"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW AS THE MCHffi
By Steck, Shclur HugliM & Shclor.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNj
Fall S
Appier and ]
$1.00 per bushe
Abruzzi Rye,
Winter Barle
Vetch and G
Ile. per pound.
Burr Clover, 'A
Dwarf Essexl
CW. & J.E
PRESIDENT COTTON GROWERS
Will Speak In Greenville, Anderson,
Columbi a and Sumter.
Clemson College, Sept. 3. - Ar
rangements have been made by the
South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co
operative Association and the Exten
sion Service of Clemson College for
Carl Williams, of Oklahoma, presi
dent of the American Cotton Grpw
ers| Exchange, to apeak at G?flefKj
ter on Sept. 8th and 9th, according
to W. W. Long, director of the
extension service, who thinks that'
this will bo an unusual opportunity
for South Carolina people interested
in co-operative marketing. Mr. Wil
liams will speak as follows:
. Greenville, 11 a. m., Thursday,
Sept. 8th.
Anderson, l p. m., Thursday, Sept.
8th.
Columbia, 11 a. m., Friday, Sept. !?
Sumter. I p. m., Friday, Sept. !?.
Carl Williams can tell the whole
story of co-operation for selling col
ton. Ho is one of the leaders in the
organization of the Oklahoma Colton
Growers' Co-operativo Association,
which was the first State association
completing organization, 34,000 far
mers having signed the contract. The
Oklahoma association, under the
leadership of Mr. Williams and oth
ers, is selling the 1921 cotton crop
of that Stato under contract. Ile is
also president of tho American Col
ton Growers' Exchange, which ls the
overhead cotton marketing associa
tion under which aro federated tho
four or five State organizations al
ready completed, and to which will
bo added other organizations ns they
aro completed, lils coming to South
Carolina should boost tho organiza
tion work in this State, and it is
boped that our farmers and others
Interested will make a point of bear
ing him speak at one of the four
meetings as scheduled above.
Chatlooga School Community.
Mountain Rest, \{. F. |).( Sept.
Special: Miss Pattline Mongohl, who
is a junior this year at tho Georgia
State Normal, has returned to Ath
ens to resumo her studios.
Tho family of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cl,
Harker are enjoying a new Ford.
Miss 'Lois Mongold will leave nexi
week for Demorest, Ga., whore she
ls a prep, senior at Piedmont College.
Miss Grace Dell .Limos bas return
ed to ber homo In Rishopville. As a
lay-by teacher for adults, sent out
by tho Stato 'Hoard of Education, sho
was unable to obtain a class nt tho
school house. Rut wi*h the loan of
a horse by Mrs. W. H. Mongold and
a saddle by Mrs. Isaac Hoary, sho
was enabled to make a dally circuit
of sovon homes, giving lessons. Those,
who took regular lessons were Mrs.
Adeline Hamey. Mrs. Julia Black
well, Mrs. indy Holmes, Mrs. Rebecca
Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Bry Cobb, Sr. As
a gift a Blblo was placed In the day
school library.
Through the kindness of Miss Ethel
Counts a number of helpful bulle
WALHAI
IT PAYS TO Bl
?Tulghum Oats,
?1.
$2.50 per bu.
y, $2.25 per bu.
rimson Clover,
7 l-2c. per lb.
tape, 12 l-2c.lb.
. Bauknight,
JY FOR CASH.
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QUIETING DOWN ON COAL FRONT
SU nut ion Has Settled Itself Into Duo
of Police Duty.
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 6.-Tak
ing advantage of thc quiet situation
in that part of the West Virginia min
ing region where fighting occurred
last week between miners and others
and State and county forces, Brlg.
Gen. H. H. Bandholtz left military
to-day forgan Inspection pr u??^ af
fected territory. The general and his
staff left by motor car for St. Albans,
whore be boarded a train thc vas
bound for points up the Coal river
valley. He expected to be gone all
day.
Heforo leaving Gen. IiandhoHz said
that all parts of the affected mining
zone were very quiet.
The situation bas apparently set
tled itself into one of police duty Hi
the hills of Donne and Logan coun
ties, according to officers at tinny
headquarters. Troops to-day pushed
into tho fastnesses of Spruce Fork
Ridge, searching the ground for miss
ing jinns and any evidence of buried
bodies. During the lighting last
week there were reports that num
bers of miners killed were buried in
tho woods. There ls still no definite
list of the number of casualties as a
result of last, week's shooting. Per
mits are not required in country dis
tricts to make Interments, lt was
said, and for this reason no official
list of the dead can bo made. The
number of persons killed is not be
lieved to have been large.
