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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 Year 19 21 GOOD FRIENDS! ?; The profound- significance of the season prompts an expression of gratitude to those, who have con tHtut^d to our. suc??ss during the twenty-nine years of our business experience? Amidst the vicissitudes incident to deflation, we have seen the lucrative earnings of a highly profitable period fade into insignificance; but with ample capital, unequaled facilities, and the confidence and respect of loyal friends, we look forward with pleasant anticipa tion to a Prosperous New Year, We acknowledge with grateful appreciation the favors which you nave shown us during the year just closing, and that priceless though intangible asset -your good will-which we prize beyond measure, % We hope to merit your continued confidence and aim to serve you helpfully in the future. Sincerely yours, C. W. & J. E. Bauknight, WALHALLA, S. C. NOTICE. Highest Market Price Paid for Cotton. Also have ample warehouse facilities for storing cotton. See me if you want to cither sell or store. Office in Moss & Ansel's Store. BAYLIS W. HARRISON, Walhalla; S, C, Sept, 27, J920-39-tf. DEATH OF *IHS. GEO. ULLMXIill. Aged I/Udy Paused Away After Long Illness-Taken to Baltimore. There are many who will learn with regret of the death of Mrs. Geo. Blumner, which occurred at the home of Mrs. Mary N. Ansel, in Walhalla, on Sunday night last at 10.15 o'clock. Mrs. Blumner had been seriously ill for some three months past, and lt was known that her condition was be yond hope of recovery, the only ser vice that could be rendered her being to make the remaining days of lifo as comfortable as possible. She suf fered from a serious heart trouble, which was complicated by other dis eases incident to age. Mrs. Blumner wa3 a native of Ger many, having been born in Hamburg on July 10th, 184 0. In early life she was married to George Blumner, and shortly after their marriage they came to America, residing most of the time in Baltimore. Before mar riage she was Miss Dorothy Lauter bach. Her husbnnd died In Baltimore in 1907, his body being burled in Woodlawn cemetory, 'Baltimore. Three children were horn to Mr. and, Mrs. Blumner, these being Mrs. A. R. L. Donnie, of Baltimore, who died In 1008; Frances (Mrs. John A. Ansel) of Walhalla, and Henry Blum ner, of Baltimore, who died In 1911. 'Mrs. Blumner had made her home in Walhalla with her daughter, Mrs. J, A. Ansel, sinco Oct. 8, 1909. She ls survived by only one daughter, Mrs. Ansel, and there are nine grand children, six of these . being the daughters of Mrs. Donnie and ono son and two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel. Mrs. Blumner was the last member of her own family. Tho deceased was a splendid wo man, a devout Christian and a de voted member of tho Lutheran church. Her kindly disposition and her Interest In tho welfare of othors drow to her many friends among our people, and she was "at home" to a marked degreo In Walhalla, whero her friends were counted by the num ber of her acquaintances. She will bo greatly missed by a wide circle of frlonds, who grieve with the be reaved ones nt the passing of a sin coro, loving and lovable friend. Funornl services wore held at tho Ansel homo on Main street at 1.30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the ser vices hoing conducted by Hov. W. B. fy fy ?fy ?fy ?fy ?fy ?fy fy fy fy ?fy fy, fy fy, fy COUNTY AGENT'S NOTES. fy ?fy ?fy ?fy ?fy ?fy ?fy fy fy fy ?J? ?|? fy ?fy Important Meetings. Meetings will be held, weather per mitting, on Tuesday night, Jan. 4, at Retreat No. 1 school house. Thursday night, Jan. Gth, at South Union. Friday night, Jan. 7th, at Tabor school house. These meetings will be for the pur pose of discussing tho matter of sell ing cotton co-operatively and buying fertilizer co-operatively. The farmers of these soctions are urged to attend these meetings. The meetings will begin at 7 p. m. Itctrent Warehouse Gradea. The records of tho Retreat Com munity Warehouse have boon re cently checked over, and farmers should be interested In knowing that a large amount of cotton storod there graded and stapled above middling, seven-eighths inch. Of tho 379 bales stored there prior to Dec. 13th, all of which were grad ed and stapled by tho official gov ernment grader at Westminster, tho grades and staples ran as follows: 134 bales strict middling, 1 in.; 72 bales middling, 1 In,; GC bales good middling, 1 In.; 39 bales strict middling, 1 l-l G In.; 23 bales good middling, 1 I-1C in.; 12 bales middling, 1 1-1G In.j 9 bales good middling tinged, 1 in.; 7 bales mid dling, 7-8 in.; 4 bales good mid dling, 7-8 In.; 4 bales strict mid dling, 7-8 In.; 2 bales good mid dling tinged, 7-8 In.; 2 bales strict middling tingod. 