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"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW AS THE MCHffi By Steck, Shclur HugliM & Shclor. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNj How Mrs? Lane Solved Her Probien A poultry expert had said: "Any?-grain mixture or grain product such as meal or bread, lacks elements for making bones, muscles and nerves." But how to get the right in gredients and balance them that was Mrs. Lane's problem. Purina. Chows Increased her Profits She saw the Purina Double Development Guarantee and gave the Purina System a trial. Now she gets "fryers" in half the time, makes her pullets lay the first winter, and gets more eggs the year 'round. Phone us your order now., ?;. We '?& J. H. It Pays to E NOTES FROM COXKKOSS SECTION . ' ??... .. ? : Interesting Items Concerning' Doings in a Live Community. ? Concross, .July 1!.-.Special: Hine Ridge school started this morning with the following teachers: Horace li Duncan. Lavouia, Cn.j Miss .les sie Darker. Coneross, and Miss Dei ti?; Derrick. Long Creek. Mr. Dani:1,) is hoarding with G. I?\ Darker and Miss Derrick willi Mr. and Mrs. Raul Gum hrell, and Miss Darker goes to the school from her home, (mite a num ber ol" patrons attended the opening exercises this morning and were very much impressed with the opening, and believe our principal to he one who will build up the school and ad vance hoth the educational and moral interests ot' the community. We are indeed glad to have Mr. Duncan and Miss Derrick in our community. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes were recent guests of rel ii th - below Westmin ster. Wm. C. Hayes, of Greenville, taught a D. Y. 1'. ll. institute at Con eross last week. Sixteen of our mem bers took the examination, and are hoping that they made pass marks and will receive diplomas. We ap preciate the opportunity of taking the course and feel that our D.Y.I'.C. will be benefited through the mem bers having taken it. Mr. Hays is teaching a course at Dothel Daptist church this week. The Hnracca and Ph I ty thea Sun day school classes have been contest ing for the last lew months. The contest ran very close--two in favor of the girls' class. The losing cla<s were to entertain the winners. Miss Delilah Harker, teacher of the Bar acoa class, and Miss Codye Alexan der, assistant teacher, will entertain tho l'hilathea class on Wednesday evening from 8 lo 1 I..'50. at the home of Miss Darker. On the Fourth of .Inly, while a great many of our people were en joying the picnic at the tunnel, about fifteen from here were picnicking at Russell's. Moth crowds seemed lo enjoy the holiday. Karie Murphrec, of Westminster, was a recent spend-the-dny guest at the borne of Lem Duckworth, of Con eross . A. W. Nix, of Madison, is with his sister. Mrs. T. W. Byrd, of this com munity. Everybody interested in Ibo Con eross cemetery and church yard is urged to meet at the church Thurs day at 7 a. m., ready for work, as il is planned to clean off the church grounds. Bring lunch and come pre pared lo slay until the work is com pleted. Misses Rnlh aral Clara Edmonds . and mother, of York. Ibis State, re turned home Tuesday, after spend ing a few days with Miss Minnie Vaughan. They were accompanied by their friend. Mr. Turner, of Yo'-k. Tho Y. W. A. held their regular meeting at the church Friday after noon, and during the business period Mrs. Frank Montgomery, formerly Miss Jane Ilunsingor. was asked to step behind Ibo curtains .where she . would find the collection basket to pass around for collection, On rais ing the curtains she beheld a table, on which were numbers of useful and pretty articles, which luid been placed LiLA., H. ?J. ixty for O ash. there by the Y. \V. A. members and other friends for tho young bride, a member of the Y. W. A. On seeing this she became more interested in this than the collection basket, and the basket was never passed. After the presents were examined by t li o members, Ino meeting was dismissed. Tiio Sunday school is urged to meet promptly at IO ?. m. each Sun day for Sunday school services, and on next Sunday