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KEIVEE i^^fe G01KIEB. ?"' fJX.) TH IXE OWN 8KLF IIB TKUK, A Xl) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NICHT TH^HA V : THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FAIJSF, TO ANY MAX." By Stock, Sholor Hughs & Sholor. ^__WALHALIiA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WKftXESUAV, MAY 17. 1022._, _ Now Series No. ?1)1.-Volunto LXXIL- No. 20. Children's Wc have a large a Play Suits? in Tan, Brow $1.25 and $1,50 per Si well made and cheap at C. W. & J. E WALHAL It Pays to 3 ?J. ?J? ?J? ?|? ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J. ?J, ?J? . Y? r. J., ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? .I- * * * * * * * * * * 4? * * .J? COUNTY AGENT'S NOTES. ?2? * * * * * * * * 4 * 4* * 4? * County Meeting of Cotton Growers. Signers of tho co-operative mar keting contract will meet at titi Court House on Tuesday, May 23d. at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose of electing del?galos to tito district convention and tim selection of per manent county officers. It ls very important that every member bo prosont. At this meeting delegatos will bo selectod for the district convention, which will bo ,;ULUeld one week later at Clemson Col-. lege." ''0*?hW c?unty' ?S ' ? "grouped along with Anderson, Plckens and .Greenville counties, being known as District No. 2, there being ten dis tricts in tho Stato. Deo Meetings. A transferring demonstration will be held on Wednesday, May 17th, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., nt W. S. Benrden's, at Onkway. The fol lowing day, Thursday, May 18th, at tho samo hour th oro will be a similar demonstration at D. M. McGuire's, nt South Union. , Friday, May 10th, at 10 o'clock a. m., at J, A. Patterson's, at Earle's Grove, there will he a similar demon stration. Those interested In making profits on bees should attend one of these meetings, especially If your bees are now in old box gums. "Seeing Oconce" Series." Those interested In starting nitro gen factories on their farms should observe tho many flue fields of vetch and clover scattered over the county. Practically all who grew vetch last year are growing it again, and there are sovoral good clover fields in tho county-fow of them largo enough, however. IP, A. Brown, of Keowec School District, has a fine field of vetch this year. So have somo of lils neigh bors. J. L. Kell, of Hie samo school dis trict, made a great success of crim CLOSING O Infants' Rib Socks, 5c. per pa Ladies' Hos Half-Hose, 3 i and up. Ladies' Pur Hose-Black, Fawn-$1.00 Herrick He WALHA1 ?T? ?J. ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?|? ?J. ?J. ?J? ?J? ?% ?t, ?J. ?T. ?T, .J? **** ^^*444444*44** ssortmcnt of Children's nand Blue, at $1.00, nit? These Suits arc thc price. !? Bauknight, LA, S. C. uy for Cash. JZ?JZ? ?J? ?j? ?j? ?j? . j. ?j? ?j? f>|? ?j? ?j? ?j? .j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? _ son clover the year before, Ami.grew a great deal of it this year. Many of his neighbors have patches started from seed ile distributed. \V. M. Brown, formerly mayor of Walhalla, hus probably tho greatest success of any one in the county who has tried crimson clover. Last year he gathered great quantities of bay and seed and enlarged his acreage this year. Those traveling along the new highway between Walhalla and Salem will seo the brilliant red clo ver field. A fine corn crop is grown following the clover. Wi L. Vorner bas an excellent crop of vetch and oats this year. Several .citizens; of . Walhalla, hav/? this ,won derful lumbmwtl?n aop-gro'Vrilrrg-'otr vacnnt lots, and lt is hard to find a hotter winter crop. A. P. and P. A. Martin, farming near Oakway, had probably tho larg est and best fields of Abruzzi rye in tho county for the size of the farm, practically three-fourths of the farm being sown down. Goo. R. Briggs, County Agent. Entertainment at Richland School. ?Richland, -May 15.-Special: The following program is to be rendered b> the Richland school pupils on tho evening of May 19th, beginning at 8.30 o'clock, promptly. The public is cordially Invited: 1, Introduction - Howard Davis. 2, Reading-tLoil Ellen Boll. 3, Chorus-Primary grades. 4, Lecture-Gladys Maxwell. f>. "Educating Sally Ann"-Mar garet Davis. G. Doll Burlesque-"Primary boys. 7. "Mother Wins. (Play.) 8. A 'Proposal and Acceptance in Song-?Primary grades. 9. Motion Song-iPrlmary grades. 