MARY GRAHAM BONNE
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THE SUN FLOWER.
"In a maple tree," said Daddy,
"high up lu the center where the
branches began,
there was a sun
flower grow lug.
"No one had
planted it there.
Some seed blown
by the wind must
have made it
grow there. How
lt came there no
one knew, only
thnt lt was there,
and that lt grew.
It's stem was not
very tall. Its
flower was of a
good size, how
ever, and very
golden and pretty.
"Sometimes." "The sun could
not reach it very
well tliere, but lt didn't seem to n\\nd.
It stood in the heart of the m?,\>le
tree and was very bappy. \
"When the maple tree had noticed
that the sunflower was growing up
like that, away from thc sun the
muple tree said:
" 'I shall be so delighted if you will
spend u good part of the summer with
me. Just us long as you can stay,
in fact. But I fear there will not be
much sun for you hero. I am among
a good many of my maple tree friends
and we like to keep lt shady for our
friends, the good people. They get
?o warm in the summer when there
is such hot, hot sun shining and they
like to be given shade from our leaves.
" 'We cannot do differently, Sun
Flower. But won't you stay with me,
anyway? It would be such a treat,
such an unusual treat.'
'* ' I will stay with you gladly,' said
th? Sun Flower. 'You are such a love
ly Maple Tree and you do so much
that is kind and good that I would be
very cruel not to do as you ask If 1
can. And I Imagine I can. I feel as
though I would be able to do as you
ask.
" Tt is very good of you to say that
a visit from me would be a treat.
I'm very grateful to you for saying
that!'
"So the sunflower stayed with the
maple tree and was very happy.
"Sometimes the fairies used to come
and play and again the gnomes and
brownies and elves would come.
"And people would puss by aud
would admire thc sunflower growing
in the maple tree. And others would
laugh and think it was a great Joke.
"The maple tree and the sunflower
enjoyed the joke too and often used
to laugh over lt together. Sometimes
after the sunflower and tho maple
tree had been laughing people would
pass by and they would not know
what made the sunflower look eo very
Jolly and cheerful and gay.
"The sunflower had really been
laughing with the maple tree.
"The wind would tell stories of
what lt had seen along the roads and
through the air as it had been going
on its travels.
" 'I've seen so much today," the
Wind said one evening, and the sun
flower and the maple tree begged the
Wind to tell them what he had seen.
"'I ?nw the blue hills lu the dis
tance and 1 said to myself. "They are
beautiful and they are lovely (and
they are very deep blue In color, but
I will not pay attention to them today
for I have other traveling to do."
" 'So I went through the valley and
I stopped to have chats with the Ool
den Rod family
and the Wild As
ters. How lovely
tliey were ! The
Golden Rod fam
ily were as hand
. o m e as ever.
They are such
beautiful flowers.
And they wore
their lovefy yel
low dresses and
the Wild Asters
wore their blue
frocks.
"The Wild As
ters told me that
they were the first
of their family to
arrive but that "A Qreat Joke."
later on there
would be a great many more of them.
They said they were unusually early
In arriving nod the Golden Hod family
said that they were too.
"'But when I told them about the
Sunflower which was spending the
summer with the maple tree they were
so surprised ! Really, that is the
most Important blt of Nature News
that bns been about In some time.'
"'And any one who doubts lt cnn
come and see that lt ls true,' said
the Maple Tree.
"'That ls so,' agreed thc Sunflower.
"And ns I saw it myself," said L.,d
'fljr, "1 cnn prove that lt most certain?
|f was the truth I"
No Worms In a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have aa un
healthy color, v/hlch Indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there ts moro or 1 ess stomach disturbance.
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Improvothedliicstlon.nndactasajtcnerolStrongth
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throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will bo
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HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE DEAD.
Was Prominent Member of President
Wilson's Cabinet.
Rochester, Minn., May 18.-Hon.
Franklin K. Laue, former Secretary
of the Interior, died at a local hos
pital hero this morning. Death was
duo to an ..ttack of angina pectoris.
Mr. Lane was operated on here 'May
6 for gall stones and appendicitis,
and was said to be recovering when
heart disease, from which he had
suffered from time to time during
the past eight months, developed.