at 1 I a. in. Kev. \V. J. Langston will preach, Wo always welcome everybody at all of our ser vices. .Miss Ora Arve, ol' this commu nity, will open school at Flat Shoals next Monday. Miss Eva Manning, of i near here, will be her assistant. I Will Viola Kolhell returned to hov I home in Toocoa, (Ja.. Friday, after 'spending several days here with Miss Ora Arve and Miss Codye Alexander. Mrs. S. M. Ilunstnger is spending a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Gillison, of the Homily Land sect lon. Little Miss Louise White, of Oreon ville, is spending this week with lier ?cousins, Miss (Mara Duckworth and ()phelia Haynes, of (his community. .1. D. Abbott and daughters, Misses ' N'ina and Lena, were recent guests 'of the latter's grandmother. Mrs. W. I '/.. Blnnchett, of Rocky Knoll. Death of Ten-Yonr-OId Hoy. Knrlo's (.?rove, July 9.--Special: Little Henry H., the 10-year-o)d son of Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Richardson, died July 2d, after an illness of only a few days. All was done that loving hands could do, but dod knew best and called him home to live with ' Him. The remains wore laid to ros; ! in the Karie's Grove cemetery on i Sunday at 1 1 o'clock, the funeral ser ! vices being conducted by Rev. W. W Davidson. Little Henry H. will he greatly missed in the community, for he bad many friends and playmates. Tile funeral was largely attended and the Moral offerings were beautiful and profuse. There are many who will join with us in extending to the bereaved ones the deepest sympathy in their sorrow. Help Walhalla Route No. I. All persons interested in tho es tablishment of proposed Rural Route N'o. 4 will please meet at Wheeler Jamison's next Monday morning, the 18th of July, With teams and tools for tho purpose of working out two miles of (be roadway, which is ab solutely necessary before ibis im I proved mail service will he author ized. Teachers to Moot saturday Afternoon1 A meeting of all teachers who are j going to teach summer terms In Oeo nee county schools ls called for Sat I urdny afternoon next, July ICth, at I ;t o'clock, at Walhalla Court House, i L. C. Speares, Supt. of Education, Oconee Co TH IO LAST DAYS OF THU COURT? All CnSCtt of Minor 1 ni pen (niuo Stdc Trneked to Clear Murder Docket. At tho time The Courter was sent lo press lust week the grand jury liad about llnlshed Its work and shortly thereafter handed in the presentment for tho July term. (This presentment appears in full elsewhere on (his page and we urge careful reading and consideration of lt by the though'.'ul public of Oconee.) Only two bills were banded tho grand Jury after the proceedings re corded by us la.st week The Stale vs. A. (?. Hand tor vio lation of prohibition law. True bill. Tho State vs. Joe (billiard -dispos ing of properly under lien. No bill. Tin' following cases were Continued. Thf St:-te vs. .las. A. Wa 11<-M- and Cns Walker obtaining goods limier false pretense. J. M. Holbrooks--disposing of property under lien. W. H. Ed words-disposing ol" pro perty uudor lien. .I.A. Norris-obtaining goods un der false pretense. .1. A. Hanvey-disposing of pro perty under lien. Robt. S. Harden--disposing of property under lion. Web Phillips-disposing of prop erty under lien. lt. 1'. Harrison- disposing of pro perty under lien. W. Ii. Sanford-disposing of pro perty under lien. .Ins. A. Morgan- libel and slander. Webster Triable-assault and bat tery with intent to ravish. W. Ches Wood- resisting officer and assault and battery with intsnt to kill. Robert Lee-violation prohibition, laws. (Bench warrant issued.) )..