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PICKENS-THE CEM wzOF THE FOOTHILLS i A NEWSPAPER WITH A CONSCIENCE t3, PICICENS-.lIE GEM .THE OFFI~t\ OF THE FOTHILLSPAPER OF PItW I A NWSPAER WTH ACONSIENC VOLUME .51NUMIBER 35 PICKENS, S. C., DECEMBER 22 1921 -sz To BeC That the Pickens-North Carolina highway will be open to the public for travel in 1922 is the opinion ex pressed by County Supervisor J. T. McKinney. Nine miles of this road -from Pickens to Price's store-has been graded and topsoiled, the work being done by the connty chaingang under the direction of Mr. McKinney. Approximately twelve miles of the ro I remains to be built before it reaches the North Carolina line. The county chain gang will be kept at work on the road, but in order to. expedite its completion so that the people may get the benefit of it as early as practicable it is more than likely that part of the work will be let out by contract to some company that can put a steam shovel to work in the mountains. The State Highway Commission recently appropriated $40,000 to Pick .ens county for use on this highway, and the local tax for the road this year will approximate $45.000. This will give a total of $85,000 for the completon of the renaining twelve miles of the road. Several members of the State High way Commission have inspeeted the new road route and they are greatly impressed with its importance and the good work being done on it, and this accounts for the second liberal appropriation they have made for it. The importance of the Pickens North Carolina highway cannot be 1 estimated. When it is completed there will be a good road from Au gusta, Ga., via Pickens into the heart of Western North Carolina, and this will be the most direct route to this famous section for tourists from lower South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Besides this it will open up for de velopment a fine section of Pickens county which has heretofore been cut off from the rest of the world on amount of no way to get in and out. "With the completion of the road the upper section of Pickens county through which it passes will develop at a rapid rate. Summer homes and probably hotels will be built, and the farmer will be afforded a way to get 'their produce to market. The road will add much wealth to' the county, and is undoubtedly the fore runner of a railroad across the monn tains. Information has beeni received in Pickens that Transylvania county will build a hard surface road from Bre vard to Rosman and the contract is rea.dy to be let. This will form a link in the. Pickens-Brevard road. Neiv Pickens-Walhalla Road Speaking of roads in P'ickens coun ty, another imtportant road is pro f osed and will more th.an likely be built withIina th Intext year. TPhis is a road front P ickents to Walhtalla by waly of Old Pickens. Ocone1 coun ty Shas alreacdy let thte contract for the building of its part of thte road from West U nion to Old P'ickens and work on . it htas begu n. Thte lenigtht of the P'ickents et unty part of this road will be about fouirteent ttiles, but half of is i.s alr eady int good coandIitiont. Two roiutes htave breen suggested for the read, one by way of Gaup Ilill c-hure-h which route wvouhil require t he build ing of not liggds, andt oniet by way of Six M ile.< ''Ithas nttt bretn defititely .eelded wvhicht route thbe roatd will go. Ravenc~el's Bridge lRoad Open Trhe niew Ravenel's bridge road ntear Clemson College was oisened I t tw putblic about three weeks ago antd is. a great improvementt over the old low road. The road was raised -on siiderably by filling in and is now passable at all times of the year. Pickents and Oconee countIes shar-ed -equally the expense of this work, as Sthe toad is pa~tly int both couities. Roads In Gooud Condition TPhe year .lust drawing to a close -hats seen much work done on the roads of Picktc:is county. There are about 2,000 miles of *road in thtis county, eighty'tive mtiles being top~soledl. All theo roads wet-e worked during the yeatr antd ptractically all are int first class cotnditiont. Twoniy years ago it tookprc tically two dasys to make