 2lst day Of the present month
In 1856 he was married to Miss Ar
leca Bell. who preceded him to the
grave only few years. To this un
ion large family of children we're
porn, the following surviving their
PARENTS: John P. Alexander, of
Greenville; George H., Sapphire, N,
c.; Andrew J., Hendersonville, N, G,
! James L., Asheville, N. c.: Daniel NJ
Warrenton, Va: Joseph l., of Flor
ida; Henry W., of Oconee; Mrs.
Mary Hudgens, Of Central; Mrs.
Arab Keown, of Oconee: Mrs. Annie
Read. Of Sapphire, N. c., and Mrs.
tlVtra Owens, Of Greenville. The
deceased was a lifelong member of
the Baptist church. and for the past
80 years he had been a deacon in the
Cheohee church. He held an envia :
bic record as Confederate soldier,
and in his life since the close Of the
war he eXemplified in marked degree
those virtues so characteristic of
military training-fidelity to every
trust and strict regard for truth
ana honor. He served during the war
as member of Company A, Second
South Carolina Regiment of Infantry,
being at the surrender directly under
the orders Of Gen. Johnson. Capt. X.
l.. SimOns was at the head of his
company when he and the other
members were paroled. Few men
nave become so thoroughly identified
with country as had Mr.. Alexander
with his section Of Oconee. Born
and reared in the Cheohee Valley, he
spent his long life within a radius Of
few miles Of the place of his birth,
and there Is no man that we have yet
seen who has offered any statement
with regard to Jordan Alexander
save to praise him for the virtues
that shown forth from his daily life.
In his death Oconee has lost one of
her best citizens, and he will be
missed wherever he was known. Fu-
neral services we're held Monday af-
ternoon, the interment taking place
at the Alexander buryinp ground,
near Little River church. The body
was accompanied to its last resting
place by large concourse Of sorrow
! Ing friends. TO the bereaved ones
The Courier joins with many others
In extending sympathy in their sor-
row.