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PUBLISHED WEEKLY -Entered April 23, 1903 at Plokens, 8.0. am stCond clams mail an Ier und'er sot ofongres of lareh 8, 187P
Established 1871.-Volume 44 PICKENS, S. C.. MARCH 25. 1915 Nan, A
- 1 COUNlTY SCHOUL NUOTES
-- tejtAhchool was represented at
the meeting Saturday by Mr.
Lesley an'dMr. Griffith, trustees.
This school Is trying its first
seven months term and is mak
a splendid success. Miss Hattie
Earle of Pickens is the principal
and -there- are two assistant
teachers. Other schools running
longer terms than usual are
Dacusville and Gates. They
haye yoted the special 8 mills
tax.
Cedar Rock, Maynard, Wolf
Creek and Hagood schools will
probably vote a 4 mills tax and
secure state aid.
In Dayton district consolida
tion is being contemplated in
order to have a graded school
system and to secure state aid.
This is also being contemplated
in Olga district No. 35.
Bethlehem and Wolf Creek
have the .record number pupils
per teacher.. More than- eighty
children are enrolled ih each
school to one teacher.
The school 'attendance statis
tics show that in Pickens coun
tiere are seven whites to one
blaik attending school. There
fore Pickens is known as the
greatwhite county.
In Eastatoe district there are
only two negro inhabitants.
Montivale school was repre
sented by Prof. Willie Chastain
and his school 'was compliment
ed for improvment. Martin and
Oolenoy received special men
tion, as did Rock.
Closing of Dacusville School
Thursday, March 25, will mark
the closing of our school term
for 1914-15, and I am sure the
entire district regrets the end of
the scholastic year, -which we
can unreservedly say has been
on'e of the most successful, as
well as most pleasant terms in
the history of our school.
The efficient corps of teachers,
Prof. E. B. Crain, assisted by
Miss Elireth Fat and Miss
Mary Finch, have 'been most
faithful in the discharge of their
duties, and their elevating in
fluence will remain in the com
munity as. well as in the class
room, long after they have gone
from our midst. We have
ample proof that they have put
their very . best efforts and en
ergies into their work, as the
progress of the pupi s will show.
Not only haye they given care
ful attention to the pupils in the
4 class room, but they have given
them special training in the
literary societies and debates,
.and have already,held two ora
torical contesta, delivering a
gold medal to the most Efficient
speaker at each, contest. *And
noir, as a fitting close for the
year's work, they are preparing
to give one of .the very best en
ter tainments ever held in the
auditorium on Thursday even
ing, March 25.
The play will be appreciated
by the most sensitive and re
fined natures, as there is not a
single objectionable f e a t u r e
throughout the entire program.
The comic, as well as the pa
thetic side of life is portrayed,
but the'moral -and story of the
play is ete tind true to life.
For th6 bake' of -variety, fol
lowing' the play .ill bea negro
sermon.e
The entie public is most cor
dially invited to,attend this, our
closing entertainment, which is
free to all, no admission fee,
nothing but the trouble to come,
for which we feel safe In saying
you will be amply repaid, and
agreeably and pleasantly enter
tainedl.
We have an auditorium of a
large seating capacity, good
lights, etc., but if you want9.
good seat,-come early, as sve are
expecting every available seat
to be taken.
6 Remember, the date 18s Thurs
day evening, March 25, begin
nIng at half past seven o'clock,
so let us all be present then.
A PATHON.
Attended w. 0. W. Meeting
It was my good fortune to at
tend the head'carnp meeting, W.
O.W., In Charleston on the. 16th
and .17th Inst. It was a large
gathering of choppers from every
section ofour state. -This order
is the strongest fraternal order
the state and Is doing a splen
The Charleston chop
~ dill treat .us with
The next meet
reen wood in
Magistrates Must Enforce Law
All thO magistrates of Picken
cohinty are requested by Gover
nor Manning to meet at the sheqr
iff's office at 12 o'clock on nex
Saturday, March 27, "in ordei
to reach a definite understand
Ing as to a methodical and strici
enforcement of the liquor lawk
in Pickens coun ty."