1 in.; 2 bales strict low middling ,1 In.; 1 bale middling, 1 1-8 In.; 1 bale middling, 1 1-4 in.; 1 bale strict middling tingod, 7-8 in. Records on tho grades of cotton stored In tho South Union and Tabor warehouses will be printed soon. Geo. R. Briggs, County Agent. Aull, of St. John's Lutheran, church, assisted by Rev. EB. P, Taylor, of the Methodist church. After tho services at tho home tho remains wore taken to the Blue Ridge depot and carried to Baltimore for Interment by the side of her husband. Mr. mid Mrs .lohn A. Ansel accompanied tho re mains to Baltimore. Tho bereaved ones have tho sym pathy of many friends in their sor row. -;-7---1: 1 r1^ -?;-' THE WOftK OF COCNTV j fcSgJXT. I Momo Things Hoing Dono and i'lan* ' :ned by Oconco's County Agent. - For the information of the genet al ' public of Oconee county Wie follow ing brief outline ls given ortb^e. activ ities now under, way or planned by Geo. R. Briggs, Oconee1 county'^ ag ricultural demonstration agent. ? ' i . V 1. Ho bas organized boys club work with 56 members. Most of these aro completing their records, show ing good yields and profits. He has recently held the first club show ever held in the county. Making good farmers out of the young boys Ak one of tho most important phases ot dem onstration work. . .,'.' 2. He hos heV,' a number of soil building meetings, which were weil attended. AB a result of these meet ings he has stimulated interest, -in cover crops and has. ordered co-op eratively for farmers over 5,000 pounds of crimson icldver and 1,000 pounds of vetch. This alone saved t^? farmers concerned $200-over (ijjie month's salary.. But the big result of this sort of work ls In teaching me farmers co-operative buying and ^n helping them to improve their soils. 3. He has aided in the establish ment of three community co-opera tive warehouses, with a total capac ity of 1,100 bales. With the assisi-, anco of the cotton grader cotton .la. now being graded and stored for bet ter marketing conditions. 4. He lias helped in securing, a cotton grader at Westminster for the county and is impressing the p$b ple with .the value of the cotton grader's services. Through this co? ton grader the farmers are learning*? to their surprise and satisfaction;1' thal iu.osjL.of Ihelr.cotton, \i lie?wi grade tnaii usually understood, and much of lt one and one-sixteenth inch staple. This knowledge as to' the true grade and staple will help the farm ers to command two cents or more premium above tho usual prices, which are based on seven-olgths inch staple. 5. Ile has helped to establish the Bear *Creek Drainage District, which would result in the draining and im proved value of about 4 00 acres of land. Other drainage districts are be ing worked up also. G. He has taken groups of farmers on observation tours especially to study cover crops and tho successful methods of good farmers. 7. He has furnished the throe newspapers of the county timely agri cultural news and instructions,which the farmers themselves say are very valuable. 8. With tho aid of tho cotton gra der ho Is now working out plans to pool tho cotton which ls being ware housed, and In this way market it to better advantage to the fa-mers. 9. Ho is planning to develop co operative marketing of live stock for tho mountain farmers, and various other farm products for tho farmers in general. 10. He is planning to help farmore buy fertilizers co-operatively for thc next season. Co-operative buying and home mixing will save $5 to $10 pei ton. 11. To aid the fruit growers he hat arranged to have winter spray mate rial made at the farm of Dan E. Good at a big saving to the orchard own ers. Ile is working to develop orchard associations for the mutual benefit ol orchard owners. 