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H44 Ac t4*4 A,, 9~ PICKENS-THE.GEM -TO, OF THE FOOTHILLS PAPER F PCINS A NEWSPAPER WITH A CRNSCIENCE VOLUMB 61-NUMBER 48 PICKENS, S. C., MARCH 23 1922' SUBSCIPTIN. $.50 YEA Two Brass Bands Musig for Fi Plans for the Pickens county field day to be held in Pickens April 8 have been perfected and indications are that it will be a.most successful event. Great interest is being mani fested in it. throughout the county, and Superintendent Clayton estimates 'that 10,000 people will attend. An added feature to tJe program will be the music. Two brass bands have been secured to furnish music throughout the day and this will add nch to the occasion. lion. J. E. Swearingen, State Sup erintcndent of Education will be pre. seat for the occasion, as will othpr prominent citizens. Every citizen is invite'l to attend the field day events. Come and bring the weill-known well-filled baskets. Ccunty Superintendent Clayton has just received a letter from a member of the State Department of Education expressing congratulations to Pickens county for arrimiging for the field day. He says that this will mean more for the schools of the county than can be Pstimated. In speaking of the event Superin tendent Clayton says: "As a matter of fact one of the objects which a county field day strives to accomplish is a spirit of friendly rivalry'. One cf the greatest drawbacks to our progress in school work is the lack of unifcrmity. We seem to be trying to ruti 52 different school systems in Pickens county instead of one uniform system. We seem -to be trying to gain 100 per cent efficiency with 10 per cen,.pffort. Let us get together strive for the same object, and as a result get better results. The Holy Writ says that where two or three agree on any one thing it shall be done." All of the prizes for the fiel'd day have not arrived. Several have come, however, and may be seen in the of fice of the County Superintendent of Education: The other.? are on the road and will be on display by the latter part of this w ek. Call and .see athem. Best County Floa Palmafest thanct, to advertise county's resour ces in -Columbia during big fes . tival wcek, April 17 to 22. Statt-Wide Intercst In Queen Contest A prize of $500 for the best coun ty float entered in the big Palmafes Ia Parale in Columbia next month has just been annouicecd by James G. II hnesl, parades chairmuan. The Palninftesta Paradel will lhe madle up of thice sectionis, pi aetically three parades(' inl one, the floral paradle, trades dIisplay, and counity floats. The bip: p~ane will bei headed by the Ort~ e's iluat an fo( illowedY~ by the Ct ion doQveted to counuty floats. This dIis 5ion w.il h< in chairge of ,Jas. M. G(c nLI, "Is to give' each counity in Southi Cmelin:' a chance to( bring be me the peopl o)L f the (ntire Sta t2 sonmt outstanding fetesIIi ' of its re sourerCs, history er commne rcial p)rog ress. Last year's Iloat. parade wvas witnessedI by thousands of people1 from all over the State and was ear ried to every section of the c!ountry as a part of the Pathe Weekly miov ing pietmo news. Trhe advertising to be secured in this way being wvell worth the effort even if the $500 tprize 1)e left out of the consideration." Comnpercial secretaries or clubs wvish ing to enter county floats are re quested to write Mr. Holmes ,u Mr. Green. F~orty..five South Carolina counties are nowv actively engaged in local contests to see~ure the candlidates for Queen of Palmafesta. The local que ens will feature in the big parade, each county queen taking the promi *"PALMAF~ESTA" THlE PICKENS SENTINEL~f Gentleman: * My choice for Queen of Palmafe Name.... Addressi. This coupon good for one vote. scription to This Newspaper co Will Furnish eld Day April 8th PICKENS HIGH SCHOOL BOX SUPPER. Those of you that would like to see the giant Hercules of Pickens in the forn. o"Bill" Allgood bring back to Pickens a string of medals for his school; to see Clyde Adams, the fleetafooted rival of Atalanti, cover himself and his, schbol in glory; to see "Bunk" Nealy, the heavy weight man, decorated like Gen. Pershing; to see "Jim" Hendridks, Ira Parsons, Floyd Hendricks, Glenn Cannon, Roy Mann, and J. B. Garrett, the Mar athon herces of Pickens, bring back laurels to the Gem of the Foot Hills, should do more than just wish it. You should come to the court house Friday