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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

at present at home to their friends
at the residence OF Mrs. Rays par
ents on Main street.
Miss Annie Strutton, accompan-
led by Miss Margaret Mckinney, of
birmingham, spent last weekend in
AEbeVille as guests OF Mrs. J. II.
Shelley.
Mrs. w. X. Sharp and son.
Frank. OF Sandy Springs, and Harold
Webb, OF Columbia, came up for the
reunion OF Orr's Regiment and were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ.
Moss while in town.
A. d. Mckinney and daughter,
Miss Margaret. and son Carl, Of Biz
mingham, Ala, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Grant last week.
They returned to their home yester-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. r. G. Smith, of
Kinards, and Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Stevenson, Of Townville, have re-
turned to their homes, after spend
ing several days in Walhalla at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. NJ. Moss.
Mrs. l.. r. Simmons left last
Sunday afternoon for lLincdlnton.
N. c., having been summoned by tel
ephone message announcing the Sc
rious illness Of Mrs. Sain, young
nf Mrc 1,,,S, D1f> l.
marriage Mrs. Sain was Miss Annie
Levandusky, of New York State, but
had made her home for several years
here with Mrs. Simmons. There are
many friends who will join with us
in the hope that Mrs. Sain may be
speedily restored to health.
Willis Clayton. who is employed
by Georgia construction company,
was in Walhalla for a short while
yesterday. Mr.. Clayton was at one
time employed by the Wright-Na
Company, well known contractors,
who are now engaged on extensive
woodworking contracts in this coun-
ty for the Highway Commission. Mr..
Clayton has numerous friends here
who were pleased to meet him again.
Tomorrow (Thursday), Aug.
25th, the Southern railway will op-
crate popular excursion to Charles
ton for Sullivan's Island and the Isle
Of Palms. Excursion points embrace
practically the whole OF the Pied
mont section Of North and South Car
olina. Passengers from this territory
can take regular Blue Ridge trains,
which will make connection at Bel
ton with the C. and G. division train,
which will operate in conjunction
with the special trains for Charles
ton. The following schedule Of round
trip fares will be effective: Leave
Walhalla tB. X. train No. p TO a.
M, round trip fare $G.50: leaveWest-
minister (Southern train No. 46), fare
$3.50; leave Seneca (B r. train No.
q 7.l5 il. m, Sc so: leave Pendleton
So a. M, $G.25; leave Anderson 9 a.
M, 5000: arrive Bolton $50 a. m,
5000. All fares subject to addition
Of war tax; tickets good returning on
all regular trains leaving Charleston
up to midnight Of Monday. Aug. 20.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24
Getting Kid Of "Whitc Elephants"

Washington, Aug. 22.--Thc Ship
ping Board to-day was i'm fair way
of getting rid Of the major portion Of
its white elephants" the wartime
constructed wooden ships.
Offical announcement by the board
contained the information that bids
submitted by the ship construction
and trading corporations Of New
York Of 50, each for 205 Of the
2S5 wooden craft had been accepted.
The announcement added that the
New York company's and the board s
signatures to the contract were ex-
pected tomorrow.
Chairman O'Connor, of the
board, commenting on the sale, said
the price was exceedingly low in view
OF the cost Of the 2S5 vessels, recent
ly estimated by Chairman Lasker at
$3.50, 100000. Mr.. O'Connor pointed
out that the board long had sought
to sell the wooden ships, and said
that the alternative to sale at low
price was allowing the boats to rot
at anchor.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

CLERKS, (Mcn, WOmcn,) over II,
for Postal Mail Service; $3.50 month.
Examinations September. Expert
ence unnecessary. For free particu
lars write j. LEONARD, Uormer
Civil Service Examiner,) 5lI EQuita
BILE Bldg, Washington, d. G.. 33-36*
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

HENlSTITCHlNG and PiCOting At
tachment; works on any sewing ma
chine; easily adjusted. Price $3.50.
with full instructions. ORIENTAL
NOVELTY CO., Box / |, Corpus Chris
IT, Texas 34*
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

