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OF tHE'IFOqTHILLS tt tf7X~X. \V~, . .:6 -p K tA NEAWSPAPU %R'WITH A CONSCIENCE VOLIJME 51-NUMBER 29-'t1,92 PICKENS, S. C., NOVEMBE, SUBSRIPION,$1.0 AYEA First Bret 6of An Approaching Po litical Cyclone My fellow farpiers of South Caro lipa, do you possily realize the burdens of responsibility that we are face to face with for the next year and yeArs to come?. Shall we meet them 4s brave men under the leader ship of the great God of nations or shall . we become disgruntled, dis 6ouraged, demoralized and givle up and surrender to evil forces and in flqsences ? I .don't believe a word of It. Such is not the history of our people. It seems that in every grave and disastrous crisis that the farmer is the under-dog and is the great bur den bearer. He has toiled like a slave, has had to stint his women and children almost to the starvation point and in a great many instances gross ignorance. No greater sacrifi ces were ever made by the Serfs of Russia than by our farm women and children, and yet as individuals with out organization we have achieved vonders. After every disaster we have come back and gone to heights never dream ' of, but to say that the agricultutal people of this State are satisfied with their condition would be stating an untruth; so my fellow farmer herein lies our great responsibility. We are face to face with an economic breakdown, and the eyes of the State as have always been the.,case. but he is without the sympathy and appreciation that he should have and this is because he has failed to organize and demawi his rights. The scheming politician doesn't want, bf farmers organized in the farmer's'behalf but if he can got the fairmer torn to pieces to furtier his cause be is satisfied. No doubt the farming' class has been frightfully discriminated against in taxation. There comes a time when everything the farmer produces, fails to make him any profit and there, is nothing with which to pay taxes with; yet a great proportion of the profit producing class escapes taxes eittirely but the fari'ner never escalies his. The question that the farmers have gV o ask themselves is'can and will thl rc line politician whether in the GeTtilal Assentbly or as Governor make any attempts to change these conditions? I think not; hence the impevative necessity of cleaning out the old liners and putting in a far mer for Governor and a General As4 sembly of farmers and business men who would give all the people a just and fair deal, without strife and dis graceful contention as has so often characterized political affairs in South Caolina before. Who can measure the responsibility of the old staid farmer as from (lay to (lay he goes ovel' the hills and through the vallels e~ommuning with Nature's God ? Our mindls look over into the next year's campaign and wve shudder, we stand aghast, our blood runs cold, because we see the vile demagogue politician with the tongue of a ser pent, with lying slander upon his lips sowving discord, enmity and hatred all over South Carolina. A dev'il in carnate. We seevidcwes of a very strong probatbility of dragging in the - prohibition or liquor quest ion in the - next campaign. My felloW (ountry -men, (lid you . know that the bootleg *gers and the illicit distillers could and wvould raise $100,000 or more if - necessary to elect a li quor -governor of this state? There is no dloubt of *It and~ (do you beOlieve there is ai mian in South Carolina who would. be Gov' * ernor on such a laltform If he could ? I (do. Not in the c'ampaign wvould he - avow himself a liquor canididlate but after the election lie would show you what he wvould (do. Who is to save the State from the p)ossibilities ol such a dlisaster? Can wve look 'be . cause their force of resistance is .toc wveak to (10 us mniich good. The far )ner in the handling of his labor wvill suffer most and the poor women an~l children living *in the country wvhose very lives 're constanitly in fear ami dreadi of some frightful calamity over-taking them.' You indiffereni andl unithinliinte citizen, man or won an, of South Carolina', what an appall. $igcondition eoujd.6e brought aboi b our allowing otirselves to be pros. tarted in the election of men wh< MARIE MORRISEY AT ALEXAN DER THEAritE Announcement ig made to Pickens music lovers