Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 07, 1920, Image 1
"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW AS THE MCHffi
By Steck, Shclur HugliM & Shclor.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNj
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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*
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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. '
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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.
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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
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?^t?fet?t' iie?^'&ay ? that'???0??i-!
plMgn WillB4 Waged.
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. 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;$fte$)
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.normal, due to r?cont rairfs.
the bodies have yet boon recovered^
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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.
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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,