12. Ile is working also to help es tablish now money crops and a bettci system of diversified farming, em phnslzlng pure seeds and bettor vari elles, proper fertilization, suitable ro talions, etc. These are a few of tho things thai Oconee's demonstration agent ls do ing for the benefit of tho farmers anc tho advancement of agriculture ii Oconee, There aro ninny other item: that might be mentioned wherebj hundreds of dollars have been savo< to the farmers of or county. One In stance that has come under our no tice in the recent past was lils will lng activity in checking a bog dis oaso In one of the communities of om county, his efforts proving effoctive thornby saving to tho hog raiser? o that community many timos his sal nry for months. Othor things hav< from time to time boon callod to tin attention of tho public, and It is bc lng demonstrated every day that Oco nco to-day has the host farm demon Moving I'M YOUR MA do MOVING an ind anywhere on ry truck than by r -~ G It makes no dj >r 100 miles, I Iher way. >N. ACREAGE REDUCTION. wy. 3d Set as Dato for Scouring Reduction for 1021 Crop. t Sou th Carolina Cotton Asso ," "at tiioir annual meeting on ^ decided that the only hope Cation for the cotton growers feral flnancinl interests of the m to reduce the 19 21 cotton (i at least 50 per cent. Thia j pn memorialized Governor ' issue a proclamation call ?3tho formers and business to St?te to lay aside their ?BS on Jan. 3d, 1921 and i*t??!:<Aoreag? ^Reduction r*?t'?neHc?unty Court Houses all oVer the State, Governor Cooper has Issued this proclamation and call. Now, in answer to tho call from the 'Governor, 1 hereby call all cit izens of Oconeo county interested in or affected by the over-production of cotton and the low price, to meet at Walhalla, in the Court House, on Jan. 3d, 1921, nt 11.30 a. m., for the purpose of devising ways and means to bring about this reduction, and thereby do our part in the great offort and movement to redeem tho South from the cloud of poverty and bankruptcy that is now overshadow ing every business industry. The following citizens aro request ed to be present and prepared to give ten-minute talks along the line of this reduction and the best method to put it into effect. Wm. J. Strip ling, J. J. Ballonger, T. P. Anderson, J. H. Brown, P. S. Holleman, R. T. Jaynes, K. W. Marett, and others. It cnn be done; it should be done -lt MUST bo done. J. P. Stribling, Pros. Oconee Cotton Association. SUMTER MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH. Trouble Arose Over Attention? of Slayer to Victim's Daughter. Sumter, Doc. 26.-Edgar Dradley, 21 years of age, shot and instantly killed Prank Outlaw, G5 years old, late yesterday afternoon at the lat ter's house about three miles from Sumter. Shortly after the shooting Bradley came to tho city and surren dered to the sheriff. He is now in jail. The trouble arose, it Is alleged, over a controversy caused by Bradley going with tho daughter of Mr. Out law. lt is stated that the young wo man carno to Sumter with a cousin, but later loft him and went with Bradley, who took her home In his automobile. It is reported that tho father became angry and threatened Bradley, and lt is further stated that Mr. Outlaw got a gun, and that Brad ley ran to his own car, begging Mr. Outlaw not to advance on him. Brad loy got a gun out of his car, and, with Mr. Outlaw following him, it is nllegod, opened fire. Two shots wore fired, ono load taking effect in tho left shoulder and tho othor In tho face, tho latter causing almost In stant doath. The deceased leaves a large family connection. stratton agent sho has over had, and not only that, but ono of the best and most activo, interested agents in tho State. Ld all kinds of HAT] qiiick notice. It h .ail, or with teams-8 ?IVE ME A TRIAI Lfference if you wis: can get you there i W BR.OWIS CAN'T TKI/L A1IOUT INFLUENZA. Oiic^, Attack Seem? to Confer Immu nity to Sufferer for YOUTH. Washington, D. C., Doc. 24. "There is absolutely no way of defi nitely foretelling whether this winter will witness any recurrence of influ enza In epidemic form," Bald Surgeon General H. S. Cumming, of the Uni ted States Public Health Service. "As a result, however, of very careful analyses of tho epidemiology of In fluenza, especially as tho result of lntonslve studios In homos whore in fluenza occurred in 1918 and 1919, influenza appears lo confer a definite immunity to subsequent attacks-an immunity lasting for sevornl years. Inasmuch as tho epidemic of 1918 and 1919 affected so very large a pro portion of the population there would seem to be reasonable grounds for believing that, oven If flu should become prevalent hero and there, it would not assume tho epidemic pro portions of tho past two years, nor would lt rage In such severo form. "It is unfortunate that tho public becomes so Intensely interested In spectacular epidemic outbreaks of disease and ls so little moved by the dally occurrence of many prevent able deaths In all parts of tho coun try. Of the one and one-quarter mil lion deaths occurring in the United .States annually, ht least 100,000 could easily