cvening at 7:30, March 24, and help the boys in a material way. Every young lady should bring an atti actiwe box and every young man should be prepared to buy same. These boxes will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, the proceeds going to the benefit of the high school track team. Show your patriotism and love for your town and school by coming out and lending a helpful hand. "It is more blessed to give than to receive". Your lesence Friday evening will almost insure the winning of the dif ferent loving cups offered throughout the State. RemembuV last ye;-.r Pickens missed the state cup by only two points. Be sure and come. B the old and the young. At a meeting of members of the Pickens bar held Monday a resolution was adopted asking Chief Justice Gary to revoke his recent order for a special term of civil court to be held at. Pickens in April. While the court (locket is considerably crowded it was thought byghc majority of local lawyers that the expense to the county would be too great and farmers too busy just at this time to hold an extra session this spring. t In a Gets $500 Prize nent position on her county's float. Richland, the home county, will of course put up no candidates for Que.n, but will furnish attractive maids of hoiier to grace the Queen's float in the big parade. As usual all expcnses of the county queens, such as railroad fare, accomodations and entertainment for the week will be paid by the Palmafesta association. The grandl prize for' Queen of Palm afcsta is to he a diamond ring valued at $500. Thew commercial and i ndustrial ex lhits at P'ahnfesta this year will be. nim varied t han ever. The bip: steel hbuild i n at th e St atev lair groun d; is nlow being deecrated and arranged to alc modl~ oe svetial hundred10 dIi ier-. ent displays andl already well over one-t hird of the available space has been spoken fo. The Palmafesta programme, an1 (laborate affair of 200 page, isnow n curse~ of preparlation and illcontin ictures of the coun.. ty Queens adinteresting -readling 'matter relative to each county in the State. A dozen active committees of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce are n1ow busiIy' engaged1 ini carrying for wvard the plans for the gala wveek and additional funds have been raisedl to bring to the Capital City the best stellar attractions the country has to offer in the way of musical stars, high-class vaudeville acts, bands and other features. The style showv will he one of the most elaborate affairs ever put on in the South, a fire works dlisplay costing several thousand (dol lars; will he the feature of the opening ntight. A Yearly, Paid-in-advance Sub unta 50 otea. ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER GONE. Mr. W. T. Bowen Pased Away Last Sunday Morning. William Thomas Bowen, one of Pickens county's oldest, best-known and best-loved citizens, died at the home of his son, T. A. Bowen, near Piekens last Sunday morning, March 19. Mr. Bowen had been in declin ing health about two years, but was only forced to go to bed March 9th while on a visit to his son and- he never got up again. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. T. A. Bowen and conducted by Rev. D, M. Ramsey of Greenville, Rev. F. T. Cox of Pickens and Rev. Mr. ,Sims of Liberty.. The body was laid to rest Sunday afternoon in the Liberty cemetery. Had he lived until the fifth day of ncxt May Mr. Bowen would have becn '79 years of age. He was born ncar Tabor church in Pickens county. Il, serve a valiantly in the Confed crate army throughiut the Civil war and althoughi in some of the bloodiest battles of that terrific struggle, lie was never woulilded, though on sev cral cecasions bullets passed through his clothing. le was at the surrender at Appomattox and walked from there to his Pickc.ns e-ounty home in coi pany with Mr. Alfred Taylor, father of Capt. J. T. Taylor of Piekens. Upon his return from the war he settled about three miles from where Pickens now is and lived there until his death. Mr. Bowen always took a great in terest in public affairs of his country, but his greatest interest was in the church. He was a devout and con sistent member of the Baptist church for many ycars. At the time of his death he was a deacon of the Pickens Baptist church and had been for a long time. Before the Pickens church was organized he. helped build Se cona church and was