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THE__PCKS SENTINE PUBLISHED WEEKLY OFFICIAL PAPER OF PICKIENS COUNTY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR Established 1871-Volume 45 PICK ENS, S. C. SEPTEMBER 2, 1915 LHistory of Mt. Carr Prepared by a committee consisting of Messrn J. R. Lathem, Joseph Looper N. K. Smith, L. L. Smith and G. E. R. Williams, and reasd be fore the church by Mr. C. V. Lather). T HIS church owes its origin to a community prayer meet ing. About 1830 a small odv of Christians was meeting rom house to house, and the Idea of a church was originated. Permission was obtained from Cross Roads church for them to meet as an arm of that chuech. They began meeting as an arm' of Cross Roads church, but did not seem very successful, and after they had met for some time the mother church sent Bro. Joe Looper down 'to ask them to come back to. Cross Roads, but a few faithful sis ters,viz: The Misses Kennernore, Mrs. Mary Lathem, Mrs. Niza Hunt, Mrs. Martha B urdine, 4 begged taro. Looper to meet with, them, and through their com- I bined efforts .this church grew, and today we have a -rmember ship of over 200 From the best information ob tainable this is the fifth house this church has had since its or ganization. It was organized as a church i.January, 1837. The presbytery consisted of the fol lowing.: Bros. Wim. King, David Blythe, iJoseph Robinson, Allen Robinson, Stephen Powell, W. Cantrell, Mark Freeman. Bro. King acted as moderator. Oharles Davis and .John Ken newore, the first two deacons of this .church, were -ordained by this ipresbytery. ,Bro. Davis seems to shave . been clerk from the beginning, but in February, '8' Bro. Harvey IKenno nore was ellected clerk. In Apni'l of the -same year the chui'ch :receiyed Stephen Powell as:a-member. Bie was a licensed preaoher. and in July of the same ,vear he was -ordained a preacher 'hy the follo wing breth rem:: Elders Jordan and Blythe, and 'Capps. Bro. Powell seems to have been -sipplying the ch'uroh at the time of his ordi nastion. In July.,1840, the ch;rch elect ed B'o. iJackson as deacon. At this time the church was being visited 'by va rious preachers, viz: Roper., Boroughs, .King, Blythe, Jo1lan,., a'ohinson a nd Bro. Mil ler, a Methodist circuit rider. The ohu'rch seems to ,have been growhi-g -Fpirituall V and numer ically., for in Octohe:, 1842, the church'received into its.nem ber -hip by .experience the much beloved and noble servan-t of God, the Rtev. W. B. -Singleton. The church also set apartitwo new I deacons, Joshua. Jackson and D. H. Ken emerg The presbytery consisted of,.giRev. T. L. 1Roper, 4.Rev. :9. P9Nyell, and 19eacons Grogan., Whsitmire and Davis. Ini 143 jro Kennemnur re signed as earkr and Bro.HiCleve Hunt was iboted and served un til April, i$5. Bro. Red Rack-, ley was ctedi1clerk in Novem b~er, 1~4 Bro. Wwell wvas still supplying ik this ch'uch and asked permiis sion, to establala an arm of the chg.ch at old Brushy Creek,now Sj'.oam, church., and in Junae, - 1 ,was organiz~ed as a church. 'lj~ church was still growing., ,and in 1847 sent .out another j~preacher,D.Hiarvey Kennemore.4 ' He was ordained by the follow-. a ing, b~y the laying on of hands: A Bros. D. Po well., A. .Williams and I James Kay. 1t seems that Brot her Powell< preached for the church from the time it was organized until 1849. In February B~ro. D. Blythe was called to the pastorate and served 3until 1852, when Jesse Dean was elected. In this year Bro.Rack 1ey' resigned as clerk and Bro. I John Smith was elected. In 1854 1 .1 Bro.John Aril was called to the 1 pastorate and preached t wice a' month. D~uring Bro. Ariall's pasto.ate the church ordained < and set apart another preacher, Bro. N. R. Smith. who was or dained by the following: Rev. Jesse D)ean, D)avid Blythe, TI. Looper and W. B. Singleton. In February, 1856, Bro. Holder was called as pastor. In 1857 Bro. Powell was elected and served one year. Then the church call ed Rev. W. 1B. Singleton, who served one year. Then Rev. T. Looper took charge of the church and served untIl 1.862. Elder ael Baptist Church | David Blythe was then called and served until January, 1866, when the church called Elder A. D. Bowers. At the same time the church elected two more dleacons, W. L. and 0. H. L. Smith. They were set apart by a presbvterv consisting of Rev. T. Looper, Rev. A. D. Bowers, Deacons Josenh Looper and