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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
STAND BY YOUR COUNTY AGENT,
Whose Work During 1921 Will BE
Moro Important Than Ever.
Progressive Farmer.)

We regret TO learn of a disposi-
tion in a few counties to try to get
along in 1921 without county
agent, or with a less efficient county
agent. .,.
Such policy !s Ike dropping the
pilot just as the ship enters the most
dangerous seas. 1t Is like shutting
up the lighthouse just as the storm
comes on.
Z The farmers of the South will need
the help of the county agent more in
1921 than ever before. And they will
use him moro than ever before.
In the first place, they need his
help about production. How much
the cotton acreage will be cut is prob
lematical, but it is certainly going
to be cut. Farmers are going to grow
diversity Of crops. and they are
going to need guidance in new fields
If effort. They are also going to grow
more livestock, and here especially
they will need the help of thor
,oubhlJ CNuipPCo SoViCy dSChl. .
No less urgently-in fact, even
more rgently-farmer will need
the help Of the county agent In prob
lens Of marketing. Big and promis-
ing plans for reformed cotton market
ing Gas we'll as tobacco marketing
and peanut marketing in sections
growing those crops) are already
under way The county agent is the
man who must do more than anyone
else in bringing success to these plans
for scientific and profitable market
ing Then, too, in growing corn, hay,
hogs and cattle, farmers will And
their diversification program of small
profit unless plans for cooperative
shipping and selling are worked out.
They naturally look to the county
agent for leadership in these mat
ters.
For all these reasons the best in.
vestment your county can mako is to
pay enough to get q superbly quail
fed man to lead your farming forces
AS county agent in 1921. :"
@ Don't be content with cheap man.
Get man whose training is such that
farmers know he can give them real
help in all the intricate problems of
soils, fertilizers, crops, livestock dis
seases-a man who has enough abil-
ity not only CD to help farmers di-
versify wisely, but also (2) to help
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
Mrs. Relnbert Quits Health Service

Columbia, Jan. because she
can be Of more benefit to humanity
by the practical application Of her re-
ligion (Christian Science), as she
stated, Mrs. Annie I. Rembert, of this
city. handed in her resignation to-
day as field agent of the South Caro-
lima Anti-Tuberculosis Association to
DR.. J. A. Hayne, State health officer.
She has been in health work under
the department Of health since 1919.
Mrs. Rembert Ia the widow OF the
late George r. Rembert, who was a
prominent political factor for a num-
ber of years in South Carolina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
J ONE WAY 10 REDUCE COTTON
Acreage. y. StribIing Writes Con-
cerlling Decrease Movement.

AS we worry over the present crises
it is we'll that we should take our.
bearings and see where we are att
and where we are drifting.
Our staple crop-cotto SELL
ing at about half the cost of produ )
tion. Our cribs, bins and smoke.
houses are only half filled, and the
boil weeyil is in winter quarters in
our county, laying plans to destroy
the coming crop OF cotton. The finest
and most prolific crop we have raised
the past year, being a crop Of large
obligations, that but few have been
able to gather. -
Stop listen think act-asAto
the future! Right-about face! Be
honest and provident with our homes
and families, with our livestock and
with our lands. Let us divide our
lands into three equal portions and
start diversification. On the first one,
: third Of this land SOW and plant tht
staple grains-corn, wheat and oats.
j This will insure the "staff Of life" fr i.
man and beast. On the next one-third
Of land SOW cover crops. forage crops!
and leguminous crops. This will pro
vide ample forage crops and feed our
| soils, too, at the same time. On the
last one-third of land plant cotton.
This will give a surplus money crop
and furnish funds to meet all outside
expenses (provided we do not raise
too large a crop Of obligations), and
lay by fair sum for the rainy day.!
in the future.
The second year change corn and
grain lands to forage and cover crops,i
and the forage and cover crops Land
oscottog,s and he Ian A atd
and grain. :, i5 3 ,.;3
Forsthe third year revolve around
one-third further, and on the fourth
year start the three-year rotation
over again. ."i=# %
BY this plan no crop will be on
lands more than three years apart;
cotton each year will follow cover
crops, and the boil weevil will be
guessing all winter where his next
years food supply will come from,
and will exhaust his energy migrat-
ing from field to field each summer,
and will soon give up in despair;
and all the other crop insects, pests
and fungus diseases will lessen each
year, and the, soil will steadily i'm
prove.
This plan, we'll carried out, will
amply feed man and beast and land,
and give Surplus, and. give our,
homes and farms an air of comfort
and thrift and prosperity.
This plan is practical, workable. in
expensive, easily understood. This
plan will solve the acreage reduction.
Try it and be convinced. Many de-
tails can be worked out from this
general plan. J. P. Stribling.
Richland, Jan. 1, 1921. ss.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05