10. Patriotic Display. 11. "Buy a Paper"-Newsboys. 1 2. Chorus-Male voices. 13. "Grandmother's Stroll." 14. Special mention of honor pu pils. 15. Prayer. 16. Chorus. UT STOCK. bed Hose and ir, and up. e and Gents' j >airs for 25c, j e Thread Silk Cordovan and j per pair. j >sieiy Mills, L.LA, S. O. TIUO LOCAL MOWS FROM SENECA McMnhan-Pickett Marriage to b? Sol tmniifictl Thursday-Locals. Sonoca, May IG. - Special: The month of May not only brings May dowers, but the picnic season ripens and- everything goes merrily for. the young folks-so long as thoro ls a picnic on hand. Thoro were several picnic crowds, representing tho vari ous grades In school, who enjoyed an outing on tho different streams and In shady nooks in tho woods tho past week. Dr. and Mrs. D. P. Thomson will open tholr hospitable homo for tho junior-senior reception on Friday evening, Their spacious home and broad verandas are well fitted for an occasion of (his kind. The senior class is the largest on record of the Seneca school, numbering fifteen - nine girls and six boys-who will re ceive diplomas on Wednesday night, May 21th. The members of the graduating class will be honored again when Rev. and Mrs. H. li. Hardy entertain for them at their home. This will bo a delightful attention to tho "sweet girl graduates" and the boys. , Mrs. J. Q. Adams left last week fer St. Louis, where she entered a hospital for special treatment. Mrs. Adams will probably be away for a> month or two. It is sincerely hoped that fjlie will be permanently bene fited by tlie treatment she, receives while in the hospital. A marriage which will bo of in terest to many in Oconee will be sol emnized to-morrow (Thursday) evening at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Lawrence McMahan, in the Fairview section, when their daughter, Miss Virginia McMahan, will be united in marriage to Frank L. Pickett, a son of Oconee, but who for several years j has been residing in Rockingham, N. C., where he has business interests, i Miss McMahan is well and favorably I known and is numbered among Oco nee's successful teachers, having been a member of the Salem school faculty the past year. Mr. Rickett is the fifth son of Mrs. J. B. Pickett and spent his boyhood and early manhood days near Seneca, and later located In North Carolln\. Ho enlist ed as a "Y" secretary,lu, tho .???ildl ?WlrrT^servT?Tm the 3?2th Machine .Gun Battalion, 79th Division, and was there on their first entry into the front lines, going over tho top and doing heroic work throughout the war. Only the immediate fami lies and a few near relatives will be present nt the marriage. The best wishes of their numerous friends go with them for a happy and prosper ous married life. Tho pupils of Mrs. Julia! Dendy's music class will give their semi-an nual recital on Monday evening at S o'clock In tho Presbyterian church, und this pi omises to be one of the plesning features of commencement week. The program will be attrac tive and enjoyable, and will, show the splendid progress made by Mrs. Dendy's pupils. A small admission fee of ll) cents will bo charged,which will bo used toward the School Jour nal fund. Final examinations are on this week and Oe commencement exer cises of 1922 will begin Sunday mor ning with the Baccalaureate sermon, ar?d will closo Wednesday night, when tho graduating class will be awarded diplomas. Your correspon dent regrets not having a program of tho exercises of the week. Tho meeting which was announced for last Friday for tho purpose of organizing a U.D.C. Chapter In Sen eca was not carried out, owing to a terrific hail storm which occurred nt about the hour for assembling. Tho invitation is again extended to all tho women of tho town and commu nity who aro interested In Joining tho chapter to meet Frida) if this week at the home of Mrs. W. P. Reid at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing a P.D.C. chapter. It ls hoped that lhere will be a large en rollment i>f charter members. The various churches of the town observed Mothers' Day appropriately at the morning hour for service last Sunday. The day was brought lo a closo willi union services in ibo Pres byterian church at night, tho church being filled to capacity. This ser vice was under the auspices of tho Boy Scouts, While all Hie local min isters had a part in tho service, tho sermon was delivered by Rev. II. IL Hardy, of the Methodist church, and was a splendid message to Ibo boys and men. The Scouts marched into the Church in a body, occupying tho front seats, and some, of tho mem bers added greatly to the, music with their violins and cornets. Fd I tor Keowee Courier: Little Helen and I wish io express our thanks lo tho host of frlonds who wore so helpful to us during tho sick ness and nt tho death of our good mothor and wife. I wish that I could roward each of our friends in somo moro substantial way than by morely seeking to oxpross gratitude; but mny He who said, 'Those that givo a cup of water in My Namo shall not loso their roward.," bless and roward each I Wost Union, S. C., R.F.'D. 1.