that Marie Morrisey, the eminent contralto and one of the most beautiful women on the concert stage, will give a concert in the Alexander Theatre Wednesday even ing, November 16. Assisting Miss Morrisey will be Harold Lyman, flu tist, and Walter Chapman, pianist. Marie Morrisey is one of 'the few real American artists who has achie ved greatness. She comes from one of our first families and has received her extensive education entirely in America. A pupil of the great voice specialist, Dudley Buck, she proves in convincing fashion that a singer can reach the highest degree of .dvelopment under Americani tute lage. Miss Morrisey has made a specialty that meant studying English with special care, for one of the reasons English is not so melodious,as some I other language, in Miss Morrisey's opinion, is because we are careless in our speech. "The English languag, may not be so soft and euphonious as some other languages," declbres Miss Mor risey, "but it suites me" anI she says this with pride befitting a true Daughter of the American Revolu tion, which she is. %'Do not think that singing is Miss Morrisey's only accomplishment. No, gracious reader, she is one of the most versatile women we know. Besides being particulary prominent in New Yoik and Chicago society, Miss Morrisey is also an athlete. She is an enthusiastic swvimmer and diver, and one of her favorite ways of spending her vacation is by taking loipg tranps through the woods. Walking ten or twelve miles in the summer time is no 'effort for her, and she rejoices greatly in the hardening Of her muscles that result. Another hobby is horse-back riding and she mourns because she isn't able to take a horse along with her on her con Cert tours. Miss Mc:rrisey's activities seems only to ificrease the power and rich ness of her voice, as all who hear her, next Wednesday night will be able to testify. LADIES OF PICKENS All the ladies of Pickens who are interested in the town are request ed to meet in the court house Thurs (lay afternoon, November, 10, at.3:30 o'c.lock to decide upon a matter of great importance to our town. The meeting will be a short one. F. V. Clayton, Co. Supt. Ed. GAlP HILL ITEMS We are glad to see Mr. Hayes Bryson out after a severe case of ty phoid fever. ' Mrs. G. B. Christopher of Green ville visited her parents, Mi'. and Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, last week. Mrs. Ella Pilgrim spent Friday night with her mother, Mrs. A. C. Brysoni. Messers. Richard Gantt and Ernest 'l'urner ettented the fair at Easley. Miss i1ary Dillard spent Sunday night with her friend, Miss Floye Feruso. Two Hlappjy Girls. are known destructionists and who would open further the bleeding wounds of our peopleC. My fellow farmer and fellow eiti v~en of South Carolina, of every vo cation and profession, (do 'you realize that for yearis to conme it is going to take' e'very ounce of our energy, the: greatest of wisdlom an id aill of ouri constructive conlser'vatismi to .save this State f'rom an econonfical, moralI, social, political and edlucational (dis aster ? I call upon the. God fearing men and women t'b realize that the fight is ont and4 to save our popjle from the slough of despair and the (lemon polit ician wvho wvould set this' State on fire for' his owvn sake. We miust get together and fight the* politicilans wh- wou)Lld go over all this State next year and 'harangue our poverty stricken and dlemoralized Ipeople into a fretnzy. You ('an never reednstrue.t men 0or commu1n1ities b~y first dlestrnying thm.C~ President's Thanksgi President Harding issued a procla- 1 mation designating Thi4rsday, .Nov-'a ei. 3r 24, as a day of thanksgiving, devotion and prayer and urging the people to give thanks "for all that I has been rendered unto them" and to' t pray "for a continuance of the divine fortune which has been showered so a generously upon this nation." The# proclamation follows: I "That season has come wheni, alike < in pursuance of a devout people's time honored custom in grateful rec ognition of favoring national for- I tunes, it is proper that the presi-1 I (lent shpuld summon the- nation to a I day of devotion, of thanksgiving for I blessings bestowed and of prayer for' I guidance on modes of life that inay I deserve continuance of divine favor. I "Foremost among our blessings is the