* jj Ruio to show cause was issued in the case against Chub Wall and .1. M. Phillips. ClISCS Disposed Of. The State vs. B. C Jones-murder. Not guilty. The Stated, .lohn Swofford -mur der, (lu il ty of manslaughter. Sen tenced lo seven ye;'rs at hard labor on public works of county or in the pen i ten t i si ry. The State vs. A. Q. Hand- viola tion of prohibition law. Pleaded guil ty. Sentenced to six months Impris onment or fine of $100. Sentence suspended on payment, of $"il), con ditioned on good behavior. The State vs. Louis Ci ly mph and W. A. Lawless- -murder. Judge di rected verdict of not guilty. (This was the case which grew out of the attempt of Rural (Policeman?Lawless, assisted by Louis Olymph, whom ho had deputized to accompany him on a raid. The officers were fired upon, returned the fire, and one man of the attacking party was shot, dying in the Anderson Hospital a few hours after arriving thero for treatment.) The State vs. Monroe 'Floyd-as sault and battery with Intent to kill. Not guilty on account of Insanity. The State vs. W. 10. Patterson violation of prohibition law. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to Herve (! months at bard labor. Sentence suspended until again convicted of violating the prohibition law, on payment of $50. The State vs. Walter Vaughn - housebreaking and larceny and re ceiving stolon goods. Guilty of house breaking and larceny. Sentenced to serve nt bard labor for two years on public works of county or in peni tentiary. Tho Slate vs. O. T. Alowine -vio lation of prohibition law. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to 12 months al hard labor on public works of county or in Slate penitentiary. Sentence suspended, on payment of $250, un til again convicted of violating the liquor laws. Defendant given until next terni of court to pay the $250, and required to enter into bond in the sum of $100 for his appearance at next terni of court. (We are in formed that thero is another .sus pended sentence against Alowine, our information coming from an officer of the court in position to know.) The State vs. \V. H. Alexander assault and battery with intent to kill. Not Kttllty. Tho Slate vs. Otis Standrldge, Mat thew Sheriff. John Edmonds and Bright Golden-- housebreaking and larceny and receiving stolen goods. Guilty. Oils Standrldge sentenced to three years tit hard labor on public works of county; Matthew Sheriff TH jj O?A.M) JURY PRESENTMENT i V. . l?vconiniciiii that Juders Put Some - ?Teeth In Sentences. m I_ The St?'te of South Carolina, County of Oconco. To '#?8\lionor Coo. E. Prince, Pre 8idiu(f Judge: Ae-'grAiid jury for Oconee county, S. Ci?\\?e hog to submit that we lia ve passed ?tap?n all hills that have been handed.oul to us at this term by the Solicitor. WfgjJ have, by committee, visited and .carefully inspected the county Jail;, ?id desire lo report tlint we lind sa nib ,in very had condition so far as the security of tho prisoners is con cerned., ii is reported to us that sen oral osea pcs ha vi: boo n effected lately and tiltd it is now necessary to mriin taln^lguard about the building to provost further jail-hreaking. We recom.hiend. therefore, that Hie Coun ty Su?pervisnr and the county dele ga tl o? at once get together IIDO.I soihO%liin either for the installation of Sfleliro steel cells or for some othew mci hod of making the prison ers secure against esc;.po, as seems most 'sensible to them. WdRhnve visited the county poor far m .fand lind same in good condi tion,wart the nineteen inmates well caredjjfor and apparently as well sal isfiedtfiS their situation will permit. Ww; find the county chain gang also /in good condition and desire to comniend the Supervisor for bis ex celle!? Management of same. On ac countant the fact that the roads ot the county can apparently be worked and Kept up moro economically by the It??e'.of modern road machinery tlm^Jpy'ilsing mules in the old way. we Vffifomniend that the Supervisor, bs sjSn'tts he shall deem practicable ^d-tfw?tpe best interest of the C??n^ tyr^(1p^ which ls now connected with the chain gang, and also all surplus machinery and equipment for which he bas no use under the present system of road work. lt has been called to our atten tion that some, of our citizens along the public highways ure violating th'j laws with respect to rilling ditches and waterways along the public roads and turning waler into the high ways, and in other ways. We com mend the Supervisor for publishing the highway laws and urge every citizen to acquaint himself willi the regulations on this subject and aid tho Supervisor in the conduct of his work for the upbuilding