a deacon there. He gave liberally of both time .mid money for the cause of the Master whom he loved s6 much'. Being a public-spirited citizen and a man of snusually good poise and judgment it was inevitable that he should be called upon to serve the people in public office. He served two terms in the state house of rep resentatives, one term in the .state senate and was a member vi the state constitutional convention in 1895. One thing which he did while in the legislature and of which he was particularly proud was putting through the bill which abolished sa loons in Pickens ecunty. It was only aftcr a haid fight that he was able to get the bill passed. On DeLcembcr 25, 1867, iMlr. Bowen married Miss Rebecea Allgood, and she Wilh the filokWiln childreA.n sour vive him: Dr. WV. .1. Howe~n, of' Mounit lhenimd; T is. 1.liy Bi. P'arsons of l'ielu;ns; .1. lt. lHowen, of Lee'sburg', FlIa.: Sh s. WA. (C. O'DeillI, of' 1.iberty and . ;\ Ih~en o near P ircn.. One anrh ic rs. l.v n . ob tonAl ofd Mbru tlhens yeaire we. le at his biedie byn ath camoine. sw bret-ei s: year agoi a ymonsiser ofcknM;r. ~W.n( Hoen, lie dahvlof his br ohr nMof Picen; M.ve l.astw prin owaCahen Ga., dath ion Yi., tin ofMr.it fml owe' chleen were at hi besie tht tiet ae Tity-ier yeariot anydunh ister Wo ar mawn of'dgenoue idule aho neve orot th. hReecbe wast theprig was' thNfr death pein asm eeratured faily heleven pl l..iren(1 borce taestyrimead.ati'h hs sditer, pariot hand f'christa wasl thmnll ofhgenerou ipulen nerforo the 'akthoiabh wnasof the ponr.N nedy oftisgod rn vso Wase toitd ls Drsing 1ecnstrctio beayfu ha bol reathersybaly and vitr and (lnod proiedrith ofetdy.aHe cle the, waros laionsi oy i's T.on, Muband, bathalf bofthe friedens filladte U.lD. Wh and.mr The ollwnpev of thesgo a a dae ceitasate resn placlbeautifu: Sau-B Crai, was M.ce Boen, itbys. Cri. J. L. Nimimons, Rupert Nimnmons, J. A, Allgnnd. BASEBALL LEAGUE ORGANIZED. Pickens, Easley, Glenwood, Alice, Lib erty and Central Compose Circuit. At a meeting of baseball enthus iasts held in the city hall at -Liberty Saturday afternoon a baseball league was organized. The Easley Mill, Glenwood, Alice, Liberty, Central and Pickens Mill teams were represented at the meeting and these teams were admitted into membership in the lea gue. Two mill teams of the city of Anderson have been invited to enter the league and until it is known whether the Anderson teams will come in or not an official name for the league will not be ielected. .J the Anderson teams do not conie in it will probably be known as tho Pickens County Textile League. At the niecting Saturday Mayor Alicn of Eascy was elected presi(el'; J. P. Gairett, salesIan for a sport ing gocds hlouse 'o Greenville., vice presidcnt, and Mr. k-n Woodside of the Easley Mlill, secretary and treas urer. A mcting of the managers of the differcnt teams will be held in Lib crty Wednesday nigle of this week at which time a constitution and by laws of the league will be drawn up, a date selected for the opening of the playing season, and other prelimi nary matters will be decided upon. There is sno reason in the world why a Pickens county baseball league should not be a big success and fur nish wholesome amusement aru recre.. ation for a large number of people, not to mention a good .nuner ot Cobbs, Speakers and Ruths it might develop. The Pickens Mill team has been organized with T. M. Elliott as man. ager and steps' are now being taken to assemble a strong team. FROM GOOD OLD OOLENOY. Mrs. J. I. Reeces of Jefferson City. Tenn., is spending some time with her parents, Hon. and -Mrs. Matthew Hendrix. She is accompained by hei small son, J. I. Jr., of a distinctively Vdensing personality.- - Mrs. Reece is always a welkome visitor here. Miss Laura W. Bailey, assistant State home demonstration agent, of Winthrop College, who was scheduled for a demonstration here last week failed to get here on account of the "big nud hole" which reaches from here to Ambler school house. The program was given before the pupils of the Ambler school. Miss Bailey pronmises to make another attempt to reach us before summer is over. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph iendrix of Chmson Coll(ye and Mrs. Therol. lle.ter of Anderson s1)rut the Week end at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mr.. W. F. Ilendrix. 