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KEOWEE COURIER (Established 1840.) Published livery Wednesday Morning SUBSCIUITION PRICE. Ono Year .$?.00 Six Months.55 Throe Months.5*0 Advertising Rutes Reasonable. Ry St oe lc, Sholor, Hughs & Sliolor. Communications ol' a personal character charged for as udvortiso ments. Obituary noticos, cards of thanks and tributes of respect, eithor hy individuals, lodges or churches, aro charged for as for advortlsomonts at ralo of ono cont a word. Cash must j accompany manuscript, and all such I notices will bo marked "Adv." lui conformity with Federal ruling on such matters. WALHALLA, S. C. WEDNESDAY, OCT. U7, 1020. EINE OCONEE APPLE ORCHARD, _ t j Dan li. Good is Proving What Can bo Done in Apple Growing in Ocouee. ? When one sees great, big. Hue ap- | pies-flawless fruit that jus! makes, one's mouth water one is apt to let his I hough ts wander far off from bis home country, and pictures in his j mind Hie vision of great orchards in some distant Slate. And he is apt to bugin to ask himself tho question, "Why is it that we can't raise apples of tho first grade at home?" Dait li. Good has been milking bis answer lo that question for the past ?overa! years. His answer to the question is a very simple one. and it is the correct one: "Why is it that wy can't raise throroughly llrst class apples in Oco uee ?" "Because we WON'T." There you have it-briefly, but to the .point We CAN'T boca imo wo WON'T. Thal is a reason illl-SUfll clont lo preclude the possibility of raising good apples or anything else for that mader but il isn't a good reason by any means. Wo can't do anything thal we won't do. Not that il ls impossible for us to do it. or that we are incom petent to do lt. Rut. we often think wo can't do the things that we really just won't do. Then after a while we find that we havo "won'ted" so long that we are thoroughly convinced that we can't. But we didn't start, out to talk about won'ts and can'ts. What we have lo say is along tho opposite line -WHAT CAN Bli DON li. Last week Dun Good brought to our olllce a basket of his Sta man Wlncsaps-and if there was any thing that ever gave tho lie to the "can't raise perfect apples in Oco nec" talk, those beauties did il. And the ones he brought to The Courier office were not "orphans" by any means, nor were they members of a small family. The Staman Winesap family is quite prolific up Dan Good's way. Mr. Wood has ?100 Staman fam ilies - or trees-and they are pro ducing big "families." If we carry ont tho "family" simile wo will have to record eacli of tho Winesap fam ilies on the Good place having from several hundred to maybe a thousand "kids" this year, so wo will just drop the family idea and call these won derfully productive thiugs Just what they are. i Mr. Good's orchard contains some thing over SOO trees - mostly Staman Winona ps, but he has some other va rieties, of course. His main crop is, however, the Staman. and his orcahrd is, as it was Intended to he. a Sta man orchard. Front his 300 bearing trees he has gathered and has now housed for the winter one thousand bushels of No. 1 fruit. But Mr. Good doesn't sit Idly by and simply watch his trees grow and bear. If he did he would soon be Uko a lol of other people we know. Ho would be thoroughly convinced that perfect No. 1 fruit could not bo grown here. And it can't.any more than lt cnn bo grown anywhere else hy setting out trees and letting them shift for themselves. They will shift all right -nature provides for that inn the shifting process is a back ward or retrograde movement, begin ning with blight in the tree proper, then tree decay, then Imperfect fruit, and finally dead troes and no fruit. It is a real pleasure to look over the Good orchard and see the smooth ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Warning: Unless you soe tho name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you .ire not getting genuino Aspirin, pre scribed by physicians for twenty-one rears and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in thc Hayer package for colds, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, lumbago and for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tab lets of Aspirin cost few cents. Drug gists also sell larger packagos. Aspi rin Is tho trade mark of Bayer Manu facture of Monoacotlcacidcstor of Salicylleacld.