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4.1 1 OF THTHiHL PAE RO UNTY VPLUM 1NUM R 28 -PICKENS, S. C., SEPTEMBER, 29 1921 McCRAY ELECTED SENA TQ1 iGHT VOTE POLLED In- the ipeid4i election held Tuesday to choose a state senator to re sent Pickens county, E. P. Mci-avy' of Easley was ele'ted over W. H. Chastain and E. F. . Loop 4 er. J. C. Jennifgs withdrew from the race last Friday. Returns from all boxes have not been received as this is printo, but enough imformation has been received tc indicate that Mr; MeCravy is elected. As this was a gen eral election a plurality elects and there will be no second race. Official vote will be published next issue. Following is the vote as received by telephone: PR1IPINCTS Chastain Looper Mcravy Pickens Mill - 27 0 2 -Pickens: .------------- 154 72 42 Glenwood MilL --- - 42 5 62 Alice Mill- 6 1 15 Easley MilL7 32 39 Fley. .44 11 251 2rosswell 5 10 Dacusville 8 4 5 Liberty-._.----- 50 24 92 Praters-- 9 Z 0 Central. 27 45 19 Calhoun -------g-------- 8 1 8 Six Mile -------------36 1 Cateechee -------- - 13 3 9 Loopers Store ---------- 6 9 9 Norris -------------------8 3 7 Holly Springs ------------- 24 1 0 Pumpkintown 11 23 5 Mile Creek- - 15 1 Flat Rock.. 1 7 6 Peters Creek . 2. Cross Plains - - 28 3 Total ----- --508 278 607 FORESTI WELBORN DEAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY ' r. Jim Forest Welborn, a well, The school at Tamiassee, Oconee N1croWn citizen of the Pumpkintown! county, supported by the D -A. R of 'dection, died ]A1ondky, Sbptember 26, South Carolina, opens October 3rd., *after an illness of six weeks of a with a fine corps of teachers 'a'nd an * omplication of diseases. The body opportunity is given to all those de was laid to rest at Secona Tuesday, sii'ous of obtaining a good education * and funeral sermon will be preac hed a ta remarkably lowv price. The later by Rev. W. C. Seaborn. Iboard has been reduced from $10.00 Mr. Welborn wvas 39 years of age 11to $7.00 per month, payable in ad and a. son -of 'Mr. and Mrs. Judge M. vacete nmoe rpoue Welor ofP-ken. bou tn yar IThe girls are not only learning the ago he marrie'd Miss *Janie Hendricks, things containedl in books,.but home daughter of Mr. Warren Hendricks, making, arts and 'crafts, and how to and she survives..him, be self-sustaining. Cannot Pickens * Mr. Welborn wits a member of theI county have a representative at this PlasntGov Bpts curhaspeni7shol Tie 4aehad speni mnanl aual ctze. u te5.A R62e~lig ohl - -soe ~orhy ir wh 15(esoso MRS H H DGNlLDEA. elin2hrslf Anon iteese ca251mni Mr.R.U Dgel ie L e hm et wt5Ms T10 audn Rgn ~fhr(luher r. .P AlninFr Pic 4Gog Chpe,5.A Babeg Sptmer21 er bd H, i2esS C. wa ure i ndronb tegrv ______0__ * o~ herhusband Mr.Danllws h wdw fNNW1FO 8EHEE the ate~iev H.H. Dgnel, oe11 th os roietmnitr o he Btlee sho c 9sdavr Mehditehr~ ~ithssat.li ucesultr ofsho 9etme atO~ iescvlth ikesMeh-9.Teenetine3 7vi a (l~ c~rh ~pstrad ay.gvn tte1ls of0esho n o tal. I . nil' - - th -...rv 508c credi fo 607peni GAPJi HILLs WSrn a arnspeenwhellha h pol nonctzno*h 1Pumpkintowni tei chol '1 ectiondied fordast September 26, ddwokwih a lnedr aftecanin s otto isx h e k ol f ah h em~a agl let h doiay. o ofrediseases. Thee. he fllow Rev. A: F. Jetatcona Te speday, l~i5ddntms snl a andla ueat ofer.o wlre prexancd rn hessin n~ oet Suateye. W.tisiC.be mSeabolyoneorn. Mr. S.eA.born wa 9yas the get(a an o of Mr. anidres udge. M. i rteBodu imn Miago eie d is iHndricks, d ilta, etn adop s adshesrvies atahim.icRgdn tMnde theonwa membr of thens Grtu Pleaan Grv atitcu, Coa aEns HleGay Mr.ndi an andle Ropae cizn . a~y Wlr arne Pre, Mr MIiRS. Mis B.DGELL /ED. WilaNiAneMy orn M~*rs. JimR StDarel Sied ay. herreBhoemeeFnkHod Bambde Stebert was Hee ody.L'uts odrHrc odr i was urieAnersogn oy thegrv laWat izeBleGita owa he husd. ssGM 6i o asns aydaWat Lo~ riThe asschoolI tat ms, Ooe m~nde county, suppor~ ~ted bthet, o wih nindcrs f tea hers.da boad askee reucd -ro.