Governor Manning was elected
on his law and order platforn
and he evidently thinks the peol
pie want the laws enforced, and
he intends to see that they ar
enforced.
Following is a copy of a It ttei
received from the governor i
magistrates of Pickens county
Columbi i, March 20, 1915.
Dear Sir: I request that you
meet at the sheriff's office ir
Pickens on Saturday, March 27,
at 12 in. in order to reach a defl
nite understanding as to a meth
odical and strict enforcement of
liquor laws in Pickens county.
Each magistrate and constabl(
is especially charged with the en.
forcement of the liquor laws of
this state, and it is my (letermi.
nation that you co-operat3 witE
the sheriff in his efforts to stor
thl illicit sale of liquor in voui
county.
I want reports from you every
two weeks as to what you have
accomplished.
I am, very truly yours,
Ricu'n. I. MANNING,
Governor.
Let Mayoralty Candidates Speak
We believe the peoule of Pick
ens would like to hear the plat
forms of the candidates foi
mayor discussed by the candi.
dates the'nselves and we suggest
that a "campaign" meeting b<
held at which all the candidate,
shall have an opportunity o
presenting their platforms to th<
people whose suffrage they ask
It is nothing but right that bott
the voters and candidates be af
forded this opportunity. Ther
is nothing else like a good an<
clear understanding betweei
people.
The election will be held oi
Monday, April 5.
The Pickens Sentinel
All subscriptions to The Pick
ens Sentinel which expire Apri
1, 1915, will be discontinued nex
week unless renewed befor<
then. The Sentinel prints more
Pickens county news than al
other papers combined and I,
the only newspaper printed en
tirely in Pickens county. It i,
the "Home Paper of Picken
County," and aDpreciates th<
support of Pickens county peo
pie. If you want to help a hom<
industry and help build up F
good paper for your home coun
ty, subscribe for Tlhe Pickenm
Sentinel. If your neighbor does
unot take his county paper asl<
him to subscribe. The Sentine
is for Pickens county peopl<
first, last and all the time, anc
will appreciate their supports
Subscribe today.
Engineer Fant To Be Here
D. J. Fant. of A tlanta, Ga.,
Is to be wit.h me at the following
places on the third Sunday in
April, the.Lord willing:
Cross Roads, 11 o'clock a. mn.
Pickens Court House, 4 p. mn.
Pickens Methodist church, 41
p. m.
Everybody invited to come
to each service. Mr. Fant is
known as: the Christian engi
nieer, and is. al man of great
spiritual power. Let the Chris.
bian people pray for a great
meeting.
Brother Fant will speak at
Wlenwood on Saturday night be
t'ore the third Sunday.
It's Glasses You
Need
That's what a friend told her
and she said, "Nottsettsel I can
see as well as anybodyv." llut the
Headaches Continued
Xere sexnaiy e.cided toshave
glases and haihaldno ie aach
hund reds ,f you et f1er frorn
headthhe 'ak you"lr doctor to tel
your eyes," we can help yout at
THE
Globe Optical
Company
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P'res- See.;and 'Treas.
CONStitTrNn OnnmETRIS.,
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
- European War
Three of the allied warships of ,the
b Anglo-French fleet now -stor4Iing- the
Dardanelles have been sunk by Tirk
I.h mines, according to reports from
London and Constantinople. Two of
the sunken vessels were British men
of war, the Irresistible and the Ocean,
and the third was a French battleship,
the Bouvet.
France and England have each de
clared their intention to carry out
their blockade of German ports and
interfere in every possible way with
German commerce with any foreign
countries, neutral or otherwise. This
blockade, however, both countries an
nounce, will be confined to European
waters, including the Mediterranean
sea.
The British admiralty office an
nounces the Anglo-French fleet has
forced its way through. the Darda
nelles as far as Fort Nagara, which is
the last fortification before reaching
the entrance to the Sea of Marmora.
Both German and Turkish authorities,
however, deny this and state the re
port has erroneuously been circulated
to keep up the spirit of the English
people.