of Ibo coun ty. Wo Hnd all of the county offices well kept and in good shape. We desire to recommend, If wc may ho permitted to do so, thal tho Circuit Judges impose moro sever* sentences on Oconee county for tin infraction of the criminal laws ol this State. We respectfully call at tontion to tho sentences of this Court at this terni for violation of prohibi tion laws, tho sentences imposed ii ninny oases being hardly sufficient t< defray tho costa of arrest, ami, ii our judgment,, in no case sufficient t< make an example of the offender foi the deterrence of others. Wo thank tho Court and official! for courtesies extended us during thi performance of our duties, and asl to he excused from further attend anc? upon the Court al this term. Respectfully submitted, Arthur Brown, Foreman. Walhalla, S. C., July (iib. 1 92 I. I hereby certify (hat tho above h a true copy of tho grand Jury pre Kentmont* July term. 1021. W. J. Schroder, Clerk of Court for Oconee County. July 7th, 1021. sentenced to five years on pu bib works of county; John Edmonds t< one year on public works of cornily at such labor as he may be able t< perform; Bright Golden sentenco< lo one year on public works of conn ty. Each of tho sentences carrie witli it the stipulation of "bard la bor" and bas tho alternative of tin penitentiary, except the one instance of John Edmonds, where other pro vision ls notod.. Attorneys for Matthew Sheriff gov notice of intention to appeal, and th' defendant was ordered to bo releasei pending decision of higher court ot furnishing bond In tho sum of $1, .00.' I Wehster Trlbble was granted bal j In the sum of $500. For Sale A few good used and Trucks for The prices and te] I Have a fleet of s Mowing and Hanlin go anywhere any ti Arthur Walhall I'l'S AND DOWNS IN HASH HA I ?li, Walhalla Tram Has Successes ami Failures-l/ost (<> Westminster, Walhalla easily defeated Seneca in an Interesting gnine'on the Son eca diamond, July 5th, tho score be ing 15 to 4. "Foe" Fnyonsky struck out twelve men and allowed only six scattered hits . Smithson and Miller played star ball In the Infield for Walhalla, while heavy stick work done by the entire Walhalla team was brilliant. The line-up for Wal halla was: Smithson, 2b.; Fnyon sky, p.; Miller, ss.; Rice, c.; Hughes, 3b.; Strother, r. f.; Macaulay, c. f.; Nelson, 1. f.; Terrell, lb. Batteries: Walhalla, Fayonsky and Rice; Sen eca, Mann, Hilliard, Harper. Took daine from Clemson. Walhalla defeated Clemson Col lege Summer School last Friday in. ono of the best games' s'elm on "tho Walhalla diamond in many a dav. The game was a pitchers' duel be tween Rhem, of Clemson, and "'Bun" Jamison, of Walhalla. The features of.the game, aside from the pitch ing, were a tremendous wallop de livered by "Race Horse'" Strother, the speed demon reaching third on the hil, which sent the ball to far righi Held, and the fielding of "Sam my" Smithson around second base, which was really spectacular, wittie Hob Macaulay played center held "a la Cobb." Tho game was won in the sixth, when "Fee" Fnyonsky singled, stole both second and third and came home with the winning run on "Gyp" Rice's single Tne line-up for Ibis game was: Clemson-Skelton, ss.; Jenkins, I 2b.; Kirkly, lb.; Hoe, c.; Pad by, r.f.j Hbem, p.; Wilbanks, 1. f.; Carmi chael, 3b.; Dong, c. f. Walhalla-Smithson, 2b.; 'Fayon sky, 3b.; Rice, c.; Jamison, p.; Slro ther, I. f.; Hughes, ss.; Macaulay, c. f.; Metrick, r. f.; Terrell, lb. Summary-Two-base hits, Kirkly; 3-baso bits, Wilbanks, Strother; sto len bases, Fayonsky 3, Kirkly, Shel ton, Smithson; struck out, by Jami son 7, by Rhem 5. Dropped Car y nt Westminster. Walhalla showed a complete re versal of form from which the team has been showing for the past wee and Westminster romped home with an easy victory-14 to 1. Prank Jamison, twirling for Wal halla, pitched a beautiful game up lo the fourth. Westnjjnster having fail ed to cross tho plato. But, due n several bad errors ?md a few hits, five runs wore registered by the "Ministers," and Ibis took tho pep out. of the Walhalla team. McLeod, for Westminster, pitched a steady game. "Hun" Jamison and "Fee" Fayonsky played well in the field for Walhalla. Morgan and Hull, for Westminster, also played good ball. Rapt 1st Pastors' Conference. The pastors of the Boaverdam As sociation will meet at Seneca Baptist church at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing, .Inly 18th. The following pro gram will be discussed: 1. Reports from their fields, by pastors present. 