Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-03

RIcHLAND WINS sEooND PLACE,
Found bearded Men" and legal
Voters" lsut Stuck to 1t.

Wa Sotefs,' ASllt stuck to 1t.
Richland, April 1.--Special: The
farmers of this section have been
busy the past week hauling fertili-
Ger to their homes. &
Miss Lynn Werner spent several
days last week with friends In SEN
eca ,'
W. H. Hughs made business trip
to Toccoa Friday and Saturday.
Miss Ada Wyly has returned home
from Evatt, where she has been
teaching school.
s. N. Hughs spent several days
last week In Bostwick, Ga.
An event OF much interest to the
Richland people will be the marriage
OF M. G. Mcdonald and Miss Power,
OF Anderson. Wednesday, April Sd.
Mrs. Lucy Burris will entertain In
nonor or this happy young couple
Friday evening.
The following we're elected. by the
Etchand Presbyterian Sunday school
as delegates to the Sunday school
convention which will meet Mt Rich
land church Friday and Saturday.
MISS kalla Ballenger, j. r. Wright,
MIS-. Ella Doyle and j. p. Striblipc.
Ihe great event Of the past week
win our people was the track meet
at seneca. Our school went down IN
wagons and the track team on the
train. When our boys reached the
grounds and looked over the other
teams they realized that they we're
up against It," We had only sIy
boys, all under IS years old, and
only average size for their age.
and these were competing with teams
composed Of bearded men, railroad
employees, registered voters, tall
men, Droad men--men almost twice
our SIZE and age--all in school, how
ever, and terribly bent on an educa-
tion in tho spring of the year, and
more anxious to win in the track
work With all these terrible odds
against us we, with courage born
OF nope and q determination born
and nurtured by the Richland nerve
ana spirit, threw the Richland col.
ors In the ring, and our boys, like
the BLACK Horse and fIis Rider"
were seen anywhere and everywhere
only not ono Of them was caught
last or behind; often in front and
all the time "galloping in the front !
rank at last we took second place
by the side Of the bearded men OF
the Big Westminster H Ugh school.
lowering theirSle cad con 81 d eta ab gS
ss Ss'H fIIilOSC faOfIl lrsn "a IS AZ
score for last year, CsS
& 4 AS we watched the quarter-m!Ies
run III the track meet we were Re-
minded of the Jack rabbits In Texas,
Robert Davis, the lack rabbit" OF
Richland, in the first half of the
race, ran clear away from the hounds
ana looked back to find nothing in
slght, and came in on the "home
stretch dead easy" playing to the
grand stand and with one ear flopped
back listening for the hounds and ono
eye forward blinking and winding"
at the Richland girls. Truly this
lack rabbit" Is in a class to him
self. He was tho best all-ro,Ind
athlete at the meet. He won 90
points by himsolf; he won two frat
places and four seconds. The other
boys made fine showing also, each
winning. one on moro points.
The hurdle race was fine, Strib-
ling, of Seneca, leading; Stribl!ng
ana Coe, OF Richland, close second
ana third, all in bunch, with the
breath Of the second and third uoy
blowing cold upon the shoulder of
the boy In frOnt--only "hair's
breadth" between, you know. AL
ways perfect in form, every knee at
proper height, every toe taking care
OF itself. Our ITO the manner born"
superintendent (Barnett) knows
now to crook and twist the boys for
the hurdles and everything else in
connection with track work. Little
BIZ Davis--"the little boy in the
meet'-'do run amazing" on the
naH-mile race, taking fourth place.
ne VIII cut a mighty figure when
he Is bigger.
That "plucky little Richland
school, is proud OF her achieve
ments In the track work and ask for
only one step higher next year.
The track boys will practice hard
this week, for, they will go to Green
vile on April IL to the Piedmont
lnter-High School meet.