-adv. trees, clean of limb and branch, per fect In shape and free from blight and scale and blemish. These conditions didn't "Just, bap hen"- they are tho result of hard labor and constant vigilance. The same insects and diseases lo which all trees are subicct are lying around and floating ill tho air. just lil<o they are ovorywhoro, bul Mr. Good antici pates them sprays to kill Hie larvae and oilier things that most of us don't know much about; and ho also sprays to preven! blight in both tree and fruit. In oilier words, ho makes his orchard Iiis business, and be looks after his business. Tn? s are about like everything else thal Hod pul hero for us. We don't believe Ile put a singlo thing hore for us to si. down and simply j watch, Apple trees were created for man's good, but Clod intended that man should take care of them for Him and make of them what ile in tended them to be. It'sva wonderful thing- this Idea of Hod Almighty providing for the human race. His intention was -and is-for tis to keep busy, to do .something with the materials Ile has placed at our com-j maud. How far all of us fall short in carrying OUl Hod's plan! But there we have ?one off on an other tangent, lt's a fearful thing other tangent. What wo were talk ing about, we believe, was apples good apples-Dan Hood's apples not. those he sent us, but the thou sand bushels of fine one.-i that aro carefully stored away for the market, j 111 the hunch he sent us there was; one big. perfect fellow that weighed ! nineteen ounces, and all the others' were big, line fellows-perfect beau ties, pleasing to the eye and delight- j ful to the tiiste. A visit to Hie Hood orchard is well j worth while, lt will prove a revela tion lo the enrefu,! observer to see j and try to take in the work that all j lilts tree perfection represents. DELAYED BOUNTY LANI) NOTES. Community Deeply Saddened by tho Death of Sloan V. Stribling. Bounty Hand. Oct. is.-(Received to late for last week.)--Special: Miss Paulino Davis, of Newry, spear Fri day and Saturday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. \V. I. Hutchison, Miss Sue Hutchison. Miss Huey Patterson and Robert Hambreil, of West Union, were in tho vicinity Sunday and at tended services at Richland. Miss Kinma Dendy and Miss laira ! Perritt, of Augusta, Ha.." and Mrs. Kennie Fennell, of Anderson, wore week-end guests of relatives here. Rev. L, M. Lyda, of Walhalla, was a recent guest In the home of Mrs. R. N. Rankin. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus McDonald liave been quito indisposed for several days. We hope the little ones will soon he restored to health. Mrs. s. Y. Stribllng. of Roswell, Ha., spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. J. 1). Mc Malian. Mrs. .lohn Archer, another sister, accom panied her. Mr. and Mrs. J. X. McDonald aro in Atlanta as guests of the latter's sister. Miss Carolyn Stribllng. Mrs. Julia D. Shanklin and son, Edgar Shanklin, visited in Anderson tho first of last week. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stone spent last Sunday In the New Hope section as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Tolll son. j Bob McDonald, of Westminster, was a late guest of M. F. Day. The recent application of paint to tho elegant now homes of Richard Kirby and H. A. Lynch, and tho cot tage occtipied hy J. M. Adams, adds greatly to their appearance. I Major Wm. J. Stribllng and son j Norton wore in the community Inst i week surveying the route for the j State highway. We understand that tho work of grading bas actually be gun. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barron and son Charles were guests of Capt, and Mrs A. H. Ellison recently. The friends of M. F. Alexander will be glad to know that be ls staed ily improving at the home of his sis ter, Mrs. Robertson, near Cashier's Valloy. R. M. Davis bas rented his large farm on Coneross and will move bis family to "Tho Hermitage," which he recontly rented from Miss Emily Dendy, of Augusta, da. Mrs. Anna Wilson, of McRae, Qa., is visiting lier sister-in-law, Mrs. M. A. Wilson. Tom Elliott, of Picketts, was a late guest in tho home pf J. M. Adams. Miss Kala Rankin visited in thc homo of Kur man Morion, In West Union recently. Mrs. Menders, of Pelzer, is spend ing th'ls week with Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Williams. Now tot I McDonald, of Central, waa a guest of his brother, W. J. McDon ald, last week. The un tuerons friends hore of Sloan Y. Stribllng were shocked and grieved to learn of his death, which I occurred on Monday, the 11th of October, at li o'clock a. tn. Mr. Strlb I ling was born and reared in this community and received his educa tion at Hie Bounty Land Academy, He was a wide-awake business man, and spent a number of years as n farmer, tending the fertile acres of the extensive Stribllng estale on Cano creek. Ho had large business interests in and was identified with tho early progress of Seneca, owning several lots in the town. Later Mr Stribllng became president of Hie Roswell Cotton Mills, near Atlanta and still later built and operated thc Hebersham Mill at Clarkosvllle, Ca Mr. Stribllng was deeply interested in the political affairs of the State and served a term as Oconee's Kepre sontative in tho Senate. Ho wat widoly known and prominently con nected. lie was. a brother of J. C Stribllng, of Pendleton, and Ibo late Mesdames Itoxio and Bottio Reid, ol Walhalla, and Ella Flncannon, ol Seneca. Ho was a brother-in-law ol Mrs. J. D. Mc.Mabau, of this commit nlty. "Drop your dollar for Democracy.' :-m ' 'Uni - FA IH IM AV COMMUNITY^* IR. | 11)120 (lathering Was Far Hotter than I that ot Last Yent'. Fair Play, Oct. i 8.