them market cotton and other "mon-
ey crops" more wisely; and 60 who
will help farmers in cooperative ship
ping and selling of the corn, hay,
hogs and cattle they are going to
raise.
We shall indeed need county agents
and this year more than ever be-
fore.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
Il j. !. !. i i. i. !. i. !. i. !. !. !.
!. COUNTY AGENTS NOTES. j.
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&. l.. Smith, Terracing Expert, Will
be Here Next Week.

During one day next week Guy L..
Smith, drainage engineer of the u.
S. Department OF Agriculture, who is
an expert in terracing, will be in Oco-
nee county to give demonstration
on proper terracing Of FERNS. The
proper place and y date viii be OBJ
taiHsdilster, and if you want to at
III ;ssKtI
to the comfy q gent, Who viii Inform
you Of the day and place Of meeting.
Mr.. Smith will be here one day dur
ing the week OF Jan. 10th. NJ
4 Soil erosion is O most serious ma
ter. 1t has taken available plant 70 ii
from the land. Streams have been
filled with eroded material. Produc
tive bottom lands have been made
worthless.
The chief causes of erosion arc:
Lack OF proper terracing, lack Of deep
plowing, lack Of cover crops and or
ganic matter.
The best terrace to construct is the
broad base, variable grade terrace.
This terrace eliminates waste land,
meets all practical conditions, can be
cultivated with modern machinery,
has broad, strong base; withstands
tunneling of the mole, and holds i'm.
pounded water in severe storms; AMI
with the broad, shallow chanheJ
above terrace 1t reduces the flow Of
water, and the variable grade checks
the flow of water, preventing "pilin:
up" OF water in lower sections.
The terrace ia constructed with a
plow and terrace drag or ditcher. Tie
base Is made at least ten feet wide
the first season, and the top Is made
fifteen inches above bottom Of water
way.
Where the slope Of land Is Ave
feet in one hundred, make vertical
drop four feet. Where the slope is
eight feet in one hundred feet, make
vertical drop five feet, and where the
slope is fifteen feet in one hundred,
make the vertical drop seven feet.
In tight, shallow soil, make vertical
drop one foot less than the figu, cs
given above. :.
Let me know IL you are interested
in proper terracing.
Geo. r. Briggs, County Agent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
Officers Slain, Payroll Stolen.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dsc. 31.-W. w.
Sly, president and George J. Fan
lier, vice president OF the w, w. Sly
Foundry Co.. were murdered by five
payroll bandits, who, escaped with
;s4;26O in. cash after holding up the
two men at the company's plant this
morning. Sly and Fanner died IN
stantly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
BALLOON AND CREW
Locateh ,an Wilds Of Canada, Two
.HnHdred Miles from Railroad.