-adv* Curd of Thanks. Holen and 'Father, M. J. Stansell. COTTON CO-OPERATIVE AHS'N. Member* Called to Meet at County SQtUs on Tuesday, May 23d. ' Columbia, May. 1 ?.--Special: Tho members of the South Carolina Cot ton Growers' Co-operative' Associa tion have been called by." Ufo organi zation1 commit teo of tho ."association to assv/mble in their respective coun ty seat? on Tuesday, May 23d, nt the noon hour, for tho purpose of setting tho machinery for a permanent or ganization in inotiqn. . Each county convention will on that date elect delegates to a district convention, tho basis for representa tion hoing ono delegate for each county, and one dolegate for every 2,000 thales or majority fraction thoreoj. Thus Greenwood county, with ?i?02 bales signed up, will bc cntttien to ten delegates to tho dis trict cfiiivmtion. Aiken county, with 8,1.59 pales signed up, will be enti tled toe nine delega les. At ep\ch of the district Conventions to bo ?Obi on Tuesday, May 30th, nt the dlAiict centers which have been desigrnied by the organization com ndtte?fgwo candidates will lie named and fallowing the district conven tions ^alpost card ballot will be sent every'member of the association,'mid ho \y\\i ho asked to designate his choice ol' tho two candidates from his district. Ifcneithor is acceptable to him, he may scratch both and writeT tl?b nu me of his choice. TheflStale b is been divided into ten districts, and ten directors are lo bo elected. The districts aro as fol lows: j? District No. 1-Marlboro . aTid Chesterfield counties. " District No. 2-^Greenville Pick ens, Oconee and Anderson counties. District No. 3-Spurtanburg, Lau rens, .Knion, Newberry and Cherokee counties. . Di?tfciQt No. I-Abbeville, Green wo.odi/ilcCornilck, Edge?lcld, Saluda, AikOij?inrnwell and Allendale coun Db$&l<K Ne. 5-Darlington and DjsSjjct No. G-'Dillon, Marlon and Floran^, iHoiJL'y and Georgetown DKKrtct No. 7-ORlchlnnd, Loxing lvt?j^?^VG?lb?un counties/.-. . ^^Bnl?c ?o. 8-Orangefjurg, Dor chester, Colleton, Bamberg, Hamp ton counties. District No. 9-Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties. District No. 10 -York, Chester, ?Lanaster, Fairfield and Kershaw counties. WALHALLA SCHOOLS TO CLOSE Commencement Exorcises Will Begin Friday Night of this Week. Commencement exorcises of the Walhalla High School will begin on Friday night of this week, May 19, and will continue through the follow ing Tuesday night, tho 23d. These exercises will bring to a close a very successful term of the school. -On Friday night tho senior class will give a play, "Kentucky Hello." On Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock the commencement sermon will in; delivered in tho 'High School Audi torium by Hov. Geo. H. Zachary, of Clemson College. The Class Day exercises will be held on Monday afternoon at six o'clock. On Monday night {In the High School Auditorium tho pupils of tho first, second, fourth and fifth grades will give a varied and entertaining program. On Tuesday morning nt tho chapel hour, promotion cards will be given oui ie the children, and tho members of thc third grade will present "Mo ther Goose Gosltns,' On Tuesday night at 8.30 o'clock the graduation exercises will be held in the Auditorium. The address to the graduating class will ho deliv ered by Dr. .John G. Clinkscalcs, the head of tho department of mathe matics and a well known and very popular member of the faculty of Wofford College. Dr. Clinkscales is hy no means a stranger here, having been in Walhalla on a number of oc casions. Ho is a forceful and logical speaker, and tho fact thal he will add ross tho graduating class this year will attract many who aro not directly interested in the school. He is always a most welcome visitor in Walhalla, no mattor what the occa sion may be that brings him. After tho address by Dr. Clink scales tho