-Special: The | fact that Fair Play ia a live, progiu - .sive community, keeping abreast with the times, was proven on Friday, Oct. ! I r.tli, when site hold her second an-j mini community fair at the school ; house. The booths all showed (tuite ! au Improvement over last yeart for everything exhibited was good of its kind. A completo list of the Winners of ribbons will be sent In for publi cation next week. The morning was given over to the Inspection of Hie exhibits and Hie "Hotter Babies Contest." rho aver age of till the babies was high. Little Harry Httest Mays was winner with a score of 1)7, and Robert Howard Marett won second place with 95 as his score. After a sumptuous dinner tho crowds assembled in the auditorium, where excellent short talks were glvon by Prof. McKoown, of Clemson College; Miss Ba?by, of Winthrop; Jas. M. Moss, of Walhalla; County Agent Briggs and Rev. C .M. Robin son, of South Huton. These interest ing and instructive talks were inter spersed with instrumental solos, by local talent. I Great honor is due Miss Ethel ; Counts, our county demonstration '. agent, for her untiring efforts in making the day u success. We bad as our judges Prof. Mc Koown, of Clemson; Miss Watkins and Miss Bailey, of Winthrop; Coun ty Agent Byars, of Anderson; Miss Boll, demonstration agent ot Ander son, and Miss Duncan, of Walhalla. Drs. Hines of Seneca, Marett of Newry, and Strickland of Westmin ster, were judges in the baby con test. We appreciate tho services of these able workers. The towns of Walhalla, West min ster, Seneca. Lavonia, Townville, South Tulon, Oak way and surround ing communities were well repre sented. There ls always room for Improve ment, so let us work and hope for even a better fair in 19 21. The b?st ls always the cheapest, j Sometimes tho cheapest ls the best. ! Any way you tako lt, The Courier flta the bill. Best and cheapest. It I takes only $1.00 to get Tho Courier j for a year, but lt takes thi-.t-and In i advance. No credit to anybody. YOUNG WOMAN TELLS : OF GREAT CHANGE. Seamstress Describes Ills and Tells of Change Tanbie .Made. PASSES WOlil) ALOXti. Says She Decided lo Tt|kn Tanbie Because She Heard So Much About Si. "Tanbie is a line medicine for sto mach trouble, and it is a good gen eral tonic, too, and I am glad lo rec ommond it as such to anyono," ?aid Miss Lena Durn?, of ('roer, S. C., in a statement endorsing Tanlae. "I was troubled with nervousness and weak spells before 1 took Tanlae. I am a seamstress, and my work ls very trying, and it brought me these troubles. Indigestion also troubled me a lot, and my appotto had left mo. I certainly was run down in health and feeling badly. "I finally decided to take a course of some medicine, and I had heard so much about Tanlae T decided to take it. The Tanlae helped those nervous spells right away and soon 1 had good nerves. My appetite carno back and I gained a great doal in strength and weight. I got so T could sleep well, too." Tanlae, the master medicine, is sold exclusively by Bell's Drug Store, Walhalla; J. C. Cain, Oak way; Sa lem Drug Co., Salem; Seneca Phar macy, Seneca; Stonecypher Drug Co., Westminster; Hughs & Dendy, Richland.-Adv.-4 2-i 3. Rejected .Suitor Suicides. Now York, Oct. 2 2. -Dr. Max Rowe, New York dentist, who yester day shot and killed Dr. Ruth Rubin, a Brooklyn colleague, and then shot himcslf, died to-day In a hospital of his wounds. Dr. Rowe called on the woman, a college class mate, at her office and proposed to her. The shoot ing followed rejection of his suit. I Pure, Rich Blood Will Keep When impurities creep into your blood the first symptoms; aro usu ally a loss of appetite, followed by a gradual lessening of energy, the system becomes weaker day by day, until you feel yourself on the verge of a breakdown. Nearly everybody needs a few bottles of S. S. S., the great vege table blood remedy, to cleanse out all impurities about twice a year. It is an excellent idea to take this precaution to keep the system in a vigorous condition so as to more easily resist disease to which every one ls subject. S. S. S. is without an equal as a general tonic and sys tem builder. It improves the appe tite