$1.0 to $.00 er mnthpayale i ad Horn Snake Br( Mr. George Bowie, of Eastatoe, bro. ught A snake to Pickens Monday that has been pronounced by "horn snake experts" as a real horn snake, though a comparatively young one and its horn is not fully grown. The snake is about four feet long and little more than an inch in diame ter. It is upotted much like a rattle snake, though not so dark, and on the sides of its belly are bronzo-red spots. The horn on the end of its tail is a sinall one, be:ng sliglitly slargcr than the lead of a pencil, but is hollow and COUNTY SINGING. CONVENTION. Met With Mountain View Church Saturday and Sunday. The semi-annual sessions of the Pickens County Singing convehtion held at Mountain View church last Saturday and Sunday were pronounc ed by capable observers as being about the best in the convention's his tory. Saturday the attendance was not very large, but the singing was un usually good. Sunday the attendance was unusually large and the singing in keeping with the audience. The attendance Sunday was estimated by some as low as one thousand and by others as high as two thousand, peo ple being there from every setion of the county. Practically all of Pickens county's prominent singers were present as were singers from neighboring coun ties. Then the Mountain View sec tion is a singing community, being full of good si'ngers, among them some of the very best in the whole country. And, take the scribe's word for it, they certainly made the song wave roll. Both Saturday and Sumnlay dinner was served in picnic style and each time there was enough for all present and more. The quantity and quality of the cats was sufficient evidence that prosprity and good cooks abound in this community. b-Mountain View is a most appro priate name for this church. It sits upon a high place and affords one of the grandest views to be found in this country. Every time we visit a section of Pickens county new to us we think it is the best in the county and the best people live there. It has happened so much that we have just decided that the whole county is the best and the people can't be beat. Certainly Moun tain View is a fine sectionm and the people are splendid. The next session of the convention will be held with Enon church the fourth Sunday in April a-nd Saturday before. A ?I.U A RESOLUTION Whereas, Antioch church has a membership of 100, many of wvhom arc not in sympathy wvith the church, andl its work, therefore, as active Imembers of' the church, desiring to Imake Antioch a model church, (do re solve to set apart the first Sunday in October, 1 921, to reCvise the church roll. Every member is reeues ted to be present. Any member wVho) will fu!!yi neglects to comply with the terms of this resolution thereby for feit the'ir church membership. Bring (linner and.. be prepared to Spenld the clay. Rev. H. -F.. Wright, Mloderator. A. Tr. Winchester, Clerk. .LUSK-MEECE . A marriage of much interest was that of Miss' Sallie Lusk to Mr. New ton Meece, on Sunday afternoon at one o'clock at the..residence.-of Rev. F. T. Cox. They are receiving con gratulations from their many friends. HURRICANE SINGING The Hurricane :township singing convention -Will 'meet with Norris Baptist church the second Sunday afternoon in October at 2 o'clock. TAhis Is a special session of the een 4ention and ,a large attendance is dxerneted ught to Pickens as sharp as a needle. The snake created great interest ad hundred of people inspected it, among the most interested being Edi tor Rion McKissick of the Greenville Piemont. The snake was killed in the Big Eastatoe sect;on by Messers. George Bowie and Erskine Finley. They did not know what kind of a snake it was, but thinking 't might be a horn snake Mr. Bowie br.,ught it. to The Sentinel office. It is now preserved in alco 'hol at the Piekens Drug Co. store. ORGANIZE FURMAN CLUB Enthusiastic Meeting of Former Fur man Students Held - Graduates and former students of Furman University living in Pickens county, meeting here Monday night in an enthusiastic reunion, organized what will be known as "The Furman Club of Pickens County." The fol lowing were chosen officers of the association: Prof. L. N. Foy, prin cipal of the schools at Liberty, pres ident; Prof. W. F. Hagan, principal of the high' school at Pickens, vice president; George S. McCravy, as sistant postmaster at Liberty, secre tary-treasurer. Equally strong men were chosen members of the execu tive committee, these being George S. MeCravy, chairman ex-otmcio; Rev. F. T. Cox, pastor of the First Baptist church here; F. S. Childress, principal of Six 'Mile Academy; S. W. O'Dell, prominent and successful farmer of Liberty. Organization -of the Furman Clut of Pickens county followed the ap pearance here of