Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-11-02
w. A. HOLLAND DIES SUDDENLY.
Prominent Citizen Passed Away Last
Thursday-A Wedding.

Seneca, Nov. Especial: After
a pleasant visit to relatives In Abbe-
vile, Mrs. Baskin and little son Gus
have returned home.
Mrs. Marshal Rust, Of Leesburg,
Va, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L.
Marett. ~ -' .
Miss Frances Alexander has been
home from Lander College for two
weeks on account Of sickness. We
are delighted to learn that she Is cons
sayaienStng and opas5 to abf t,E Mo- Arps
iatnrn t0} the Bile ge the la ter pat tsof
this week to resume her studies.
a% Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Hopkins, Of
Atlanta, and Miss Margie Holland,
:. who has been in Baltimore the past
!, month, were called home on account
Of the sudden death Of their father,
Wayman Holland.
Cancer control week will be OBJ
served in Oconee county from Oct.
4 80 to Nov. 5th by the Oconee Medi-
81 II Association. The first public meet
Sing of the campaign will be held on
2 tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at
$50 O'Clock in the Westminster Bap-
: tist church. There will be number
of strong addresses given by physi-
g clans of the association on the sub
/. ject Of the dreaded cancer, how to
4 recognize it in its incipiency, how to
control and how to treat same. 1t Is
very important-in fact, necessary
( that every thinking man and woman
1 who can possibly do so attend this
meeting so as 10 be better prepared
! to enter a count nty-wide campaign for
controlling cancer, which is reaping
harvest Of human lives annually.
p. gloom was felt over the entire
. town when the sad news was rapidly
spread from one to another that W..
A. Holland had passed into the great
beyond at his place Of business on
Main street about Z o'clock Thursday
Z. evening. While it was generally
! been in good health for about fifteen
I months, when he suffered a serious
attack Of apoplexy, yet there was not
thought that. the end of his life was
so near. He was at his store as usual
and bringing his days business to a
close. preparatory to returning to his
hoI }. He was sitting down, and,
without q struggle he gave slight
gasp. which Mrs. Holland, who was
in the store at the time, detected at
once, and was at his side Immediate
ly. Medical aid was summoned and
every attention given, but the death
angel had claimed his spirit and ia
ken him home. The funeral was con-
Quoted from his late residence, where
q large concourse Of friends gathered
to pay the last sad rites. The service
was conducted by Rev. I. e. Wallace,
Of the Presbyterian church, and Rev.
J. w. Willis, Of the Baptist church.
The interment was In Mountain View
cemetery by the side Of his first wifc
and daughter, who preceded him to
the grave several years ago. Besides
his widow he leaves three sons, Way
man A., Jr., Of South America; Geo.
Holland, Philadelphia: Rev. Charles
Holland. Baltimore, and two daugh-
ters, Miss Margie Holland, Of Seneca,
and Mrs. Claude Hopkins, Of Atlanta
Four sisters also survive him, these
being Mrs. Brownlee and Mrs. Erwin,
Abbeville county; Mrs. Anderson, Of
Greenville, and Mrs. Lille Sitton who
spends most of her time in Seneca in
The homo Of her brothers family.
The warmest sympathy is extended to
the berea' II ones in this sad hour
OF their So ow.
A beautiful marriage Of the early
autumn, and one in which all Seneca
IS interested. is that Of Miss Louie
Emma Eowery, Of Plains, Ga, and
Thomas Huger Burgess. Of Selma
Ala, the marriage having taken place
Oct. 9th ai noon The home was at
tractively decorated. green and white
rrnvnillng In the color scheme. which
\ was beautiful in its simplicity. At