Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-30

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to many in Oconee. died at White.
Ca, last December. He was bro
] ther Of James II. King, of Walhalla,
and two sisters, Mrs. w. II. Toy, of
Highlands, n. c., and Mrs. Clara
Holder, Of Dncoma. Okla, also sur
vive him. The following tribute to
the deceased appeared in the Trlb-
une-News, of Cartersville, Ga, of O
recent date:
S. A. King.
In the death of S. A. King, Of
White, Ca, Barlow county has lost
one of her best and most useful citi-
zens. Mr.. King was born at Wal
halla, S. c., on June 2S, 1856, and
died at White, Ga, December 10th,
1918. His body was Inferred at
Cross Roads church, White, Ga, on
December 18th.
When quite young man-in 1877
MIR. King moved from South Caro-
lima to Georgia, settling down In
Pickens county. He resided in that
county until 1896, when he moved
his family to Barlow county, where
he had resided continuously since.
He was married to Miss Lula Fro
zier at Walhalla, S. c., in 1876. AS
result of this union seven children
were born, four of whom survive
McAfee King, Of Akron, Ohio; Elmer
King, Mrs. Patrie Ward and Orris
King, Of White, Ga.
Mr.. King was in business at White
Tor thirteen years, and therefore he
came in contact with the general
public. His uniform courtesy and
generosity won and held for him a
host Of friends, who mourn his pass
Ing. If ! were called upon to enum
crate his chief characteristics
would name his unfailing courtesy.
| honesty and integrity. have done
| business with HIN for ten years, and
! am positive that knew him inti-
mately. He never failed to meet me
! with Il smile, and will ever cherish
in my memory the pleasant hours
! spent in his company. His honesty
was his religion, his honor his creed,
and of-such are the uncrowned kings
Of earth.
| have known him since | played
around my mothers knees, but
never knew him to betray a friend
or to stoop to questionable act. His
line, honorable principle was his
chief asset in business, and his reru-
tation for fair dealing created in his
customers unbounded confidence in
his honesty and integrity. He will
be missed by all of us who knew him
and loved him. When | went to
White this week selling groceries |
| missed his face and his smile behind
| the counter The finest tribute
have heard paid him was by Gus
toner Of his this week when he said,
Il have been dealing with Mr.. King
for years, and could always depend
on what he told me-" Truthfulness
the finest element in any mans
character.
Mr.. King was not wealthy man.
iiS COuiu nave DSon. lie SaCr11CGu
thousands by his generosity. l per-
sonally know this to be true. He
could not turn deaf ear to human
want and human suffering. He lit
orally clothed the naked and fed the
hungry. He was not a member Of
the church. and it is not given to me
to judge, but if it were ] would say,
We'll done, thou good and faithful
servant; enter thou into the Joy Of
thy Lord"
None Of us knows when, why, how
or where the grim reaper will cut us
down with the unfailing sythe. Lit
tie did dream, when saw Mr.. King
last week, hale and hearty. that to-
day his body would be in the ceme-
ter% and his spirit flown from this
carth forever.
rho greatest lesson that the
younger generation can learn from
Mr. Kings life is that honor and
honesty pay. They are assets which
cannot be discounted in this world,
not in the world hereafter. NO finer
epitaph can be written on any mans
tomb than "Here lies an honest
man." Werner Vincent
Cartersvillc, Ga. Dec. 20, 1918.
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