Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-17

--Frank Harper, of Columbia, is
spending his vacation in Walhalla
with his family al the home of Mr..
! and Mrs. Geo. l.. Wilson.
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
Walhalla Methodist church will meet
Thursday lto-morrow) afternoon at
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Sidney
Ballenger.
A. G. Burton and family, Of At
lanta. arrived tho first Of this week
in Walhalla and are visiting the for
mer's mother, Mrs. G. A. Burton Mr..
and Mrs. Burton have many friends
here who are glad to welcome them
to our town.
-Chas. w. Perry, Of Greenville,
spent the past weekend at the home
of S. X. Dendy and A1r. and Mrs.
Julian Dendy. Mr.. Perry was on his
way to Highlands to spend week
| or ten days. His many Walhai!a
| friends were glad to meet him again.
Mrs. Fair Dodd and son Dick, Of
Atlanta, returned to their home last
| Sunday, after having spent several
/ weeks at the Strother home in West
| Union. They were accompanied home
! by Mr.. Dodd, who came from Atlanta
| Saturday for the purpose of driving
back through the country with his
wife and son.
Rev. l.. NJ. LYDIA closed a meet
ing Of eight days with the Rocky
Knoll church on the first Sunday in
! this month The meetings were we'll
| attended, the church was greatly re-
vived, and fifteen new members were
added to the membership ip-ten by
baptism and five by letter. Rev. !.
T. Mann. Of Anderson, aided Pastor
! LYDIA in the meetings
Come in and let us fit you up
with anything you need in shoes. We
have all kinds Of them. J. H. Alley,
West Union, S. C.---ady.-33-34
There are many in the county
| who will learn with deep regret of
the death Of William p. Powell IN
aged and respected citizen of Wal
| halla, whose death occurred here at
his home last Thursday. Mr.. Powell
had been in falling health for some
| two years, but managed to keep up
| and go about until about one month
ago, when he was forced to take to
his bed. never rallying. He was d
| native Of North Carolina, having
! been born at MorgantOn, that State,
on Nov. 27, 1912. In aerly life he
was happily married to Miss Susan
Honea. who lived in this county, near
Seneca. and who survives him. There
are no children, but one adopted son,
John Powell, who resides in Missis-
sippi, survives. Mr.. Powell was Il
good citizen. lie was a member Of
the Walhalla Methodist church, wl:1
which he had been identified for a
long time. lie had held positions iii
| the Walhalla plant Of the Victor
Monaghan Company for several years
past, until his failing health forced
him to relinquish this form Of occu-
patton, and up to the time he was
bed-ridden he had conducted a small
business near the Blue Ridge depot
For many years. in his. younger days,
he served Walhalla in the caDaciiy
Of policeman. making an efficient Of
fcer. lie was a Confederate veteran,
having served throughout the Civil
War as a member Of Company d in
a North Carolina regiment 1t was
one Of his delights to attend the re-
unions Of Orr's Regiment whenever
possible, and comrades of his this
year were saddened by his being
called "tO rest under the shade Of
the trees on the other side" just be-
fore their reunion, which was held
Monday and yesterday. Mr.. Powell
had many friends here and elsewhere
TO mourn his passing, and with these
The Courier joins in extending SYM
pathy to the bereaved widow in her
hour OF sorrow and grief. Funeral
services were held last Friday after
noon, the interment taking place in
Westview cemetery. The services at
the home and at the grave were con-
Quoted by Rev. T.. r.. Taylor, pastor
Of the deceased