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NA , OFFICIAL PAPER I ~OF PICKENS COUNTY ICIIO RC TIHE PICKENS SENINE $P0O PR CE I. i1E1stablished 1871-Volmniie 46 >IK N.S o ARL1,11 Vernon Corbin Kills John Abner Masters John Abner Masters was shot thru the head and almost instantly killed and his brother, Jordan Masters, was badly wounded by their .brother-in-law, Ver. non Corbin, aged 24, who emptied a .82 Smith & Wesson pistol, he says, in a desperate effort to check an attack upon him. The shooting occurred Saturday about 12 o'clock, noon, at an administrator's sale at Floyd Masters' place in a remote section of Greenvile county, near Table Rock, only a short distance from the Pickens and North Carolina line. There were some fifteen or twenty persons gathered there. After seeing his two brothers-in-law crumple to the ground with bleeding wounds, Vernon Corbin walked to his father's house, where he was met by Sheriff Roark, who brought him to Pick ens. Sheriff Rector afterwards carried Corbin in his automobile to the Green ville county county jail. Details as to the cause leading up to the tragedy are meagre. Corbin married the Masters' sister and on account of some objection of the Masters, it was ,told by the husband, that he and his wife became separated several months ago. At the jail the prisoner said the Masters brothers had threatened him before and that at the land sale at Floyd Masters' place Saturday one of theIMas ters' applied vile epithets to him and then attacked him with a club. He showed his bared arm where, he said, Masters struck him with a club when he raised his hand to guard his face. He said he pulled out his pistol and fired several shots. John Abner Masters fell to the ground mortally wounded, and then his brother sank with a bullet in his thigh. According to Corbin's ver sion of the tragedy another of the Mas ters advanced upon him after two of their kin had already been checked by the pistol fire. As far as could be learned he was not wounded. The tragedy occurred about 35 miles from Greenville in the thinly populated section of Douthitt's Cove, where there are no telephone communications and only a few houses in the shadows of the mountain crags. Along Central Route 4 Health of this community is ver3 good at present, the we are sorry t< note the accident which befell young 4ohn Durham recently, who fell on z rock and broke his arm in two places. Dr. Woodruff dressed his arm, and it it hoped he will soon be well. P. W. Willimon' had the misfortune to lose a fine cow recently. There was a large crowd at Mt. Olive last Sunday night. Rev. J. E. Merck preached. Rev. Abercrombie preached at Little Six Mile school house Sunday evening. There was a large congregation present. There will be preaching the fourth and first Sundays. This church will also organize a Sunday school soon. The Basis of CIVIC PRIDE Is HOME TRADE * Give the HOME MERCHANT a chance to fll your wants. Show that you have REAL *CIVIC PRIDE by trading in - Youa Can BuyANY THING In This Town. Progressive Pickens Mill Village Pickens Mill observed the last week in March as clean-up week. Practically the whole community joined in this clean-up campaign and the appearance of the village is greatly improved. The week of hard work culminated in a community gathering on Saturday night, March 31, in the scool auditorium. We had exercises by the school children on the theme, Community Sanitation and Health. Prof. Hallum and the Rev. Mr. Hodges made excellent talks, touch ing on civic rights and education. Roses were given as prizes, two hun dred well-rooted plants being distributed among the prize winners. This, how ever, was not the real incentive. The judges had a hard time deciding whose yards were the cleanest and who had the biggest trash-pile. The follow ing list was finally submitted: Clean Yards : Mrs. Ina Rampey, Mrs. Stewart, .Mrs. Hatty Campbell, Mrs. Hatty Rampey, Edith Rodgers, Bertha McKinna, Ethel Gantt, George McCall, Estelle Heard, May Brazeale, Guy Hudson, Mrs. Louise Bagwell, Mrs. Durham, Mrs. J. E. Patterson, Myra Reece, Morris Dodgens, Florence Par ker, Mrs. Reaves, Mrs. Powell, Eula Rodgers, Ollie LaFoy, Mrs. Lula Mc Neely, Miss Becky Gilstrap, Mrs. Chap pel, Nora Holcombe, Gertrude Barrett, Winnie Clark, Mrs. Galbrath, Miss Nor ma Stephens, Viola Brown, Jessie Pace, Kathleen Adams. Myra Holcombe. Trash Piles: Roxy Holcombe, Char ley Rodgers, Paul