The British admiralty offlee an
nounces the sinking of the German sea
terror, the Dresden, near Juan Fernan
dez island off the Chilean coast. The
majority of the Dresden's crew was
saved and fifteen were wounded, all
i taken prigoners.
Fighting is in progress along the
eastern war front. Both Germans and
Russians claim to have the advantage.
The Germans are attacking the Brit
ish near Ypres and the French claim
decided gains in Champagne between
Boise Le Preter and Pont-a-Mousson
at Dieupt Height.
Turkish troops are pouring into the
Asiatic territory bordering the Suez
canal in an effort to forestall the land
ing of troops from Australia and New
Zealand, whose arrival up the Red Sea
is daily expected.
The Ottoman government at Con
stantinople claim no fear is felt for
the safety of the Moslem capital, as
the Ttirkish authorities state the re
ports of the progress of the Anglo
French fleet through the Dardanelles
have been greatly exaggerated. The
Constantinople war offlee says only
one Asiatic fort has been bombarded
and that unsuccessfully, and that the
big Krupp guns protecting the Helles
pont have checked any advancemeni
up the straits.
Italy and Austria are about on the
point of hostilities. Italy is said to be
preparing to strike at her ancient ene
- my just as soon as the weather breaks
1 and the war offlee is buying horses
. from the United States and other
countries. After conferences betweer
the Italian minister at Vienna and Em
peror Franz Josef and the Austro-Hun
garian minister of war, Gen. Ritter
von Krobatin, have resulted unsatis
factorily, as Austria will not concede
to yieldiihg all the territory Italy de
mands as a price of peace.
Domestic
In a speech at Ogden, Utah, Vice
President Marshall said the present
crisis with Igngland is similar to the
situation of 1812. The vice president
is on his way to San Francisco, where
he will personally represent President
WVihson at the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion.
Former President Taft, in an ad
dress in Chapel Hill, N. C., urged the
nation to support the present admin
istration and stand behind President
Wilson regardless of partisan politics
in such critical times as these. 'rho
former president's many utterances in
this respect and his generous praise
of his successor have pr-oven him one
of America's most patriotic citizens
in trying to assist his successor all
he can instead of finding fault and
criticising by a system of public at
tacks which other ex-presidien ts have
indulged ini.
Large contracts for southerin pine
have been let by Alabama lumbermen
to French, British and Belgian con
tractors for the purpose of rebuilding
the city of Liege, which wvas raAed to
thre ground last August at the outbreak
of the European war in the strenuous
siege of that city
Governor Ferguson of Texas, before
a meeting of the federal industrial
commission in Dallas, greatly deplored
the present system of credits for the
farmer, and advocated an improvedl
rural cr-edits system which he hopes
wvill come with the next congresas.
WV. W. iHowland, a member of the
lower house of the Colorado legisla
ture, was expelled from membership In
tha-t body following an investigation
of charges entered against him of per
jury. it was charged that llowland
received a package of money while in
the house chamber, which he first tes
tifled was payment in a business
transaction with a commercial associ
ate. Later lhe said tihe money came
from Dr. Mary Bates to pay for serv
.ices of a woman detective shadowing
certain peorsons interested in bills
which would affect Judge Lindsey's
juvenile court.
Many Delinquent Tax Payers
On Saturday night about 2,
200 tax receipts remained on the
county treasurer's books unpaid.
This is a greater number of de
linquents than usau al. The
treasurer has orders to turn the
boo0ks over to the auditor on
April 1, and executions wvill be
Issued for all unpaid taxes at
that time. Pay your~ taxes be
fore A pril 1 and saVe money. i
Billy Sunday, the baseball evangel
lst, after concluding a series of reviva
meetings in Philadelphia, receive
$100,000 as a thank offering from tl
people of the City of Brotherly Love
From there Sunday ges to New York
En route lie stopped at Trenton, wher
lie addressed the New Jersey legisla
ture in joint session, which was pro
sided over by Governor Fielder.
Governor Goethals has sent a lettel
to President Wilson, advising againsl
the appointment of Jorge Boyd as tho
Panaman member of the joint lan
commissioner to succed his father
Frederico Boyd. Governor Goethah
feels loyd should be barred becaust
lie Is an attorney for a number o1
claimants. The ap ointment is stil
only inl contemplation.
