Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-10-06

business in his home city, and took
high rank in the secret orders. such
as the Knights Of Pythias, Red Men,
! kharassans, and was member Of
several other orders. His BODY was
shipped to New Orleans for inter-
ment. He leaves wife and three
children to mourn his death. The
children are Mrs. II. B. Power, of
Walhalla and Barclay and Doris
Fienne, OF New Orleans. He also
leaves several brothers and sisters.
lie WAS member Of the Episcopal
! church. He had previously visited in
this section and had made many per-
sonal friends among our people. who
will learn with regret Of his death.
The best is the cheapest, and
that is the Willard. Hughs Garage.
lWalhalla.-adv.
r. l.. Boggs, Of the New Hope
| section. was in town yesterday, and
| as usual favored us with O. treat in
the way Of some Of his fine apples. Il.
l.. is champion apple grower and
an all-round good farmer He gave
us from among the ears Of corn that
he brought along to feed his mule
an ear Of corn that shows up mighty
well. 1t is well filed out to the very
tip Of the ear, and it is very nearly
all corn-the cob being exceedingly
small and the grains extra long and
large. While in The Courier office
Mr.. Boggs mentioned an accident his
son. Homer Boggs, suffered from last
Thursday. In lifting the blade of a
moving machine over q stump his
hand came in the way Of the knit.
and the entire half Of his thumb was
taken off, cutting just to the bone.
The wound was promptly dressed,
and while very painful, has not given
any indication Of proving serious.
On Monday morning, Sept. 27,
at 6. 10 o'clock, the death angel en-
tered the home Of Mrs. John A.
Morton and bore away the soul Of
her husband. All that medical skill
and loving hands could do was done
to restore him to health, but God in
Ills infinite wisdom, saw that it was
best to take him to dwell henccforth
in glory. After suffering for ten
weeks from hemOrrhages of the
lungs he passed away. A wife and
four children and his mother and
father, four brothers and two sisters
are left to mourn his death. Funeral
services were held on Tuesday after
noon following his death, at the Sec
ond Baptist church. The services
were conducted by the pastor Rev.
| Sinclair. A large concourse Of rela-
| tives and friends gathered to pay the
last sad tribute Of love and respect
| to the deceased. The eart-brOken
family and relatives have the SYM
| pathy of many friends in their be-
! reavement.
| The tacky party given under the
auspices Of the Civic League last
week was a decided success. No en-
tertainment in the recent past has
given so much enjoyment. Scores of
"tacky people" mingled together du-
ring the evening. A few of the
bravest entered an old-fashioned
spelling bee. with words taken from
! tho oii "7luo-Egr15 SpelIc," Mre
! W. s.. White proved 10 b. iln BEST
| 5p",'aH and was nrcGanted w'ih az
! =, IS, q BOOK The most Sc pesttNG
feature vas the cake WIH: Whtch
tI@snt the evenings plap ne This,
was neid III The issaQuema tiiiins
Station, next door to the Legion Hall
All Of the couples did so we'll that
| the judges had trouble in deciding.
Miss Lucille White and S N. Pitch
| ford received the cake that was given
as the prize for the tackiest couple
Jack Alexander received horn and
stick OF candy as his reward for be-
| Ing the tackiest single. The enter
| tainment was financial success also
and about $50 was realized by the
ladies as the result of their work
and efforts in behalf Of the entertain
ment and the league.