Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-10-07
BOUNTY LAND AND COMMUNITY.
JOS. GunthaIp Imploving-Work for
the Orphans-DaiIy Dreams.

Bounty Land, Oct. Especial:
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Gillison and
children. OF Pine Mountain, Ca,
spent from Saturday night until Mon
day with his mother, Mrs. J. M. Gill
son.
G. b. Guntharp is expected home
to-day after two weeks stay in
Oklahoma with his son Joe, who
has been quite i'll OF typhoid fever.
We are glad to learn that young Mr..
he may rapidly cOnvalesce.
Mrs. w. J. Mcdonald attended the
funeral of her sister, Mrs. Ella Chan
dler, last Monday, the interment
taking place at New Hope.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Kelley OF Ia
massee, were weekend visitors at
the home of B. E. Bagwell. MRS.
Kelley will remain during the week.
S. A. Davis, OF Greenville, was
with his brother and sisters here last
week .
r. N. Rankin and Dean Davis are
operating syrup mills and manufac-
turing some excellent syrup.
Miss Pauline Davis, Of Richland,
has been elected to assist Miss Gus
sic Cunningham in the Bounty Land
school. The teachers will be well
coined into the community.
A most delightful combined social
and business function of last week
was an old-time quilting given We'd
nesday by Mrs. Julia ID. Shanklin at
her home in behalf of the Epwor,h,
Thornwell and Heidelberg orphan
ages. The days enjoyment was par
ticipated in by 43 ladies, who consti-
tuted the band OF workers, besides
quite number OF children and hus-
bands, the latter lending jocularity
asss W ell asesl 81 gnltg during The saf terraI
noon Dinner, which was furnished
and prepared by the ladies, and was
a most varied and elaborate assort-
ment OF dainties, was served picnic
fashion from long table out on the
IL
cious coffee, hot chocolate and tea
were generously sulylied by the
thoughtful Mesdames w. c.. Foster
and Julia D. Shanklin, our hostess,
and refreshing feature Of the dinner
hour After three quilts were fin
ished and quite a number Of hand
kerchiefs and work bags were made
(Which are also to be donated to the
orphanages), the entire crowd was
literally treated to feast of fine,
luscious watermelons by Mrs. J. p.
Stribling. Altogether the day was
most enjoyably as well as profitably
spent, and will long be remembered
by all present.
Walter Rankin and Charles Gam
breIl made a business trip to Pine
Mountain, Ga, last week.
Rev. /. e. Wallace, of Seneca, and
Prof Watkins, of the dairy depart
ment of Clemson College, were in
this community Friday, the latter
travelling in the interest OF the farm
ers, creating and stimulating inter-
est in the dairying industry. We
sincerely hope that Clemson's propo-
sition will be carefully studied, and.
If acted upon, we see no reason why
the war-cloud which has cast such q
dense gloom over our country, should
not turn a silver lining when our
people shall discontinue the raising
of cotton as a principal crop and
turn their attention to othu: indus
tries. If, indeed, we could market
our dairy products to a profitable adj
vantage, use our skinned milk for
hog feed, use lot fertilizer for our
lands instead OF buying guano at a
cost of half the cotton crop, verify
But oh, what grand successes we can
always make working on paper! We
can see fine, sleek cattle, their dis
tended "fat dugs" sweeping through
tall meadow grass wet with refresh
ing deWs, great fat hogs groaning
with their burden OF clabber and
with their utter disappointment from
we can imagine
cotton fertilized with home manufac-
tured compost, and If the rains fall
in due season we can see mueh
more, but alas! we can see moth
Hox hi To-