a trip from Pickens to Greenville and bacek, arnd it watsa dany's drive from here to Holly Springs chur-ch aund returnt. Nowv one may go -- Greenville, transact rolina Road ompleted in 1922 business and be back in Pickens with in three hours, while the trip to Holly Springs and return may be made in little more than an hour with perfect case and safety. Thus does Pickens progress in good roads aks well as education. In fact, the two go hand in hand. GOV. COOPER'S ROAD PROGRAM Proposes State Spend $34,000,000 For Roads in 6 Years When the General Assembly meets next month Governor Cooper will present for the consideration of the legislators a plan to expend $34, 000,000 in a road buiding program covering at period of six years. The idea dloes not contemplate an increase m the state levy. The plan proposed is to build 4,000 miles of improved roads, 600 miles of which will be hard surfaced. The sources of the revenue to be u-std in the road building project are: Federal aid for the next six years, $6,600,000; an increasol automobile license so as to produce $1,300,000 a year, which would be $7,800,000 in six years; approximately $6,200,000 from the two-mill property tax al ready on the tax books; approximate ly $:,400,000 from a tax of one cent a gallon en gasoline; and a state bond issue of $10,000,000. Details Of Plan. Under the plan 2,000 miles of soft surfaced roads would be constructed to cost around $10,000,000, including minor bridges and culverts. 600 miles of hard surfaced roads including grading, minor bridges and culvert, et,., to cost around $10,000,000; iil the state highway bridges not yet provided for would be built at ap proximately $5,000,000. The plan would provide a sufficient mainten ance- fund of about $5,000,000 for the six year period; provide around $1,200,000 to maintain the state high way department for six years and interest and sinking fund (if $1,800, 000 for the bonds. MR. JOHN H. HAGOO) Mr. John H. Hagood, one of Pick eis counties most estimable sons, died at his home at Lima, Greenville cuneuity, Wednesday, December 15, in the eighty-third year of his life. lie was a son of the late Col. Benj. Hlagood and wife Adaline Ambler, and it brother of Col. James E. Hagood. Ile was horn at the old lagood es tate live miles north of Pickens in 1889 and continued to live there until iabout 1887 when he moved to Grpn - rille couity. Mr. H agood was a galIant Confel 'aIte soldi ecr, serv ing throughout the tour years of the war with conspicui 14us bratvery. H1 was a member of Cc'. II, 4th S. C. Infantry, Capt. RI. Y. IH. Grift'in; this C2o. being mustered inlt( service~ by, ('01. .J. H. E. Sloan at I mgi~r's miuste r ground' near the Jeremiah I .ooper plalce. The story of the struggles of the brave men of 1 'iekens county taking part in manty of the most terrible battleIs of the war fronm, and includ ing, F"i r.st M anaissats to the sutrrendler, is at story oaf which any nation wold~ be 1roud, and their brave ry and hero ismn is at prlieless her itage to theiri descendants. Mr. Haigood inarriedl Miss - Lizzie Goodwain,' i of G reeniliIle county,, andio is .survived b~y three sonts and three IFor many monthls he was a helpless nvalid, but his pattience and fortitude antd keena interest in everything and every one made a visit to his bedside aniii nspira'ition. l'mieral services were conducnt'd by his pastor, Rev. Mr. White of .Jaicksron Grove Methodist church, at the home on lFriday, and interment followed in the Lima cemetery. FElDERAL4 JURORS The folloawing IPickens counity ment have been drawn to serve onl the petit jury in IFederal cou rt which wvill conv'ene in Greenaville on January 9, 1922: IFrst week : J1. T. Gatssawvay, Cen tral. Iey; John Wilson, I ,iherty, .1. M. Pieckens- P. 0. Wilso( 'otoCho.. * en, is e mdej;o r Fm Ate : .a r e o \ and r n a la ,,. p And n ac rixn ie just 1 le an h avtt tha me you der ten' Ib ,Fall o od ift th Go d healt , a d wve' 11 Ghe 1ast or p re ; t e lese a rc h e o e ly e hen candler brih And you will find ny ied twith a memo7 SCHOOL TRUSTEES ORGANIZE. County Association Formed At Meet ing in Court House Saturday. School trustees of Pickens county met in the court house last Saturday and organized themselves into an as sociation in order that they might work together and accomplish more good. Following officers were elect cd: Marcus O.:,Looper, president; 'T. A. Stewart, vice piresidc:lt; C. C. 1k:' roughs, secretary.