Hospital physicians expressed the be
lief that the operation would remove
the heart affection, but an attack
early to-day developed fatally.
Immediately after he had recov
ered from tho influence of the anaes
thetic Mr. Lane said:
"1 am surprised to be allvo. I hope
to be able to live a long lifo, doing
good things forever."
'Mr. Lane left no estate.
Following lils resignation from the
Wilson cabinet Mr. Lane sought to
recover his health, and came here in
January of this year. He was advsed
to spend the winter in a warmer cli
mate, and visited in California, re
turning early this month. His condi
tion was favorable for an operation,
and continued improvement was
noted until tho heart attack devel
oped this morning.
It was often said of Franklin K.
Lane that If he had been born in the
United States instead of in Canada
he would have been Presidential tim
ber. After serving seven years In
President Wilson's cabinet as Secre
tary of tho Interior, he resigned his
$ 12,000-a-year post In expensive
Washington early in 19 20 "in jus
tice to his family," to become vice
president and legal adviser to the
Mexican petroleum companies con
ti oiled by Edward L. Dobeny.
Born nonr Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 16, 1864, the
son of a .Canadian doctor who remov
ed to California during tho boy's
childhood, young Lane was educated
in the University of California, from
which he was graduated In 1886. By
reason of his scholastic achievements
tho honorary degree of LL.D. was
conferred upon him some years ago
by bis alma mater and by New York
and Brown Universities and the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Tn 1893 Mr. Lane married Miss
Anna Wintermute, of Tacoma.Wash.
Two children were born to them
Mrs. Nancy Lane Kauffman, of
Washington, and Lieut. Franklin Q.
Lane, Jr., U. S. A., of Los Angol?s,
Cal.
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Price 35c.
Pardons Mun to Uso Evidence.
Columbia, May 18.-Governor R.
A. Cooper yestorday pardoned John
Burnett, a Laurens man, to restoro
his citizenship. (Burnett is to bo
tried shortly for highway robbery,
and will plead guilty, it was said at
the Governor's office.
The pardon to restore citizenship
was granted in order that the State
might use the testimony of Burnett
against his accomplices in the last
robbery case.
?Burnett was convicted of house
breaking and larceny in Laurens
county and sentenced to servo three
years. He was paroled by Governor
Cooper on Nov. 26, 1919, and yes
terday bis citizenship was restored.
Modern Hercules Dies After Feat.
Havana, Cuba, May 20.-Sudden
death claimed Theodore Cuttof, tho
"Cossack Hercules," after perform
ing feats of strength in tho National
Theatre here during a wrestling car
nival the other day.
Ho bad twisted iron bars and sup
ported upon his shoulders a stool
rall to which eighteen persons wore
hanging by their hands, without ap
parent 111 effocts, ?but after the per
formance ho dropped dead while
emerging from a shower bath.
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The fellow who smokes Camels, wants
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can't get in another cigarette.
Don't let anyone tell you that ?ny other
cigarette at any price is so good as Camels.
Let your own taste be the judge. Try
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4> THU GIIUAS OF TO-DAY. A
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("Two Girls" send the following
article to The Courier with the re
quest that we publish it.)
Replying, tn tho Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger, to criticisms of present
styles In women's dross, a corre.pon
dent of that paper says that, com
paring fashions past and present, the
verdict is In favor of the girls of to
day:
"Miss America of to-day dresses
in tho most natural simplicity and
with more good taste than ever be
fore. The dresses of her past moth
ers were freaks in comparison. The
hoop skirt, tho pantalet, the bustle
and peekaboo shirtwaist were insane
absurdities. And tho way they used
to dress their hair In tho olden times
would make an Igorote onvlous.
"I can't help smiling when I hear
some of these forty-year-olds, wo
men and men, gasp at the girls of
to-day. Tho young must dance, and
dance their dance, not yours. This
is their day, not yours."
There was moro "room" in thc
country in the day of tho ample hoop
skirt, for Instance; bring It back and
tho most uncompromising of stick
lers for old-style fashions would
shake their hoads In emphatic dis
approval.
In trying to got around it they'c
bo In danger of colliding with tin
speeding auto. It was a space-flllei
which wouldn't work now-not ti
mention tho street-sweeping train
of old, and other "ancient" styles.