Clouds are gathering around Virgin
ius J. Mayo, a wealthy New Haver
manufacturer and president of thi
Mayo Radiator company. His arres
following the suicide of Lillian Cook
one of his stenographers, has develop
ed suspicions that lie has lived a dou
ble life in several eastern cities, wher
lie is said to have maintained luxuri
ous households for several womer
with whom lie is reported to have llvei
under different names. A former sten
ographer, Miss Los Waterbury, is satt
to have lived with him in Brooklyr
as Mrs. J. Dudley. A further sensa
tion has been sprung by Miss Susi4
Wahlers, another former stenographei
in his service, who claims lie is the
father of her child.
Elihu Root, former United State,
senator from New York, and formei
secretary of state in the Roosevelt cab
inet and secretary of war under Mc
Kinley, announced lin a public itter
ance in Albany that lie would not b
a candidate for the presidency on th
Republican ticket against Presiden
Wilson in 1916. At a large ban-lue
tendered by the Manhattan Bar asso
elation in New York City - n Mr
Root's retirement from public I fe, Ii
was praised in addresses by formel
President Taft and Joseph Chonte, anm
bassador to Eungland under McKinle:
and in a letter from President \Vlsor
which was read by Mayor Mitei el.
Foreign
Three of the leading American an
bassadors, Ambassadors Page, SI ir
and Gerard to England, France anit
Germany, respectively, have sent o:1
cial word to President Wilson and Se
retary Bryan of the course to be fo
lowed by those countries regardin
American commerce. The notes an
official correspondence between then
ambassadors and their negotiation
with King George, President Poincar
and Emperor William, has now bee
made public, by Secretary Bryan F
Washington.'
The Japanese foreign minister e
Tokyo, Baron Kato, has received o
ficial calls from the Russian and Enj
lish ambassadors to Japan, informin
him of their displeasure at his corn
try's attitude towards China. Ambaj
sador Guthrie, the American envoy t
Tokyo, acting independently of th
other powers, also has notified Baroi
Kato that Japan's demands on Chini
would violate the integrity of the Ori
ental republic and the treaty betweel
the Pekin government and the Unite,
States.
Many American citizens, at has
heeding the many warnings of Secre
tary Bryan and the state departmen
are leaving Mexico and are seekin
passage hack to the states aboar
Admiral Howard's Pacific squadror
whlichi is now in port at Progreso.
Many American oltizens in Moxic
City have been scared by the "ghastly
acts of the Mexicans -under Zapat
in the capital and hiave sent an aj
peal to Secretary Bryan to aid therz
in leaving in Mexico. The secretar;
and state department have prev-iousl;
givenu warning to all Americans ani
foreigne:is in Mexico to quit that couri
try, but all hiave gone unheeded. uinti
now.
General Carranza has signified hi
willingness to yield to President WIl
son's demand that the port of Progre
so, en the Paciflc coast of Mexico, bl
kepft open to United Statea and foreig
comnterce. He further promises thia
nu further dlepredations will be coni
mitted at Man'Aanillo, especially upol
American and foreign lives.
Due to the illness of Secretary Mc
Adoo, Secretary of State Bryan wvil
act officially as host to the Pan-Anmer
ican republic's representatives at thi
financial conference In Washingtoi
next month.
Washington
President Wilson held an imnportan
conference with Senator Hoke--Smiti
of Georgia at the White H-ouse eve1
the British embargo on American trade
with Germany. Both the president ani
Georgia statesman agreed that Eng
land's attitude wvas "high-handed am
intolerable." The sititation betweei
the two nations is regarded critical ii
Washington's official circles, and it lI
believed the two are again near thi
breaking point. The Uinited States i
angry over the English attitude.
Secretary McAdoo is reported to be
recuperating from his recent opetatio
for appendicitis at Providence hos~pita
in Washington.