return of peace and the approach to normal ways agaii. The year has' brought us gain into relations of amity with all nations after a long period of struggle and turbulence. In thankfulness, therefore, we may well unite in the hope that providence will vouchsafe approval to the things we have done, the aims which have guid ed us, the aspirations which have in spired us. We shall be prospered as we shall deserve prosperity, seeking4 not alone for the material things but for those of the spirit as well; cartn estly trying to help'others, asking be-1 fore all ebie the privilege of serv ice. As we render thanks anew for the exaltation which came to us, we may fittingly petition that moderation and wislon shall be granted to rest upon all who are in authority in the task they must discharge. Their hands will be steadied, their purposes strengthened in answer to our pray "Ours has been a favored nation in the bounty which God has bestowed upon it. The great trial of human MEETING AT COURT HOUSE Important Meeting to He Held Next Tuesday Morning A meeting of great importance to Pickens county is scheduled to be held in the court house next Tuesday I morning, November 15, at 11 o'clock at which time steps will be taken to organize a co-operative cotton mar- i keting association in this county. Mr. I E. W. Dabbs, one of the largest and i most, prominent farmers of this state will address the meeting. Other counties in this state have already been organized and this the first step towards the farmers con trolling the price of cotton they raise. . Farmers, bankers, merchants and all business men are invited to at tend~ the meeting. - MARRIAGE I Married, Saturday October 5, Mr. (laudl Kelley and Miss Mae Gilstrap, bcth of Liberty, J. Alonzo Brown, N P., at the throttle. The happy young c.ouple wvill never look any more pleased than they did wvhen the 01(d miller pronouncedl them man and wife. B. Special Subs The Sentinel 2" Tlhe Sentinel has~ rece'ived all the 'years for $2.00, and we thank our enive our special offer. As adver tab~er' :1 and it wvill not~ le extended H-owev'er, as the week from Nov out the Unlitedl States as "H~ome T' special offer so as to include that ple to show their interest in their eI From nIow until Novembewr 12 we. to The Sentinel for $2.50. We can years at this rate nor for a longer her 12, after wvhich the regular and a sear. This offer is open to old1 anid new After' Nov nmber The Sentinel will basis and all unpald subscriptions Help us to make "Home TIowa P Sentinel. If your subscription is al bor to subscribe. We'll ap~preciate scrintion epires. iving Proclamation ty, though indeed we did our part ts -well as we ag:' able, left us con&, oaratively unsearred. It is for us to ecognite that we have been thus avored and, when we gather at our iters to offer up thanks, we will lo well to pledge, in humility and J1. sincerity, our purpose to provo leserving. We have been raised up, Lnd preserved in national, power andl onsequence, as part of a plan whose isdoin we can not question. Thus >elieving, w can do no less than iold our nation the willing instru nent of the providence which has so vonderfully favored us. Opportunity or very great service awaits us if ve shall prove equal tv it. Let our wayers be raised for direction in the 'ight paths. Uler God, our respon ibility is great, to our own first to ill men afterwards; to all mankind in .od's own justice. "Now, therefore, I, Warren G. larding, president of the United 3tates, hereby designate Thursday, he 24th (lay of November, to be ob ierved by the people as a day of rhanksgiving, devotion and prayer; irging that at their hearths and their iters 'they will give thanks for all hat has been rendered unto them, md will 1ray for a c.ontinuance of 3he divine fortune which has been howered so generously upon this na 10n; "In witness whereof I have here into set my hand and caused to be iffiixed the s al of the United States )f America. I "Done at- the capital of the, United .tates this 31st (lay of October in the year of our Lord, 1921, and of the independence of the United States, the 146th. "Warren G. Harding. "By the president: "Charles E. Hughes, "Secretary of State." AUTO ACCIDENT AT EASLEY Two White Girls Hurt and Two Negroes In Jail Misses Honor and Mildred Hlen Irieks were run into by an