Gen. Bandholtz in bis latest report
to Washington, stated that be would
recommend a prompt return of the
Camp Dix troops If conditions do not
chango. Ho also was of the opinion
that lt would not be necessary to In
voko martial law.
leo Cream Supper nf Picket Post.
There will be an Ice. cream supper
nt Picket Post school house on Hie
night of Thursday (to-morrow,) Sept
8th. Cake and lemonade will also be
sold. Tho school will also render a
short program. Tho proceeds will be
used for tho improvement of thc
school. The public ls cordially in
vllod to attend. 13. C. Picketts,
Principal.
tins have been placed in the homes
of Ibo school patrons. In connection
with tho inquiry ns to children who
have not milk to drink, in 25 homes
Hiero are only live where ibero is no
BOW,
Mrs. N. L. Robins and Miss Kate
Robins have returned lo their bro
thor's, a fer a pleasant visit antoni
relatives in Walhalla.
Miss Amy Lylos will loave this
week for Darlington lo visit ber bro
ther, making tho trip by car through
tho country with her brother, O. C
Lylos.
The latest newcomer is the lll'.lo
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Phil
lips- Grace Pearl-on Aug. 201li.
Mrs. Caroline Howers, of Clayton
'?a.. was buried nt Double Springs
)n Sunday, Rev. L. II. Raines con
luctlng the funeral service.
TH li LOCAL NEWS FROM SENECA.
The Schools Opened Now Session in
Kino Condition-Personals.
Seneca, Sept. ?.-Special:-Mrs.
Leavell returns to Oxford, Miss., this
week, after spending several months
with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Bryan,
and son, .Joe Brown. Mrs. Leavell
has a large number of friends here
who would bc dollghted to have her
make her home in Seneca.
Dr. E. A. Hines was in Columbia
recently attending the executive com
mittee meeting of the State Board
of Health! of which ho hs a member.
Miss Louise Dendy leaves this
week for Durham, X. C., to enter
upon the duties of teaching in the
high school of Unit city. Miss Dendy
is a 192 1 graduate of Winthrop Col
lege, and we bespeak for ber pro
nounced success in her new Held of
work.
Mrs. W. J. Willis is expected home
the latter part of the week, after a
delightful slay at Blowing Kock and
other popular sum mer resorts in tho
mountains of Western North Caro
lina.
All of Seneca extends a warm hand
shake and welcome to Mr. and Mrs.
.las. L. Lowery and family on their
return to Seneca after an absence of
a couple of years, during which lime
they have resided in Shelby, X. C.
They are occupying the new ont tage
owned by Fred Hopkins.
Dr. and Mrs. J. \V. Daniel and fam
ily have returned to Sumter after
.spending the month of August at
their summer home near town. Dr.
Daniel is having some improvements
made on his home preparatory to
making Seneca his permanent home
in the near future. This will be
learned with pleasure by our people,
who will give lilia most estimable
family a cordial welcome.
The Wizard of Tamassee Chapter,
D. A. lt., will meet Tuesday after
noon, the 20th, and enter upon D. A.
R. activities again, after having dis
banded for the summer months. The
place of meeting will be announced
later.
Miss Margaret Morrison, of Clem-,
son, visited Mrs. J. S. Stribllng and1
other friends here for several daya^
^^SfcWsm^
ta'ughrThe third grade In'our school
several years, will go to Abbeville,
where she will he a member of the
school faculty this year.
Rev. I. E. Wallace ls holding a
scries of meetings this week In the
Fair Play Presbyterian church.
Tho Woman's Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church is c. .led to meet
Ibis (Wednesday) afternoon at 4.30
o'clock in the Church. This being the
quarterly business meeting of the
year a full attendance is desired.
Within Hie next week there will be
in outgoing of our girls and boys to
enter the various colleges of the
Stale. Among tho number will be
Miss Marie Bellolte. who goes to
Marysville College, Marysvllle.Tenn.;
Miss Rennie Brown, Chicora; Miss
Lela Barron and Miss Frances Alex
ander, Miss Helen Price, Winthrop;
diss Camille Wood, Anderson; Misses
Alice Adams, Nina Harper, Grace
Mexander, Madaline and Lois nil
worth, G. W. C., Greenville. The
three last named sire from Newry,
but are Seneca High School gradu
ates. The boys who will leave for
college are Jim Shirley, Bailey Mili
tary Institute; Marshal Dendy, Pres
byterian College; Albert Meiburg,
Medical College, Charleston; Will
Anderson, Clarence Ellison, Rboderic
Heller and John Morris, Clemson.