President Wilson has appointed A
Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvanie for
mer Congressman from that statei wh<
was defeated last November for nii
ed States senator by Senator Pel$ose
as chief justice of the United t
court of claims. Judge Palmer wilt asu<
ceed Judge Charles B. Howry, hbos
resignation wvill take effect Aprig':.
President Wilson sold his entt~in h.
purchased during the buy-a-bale can
paign to H. H1. Conway of Paris,, Tem
as, at 10 cents a pound, and turnei
the money ever to n Oklahoma chai
ity, wvhich wvas to s'Tfhcted by 5tni
tot's aore and y I.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
The people of the city of Anderson
last week voted $100,000 for street im
provements.
Governor Manning has issued a proc
lamation designating the week com
mencing April 5 as "cleanup week" in
South Carolina.
Thirty-three 'warehouses have been
leased by Warehouse Commissioner
McLaurin under the state warehouse
system.
W. B. Clark, a city mail carrier of
Greenwood, has lost his job because of
alleged "political activity."
It is said that since the gallon-a-month
law went into effect the price.of blind
' tiger likker in Greenville has gone to
$1.25 a pint.
Sheriff Charles J. Lyon of Abbeville
county has been appointed by President
Wilson as U. S. marshal for the new
Western Federal district of this state.
The new United States, battleship
Pennsylvania was launched last week.
It is said to be the most powerful bat
tleship in the world and will be ready
for use in a year. Two more battle
ships, even more powerful than the
Pennsylvania, are under construction for
our government.
Secretary of State Bryan wias the
principal speaker at the opening of a
t nation-wide fight on liquor at the Sun
t day tabernacle in Philadelphia Monday
- night. In response to Mr. Bryan's ap
- peal 10,000 men and boys signed total
abstinence pledge cards
According to figures furnished by the
state treasurer's office, the sales of fer-.
tilizer tags up to this date are about
$70,000, as compared with approximate
ly 201,000 up to this date last year.
P The dispensaries in the fourteen South
d Carolina counties having the liquor sys
tem sold $233,804.87 worth of liquor and
beer during the month of February, ac
9 cording to a statement recently issued
d by the dispensary auditor.
S Homer Babp, white, was acquitted of
e arson in Grednville last week. He was
n tried for the burning of U. P. Barnett's
barn, a capital crime, since the barn
was within a few feet of the dwelling
house of Barnett, the lives of whose
family were endangered by the fire.
g --
After having been out all night on the
case, the Greenville jury Saturday morn
0 ing at about 7 o'clock agreed upon a
verdict in the case against.W. S. Chad
wick, finding him guilty of manslaughter
upon the seventh bsllot. Chadwick was
a tried for the killing of Deputy Sheriff
I Lindsay at the Duncan mill village on
the morning of October 5. He received
,t a sentence of 15 years.
g Will Forrester and Tol Pittman,joint
d ly convicted in the Greenville court of
i, general sessions of the mur~4'httm
Bruce at Greer on the night of February
0 6, were both sentenced to life imprison
ment by Judge DeVore Saturday morn
a ing. Both men had been recommended
to the mercy of the court. -Both'smiled
when sentence was pronouncedl.
Greatest cotton crop ever produced in'
the United States was grown in 1914,
Ithe census bureau statistics issued Sat
urday, giving final ginning figures, of
ficIally placed the 1914 crop as the rec
Sord with 16,102,143 bales of 500 pounds
* each. That is 409,422 equivalent 500
a pound balos more than produced In the
t great crop of 1911. Included in the fig
-ures are 121,451 bales estimated to be
i turned out after the March canvass.
Round bales included 57,618; Sea Island
bales 81,598; average gross weight bales
507.2. Ginneries operated, 24,522; linter
cotton not included in total, 791,464
equivalent 500-pound bales. Much to
the surprise of the cotton trade, cotton
advanced on the ginners' report some
10 points on an average. Spot cotton
t closed 10 points higher than Friday.
,The only explanation to the advance in
the face of the largestcrop on record is
that the trade exp~ected a 17,000,000
.bale crop instead of a little more than
1 16,000,000. While the crop was a record
one, the only states to make now rec
ords of production were Alabama, Louisi
3 ana and Oklahoma. Other cotton states
* all'came cloa to their records. In the
3 last four years the following number of
bales have been ginned in South Caro
a lina: 1914, 1,524,695; 1912, 1.377,814;
S1912, 1,182,128; 1011, 1,648,712.
