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EP ; , ;j . '. <I: ,. . F. t.L '4.. 1R "Y. w -, i' T1 - fF ' I ' ; k 4t ++.5++ PUk ens County's Pickns- The emastest Growing ofthFotils 'wNewspaper. VOL. 50, N UM BER 50 __PIGKENS, S. C., APRIL '7, 1921. SUBSCRIPT ION $1.50 PER YEAR PICKENS LOCAL AND PERSOriAL Miss Nelle Freeman is v isjiting relatives in Chester. ..Mr. and M'rs. T1..J. Mauldin are vi iting fr:mds in A iken this week. Mrs. G. II. Ilend ricks is on an ox tended visit t, relative:; in Asheville, N. C. Miss Addie Finley, of Piedimont, spent the week-cenl with relatives ' here. Miss Mag tie l"erguson is visiting at the home of 1Ir. N. A. Chris topher. Mrs. Will White of Alnd(rson,, i visiting her mother. Alr... N. E. Thornley. The Nev. L _ o D. G illespie, of Spailrta~tnur, wm: ; town a few' <hys; biii eek. A . 1' . ~ ;"\ .l' \lis ina. -: vi.siting Ars. :leda Croce in Spai rtan urg county. ilrs. i\lartha Jones, of Mlarietta, is 4 visiting her sister-in-law, Mirs. Annie Lewis, of Praters Creek section. Miss Bessie Boggs, one of our teachers in the high school here, spent last week-end with her aunt, Mrs. Addie L. Boggs. Mrs. Clarence King of Easley was f here last week to be with her mother, Mrs. J. T. Taylor, who has been very ill, but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Roper, of Greenville, visited at the home of their daughter, Mrs. E. H. Craig, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferguson, of Honea Path and Miss Emma Herd spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Herd. The Pleasant Grove school building wvas destroyed by fire Tuesday of last week. The fire originated from a de *fective stove flue. Mrs. Charlie Brooks, of Anderson, Is here in order to be with her father, Mr. J. M. Gillespie, who has been -seriously ill for the past ten days. Wyatt Jennings, traveling sales man, with headquarters in Columbia, spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jennings, in Pickens. The Pickens Chapter U. D. C. will meet with rs. 0. T. Hinton Friday afternoon at 4 'clock. Members are ~equested to bring their contribu ~ftOl or needy Confederate veterans. Mobri af the State W. C. 'i. ,... aers, will meet with the W. C. T. U's. of Pickens at the Methodist church Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody ds in vited. The Pickens Hardware and Gro *cery Store was broken into Monday night and the cash drawer robbed of *about $4. Entrance was gained1 through the back door, but there is no clue to the guilty party or parties. W. R. Cantioell was called to Trransylvania county last week on ac.. -count of the serious illness of Mrs. * . E.. Cantnmll, wvidow of the late J. *McD. Cantrell. The good lady is now In a Brevard hospital and not much hope is felt for her recovery. * Debating teams of the~ University ofSouth Carolina and U~niverisity of 'N ew York will meet in contest inI New YVork City Friday. The South Carolina team is composed of W. C. Mann and Joseph Horowitz. Mr. Mann Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. f ann, of Six Mlae. OOLENOY NEWS LETTER. School Closes This W/cck-- C , Newsy Local Items. Oolenioy. A pril 5.-- l( chol! her. elotees a Wuc.. u; month':; tenn"I on i I blay oI' t 1., .\ipro rhi;ale .xr. e b:\1 .( Vill )"e . h. I-riday nhg'ht, th? 8th in -t. TI1, n ioys: of the itrher ;grad t plresent; the platy, "A N'obb1' .i The' primartty and intermtedinIe e will r-ive songs, dhrills, etc. w... by local talent will also he a ;n. f tl, e l nterta inmfien)t. 'Ihe school has reached :.n enmroll ment of otver* 12, pupi!. tec'eh(ers areC employe(!. 'T'h a re a. follows: Professors W1. A. Rich- I bourg, G. M1. Keith. .\l-,: Des:sit Few and E. lewey lhail.. l'aithful and eflicient work har t' heetr sougrht in all lines of the school w :':. .Al iss .\lary .Aler 'n - spemding somte timey with n-ha : in (;reen ville.. Mliss; ,Jcssie 1'. . -; (who teacls at \a: I l, . " ;""t c- el:-cnd at h~omie Ii ('..S in. V :i. i v. }. I.( Jo kachey 1k:: h t 1. lI al um!I, ;';I m .\ ern " T'. A. Bow n l9 .. i..t tate. Agent, L . O. Willimbs visited the school here onle day last wo'k. Mr. llallum gave an instruct ive and enjoyable talk while the other two mentioned organized a corn and pig club. The club started with nine members and it is likely that others will join. Prof. S. M. lBauknight, of the Easley High School, and head of the Easley Chamber of Commerce de lighted the pupils and a number of patrons of the Ambler school on last Friday with an address. Schools having an opportunity to Iear him are very fortunate. Be sides being .brim full of interest in his line of work, which is tehching agriculture and animal husbandry, advocating pure bred hogs, cows, etc., he has a heart full of interest in the country's most priceless pro duet-her girls and her boys. The many friends of Mrs. Rich ard Edens who has been seri6usly ill for some time, will be glad to know that she is improvin . Mrs. A. B. Fortner, of the Pleas ant Grove section, who has been crit ically ill for the past two months, is also improving. She suffen~ed an at tack of flu followed by pneumonia and complication. The case has ex cited much sympathy and friends -are rejoicing at her improvement. She is attended by Miss Nichols, a trained nurs~e of Greenville. Miss Nichols has won the admiration of all for her faithful and efficient work. The body of an unknown mim ws found on the railroad near Calhoun Monday morning. It is said the stnanger spent Sunday night in Cen tral and it is supposed he was thrown from a freight train and killed as he tried to swing it. Mrs. Ora Mauldin, of Liberty, is visiting Mrs. John Craig.. Several new books hav,e recently been adldedl to the Public Library, and every one is welcome to come and borrow them. The Piedmont Presbytery will nieet at the Pickens Presbyterian church, opening meeting t~o be- held Tuesday night, April 12th, at oight o'clock. Everybody will be welcome. Work' was begun Monday on the new residence of Mr. Ernest Alexan der on Ann gtreet. WVhen complet ed it will be a modern and conven ient residence o'f six rooms. Con tractor . E. Yongue will complete it in as short time as possible. As an aftermath of th. recent in Icrease in* telephone raites, fourteen telephone subscribers in Pickens have ordleredI their pltone ervice dliscon tinued. It is said that more than a hundred phones at Easley will be taken out and sOoe will also be i1YS' CLUB WORK IN .''. +' Cl1': iub wvork in P1i ent. tyIv t-. o. LO e tak n;' on flew I:e anid ; i;t. in visitinet .,' . rer l of th hools in the county .to;eter with {;. T. 1,[allpm1, county superiitendenit '(f edlucation, and( B. 0. \\'illiamts, n.; it:oint State Boys ('!ub agent for Soutlh Carolilna, we i)let with unusual sUCceVss. The boys gave their ilot. eareful att mtion ani practically all the boy: in the schools 'within the age eli.iilble to iemib.hip joined. Of" c(otise these boys have not .ot ten the consaen of their par lnts as yet, but it is ' be hope(d that inO parent wviii obj,: 1 h n)i" eli it in' ink the work, whl-b iean.- so much to ii; life on th: farim and to the dvel'p Iment of a fi:t class. intelin at f: nmi :r \wheniiL the b:: reachles nmLtur.. ity. It w\:t:: not possib !e to vi.-:it a11, or n. - i t m .l\, Of th ll., . i n *1''u wil on in a or *~'' . . . l t . : I ! il. t ~~~~~~~............ .. ... ... ii.. : . '. two or the tay'r. to \\ hi e' \\ ater Valks, or ::o other. convent'tientt an.1I attractive plne'. 'they w\"l carr their "*rations" with thteni ih \v have a good time, the like of which has never heen known by country boys of Pickens county. Soml of their parents will go along and enjoy the occasion "as boys with the boys." ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MAYOR. C. L. Cureton is hereby announc ed as a candidate for the office of Mayor of Pickens in the approaching municipal election of April 12, 1921. E. Frank Looper is hereby an nounced as a candidate for mayor of Pickens, subject to the rules and re gulations of the municipal election of April 12, 1921. Dr. J. L. Valley is announced by friends as a candidate for Commis sioner of Public Works for the town of Pickens in the approaching muni cipal election. M. C. Smith is announced by friends as a candidate for Commis sioner of Public Works for the town of Pickens in the approaching muni cipal election. APRIL 17 BAPTIST DAY. On Wednesday, March 16th, at the request of Dr. Burts, representatives of nearly all churches in the Pickens Association met in conference at the Pickens Baptist church. Also there were present foui' visiting pastors and at said conference' it was agreed to observe the third Sunday in Apil as Baptist day; to have service at eLeven o'clock at each and every church in the Pickens Association. A committee was appointed to ar range a speaker' for' each church that (lay. The following speakers have been arranged: Pickens-Dr. W. J. Langston. Secona-W. M. Waaker. Griffin-F. T. Cox. Cross Roads-T. E. Seago. Oolenoy-B. P. Mitchell. Nine Forks-E. M. Bolding. Peters Creek-W. D. Hammett. Pleasant Grove--A. M. Simmons. Cedar Rock-J. F.. Moore. Pickens Mill-T. A. Drake. Mt. Tabor-C. R. Abererombie. An automobile occupied by Messrs. Louie Crowv and John Mathis turn ed over in the- road near Mountain Viewv church Wednesday morning, Iwhen the steering apparatus refused to work. Both men were bruised up considerably, though not seriously. hurt. Beginning A pril 15 and lasting until September 15, the stores of' Pickeins will close at 6 :30 every evening except Saturdays. Mrs. Martha Ann Johnson, colored, wife of Elbert Jlohnson, of Pickens, (ied Tuesday and was buried in the coloredl cemetery at Seona church Wednesday afternnan. PICT EN TAKES~ 'ON N U Thi -a t -and iy and it toped that they wviil s : hl 1,, their club: thnrou ';Ihout the' r. :old be readlcy tt :llvalnce anlotirt, mr t:ut lt step ) next (h:trley lI pre ; arl It h.1retaIry .loh l 'le, T. C;. Tro'tter, 1-tI''ol e ( i-or, e' tl f'ulr er O.~ V. l ..Will \ ' li ue .* \ llnter , 'll.in: worth .\larue~l, 1 -v. lo n Sloan, \larier RampIey~" , 3Ioneta \I:t tin, Rtosier 11ailew , CIlarence Kelle Nathaniel tiraveley. T. A. Bowen, County Agent. LIBERTY LOCAL NEWS. Liberty, April 4.-Mrs. A. L. Johr son, Mrs. W. C. O'Dell and Mrs. .) F. Bannister entertained the For Prince George chapter ). A. R. of Friday afternoon last at the home o Mrs. Johnson. This chapter is corn posed of ladies of Pickens, Easle, and Liberty, being a county chapter The subject for the afternoon wa R,"sbecca Mott and Gen. Franci Marion, and Mrs. T. J. Mauldin, re gent, gave an interesting talk o1 these characters. A paper on Ger Marion was read by Mrs. Wayn Mauldin and, Mrs. Alexander read poem entitled Marion's Mill. Afte the program and during an informs reception a salad course with coffe was served. Miss Grace Long, student at G. W, C., was at home for the week-end. T. N. Hunter, Mrs. Dora Robinsoa and Sarah Robinson visited at th home of C. E. Robinson in Picken Sunday. Mr~s. R. L. Welborn, Misses Soph Nelle and Miriam Welborn, Mrs. 2 L. Chamblin, Mrs. W. C. O'Dell, Mis Carrie Hutchins, Mrs. E. F. Cantrel Mrs. D. H. Kennemur and Claudi Kennemiur attended the quarterl meeting of the W. M. U. at Refug Baptist church Saturday. Miss Kennedy, of Winthrop Col lege, Rock Hill, S. C., was the week end guest of Miss Lillian Williams. Mr. andl Mrs. G. E. Hunter, of th Mite Creek section, spent the week end with Mrs. Mary Hunter and Mi and Mrs. J. E. Smith. The circles of the Woman's Mis sionary Society of the First Baptis church met Monday afternoon. N< 1 met with Miss Carrie Hutchins; Nr 2 met with Mrs. E. F. Cantrell. Mfr J. R. Black and Mrs. Ernest Porte entertainedl Circle No. 3 and Mrs Stella Griffin Circle No. 4. All had a large number present and carried out interesting programs. Mr. T. M. Elliott, of near Pickens tells us that it has beeni reported tLha he is the author of the poem .gntitle< "An Ode to the Girl," recently print edi in this paper, and he fears th, report is dlamaging his reputation a a piublic singer and song writer. W< taike pleasure in correting the rc p)ort, and cannot understand why an: one could lay the authorship of th poe~m to Mr. Elliott, who dlevotes hi p)oetic talent entirely to writing vera es for religious songs. We are sur that ho never sawv "Ani Ode to th Girl" before It was printed, and a far as we know he hasn't seen It yei PICKENS SCHOOl. NOTES. 'Thew st.u'nts of the Ilip- h schoo - -ir' \'e r n u i ti t \vr" tle i'ros pects of won.tiingi ' th1. coutiiy cai Tihe county contest to be held :11 Clemson ('(lI('-(' this coming Sati: day. The team is inl good shal perfeect iphy(ic:1 condition, you 'mir ht say mlidI-seasoll tr.i. They hav.' not b1 ni nm king' anly especially brillianlt recodll's, but have been giving atten :! to *ecu0ring an 111 all-iound, well baba-teh team1. I.,t rid.ay afternoon mluch ex Itetiinm exist(ed amnnig the gram mar :-chorl st ldelits 3on account of a 1t.IrI nw( -)I be wl'en the fifth ; and si~sh g~ele..Thet lifth '-ride winl the --reir of '12 to 2,0. 31liss SLah Ki-ith and .\1r. Ilotae G ra\ 1lev hav I been chosen to repre sent the IHigho School in the county n;irJ( .1 mI'tl 1r torc1al contests to be eh.1h at N1r!i, this comling Friday e\'nin: t ?m 8:11 . . SLV . fM(IL NEWS. I' 'tVr *u an i: -r t llud tti l . l i r t ,l 1 .: It I :t ba l 12(1 hr II ii l.a, 1 ajit.! tiwl wee'i-- adt with their s"is.t.r, .'d1'. One of the farmers in this sectio says every time the looks at his ol mule he w:li plaint more corn thi year. Little Mertie Hudson spent th< week with her sister, Mrs. Walte: Porter. Papa's Dishwasher. - ALONG PICKENS ROUTE THREE, Married, March 26, 1921, near f Rosman, N. C., by Mr. Edd Whitmire N. P., M1r. Robert Cleveland Stewart to Miss Dallice Whitmire. Mr. Stew art is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stewart, of Pickens, and is a prosper 8 ous farmer and a brave soldier of the - 30th division, while his bride is a 1 daughter of Mrs. Flim Whitmire, of - Transylvania, N. C. The happy couple have a host of friend:' who wish for them a happy life together. r Rev. C. R. Abercrombie filled his 1 regular appointment at Holly Springs e Sunday afternoon. A Sunday school was organized and is under Mr. Jew -elI as superintendent. We hope that much god will be done. 3 Rev. C. R. Anderson preached a e godly sermon at the chaingang camps s Sunday evening. A large crowd at tended. I Brown Eyes. s DEATH OF MR. PERRY DURHAM. The friends of Mr. Durham were shocked to learn of his death Sunday e night, the 12th. He died at his home near Tarrepin Crossing. Mr. Dur -Iham had an operation on his head two weeks before he died and seem ed to be improving the first week and was brought home from Greenville. lie leaves a wife (who was Miss Ada -Goudlock) and two children, a lit tIe ten-year-old girl and a little boy. Il is father is Mr. Jlames D~urham, of near Six Mile. He only had one -1 brother and one sister, Mr. J. W. M. Durham, of near Six Mile, and