following members of the clo von th grade will he awarded di plomas: Willie Ale ander, Lillian Bischoff, Bilby dioatty, Richard liarle, Grace Grahl, Frank Hunt, .1. C.lvester, Wllllo Keaton, Agnes Lips comb, Mary Ellen Mulko)', Mary Ne smit h, Bessio Bitter, Grace Ray, Irene Reeder, Frank Todd, Viola Todd and Gary Watson. Tho Walhalla High Schools have been in chargo during tho past year of supt. Marlon K. Fort, on alumnus of Wofford Collogo, and ho has been j ably assisted by a corps of nineteen teachers. Tho enrollment during the past session has boon G75 pupils, theso ombraclng tho several grades from the first to the olovonth. Mombors of parliament in Austra lia re?oive $5,000 a year for their services. Don't, G Further with your Spring plowi have several good used merits which can be bot good mule. At this pri< tor itself within the first For those who desi Harrowing done within halla, I will be glad to c rowing or terracing f charge an acre or by the Arthur Walhall "Oldsmobile^ ?BMIIII? I???un -wu im iiimMw-mn * * * * * * * * * * * .J. LOOA JJ AND PERSONAL. 4. ?. ?}. ?j. ?i* -I* ?j. ?j? .j. .j- *i> ?J? ?J. ?!? -Tho Walhalla branch of the Na tional Kunu Loan Association has been authorized to accept a limited number of applications for Federal tarta loans. Interested parties should BOO J. 'It. Earle, ol' Wahlalla, at once. -Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pitchford, Mr. and Mrs. S. C!. Pitchford and Miss ldah Pitchford, of Greenville, spent tho week-end with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Pitchford, of Walhalla. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Pitchford had their entire fam ily to dine, with, them", this being tho third reunion they bnve had since tho return of their sons from over seas military service in France. All of theso young pvoplo have many friends in Walhalla who are always delighted to meet them. . -There will be union services at the' Walhalla Baptist church* next Sunday evening at the usual hour for service It is hoped that Rov. Geo. It. Zachary, of Clemson Col lege, who will deliver the sermon to the graduating class of the Walhalla High School, in tho auditorium, at the morning hour for services, will be .able to remain over and conduct the union service at tho Baptlsf chruch. Rev. Mr. Zachary is rector of tho Episcopal church at Clemson, and until recently also sewed as rcc vtor of tho Walhalla church, and is well and pleasantly known here. The service has been planned to be held in Hie Baptist, church because of tts sizo and central location. Everybody will he most cordially welcomed at this union service next Sunday night. -iA May-Day party of loveliness and delightfulness was given tho Teachers' Training Class by Miss Hal lie Sti'lbling at her home, "Li bor ty Lodge," on Wednesday afternoon of lust week. A variety of games were played. These games were charming in that they carried one back to the days of childhood. Miss Stribling in vited her guests into tho dining room to dance the "May Pole Dance" with her. When the ribbons wero pulled each guest found a lovely miniature May basket flllfd with flp licious mints. Yellow and white block cream with angel-food cake was served. All during the afternoon beautiful victrola selections were played. Mesdames Stribling, W. L. Vernor, John Dendy and Miss Ennui Stribling and Miss Daisy Strong as sisted in entertaining. Miss Strib ling was indeed a charming mid hos pitable hostess. Tile members of tho T. T. C. are: .Mesdames C. W. Reid, Harry Hughs, Frank Wyatt, eld ridge Addis, Misses Alma Alexander, Hula Ables. Nina and Lona Abbott, Mora Calla ha in, Clara H. Burley, Dora 0 rood love, Ma?llo and Lillian Grant. Inez McAllstor, Nellie Pow ers, Della Perry, Edith Lumpkin, lilith Hopkins, Jessie Mae Ward, Jes sie and Maude Koo wu, Courtenay Smith, M. 10. Smith, Clara B. Snead, Lisie Fretwoll, Anna Southard, Sara Nicholson, Jeannette Howland, Fran ces Kaufmann, Koiffbr Whitfield, Miltie Wood and Thelma Graham. - -A telegram was received in Wal halla last Wednesday afternoon an nouncing the death of Harry da Ponle, Sr., of New Orleans, which occurred at 1.30 p. m. that day. Mr.. dnPonte was in his 60th year, and had been in failing health for somo months, suffering from an affoceion of tho hoart, and having had several severe attacks within Hie past fow months, though his condition was thought to bo much bettor for a week or moro, and bo had rocontly been able to bo