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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 ".' ^':\v*>...>v f ' ?. ...".'V'-'; ?? v;-'' ?^?" Goods Arrived ! Our line of Shirts, Ties and Collars is complete. We have the largest line of Shirts we have ever carried from $1.75 to $6.50* ? C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, WALHALLA, S. C. IT PAY8 TO BUY FOR CA8H. Red Cedar Shingles, Paints and Oils, Lilii? GUM willum. v ?ursjock of Buggies is now complete. Most any i . sty*?e *Vbti'cari fx?CTmG,TH'^ T test that money can buy, ana we. are going to offer them to you on a cheaper basis than any other article on the market at the present time. Our big stock of Wagons will be sold on the same basis-for cash or satisfactory terms. Oliver Chilled Plows, Genuine Oliver Repairs> Farm Tools. J* Doors and Windows, Screen Doors, Screen Wire. R. K. NIMMONS, SENECA, S. C. .. Just Arrived.. I Our new and attractive line of Geo. D. Witt's ? Spring Slippers for Men and Women? ; They are now on display at our store, and you ?I are cordially invited to come in and look them over, * ? convincing yourself that they have both quality and j j style at the right price. \\ Also, a complete line of Spring Dress Goods, o Fancy Voiles, Tissues, Organdies, Ginghams, and < > many others to numerous to mention. * ! Don't forget to call for that high grade Foot Rest * ; Hosiery, for we have it. il Barron & Burley Bros., o Seneca, S. C. J ( W. S. BARRON. W. W. BURLEY. B. B. BURLEY. DODD WBBVJ1? IS ADVANCING. Approximately 34,500 Square Milos Captured by Fest in 1010. Washington, April 3.-Boll weevil Infestation gained in the cotton belt (except Arkansas and Texas) last year, and is now approaching tho limits of cotton production on tho northern edge of the belt, according to tho Department of Agriculture re port, issued to-day. Approximately 34,500 spuare milos became infested during the your, tho most Important devolopmont being the v'eY* rapid advance northward along tho eastern portion of the lino of infestation in Tonnessee, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. West of the Mississippi river there was comparatively little change from tho previous year's line of infesta tion. A slight recession occurred en tirely across Arkansas. The weevil lost ground in Arkansas to the ex tent of 5,300 squaro milos, and in Toxns over about 250 square miles. About 115,000 square miles remain uninfested. The weevil was found to occur in tho mountains of Arizona on a wild cotton plant, but has not yet at tacked the cultivated cotton in that State. It was found in Rddy county, New Mexico, in 1918, but evidently WA,?NS DO VERY. CR??T DAMAGE. ' .'...?"',, ? ,....... ' Chattanooga Suffers Heavily-Rains. Swell .Water Couines Every whorel. j Asheville, .N. C., April 2.-Jleavy rains and high waters last night'and; to-day did great damage to many j sections ot Western North Carolina, the Southern Railway bolng the hard est hit. The Murphy division of the Southern is blocked for moro than half Its distance by heavy landslides' and washouts. . > . Trains from Asheville to Knoxville; are marooned in the vicinity, ot} Bridgeport, a small village near New?, port, Tenn., to-rtight; and the South ern has made arrangements to feed, the passengers and make them co,m-. fortable fdr the night. Other/ trains due here from Cincinnati/and ?he. West were detoured afc MorrJstbSyh; and Johnson City to the C. C. & O.'.r . In Asheville the French Bro?d/ river reached its, highest stage tOV day-eight feet-^of any. tim? since the gteat flood .'of 1916, the water, being In the basements of the bli factories along the waterfro?t, arjfc scores of families have been com pelled to move out. . Heavy Damage, Knoxville Section^ Knoxville, Tenn., April 2.-Moods following U8usually heavy rains did widespread damage in thia section'-, last night and to-day. Ten milos of the Little River Railway-Company?*' tracks In the mountains above Kri?x^ ville were completely destroyed/ rti% from 15 to 20 mll?s mor?'were either destroyed or badly datu?Rgodj>. Thfc; damage to the road ls es?rim?t.?d afc more than $50,000, and- lt Wl\l >nk?.1 two months or moro to repair'.' ?|i|l damage done. | ' ? . The Knoxville and Augusta Rajli way also suffered considerable lot from washouts and .lost t^d, trestlf between Maryville and AVeU&nd a&l Maryville and Caulderwoo'dis / 'U The Louisville and N^nvfl^? Raiftj road suffered severe' w^asK?xits b?fc tween EtoVah and. Cooper ^0.111, i on the Atlanta divinion, cans? np ono train to bo annulled and necessitate lng the trahsfer of passengers bri. oth ers, -, --Xi;' . .'''.'