But tho best word In this defens
of modern women's styles in dress i
"Tho young must danco their dane
not yours. This ls their day."
And tho writer might have quotei
"Tho world belongs to those wh
come tho last."
Aa a general thing, the rules o
health are pretty much all on th
side of prosent-day fashions In wc
man's dress-witness the naturi
bloom on tho cheeks of tho girl
hurrying to a thousand occupation
tn the big cities.
There's paint and powder cnoug
-as In former times--but think <
tho picture of perfect health an
beauty ono encounters everywhere!
And this must be said of pictur
and paintings wc have of tho love
old-time girls. Contompaltlng the
beauty, lt ls no wonder that a po
of their day wrote of ono "Before tl
Mirror," that she-?
"Bent as a flowor, when 'Maytin
breezes pass,
And kissod her own dear Imngo
tho glass!"
Wo still dream swoot dreams I
foro theil fair, framed faces on tho
walls of lome-the girls that wore
1 the ino th1 is then, with the braided
or plnfiyunudorned tresses, and the
envious high-shielding dress that of
ten veiled their swan-like necks.
One cannot fancy a frown on their
beautiful foreheads at tho way tho
girls dress now. Imagine them here
again, and unler the same stylo con
ditions, ono wouldn't know them
from their great-granddaughters!
They followed fashion In their
girlhood days, and they wouldn't be
I different now.
They couldn't afford to be!
So, Miss America's word must be
law in dress, ns it will bo when she
comes to govern lier own family.
Tor tho world is hers, and she is
worth the world!
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Robbers Loot Express Wagon.
Chicago, May 18. Six robbers last
night held up an American Express
wagon, shot one of the guards, kid
napped two others, and escaped with
a small safe, supposed to contain a
valuable shipment of jewelry con
signed to Minneapolis or St. Paul.
Tho robbery took place only a few
blocks from the railroad station, lt
was stated that ono of the guards
had been assigned to accompany the
safe on the train to its destination.
Bad Blood Disfig
With U
The mortifying and unsightly
skin and facial disfigurements on
young people from 14 to 20 years
old aro seldom duo to anything
worso than impure blood. The
young bodies are under- fffffPf?l
going important changes, IIHmlf
and thc mood stream is ??BJ
temporarily disordered- ?0k\ ?
often Ailed with poison- 1
ous waste matter. taPofe
In such cases only in
ternal blood remedies can
relieve. The impuri
ATTENDANCE CONTEST IS OX
For Approaching State S. S. Conven
tion ut Winthrop College
Spartanburg, May 19.-The forty
six counties in South Carolina are in
an "attendance contest" for the ap
proaching Sunday School Convention
at Winthrop College, Hock HUI, June
8, -9 and 10, and the president of
each county Sunday school associa
tion has been appointed ns the di
rector of the attendance contest
campaign in that county, assisted by
the county socrotary and tho district
presidents, of whom thero aro 219
in tho State.
The contest ls on a proportionate
basis, it is said, tho number of reg
istered delegates from each county
hoing multiplied by tho railroad dis
tance of the county seat'from tho
convention, so as to make it fair for
all counties, both those nearby and
those at a distance. There are no
restrictions as to attondance. Tho |
convention, lt ls said, ls a popular
meeting and not a strictly delegated
body. Consequently every ono who
wishes to do so ls Invited to attend.
All who attond and register aro ac
cepted as delegates; only those who
do register count in tho attendance
contest. A beautiful banner will be
publicly presonted to the county
having the largest registered attend
ance in proportion to tho distance
trovoled.
The committee appointed to have
charge of working up tho attendance
from Oconeo county ls as follows:
Prof. W. S. Morrison, Clemson Col
loge; DoWitt .1. Miller, Westmin
ster; Dr. W. A. Strickland, West
minster; O. W. Shirley, Seneca; Mrs.
G. It. Pike, Salem; Mrs. W. B. Mon
golei, Mountain Rest.
