Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-08-13
GREAT pHILANTHRop1sT DEAD.
Andrew Carnegie Passed Away Sud-
denly at Home in Massachusetts.

Lenox, Mass, Aug. 11.-Andrew
Carnegie, ironmaster and philanthro-
pist, died to-day in his great man
sion overlooking lake in the beau
tiful Berkshire Hills, wnere he
sought seclusion when bodily iniirm-
ity overlook him and his mind was
saddened by the entrance Of his coun-
try into the world war.
Although he had been in feeble
health for more than two years, his
final illness. was brtef-a matter OF
days. A severe cold developed very
quickly into bronchial pneumonia.
the aged patient lapsed into uncon-
seriousness, hnd the end came as
though 1T were but the beginning Of
a deeper sleep.
No ostentation will mark the fu-
neral of the man who, when he be-
gan, 18 years ago, to give away his
millions, was reputed to have the
second largest private fortune in
America. A simple service, attended
only by members of his own family
and household, will be held at the
home, Shadow Brook, Wednesday.
1t Is expected that the body will
be taken to Pittsburs, ,ne city where
he laid the foundation for his great
wealth, for burial.
Mrs. Carnegie was at her hus-
bands bedside in the last hours OF
his life, but he did not revive suf-
ficiently to permit Of any sign Of
recognition. Their daughter, Marga-
ret, who last April married Ensign
Roswell Miller, Of New York. was
notified that 1T was apparent that the
illness would be fatal, and she hur-
ried from her home at Millbrook, ".
Y, arriving few minutes after her
father had died. ,-.
Years of Giving.
Andrew Carnegie began race
against. time when, in 1901, Mt the
age Of 65, he resolved to give away
MIS- enormous fortune. He held It to
be 'dfsgraceful" for man to keep
on gathering idle millions. In the
| comparatively few years which the
actuary could allow him he would
disembarrass himself of practically
all he had. No man ever Iaunched
philanthropic campaign OF such di-
| mensions
His was then fortune Of just
| about quarter billion dollars, the
largest ever acquired by foreign
born American, and second only to
John d. Rockefeller's wealth as the
largest individual accumulation in
the United States; and, built as it
was. of per cent steel bonds. 1t
would without SO much as turning
| over ones hand, have approached
half billion by the time Carnegie
could call himself an octogenarian,
on November %, 1915.
TO his native Scotland his largest
single gift was fund OF $40, 900, 900
to aid education in Scottish uniyer-
stiles.
He carried out his pet idea of a
Hero Commission, endowed in 1905
with $5,000,000, by which hundreds
Of men, women and children have
been rewarded with Carnegie med
ais or pensions for acts Of heroism
in the rescue Of imperilled persons.
He later extended similar benefac-
tons to several foreign countries.
Some Carnegie Benefactions.
Among the largest known bene-
factions Of Mr.. Carnegie the follow
ing are mentioned
Carnegie Institute. IS 22,00O,OO0
Branch libraries in New
York city ....... -. 100000
Scotch universities -. 100000
Carnegie, Institute, at
Washington, d. c.. 24,OOO,OOO
Carnegie Steel Co. EN-
plOyees' Benefit ~. 100000
Hero Commission 80. 100000
st. Louis Pub. Library. 100000
Carnegie Hero Trust
Fund, Scotland -. 1,15O,0OO
Hero Fund, France. 100000
Hero Fund, Germ.nv. 100000
Carnegie Dumfermline
Trust ....... -. a,5oo,ooo
Hague Peace Temple. 100000
United Engineering So
ciety -. -. -. 100000
Municipal Library Bids G0,OOO,O0u
Advancement Of Teach
ing in u. S., Canada,