The Pickens county township
boards of tax assessors met in
-the auditor's office on Thursday,
,Friday and Saturday of last
s week and oassed on returns of
all personal property handed
s them by the auditor, but made
no material changes in the as
8 sessments. The county board
of assessors will meet in the
auditor's office on Saturday,
SMarch 27. This board is comn
'posed of the chairman of each
townshin board.
Easley Local and Personal
The. Anderson college glee
club will appear at the Easley
School auditorium on Tuesday
night, March 30,
At public auction Saturday
afternoon the old city hall and
lot was sold to the highest bid
der. It was bid in by Walter
G. Couch at $1,005. The lot on
which it was located measures
26x210 feet. Papers have al
ready been drawn and possession
will be given as soon as the new
city hall Is completed.
W. N. Jones, who recently
conducted a general store at
Easley has purchased the store
of T. A. Julian on route 6 and
will continue business at Julian's
old stand.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballen
tine, of Greenville spent Sunda y
with Mr. Ballentine's mother,
Mrs. N. E. Ballentine,near bere.
C. H. Story and L. J. Con
nelly, representing H i c k o r y
Camp W. 0. W., attended the
head camp meeting in Charles
ton last week. Mrs. Connelly
also attended.
At the Easley mill Friday
afternoon a six room house and
almost the entire household
goods were destroyed by fire.
The house was occupied by a
Mr. Elgin.
Misses Elizabeth Fant and
Mary Finch, school teachers
from Dacusville, spent last Sun
day as the guests of Mrs. A. G.
Wyatt.
A. Brandon Taylor, of Pick
ens was a visitor in Easley Sun
day.
Glenwood Gleanings
Prof. Thomas Carter of Green
wood county has just closed his
second singing school of toYr
nights by giving a nice program
by his class and a few others,in
cluding Profs. Adger M. Pace,
(Johnnie) E.L.Faircloth (Mary),
and Miss Blanche Sentell, all of
Greenville. We are much im
pr6ved in singing.
Our Sunday schools are doing
fine. Mr. D. B. Cobb's class'of
Junior boys had 57 present Sun
day morning.
Mr. P. T. Sanders attended
the W.O.W.meeting in Charles
ton, last week, reporting a nice
time.
Mr. Alford Bagwell of Green
ville visited Mr. D. B. Cobb Sat
tirday and Sunday.
What about a Sunday school
honor roll-this to be made quar
terly instead of monthly? If
yon-thinki it worthy, say so.
The f W sick people are report
ed much'improved. X.Y.Z.
Tabor News Notes
ELbchsWe oXv on4
~March 20.
The farmers made goodI use of
the few pretty days In March.
Small grain is looking wveil, con
sidering the cold, wet winter.
There has been a lot of grip in
this community this "'inter.
We are glad to report that the
little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Lewis is improving. after a
month's illness.
The Pickens mill singing class
and other good singers out of
town met with the Tabor Sun
day school Sunday, and we sure
had some goood singing.
Mr. Mc1D. Farmer returned
Monday from Anderson, where
he had been visiting his daugh
ter', Mrs. Remus Henderson.
The writer enjoyed a singingI
at the home of Mr. Anderson
Evatt Sunday night.
The Cedar Rock winter school
wvill close Friday, March 26.
Mr. Manning Owens lost a
horse last week. A RE A mEn.
Along Central Route Four
'Alec Billingsly (lied at hisI
home on the 19th inst. and was
buried the (lay following at Keo
wee.
Born, unto Mr.and Mrs. Frank
Oliver, on the 14th, a girl.
Miss Essle Stewart and father,
Robin Stewart,are visiting T.H.
and J. C. Stewart.
Mrs. W.HI. Orr, who has beeni
confined to her bed for several
weeks, is not Improving much at
this writing.t
Claud Mauldin of Gap Hill
was at T. H. Stewart's Wed nes
day on business.