McKinna, Clyde Whit mire, Ceoil Heard, Vernon Hudson, Frank Parker, Exie Reaves, Crofford MeNeeley, Gladys LaFoy, Nora Hol combe, Ruth Clark, Leona Holcombe, Lizzie Brown, Ethel Adams, Ivy Pace. CORRESPONDENT. ' Pickens School Honor Roll First Grade-Atti? Cauly, Elsie Hester, Frederica Hallum, Virginia Lewis,Elea nor Mauldin. Second Grade-Edith Hames, Annie Mae Stewart, Winnifred Stewart,Claude Seawright, Fant Thornley, Quinton Porter. Third Grade- Eugene Alexander, Nan Newton, Wyatt Stewart, Linnie Can trell, Margaret Richey. Fourth Grade - Marshall Hughes, Mar garet Bivens, Sarah Cureton, Ruth Gravley, Mary Helen Nealy, Ethel Porter. Fifth Grade-Essie Stewart, E. B. Griffin, Ellen Freeman, Athahe Hallum. Sixth Grade -Edna Willis, Don Roark, Nannie Morris. Seventh Grade-Eula Stewart, Eva Freeman, Mary Hallum, Esther Baker. Emily Thornley, Edna Porter. Eighth Grade --Janie Holder, Merle Hendrix, Ivy Mauldin, Melenee Thorn ley. Tenth Grade-Harrison Edens, Joe Freeman, Frank Keith, Margaret Aiken, Annie Gravley, Bertha Cantrell. News Items From Roanoke Plowing is the order of the day now since the spring weather has opened up. All of the farmers in this section are very badly behind with their work on account of the incessant rains which we have had recently. Frank Heard, who has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Heard, has returned to Greenville to resume his work for the Greenville Traction Co. Tom O'Dell was visiting in the Keo wee section Sunday. Willie Sammons, who has been in Du rant, Okla., for the past three months, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williams spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Samimons. Frank G. Allgood spent Sunday with his brother, T. 0. Allgood. Mr. and Mr's. S. W. O'Dell and family spent the week-end with Mr. andl Mrs. IR. T. Stewart, .Robert Morgan of the Praters section was visiting friends in this community last Sunday. CARD OF TAk (~tdsof than ks pub11)lihedI fr otte-hnIfr 'ent We desire to thank our friends and neighbors for the kindness shown during the sickness and death of our dear mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Durham. We also wish to thank Dr. Woodruff for his kindnes~s and service. May the Lord's richest blessings ever be with them all is our prayer. Mns. C. H. 'ManennBANKs, Miss OJpvIA DURHAM, J. V. DunnAM. Nyal's Corri Remover takes out. Kec. wee Pharmacy Oolenoy News Items Lee Roper, a young man in his earl3 twenties, the son of Hr. and Mrs. T Lewis Roper, left last w&k for Green ville, where he enlisted in the U. S army. . He was sent to Columbus, Ohio, He is the first in this up-section to hee< the call of his country. - In these day -nay, in these moments of tense anx iety for our nation's welfare-we car but pause in admiration and with 'God speed" to those who are going forth it our defense. Young Roper was borr and reared in the shadows of the Bluq Ridge and possesses a strength of min< and body which will serve him well t< enact "tasks well performed and dutiei well fulfilled" in his new field. The Oolenoy Home Demonstratioi club was reorganized Friday afternoon The following officers were elected Miss Irene Hendrix, president; Mrs Grover Keith, vice-president, and Mrs A. C. Suthesland, secretary. An inter esting meeting was held. The subjec of "Butter and Milk" was discussed Mrs. Coggins, Mrs. E. E. Mauldin anc daughter Deborrah were visitors. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith of Libertj were the Suuday guests of the latter'i parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Crenshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keith of Pickens, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keith, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Keith of Greenville, visited their mother, Mrs. J. D. M. Keith, Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Looper were th< spend-the-day guests of the latter'i parents, Mr. end Mrs. A. L. Edens, recently. Misses Mary and Annie Roper, Jessic B. and Montine Edens, lone Hendrix and Misses Mayfield and M'auldin at tended the singing at Peters Creek las Sunday afternoon. Rudolph Hendrix and sister, Miss Merle, of Pickens graded school wer< here for Sunday. Prue Hendrix has lefc for Demorest Ga., where he is attending college, afte1 a stay of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Jones and famili of Easley visited relatives here recently