Eli jah Roper. L. R. Smith was 3lected church clerk. In 1869 Rev. W. B. Singleton ook charge of the church as pastor. In 1872 B.. F. Dilworth was elected church clerk and Rev. T. Looper preached for the hurch. In 1873 Rev. W.B.Sin ;ieton again supplied thechurch. [n 1874 Rev. A. D. Bowers was alled and in 187.5 Elder G. W. Singleton was called as pastor mnd Bro. N. K. Smith was elect 3d clerk of the church. In 1874; Rev. W. B. Singleton again )reached for the church and L. R. Smith was set apart as a dea >on. The presbytery consisted )f Rey.W.B. Singleton and Rev. 4. W. Singleton. In September, 1878, the old hurch having gone to rack and he members having been meet ng in the schoolhouse for sey ral years, resolved to build a 3hurch-the building we now >ccupV. The following building ornmmittee was appointed: Bros. W.L. Smith and B.F. Dilworth, Jitizens 0. W. and J.S.Lathem rnd W. R. Cla4'dy. The ground bhe church iwew stands on was lonated by W. R. Clardy, and the largest .coiitri butors were G. W. and J. S. Lathem. Later the building committee was en arged by appointing E. T. Hol 3ombe., L. R. Smith, J.W.Hunt, . O'Sheals, W. B. Singleton and M. F. Wiliams, and Citizen W. J. Pender. The new church was .dedicated Sept. 27. 1879. The dedication s e r m o n was preached by Elder W. B. Single ton, from Timothy 3d chapter., 15th rverse. By request of the chutch Rev. -. W. Singleton helped to raise the money to paint the church. In February., 1.880. Bro. N. K. Siith resigned as clerk-and Bro. N. A- Christopher was elected. In Mach., 188., Rev. S. A. Gary took daarge of the church, and luring his .pastorate the church had a great 'revival and the :hurch was greatly strengthen 3d, and another preacher, J. F. singleton, was 'received into the ,hurch. In Felwuary., 8'8414, Rev. J. W. Hutchins took charge of the .hurch. In Fetaruary,1885, Bro. Jhristoplher resigned as clerk iiid Bro. J. F. singleton was Slected. In May.,1887, the ch a rch set apart a niew deacon, Bro. Wnm. Kennemnore. The presby ;ery consisted of Fdders J. W. Elutchins, T. Looper and Dea :ons N. K. Smith and J. F. Sin nleton. Ordination prayer by Bro. TP. Looper. Thle first burial at this church ~vas September 4.,188?. In October, 1887., Broe.. Single ~on resigned as .elevk of the hurch and J. R. Lathem was ~lected and has co~nmed until ~he present time,alnaost-28 year s, mnd has rmissed only seven con 'erences in that time. In November, 1887. Riev. $. A. )ary was elected pastor and erved one year. Duhring Bro. )ary's pastorate the church bought its first organ and the ollowing brethren acted as a ommittee to raise the money Lud purchase the organ-. T. 0. singleton, James Hunt. H. 0-. smith and M. F. Williams. In 1889 Bro. W. B. Singleton )reached for us, and in May of he same year Bro. J. F. Single on was ordained a minister of he gospel by the following pres >ytery: Revs. W. 1B. Singleton, ['homas Looper and J. M. Stew itt. Bro. Stewart delivered the :harge to Bro. Singleton, which vas a very strong and able one. In May, 1890), the church set Lpart two new dleacons, Bros. I. Ri. Lathemi and1 I.P. Garrick. I'he presbybery consisted of Bros. W .B. Sing~leton, J .F. Singleton, WL. Smiit h, N. K. Smith,Win. K(enn emore, Mel vin Bilarton and md( J, T. ChildrFess Ini 1.891 Bro. J. F. Singleton egani preaching for us. In 1.892 Biro. Johnie Freeman took up -.hn work nn i 195 Br'o W.13 Gillespie-Winchester On last Wednesday evening, August 25, at 4 o'clock, aquiet and lovely home wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Gillespie,. when Miss Inez Gillespie became the bride of Mr. Edward Winchester, Rev. H. F. Wright performing theceremony. The waiters were Mr. Eugene Giflespie and Miss Ora Prince, Mr.. Ray Lynch and Miss Mae Gillespie and Leo Win chester and Miss Katie Gillespie. The bride is the fourth daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Gil lespie and the groom is the eld est son of Mr. and Mrs. William Winchester, all of the Mountain Grove section. Quite a large crowd of relatives and friends witnessed the cere mony, after which they went to the home of the groom, where a sumptuous supper was served. The many beautiful presents received showed the high esteem in which the young couple are held. Thursday morning they left for Lake Toxaway, N. C., and other points to spend a few days, after which they will be at home to their many friends at Six Mile. Ice