out. Doath carno sud denly as tho result of a sevoro hoart attack. Ho was a nativo of -New Orleans, having mndo that city his homo practically all of his life, though ho had traveled extensively and had business connections in the South American countries which fre quently called for extonded trips out of tho United States. Ho was a son of tho lato Durant daPonte, who died many yoars ago. His mothor was well known in Walhalla, ?ho iet> Any Behind np; and harrowing. I Tractors with imple- j ight at the price of a j :e a Tractor will pay ? season. re to have Plowing or the vicinity of Wal- ! lo your plowing, har or you at a nominal : hour. Brown, a, S. C. ets the Pace." having spout ? number of years hero and having died here. She hud mar ried a second time, lier second hus band being Capt. Lockwood, nlso of Now Orleans. .Mr. dal'onle is sur vived by four children'-Lorenzo IL dul'onte, of Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. J. A. Sleek, of Walhalla; Mrs. F. A. Uerne, of Ogden, Ulah, and Harry dal'onte, of New Orleans. There aro many in this and other sections of tho country who will learn with re gret of Mr. da F on le's death. Ile was ? widely known in business circles of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and In Mexico. -There aro many in Oconeo and other counties of Upper Carolina who will learn with deep regret of the. death of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bell, who died at her home in Walhalla last Friday morning. While il was known by many that she had boon an inva lid for a 'number of years, duo to a fall," which.at her advancod ago, had rendered her almost* -holplesBy-StiH ? ' the seriousness of her last illness, of ' . ..' only a few days' duration, was not generally known, and tho announce ment of her death came as a shock and source of deep sorrow lo all' Mrs. Bell before he'r marriage to Dr. Bonjamin Bell, of Clayton, was a Miss Bleckley, being a sistor of the late Judge Logan Blockloy, of tho Georgia Supremo Court, and of the lats Sylvester .Bleckley, of Anderson. She is survived by the following chil dren: Dr. Jj_W. Bell and Miss May Boll, of Walhalla, and Mrs. D. G. MoAlister, of Columbia. There aro many other close relatives to mourn her passing, most of (hem residing at Clayton, Ga., and in Unban county, tho home of tho Bleckley family. Mrs, Hell was an humble Christian, living daily ibo profession she had made many years ago, when she be came a member of Hie Methodist church, of which she was a consis tent and devoted member at tho time of her death. She was one of those women whom to know was to lovo and revero, for h.or every word and deed was so characteristic of tho Christianity slio professed that ono could but know that her heart and soul were pure, reflecting in her dally life tho principles of tho lowly Naza rene and showing forth lils teach ings. She was in her 82d year, and her long Ufo was lived so thal, thoro was none who knew her who did not know and rocognize tho storling qual ities she possessed. In hor passing ono of the "mothers in israel" has been removed from our midst and called to her reward, which is suro. Tho bereaved ones have the sympa thy of many friends in their sorrow. Funeral services were conducted flit the home at 10 o'clock Friday morn ing by ber pastor, Rev. A. W. Barr? after which the remains were lukon to Clayton, fla., for Intormonl. Innocent Man Almost Lynched, Greenville, May Iii.- After hav ing narrowly escaped hoing lynched al the hands of an infuriated mob, and later being Incarcerated in Ibo Greenville county Jail for the night* on a charge of incest, l\ E. Barker, a young white man of the Fork Shoals section, was to-day. released from custody. Officials said it was established that the man was entire ly Innocent, and that tho chargos against bim had linen brought hy his enemies. Names of Surviving Members Sought Any surviving mombers of Capt. C. ts, Holllngsworth's company of 1 G yenr-old school boys from Clearmont Academy, Oconoo county, S. C., in Ciifedernlo War will confer a favor by communicating with Mrs. Ida Hol lingsworth Smith, (Mrs. lt. F. Smith) Easloy, S. C. (Other Oconoo papors requested to copy.) Storm lilts Church, Killing One. Kaloigh, N. C., May 14.-Ono no gro was killed and fifteen others In jured when a severe windstorm un roofed the church In which thoy and a large congregation were attend ing services at Prlncoton, 30 milos east of hore, about noon to-day;.