Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-09-14
THE COTTON SEASON THIS YEAR
viii i,e Short--Half Crop and Open
ing Prelnaturely--Ioca Notes.
tToo late for Last Week.

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! Farmers are all busy picking out
! their cotton, which, on account OF
the long drought, lis prematurely
opening. The crop is estimated at
! less than half what should be, and
about three-fourths Of it is open.
The school at this place will close
next Friday. The teachers had in
| tended giving an interesting pro-
gram, but on account OF so many OF
! the pupils being absent on account
of crop gathering, they decided to
have community picnic at $50 on
! Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mann, Of Six
| Mile; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mann, Of
Easley, and Misses Mae and Lavina
Mann, Of Six-Mile, We're late guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Youngblot /.
Charlie Cater left Monday for
Long Creek Industrial School. He is
quite an ambitious young man, and
we are expecting to hear encourage
ing reports of his progress. Chris.
Corbin, Of Cashiers. another worthy
lad. left from this community for
the Long Creek Academy, he having
come down from Salem with the
mail carrier.
Miss Blanche Davis, Of Seneca
and Lee Davis. of Walhalla, were re-
cent guess at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. }. c. Sanders.
Jesse Youngblood, who has been in
| Il Massachusetts hospital since the
| close OF the war. visited at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Lynch recent
ly, having come to visit his sister,
| Mrs. Driver. lie has been suffering
| from epilepsy since the war and will
attend a vocational training school.
Eugene George and daughter, Of
| Atlanta, were late guests of Mr.. and
| Mrs. J. NJ. George.
Jim Berry, Of Statesville, \. c., is
visiting old friends in the commu
nifty, who are always glad to accord
him a hearty welcome.
Miss Pearl Ballenger has returned
from Montreal, y. c., where she was
| delightfully."- entertained for week
Miss Ballenger gave an interesting
! account Of her stay in that beautiful
| mountain resort for PresbyterianS at
the meeting Of the Richland Auxil-
iary Monday afternoon.
Mrs. S. Y. Hughs returned last
week from Liberty Hill and Camden,
where she had been visiting her
nieces, Mesdames Christine and Paul
inc Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Stribling and
son David and daughter, Miss Bes-
sic Mae, motored to Avalon, Ga, last
Sunday and were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sloan Bruce.
Mrs. r. n. Rankin, Miss Eul..
Rankin and Louis Rankin visited
relatives in the Pleasant Ridge sec
ton the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery, Of Wal
halla, were late guests at the Gill
son home in this community
Robert l.. Davis is spending a few
uaSS With HIS PARENTS, VII. ant MIS-.
r. NJ. Davis. Other guests in this
home are Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Kir-
by, Of Newry.
Mrs. Sallie II. Coe spent the week.
end with Mrs. Julian Dendy in Wal
halla.
Marion Hughs is visiting for a few
| days in Atlanta.
Mrs. o. G.. Skinner and two sons,
Conway. Jr., and Lister, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Per-
ritt for several weeks past, left this
morning for their home in Augusta,
Ga. Miss Lura Perritt accompanied
them. she having accepted third
term as teacher in the North Angus
ia school, which opens this week.
Herbert FELTON,, of Columbia, spent
the weekend with John Allen Den
dy.
Henry IIughs. Of Walhalla. and
Morris Shanklin, Of Franklin, II. c.,
are in the community for a short
while to-day.
Little Miss Margaret Davis has
been quite indisposed during the past
week