Cream Festival An ice cream festival, under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of Salem Methodist church, will be held at the par sonage of the church Saturday night, Sept. 4, beginning at 7.:30 o'clock. The funds will be used in refurnishing the parsonage. The public is very cordially in vited to attend. L. GRAVELY, Sec. Ladies' Aid Society. Have You Any Hay? If you have you probably want to bale it. Several good reasons why hay should be baled are given t M e advertisement of Heath-Bruce-Morrow Company.. Read it. Bolt's Spedal SaMrday Sale Edwin L. Bolt & Co. of Eas ley offer for next Saturday, Sep tember 4., one day only, 50c and " 1.OO ladies' silk hose at 25c a pair. A bargain worth while. See advertisement. Singletou again supplied the church and coninued until 1898, makinga total of 19 years he had preached for the church., and his last years were his best years; and none but God can tell what a great work he di<4 for us. He departed this life Sept. 8., 1898. In 1898 Rev.. I. C. Holtzclaw began to preach for the church and continued until January, 1902,when he resigned. During his pastorate we started a fund to place a monumenit to Bro. W. B. Singleton and this church headed the list with $27.50. We also helped to raise a monument to Biro. Hutchins. In March, 1.902, Bro. B. Holder begani preaching for us and preached for us the balance of the year. In April, 1903, Bro. W. C. Seaborn took charge of the church and preached for us this year and the next. In 1905 one of our own boys began preaching for us, Bro.W. A. Christopher, and during his pastorate the church was great lylbuilt up. Three new deacons were added to the church, L. .. mit, John Christopher and Leigh Hunt. The presbytery consisted of Robert K a y of Georges Creek, Samuel Looper, J., B. Findley, Martin Bowen and1 John Roper of Cross Roadls, N. K. Smith, 0. E. R. Williams and J.R. Lathem of this church. Rey. W. A. Christopher acted as moderator aund Bro. H. K. Williams acted as clerk, and at this same meeting Br'o. WV. A. Christopher received1 a unani mous and indefinite call. He ser'ved two year~s; then Rev. W. C. Seaborn was calledt and serv. ed1 two years: Bro. J. M. Cul beOrtsonl then preached for us nine months and W. P. Holland fin ished out the year. [n 1909 Bro. W . J. Wostr was unanimously cal led and1( served five years. 'l'ho church wa greatly blessed duri ing his pastorate. We then, calledl Br'o. 1). WV. H-fiott. our1 1"r(sent nastOr'. Pickens County Items The following speakers are expected to speak at the W. 0. W. picnic at Mt. Carmel next Saturday, September 4: Hons. M. F. Ansel and John M. Dan iel, of Greenville; Hons. R. A. Cooper and C. A. Power, of Laurens; Rev. D. W. Hiott, R. T. Hallum, J. P. Carey, Jr., and Sam B. Craig, of Pickens. Prof. Lueo Gunter, state su pervisor of elementary schools, with Supt. Hallum, visited Len hardt and Vineland schools Wednesday morning of last week. On the same day they also met at Rock Springs church with the patrons of the . newly formed Lathem district and dis cussed the school conditions of that district. Mr. John F. Miles had a fam ily reunion August 22, at his home near Liberty, at which were present five sons, three daughters and forty-six grand children, besides a large number of friends. Dinner was spread under a large oak tree and all had a nice time. After the re past was served songs and talk were indulged in by those pres ent. The Pickens oil mill ginnery is now ready to gin cotton, All the machinery has been over hauled and put in first class shape and customers of the gin nery will get good work and treatment. Last year the first bale of cotton ginned in Pickens was on September 1, but it now appeays that the first bale this year will be sinned about Sep tember 15 or 20. The marriage of John Milton Williams of Atlanta, Ga., to Miss Crystal Ella Altom of Greenville, August 26), was of interest to the people of Picken county. Mr. Williams is one of our best boys who has mad< quite a success in business. H( is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Grad' Williams of the Mt. Carmel sec tion. We congratulate him or his good fortune in securing one of Greenville's best and faires1 daughters for his life compan ion. The W. 0. W. picnic at Six Mile Saturday was a most enjoy able affair. The speaking was in the auditorium of the acad emy and W. C. Mann delivered the address of