- Superintendent Clayton was instructed to appoint al committee of three to draft a consti tution for the association and he ap Pointed Messrs. \V. L. Matheney, J. R. Martin and H. E. Seaiborn. The organizaition having bec'n con I'letcd discussions of some importanV questions was take' up and nmeh i4 tea est n1nifested by the trustees in their work and the welfare of their schools. First, the association went on re- I cord as favoring at revision of our tax system, and1( a resolution was drawn to that effect and will be pre sented to the legislative delegation of Pickens county. It was also decided to ask the local I legislative delegation to have a bill passed requiring all Pickens coun ty teatcherjs to attend~ theit aninual techlers' inlst iturte and1( thle monthliy teacheitrs' miee'tings. Thle dlelgatio w(11~ ill also be asked to have' a bill piassed requ iring all publ,1ic. school0 teac hers ini Pickens c'ouna ty to~ teachl or' be at the schlu hiouse niet les~s t hani seven hours a1 day'. A resclut ion elf thanks wais adloptedi. than1 k ing ouir repr~esenitat ives fo~r their l;ast t'lorts ini behalIf of' t he schools not4 onily of P'ickenis cotunty', but of thle stat~e at large. TI'he mecetinjg was well att Iendedl andi buit for the v'ery inclement. weatheret here w ou ld hav~e been a 3arigeri at1 instie. and1( it is evidlent thBat th le sc'hool tru'Iste '(of icjkens county aret detter' nin ued to make our' schtotl sy stemn the verly best, in thet state. Re'presentat ive J. S. Leo0pard' was pr'esent and1( took par't in the dlisciis si0ns. NORIRIS (GRADED SCHOOl. HONOR 1ROLL FOR NOVEMBER~I lFirst (Grade-Sybil Gilstra p, Martha13 Boroug hs, Thelma Garrett, lolye Gil strap, Addie Robinson, Isaac C'antr'ell, Velina Dur'hami. Seconad Gr'ade.-Harold Gainl'es, C'lyde Owens. James Whiten, M\!ick Ier WVhiteni, M~attie .Jo MWVhor'ter, F"rances Bolding, Elza .Johnison, 1Flora Glove'r, Mal y Gillespie, Roy Ent rekin, C'hoice (G1istrap. Th'i Ird Griadle-Furman B'iiIiin1gsley, Clenljson Billingsley, Robe'rt Johnlsonl, C'an trell. F"ourthI GradeI- *-Car'ly'l Clay Ion. Sixth Glade.--W"illie Grace 1 1lli na:x. AEJdie' Lee Johnston.j ij5Q ease 1 1 fmas ec~ b - pit of,,' to )c , . 4. .7 / 1P AJ vet" 4) br .. h4e tree'. arft of t t S El 1clgaiFarmer BOYS HAD 'CFEAT 31EE1ING County Corn Club Poys Enjoy )ay At Pickens Fcrty inemibers of the Pickens coun ty corn clubs of Pickens, accompanied by eight of the boys' fathers, attend ed they anual1, corn club meeting in Pickens on 1) cember 10 and end3oyed the day -.immensely. The ilay's program consisted of the corn exhibits, free picture show, free dinner at tile Pickens Inn and talks by Mr. 13. 0. Williams, assistant state agent for boys' club work, and Prof. L. M. Hiauknight of Easley. eMiltoi Sutherland, soil of Ar. amd A rs. A. C. Sutherlnul of I'lumplkin own, won first prize of $5.00 in gold for best ten-"ar cxhibit. Young Sttherland also w4on two first prizes on1 .his coi n at the reelt Easley fair. 11 is said to be an itl'al club men b , not only work ims h3ard, but at tending all his club leetings. Walter 1Willians, son of Mr. and MIs. John WIilliamls ot the Minl see. tiojn, won recond p'ize of .2.00. Perry Nix, son of Mr. and A rs. Jim Nix of' the I.ong liranch com mnllity, won third p4rize. of $1.00. The boys' (lub work in Pickens c'unIIity was unul1sually successf'ul thisj yeai, many of the parents are co-op1 erating with the boys, ad prospects for thet work in 1922 are brighlte(st sin1ce organfizsat ion. At p re'sent t here are'( five clubs Ut? tis county with C'ount y . Agen t- lIow wt V.ishes~ to(I thank the banuk*'rs and mer(chlants of Pi 'lse'ns who)'I urishe I i the1 m14 3)oney PICKE lNS COL*NTY' GEl;TS NOlHAI A. A' normal tra*ining Ie her) was Vi~ obl taIined' for l'iekens counity hect Tlhursi .lay when1') Stuperint endetli of ildaca tion C'layton app)(4ere before thew State H4oard( (of Educ(at in) ini 41'4lum .1ia and)4 pre'sented his .htim. ini per') Tlhe normIalI trainuing teiachner will be located at the )',asley high school 31d( will give her ser'vice to the en Lie c (ounlty the year)1 iround)4. 