Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-09
NEWS FROM BOUNTY LAND.
Preparedness Necessity Impressed.
Community Local News.

urday from Anderson, where she
spent fortnight with her son, J. B.
Shanklin.
Miss Cora Hubbard, who has held
a position with one Of the leading
business firms in Greenville, for the
past few years, is at home with her
parents again.
Miss Zola Hubbard has returned
from Grcenville, where she went for
an operation on her throat-the re-
moval of her tonsils.
Thaddcus Burns, Of Cross Roads.
was Il guest Sunday Of his aunt, Mrs.
J. NJ. Adams.
The regular meeting Of our I'M
provcment Association and Home
Economics Club will be held next
Friday afternoon at g O'Clock.
John Knox will begin work this
morning in the store of his uncle, J,
NJ. Barron, Of Seneca.
Burns Gillison and niece, little
Miss Pauline Gillison, Of Clemson.
were weekend guests Of Mrs. j. NJ.
Gillison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bennett, Of Cal
houn, are guests Of the formers par
entS, Mr. and Mrs. f.. l.. Stone,
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. S. Kohr, who have
had rooms at the home of j. l.. Berry
for the past several months. left Sat
urday for Kentucky. Their many
friends here regret their departure.
Mrs. J. l.. Berry and daughter Lu-
ellie are visiting relatives in Green
willie.
The preparedness meeting at the
school house Thursday evening was
very well attended, considering the
| nnfavorablcness OF the night Many
were kept away on account Of the
cloud which threatened a downpo our
Of rain. Good talks were made by
Rev. |. T.. Wallace, Prof. Feaster, NJ.
S. Stribling, DR.. J. S. Striblng. Mes
DANES Whitner Livingston and ~ l..
Stribling. OF Seneca. and ]. Russell
I Wright and Mrs. ID. A. Perritt. Of the
community. Credit was given to
Miss Ruth Berry for the arrangement
OF this meeting, which will doubtless
prove an incentive to all who attend
cd to strive to produce and conserve
a greater variety Of foodstuffs for
home use and surplus for the mar
ket. Statistics show that the South
is not self-suStaiping, and unless we
raise our own foodStuffs we will suf-
Ter the consequences. While it is
true that many Of us realize the seri-
BUSINESS Of the situation, yet there are
Others who do not, and still others
who remind us Of a sentence given
for correction in the old "Smith's
Grammar" where the uses of the
anNiliarics "shall' and "will" are
designated. The sentence incorrect
cd is: II WILL drown and nobody
StiNLL nclp me. There are Il
number OF people who think that
these talks are unnecessary and who
irn I,ni 1T.
are facing. Our President, Governor
and others in authority have lost no
opportunity to enlightcn us in regard
to the situation, even calling on the
ministers to proclaim from the pull
pit the great necessity Of prepared
ness both as to the raising Of SUP
plies and strengthening our nations s
armed forces.
When young men have been arous-
Ell as to their duty our armies will
soon be brought UP to the required
strength. but unless they are brought
to sense Of duty they will wait to
be drafted. We are grateful to our
ministers for performing their part
in this matter, for where are the par
ents who can urge their sons out
upon the battlefield against their
inclinations? These sermons make
1t easier for parents to see their own
duty and to bear the cross Of separa-
tion. The young men should know
that unless the Lord is with them
their efforts are vain, "For there is
no restraint to the Lord to save nv
many or by few"
Our school closed last Friday. A
most successful term was taught, and
in the years that are to come the
memory Of T.. o. McMahan and Miss
Pauline Davis will linger with loving
freshness In the hearts Of pupils Of
to-day. The school was offered
them for third term (Which would
nave been fourth term for Miss
Davis), but we understand that Mr..
McMahan will enlist in the army and
Miss Davis declined reelection.
The Seneca Sunbeam Society met
with the Bounty Land society ycster-
day afternoon and gave an interest
ing demonstration in the work.
Their program was beautifully car
ried out. Their leaders. Misses
Brock and Bradberry. have the
thanks Of our Sunbeam Band for this
demonstration.
Mrs. w. |. Hutchison and Miss
Selma Doyle, Of West Union, were
recent guests Of Capt. and Mrs. A. Fl.
Ellison.
Miss Mildred Heller and brother
Harold. Of Seneca. spent the week.
end with their grandparents, Hon.
and Mrs. J. L. Smith.
Mrs. l.. o. Nicholson, Of Calhoun,
was recent guest Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeder Cleveland.
Notes from Concross.