Mrs. E. E. Mauldin of near Easle spent the week with her daughter, Mis Frances, one of the teachers here. Along Marietta Route 2 Mr. and Mrs. W.W.Porcher of Greer ville visited the latter's parents, Rei and Mrs. J. E. Foster, Sunday. Messrs. Arch Bramlette and ErneE Verdin of Simpsonville visited this se< tion Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. J. B. Featherstone of Ashevill is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. Foster of this place. Mr. Editor, I want to tell you ho% my good people at Mt. Tabor churcl surprised me on last fourth Sunday af ternoon. After conference the Sunda. school gave me a pounding. From th the little children to the oldest gave. have heard of poundings, but this wa my first one, and words are inadequat to express my appreciation. May th Lord bless each one of the dear peopli and give to them as they gave to me. J. E. FOSTER. Is God Your Fri His Home. ATCH[ the on1 Sundl really LI mnunity? than wit You woi e L MAND) .\ A M/ NOT GO TO CHU THAT MAY BE TRUE. BUT TH COMMUNITY IN WHICH HE LlI AND GOD FEARING SHOWS TI WANTS TO ENJOY THE RESI THERE MAY BE SOME HYPOC EXAGGERATION TO STATE T CHURCHGOERS ARE HONEST, There is somnethIiing basientIly fes.sinig ai belief inl a Supremel~ I3 the chiurch affords to WORSI] If yo have a (dear friend and yt dropping in to see him, you wvoul ING4 THE SINCERITY of yc D~o yo wish God to D)OUB'J want to LOSE HIM AS A 1 his house AT LEAST ONCE Show that *you arc sincere TO CHURCH next Sunday. THRET O O mmUr i Deaths on Liberty Route 3 , Health is not very good at this writ ing. Measles is mostly the order of the day. Enid, the 6-year-old daughter of P. C. Robertson of Liberty route 3, is very low with measles. Gates school closed March 30, after a successful term, with Prof. Frank Wel born as principal. Mr. Welborn has tau2ht Gates graded school for five years and the patrons ought to be proud of having their children taught by such a nice and skillful teacher. Mrs. Walter Boggs and Mrs. Chamb lin of Liberty visited Mrs. J.D. Nationi recently. Died, March 19, at her home on Pick ens route 2, the wife of Mr. Lonnie Bol ding, after an illness of only one week with measles, aged 21 years. A true and loving companion has gone on to her final reward to dwell with father and other loved ones who have gone before. But the sweet consolation we have is that it won't be long until we shall meet beyond the river where sad parting shall never come. She leaves a heartbroker husband, three sisters, two brothers and aged mother to weep for her. Hei remains were laid to rest at Plrater. Creek. Died, March 27, of measles and pneu monia, the infant child of Taylor 11 Bolding. It was buried at Praterf Creek cemetery the (lay following it: death. Funeral services were conducte( by Rev. W C. Seaborn. Many friend. sympathize with the heartbroken ones Rev. John T. Mann in Pickens Rev. John T. Mann, the blind evan gelist, and wife will spend the month o May in Pickens county and will fill th following appoint:nents: First Sunday in May-Norris Baptis church, 11 a. m.; Camp Creek, 3 p. m. Cateechee, 8 p. m. Second Sunday-Alice Mills, 11 a. m. Smiths Grove, 3 p. m ; Pickens Mill, p. m. Third Sunday-Mountain View, 11 9 m.; Secona, 3 p. in.; First Baptit church, Pickens, 8 p. m. Fourth Sunday-Cros Roads, 11 a.n Georges Creek, 3:20 p. m.; Glenwooi 8 P. in. . If for any reason the above appoin ments do not suit the church and pastc: :t. please notify me at once so we can mat a change. Any othef church not met tioned in the above list which would lik e to have a visit from Bro. Mann, if the will write to me at once I will arrang for him to make an appointment. Brott er and Sister Mann are great workers i i protracted meetings and if any of th - churches and pastors desire their hel in meetings, please write me at Easley or Bro. Mann at Belton, S. C. D. W. HIOTT. A white man by the name of Cantrell who escaped from the Transylvani a county chaingang Tuesday of last week was caught near Pickens Sunday after noon by local officers. end? Then Visit Go to Church. long line of peopile centing churcb ay. wont i fact that they ar e wrt while p~eople in the comn ]( [o alre a business manII, don'' ~er dealing with a man who is a TENTI ('IlUR{CII001R rat her hI a man wh~lo nlev'er goes to churceb? iln't hes.itate to I N VTE~ AN~Y 1,1, OP- TI! E8E PRkOPl1 eier elh to youri hioime. EN WHO GOES TO CHURCH CAN. WRONG VERY LONG. A