?0? quickly relievos Constipation,
Ki lions ii ess, I*>ss of A ?petto and
Headaches duo to Torpid Idver.-adv
'Tho first lucifer match was mado
in 1829.
ures Young Faces
nsightly Eruptions
ties must bo cast out and tho vital
fluid enriched before tho disfigure
ments aro cleared up. For this you
naturally want an efficient* tested
i blood remedy-like S.S.S., tho fa
dition, addressing Chief
^TTlTirTT?! Medical Advisor, 841
Swift Laboratory, At
Ifriwiffw lanta, Georgia,
mous old herb medicine.
Start tho young folks
with S.S.S. today (your
druggist has it), and
write us about their con
TUB OOONKK KURAL CARRIER?
Will Mcot in Annunl Session nt the
Court House on May JIOUi.
Tho annual meeting ot tho R. E.
D. Carriers' Association of? Oconee
County will be hold nt the Court
House in Walhalla on Monday, May
30th, 1921.
Tho mooting will ho called to or
der at 10 o'clock a. m.
All carriers aro earnestly urged
to attend, as there ls huslnoss of
vital importance to ovory carrior to
como before tho meeting. Tho wlvos
of tho carriers aro cordially Invited
to bo present at tho mooting, as woll
as all sub-carriers who aro willing
to Join with us in furthering the
causo and bottoring tito conditions
of tho carriers.
, An interesting program will bo
carried out. Special attraction in tho
afternoon.
Lot's make Oconoo loo pot* cent
strong! ? W. M. Lommons,
President.
U. W. Orubbs. Soc'y and Treas.
Famous Morse Elm Cut Down.
A dispatch from Washington says:
Tho famous Morse elm at tho cor
ner of Pennsylvania avenue and 14th
streot-ono of the oldest landmarks
lil tho National Capital-ls gone, lt
was removed at midnight aftor a
long hut losing fight for its lifo,
which began with tho severing of
some of Us roots when 14th street
was widened somo years ago.
This treo has looked down upon
overy inaugural parado In Washing
ton. It was named for Samuel F. B.
Morso, inventor ot tho telegraph,
who, tradition rolatos, often sat bo
ncnth it and related to Interested lls
toners tho wonders of tho telegraph.
In tho olden days many famous poli
ticians also wero wont to gathor in
UH shade to discuss affairs of party
and State.
I Tho trunk of tho treo has boon
presented to tho 'American Forestry
Association. The elm was ono of tho
first treos to ho glvon a place by tho
association in tho hall of fame of
trees with a history.
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it brings color to tho cheeks and how
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Grove's Tasteless chill Tonio ls simply
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Whites and Blacks Clash.
Cordelo, Ga., May 18.-Ono negro
is dead, two others aro fatally woun
ded and a write man giving his name
of Robert Davis, of Somerville, N. J,,
is in tho city hospital here, suffer
ing from a load of buckshot as tho
result of a clash between whites and
negroes at Byronville, Dooley coun
ty, last midnight. Twenty negroes
have been placed under arrest by
Sheriff Vinson, of Dooley county, and
aro held In the county Jail at Vienna
and other pinces.
According to reports rocolvod hero
the trouble started when Marshal
Cunningham, of Byronville, shot a
nogro ho was trying to take Into
custody. In the excitomont following
"Davis ls said to have fired into a
crowd of negroes with n shotgun,
wounding several, two of them fa
tally. Tho dead negro, lt is said, was
killed this morning while the sheriff
was rounding up tho rioters. Byron
ville was reported quiet this aftor
nc n.
na Quinine That Dots Not Affect the Head
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Many Americans Aro Held.
'Washington, May 10.-Appoals to
the State Department for roliof of
friends or relativos in Russia have
served to Inform tho government of
tho detention by tho Soviet govern
ment of Russia of approximately ono
hundred Americans, It was stated
to-day. Tho communications, com
ing from various sources and reveal
ing the detention of far moro Ameri
cans (han indicated in tho officiai
reports, have served to strengthen
tho ndmlnisttallon In Rs determina
tion not to have any dealings with
tho government at Moscow until lt
alters Its attitude toward Americans.
We are proud of tho confidence
doctors, druggist* mid tho public
have in OOO Chill and Fever Tonic.
-adv.
Recently Gen. Von Hindenburg
was cheered as ho marched behind
tho collin of the ex-knlserln.
Platinum has rarely boon found
in singlo masses larger than a pigeon
egg.