R6ekaway, N. ", Jan. 2.-The
Itmisstng navy balloon A-559S landed
ten mlss n Northeast of Moose Factory,
OntaFtq Dh Dec. IA, and the crew of
three Ibsn is safe at the Hudson Bay
tradih& p0st, according to a tele-
graz eseiyed at the naval air sta
ton aNSSk tto-night. |,
8 81 left here oh short " After
ta6p8ss
lMtS ssusstt tHat Dii was prlan But the
Fyfsyailing wind, Blowing northwest,
indicated a. landing somewhere in
Canada. with the exception OF re-
port 'that, the balloon was seen pass
ling aver Wells, N. Y, late that same
night, no definite word was received
hereF Of the progress of the flight.
The balloon carried crew Of three
menl Lieut.. Walter Hinton, of Belle
Harbor, N. Y, an pilot under Com
mander Albert c. Reed on the Meas
atlanticg flight, was in charge.
His icompanions were Lieut.. Stephen
A. Farrell, a line officer, Of this city,
Eands Lieut.. Louis A. Kloor, Jr., Of
Anew Orleans, naval reserve force, as
pilot.
Three Days Rations.
1.-The three officers were supplied
with normal rations for three days,
but which would serve them for ten
days in an.temergency. Ninety-six
hours after the balloons departure,
when fears were first felt for the
safety of the aeronauts, wireless sta
tons and forest rangers in Northern
New ork and Southeastern Canada
were notified to be on the lookout for
the balloon.
"A few days later two army air
planes we're sent from Mitchell Field
to Albany to begin an aeronautical
search of tho Adirondacks. One Of
he'machines met with mishap on
the flight from Albany to Glenns
Falls, their base Of operations. and
the, other continued the search at
once, but without success.
News Of the aeronauts' safety was
received in the following telegram
from them from Mattice, Ont:
Driven by Storm.
f"Driven by storm Monday, 1913
west by north, lat Lower Hudson Bay;
forced to land 2 p. m. 12-14 about
ten miles north by east of Moose Fac
tory, Ontario, latitude $50, longi-
tude 81. Lost in forest four days.
Crew safe at Hudson Company post.
VIII leave on first available means
of transportation to railroad, which
is by dogsIed, and will take about
nine days. Leaving here Monday,
Dec. IT,"
Moose Factory, where the balloon
landed, is located on James Bay at
the mouth of the Moose river, and is
about 500 miles distant from New
York, on a direct air line. The place
is q trading post and outpost OF the
Hudson Bay Company.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
Seneca Township Singers.

. The Seneca Township Singing Con-
Ivention will meet with Jordania Bap-
list church next Sunday afternoon,
Jan. 9th, at Q o'clock. All good sing
ers and lovers Of music are invited
to be present. Joe NJ. Abbott,
IS s.@ President.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-01-05
COTTON PLEDGE FOR oCoNEE.
One Pledge for the Land Owner and
One, for the Farmer.

Below we give the pledge forms in
the matter Of cotton acreage reduc-
tion. These are the two pledge forms
that the people of Oconee will be
asked to sign. They seem to be rea-;
sonable-extremely so-and It seemsF
to US that they should receive the
hearty endorsement of oil, and the
sigma lures ot;all the land owners and
oiiT See etion otS the cot ttSns
growing belt. 5l :. 3, .(. s<7s <As
The Landowners Pledge.
I, ...S,,.,.'.., OF Oconee county.
State Of sonth Carolina, hereby. corr
tify that am landowner and rent.
land to tenants for cultivation. Fl
hereby solemnly promise and,
agree, in furtherance Of the plan to.
reduce the 1921 cotton production
as adopted at the Memphis Cotton
Convention, held Dec. z and 8, 1920,
that will not only permit my ten
ants; but vii! require, as far as I can.
that they plant in cotton for the year
1921 not to exceed one-third of the
lands actually cultivated.
And hereby further agree to as
sist in the thorough organization Of
my county, and will use my influence
and exert my best efforts to make the
movement success.
...... \o'6uSN/ '.'...
witness: ............
Tho Farmers Pledge.
/, ........ -. -, Of the county
OF Oconee, in the State Of South Car
olina, do certify that am farmer
and&cotton grower, and hereby SOL
emnly promise and agree, on my sa-
cred word Of honor, that during the
year 1921 WIFI MT plant in cotton
more than one third\,f the lands oul-
tivated by me during he year 1890.
And I further promise that I VIII
use whatever influence that may
have with my friends and neighbors
to have them sign a like obligation
and to cooperate with the county
committee In the organization and
Iho WIN loI lHo Salu COLIOH r8QuC-
ton.
(Signed) ~.
Witness: ~. 49,. S%t
The Great Question
Is, What are we going to do about
these two pledges. First of all, tho
thing for the farmer and the land
owner to do is to sign them. Tho
important thing, however, is for eacn
one who signs to carry out his pledge
to the letter. We believe that our
cotton growers have had enough Of
signing and breaking pledges. This
year the pledges should be signed
and observed.
We believe that this will be done.
1t means certain benefit---and in all
probability it means the only saliva
ton OF the cotton situation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
Willard Willing to Box
Dempsey on Labor Day
LEv Associateh prcss-

