Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mrs. Bailey Robinson has moved to Greenville, so as to be near her son Joe who is taking a business cpursq in that city." Mr. C! E.. Robinson has moved his law office from the court house back to his old place above Bivens' garage, adjoining the Kewoee Bank. - Prof. Hagen and Mr. Lloyd Grandy , went ' to ~ Whitewater last Saturday; where Mr. Grandy owns some moun tain land including the beautiful Whitewater falls. The condition of Miss Florence Bowen is very critical. Her brother C. M. Bowen of Seneca and her sis ter Mrs. J. F. Banister of Liberty have been with her for several days. Following a recent recommendation of the grand jury Pickens county will employ a County Physician. A notice in another column fully ex plains the plan and proposed duties of the physician. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gillespie have returned from a ten-day visit to their son Rev. Leo Gillespie in Spartanburg and their nephew Mr. John Meares in Forest City, N. C. While in Spar tanburg they heard Billy Sunday ].reach. Norman Holder and his force, who have been doing. some street work for the town of Pickens, left Tues !ay for Prosperity in Newberry coun ty to do road work. Mr. Holder is making a good reputation all over the country as a good road builder. We call attention to the advertise ment of the Greenville Daily News and The Pickens Sentinel which, ap pears in his week's paper, your own county paper and the most wide awake, the very best daily in upper South Carolina, for the price cf one. Rev. 1. P. Mitchell and wifq now occupying rooms in the home of Mrs. Ora Mauldin on Florence st. We are glad to have th'ese good people in our midst and bid them welcome to our town.. Mr. Mitchell supplies Enon and Secona churches, for this year. Mr. C. N. Morgan, who recently moved from near Calhoun to Central route 4, was at the county seat on business one day last wveek. Near his newv home five roads run together anm1 he has named the place Five Pints after the famous Five Points of tlanta. ED. Grov'es, of Liberty, has opened lasie hasuha years' of ofeiec in ihe pressing, cleaning and dyeing bui'iness and will appreciate a part of the public patronage. The legislature met Tuesday. Our delegation, Senator E. P. McCravy, andl Ropresentatives J. S. Leopard and Jubal Williams, -',eft Mondqy to be present at the -opening session. S The tax question is the most pier ( plexing problem -they will ;have to' deal with at this session and it is hoped they will solve it to the satis faction of' the tax payers. Remem ber, gentleman, this is election year and f?'bi will have to give account of your stewardship. * Guy. McFall has .bought out the Langston'*garage at the corner of * Main and Ann streets and wilt con * tintie the business at the same stand. Dover H-inkle will remain with the garage. Mr. McFall was the original owner of this place and is expe'rien - .cedl in the business And besides beinig one of -the best fellows in the world he1 knows how to conduct a* garage. -He vill be glad to have you call o'n hin when you needi anything in his lin of oils, gas, tires, accessories re air work, etc. NEWSV CENTRAL .LETTER Death of Mrs. Barr-Surprise Mar riage-Personals L. H. Bowling and wife returned from Spartanburg last Saturday where, they had been' for almost a week. Mrs. A. B. Sanders of Belmont N. C., came home with them to spend several days. Mr. Bowling traded for a Ford sedan while he was irk Spartanburg.. Miss Lela Pinson played a march on the Central people by getting married secretly on the 12th ofDe cember to Mr. John Gambrell of Pendleton. The marriage- was kept a secret until during the holidays, when it became known. Mr. and Mrs. Gambrell left for their home at Pen dleton where% they will live. Mrs. Gambroll was the second daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pinson of this city, and a very charming young lady. Mr Gambrell is depot agent at Pendleton, and very prominent in business circles. We wish the happy couple much success. A gloom of sadness settled over her relatives and many friends when on last Saturday night, Mrs. Mary Barr passed into