Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-03-15

iOlS, Will U6 Lu0 lSutuTo. his lS u
picture you cannot afford to miss. 1t
is filled with pathos and humor from
beginning to end, and withal teaches
most beautiful lesson in humanity.
There will be no picture exhibited
on Friday, but on Saturday the usuaI
full bill will be presented. On Mon
day Of next week Norma Talmadge,
in "a Daughter Of TWO Worlds" will
be the attraction. This picture Is
adapted from the serial story which
created sensation when 1t appeared
year ago in Hearst's Magazine. You
cannot fail to be pleased with any or
all Of these splendid pictures. Watch
for "The Sheik." It's coming soon;
also Hail the Woman" the years
sensation in pictures.
The Commissioners Of Public
Works (water and sewerage) are to
be congratulated upon the highly
satisfactory and altogether crafty
ing deal they were last week enabled
to close for the sale OF the water and
sewerage bonds Of the town. They
were sold to the Trust Company of
Georgia, Atlanta, for par, with ac-
crued interest amounting to $699.60.
In addition to this very satisfactory
| bid, which was the best received,
the purchasing company agrees to
| have the bonds engraved at their
expense and also furnish free Of any
| expense the official report of bond
experts on the validity and legality
OF the issue. The bonds were In the
sum Of $125,000.00, issued in de-
nomination OF $1,000 each. and bear
interest at the rate of per cent per
| annum, interest payable semi-annu-
ally, in January and July of each
year. 1t Is understood that active
construction work will begin Just as
soon as the weather conditions are
such as to prove favorable to this
class of work, and as soon as neces-
sary materials can be laid down.
| IF. E.. Rogers, 81 years Of age,
| stopped in at The Courier office on
Monday. morning last for brief call
and to announce that he had gotten
this far on his trip from San Fran
cisco, Cal, to New York, which dis
tance he Is to make within the out
side limit Of $50 days. He travels
ION the hoof" exclusively, and his
contract with the Hearst Newspaper
Corporation is to the effect that he
Is to make the entire distance with
out the aid Of any funds at the be-
ginning Of the trip. In other words,
he started penniless and was to COM
plete the tour by working his way.
begging, borrowing or stealing the
necessary funds for subsistence. To
date, he said, he had not been forced
to resort to the latter method, and
had found the people all along the
route-as rule Ito all Of which
there are, he found, exceptions)-
the people along the way have been
mighty nice to him. He was making
for Lake Toxaway from Waihalla,
this being one Of the points en- rote.
Some Of the points beyond are Jeffer-
son, N. c., Spottsylvania, Va. Wash
ington, D. c., West Philadelphia, Pa,
and, from there a straight shot into
little old New York" He was "a
days out when he left Walhalla, with
good prospect Of making the metrop-
oils within his limit and with some
days to spare, Though he claims 81
as the "days of the years Of his So
journ," one would scarcely credit
him with more than 65 years at the
outside. He is a native Of Boston,
Mass, a printer by occupation, and
for 25 years resident Of San Fran
cisco.