COMMON SION IS THAT SOME PEOPLE GO RCH TO KEEP UP APPEARANCES. E FACT THAT A MAN WANTS THE /ES TO THINK THAT HE IS GOOD IAT HE WANTS TO BE GOOD. HE *ECT OF HIS FELLOWS. WHILE RITES IN THE CHURCH, IT IS NO HAT THE GREAT MAJORITY OF UPRIGHT CITIZENS. wrong withI a nium who, while pr1O eing, fails to inke the opportunity [[P TUAT SULitEME BEING. u pass his house every day without d not blame that man for DOUBT ur friendship. YOUR FRIEND)SHIP? Do you RIlEND. If you don't, drop into A WEEK. In your belief in God by GOING EVERY STTNDAY. Union Meeting Following is the program of the union meeting of Pickens association, ,to be held with the Pickens Mill church, April 29 and 30, 1917: 10.30-Organization. 11.00-Sermon by B. G. Fields. 12.00- Enrollment of delegates. 12.30- Dinner. Afternoon Session-1.30 p. in: Dis cussion of James 5:14-15. Opened by A. M. Simmons. 2 p. m. -What is required of the Chris tian as taught in Matt. 6:14-15. Opened by C. E. Robinson. 2.30-Can we acquire true success without following the teaching of Matt. 6:33-34? Opened by J. T. Abercrombie. 3 p m.-Assigning homes for dele gates. Night Session, 8.00-Devotionals by J. N. Jewell; song service, led by 1R. L. Henderson; round table talk on m1ission1. Sunday- Morning Session: Sunday school; usual service. 11 a. in -Address by T. 0. Lawton; song service. All singers invited. All churches are urgently requested to senal delegates Ex. COMMITTEE. Death of Mrs. Mary Jane Durham Mrs. Mary Jane Durham, wife of the late 1. A. Durham, died at her home near Six Mile, March 13, after a lin i gering illness. She was 66 years and 10 months of age She had been a member I of Mile Creek church for a number of years. She was the mother of twelve children, three dead and nine living, as follows: Mrs. Josephine Norris, West minster; J. P. Durham, Holt, Alabama; W. T. Durham, Ridge Springs; .1. V. - Durham, Central route 4; Mrs. Florence Garrett, Mt. Airy, Ga.; Mrs. Corrie Marchbanks, Central route 4; R. N. Durham, Owensmouth, Cal.; Miss Olivia t Durham, Central route 3; H. B. Durham, Scottham. Her husband died about eight years ago. She was buried at Six Mile church March 14. Funeral B services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Stringfield. She was a faithful Christian and a it loving mother to all her children. In jour home we will miss her vacant chair, .; but God saw fit to take her away. She :, is gone but not forgotten; 'twas His will, not ours. It was sad to part from t her, btt God doeth all things well. r, We sorrowful, sinking children, e Thy earthly lot be cast, . Thy crushing burden meekly bear; e Yield not, -my heart, to dark despair He'll give thee rest at last. . D. Singing Convention n1 The Pickens Township Singing con vention will meet with Tabor Methodist P church, four miles east of Pickens, the fourth Sunday in this month, for an all (lay singing, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m. Everybody come and bring well filled baskets; also your songbooks. R L. HENDERSON. Picnic at Oolenoy 'The public is cordially invited to at tend an all-day picnic at the Oolenoy Sschool house on Friday, April 13, 1917 Several good speakers will be present and dinner w ill be served on the grounds. Among the speakers will be some of the Clemson college faculty. Come, young folks, old folks andl all, and bring wvell filled baskets and have a good time. Hear Engineer Fant E.ngineer Fmn will adldress the stu dents and citizens at the college chapel next Sunday afternoon, April 15, 1917, at 3.30 p. m. Everyone is invitedl to hear Mr. Pant's stirring message, "On the Limited for the Great Terminal." Time: Sunday afternoon, 3.30l, April 15, 1917. Place: College Chapel, C'entral, S.C. Bethlehem School Honor Roll Following is the honor roll of the Bethlehem school for March; First Grade-Grace Gilstrap, I.aw rence Willis, Tillie You nge. ISecond Grade-.James Keith, Annie Lee Gilstrap, Hattie Porter. Third Grade--Edna Carson, 11 arvey Bates, Lois Nalley, Tommie Nalley, Broadus Simmons, Elmer' WVillis, Neata Porter, Annie Bell Younge. Fifth G;rade-Neely Wynn. Sixth and Seventh Grades --Grace Carson, Ingle Barron, Ada Keith, Ban ister Simmons. Liberty wvon the annual Pickens coun ty track meet, which was held at Clem son college Saturday, with 26 poInts. Pickens won second place with 24 points. We expected to give a complete account of the meet, but have so far failed to receive the full