FOR SALE-90 Acres Of Land, s.
room House, 5-acre Apple Orchard,
running to public road leading from
billiard, Ga, to Highlands, n. C. A
summer home for the city man. See
or write w. j. HOLDEN, Scaly, y.
G. 3l-3i*
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

ONE $IIINGLE MILL and Engine
and one Two -llOrsc and one One
Horse Wagon for sale. Il. Il. ALIEN
AMBER, Walhalla, $. G.. 3ltf
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the country between It and the Ari-
zona canal. Thc flood walls extended
from Phoenix to Glendale, a distance
Of nine miles.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

STRAYED OR STOLEN.-Femalc
Collie Dog. white and tan; answers
to name OF Dixie" Liberal reward
for return to NAT C.. NAVE, Wal
halla, 5. G.. "a
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

Farm Lands. X. T.. BRUCE, Pick
ems 5. G.. 26-tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

FOR ALI'.-lniantS' Socks. PEI
pair Sc. llt.Tl}lCK HOSIERY MILL
Walhalla, :. {. 32-f
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

TWO EUKDS, One Chevrolet, One
Maxwell Second Cars for sale cheap.
Il. T.. ALEXANDER, Walhalla, S. c..
2T-tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-24

FOR SALE-Two Cars No. . and
"'s Packers Tin Cans, with solder
hemmed caps. The 3's arc packed
100 and 800 to container; the 2's
packed 125 and 800. We are naming
special price $3.S5 per hundred on
3's and S2.95 per hundred on 2's, +.
o. b. Anderson, S. G. II interested
write or phone DEXTER GROCERY
CO., Anderson, S. G. 3l-3i
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FOR tONl.--Dclivcrrd for
$1,000 Il ton. cash. liErRICE HOS
lE.RY Mill, Walhalla. sc. 32-tf
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one cent word per Insertion.
Four insertions tor price OF
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
WOMEN'S CLUBS HELP TO r.
\ REBUILD T. R. BIRTHPLACE

New. York, June AIT a. luncheon
given by Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Sis
ter Of Theodore Roosevelt, to large
number of prominent club women
it was determined to make la concer-
trated effortsby club women to assist
the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial as
socia1iom of East 57th street.. to
complete at once the, restoration of
Roosevelt House, the birthplace of
Theodore Rooseyel IT. ,.,s %... 49,.
/; Said Mrs. Thomas Winter, pre-
.sident OF the. National Federation of
sWome S climbs, sconlpri singi over two
mil lion women, # commend, this
movement ITO the general federation
and hope that each Of. it's members
Will join the Woman's Roosevelt
Memorial association Millions Of
American women should he glad to
contribute each little to keep as a
memorial of their eminent friend the
birthplace Of Theodore Roosevelt. :.
Tine cornerstone of Roosevelt
House was laid in January. last by
Major General Leonard Wood. The
structure itself will incorporate much
of the material of the old Roosevelt
mansion, which lis now to be accur-
ately reproduced When, finished, it
will contain the bedstead in. which
Theodore Roosevelt was born, togeth-
er With other OF !the original furnish
ings, now in possession of the Roose-.
Welt family. About $4,000 addi-
tional isNsneeded for the work of re-
stOra tion.' - - !. 49, Y
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
THE GREATEST LOVE" AT .
.nELKo THEATRE TONIGHT

As it's special feature attraction,
the Elko theatre will present to-
night, also Sunday matinee and eve
ming, "The Greatest Love-" a Select
Picture starring Vera Gordon, motel
delineator of mother" parts for the
screen. While the dominating theme
is mother love, the arrest and con-
viction Of the son on circumstantial
evidence lends a gripping suspense to
the plot which is maintained to the
end. .@.. d. -- 49,
AS the mother of the little family
whose fortunes form the background
Of the story, Vera Gordon plays a
role similar to that which made her
name a household word in "Humor-
esque." With her in the cast~are
Sally Crute, William H. Tooker. Fan
ME Shelton and Jessie Simpson, Bob
by Connolly and Dot Williams take
the children's roles. /;
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
NEWS OF THE THEATRES