LAWRENCE, kANS.. July =
Jess Willard, former worlds heavy
weight champion, To whose crown
Jack Dempsey succeeded at To-
ledo July /. 1919, Will box Demp-
sey on Labor Day ii arrangements
for such bout are made. Willard
said tonight
have heard nothing Of such
"A bout since last spring" the for
mer champion said. when plan
was under way for me To box
Dempsey March -. The compile
ton OF plans for the Dempsey
Carpenter bout ended that project
and was promised bout on
Labor Day.
III make no further move until
] hear from Tex Rickard. but I'll
box Dempsey if the bout is re-
vived."
Willard spent the day on his
ranch near here directing fifty
men in the harvesting OF his po-
tato crop. The Jersey City fight
went about as ne expected il
would, he said.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
MIAMI Is QUIET AFTER
NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT
Try Associated Press.

MIAMI. FLA, July ALL is quiet
this morning in the Cocoanut Grove
suburb OF Miami, where last night
the KIDNAPPING OF negro preacher
whom, IL was alleged. had preachc
race equality, caused some excite
mcnt
The preacher. Rev. II. r. Higgs. re-
turned To his home this morning on
foot, bearing no marks OF rough
treatment.
He was taken from his house by
four white men. 1t is said. in an au-
,omobiic. and. following a report
that the negroes OF the section were
arming, the police reserves and Amer
lean Legion men were called out as a
precautionary measure. One negro
failing 10 heed the command to halt
as he was crossing Il bridge into the
city, was shot and slightly wounded
by a guardsman.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
STEEL PLANT FIRE
DOES BIG DAMAGE

Continued From First Page)
upon the scene from that source and
from the downtown business section.
The plant Is Of the foundry type.
win brick walls and the flames could
not spread downward, The interio-
or the building has a concrete nour
and there is no woodwork The MA
chinery was slightly damaged by
water. but Foreman Lihartc declared
that the damage To it would no:
amount Ia more than $500 or $500.
The building Is owned by the
Southern railroad Company.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
Everyday Adj Ventures

'rhr whole fnmil, WINS going
who'd, family except I.ndIi..
young Collie wouldnt fl In very
wen with tho life Mt II srnshoi..
hotel.
Father thought IL would he II
line i,Irn II he could lind somebody
10 tnkc i.addie In Ia board for
ihr summer. There wu>n', n thing
the matter with the ihcn. except
that nobody seemed 10 want q
canine guest for July md August.
lie then tried to give Lnddic
nwny, but the summer seemed to
he bnd time tn lind u suitable
new owner.
A. the time ia go away drew
ncnrcr, the question ar whut 10
do with EndtIir grew more drs-
pcrmtc. Father almost gave up.
And thcn he called the nearest
want Al station.
The next day three pcopIe
called in response to his nd In
Classification No. 81 and offered
io board LadtiIr for the summer,
and h" turned the do: over To the
most satisfactory of them, md
the family started Oft for the
sh"rc withOut nny Wnrry nbOut
days"
tc"pyrish'. 1921. by Basil T.. smith,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
5000 WOMEN RALLYING, TO
CALL OF PRIMITIVE, SEE
TIGER VANQUlSH PANTHER
CONTINUED From First parnl