and gives new strength and vi tality to both old and young. Full information and valuable lit? erature can be had by writing to Swift Specific Go., 156 Swift Lab oratory, Atlanta, Ga. ATTENTION! We Have to offer for sale some Splen did Bargains in Oconee County R,eal Estate-and on terms so liberal and easy that anyone can buy if be only bave tbe judgment to Know a good thing when be sees it, and tbe grit,to try to get it. THESE LANDS aro known ns the NORRIS LANDS, on Gio Stump House Mountain, fronting on tho Now National Highway soon to be built from Clem son College, by Scnoca and Walhalla, to Highlands, N. G. Tho Turn Piko Road from Walhalla to Cashiers Valley, N. C., also runs through those lands. This tract of over Two Thousand Acres has been divided up into more than Twenty Tracts, containing from Twonty-Kivo to One Hun dred and Scventy*Flvo Acres each-and all Extra Strong, Red .Lund -and will average better and moro level than any oGier land in Oconee County, not even excepting the Uno lands around Oakway iiiid Pair Play. Tho average price is only $30.00 portiere, and on terms of One Fourth Cash, and the balance on time-One-Fourth each year for three yours. There is not a tenant farmer in Oconee County who, if ho has got anything in him at all, cannot buy himself a home on these terms and easily pay for it. Think of tho difference between Thirty Dol lars an Acre and Two to Four Hundred Dollars an Acre-the price of other hinds in the County-not any better-not even so good as this land! There is another thing to bo said for this land: It has been proved by actual tests that it raises Just tts good cotton-anti just, as much por acre-as any of tho lands in tho lower part of tho county. Anti there is still one moro important thing to he sahl, to-wit, that this land will never he invaded hy the boll weevil. DON'T YOU THINK IT WISE to got in on it while lt ls still so cheap'.' Just imagine what lt will sell for when the great National Highway mentioned above is com plotai, so ns to make it a ten to twenty-minute drive and a down hill pull to market at Walhalla! And it ls worth considering that this is practically now the only large body of land left in this county which still has on lt the origi nal Fores! Pine Timber for building purposes. Many of the tracts tire so heavily timbered as to, when cut, furnish lumber enough to pay tho whole purchase price of the land. TIONA NT FA RM KR S, Il FRF IS YOUR CHANCE! - AND LAND SPECULATORS, HERE IS YOUR CHANCE ALSO! APPLY TO WM. J. STRIPLING. Walhalla, S. C., OR J. D. ADAMS, Spartanburg, S. C. The standard is fixed-and the maker keeps it there- the best made, longest-lived, most efficient storage battery is the CE STORAGE BATTERY Its use ensures you uninterrupted eurrent~as needed no buckled plates, no sulphating A steady flow of power with none of the troubles and uncertainties of ordinary batteries. GUARANTEED FOR TWENTY MONTHS The longest guarantee period placed upon any storage battery Let us tell you what we know about it. PIEDMONT MOTOR CO., WALHALLA, S. C. At Your Own Price! We have for Sale at your own price a complete stock of General Merchandise. ..FIRST COME.. FIRST SERVED. A Bargain for some one, as we are closing out. J. E. Kelley & Son, TAMASSEE, S. C. Over 400 Chinese Killed. Poking, Oct. 20.-An explosion and fire in tho Tong-Chan canal In Cb! Li Province, killed upward of 4 00 Chinese laborers on Thursday last, but news of (bo accident reached here only to-day. There were 1 19 survivors. An official report hy the mining company places tho dead at 122. The explosion occurred in next to tho low est level. (Jricf-stricken crowds sur rounded the mine, carrying off the victims as they were brought to the surface, lt is reported that 180 mules wero taken out Sunday. Hank Hobbed ut Trenton. Columbia, Oct. 21.-Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, silverware and jewelry valued at $18,000 wore j taken from the flank of Trenton safe i deposit vault late last night or early | this morning by robbers, who effected : an entranco to tho vault hy blowing , it open. Colds Cause Crip and Influenza ' LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There ls only ono "Bromo Quinine." E.W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. i Priests of Tahiti walk barefoot I I over hot stones, cinders and coals. KUI That Cold With FOR Colds, Coughs CASCARA M QUININE AND La Grippe Neglected Colds are Dangerous Tnko no chances. Koop this standard remedy handy for the first sneeze. Breaks up n cold In 24 hours - Relieves , Grippo In 3 days-Excellent for Hoadacho Quinine in this form duos not affect the head-Cascara is beat Tonic Laxative-No Opiato In Hill's. ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT