Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bird Carey, Dan Adams ;nd D. F. Finney are at home after the winter at Eustis, Fla. :rs. 'Janie Holder returned to he le Friday after enjoying a ten ;Cation at home. Mr and Mrs. J. M. Gillespie visited n, Rev. Leo D. Gillespie, in 5 ata, burg last .week. Mr'. Inez Cruimp, of Central, vis t- erparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. the past week-end. t s Fannie Finney entertained he 'iends at a rook party on Mon , vening. A delicious ice course ervmd. Cl s Grace Mathews, of Winthrop - e spent the week-end with her s, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Math L Laura Alexander is at home spending several weeks with .ghter, Miss'"Mary Alexander phi ngton. the young people of the ent to Greenville Friday Down, past" at th< Ilouse were Mrs. S. B. Craig 1a ,L'wis and Bertha Can ' Daisy Bivens very delightful tained eight of her friends on evening from eight to -ten, t-or-town guests were Messrs. i t on, Oliver Bolt, P. M. Tay ci J ulian Hiott. o will be an important meet the Library Association at the Friday afternoon' at four All members are urged to i: ' ent. Bethel Mann, attractive -e~r of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. ann "iof Six Mile, was the winner th Palmafesta contest in Pickens tt, and will represent this county bd State Festival which will be hd n Columbia the latter part of *1 onth. ~ C. L. Cureton has beena per Mby friends to enter thierace tae yor of Pickens. If we mis ) eo t~ieot he-was elected mayor onc peof -he but.-did not -serve on account c~ thet fact that he was holding some oepublic office at the time. Hie of our best and most promi OtC tizens and would make a goodl that .Friday night the members deiPresbyterian church enjoyed t eightful banquet at the hospitable -" fMr.lad Mrs. George Cure-. re he laies of the Presbyterian i. hur ~ prepared the banquet. Rev. ace - ox, the Presbyterian pastor, s~t~ toastmaster. After the sup per se eral interesting talks were mYadle n diff'erent phases /of chureh work. Miss *.helma Lewis delightfully en.. j'd the bridge club, on. last Fri ght., After' seve'l ' exclting -a delicious salad course Was SALE-I-A few White Wyana hickens,. $2.50 to .$8.00 each. T.MFall. 8t Y.T.M t&rent:In towe of t, U.'D. C 'MEETING. One of the. host delightful meet ings - in, the. history of the Pickens Chapter -;is held on Friday after noon when Mrs. J. T. Partridge Mrs. Oseat naker af d Mrs. U. A Townes/were the joint hostesses ir 4e attractive home of Mrs.. Towies One of .the epeoal, things of interes o g)t or. ;}e business sessior a'f tilegislative coni z F 3pestig te the %sndteoht the Ct nfederate -Soldier: fdome in olunibla This committe< reported the hoMe in a deplorabl< state, and appropriations were mad< by the legislature to improve th( Home, and an act was passed placing five women, mehibers of the U. ). C. on the Board of Control. There ar< many siclk veterans in the hospital and an appeal has -be nn made for nec essary supplies and comforts. Th Pickens Chapter adopted a resolu tion introduced by Mrs. J. J. Lewis giving the personal war experienc< of Mr. J. C. Alexander, of Oconee county, forierly of Pickens, any father of Senator Alexander. Thi thrilling account and others of sim lar nature ate of great historic value and the U. D. C. is most anxious t collect many such. The pleasant is termingling of the members in th half hour following in which the ho, tesses served a dainty ice cours( carrying out the beautiful sprin color of yellow, and presenting eac guest with lovely daffodils, brougl to a close a most enjoyable gather ing. CONVERTED. JEW HERE. Rev. Maurice Ruben, a converte Jew, and his wife, will be in Picker from Saturday, March 19, until Marc 23, to hold a series of meetings < the Pickens Union mission. The are now holding meetings in Atlani and will come here from that cit Everybody cordially invited to" a tend the meetings which will beg at 7:30 o'clock each night. BOX SUPPER. The public is cordially invited to box supper given at Wolf Cret school Friday evening beginning i 8 o'clock, March 18. We have sup ceeded in' getting the Pickens Mi band to furnish the music. The pr< ceeds will be used for the equipier of the new room which wil be buil on account of the crowded cond tion of the school. . Wolf Creek School. SINGING CONVENTION. The Liberty township singing cor vention will meet with Smith Grov Baptist church, two miles east o Libert.y the third Sunday afternoor March 20, beginning at 1:30 o'cloc p. m. All neighboring townships ar invited to attiend. Please. come an bring your song books and let's hav a good time singing praises unt God.* R. C. Robinson, Pres. C. E. Rogers, Sec. and Treas. MARRIAGE. . - Married at the residence of M. F Hester, in Pickens, March 5, Mr. W C. iwie, of niear Due West, an< Miss Jessie Lee Williams, of nea lDonalds. Mr. Bowie is a son *of Mi A. C. Bowie, a prosperous farmer and his bride is a daughter of Mr W. I1. Williams, a large real estat, doale1r of ner Donalds. She is prin cipal of the AmbI r academy of n'ea Pickens and a f l~e teacher. M. F H-ester, N. P., in his usual mannie p erformied the ce'ren\ony. IDEATH OF ELIZABETH MOON. On March 8th little ElizabetI daughter of Mr, F. R. Moon, died ai the home of ht~ uncle, (fir. '. ,A. ~Moon, aged ten months. 11cr lit tle body was Ibid to rest in the Se. cona cemetery after funeral service: conducted by Rev. C. R. Abercron) bie. HJ~er little soul too soft its ills to beam I1as left our mortal hemisphere And sought in.better world the meec We love thee still, Elizabeth, W9 1ive thee still, Elizabeth, We lniss the from our home. We ot SpIev a our great loss;j ~W~best fu) the4 to heed HIS onli1 Loved 065 CIERK'S SALE. d State of South Carolina, County of Pickens. In Court.of Common Pleas. Sullivan Hardware Company, Plain tiffs, vs Joe Cyane, defendant. In pursuace4 to a decretal Order f made in the above stated case by his t Honor Judge Geo. E. Prince, dated a March 2, 1921, I will sell to the d highest dbldl4r, sales day in April, 1 1921 the.tlSie being April 4th, 1.921, during the .legal hours for sales at , Pickens, court house, South Caro- } lina, the following described prop-'s erty, to wit: One nine horse power stationary Hercules kerosene engine with 20x8 F. Pulley; one fourteen inch new Williams corn mill, 3 by 8 inch pul ley,: ind 35 feet and six inch carbon , belting. Terms cash. Should purchaser, fail to comply with the terms of sale in reasonable time the same will be re sold at the risk - and expense of the E -former purchaser. I The -above described property can 6- 9.seen at Joe Crane's at Norris, S. C. O. S. Stewart, Clerk of Court of Co'fAmon Pleas. o March 15th, 1921. td e NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED. ITORS. All persons holding claims against h the estate of the late Elisha Alexan t der must present the same, duly ; proven, on or before the 15th day of 1 IApril, 1921, or be debarred payment; and all persons indebted to said es tate -must make payment on .or .be fore the aboye date to. d. VR. A. Alexander, s Administrator. h' 4t49 R. F. D., Central, S. C. y F. E. A. AYS: ;a y. The storm has struck us hard and t- is still on, but we still have our beau in tiful country left with all of its ad vantages. Now let everybody make everything at home on the farnm that is fitted for all kinds of vegetation. Lot me ask you not to give your a farm away for it is bound to come a back. We cannot live without its tproducts. By the way of advice, want to tell you it's a good time to buy. FRANK E. ELEXANDER The Man Who Cuts the Earth to Suit Your Taste. Citation. The State of South Carolina, County of Pickens. By 0 S Stiewart, ex officio Probate Judge. - Whereas, A. S. Lesley made suit e to he 'fo, grant him Letters of Ad-: f ministration of the Estate and effects , of Mattie Lesley. k' These ale, therefore, to cite and e: admonish all and singular the Kin d dred and Creditors of'th'e said Mat e tie L~esley, dceased, that they be and o appear~ before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Pickens, S. C., on March '25,. 1921, after publicaition heredf, at 1 1 o'clodk in the forenoon, to showv cause,'itf any they have, why~ the said1 Administration should not be grantied. Gvnunder my-had this 4th day -of March, Anno Dpinij, 1921. O.~ S. Stewart, * x Offcio Probate Judge. r 214? 'CENThAL SINGING CONVEN TION. The Central township singing con-I vention will m'eet with the Seond , Biaptist church at Qantral on -the fourth Sjunday in March. This is to l e an allday singing. Come, let's niake it a great day. 9. L. McLean. CENTRAL DRUG CO. Of Central, S. C. - Takes great M,.asure in announcing to the people of Central, Cateeche and its surrounding that they have1 - secured Dr. G. F. Hughston to locate here in Central., We can fully re commend him-as a graduate of Medi ca College of Virginia. We will ap pr fte the support of our friends I an$tomers will gie him. * Central Drug Co. A'-ood born, for .Me cheap, See CW ~hta ldynwoed Land & Ja.j estmet 0., Pickens. 