automo >ile occupied oy two negroes in E4as ey last Friday afternoon and pain ully bruised. It was at first feared he young ladies were seriously urt but we are glad to hear that the njuries are not serious. The affair secured right in tie heart of Easley mid created great excitement and ndignation. As a result Ralph Ba ;er, driver of the car, and his broth !r Wallace Baker are in the Pickens %unty iail. The Missen Hendricks are fifteen md ten years old and daughters of dlr. George Hendricks, of near E'as cy, one of the mlost prom'inent (iti.. Ens of the countv. CHARLIE TIOLliEltT'S WIlVE D)EADI The wvife of Charlie Tolbert, col >red, dliedl at their home in Green lille last Wednesday. She formerl. ived in Pickens wheo 1: Charli ranl ishoe shop here. ription Offer {ears for $2.50 subsei ilntions it canl handle' at two -endlers for the hearty resplo nse they sedl, that special offer exiired Oc mbter 7 to 12 will he observed thru >wn Paper WVeek,'" we wvill make veek and make it easy for the peco mnty Pap~er. willI accepit twVo-yeamr subscri ptionis tot send the patper for, less than tw time. This offer wvill etxpire Novem'I oinly price of the piaper wvill he $1.5 .ubscsribers alike. be put back on a cash-in-adlvance will be taken off the list. apier Week" a big success for The ready paidl in advance get a neigh it and he wvill. too, before his sub M. E. CONFERENCE APPOINT. na, P.E. MENTS Greenville District: J. M. Stead rnan,~P. E. Clinton, Broad Street; L. E. tViggins, Sloan Street; B. M. Wynn suijiiy, Glenwood and Easley ,%ills; W. E, Taylor, Easley; J. Paul Patton, 'Fountain Imi; W. 'H. Polk Gray Coud;" &W. Wats'on, Green ille, Bethel and Poe; B. It. Harvey, Bleacher circuit; . H. Bell supply Brandon and Poiisett; C. L. Harris, Buncombe Street; C. C. - Herbert, Choice Street and Mills; J. W. McEl, reath, supply Duncan and Judson; P. L. Bou knight,. Hampton Avenue; H. D. Chambers, Monaghan and Wood. side. S. S. White, St. Paul; W. B. Garrett, Greenville Circuit; M. H. Brooks, Greer; 0. M. Abney, Lau rens; P. F. Kilgo, Laurens circuit; Foster Speer, Liberty; E. W. Mason, Norris; J. W. Pryor, supply Pickens circuit; J. C. Diggs, Pickens; D. F. Hudson, supply Simponville; S. H. Booth, South Easley; H. H. Meritt, Supply, South Greer. J. F. Farr, Travelers' Rest; C. R. White, supply; student at Oxford University, England, E. F. Mosely Laurens; quarterly conference evan gelist, C. M. Moris, Greer. BAP'TIST RALLY DAY In ae-cord iat nce with resolutions passedl at the last meeting of The Pickens Association, the committee app(.inted to secure persons to occupy each pulpit and conduct services in every church in the Association next Sunday, Nov. 13th, make the follow ing announcements: Oolenoy-Rev. Joln W. Mahaffey Peters Creek-Rev. Edgar Johnson. Nine Forks--Rev Julian Hawkins Cedar Rock-Rev. E. M. Bolding. Griffin- Rev. W. D. Hammett. Se %na--Rev C. R. Abere.rombie. Pickelns-Rev. S. P. Have. Pickens Mill-Hon. W. C. Man Pleasant Grove-Rev. A. M. Sim mcn-)S anld C. E. Robinlson. Mit. Tabor-Hlon. W. E. Finley. Saluda Hill-Prof. A. B. Fortner Cross Roads-Rev. T. A. Drake. R. T. Hallum, Chi. of Committee SALESDAY IN PICKENS A good size crowd was in Picken first Monday and the following pub lie sales of land were made: L. C. Thornley bought 123 acres in Liberty township for $9,000. W. E. Findley bought 75 acres in Dacusville township for $1600, and 71 acres in Pickens township for $1700. C. C. Blurroughs bought 90 acres fo. $500. E. 13. Lesley bought 98 acres in Easley townshijp for $6500. E. 1. Anderson, colore(l, bought lot No. 7 of the Nero Hlallums estate near Norris for $7:35, andl H ose Hal lums bought lot No. 13 for 8510. SIX .MII,E ITEMiS Six Mile basketball team dlefeatedl he Easley team Friday afternoon by a score of 20 to 9. Th'Ie game was interesting throughout. Ma yfield was the star of the game. Other stars were Nolan, I .ong and14 Wyatt I .ineu ps: Eagley-Claytoni, Wyatt, Cox. Mace, Stewart. Six MIile-No bain. Werner, L.ong, MIc Elreatth, May fieldl. Thle Central letter in last week's Sent incl stated that the (Cent ral hask - e'tballI team dlefeatedl thle Six Mlile team. This was a mistake. Six MIile wenit toi (Central but the latter re fused t~o laiy. Miss Emma I.. Cooper, MIrs. D)al ton, Mr. Adger Campbell, Mr. Wil lir:m Glasco,M r. .Junius Campbell andl