welcome in a very happy manner. Among the speakers were 1). W. Hiott and Sam B. Craig of Pickens and J. M. Daniels of Greenville. Taylor H. Stewart also made a short talk. A picnic dinner which surpasses description was served and enjoyed. The people of the Six Mile section are among the biest and it is always a pleasure to visit them. Several boarded the recent ex cursion at Easley for Talalah Falls. Jovial and genial George Williams happened to be at the ticket window in the dlepot when a young lady and her 01(1 moth er came in. Helpmng her mother to a seat the sweet young thing| tripped swiftly to the ticket window and said (as if it wvere one word) "Two-to-Talulah." Of con'rse good old George Wil lianms wasn't usedl to anything like that, but he managed to get his breath and say '.'Oh you kid!'' before he happened to think that the young lady was not flirting at all, but wvanted two tickets to TIaluilah Falls, Ga. J. M. Wood1, of Nine Tlimies, was in town Monday and1 re ports that his son, 'James M. Wood, of Murphy, who was bit ten b)y a smtke Thursday night wvas much Improved Sunday. Thursday night Mr. W~ood heard some rats in an old1 build. ing near his house making (uite a disturbance and1 he went to see about it. He raised a plank from the floor and put a cat un (der the 01(1 house where the rats seemed to be, but the cat im-. mediately jumped1 back out. Catching the cat he was just putting it back under the house when a snake bit him oni the back of the right hand. .\ ll remiedies known to Mr'. WVood aU~l his neighbors were resorted to. but he suffered1 mnch palin until Sunday. It is suppow~r~d the snake was a rattler. but it wn1S not killed. For the Cause of Edu The Rally at Pleasant Hill Inclement weather conditions prevented many from attending the educational and agricultural rally for the people of Long Branch,Kings and Garvin school districts, which was held at Pleasant Hill church- Friday, August 27. However, the church building was filled with pupils and patrons of these districts, and those present were enthusi astic in their interest and were treated to some of the finest ad dresses ever made in Pickens county. Among thespeakers were John G.Clinkscales, professor in Wof ford college; D. M. Ramsay, president of G. W. C.; W. H. Barton, of the state farm exten sion work; Mr. Rochester.of the Sandy Springs Waterworks Co.; Lueco Gunter,of the state school work; T. A. Bowen, farm dem onstration agent of Pickens county. A most excellent dinner was prepared and served in picnic style by the fine ladies, of whom there are many in this com munity. The people of Pleasant Hill section have decided to build a modern graded school building near Pleasant Hill church or Lawrence chapel. The object is to consolidate the districts of Kings and Long Branch, do away with the Pleasant Hill and Long Branch schools and make one good graded school. King school will remain where it is. We are satisfied that this would be a wise step to take. It will give the children of that section of the county a chance to get a good common school ed ucation. Rural graded schoolE have passed the experimental stage and have been proven L success. They are already es tablished and doing excellen work, and if the masses of th< - children are to be educated grad ed schools must be established ir every section of the county. W are pleased to note the hearts co-operation between the patron: and trustees and the county an state educational departments it establishing such schools. In our opinion one of the best pieces of school legislation ever passed in this state is the Nicholson act, which provides for state aid in establishing rural graded schools throughout the state. The Rally at Flat Rock Thursday. August 26, was red letter day for the Flat Rock school. On that (lay an educa tional and agricultural rally was held there which wvill be of 'much lasting benefit to the commun ty. A very lar'ge crowvd of in terestedl people were present and excellent order prevad ed. Manyv from other s -etions of Pickens county and sonme from A nderson county were present and the Oc casion was exceedingly en joy able and instructive. Flat Rock' school is situated near (!armiel clhurichi, where stoodl the fam ons old Tlhalian academy ftnht biy Rev. John L. Kennedy, one 01f the foremost educators of his dlay, and many of the old acadl emy students weore present on t hiis occasion. Meth