Perhaps there are others of whom
we have not been informed who will
leave for college.
Tho teachers' recital which was
given Friday evening in the school
Auditorium by Mrs. Julian Dendy,
piano and voice, and Miss Ethel Cro
mer, expression, was a rare treat and
was beard by an appreciative audi
ence. Mrs. Dendy is an accomplished
musician. Her technique and style,
[is well as ber interpretation, are un
usually fine, lier voice shows a won
derful degree of culture. Miss Cro
tner's readings were given in that
natural, easy manner, and with her
pleasant stage hearing made them
most acceptable to the audience. Miss
[elizabeth Tbodo rendered ber part as
iccompanlst very creditably, Seneca
s to be congratulated upon having
Mrs. Dendy and Mrs. Cromer on her
school faculty.
Seneca schools opened last Thurs
lay morning with unusually llatter
ng prospects. Tho auditorium was
Hied with patrons and friends of the
ichool. Supt. J. P. Coates bad charge
)f the progvam. Rev. J. W. Willis
od the devotional exercises and P.ev.
L II. Hardy led in prayer. Both of
bose gentlemen gave short talks,
vb ich were very appropriate. They
vere followed hy ti talk from tho
bounty Superintendent of Education,
i. C. Speares, who gav?, a concise
mtllne of the work which bas been
denned for all tho schools In Oco
lee. The same plans nro to be pre
onted State-wide. Supt. Coates's talk
egardlng Ibo wonderful strides our
ohool has mado in the past few
ears shows tho Increased Interest
?ur people have in education. Ho
Iso referred to (be conspicuous ali
enee of Rev. 1. IO. Wallace, who ls
lways presont at tho opening ses
i?n of tho school, and Dr. E. A.
lines, chairman of tho board of mis
?es, who have never missed an open
ng in twenty-four years until now.
'beso gontlomon were unavoidably
PINI?\ .?KIFFIN PAID PK NA LT Y
For Hts d ime--Was Murderer <>f Dr.
^li'lpscomb, of Ninety-six.
(ftjolumbln State, Sept. 3.)
"PU^jc* Griffin, confessed slayer of
Dr. Layton C. Lipscomb, of Ninety
Six, ^as electrocuted at the State
penitentiary shortly after 1 1.30 a. m.
yeste^?ay, paying witli bis life for
the oifline ho committed. Griffin Avas
only ?H^htly moved by the prepara
tion ^Qr his electrocution, and his
outward appearance was but little
cbangon'- ns be wa3 placed In the |
chairV& I
Tjtyfrj^egro left a written statement
witli:jRS'v.. M. G. .lobnson, pastor of
the Laths on Presbyterian church, ad
vlsing'all negroes to join the church
and IfeOd a correct life. In his state
ment^ijjiriinn said bo bad fallon from
graceland gotten into had company.
He advised all negroes not to "tole"
pistol?saying that unlawfully carry
ing a pistol bad caused bis death.
When-'jjdaeed in the chair and asked
by C0l$ A. K. Sanders, superintendent
of tlju^; penitentiary, If he had any
statement to make, Griffin said ho
was r?kdy to meet bis God and bo
llevejd .hls people would benefit by
the lesson of his execution. Ile In
timated, that be bad not been given
Justices here on earth and was anx
lous.'Vto. go wbero be would got jus
tice/! \'
Tjpf|current of 1,900 volts was
switched on, and within three min
uteSj^?d, 45 seconds from the llrst
turnjJffjB was pronounced extinct by
Dr..Rf?^L Jennings, penitentiary phy
siclaft^-fcelatlves, including Gritfln's
wife^j^ere present to claim the body.
Tjr?'V^lectrocution was witnessed
by a<ptihiber of relatives of Dr. Lips
l.'coma^vIh<jlvdlng two brothers of the
kln^jtiij't^iV s brother-in-law and nu
.r^jfeAMejadS ..(rom ;Nln??y-Six. A
m*a?ioYre?r of the witnesses w%ro from
Ninety-Six and surrounding territory.
WANT DELEGATES TO ATTEND
Meeting to Ho Held in Columbia on
Friday This Week, ?th.