N'oh'lhueu FROM FIRST PaSe.l
ahead OF me was a gentle littlc wife
with frightened eyes.
Across the aisle white haired
woman cazcd ringward with fearful
fascination. one of the Broadway
beauties s1uirmcd ont and left. hcr
feet beating time to the tattoo of
glove on flesh. Even smiles in the
boxes seemed somewhat set
Three O'clock. preliminaries stir
ring interest faint as a bahys breath
silence nearly. Brooding junsl. ST.
lcncc. promising terrific ciimaXcS
Band Plays "NinrSclIlnisc"
Movement in one OF the trails; the
band played the "Marseillsise." a tall
boy tinted like old ivory. wrapped in
an old silk robe. sprang lightly over
the ropes TIL. jungle moved. swept
by noise Ike the clattcr OF wind
~ leaves
The champion OF France whirlpd
VIVA the grace OF cat--a small cat
hnd smiled. y gallant cha ,lcnScr;
may defeat not hang too heavily!
stirring in another tran! like tbs
scratching OF marsh grasses; thus the
rustic when the tiger prowls Tn,
hush was almost solemn. \ shining
brown body lcaped to the canvas
Somebody whispered "Dcmpscy" The
nam. echoed.
Tiger ana panther faced cacs other
TIE little woman in the row ancad
I.esscd scared eyes against her huS-
land arm.
y sound like the sigh of Il tempest
arose. fingered. heard the first thud
OF leather on that Old-ivory body
saw re panther muzzle flowing red.
Something seemed to wind ITSELF
on M
looked 80 high hearted when he vent
into tn. ring.
The arena is nearly deserted now
Tarpaulin covers the canvas; two
splendid animals driven By mans
brain. fought few moments aud
went away. The world knows. by
now. the story OF those four rounds
To me they are confused as the
rushing light and shadow of that
"a ne jungle.
RE panther kept throwing his
lcapine halfway across the ring But
thit ;awny strength was indeed tho
jungle kings: there never was II
question OF winner.
Woman S"bs.
Down toward the ring a woman
sohbed. Nearby "a man keep, NUT.
tering. God" He had no interest il:
hGht or lighters other than that OF u
- :ctator hut his lips were blue and
Kept closing on that cry. God
Midway of the center section WAS the
convention II caullflowcr ears. No
tragedy here This crowd yelled
Alta boy" cheering impartially
Even the scared-cyc little wifi.
managed TO finish with a smile
.hcn her husband was looking
think. after all, the fighting here
/ today wasn't confined TO the ring
/ some Of IL was done by 5000 womer
who put forth Gallant efforts to con
vince $500" mrn thcy were Having =
copd time.
Tine jungle trail-path OF the priin
itiv". high cal Of rhr wi'd--is fol
I neither che feet nor EARS al tod;iy's
"pmcn. bridcfui of progress
N"' pr"gr"S"!pn. but retru2rcssion
are nose. and p>7,~Nvom"n az Nncricu
and also pf francc--hIvc ron. TO,
Gar to feel their iUrc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH
Is TO WED FRENCHMAN
IBy Associated Prcssl

PARIS. July o.-Thc Duchess o.
Marlborough. formerly Consuclo Van
dcrhiit, who recently was divorced,
will he married to Jacques Ralsan. n
prominent French sportsman, at the
London registry office in a few days.
il is announced by the continental
edition of the Daily Mail.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
u OGDENARlNOURL is OPPOSED
TOJLlST ONE FIGHT FEATURE.
7zATBEING KNOCKOJJTBL
Chicago flnancier Admitting Combat Thrilled Him. Is
NOT Certain, However, That Interest in Pugilistic
Encounters Could Be Maintained Without It.

out feature of these fights. must ad :
NIT that | was genuinely thrilled by
the exhibit this afternoon and can
not say either that I am wholly re-
gretful at the tremendous popular in
tercst which such contests awaken I'm
the American people.
Copyright. 1921, by Universal Scrv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
NEPHEW Of LINCOLN
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
-Iliy Assoclated rrcss.l

SPRINGFIELD. ILL, July p
Edward 4, Smith. IS. nephew OF
Abraham Lincoln, IL dead as n result
of injuries received when he was
struck 10y an automobile. His mother.
Mrs. Anne smith, and Mrs. Lincoln
were sisters. Ills father. G. VI. Smith.
MAS known as the merchant prince"
az Springfield. II was in the rear of
Itc smith store that Lincoln wrote
his first inaugural address.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
{ DROWN IN TENNESSEE
-IRy AssocIated ~. ]

Z ~ l,.yyEEI BY Nsspclat"W TToE-
Z sKNDNvILLE. TENN. July AIS.
Mary ~ Groves. wife Of Arthur
3sroyes. president Of The Iclic". BON
3eJIico and Elk creek Mining Come
NAMES, and daughter sara. aged 10
Skears, were drowned in the Tenn,,.
k&e RIVE about six miles norm Of
today, Wien the mother
silent 10 tho rascne or her de1ah' q
3sho had stepped from -hoa into
Keep water.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-03
Favor Atlanta for Moose irome

TOLEDO, OHIO. July 2.-selection
% me site for the Loyal Order Of
Moose home for aged members Will
b" left TO the supreme council of the
order the convention Of the Moose
has decided. Atlanta. Ga, seeing to
br favored. Moos"h"Art. Ill, was
= wardcd the nest ..onyeptfon