the great beyond. We have not learned her exact age, but she has passed 80 years. She had not been well for sometime, and a fall on the floor hastened her death. She is survived by three brothers: B. J; W. F. and Thomas Johnston, all of Central. Their many friends sympathize with them in this breave ment. Mr. J. T. Gassaway left for Green ville last Monday, where he will be during Federal court as he is one of the gentleman of the jury. Mr. Ralph Ramseur, of Courtenay, was a welcumed visitor to Central last Monday. Mrs. L. G. Clayton, spent a day and night with her son,, F. Van Clay ton, at Pickens last' week. Miss Angie -Lee Clayton, Misses Nellie and Lucile -Hende-son visited Mrs. W. M. Lawrence, at Norris dur ing the holidays. Mr. Clem Kelly and family have moved from Atlanta to Central and he will be associated with his father Mr. S. R. Kelly, in business here. ALONG CENTRAL ROUTE 2. Mr. Ray Whitmire, who is attend ing school in Pickens, spent the holi days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Whitmire. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hopkins and chil dren of Seneea spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. T. E. Craig, on 'Keowee. Miss Ellen Morgan returned to Tamassene Saturday, aftjr a two weeks' vacation spent with homefolks here. The pleop~le of this section were shocked Friday afternoon when theI sadl ncjws came telling of the death of Mr.'Pat Dickson of near Seneca. He was killed by a passenger train Fri day evening. Mr. Dickson was once a resident of this 'section and had ma~ny friends here and, elsewhere who. will be grieved to learn of his death. Truly a good man has gone to his re ward. Mrs. .Josie Gantt of Newry spent the holidays here with her (laughter, Mrs. R. A. Alexander. Mr. Will Morgan has recently pur chased a rnew Ford. Look out girls! Wonder who will get the first ride? One of the most enjoyable affairs of -the holillays was the singing given' in honor of Miss Ellen Mox:gan, chairmipig datghter of" r. Miles: Mor gani of Ke~we'e, on her eighteenth birthday. Amiong thlose present wrere 'Mr. 'and Mrk C~ E. MdolN, Misses Della Evatt, Ollie Jean Burton, Toledo, andl Josie Alexander, Ellen Owens, Ledell Moody and Messrs. Will, Louie andl Luther Morgan, DeWitt Morgan,1 Young Evatt, Floyd Owens, St.. John! andl Boone Alexander, John and George Seaborn, John Patterson, Leonard Burton, Jerome Burton,, Hoyle andl Willis Moody. Lonsome Brown Eyes TO ATTEND ROAD MEET'ING The third annual meeting ofte South Carolina Roads Institute will be held in Columbia on Jamiary 24, 25 and .26. Supefvisor McKinmey andl "Boo'' Armstrong, resident engineer on the Pickenj-Blrevard highway, will;,.repre-. sent licens county at the meeting. .iDA D AND 'I My father says the paper he reads a He finds a lot of fault, he does, pe He says there ain't a single thing in And that it doesn't print the kind of s He tosses it aside and says it's strict But you ought to hear him holler whe He reads about the weddin's and I He reads the social doin's with a m He says they make the papers for ti He'll read about the parties and he'l He says of information it doesn't c< But 'you ought to hear him holler w He's always first to grab it and hea 1 He doesn't Mdiss an item pr a want a He says, "They don't know what we I'm going to take a day sometimes e Sometimes it seems as though they i SBut you ought to hear him holler v DEATH OF GOOD WOMAN Mrs. H. C. Young Died At Her Home, Near Liberty In the afternoon of December 28, 1921, the wife of Mr. H. Cooley Young passed into that great "bourn from which no traveler e'er returns." Julia Townsend Young was born April 25, 1884, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Town send, of the Flat Rock section. She and Mr. II. C. Young ' of Lib(Ity were married December 23, 1903. He, with eight children-four boys and four four giirls, the youngest an infant son of thirteen days-sur vive her; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. A. A. Adams of Easley, Mrs. Frank Sheriff of Ca teechee and J. H. and T. E. Town send of Liberty. She joined the Flat Rock Baptist church in her girlhood. We cannot understand just why so devoted a