'ThC. two-rooi school building at Nc w Town is well under way. The Pickenus I .umiber' Co. has t he contramct fo' i ne buildin.: Tlhe. h~ungalowV cn.\i:-',. Saltic .loes Anarl.v:on. W\. I. Ihle is th oL tractor. Thle. total yearl:-c: eneco et ofi the c- sionl wvas 141l. TPhis shoiws ouil ..ni iicrease cf five uuils ocver 1-1 -: m Thec yt arly aig(eragec sho~ws lii m.'eona: cif 98 over 72 of hIcst yearu. The Ev (lyn Dewc~ Memocrial Lihiary now con1 tainls 10 bookaads-n- donationl of ten having been made( since'( thle :-.lchoM c'lcsa:1. A Ii tile more t han e000 n mhl drawvls were made from the l ibrariy dur'ing the school yea--. The newly elected trustees of the Oolenoy school are: WV. 1. Hlendrix, WV. E. Edens, .Jr., and WV. RI. Mass ingill. NOMINATIONS FOR QUEEN OF' .PALMAlESTA. The followving young ladies have beeni nominated as Pickens (county's c'andiidates for Queen of P alma festa. Othiers may be niominiated anuy time, but thle time is shio't. Get busy. Miss Nannie Morris, icIkens1 Miss Bethel Mann, Sixs MiIe Miss Jonnie Attaway, liberty Miss Frances C'ox, Ici. ens Miss Ruth Smith, E asley Miss Nell Hill, Easley Miss Emily Robinson, Easley Miss Louise Gravely, Pickens Miss Claire Richbourg, L iberty Miss Bertha Cantrell, Pickens Miss Daisy Martin, Pickens Vote for your favorite, or if her name is not in the list send It in Coupons clipped from this lfppe count one vote each and $1.50 pai< on subscription to The Sentinel en titles one to 500 votes. Contest- lasti only three weeks 1onea. Pickens County l Successful II THE OLD MILL GRINDS SOME MORE. On Saturday night, 18th inst, just about the time the day of labor was going out and the day of rest as coming in (it was about twelve o' clock) the old matrimonial m.Iller, J. Alonzo Brown, was made to rise front his slumber, put the band on the wheel, throw the motor in high gear and grind a couple of "turns." As the old miller was very sleepy and realizing both couples wvAt very anxicus to get through with the or deal in order that their pulse might become ic amal, thir fever lowered and their minds set at case, he de cided to grind with rapidity, and in a few minutes Clayton Gassaway and iss Stella Dotei, Clyde Smith an:l .iliss Ida Nix were married under 0tne cIeeiotny. it a .ww%' minutes the happy couple', started on a honey mooi and the old miller rolled back on the bed to dream the dreams (f a happy sleep. All parties are of Catecchee. May there always be a good demand in the nitl for doofeirs and spitners, flour in the bin itand "sop" in the howl is the wish for the writer. 1. BAP'TIST W. M. U. PROGItAM. The third quarterly meeting of Division No. I of the Woman's Mis sionary Union of Piedmont Assoc.ia tion will be held with Glenwood Bap tist church, Easley, Saturday, March 25th, with the following program. 10:30 a. m.-Devotional, Mrs. G. E, R. Williams. Greetings-Mrs. Jas. Golightly. Response-Mrs. J. I.S. Connelly. Rec.ognition and reports from socie. ties. What are the Necessary Qualifica tions for a successful W. M. S.? Mrs Robert Long. What are Some the Essentials oi a Good Missionary Society ?-Mrs. E C. Watson. Talk-"Excuses"-Miss Virginia Ligon. Afternoon Session Devotional-M isses Carrie Camp bell and lassie Dodgens. Why is it More of our Ladies do Ioe Etngage in Soul Wiinniing ?--Mrs. Clarence King. Song-Hy .unior Choir. Sunbeam Reports with Association al Supt. in charge. Sunbeam work inl the Association, by Mis. W. W. Daveiport. R. A. Reports-M rs. C. P. Sims in chare.b Y. W A. and G. A. 1e'ports wi(th Spt. in chtar ge. young lp eple.--.M rs. ( . ( . loroughs A\s nmany members' as enn f'romit all the chutebes in this l)ivimt, whthelr they have ai so'ie'ty to repreIset (or for his work in pr'oscut intg Ithe caise of' Ross l'owtlII, conv ited at thle PIc':. ('is courit of I killing Itis wife, the peo ple of the Glentwood Mill village at Easley p'resentedV Sol icit or Dav id W. Smonk with a handsomte gold wvatch. The preCsenilitt was mtadeo in a very informal mtainner tat Mr'. Smoak's offliceS turday afternoon, by Mr. M. E. Garrison, superQtintOledet' of Glen w~otod Mlill, who told the' solicitor that the elt(Pe of Glenwood Mill village, whet(re the crIime( o(cltcurre, were great.. ly appreciative of his efforts itn the t rial of Powell, atnd had made' up a fund by popular subscription amone the people of the village to buy the watc'h. The watch was engraved with the solicitor's initals. liASK(ETI