MIr. Clarence W'ardellI, of Greenville, visited at the academy last week. MIiss Cooper is a teacher at the Mon agha~n scho(ol and1 Mrs. D~altoni has a 5son ini school at Six Muie. Mi sses Sh:i rley anmd Tlrocgdon alIso had visitors Sunday, bumt they wvere I rom: Clemson. MIr. Claud ILooper hats (entered'( the aca~dremy. W~e knowi~ he wvill be miss ed at Pickenis. Messrs. McAlister and Dalrymple. have returnIe~d to the academny after an absence of two weeks. Raymond Patterson andl Boyd Evans of Six Mile visited the fair at Easley lFriday. They walked. M i'. Lee Coleman, who has had ty p~hoid fever, is better and will soon icturni in schoolt Important Letter From the General Mgr. Pickens R. R. To the Citizens of Pickens County: I have often wondered what Pick ens will do when its railroad ceases to run. I have in mind now a town situated like Pickens. The county built a splendid highway to it and the folks quit the railroad and rode and hauled over it until one day they awoke to find that they had a rail road without a train. They said "We will force them to operate it.: But upon investigating they found that you can't force any one to oprate a property that does not pay. So one by one the merchants mov'ed out, and then citizens moved away until today it is a dead town, and one man asked me if I would not operate it, saying that he had- inves ted all he had in the town and unless the railroaid could o')erate it would be worth nothing: I answered "You can't run a railroad on air; if folks want a railroad they must patronize it". .People are crying for lower rates, and all the while they are building highways, piling up taxes on the ril roads, forcing them to aid in bring ing into existenee ain instrument that. takes away its very life. The Pick ens Railroad's taxes have more thant doubled for the past two years, and rcbbed it of the thing that it takes to maintami life and existence. Any ".J ack-L.eg" can run a two-ton. truck over these highways, and do more damnag.1e to the road bd I than all the other traffic will, for i month. l The owners of the bonds of the Pickens Railroad enn make 1mM nimoney out of the rcad by "serapping it," than they ever will get out of it any other way. I have no desire to try to keep it alive, if the people who a1re interested prefer the trucks, Let 'em have the trucks, and I will under take to (ispose of what little I have and move (ut just like all the rcst will do; we can't run stores, mills. or any other business without custo mers, and if a railroad runs it Imlust have Something to hail, otherwise the engine stops, and mind you when the engine Stops it all stops. The little town of Due West faced the same1' state of affairs, and when they saw whetre they were headed, they got busy and signed a petition or an agreement not to use anything that came to town on a truck, and unless our folks take some action, they will most certainly lose their railroad, and it is for you to say when this shall come to pass. One word more, I have wrestled with this proposition for more than 2:1 years, the road has rebuilt itself fropi end to end, it has filled all its trestles, purchased a new locomotive, andl today is in the best physical condlition that it has ever been, but we just can not operate it unless the people o)f Pickens town stand behind it. "A wourd to the wise is suf'ficient"~ .J. TI. Taylor, General Managers. WOO lSON--K(ELLEY Maririedl on Sunday evening, Octo her :10th, at the residence of the offi e'intinig officer, Mr. Richey Homer K~elley to Miss Mallie Richey Wood son!, both of~ Central, .J. Alonzo Brown, N. I'., at the throttle. The' groom is a son (of Mr. and Mrs. Will Kelley and is a prom inenut young tarmuer while his bride is a daughter of M r. I). II. Woodlson andI~ is a charm ing young lady. Many congratula tions). CAI) OP TIHANKS I wish to, thalnk each andl every one whIo' assistedl Us during the stekne~ss anud deoath of my wvife. Es pecially anm I grateful to Dr. J. E. Algnood, who So faithfully attended her. God bless you aill. I am also) grateful for mny flowers. Walter McCollum: and( Children. We wvish to thank each andl every one who assistedl us during the sick-, ness andl death of our baby Frank. Especially are we grateful to Dr. Sheldon who So faithfully attendedl him. May God bless you all. Mr. and Mru Wur Key