2tJ AKE GOSNELL TO BE TRIED IN PICKENS COUNTY FOR MURDER. Circuit Judge George E. Prince londay granted a change of venue rom Greenvile to Pickens county for he trial of Jgk. Gosnell, revenue gent, indicted for the alleged mur er of Sheriff Hendrix Rector, July 4, 919. In presenting the motion, ounsel for the defense intioduced n affidavit made by Gosnell fn which 3 said he could not secure a fair nd impartial trial in Greenville, ow rg to the fact that the sheriff, whose uty it was to summon jurors, is a rther of the deceased. The case of the state against Sul ivan, in which the defendant, Sulli an, was indicted for the alleged mur er of the half brother of Sheriff ilreath, of Greenville county, al nost thirty years ago, was cited, as vas the decision of the supreme ourt, upholding the lower court in ranting a change of venue. Solicitor Smoak, while not object ng to a change of venue, declared hat he had every confidence in the furors of Greenville county and in he sheriff. The defense replied that o reflection on the sheriff was in ended by the motion. The solicitor aid the state was perfectly willing hat the trial be transferred to Pick ns county. At the first trial last year of Jake losnell for the alleged murder, a iiistrial was ordered when the court f general sessions jury reported that t could not agree on a verdict. I PICKENS TEXTILE LEAGUE. Baseball League Formed of Pickens County Mill Clubs. At a meeting of baseball enthusi asts last Tuesday night a basebal league composed entirely of Picken county clubs was formed and giver the name of Pickens County Textil League. Teams which have entre( the league are Easley Mill No. 1 Easley No. 3 at Liberty, Alice Mil and Glenwood Mill. Gary Hiott wa: elected president of the league and Roy R. Smith, secretary and treas urer. The purpose of the league- (i to >romote clean baseball and furnish wholesome sport and aanusement during the summer months. A regu lar schedule will be adopted next veek and the season will. begin about April 23, games being played every Saturday. Each team has already been organ. zed with the following managers: dIat Spearman at Glenwood, R. W. Ramey at Alice, W. E. Smith at Lib erty and R. L. Harris at Easley. CAPPS-BADGWELL. !ndleed, it was a great surprise to hltir~ many friends to leayrn of Miss aucia Capps and( Mr. Don B3adgwvel flari ying Sunday afternoon, last. ~Iiss Capps was a charming young ady of Roelk springs section, and dr. lHadgwell wvas a prosperous young *armner of .the Lathami section. Mliss Capps wvas the (daughter of Ir. and Mrs. JTonnie Calips; Mr. Don sadlgwell was the gon of Mr. andl firs. Dee Badgwell. We wish to extend{ to themi our -artiest congratulations. May their athway be strewn with flowers. A Friend. GET BUSY. Kieep busy. fs your ob unsafe? Is it permaannt? You rant a life-long businen.. a .iu usei et into such a busiiness .eliag A1A4 han 137 Watkins Products direct to irmers if you own auto -or team or a get one; if you are under 60 and an . give bond with personal sure ies. We back you with big selling cps. 52 years In. business, 20, '00,000 users oY our products. 'rite for information where you can ei territory. J. R. Watkins Co., epartment C, Winona, Minn. 4t,49 TIES WANTED. . White and Post Oak eos in large quantities. Write hov gpury a?00 &cco. Gween ile, Se ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY. Probate Judge for Pickens County to be Chosen. A probate judge of Pickens county to fill ogt the unexpired term of the late Judge J. B. Newbery, who. re eently died in office, will be chosen in a special election to be held next Tuesday, March 22. Up until two we4 $ ''1iea were six eandIdatei -fe rj' fdi the office, bltV the withdrawafl4J. Alon zo Brown .leaves -five:it the race,. as follows: Mrs. Lena Cox, N. A.! Christopher, Elias Day, Rev. R. A. Hudson and A. S. Porter. Much in terest is being taken in the race and the fact that this is the first tinth the history of the county that a man has offered for public office adds some novelty. General election rules will governj this special election and there will be no second race, the candidate re ceiving the largest number of votes Will be declared elected. Managers of election are request ed to call at the court house not later than Saturday to get boxes and tick 'ets. NOTICE TO AUTOMOBILE OWN*. ERS. The time for obtaining 1921 auto mobile license tags has expired, ac cording to law. This' is to call at tention to all who have not obtained tags that they are liable to arrest and fine. The law requires us to look, after this and we wish to givt'every-! body fair warning so that they may avoid the penalty by prompt action. Govern yourselves accordingly. B. B. LaBoon, R. T. Chapman, Ruil Policemen Pickens Co. MR. JAMES F. HENDRICKS DEAD. Mr. James F. Hendricks, an aged and well known citizen, died at his '.home near Liberty last Thursday. Mr. Hendricks was 83 years old and was a Confederate veteran. le was probably the oldest Mason in this . county, having been a member more than 60 years. He is survived by the fallowing children: H. D. Hendricks, of Anderson; N. R. Hendricks, of Texas; Mrs. Emmie Donaghey, of Texas; L. L. Hendricks, T. 