the Executive Sec. I retary of the Furman Alumni Asso. ciation, L. M. Glenn, who met with the Furman men and explained to them the aims and objects of the association's plan of organizing clubs of former students and grad Iuates in practically every county of the state. Those present heard Mr. Glenn with the closest attention and were electrified as he unfolded to them the great work which the al umni association has set itself to do. His speech was followed immediate ly by an enthusiastic appeal from the Rev. F. T. Cox, pastor of the First Baptist church here, and a Furman graduate, for the organiza tion of a Furman Club of Pickens County. Mr. Cox's appeal met with instant andl unanimous app~robation and wvas followed by several short speeches of a similar nature from others present. The election of ofheers wvas gone about carefully, as it is the aim of the general alumni assoc'iat ion to make election to office in the county club the highest honor t hat can be conferred upon a Furman man by his college mates. Following the organization of the club, plans wvere laid for holding a big rally and banquet of lFurman men ir Pickens county at an early (late. While the time and( place for this ga hering wvas not de fii:tely fixed, it wvas the concensus of opinion that it should( be held at some place in Ea s 1ey and in the very near~ future. 'The executive comm itteeO was inmpowered to proceed wvith pla n.4 forj thea han (luet. The occasion will be mnaul one o f note in lickens ('0unty , andi' it is likely -that President Mc( ;lothli!in of Furman Unliversity wvill be infvitedl to dleliver -the principal address at the b~an1q uet. Pickens county is honeycombed with Furman men. 'The names of betwveen .25 and 30 former students and graduates now living in this county were on record last nlight, Ibut this does not account for all the Furman men in this section. We wish to thank our friends and customers. for the liberal patronage given us at the tailoring opening'held by lsat .Hamburger & Sons at our store last week. Anyone dissapointed i1n getinrg'to attend this opening, and wishng asuit made, we will be gladi to akeyor~easueas'we have the ntire line'en display at our store. I ,~ Folgrer and MIe:rfebe. COURT CONVEN GOSNELL CM Court envened in Pickens Monday' with Judge R. Withers Merminger,I of Charleston, presiding, and an extra j large number of people in attendance. Business begain it 10:0 .ith turn ing over to the grand jury of indict ments. Aftir the judge's charge to the grand jury Solicitor Smoak call ed the Jake Gosnell case and the defense announced that it was ready to proceed with the trial. Though the Gosnell case is one of the most important ever tried in Pickens county and one of the harl est fought, it required only fifty min utes to select the jury which is com posed, of the following men: J. L. Bagwell, D. F. Freeman, L. P. Steph ens, F. A. Findley, Bennett H. Pow ers, C. C. Burroughs, S. B. Edens, B. D. Lathem, B. H. Whitmire, George H. Reeves, Lawrence F. Smith, J. E. M. Steele. Gosnell appeas very nervous at times. His wife sits by him in the prisoner's (locket. Many relatives of the late Sheriff Rector are also interested aulitors. Probably never before has an arfay of such brilliant legal counsel gather ed in the Pickens.court house for one trial as that engaged in the Gosrell case. It is doubtful if a more bril liant array has ever appeared in one trial in the state, Representing Gos nell are Dean, Cothran & Wyche, Martin & Blythe, of Greenville; Car ey & Carey and Sam B. Craig, of Pickens. Mr. Dean is senior counsel and conducting the case. Solicitor Smoak is being assisted in the pros ecution by Donhain & Price and J. Robert Martin, of Greenville, and . . Earle of Pickens. The solicitor's job seems to agree I with Mr. Smjoak. lie is looking ex- c ceedingly well and keeps things go- y ing. During the ,Josnell trial he continuously wore a pair of green eye shades. Both the Greenville dlaily p)apers y have staff correspondlents here coy ering the Gosnell trial. Mr. Crowley, a new man on the News, is represent ing .that paper and doing it well. Mr. e Rion McKissick, editor of the Pied mont, is here for his paper. Mr. Mc Kissiek is not only one of our fore- i most edlitcrs, but is also a lawyer andl probably the best court reporter j in the state. floth Greenville papers are