ias Rich ard - son1 and( WV. W. Russell of An dlerson coun ity, former studlen t.. wer e pr'esent and1 made interest-. ing talks. Among the others who miade talks wer~e Rev. .J. C. Bailey and E. P. McCravey of this coun ty; J. 13. Felton, super intendlent of education of Andler son1 counity: E. C. McCants, su perintendlent of Andlerson city schools: E. M. Poteat, president of Furman U'niversity: Lueco G unter,supervisor of elementary schools; H1. W. Barre, professor of botany of Clemson college, and W. H-. Barton, assistant state agent of farm ex tension. . The speaking lasted until past five o'clock in t he afternoon ,andl so ierested were the people that they would not leave sooner. Zion school children, 110) in numiber', attend~ed the mieeting~ in a body, each grade fly ing a ban ner, andl it was a pretty andI in spirink sight to see. .A bountiful dinner was served im picnic style. Thej~ Fat'Rock p"0ople are to be cation in Pickens Co. congratulated on their fine schooL building and school spirit. In a few years. beyond doubt, the boys and girls of this communi ty will be heard from in the ed ucational world. Progressive School District The special election held Sat urday, August 21, to decide whether or not Johnston school district should issue 21 mills ad ditional levy for school purposes resulted in a vote of 53 for and one against the special levy. This makes five mills special levy for school purposes in this district. The patrons of John ston district have also decided to build a $6,000 school building in the near future. The people of the district are to be heartily con gratulated on the fine spirit of unanimity they are showing in building up a splendid school for this section. The towns of Ca teechee and Norris are located in Johnston district and the people of the tw.o towns seem to be working hand in hand for the advancement of the cause of education which will mean so much in their development. Notice to School Pupils All pupils of the Pickens high and graded school having con ditions to make up are requested to meet their teachers at the graded school building Saturday.. September 4, at 9 o'clock,for the purpose of standing examina tions on the subjects on which they were conditioned. No Stu dent having conditions and fail. ing to do summer work in the subjects required need present himself for examination, as it would he a waste of time and I effort. Such pupil will be re quired to take his grade over. Bring hooks and meet promptly. W. M. MElfrON, Princip1 "Georgia Cyclone" at Pickens Famuous "Orator-on-crutches" speaks Thursday morning, Sep tomher 2, on "A Stainless Flag for Carolina", and lecture Mon (lay night on "John and His Hat" W ide-spread interest has been created in this section by the announcement of the coming of Will D. Upshaw, known as the "Georgia Cyclone", who speaks at the big prohibition rally in Pickens Thursday morning, Sept. 2 and gives one of his fam ons platform letures Thursday night. His morning address wvill [be on one of his favorite themes -for he is one of the most wide ly known "booze fighters" in A mierica, being former vice presidlent of the Anti-Saloon League of America. Hie will speak on "'A Stainfess Flag f or Carolina'', or '"Rattle snakes, Pole Cats, Dispensaries, and the D~evil"', and such a b~reezy time is expected, thiat a dolla~r bill has been offered to. the man wvho goes to sleep. If the crowd survives, the lecturer says the price for "snoozing" will 1)e raised to five dollars on T'hursday night, when the umique, corgia orator will be heard in his famous platform lcture, "'John and His Hat''. 'l'he peoule of Pickens are ma:k img great Preperation)s for the coming of the "Georgia Cyc lone" who has often been called1 the successor to Sanm Jones, and he will dOubtless he0 heard by great crowds. Let every bod y who possiply can stay over after, the temper ance rally and hear ''John and His Hat" Thursday night. Strouse & Bros. fall opening tailor made clothing for men wi he held at the store of Vol - ger, T'hornley & Co. Friiday ami Saturday, September 10 and 11. This wvell-known firmi has a national repuitation as makerts of good1 clothing amll al larg(e nnier of sameples wvill be on d1ispla.X at. th store ( ( t hese two d (ays alnld aut e'xpet'1i will be ther"' to takie youri'i mea surea and guar.. anhtee' you a fit ini th patternI of. your own seetin Ileadl ad vertisemen t