Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-27

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Attend tho Movies
Interesting and instructive motion
pictures will be shown at Walhalla
at 2.30 p. m. Wednesday, July 27th,
aud at Seneca at l. .45 y. III. Thurs
day, July 2Sth. The shows are ex-
pected to start promptly and will be
held at the theatres of the respective
towns, being shown free through the
courtesy Of the theatre management
Tho Big Picnic.
Farmers, club members, business
men and others should make Aug.
llth day to be remembered by at
tending the big Tri-County Picnic at
Clemson College. Prepare now to
come and bring well-hlled basket
Assistant Director OF Extension, Mr.
watkins, has planned Il program that
is well worth while If possible, this
program will be printed next week
There will be lectures and talks Of
interest to farmers at this time, and
the work Of the college will be
shown. There will be Il separate pro-
gram for the women, which will in
clude lectures and demonstrations ut
the horticultural grounds concerning
howcrs and greenhouse management.
Cooperative marketing, the big
movement which is sweeping the
South, will be discussed by Dr.. Long
at the picnic.
The coming Of the holl weevil
makes it imperative that farmers in
terest themselves in better methods
of farming and change their system
OF farming to one that has other
crops for money. These other sys-
TENS will be dealt with at the big
picnic.
Boys at Short Course.
Oconee was we'll represented at the
Boys Short Course. which closed on
July 22d. Among the club members
present from this county were Ray
mond White, Of South Union, and
Lloyd Bell. Of Flat Shoals, winners
OF the scholarships last year; Louis
Brandt, of Blue Ridge; Lige Marctt,
OF Fair Play; r. w. Galloway, of
Picket Post. and Billie Reese, of
South Union. This county ranked
with Spartanburg for highest place
in attendance by counties.
Cotton Growers Launched.
The big campaign for members in
the S. c. Cotton Growers Co-opera-
tive Marketing Association had
good start at Spartanburg last Thurs
day. July 21st. DR.. Clarence Poe, Of
the Progressive Farmer, was the
opening gun and launched the cam
paign in this State with great vigor.
The Extension Service OF Clemson
College and the Cotton Association
are actively in the campaign Spar
tanburg county has been divided in
to ten districts, each Of these dis
ericts having an extension service
man in charge. The Oconee county
agent will be In charge Of the Wal
nut Grove township in that county
and will start the campaign in that
township on Monday. Aug. 1st. Other
agents who did not have meetings
this week to conflict began their cam
paigns last Monday.
AS each county is put across the
campaign will move to the next coun-
ty. Thus, when this county is reach
ed there will be ten men here in The
county at one time pushing the cam
paign.
This great movement is the same
that has been put across in Oklahoma
for 400, 900 bales, in Texas for 5GO,-
600 bales, in Mississippi for 100000
bales, and has signed up over half
the minimum Of 100000 bales for
North Carolina, and is being launch
ed in this State and in Georgia for
10000 bales for the co-opcra,ivc
marketing contract, which has been
rightly called "The Greatest Thing