be prevented by the ap plication of available medical knowl edge. For example, one of the dis eases which becomes prevalent about this time of tho year ls diphtheria. This disoaso Is responsible for about ir>,000 deaths In the United Sta cr nnnually. Practically every one of these deaths could bo prevented, for not only have we an effective anti toxin for treating tho disease when lt occurs, but what ls still moro Im portant, we are now able, by moans of a simple skin test, to determine which children are susceptible to diphtheria, and, this ascertained, we can effectively immunize thom so as to protect them against this disease. "The 1 0,000 or more deaths from typhoid fever that occur annually In the United States could also be very largely prevented If communities everywhere would make certain that their water and milk supplies were protected, and if ?implo precautions were taken in homes where typhoid fever occurs, lt is encouraging to know that smallpox has been so well controlled that at present tho aver age deaths from lt in tho United Rtntes number only 4 00 annually. Nevertheless, these 4 00 deaths aro entirely unnecessary, for vaccination has long shown Itself an effective means of control." Tn almost every community In tho Country tho wastage In Infant lives Is still enormous, especially when contrasted with that In New Zealand, for example, whore the death rato ls only r?0 per thousand births In tho first year of lifo as against 100 In tho United States. Commenting on this, Surgeon Gen eral Cumming said: "Tho oxponso of Ufo-savlng through tho prevention and control of disoaso by well dlrcctod hoalth measures Is very small Indeed when contrasted with tho saving effected. auling? ON THE SPOT. rjLING any time \ cheaper to move md much quicker. h to move 5 miles quicker than any I, Walhalla. YOUNO HBT1UCK is umi .s HOI? In Columbia and Returned to Geor gia to Faco Charger. j (Atlanta Georgian, 25th.) Will F, Hetrick, fugitive president of tho ?cworth Manufacturing Com pany, who left Atlanta on Oct. 10. after being roloased at Marietta on a $5,000 bond, when ho was chargodl with embezzling funds of tho com pany said to total nonrly $9 0,000,. reached Atlantn from Columbia, S.. C., Friday morning at 7.25 o'clock; in tho company of Dbputy Sheriff .TV M. ?Salidora, of Cobb county, and W.^ JR.. Adamt^;JytMjal4e.ta^j<e.^- v^?rt?^.V^^te Mr. Adariia, of the Adams Detec tive Agency hero, arrested Mr. Het rick in Columbia Wednesday. Hot rick was lodged in tho Fulton tower on reaching Atlanta. Ho will bo kept there for several days before rofuo val to Marietta. Ho has retained Herbert Clay, of Marietta, as coun* sol. When ho' stopped from tho train at the Terminal Station Hetrick was unwilling to talk to newspaper men. excepting to say that he would provo his innoconco of the charges of em bezzlement, and that his disclosures, would Involve "men higher up." Mr. Adams told a representative) of the Georgian Friday that ho rec ognized Hetrick ns soon as he saw him from a photograph the detective had. "1 saw him on tho street, stopped him, extended my hand, and said. 'Why, hello, there! Don't you re member me, Hetrick?' " said Mr. Ad ams. "Hetrick looked at mo a mo ment, and of course did not recog nize mo, ns he had novor soon me before. Ho oxtended his right hand, and. my identification was complete, because 1 know of a ring that he wore on a certain finger on that hand. Whon ho gazed into my oyes, he suddenly turned palo. I arrested him and brought him back." NEGRO FA ILM HAND KILLS TWO. Father and Daughter Killed-Sou/* Aro Shot by Man. Wilson, Ark., Dec. 25.-Posses to night aro scouring tho river bottom* near here in search of Howard Lyons, negro farm hand, who late to-day shot and killed O. T. Craig. 02 voar* of age, a planter living near boro, and Craig's daughter, Mrs. C. G. Wil liamson, and wounded Craig's two sons. Tho Craigs were eating their Christmas dinner when a negro wo man ran Into tho houso saying that Lyons was chasing her. Craig wont to the porch to remonstrate wita tho negro and was shot down, dying a few moments lator. Mrs. Williamson? rai; to hor fathor's assistance arm? was Instantly killed. Tho two yoniifr mon wore shot as they carno out of tho houso. 'Both woro taken ti? a Memphis hospital and will reco*. er. I would strongly urgo tho pooplo of this country to rocognizo tho fact th.\t expenditures in this direction consti tute tho moBt profltablo form of in vestment. Effoctlvo measures of health conservation constitute a most urgont need of this reconstruction porlod."