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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 i -Sweater Coats We have the largest and best selected line of Ladies' Men's; Boys' and Girls' Sweaters we have ever carried at the right price. It will pay you to See them before buying. ! C. Wa & J. E. Bauknight, WALHALLA, S. C. * IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH. ? f-"\ Wagons, Buggies, Harness and Accessories. .-_ Barb Wire, Hog and Chicken Wire, Doors, Windows, Lime, Cement, Brick, Cedar Shingles, Metal Shingles, Composition ?< FARM IMPLEMENTS. PAINTS and OILS. -See the Above to go at Right Prices. ?j H. K. NIMMONS, i SENECA, S. C. j Sale of Hosier? DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC. 0 -EXTRA SPECIAL Ladies" Full Fashion Silk Hose. EACH DAY from Now Until Further Notice, from 9 to 4 O'clocK.-(Saturdays 9 to 12.) THE PRICE One-Half of What You Arc Now Paying. Sale at Our Mill. MEWRICJ?; HOSIERY MIIJ?BJ Walhalla, S. C. NOTICE. Highest Market Price Paid for 0< Also have ample warehouse facilities tor storing cotton. See me if you want to cither sell or store. Office in Moss du Ansel's Store. BAYLIS W. HARRISON, Walhalla, S. C. Sept. 27, ?920.-39-tf. OCONI?15 MUST PUSH EXPORT' Corporation--People Must Not De peiul on Outside Help. I am in receipt of the following telegram from Hon. Richard I. Man ning, who is chairman of the Ameri can, Products Export and Import Cor poration, which corporation has for its great object the exportation of cotton tb Europe: . ?. . jw- ? .' ;. "impress upon people necessity for large Stojjjc subscriptions; out side help, impossible; we must help ourselves or go down together. For mation of corporation seems only \ hope, and this is the unanimous judgment of the best business men J and farmers throughout the State? . See editorial State 21st. . ' ' >.v "Richard I. Manning." What are WE going to do about it? No one else is going to fight our bat tles for us. Give stock to the.corpo-ij ration, and GIVE QUICKLY or it will be too late. ' ?f we do not help ourselves, then upon our own heads rests the blame, for then we do not deserve anything. The other counties are doing nb* bly. Will you let Ocoh.ee lag behind? I hope not. See your district commit tee at once about taking stock liber ally in cash, Liberty Bonds or cotton.. | Stop moaning and do something! Committees are as follows: Seneca-J. J. Ballenger, chairman; J. f. Byar, A. H. Ellison. Walhalla-W. M. Brown, chair man; .L U. S. Dendy, fi. R. Briggs. Westminster-M. Lr. Jones, chair man; Dr. J. H. Johns, J. H. Barnett] NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT ?jH what you do is to count for anything^, Geo. R. Briggs, County Agent.' ,; News Items from Little River. T i- m Little River, Cet. 21. - Special*', The farmers of this section are enr joying a few weeks^of. fine .weather,/ and they are sure busy harvesting^ their crops. Miss Ada Holden's health seems; to be iin^.'oving, and she. ls spending^ a few days with her sister, Mrs. N; Pig! Whitten, of Salem. We .hope'she will* soon bo enjoying perfect.health. The Smelters} BOHOQV v&$*?gre8sihg; nicely now, af te* ?; f?wV^??ks pf va-ti cation for the .seap?i? ^6^?usb: work on tho farms. \ .?0sf?.''.,,<'>* Mis? Della1 'P^m*'^0^^^'. hy. ri-1Hf^^ ^^Pj^r^*^^^^^^^^^^^1^^ Elisha P. HoMen left last week for the Base Ljspital at Greenville, where lie will have special treatment for injuries received during the time he was in the military service over seas. Mr. Holden bas been out of the servce for some time, but has not been able to work since be was dis charged. Oscar Wlglngton and C. D. Perry attended tho second reunion of the "Old Hickory" Division at Asheville Sept. 28-29. They report a nice time and bad the pleasure of meeting a number of their old friends and com rades. Mrs. J. L. Talley Is spending the week with relatives and friends in the Wolf Stake section. . R. Cantrell and others attended the association meeting at Boone's Creek recently, and report having on Joyed themselves immensely-espe cially at the noon hour. Andy Perry and several others at tended the singing convention at Coneross on the second Sunday. C. S. Talley made a business trip to Walhalla recently. He ls one of our best farmers and always drives fino stock. Floyd Barnes, who has been sick for some time, is able to be out and among his friends again. We are glad to see bim up again, and hope soon to know that be is enjoying his old-tlmo good health. Ralph McCall and family, of Da vidson River, N. C., are spending a few weeks with tho former's father in-law. N. P. Bryson. W. H. Talley and family, of Salem, were recent visitors in this section. Rev. Pick Alexander filled his reg ular appointment last Sunday at Lit tle River Baptist church, and quite a good congregation heard a splendid sermon. Misses Ila and Olive Nicholson, who are attending the Six-Mile Acad emy, visited homo-folk:, recently. Former President Craigbead Dead? Spartanburg, Oct. 2?.