tiers the Peck household and is discov-
cred by the bad boy. But complies
tions set in and, while Mr.. Robber
escapes without his loot, valuable pa
pers are missing. How these are
finally discovered helps this episode
to tensity an dto cap the climax OF
the presentation, one of the most
realistic railroad collisions that has
ever been screened, is shown. In this
scene, Jackie Coogan does some re-
markable work, which calls for unlim-
tied nerve. Wheeler Oakman comes
to the rescue ina most admirable
fashion, and, of course, Jackie's big
sis is right, there to see her hero enact
the Eleventh hour" isaving other lit.
tie brother. q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
DON'T NEGLECT. YOUR WIFE"
~ HAS WELL KNOWN CAST

The Grand theater will offer for
two days, beginning on Tuesday, a
powerful phottodrama Of marital re-
lations to which every wife, old and
young, will want to, take her hus-
band. It is Called F'D6n't Neglect
Your Wife, and was written fer the
Csoldwyn Eninent Authors organiza-
tion by Gertrude Atherton in an or
iginal scenario. Its human and
highly emotional ,sEgryi7i7--sapplticable
to human nature at any time, in any
place in the San
Fran cisco of 1869 and in the motor
ious Five Points" dive section CT the
New York of that period. Wallace
Worsley directed. Mabel Julienne
Scott, Lewis S. Stone, Charles Clary,
Arthur Hoyt, r. D. MacLean. Kate
Lester and Josephine Crowell head
the great cast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
"OUTLAWED" AT THE REX =
tE.S THEATER TODAY ONLY

Sierra Madre, capital OF the land
which Cod forgot, is Quaint nttle
western town in the Cow Country.
where love and romance walk hand
in hand with danger and death; Tor
at this late day, the west is still the
west, and the law Of the "Six-gun'
rules supreme. 2a Especially is this so
in the case of the adventures wno'
for one reason or another, seek tneir
fortunes on its broad plains.
= A narrow guage railroad IS the
ipride and boast Of the community,
and Sierra Madre had lately become
on account of this railroad, the cat
tie shipping center of the country.
with this industry came an element
(which held the law dn contempt.
crafty. scheming parasites VINO rec
opnizei no law but that OF the SIX
ynn. and who, under the leadership
az a desperate character, plundered
the herds, robbed the populace ana
mt the fear of death i'm the hearts
nf AN lovers of law and order. work
ing with uncanny secret methods,
this hand of outlaws had become SO
hold because of their success that
thew even SulpPCu Ih0 SSoA
from the town under the very noses
OF the sheriff and citizens. ~
But crime, no matter how care
fully planned, has never proven a
success, SO it came about that the u.
g Marshal's office was called upon 10
relieve the sufferings of the popu,
lace. The men from that ONCE had
come both secretly and openly into
sierra Madre only to disappear as
completely as though the earth mao
opened up and swallowed them. put
Knowles, the sheriff Of Sierra Madre,
with his trusty posse, had apparently
exhausted every trick known 70 tine
CONGRESSIONAL man hunter but without
avail. The crimes continued TO grow
in yolume and holiness. Then the
Cow-men got together and formed
the Cattlemen's association. VINO
;sheir chief was remained a mystery,
hut their headquarters was the pam
ond K ranch. For q time the cattle,
Tnstling stopped, but soon 'starteu
aedrn With more boldness than II the
cow-men had never tried to 40 any
thing. +5.@ =. p. ...- 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
LOVES BATTLE" AT THE
ELKO THEATRE MONDAY

Il In Loves Battle" at Elko next
Monday and Tuesday, an exception
ally strong and human picture is pre-
sented. 1t has as it's starred players
Joe Moore and Eileen Sedgwick, two
Of the screens most popular players.
1t is story that deals with the
wrongs done by circumstantial evil
|dence. > ! <.4,t +. =,
I 1t is one of the most startling
original productions ever presented
on the screen. 1t teens with human
interest. It has wonderful vein of
comedy that is all the more impress
sive because Of the tensity of the sub
|ject. ~ "" p.-.".$-,g& a..
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"prcK,s BAD BOY" AT THE
REX SUNDAY AND MONDAY