11 er dhu.. ties will be to trinii t eliciers and( prospeotive teace(rs so that they may be more eff'icient in their work. Re sides her r'egUberl ('-h4ss at the~ Easley high school she wvillI organ41ize spring ad fall classes in tihe c'ouunty for any who wish to improv themse 1n~lves in) teacehinig, af+ well as5 those5( whoe an5 salary wvill be pahllil Iby tile state. As yet no) teacher3 14) ha '4'Ibeen l em lI(yed, but several4 appl icaItions are') heinhg conhsideed and14 it is hoped4.4 t hat the workIl maly blegin bIIy the first ofI thle year). WVill 1.ny 20e for lrott 14n1 hugies t wo(- horse MoIguiIljagons and4 I one' h~ose1 likor'y waen s :. Biivens & Co, Picens. Pickens Leads In ment As \ A reverd for the prose:uttiin of crime, regarded by authorities as dis tinctly unusual and sue.eessful. is dis. elosd(1 in the annual report of David W. Smoak, solicitor of the Thirteenth Circuit. embracing Greenville and Pickens counties, says the Greenvilk Piedmont. The report which was finished last week and mailed to the attorney gen eral. shows that during the year 1921 Solicitor Smoak had disposed of 240 cases on the circuit. Of these 214 have been convicted and( 2G have been ac(iuitel by a jury. -- ' Of the 2(i acquittedt a few were found not guilty by consent of the Solicitor, several by the direction of the Court the Solicitor not contesting, and others were tried with co-detfen dlants who were convicted. One hundred and seventy-six of the 240 cases disposed of belong to Green ville cuity. Of these 154 were found guilty and 22 were acquitted. Pickens' t' nu> uuul Record This is un.loubtely one of the best vecords for conviction in the State, but it was surpassed in Pickens Coun. ty, the other county of Solicitor's Smoak's circuit. In this Cot:r:ty (14 cases were disposed of, 60 were con victed, and only four were turned loose by the .iury. and of these four, two were tried alome: with co.-defend ants who were convicted. Pickens county already leading the state inl saluttion, problably leads ii in law enforcement, with Ibut tw outright acquittals during the year. Twenty-Seven for Murder Twenty-seven of the cases dispose< of in Greenville County wer foi murder. All of these defendants wer males, 18 were white, 9 black. Tw were found guilty of murder withou re"commilendationt antid Were sentencei to di eth by electrocution, both stay ing the sentence cf the court by up pealing to the Supreme Court. Tw< (I hers. diew life imprisoment ill ti) State P'ententiary, amid are their note (loing time. Thirteen were found guilty of maiinshaimi'"htt'er :'I got var iois terIls ill the State l'viiteltialry or upnm fit' rt'unty chain.i:an'c. Ten wet.re actquoit ted. Six oif the tel acquitted were p:s. en es ill alI atutoim bile whithi kill J a boy upon litoyl e. and werte :retuitted as a ilItter of tou rst, by lirec'tion if the court. tile solicitor 'onisentinp. whel it app'artd that hey had absolutely nothingi to d1o withI he contrle of the car. Thl driver of he 'ar received a in is rial. This lirettion of verdict, and tht' fact Ihat mIc of th others acquitted of ni'ir endants5 who were cotnV iii i., putlk lownu to somelt ext ent thet pect''tage' inifted for' miui'dtr duirini'e te riot' .f thbe year, where ft' ol icitor tn ested the i'a,'t. vsfi nall di'it i sposedll ofli . tit lti i nil'tl C'h.