-Richland, Sept. 5.- Editor Keowee
Courier: Below I am giving tho
names of the men appointed to at
tend the meeting of cotton growers
to be held In Columbia on Friday,
Sept. Otb, and I ask that you publish
same. We hope that every one who
ls named can and will attend this
very important meeting. Tho ones
appointed to attend are as follows:
J. H. Brown, Frank Blakeley, Will
H. McJunkin, Joe Glymph, Hurt
Campbell, Oscar Camphell, Dr. J. 11.
Johns, Oscar Johns, Oscar Land, J.
L. Kell, Fulton Hunnlcutt, G. M.
Harnett, Richard Kirby. J. J. Rallon
ger, W. T. Hubbard, J. C. Rampley,
S. N. Hughs, J. D. McMahan, I. F.
Lee, Clint Barker, S. L. Burriss, Sam
iHrown, Furman Skelton, John T. Dy
ar, W. D. Wright, Dean Davis, Cherry
Davis, E. E. Vorner, M. L. Jones, J.
S. Price, Wilton Earle, Y.C. Lang
ston, Jesse C. Hubbard, R. M. Wil
son, W. C. Driver, J. P. Armstrong,
Will Fendley, Sam J. I shel I.
J. P. Strlbllng,
President Oconee Cotton Assn.
Seneca Township Singers.
Tho Seneca Township Singing As
sociation will convene tit Hopewell
Baptist church at 2 o'clock p. m. on
next Sunday, Sept. I Itt). All good
singers and lovers of music aro in
vited to bo present and sing God's
praises for two hours.
Joe M. Abbott, Pres.,
C. D. Gillespie,
Secretary and Treas.
detained out of town. The program
was interspersed with ti vocal solo
by Mrs. Dendy and a violin selection
hy Marcollo Marton, with Miss Hines
at tho piano.
A charming social affair of tho
past week was tho reception given
Friday afternoon by tho Parent
Teacher Association as an attention
to tho faculty of tho Seneca school.
The reception was given nt tho beau
tiful homo of tho president of tho
association, Mrs. H. A. Lowery, who
roceivod tho guosts at tho door, and
they In turn wore presentod to the
teachers, who woro lecclvlng In the
parlor. Tho spacious parlor, living
and dining rooms were thrown toge
ther and comfortably accommodated
tho largo number of ladles who
called botwocn 4 and G o'clock. The
rooms were nglov/wltb the early fall
yellow flowers which woro used In
profusion. Punch and sandwiches
wero served in thedining room.
ll
Samson T
has reduced the prices of thei
as follows:
Model "M" 1-20 Farm!
Model 15 One-Ton True
Model 25 One and One-I
All Prices F,
Those Trucks and Tractors as no
and will pay any funner or merehai
he needs it.
.lust remember that you can
mobiles and other Karin implement
time payments. Don't wail. (Jon
Arthur
Walhal
NNWHKRRY HAS A TRAVELING
Still That "Makes it Up," Charging
Toll, Just biko Thresher.
Newberry, Sept. 3.-lt has remain
ed for Newberry county genius to
perfect the most modern method of
manufacturing home brow and evad
ing the prohibition laws In slaking
the thirst of those parched with the
prohibition drought.
Tho latest thing In the booze line
is a traveling distillery that bas made
Its appearance In one portion of the
county. So far as Its operations are
concerned lt is paternod after the old
fashioned threshing machine and
gin. lt differs In this respect, among
others, that tho traveling aud opern
I tion nvo.done.mostly nt night. ?
Regular engagements aro made
with the proprietor of this traveling
distillery. He makes bis schedule,
for instance, to be at-A's bouse on
Monday night, R's house on Tuesday
night, C's house Wednesday night,
and so on through the entire com
munity. Whether engagements are
made for Sunday night this deponent
sayeth not, his information exlenling
not so far as that.
This traveling distillery business is
a reality-as much so tts the travel
ing thresher or traveling gin over
was. The customers put their meal
and other Ingredients in soak in ii ii -
ticipation of thc coming of the tra
veling still on the appointed day (or
night rather), and when the still ar
rives the "mash" is ready to be run
through. Il is run through at so
much loll, and the stiller moves on I
to the next customer. It is said that
tho automobile plays an important
part In this new itinerant business.
NEGRO HI'HG DA K IS SHOT DBA I)
While ICngagctf in lx>oting Homo of
Resident of Charleston.