Tho story opens in little village
- which reside the Peck family. 1t
;s circus day. Jackie ("Peck's BAD
Rov"( his pal, and "Queenie, ms
dog dog Want to see the circus. But the
necessary wherewithal is lacking
This is quite necessary FACTOR "
jackie and his pal. therefore,, =
scheme takes in Mr.. Peck "a wealthy
real estate dealer-Jackie's Pa). a
meeting is arranged between Pa, Peck !:
and a so-called gladly" The LADY
IN the case happens to be Jackie's pal
dressed up in his sisters best go-to-
meeting clothes. One can well mag
inc the comedy situations that arise
from this episode, and needless to
say, Jackie obtains Pa Peck's per-
mission to take his pals to the circus
and q bright silver dollar besides.
. And, Of course, a "bad boy" at the
circus cannot be very good. The
first thing Jackie does upon enter
irp the circus grounds is to play with
Nero. one of their big lions. The
playful moments resulted in the lion
escaping from his cage. Then the
fun starts. The entire village is in
the height of excitement and fear.
And at the height Of it all, Jackie
and his pals come to the rescue and
capture the animal. "a sr@ - ::
!: Another highly laughable episode
takes place in church with the bad
boy, as usual, up to some mischief
and Pa Peck, as usual, being made the
target. In this instance, it can we'll
be said that no situation has ever
been presented in a more laughable
manner. The fun starts when Mr..
Peck, having pains from overwork,
asks the bad boy to bring hts lum-
bago pad. Jackie brings the pad. But
prior to this, he fills it with several
hundred ants, which he had gathered
that morning. 1t will not be neces-
sary to tell what happens from that
time on. Strange to say. the min
lister takes for his text, go to the
Ant, Thou Sluggard." And with these
words from the reverend's lips, the
ants start their work.
From the church episode we find
't'Peck's Bad Boy" offering some high
ly dramatic moments. A burglar en-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04

"Splash week" is about to inundate
the country, from New York on out
to San Francisco, leaving hardly an
unsplashed spot on the map by the
middle of June. 1t has gradually
dawned upon an adult world that the
boy or girl who does swim has a con-
siderably better chance when a boat
overturns than has the one who can't.
Consequently, these days. they are
mt only allowed to learn, but the Red
Cross, with the cooperation of the
Y, VIC. A. and their organizations,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04

~ One, of the leading industries of
the tenement house districts Of. Man
mattan is pigeon breeding You can
see them any evening in the poorer
parts Of the city, great focks Of pig
cons flying in circles above the mar
row streets. On the roofs of the dingy
buildings are their masters-small
boys, who have trained their flocks
to come back to their wire cages at
the waving of tiny black flag on a
bamboo pole. They raise most of the
birds, of course, for the markets, but
the more ambitious of them are train
ing real "homers" and take all the
pride in their achievements that the
owner Of stable full of race horses
knows. - FL +.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
FOUR ACTS VAUDEVILLE
AT THE GRAND TONIGHT

With the first show beginning at
1880 and the second show at 9:15,
tonight, marks the re-operttng ,of the
regular weekly, vaudeville ats the
Grand theater. =, - u
- Doyle and Griffith present COM
edy and talking act, which is billed
as Love and Divorce" Kendalls and
Slater, a clever young couple present
mo Babies Allowed" which is war
ranted to produce enough laughs for
one evening. 1t Is a latFhunting cpl
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
LHCp Jeanne Price

