Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-08-10

will spend a week visiting in Green
vile.
Mrs. f. l.. Bunker and children
have returned to their home in Char
lotte, =. c., after having spent the
summer in Walhalla at the home OF
Mrs. Bunker's parents, MIR. and Mrs.
G. \. Norman.
We had an appreciated call yes.
terday from our good friend. j. A
Robertson, now Of Pickens He and
Mrs. Robertson and children were
visiting among friends in Walhalla
yesterday and will spend few days
in Oconce, going from here back to
Mr.. RObertSOn'S farm on k"Owee
river. They have many friends in
| OcOnee who are always glad to see
| them.
At the annual meeting of stock
| holders Of the Farmers Mutual Live
Stock Insurance Association on last
| Thursday all .he old officers were re-
elected except j. d. Isbell, agent, who
did not stand for reelection. Ennis
e. Abbott, son Of j. S. Abbott, and a
World War veteran, was elected as
agent and manager by a unanimous
vote. A resolution was passed per-
hitting stockholders to pay assess
ments at any bank in the county.
| Other business Of q routine nature
having been passed upon, the meet
ing was adjourned.
| The baseball battle last Friday
on the local diamond was between
Anderson and Walhala, and at the
close Of the ninth inning. OH account
Of darkness, the game was called, the
result being tie score Of to 3. The
Walhalla pitcher, Andersonians feel
sure, is a former "big Lacquer" the
Henderson Daily Mail reporting as
| follows: :The game was a good one,
and, according to Andersonians who
accompanied the team to Walhalla,
they met most formidable opposition.
Betsell, the Walhalla pitcher, locals
claim, is former Detroit league
pi' cher, and had the stuff yesterday
afternoon. The Anderson team feels
very much clated over the fact that
they held the score to tie" The
Walhalla team is playing ball for
what it is worth now, and the boys
are out for "Scalps for keeps" Fri
day afternoon of this week Walhalla
will battle with Gainesville, Ga, on
the Westminster diamond. They eX-
pect to take the "villain out Of the
Carnesvillians, and do it in nice,
polite sort of way, too.
w. Fl. simmons, of Westminster
r. F.. D., showed us two ears OF blue
corn that he picked from his crib
while Shucking corn recently. For Il
number Of years the tendency toward
q blush tint has been noted in his
corn by Mr.. Simmons, but last years
crop was the first to show up in the
form Of several solid blue ears. The
corn is perfect in formation, and the
heart Of the grain is as white as any
other OF The corn that has not shown
the tendency to back-breeding. Mr..
Simmons intends trying an expert
ment this year, planting a few rows,
isolated from his regular crops, to
. see if the blue tendency will be more
generally apparent in the isolated
crop. The result will of course, de-
pend upon whether the pollen that
inoculated these blue ears came from
!; white ears Of corn or from that Of Il
blue ear. There is no doubt but that
by isolation and continuous planting
perfect blue ears could be produced
in the coulse Of few years. Mr..
, Simmons has been planting this one
strain Of corn for 20 years. His farm
is located in the Cross Roads section
of our county.
There are many friends OF Will
J. Recder who will learn with deep
regret Of his death, which occurred
, at his home in West Union last Sun
day. Mr. Recder had been in poor
health for more than year. and
nothing that medical skill or the
skill of the surgeon could benefit his
case. He had been to Johns-Hopkins
for treatment, but to no avail. Dur
t ing his long illness he suffered pa
: tiently and bore his afficton witt,
, fortitude and without complaint. lie
was about 80 years Of age, and had
for a number Of years held the posi-
| tion Of rural carrier on Route | from
: West Union. which position he filled
with satisfaction to the patrons OF
> the route. He will be sadly missed in
his home town and wherever he was
3 known throughout the county. Fune,
0 raj services were held at the home
last Monday afternoon. the intcrment
being made in Westview cemetery
Walhalla. The services were conduct
cd by Rev. w. II. Hamilton, who was
, the pastor OF the deceased. Mr.. Rec
der is survived by his wife and sew.
, eral children, to whom the sympathy
of a host Of friends is extended in
their hour Of sorrow.