Charleston, Sept. 1-Dorrit! Muck
en fuss, a young grocery store em
ployee of this city, shot and killed at
bis home an unidentified negro burg
lar about 1 o'clock this morning,
while il>.> Inlviidei was rilling the
pockets of his trousers. The negro,
after being shot once In the left side,
ran from the bedroom to the porch,
and slid down one story on a post to
tho ground, whore be fell and died
shortly afterward, Ho took the trou
sers with him, holding on to them
until he started his slide down the
post. A coroner's Jury at an i minent
to-day exonerated Mr. Muckenfuss of
till blame. The negro was unknown
to the police or to Mr. Muckenfuss.
Marauder Was Local Negro.)
(News and Courier.)
The negro who wits killed at an
early hour last Thursday morning by
Dorrit] Muckenfuss while in the act
of robbing tho Muckenfuss home at
No. 34 Coming street, was Identified
yesterday morning as Augustus Mont
gomery, who lived at No. 2fi Rums
lane. The man's wife called al the
Roper Hospital, where the body lay
awaiting Identification, and identi
fied it as that of bor husband. It was
Inter learned that tho negro had a
polico record, having boon arrested
In August, 1?I20, on a charge of hav
ing stolon a gold watch, diamond
and other property from a Charles
ton homo. Ile was roleased, however,
on producing tho stolen goods and
making restitution of all.
he
ractor Co.
r Farm Trucks and Tractors
Vactor, $665.00.
;k, $700.00.
ialf Ton Truck, $900.00.
O. B. Factory.
\v priced are well worth the money,
it ii dividend on tho investment if
liny these Trucks, Tmelors, Anto
ns from nie nt any time ?nd on easy
ie and talk ?I over with me now.
Brown,
la, 5. C.
DJO A TH OOM IOS TO A DH I SON lilt
Held on Spiuiunhurg Gang After a
Severe Heating by Guards.
Spartanburg, Sopt. 2.-Tom Ilalch
otte and Leo Dorter, guards on tho
whlto chalngang oporated by tho
county highway commission, woro
bound over last night by n coronor's
jury holding an Inquest Into 'the
causes of tho death of Thomas H.
Keelan, who died nt the camp on
Wednesday after being soveroly whip
ped by tho guards. Thoy gave' bond
in the sum of two thousand dollar?
each and havo been released.
Koolan was arrestod lust Friday
for hoboing and was sentenced to
serve thirty days for his offense. Ho
was asked if his; people would -pay
a fine for him, and he ls alleged io
havo said that his people needed tho
money worse than ho did, and took
tho days.
Wednesday morning bo was un
well, vomiting and showing evidence
of being sick, but the guards insisted
on bis working, and when he could
not perform the duties imposed upon
him ho was .severely whipped. After
he got down and was taken lo tho
shade of a tree ll. is alleged that
l-Iatchette kicked bim and threw n
becket, of water in his face.
Tho physician who held tho autop
sy said that thoro was no organic
trouble; that his heart, spine and
brain were normal, and that death
was not due to any organic troublo.
He also stated that be did not think
tho heating alone would have pro
duced death, but that the man's be
ing ill and getting the Hogging he did
made it possible for him to be over
come hy the bent.
Tho Jury recommended that tho
men both be discharged from tho
guai .ling of convicts. There ls con
sldernble feeling in the vicinity
where the camp ls located, near tho
O len n Springs, over the occurrence.
The Hessian Ply.
Clemson College, Sept. (?-Special ;
With increased interest ill the plant
ing of wheat, many inquiries are be
ing received by tho division of ento
mology as to the safety datas for
planting wheat to escape the Hessian
My. These dates iv-e based on Hop
kins' Law of Altitude and Latitude,
which forms a practical guide IO
wheat farmers throughout tho coun
try. The dates have been worked out
vory carefully and aro on (Ile In tho
office of tho extension entomologist.
Anyone interested In tho datos for
his locality may get (hem by writing;
to the Extension Service, Clemson
College, S. C.
According to the Clemson College
entomologists tho Important point?
ir. Hessian fly control aro as follows;
1. Plow down stubble deeply a?
soon after harvest as possible.
2. Keep down volunteer gratti hy
disking and plowing.
.'I. Givo careful attention to tho
preparation of tho seed bed.
4, Sow wheat on safety dates.
Tho co-oporation of farmors In tho
community is very necessary to got.
tho best effects from safety dato?
becauso of tho tendency of tho fly to
mlgrato, especially during its spring
generation.
A thousand cubic foot of hydrogen
gas will lift 08 cubic pounds.