/. e ../? SevieryBle,1, M t?J?eSj^ast of l&q? To-dftyv ana niKny'fahilU'es' Weite forc ed to flee from their homes. Light and power plants were out of com mission, and the town was cut off from Knoxville when the high water covered tho railroad tracks. At Knoxville the Tennessee rlvor has voported a stage of 22 feet, but soon Is expected to begin falling. Much damage was done by swollen creeks, the banks of which are very thickly populated. Last night and early this morning police reserves were called out to assist in bringing families to safety. 47-Foot Stage-Boy I>rownfi. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2-With a 47-foot suige of the Tennessee river predicted, by Sunday night and many of the low sections of the city already under water, city officials moved to day to furnish relief to flood suffer ers. Early to-day motorcycle police men were sent Into all the threaten ed territory and residents were warn ed to move out at once. An army tab ernacle and school buildings have been set apart for tho homeless and food relief headquarters have boen established at the office of Mayor A. W. Chambllss. Numerous manufacturing plants have already closed down, and virtu ally the entire Industry will have to cease operations on Sunday. Col. Foltz, in command at Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga., has offered the use of as many army field kitchens as are needed in the relief work, but hus stated that he will bo unable to fur nish any troops for relief work. The first fatality of the flood oc curred this morning when a 16-year old boy named Ward was drowned os his father drove a team over a bank Into tho swollen waters of the Chattanooga creek, near the city. Tho father, John Ward, was caught In a tree, from which he was rescued by men in a boat sovoral hours later. Two horses wore drowned. Reports from other sections along tho rlvor show that tho flood stage has boon roached at Knoxville and Charleston, above the city, and at Florence and Rlvorton, Ala., below Chattanooga. Americans Freed by Bolshevik!. Washington, April 3.-Release of all American Red Cross workers held prisoner in Siberia by the Bolshe vik!, with the exception of 'Aloxandor C. Tweedie, of Now York, was re ported yesterday to national head quarters. Tho last report from Twee die said he was ill with typhus at Krasnoyarsk. Tho following wore frood March 23: Otto W. Owe, Now York; Jos. R. Mcdill, Jaroso, Colorado; Harry J. Donnelly, Philadelphia; Dr. Wm. H. Ford, Kingston, Okla., and II. N. Bonzo, Manila. All the captives reported that they had suffered no harm while In tho hands of the Bolshovlkt. A cablegram also reported the freedom of all nurses and doctors connected with the Rod Cross who recently arrived at Vladivostok from i omsk. failed ton become established under the adverse conditions prevailing in that district, and no specimens wore fou,nd there during 1919. , '....; . - ? V;. ' r<y [ 'bi . fttw^V'-Hil .? ' 'vi - ,. ? - 'v.V ? 6 f'oet'?n Spnrfcmburg April's *? *9 , ' Importan^ Meeting. ' V ' rory important meeting^ ?i. {be J H> montura ti on agenta of the loaf,District is scheduled to be Un,/.Sn'af tanburg oh April 8th, ?hdTOth.- - its meeting ls held as a suppl? ai to tjhe annual January short m?k ?lve^ for the. agents at Win throp. In addition to the work given by ?tho Sthtu home demonstration fflp'M. loetufres will be given by ex pe\r<.p in various linesj Among these j!tV|U[;be Wi' W. Long, director/of ex 'temjjon work in South Carolina; O. ^Tt%] Irtln, in charge of home dem ons Ukior^ work in the South; Mr. 'Mut[ordj'.', landscape gardener, of J^hlngton; W. H. Mills, rural or 0'ffl&lfon\ ' D. W. WatklnB, assists v ^rector. Of extension -mnK .1? ttfCarc)ina> Dr'.Kt\ ^/itis?i'.o? the State Board of Health; .A A. MCCpwn, district farm demonstration agent,: and Miss Catherine Mulligan, hoad of tho home economics depart ment at Converse College. During this meeting quite a good blt of time will be devoted to discus sions among the agents of detailed plans for the growth and develop ment of tho work In each county In the Piedmont district, of how to serve efficiently the greatest number of people. ? Lois V. Watkins, District Home Demonstration Agt, Piedmont District. Whiskey in Water Bottles. Gaffney, April i.'.-Josephine Grif fin, wife of Sam Griffin, was arrested yesterday by Sheriff Thomas nnd C. Y. Allison, Charles Byers and J. E. Watkins. She had about a gallon of whiskey in rubber bottles, lt ls al leged, which were concealed upon her person. She was taken to the county Jail, but was later released upon a cash bond of $500. Card of Thanhs. Editor Keowee Courier: I want to thank the kind people of .W) m uni ty for tho many kind nesses shown us since the loss of our Mouse by fire. May God's richest blessings rest on each and every one of thom. R. W. Stewart. To? tho Citizens of Oconee Count) lloro ls the County Hospita County will bo justly proud of. T with other progressiva counties i port. Wo uro fortunato iii that wi the entire county, and who will d ls not only a liberal subscriber U and would accept no pay. We th i THE OCC civ ? . (adv.) V : ?