wife and mother should be thus called, but to the trusting soul comes the assurance that "He doeth all things well"-and the hope of meeting her again "beyond this vale of. tearas.' The day following her death the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Anderson of Easley at the Flat Rock church, after which her remains were laid to rest in thd church cemetery. Lois, the eldest child, and her sis ter Marie are studefnts in the Lib erty high shool, Lois having won the Improvement Medal of the school last year. A deep sympathy goes out to' these girls from both teachers and students. Likewise, the entire community extends sincere sympa thy to this bereaved family. MRS. WERNER DIES AT HOME NEAR CENTRAL Mrs. George Garvin Werner, wife of Win. J. Werner, passed away at her home near Central at 12 noon, on Thursday, January 5, after an illness of 12 months. Mrs. Werner is surv'iv'ed by her hus-.. band, Wmn. J. Werner, andl six chil dlren, also by her mother, Mrs. Fred Garvin, of Central: two sisters, Mrs. J. J. Thode, of Waihalla, and Mrs. D. P. Montgomery, of Central, andl by one brother, JT. B. Garvin. of Central. Mrs. Werner was a consistent mem ber of the Presbyterian Church at Central wvhere she spent most of her grlhood and womanhood. Besides her immedIiate family a number of rela tives and nmany friendls will miss her. After a short funeral service con dlucted by Rev. Mr.'Knox, of Liberty, her body was laid to rest in Mt. Zion cemetery at Central. MRS. ROPER DEAD Mrs. Roper died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. C. Alexander, in Central last Sundlay, pneumonia being cause of death. Funeral ser vices were held at Six Mile Monday afternoon. The deceased was grand mother of Mr. J. A. Roper, cashier of the Bank of Six Mile. U. S. COURT JURORS The following Pickens county (nen have been drawn to serve as .Jurors at the next term of Federal court to be; held at Greenwood, beginning Febru-' ary 22: Grandl Jury-T. N. Hunter, Liberty; A. .D. Mann,. Pickenf R2. Petit Jury-J. R. Meece, Subset;. H,. A. Wealey, Pickens. Mr. J. M. Watson, of Cateechee, wnhere on business Monday. IE PAPER in't put up right. rusin it all night. t worth while to read tuff the people need. ly on the bum n the paper doesn't come. o snorts like all git out; oat derisive shout. e women folks alone. fume and fret and groan. ntain a crumb 'hen the paper doesn't come. cads it plum. clean through d-- that is true. want, the durn newspaper guys. n' go and put 'em wise; Lust be deaf, blind and dumb rhen the paper doesn't come. ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER GONE Mr. Phillip Chapman Died At His H 'me Last Sunday One by one the old Confederate soldiers answer the last, long roll call and more frequent summons cone as the years go by making the ranks thinner. Last Sunday, January 8, Mr. Phillip Chapman died at his home in Eastatoe after a few days' illness of pneumonia. Mr. Chapman was in his eighty-fifth year of life. He was a lifelong citizen of Pickens county, a splendid man and a member of Antioch Baptist church. He enlisted in the Confederate army May 1, 1862, in Co. A, Orr's Regiment, and served until the surrender April 9, 1865. In more than one way he was a renarkable man. He made a good crop last year and worked up until a few days before his death. His wife, who was a Miss Hinkle before marriage, preceded him to the grave- about eleven years. He is survived by the following children: Waddy Chapman of Indiana, Elijah Chapman of Central and Misses Mat tie and Anna, ,who lived- with their father'. Mr. Chapman was an uncle of Mrs. Walter Langston and the Hinkles of Pickens. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by Rev. H. F. Wright and the body was laid to rest by the side of the grave of the wife in Antioch cemetery. FIRE IN PICKENS Oil Mill Seed House Burned Early Saturday Morning The cotton seed house of the Pick ens Oil and Fertilizer Co., together with about 180 tons of cotton seed, fifty tons of hulls and usual seed house machinery, was destroyed by fire wvhih was discoveredl about 3:30 o'clock Saturday morning too late to control. The loss is estimated at about $8,000, partly covered by in surance. Origin of the fire is un known, but it is thought to have been. caused by spontaneous com bustion of spedl. B~it for the recent wect weather the fire wvould undoubtejdly have spread to other buildings. As it was the Pickens Inn was set on fire several times and only heroic wvork of neighbors saved it and probably other buildings. .PICKENS SCHOOLA NEWVS Pickens High School is trying to put itself on the map in athletics. -Thie girls are: new begininers, but are showving that they' are innde of material necessary for a good team, ard expect to be able in the near future to meet any opponent. Like everything else they will have to have funds to meet the expense of equip ment, and they solicit the same. The names of those on the first team will be- announced in the near future. Miss Florence Stewart wvas absent from school Friday on account of sick ness. Miss Sarah Farmer, primary teach er, wvas absent from her work Tuesday on account of s;ickness. Mr. Marvin Gravely spent the wveek end at Easlcy on business. Prof. W. F. Hagan spent a portion: of last week at Whitewater. Get a $16.00 Dictionary- for your school without cost. See adlvertise ment about it in this paper. TO, PETITION L19ISLATURE Will Ask That All Bootleggers Be gent 'to Jail The Pickens W. C. T. U. placed, in circulation Tuesday petitions for peo ple of Pickens county to sign askirng that our county legislative delegation use its efforts to have the state liquor laws changed so that convicted viola tors would have to serve sentence on chain gang instead of given the pri vilege of paying a fine. Following is the wording on the petition: To the Senator and Representatives of Pickens County: We,. the undersigned citizens and voters of Pickens county hereby re spectfully petition that you use your best efforts and endeavors to so amend the liquor laws of this State as to eliminate and abolish a fine as part of the sentence imposed. We are of the opinion that the laws as idministered today are ineffective to prevent'the illegal traffic in liquor and do not believe conditions will im prove until the laws are so changed as to make every violation a misde meanor punishable by imprisonment only, and this we earnestly and re spectfully ask that you do at the ap proaching session of the Legislature. WYATT JENNINGS MARRIED A marriage which is of interest to Sentinel readers was that of Mr. Wyatt Jennings and Miss Nell Pow ell, the event taking place in Colum bia on December 24. Mr. Jennings is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jennings of Pickens, a man of sterling character and un- t usual personality. He is a traveling; salesman with headquarters in Co lumbia. The bride is well known in Pickens, having been milliner here for Heath Bruce-Morrow Co. several years ago and proving a most attractive and accomplished lady. ShQ is a native of Maryland and for the past season conducted a .millipery establishment i,+ Columbia. The Sentinel joins with many other Pickens friends in extending con gratulations and best wishes. MARRIAGE AT SALEM Married, Sunday afternoon, January 8, at the residence of Mr. W. H. Talley at Salem, Mr. Arthur Madden of Murphy and Miss Ida Alexander of Salem route 2. The bride is a daugh ter of Mr. James F. Alexander of the Stamp Creek section of Oconee coun ty, and the groom is a son of Mr. Silas J. Madden of the Crow Creek section of Pickens county. Both have numer ous friends in Pickens and Oconee counties who join in extending con gratulations. The ceremony was per formed by Magistrate W. H. Talley. SURPRISE MARRIAGE A marriage which was quite a sur prise was that of Mr. ~Judlge O'Dell and Miss Mary Maud Stewanrt wvhich took place in Hendersonv'ille, N. C., last week. The bride is a trember of one -of Pickens county's best families, being a (laughter of Rev, and Mrs. J. M. Stewart of Pickens. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. .Juhe O'Dill of near L~iberty. ,MARRIED Who? Mr. Flem Gilstrap andl Miss Myrtle Fisher. When? December 25, 1921. Whern? At the home of the bride's father', Mr. Mack Fisher, in Eastatoe. Who married theim? Rev. H. F. Wright. Theso young people are very pop ular andI have many friendls who are extending conigratulafions. PICK ENS COUNTY COTT'ON There were 22,314 bales of cotton ginned in Pickens county, prior to January 1, 1922,, as compared with 18,126 bales ginned to January 1, 1921. WOMAN DEFEATED FOR MAYOR OF WALHIALLA Miss Addie Tatham, the first South Carolina woman to offer for thc.off ice of mayor, was ilefontedj in 'thei city election at Walhalla, receiving only 29 votes. James M. Moss was elected innor, receivingr 18A votes. PICKENS STEADE ILY GROWING That the town of Pickens is surely knd steadily growing is proven by mubstantial evidence on every hand. ,The fact that every inch of office apace in town -is taken up is a good sign. Several new residences are now be ing built. The handsome new house o Mr. "Zade" Cox on Hampton av mnue is nearing completion. Hansell Bivens has commenced the erection ,f a modern home next to his father's iome on Glassy Mountain street, and Miss Elinor Knight is having a pretty bungalow built -just opposita Mr. Biv ens'. The Presbyterians of Pickens ex pect to build a new church house here at an early day. The waterworks system will be in operation within a week or two. Every business house - in town and most of the residences are having watcr fixtures installed. Much work is being done on . the streets of Pickens and as soon as- the weather permits all the streets will be put in tip top shape. The addition of Edwards & Darsey to the mercantile field of Pickens will add much value to Pickens as a trad ing point. They carry about $15,000 worth of goods more than was carri ed by their predecessors. One who has not' visited their store will be surprised at the encrmity and variety of the stock carried. The rest room being installed by Folger, Hendricks & Co. will also add to the .attractiveness of Pickens as a trading point for the ladies of the community. The Pickens Inn is being remodel-. ed and its yards beautified, and many other minor improvements are being made all over town. Al) of which '1 goes to show that our people are awake, and optimistic. PICKENS BANKS IN FINE SHAPE Mcetings of stockholders and di rectors cf both the Pickens banks were held this week and both banks showed splendid reports. The meeting of the Pickens Bank was held Monday and the following officers of this institution were elect ed: J. McD. Bruce, president; Frank McFall, vice president; J. H. Bruce, cashier. J. E. Boggs, assistant cash ier; Directors. J. McD. Bruce, W. M. Hagood, B. A. lagood, I. M. Mauldin, Frank McFall, J. H. Bruce, Sydney Bruce. The Pickens Bank paid a 16 per cent dividend last year. The Keowee Bank held its meeting Tuesday and. all old officers were re elected as follows: J. P. Carey, pres ident; J. C. Carey, cashier; Directors, J. P. Carey, A. J. Boggs, J. C. Carey. r'his bank paidi 8 per cent dlividends last year. Both Pickens banks are unusually w'ell managed and considering size ire among the very strongest finan zial institutions in the state. The local camp, W. 0. W., recently. nstalled the following officers who iand been elected to serve (luring 1922: A. M. Morris, C. C.; F. V. Clayton, 4. L.; H. A. Townes, banker; A.. S. P~ortcr, clerk; S. E. Brown, escort; W. 1.'Hendricks-, watchman; J. C. Wade, tentry; R. E. Bruce, F. S. Porter and F. A. H. Townes, managers. This camp is one of the best in the state and is in a flourishing condition pith 109 members and several appli.. sations on hand. It meets every first and third Tuesday nights, in its hall over Bivens' garage. FROM PICK ENS ROUTE 4 The holidays passed off very quitely in this section, everybody seeming to enjoy th~emselves fine, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stansell spent last week-end with friends in and around Calhoun. Mr., and Mrs. James A. Edens gave the young people an enjoyable party during the holidays. More than sixty were present. The Rock school is progressing. nicely with Miss Sadie Craig in charge. Miss Mae Jones spent Saturday nighit with ,her :cousin, Miss Lizzie Edens. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stansell spent the holidays with the former's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jodle Chastain.