Tihe Keowee school Is progres- e
sing nicely under the efficient
management of Miss Minniet
Herd.
Mr. T. H. Oliver spent a few
days last week in Fort Hill on1
business. WILn lnt.
CLEAUP E~k'' 510
The week beginning A* Ah
will be observed all over
Darolina as clean-up week, it
will also be observed as cleauup
week in the State of Pickens
and the local work will be under
the auspices of the Daughters
>f Confederacy, same as in the
past two years. The ladies are
especially anxious to make a
good showing this year and ask
the co-operation of all the cit.
zens of the town. They' want
the premises a ro un d every
dwelling and business house,
and every vacant lot, cleared of
all rubbish of every kind. They
are also especially anxious that
the court house lot be made
more pleasing to the eye. There
is no telling how many cases of
sickness a good cleaning up will
prevent, not to mention the im
provement in the appearance of
things. More information will
be given next week, but you can
make your arrangements now
to clean up.
News Notes From Route Three
As we have seen nothing ie
3ently from route 3, .we will try
this morning to write you only a
rew hurried dots. For the past
bwo weeks we have had warm,
3unny weather. The i'obins
:ame and were busy in the holly
brees feasting on the luscious red
berries in all their glory and en
joymen t, the doves cooing in the
pinesiseeking their spring mates,
'urning plows and harrows busy
[reparing the seed bed for the
3oming crop, gardeners bustling
r aiid, the good wives and
a ghters tkin, the newly
'1C:e clicks from the nests
r caring for them in the poul
. But on Thursday old
or began to howl through
the branches of the trees, dark
Alouds began to rise, and Satur
Jay morning on arisingr ok
Mother Earth was found to be
wearing a beautiful. mantle of
snow, then almost zero weather
again, and thein business almoBt
to a standstill.
After a very successful term,
the Twelve Mile school closed
last Friday. A sumptuous treat
was given by the teachers, and
the little boys and girls all seem
1d to be in the zenith of their
)njoyment..
in a Georgia paper I recently
'ead an account of the death of
Tudge James R. Brown near
Janton, Ga., in the 88th year of
ils age. le was onp of the mcst
prominent men of northeast
3eorgia. The sketch says that
Tames R.. Brown, a brother of
~he Gov. Joseph E. Birown and
m uncle of ex-Gov. Joseph M.
Brown. The sketch also says
ludge Brown was born at Pick
mns, S. (1., August .18, 1827, the
on of Mackey Brown and Mrs,
I~a lbeirowvn. He was ed
ulcatedl at PickW jand Williams
ton, S. 0., and1 in 2mvdto
Canton, Ga., to study law in t
ff'cc of his brother, Joseph E.
Br~ wn, graduating from the
YaV e law school in 1853. During
tiie. "udge Brown filled many
1pos i ons of trust and honor. I
think Judge Brown was a grand
son of the late Joseph Gresham,
who sold the territo~ry to the
German agents who .later built
the town of Walhalla.
I will have to omit several
items of* recent occurrence along
route '3 for the present, as the
mail is right here.
A cottage prayer meeting was
held Sattturd av night at the home
Of A. C. Edenis.
Mr. and~ Mtrs. Eli Porter visited
their son. R. S. Porter, last Sun
(lay.
Messrs. Allen Edens and Ce
phas Can troll attended the sing
ing at Tlabor church Sunday
and( reported a nice time.
A Sunday school was organ
izedl at Mountain Grove last
Sund1(ay and Mr. Tonm Lynch
wa elected superintendent.
COBBLER.
S tate su perin tenden t of edu
~ation J. E. Swearingen spent
C'hursday and Friday in Pickens
~ounty visiting and speaking to
everal of the rural schools. On
aturday morning about thirty
chool patrons, trustees and
eachers braved the snow storm
nd attended. the mieeting at
he court house and listened to
n instructive talk by Prof.
wearingen on the local tax
uestion, longer term, stete aid
~nd how to obtain, mongy from
ho state fund for weak pchools.
~. good deal of interest Was evi
lenced and, several of the teach
~rs and trustees made *wort
nilks