playing the trial up big. Ex-Clerk A. .1lhn Pog~gs ir asist - ing Clerk Stewart court w(elk. One of the star witnesses for the . Statec in the Gosnell caIse wa- a .l r. D~oran, a Charleston city detcLet ve a and full-hhdded I iish mana. When t he first came to the stand~ (Countsel i. Dean for the defense turnedl him over hi to Mr. Wyche for examination, but a Mr. Wyche made little headwaIy wvith a him, ile talked wvith a brogue, a t cross betwee~n Charlestonese and( Ir- I ivh. .During Mr. Black's testimony, Car los Rector, a brother of the late Sheriff Hendrix Rector, stripped off his clothing above the waist so the - Poctor could mark on his body with a pencil the points where bullets en tered his brother's body and their range. The court house -has been packed at each session. Many Greenville people are present each day. This is Judge Memminger's first i visit to Pickens In about six years. a .11e says he likes to) come here.,__ f h ED MONDAY; E TAKES TIME Jake Gosnell is being tried for the. illeged . murder of Sheiff -Hendrix tector of Gree nville county. Rector vas shot and killed by Gosnell in a Greenville garage July 4, 1919. Th:..; ease was tried in Greenville last May and resulted in a mistrial. The de fense later secured a change of venue to Pickens county. Gosnell is a Fed. eral prohibition agent. The State rested in the Gosnell ease Tuesday afternoon at 4 Velock. The trial is expected to last through rhrusday. All testimony in the Gosnell case was concluded Wednesday afternoon ind argument will begin Thursday norning. Thomas Long and Annie Byrd,. vhite, plead guilty of committing idultery and were sentenced to pay t fine of $100 or serve six months in the chaingang each. Relatives of he woman paid her fine and took her iome. Long will take the (lays. Both are from Georgia, but came to this 'ouity several months ago.. Alonzo C. Hall, white, and Austin Pcomey, co!ored, plead guilty of -tealing an automobile from County 301mmm I1issioner 'Joe Finley on Sep .ember 1). Each got 18 mor~lhs on he gang. They were Caught With Lhe car in Virginia last week by of ficers who had received information. from Sheriff Roark. Sheriff Roark went and brought them back. ALEXANDER REUNION T1furuth Alkxander ri.umion was beL-i at the Lilfle River graeylard )m Saltrday, September 17. I1.21 The rocedure of ti-(. y v1aa,.1. <-ilow..s: Rev. W. C. Seiaborna deliv red a sermon from the twenty'-tsej mnth cliaepter ,f St. Matthew. Ge-. am.ionrally he dgE l ssed fron i1 m;. md spoke .f the days when he acted s pastor of Little River church. I ant ure all Alexanders present enjoyed tev.Seaborn's remarks of the hlomnes f the older generations of Alexanders Phich carried us back thirty-nine, ears ago. The next speaker of the ay was Ho),. J. R. Earle of Walhalla" [on. Earl's subject was: High Ideals f ('itizenship. We were very fortu inte to have this noble subject dis-. ussedl by the able speaker. Realizing that the auspices of our teuinioin were very poor, it was decid d by the Alexanders to select a build committee. The following names were selected Sserve as the building committee. Rev. RI. A. Hudson as; chairnman, D. I. Alexander, D). TI. Alexander, P. E'. Llexander', R. HI. Alexander, D). H. lexander, Elijah Alexander, D.. M. lexandler, W. E. Alexander,. M. M.. lexsander, L.awvrence Grant, and 1I. .Alexander as secretary. The dlut s oif this comm ittee will be to con Iruct a tabernacle at the l ittle River I am recordinag the ranmes, ages anud ildresses oif those who are related to ne A lexandaers, e'ither by consain uin.. y or affinity, in the sectary's ook. If you are related by\ eithecr ndl ,wish to havec your antw, age, ndl addaress recorded, send yourt nam e r> D. V7. Alexanderi, TfamaYsse, S. C. shall also recaord the birthIs and' onths of the Alexanders if it isd ired. I., V. Alexanader, Secretary. Miss Claire Kearse, conc(tedl with he child-placing department of the tate board of public welfare, was in. 'ickens county several dlays last week the interst of her work and espee~ dlly inquiring into the welfare of the hildren the board has paced in Pick ns county homes. Six children have oun4 homes in this county through he borad and Miss Kearse .wa un eserved in her praise of thle homes to which thl children have gone. S1he * vivacious young lady of pleaslnt idress and seema muchb iterested her work.