BALL GAME. One of the most interesting bas ketball games of the year was thai played by Six Mile and Pickens br the Pickensg court Monday afternoon Although Six Mile won with a icor< of.9 to 3, they had to (10 some hart andl fast~ playing. Most of the win ner's scores were made on free throwst During the 24 minutes "of actual play ing Six Mile made 22 fouls, whil Piekens made only 6. Hurrah fo our girls. Ian Is Most inter and Trapper It was published In newspapers all over the country last week that a mammoth wildcat had beeji killed near Augusta. The cat was rep resented as 'Weighing seventeen pots and havig whipped five dogs 4t one time in fair fight. That was a fair size wildcat, but in four days last month Mr. R. E. Chastain, who lives near Table Rock in Piekens county, caught three wild cats, the smallest of which was lar ger than the inuch-advertised Augus ta cat and the largest of whicl weighed twenty-five Iouids. .And Mir. Chastain did not fight his dogs with the cnts. 11c caught the animals it) traps and took them out unassisted, put then in boxes o. ncks and brought them to Pickens wicre lie soId them at $10 each. One has t be experienced and hrve a gr(d nerve to take wildcats oat olf a1 tro11p without lielp, but Mr. Chastain does it regularly and has n~ver been painfully hurt at it, though he has Ictecived Several S-i nt':h(ts at different times. Ed Chastain is the clamujpion trap per and hunter cf Pickens county and we doubt if therc is i better onl,, in the state. Mr. Chastain not..only, eljoys the sport but he makes con siderable money out of it, and soie times he longs to live where the big gaie r'oaims and make a profession of tralpping and hunting. Knowing something of Mr. Chas tain's 1eputation The Sentinel asked him how long he had been trapping wild alimls ald how many of the different kinds he hid c.:ught. Mr. Chastain has been trapping for about ten years and durhig that time he has caught over 600 muskrats, 50 coons, :1 miinks, 150 skunks and civet Cats, 10 wild cats, 25 weasels, and a smaller nuiber of other kinds of animals' and fowls. Hie ships the skins to St. Louis, Chicago and New York. A mink skin is worth from $7 to $8, muiiskrat skiln from $2 to $5, skunk skin $2.50, civit cat skins about 50 cents, weasel skinls 5 and 10 cents, coon skin $2.50 and wildcat skins Obout1 $1. During the past ten years '1r. Chastain has also shot and killed seventy-five hawks. le killed eight, hawks in one (day. lie also killed to' owls, three ravens and four eagles, nintetcen wild turkeys, two deers and m1aly pheasants along the North Carolina lit<.e e e killed thirteen erews wit h three shots. lie has kill ed as high as tlirtiy-six squirrels in OIe day and tlevein in ole tree. One - day he killed thirty-three sqiurrels, an owl and a ra t tlesia ke. le aver ages killing six ra- ttlesnaklces a year, t he largest onie he ever killed being lini feet long aind having sixteen rai t-s. '' Setin I hereby a ppoinats Mr i. Ch:statini a commnittee of one~ to cap tur mm.ri kill a horn sniake nmext sum nwtr bnd ting~ it to l'i.:kens. if he tam oe alive we evarm stly re quest l'imiI ouav it w'ell tied before M r. William (Chapman, a wvell knouwni cit izeni <.f the upper part of P'ickensi county. died at tihe home of his sen, Mansell Chapman, Saturday night Interlment was at Anitioch Sunid ay. IMr. Chapman was about 'i5 years of age and a nmember of the Haptist c'huire~h. He~ is surivived by his wVife and the following children: Rural Po.. liceman R. TI. Chapman, Mansell Chapman, Mrs. L. S. Reece, Mirs. Ir viii Dodgens, Mrs. Will Ellenburg, Mrs. Anthonmy Ellenburg, all of Pick ens) ('ounty.' lHe also leaves one broth or, Mr. Jimii Chapman, of Quebec, N. C. Another brother, Mr. Currica Chapman, died about a month ago. 1)EATHI OF AN INFANT. Tlhe friends of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hiuinter syimpathize wvith them in thme loss of their young baby wvhose dleath occ(ur('d at their home- in Lynchburg, Va., Saturday, March 10, following an internal hemorrage. The baby was a twelve pound boy five days old. The father gave blood twice with hopes of saving tlhe young life, but God in His infinite wisdom saw fit to take the child's life, despite all that loving hands and medical skill couldl do. - Mr. Hunter is. a sorn of Mr. Jno. & Hunter of~ Liberty and his wife was r Miss Jennie Robinson, formerly of iliialey