has arranged for as many millions as
possible of us to get into the. water
during the week of June 6-12 and
learn to save our own ives&ahd even
the lives Of other people. y. WI pools
all over the country are, being open
ed free to the public during those
days and evenings, as are those OF
other organizations, and even, some
which are usually operated wholly as
business enterprises. Y The Y W.,
howeyer, whose pools are second to
none in the land, will undoubtedly
contribute more cubic>feet of swim
ming water and more pounds of swim
ming energy than will any other
group: Any average person can
learn to swim in a week, they assured
me over at the national board head
quarters, sufficiently to keep up and
keep going until help arrives. And
for the ambitious, there will be les
sons in diving and fancy strokes.
Special life-saving contests will be
held and classes in canoe-manage-
ment; all in the hope that by the time
June II arrives, a good many hun
dreds OF lives will have been saved In
potentiality; and that good many
scores of people will reach shore
safely this coming summer who would
not have done so without splash
week." - - r. -
?, Spring evidently had brought to
the girl in the flower hat wave of
,home sickness. for the place where she
was born, and had spent most of her
life.aa The nice young man sitting on
the Riverside drive. bench with her
began to- talk about his i own home
upstate" rtDon't IT, tshe interrupted.
'1'm homesick enough right now as
it is. Every time /. look at the statue
of Horace Greeley down near the
city hall, want to run for the train"
He looked puzzled. Horace Greeley?
Why, he wasn't born in your part of
the country The girl laughed. cts
that plush chair, with fringe on it.
We have whole parlor set of fur
niture like that"
The passenger in the Bronx trolley
car was raging in righteous indigna-
ton. Sherhad asked the conductor to
tell her when the car reached her
street and he had forgotten it. He
apologized, but it was no use. 'tYou
had no right to forget she repeated.
"Why don't you call out the streets?"
Right here the conductor rose to what
he considerable be the occasion. He
turned, made a sweeping bow to the
interior of the cara bow; worthy of
a cavalier or a fancy dress ball----and
then he called out:. "Ladiessand gen.
tlemen, T.hava lthe honor to announce
that the next stop will be Freeman
street" s~'~r~',- ~-'''' ,'.'''-t>',
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04
1.-THE RENT COLLECTOR"

The funniest fellow in the world
has created another of his spasms of
hearty mirth which deals with that
ever popular individual who calls on
you monthly, "The Rent Collector"
Larry shows at the Elko theatre
tonight and Sunday, just how to
treat the man who serves landlord
and after you have seen this COM
edy you will laugh every time the
agent pays you visit.
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sode with a baby, and the young
couple endeavors in smuggling the
baby into a recently rented apart
ment resulting in no end of fun.
Carlton Chase, international singing
comedian, who has toured every
large country on the globe, and who
has made several appearances before
European royalty, has a number of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04

song numbers that are new, and the
h?ll closes with the Anglo Armenia
Co. known as the worlds fastest
tumlblers. Warren j.: Kerrigan in
2'-The Green Flame" is "a five part
story of love2and adventure. which
proceeds the vaudeville at all shows,
tonight and Saturday at the Grand
theater. 49, 9. " - - =,
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buo

The destroyer fleet has been in
port for a week or two now, lined up
I'M the Hudson river for the joy and
pride Of all New York. One Of the
first things we heard about its COM
ing was concerned with the delight of
the gobs in being ashore in New York
City. l don't know exactly what we
expected them to do, but our vague
pictures were certainly color
ed with the white lights, downtown
restaurants, roof gardens, THEATRES
and places to dancer And how, then,
did they spend their hours ashore af-
ter a long cruise on the high with
their steady days of training? Did
they break down town to see
the. sights? Oh, no. They. beat it
straight for Central Park and rowed
around the lake in those dinky boats
under the hot sun!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04

The atmosphere of the big city
didn't tighten this creatures capacity
for devoted friendship, at least.
When physicians took George Bur-
roughs, an attendant at the Bronx
zoe. to Fordham hospital, his faith
full racoon companion, Buddy, went
on a hunger strike. He finally broke
the fast on being taken to the hospi-s.
tai to see his old friend, sharing the;
patients soup. without an invitation.
Now he is visiting Mr.. Borroughs daily.
till the latter can goyback to work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-06-04

,gs Ottawa. Ontario.---To date, %, 800
soldiers have taken up farms UNDER
the Soldiers II Reestablishment Act,
and that more than $1O8,0O0,O OOs
was invested in this establishment
effort, was the statement made by
Major John Barnett, chairman of the
Soldier Settlement Board. !. II
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COMING EVENTS

June S.-Junior-Senior Prom.
June 10-Commencement Of Be-
midji High school. y %t#. +
Sept. Fl to 23--Northern Mime
sofa Fair at Bemidji. t@s.. Il.
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