score which was prom ised us. Sadness and Happi ness at Cateechee As the case is everywhere, the farm )rs in this section are badly behind with their work. Airil nearly half gone and icarcely any plowing done at all. War is on us, nothing -making, rations going up every day, and whiskey down ;o a quart a month is the devil to tell he captain. Well, you can't keep a Yorkingman down, and as long as there a a will there is a way. No man ever >erished to death in Pickens county or lied from thirst that we ever heard of. We thank the legislature for reducing he amount of that baneful stuff, whis icy, if they did give us the devil on tax ition. We never mind paying well for a job being done if the job is done like we Nant i*t. But "ain't'' it hell to pay a ugh price and get a sorry job? We iave a law on the statute books against ielling whiskey. We pay taxes to inve that law enforced, and there ire places in Pickens county where Ohiskey (and they tell me it is 'he pure blockade, too) is sold openly, >oard and above board, too. What is rong or dead up the creek? Officers >f Pickens county, get busy. No won lor the papers in other counties hit Pickens county so hard on the "corn" question. No doubt the worthy editors of those papers get a little "touch" when they come ovet andthey feel so crabbed and ill next day they are snap ping and 'biting at everything. Say, boys, did you ever try carrying a little back with you? A very sad accident happened in this Bection last Tuesday, the 3d inst. Frank Norris, a 17-year-old white boy, was p)lowing for Mitchell Roe, who lives near Camp Creek church. When he quit plowing for the day he took the mule out, got on it to go to the house, and when the mule got to the watering place the boy stopped to let the mule drink, it became excited at a tub, jump ed over the tub and a battling bench near by, threw the boy of1' and caught one foot in the plowline and dragged the boy 760 yards over as rocky a road as there is anywhere and, ,it his head as many as one time if not more against a rock wall about three feet high. The boy was dead when help reached him. He was buried the next day at Camp Creek church. Mrs. J. C. Garrett was carried to the Anderson hospital one day last week for treatment She stood the operation well and at last accounts was getting along fine. A. J. Sentell, who a few weeks ago got his arm torn off in the card-room at Cateechee, is getting along nicely and is able to go to work with one arm. Thomas Smith, who got his arm broken just two weeks after Mr. Sentell was hurt, is getting along ni~ely. He also got his arm broken in the card-room. The many friends of J. F. Williams, who got his ankle broken some time ago while unloading cotton, are glad to see see him back at his post of duty again. He manages to weigh cotton by getting around on a stick. J1. A. Whiten, the eflicient postmas ter at Norris, has been on the sick list, but is better at this writing. J. W. Williams of Norris has been down with rheumatism for some time. J1. A. Whiten has just recently built a new postofilce building in the town of Norris, wvhich was badly needed. L. G. Phillips has opened a store of general merchandise in the town of Norris. Married, on the 21st ult., at the resi denc'e of the ofhiciating officer, Mr. Le roy P. Pitman to Miss Lois E. Johnson, J1. Alonzo Brown at the throttle. Married, last Sunday, the 8th inst., Mr. J1. E. Sanders to Miss Geneva TFur ner, J. Alonzo Brown, N. P., at the throttle. Both of the above happy couples are of Liberty and have many friends who arc extending them con gratulations. Mr. Sanders is a son of Levi Sanders, while his bride is a daugh ter of .J. HI. Turner of Liberty. The fraternal order, Keating lodge No. 128, of Cateechee, is doing a grand work in this section. While it is in its infancy, so to speak, having been or ganized at Cateechee but a short while, it has a membership of something over a hundred. It has taken in over forty members in the past two or three months, among the number being four or five Baptist preachers. The order is reAching and helping to reform men whom the church has failed to reach. A young man died at Cateecliee a few weeks ago who claimed on his death bed that he wvas going to rest and said he was converted in the Odd Fellows hal at Cateechee a short time before his death. After his conversion at the ball he united with the church. Yet sorpoe people fight secret orders. B