-News was received lier e to-day of the death of Dr. E. It. Craigbead, formerly profes sor of Creek at WolYord College, and later president of Clemson College, ot Missoula, Mont., where be had been making bis home for several years. Mr. Craigbead left Clemson Col lege to become president of Tulane University, New Orleans, and later wont to tho University of Montana as president. Ho was the author of a number of books and had boen prominent In educational work for years. He was a native of Montana. Evening Singing nt Sooth Union. There will be an evening singing at south Union next Sunday evening, Oct. 31st, at 2 o'clock. All good sing ers and lovers of music are Invited to attend. J. E. Karr. The even distribution of weight in the Samson Truck assures tire economy and jwl economy ot all tim&s< - Jj We haye just received our first shipments of Bott* in 1 1-4 and 3-4 ton capacity. ? mm %w These Truck's are radically different from anything that has ever been offered; in this country.. They have 33 per cehfvmore loading space than ij!ny^h,er .truck of thc same capacity* When a Samson is loaded i you ?i cere rest ?ted ive a chance, to see tim Wm 5,712,057 HAIJES COTTON ?INNED To Oct. 18-782,1)5:t Huies In Excess of (linnings Snme Date Last Year. Washington, Oct. 25.-The gov ernment cotton ginning report to-day showed a total of 5,712,057 bales ginned prior to Oct. 18, and indicated that the sporadic attempts through tho cotton belt to keep gins closed until the price of cotton advanced to higher levels had had little effect. Ginnings this year aggregate 782, 953 bales more than the quantity ginned to Oct. 18 last year, when the crop was 794,000 bales smaller than that forecast for this year. On the government's forecast of a crop of 12,123,000 hales this year, tho ginnings to Oct. 18 appeared to be about 47.1 per cent of the total. This is a higher percentage than was ginned last year to Oct. 18, which was 43.5 per cent, but lower than the average of 48.9 for tho last eighteen years. Cotton ginned prior to Oct. 18 amounted to r>,712,0f>7 running bales including 138,554 round bales, 14, ?rf Rally "Novembei FIRST BAPTI Walhall; SPECIAL F Big "Family" Reuni? Oil icers* and Teacher Mass Meeting (All D Big Rally Day Progri 225 Pi at Sunday Sch 312 bales of American-Egyptian and 340 bales of Sea Island. Ginnings last year to Oct. 18 were 4,029,104 running bales, including 55,555 round bales, 8,890 bales of American-Egyptian and 1,792 babs of Sea Island. Ginnings tbis year to Oct. 18, by Stales, were: Alabama. 281,753 Arizona. 19,678 Arkansas. 347,339 California ... .... 13,914 Florida. 9,614 Georgia. 709,404 Louisiana. 204,096 Mississippi. 348,197 Missouri . 13,573 North Carolina. 101,263 Oklahoma. 357,010 South Carolina. 064,159 Tennessee. 5 3,519 Texas.2,569,147 Virginia. 1,081 All other States .... 1,210 Baptizing at Earle's Ford. There will be a baptizing at Earle's Ford, on the main road loading to Clayton, Ga., next Sunday morning, Oct. 31, at 10 o'clock. Week P 7-14th, ST CHURCH, ?f S? C? 'EATURES: n and Church Social, s' Banquet. epartmcnts of Church.} im in Sunday School. resent ool, Nov. 14. SIX AND HALE MILLION DOLLARS Taxable Property in Oconee for 1020. Some Figure* from Auditor, Auditor D. A. Smith baa given out Borne very interesting figuro? con cerning tho taxable property of our county, which, for 1920, totals up to $6,687,070. The figures are given out by townships, and .besides tho information as to value of property, tho number of taxable polls and tho number of dogs returned for taxation are shown. In Seneca township tho town of Seneca ls Included; In Tugo loo township the town of Westmin ster is includod, and in Wagoner tho towns of Walhalla and West Union are includod. Tho statement as given out by Auditor Smith Is as follows; Assessed Valuation All Property 1920. Polls. Dogs. Center .$ 814,295 j 820 Chattooga .. 88,6f)0 | 95 Koowee .... 430,440 ! 538 Pulaski _ 85,710 j 85 Seneca . 2,316,850 ?1013 Tugaloo . . . 1,521,505 . 775 Wagoner .. . 1,284,310 84 3 Whitewater . 1 4 5,220 70 523 74 343 70 37 5 4 57 397 61 Total ... .$6,087,070 | 4259 ? 2300 Arrest in McMahon ("ase. ridgefield, S. C., Oct. 25.-A. A. Edmonds, County Suporvisor-elect of Ulis county, bas been arrested, charged with being implicated in tho alleged boating of Peter McMahon, of Yonkers, N. Y., who claims that he wa.s attacked by several men near Trenton recently. McMahon claims that tho alleged beating was admin istered because he endeavored to as sist a youngwoman of Aiken in a settlement which involved a division of her fathor's estate. Edmonds ha? been released on bond, and lt Is ru mored that otl?er arrests may be ex pected boro In connection with tho charge The arrest resulted from tho efforts of Govornor Cooper to have tho entire matter thoroughly Investi gated. _ Meeting Oconoo School Trustees. There will bo a mooting of tho school trustees of Oconoo county at Walhalla on Frlday'noxt, October 29, at 10 o'clock a. m. Important busi ness demands that every trustoo bo present. L, C. Spearos, Superintendent of Education.