'J. Hen dricks, and E. F. Hendricks, of Pick ens. Mr. Iendrick's wife died only two or three months ago.. Hie was buried with Masonic honors in the Liberty cemetery. - Mr. H. B.- Hen- i dricks, of Pickens, is a brolhe' of the deceased. PICKENS COUNTY SINGING CONVENTION. The next meeting of the Pickens County Singing .Convention will be held with the Mt. Carmel Baptist church t'he fourth Saturday and Sun-: dlay in April, and a great time is'ex pected. Each towvnship convention of the county is expected to send delegates and take collections to defray neces MeD. Bolding, Pres. S. C. Chapman, See. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT. To his honor, Judge George E. Prine~e: We the grand jury, hog leave to make the following presentment. We have passed on all bills handed us by the solicitor. We have appoint. ed the various committees to investI gate the different offices and Institu tions and report at the next term of, court. We have received 'the report of the rural police and same is at tachied. to this presentment. We wish to 'ommend them for their services. While we are proud of the excel lent showinig made by many df our schools, we would call the attention of the superintendent of education and the trustees to' the pbsolute ne cessity of devoting some time to the needs of the schools In which they are interested. We beg to recqmmend that county commissioner John F. Lesley be re 'oved from o001ce on accoume>df .ross niegleet of his official duti~e. We .wish -to thank the court and of. Acers for their courtesies and $eg to be excused frirn this terme of court.' Rtesp$dfully submisted, .L.C ad as acandj or th:~4* fayor of Pi N th a 10 nunlbipal elstyo Api 1 2 192f NOTIC $4?i CT ON. State of South County of Pee J h irasMr..a. ha ' wit'. the tous e ro' stA, signed .b . - of the resident 6ftdre and ane number of the .resident freehold of the age of tw ity-one years of said school district s appears by the. certificates of the ' ity Auditor of 4id county attaef to said petit praying. that thq *tustees of school district ord" an election..*a. the question off issuing coupon No in the sum of $1,250 y;said disrict for the purpose 'of school impre= } ment. And it further- Appearing by the ceriicate of the Oounty Auditor o. said county that the proposed ftu issue of $1,260 *ii. not exceed 'o . per cent of the assessed valuation - the taxable property in said distrio including all o0tstanding bonds. It is, therefore, N9rdered by the Board of Trustees at Keowee Och'ol District No. 42 that an election be held on the 26th day of March, 192, at T. A. Stewvart's store on the quee. tion of wahether such bonds shall.. I. sue or not, said bohde to be in sueo den'omihations as the Board of Trui tees of said ' school district may . termine and t9 bear interest at err exceeding six per cent per anun and to run for not more than tweni years.% At such election ply qualified'\ . era residing in stld'. district shall be 'allowed to vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'eloak a. m. and close at.4 o'clock p. in. Tbe ballots vted shall have written or printed on 'hem the words: "For Bonds," or "Agalint' Bo ds." The following are hereby named managers to conduct said electionn J. E. Steele, 'T. P. Oliver and D. 'l. Alexander. By order of the Board of True ' of Keowee Sehool District No. 42. Frank Oliver, T. A. Stewart, B. P. Elenberg, 2t . Trustees. TRUSTEE NOTICE. The trusbees of Bethlehem School District will meet in the county sa perintendent of education's otllqe Saturday the 19th, at four o'clock; for the purpose. of considering 'the erection of -a nev. school house ii said district. All. conifractors', inter ested are requested to neet the tris tees at that time. NOTICE. Managers of eletioni are r'eggM ed to call at the court liouse fer boxes on Saturdlay, March 19th. J. HI. Earle, Clun. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREW. ITORS. All p~ersons holding cl'aimis aga4 theestteof the laite N. E. Strili. land mst4 pre~i .the same, .duLy May, 1921,orbedaed yi and all persomW i Gbted to said es tate must mak~e iyment on or be fore the above date to the undite signed. Mrs. Co'rrie' tricklandl, A'dinistratrix, 4t .Central, SC. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED.. ITORS. All persons holding claims agaiaM the estaite of the-.late W. M. Stridk land must prest the samo,2 .d'iy Proven, on or before. the 1st day lef May, 1921, or, be debarred paym~; and all persons indebted' to said g taste must make payment on or ' fore tho above date to the un r~ signed. Mrs. Corrie Strlekland, PRE$CHit4AIld 20 I will preaeh e ths~ home of .'7 ' . BenjamMr M Algood i B:004 . 'c eF eeh