- .lat' (osell tcase was1 ai[4' tid hele lbut ft' jury fail-d toi age I I on rant ('a -'s. lrlthI of Stlic'itor Smonkal's reurd't for lie yeari. Tlhe' fact is thIa t. .it' wieit Itotitktt piobaly evrt seenl illtni' h' Ir uit. Tlhe niewly estabilihedl county -ou ILt, totok oil' h is Ihanrds t he miiinor rials, but lt'ft him i with 'the .most m'port anlt onelts, which were fiercely ontestedi. Tihes' ieilude sotnie of thle iost initeretstinig cases0 ever'I tried in he circuit. Tlhe State againgT fond~ Jair'isoni, <Jake Gtosnell, the. two lHowv 'r's men0, Batson, Balowe'; C1tI'rky inmart, Gibbs, Bartomn, Coggins, Stokes ill of themi chargeeod wiithI 11 murder', intd all of them ably detf'endettd -lig Ionie of the best criinal laiw'rs of he staite. Had Y ear F'uor ( rimliinrils iln spite ouf this if has been..a had vear ini the' thir'teethtt circu it for' -riminalIs, few of thoitse who have e lectetd ft standt triial, miakinig gooid their varienls leas1. Prlobably nout ovr se'veni or t'igi alse's s'tiumittted It) a Iurv duiing the eniitiret''i Iouse Law Enforce Veil As Education of the year have resulted in a verdict carrying no conviction whatsoever: whereas 214 men and women charged with crime have drawn from the lot tery of justice punishment ranging from death by electrocution to- fines with the alternative of chain-gang terms. FARlMERtS MAY IIOIROW MONEY ::u.ch .lc ney Available IFor Loans On Cotton, State tmm.inrtissioner Says. Unlimite.1 funds are now available through the United States war finance corporation to the farmers of South Carolina, according to information re ceived from J. Clifton Rivers, stato warehouise commissi'(ner,' by It. S. Lon-, cot tin gradler ',;- the counties of G( lel ii 4', Aniderson, Pickens and Ocoee('. .llr. L.ing, .ho nmkes his hiome in Easley, believes that hindrds of farmeis in the above nmed counties, as well as thr(lghout the state, will avail themselves 4f th'.' opportulity to store their ceotton in a state wanre house, at the same time burrowing money to meet emergenc 'y expenises. In the counties ov(r vhich Mr. Long has jurisdiction there are 87 wairlehouses. whicth are members of' -the state warehouses' system. These range in size from 100 hales to morn than 1,200 hales, the warehouse lit. C(oiiestee in Creeuiv ille county beiig the Iargest in the district. Mr. Lonw listimates that about 10,000 bales ot' Cotto(n are stored in tie vsrius war e houses in this district. Acct;rling to the information oh tained from the state warehouse I commissioner by Mr.. 1.on3g the money to be loaned through the hanks of this state by the war illlce (orpo r - tion, ean he seenrted at : 1-2 per cent t interest, pIus a fee of two ier ( cent 1 whicb is char:t'gel by the bainiks hand - ling the I(ioan. The liolney (nn1 he ;( - cured by pulltting l the ncgotiable Wirelhouse receipt. Of the 87 war'ehouses in this dlis trict, eight ive 1)een electe d dmring the Ires'ent yeir . The state was 1i vided into districts in AutgLust. An derson, ( re( iville, I'iekens ani Oo n tiee ((3 lnt s formting one of the 12 distriel in the state. ~ O)l.ENOV NEWS II.:M1S TI'lliver l'owell, a veter'an of the Worl War, w1o has been at the hos pital n '.Camp Sevier for serles) m+( nth, has 1e1n dII.,ehar'ged amd is now. at the home of his parents. 13. anad .\s. .lohn Rl) of Gains vill-, (,:.. :tit- s)e(uing some time with their. parents, \lr. :and( Alys, 1,.. A. IUoperi. Itle-ase, thet sonl of Mr'. and34 Mr s. 1'. I''. etith, who, suffered a badhly brIok~eni aw bone I wo'l we'e4ks aago. is nowy g'et ting aliin. a' we'll as Irol he ex II. l'. Ihnn3iit<1.n3I o'ear 1'iek('ns lis ricentl lahsedi a3 Ipart of the .\:uark .Jone(s farm311 here and34 hats moved'( here .1. W. Ihilde, 3 bro4t her-in-law of Mr . 113 lam iton haJs alsoI miov'ed hert'. Ilie has rented1'I th Mr' ~s. Janlie \VeI Ityan Kt'e itas accep(1ted wor413k wvith Gree'nv'ilb-. Iii' is espe'cially missid by thet y<(.un3g l3eople of th.'i.1....m3 Silas Simmons oitflnear Twelve' 'M ile has rcen'ut 1'ly~ prchased' thet (114 Sim33 men~ts hiomle(t andi wtill move(4 to it SlNGIN(G CONVENTION Th'le i-urican le Tiownsh$ ip SintginJg 'onlveniti4on will m(eet with M ountainl Viewv churc3'h the fir'st iSundayv after ntoont in Januar3:3iy at 2 o'clock. Th~e Cetral1*3 Townushi p Siging con venltionl will meet wvithi Camp Creek church'e3 te fourth Sunlday in D~ecem ber. All singing leaders invited. MAltItAGE . Marr'ied, Sunday, December' 18, .\i'. J1. W. Tlurnei' and1( Mrs. D~ai ly Jonules, both of Pickens3 'ounity. WV. S. GnattI N. I '., paerformlied the ('er('me.n~y. The' hlappy couple have the best wishes; of mane333 friends.