^t?fet?t' iie?^'&ay ? that'???0??i-! plMgn WillB4 Waged. . . ):".?; . . . Colurabl?^AprB. 3.-A warfare cu prom cering ls to bo waged by fae Department of Justlcd, according to John A. Chumbloy, special represen- I tative of the department, Who was; in Columbia Thursday in conferonco with H. C, Booker, gtate fair price" commissioner, and Frank H. Weston, United states district attorney, and other government repr?sentatives. Mr. Chumbley is on a tb?r of , the Southern States, visiting each 'capi tal and he states that his atm ls to place special agents in the Slates where needed in order that a cam paign against profiteers might be waged. . The government, states Mr. Chum bley, has. a humber of plan? for get^ or other dealers are-ohaf ging'-efcorbl tant prices, loghl steps will bo taken lo stop the practice and punish those guilty. It is probable . that special agents will be put into many of the Southern States for the purpose ot the fight, on profiteering. Both men and women aro to be employed as agents In this fight, and I co-operation between those agents and officials of the Department of .lustige ls pledged. Local Kb't'th* from New Hope. Seneca, R. F. D., April 5,-Spe cial: Spring time, with Its beautiful out-of-doors life and activities, will soon be here. I think no I one will regret lt. although winter, with Its Ice, snow and blazing fires, will be long remembered most pleasantly. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Stansell andi little daughter Helen visited in Pick ons recently. The Mission Study Class met at| the home of Mrs. O. A. Kelley Mon day of late week. The fruit supper at the home of Mrs. Will Huskamp last Friday night was greatly enjoyed by the young people of this section. We are glad to have with us again Bonnie Roy Kelley, of Rabun Gap. Say. girls, do you know that this is ) >ap year? The boys- aro getting very tired of staying at home. Sup poso the girls are a little bashful. wo aro going to build-something tj his will fill a long-felt want, and wilt |n the country. To do Ulis, we must asl I, luivo scented tho services of Mr. Jr. nv?>to the noxt two weeks to winding ? worthy institution, but ls giving lils . or of oro ask you to be ready to s nbs cr; )NEE HOSPITAL ASSOC Per Building Committee. dent 0? 04yannafr?-ftlv6 ; .V Anderson? 'v '?p.rl|':-.%-r/Ton," , people wore;, drowned * Sunday after noon when' tt^flat boat on the Sa'v&n~: nah riv?r,. ato Harper'^ Ref)*, w$?m LowndusViUe, sank. , Th?iv''flat bout waa hooked, to .a.?ablo and used a*.?, ferry, and it wa? tho slackening of the cable wlUph .canaod the Bleking: of the flat .?aHy ; r^pbrtc tcwlay givo Misa Annie Manning, age 18; Robert Man ning, age 20 ? MIBS .Lucy Bradshaw, age 16; Mien Allie Bradshaw; Albert Southerland, aged 17;. Charlie Ma chine; Miss Alice Machine} Mr. audi Mrs. Lester Waters. Robert Bradshaw, the elovonth member of', th?^party, sU?o?oded in reaohlngy. t?i? Georgia- sido .?f;$fte$) -- - x- . -T .normal, due to r?cont rairfs. the bodies have yet boon recovered^ Wi ; " ; -fe .'.'.?V.VV Nicholson-^Mooro. (Farm and Factory, April 1.)'. An interesting wedding took place' at th?. Baptist pnstorium last Sunday, when Rev. J. W\ Willis performed the ceremony that united Milton Nicholson and Miss Fay Moore lix tho holy bonds of wedlock. The marriage was a quiet one, being witnessed by only a very few friends. The groom ls a son bf D. E. Nich olson, and is a young man of sterl ing character and high standing in tho community. He is a teacher of several years' experience, ,a.:d during the recent War spent two years fn the United States Navy. The bride is the lovely daughter of our esteemed fellow-oit.izen, F, A Moore, of the Speed Greek section, a prosperous farmer. ' The happy couple loft on Monday for an extended trip to Charlotte and other points in North Carolina. On their return they will make their home In the Speed Creek section. , Congratulations and good wishes, from a host of friends accompany tho happy pair as they take up the Jour ney of life together. -Good supply of 'iCortatnteed" roofflng. W. M. Brown & Son, Wal halla.-adv. c % m ; >v>* lint you and every ono in Oeonoo put our county head and breast k. yor full cooperation ; and sup Vf. Moss, who ls well known evey np our Snlwcrlpt?on list. Mr. Mosfc time and Work to this cause gratis? Ibo when ho conies to you. CATION,