2. Tithing, tho Solution of Many Church Problems, (a) Scriptural Basis for Tithing, Rev. Geo. Smith; tb) Practical Difficulties and Ques tions Cleared Up. Rev. W. H. Sin clair; (c) The Forthcoming Cam paign and Beaverdam's Part In lt. Rev. Ira IC. Andrews; fd) Open dis cussion. J. W. Willis, Sec'y. Card of Thanks. Fdllor Keowee Courier: Wo wish to thank the friends and neighbors of this community through tho columns of your paper for tho kindness shown us during tho sick ness and nt tho doath of our little darling, Louise Harbin. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sanders I and Family. Seneca, S. C., July 9.- (adv.) or Trade Passenger Oars Sale or Trade, rms willsuityou. even TrucKs doira^ g of all Kinds. Will me. See me. Brown, la, S. c. AT Til IO IU< Ill/A NI) OIIUHOII. Rededication mid Homo-Coming at Richland Presbyterian Church. Tho congregation and frlondu ot (his church aro planning for redodi cation and homo-coining services on Sunday, Aug. 7th, willi preaching on Friday before al 11.30 o'clock in tho morning and at 8 o'clock p. m., and also nt 11.30 Saturday morning. Dinner will bo served on tho grounds on Sunday, after dedication services, after which tho homo-com ing program will be carried out, con sisting of music and addresses. J. D. McMahan, iW??H, Hughs. Committee, i -T-^?^,-W " . ... - ScUoola to Open, .. . We have received roquosts for tho following announcements of opening of schools: Oak drove.. Tho Oak Grove school will open next Monday. .July 18th. Parents are urged to have their chil dren roady lo start in al the veiy beginning of the suasion, and both patrons and trustees aro requested and urged to be present for the open ing of the school. Keowoo. Tho Koo wee Iradod School will open on Monday, .Inly IS. Tho parents of the community aro cordially invited out for the opening exercises . A full attendance of th* children is desired. W. II. Hawkins, Principal. .I.A. Whlto, Chm. Bd. Trustee!.. (Dario's Grove.-The Earle's (.rove Graded School will open .Inly 18th. Miss Wayne Douglas, of Winnsboro; Miss Alleen Whitmire, of Tamassoo; Miss Myrtia Gant, of Anderson, and Miss Winnie Mason, of Cross Roads, compose tho Intermedia to corps. We have spared no efforts in the selec tion, and we feel assured Hint tho strides made In tho primary depart ments by tho retiring teachers will be duplicated by the new ones. I wish to thank the trustees and patrons for their co-operation and support last, lorin, and also our ablo superintendent, Mr. Spenros, for his interest, and I assure you of my nest efforts. Let nw? urge that our rocard attendance bo duplicated this year. Milton Nicholson. Principal. Issaqueena. - T h e Issaqueena school will llpgin the summer term on July 18. with Miss Sue-Annie Todd as principal and Misses Nina Abbott and Mae Buchanan, assistant, teachers. All children of school ago living in the district are expected to be present for the beginning of tho session, and the patrons aro urged to attend the opening exercises on the Hist day. Oconee Crook.--The Oconoe (/reek Graded School will begin its 1921-'22 session on Monday, July 18th. Tho teachers' in charge of tho school aro Miss Annie Gason, principal, and Misses Lillie Hall and Alma Aloxan der, assistants. Tho patrons of Ibo school are urged to be present. E. J. Hogers, J. A. Hunnicutt, J. L. Hfvll, Trustees. Flat Shoals. - Tho Flat Shoal? Graded School will open next Mon day, July 18th, with Miss Ora Arvo, of Walhalla, as principal and Misa Myra .'Leo, of Long Crook, assistant, teacher of intermediate grades, and Miss Eva Mnnning, of Walhalla, who will havo charge of tho (primary grades. All school children and tho patrons and trustees aro Invited to bo present at tho opening.