Mrs. Lula Cochran, at Mountain View. r1 He was buried at F'air View church on Monday at 2:00 o'clock. We know he has gone to a world where there is no night there. About twvo hours before his dleath he called his loved ones to his bed sidle and told each one wvhat he wanted thenm to do0. He toldl his little blind (laughter to go on to school until she finished, Hie then said, '"I am going to live with Jesus." Oh, how wve shall miss you as on through life we roam, but we shall be more anxious for that home, know. ing that you are there. O. M. -1The Hunrricane Township Singing e' Convention wvill meet wvith the Nor. ris Baptist church the 2nid Sunday in April at 2 o'clock. All other con ventionsa eseanlny invited. ALONG LBERY OUTE THR EE Dea:r n !: u, ! anel itnd r : No.. :eing f issue, 1 see we(' la\( 1:" r Hitt with 11:u 1: a in. I r(.; t:' t ! t 'r;.al view\poitt (do It mea: t V ?- th 'ditor con spicrluo: pu'licity I dotin't see how we, it (rth-r and The Sentinel its=elf, (can1 <h> w thcout his co-op)eration. when it, com)les to pub11lishing at paper. In my e-timait.ionI tiire is alwa1ys a i'missinJig lini k wh ni everU his name fails to appear as headI of the best reading lapelr in lih e lt t-:1 :. Now for a Ievw iteni. %ev". r. N.. elon filled his regular appointmient. Saturlay and Sunday at (;e01(1(1 ('reek li p1tist church. Quite a hart, crowd was present to hear hseloqtue nit ::ermon. ir. Will t. !lall and two sons, of . b- ,u, o111 iar'l Ito the home of :r. (i. t. lk-li at l'leas:ant Hill last )Ionum. .Ir r v chiluren were the 11:1td. t %o !r... 1:vie Roper. \i n. r I:l a:; her ansts Sunda:' .! 1}c! Nations and :f~ ~ ~ i; ! , li ,r l r. \ ;l ui i attended 11.( C~~ .x'Il t h Al'.Sandcers 0 .. with the lu4 I ~ .1 >1(1 Mirs. 1 :1it ii Itt1w" ir1". and( 1r. C. 11. itillingsley \w(nt to lto 'laant 11 Hill a Su.nlliday to att '-nd thie Iuinerial of their little 1nephew, ('Lark 16.11. Friends and relatives symti pathize s with Air. and ilrs. G. B. Bell in the loss 1111(1 dheath of their little grand son, Clark Bell, who died at the An derson hospital last Sunday morning after undlergoing a serious operation for appeadiritus. The bright little fellow, age live years, was only sick about a week, and when he w'a's only three weeks old his mother (li.ed, leav ing him under the care and guardian ship of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Bell: Mr. Watson, of Liberty, spent Sunday with his two little boys, Ralph and Harry. Mrs. Reynolds is visiting relatives in and around this s?_ction. Mrs. Henry Newton is still con fined to her room. Her friends wish for her a speedy recovery. * The misses Owens and their brother spent Friday evening with Mrs. Roper. Mr. Charlie Warren, wife and two children visited his parents in Oco nee county recently. Mr. Warren has charge of the Liberty Power plant, situated on Twelve Mile river and known as the Hunter's Mill, a distance of four miles from the town of Liberty. Quite a crowd of townspeople come over every spring and summer for picnics and parties. We are looking for their annual visit this season. Mr. Paul Clayton and J. N. Jones, electricians of the power plant at Central, were up last week, working on the company's line. Mrs. Smith is very sick at this writing. All fools day was carried out last Friday morning at the'N1orris Graded School. All the teachers and pupils ran away from school and hiked about two miles. Professor Marvin Lawrence is in charge with the fol lowing teachers: Mrs. Marvin Law rence, Misses Loraine Godfrey and Minnie Sheriff. Mrs. Grace Clardy continues seri ously ill at the honie of her mother. Please remember Sunday school every Sunday morning at 10 a. m. Everybody come andl let's revive Golden Creek Baptist Sunday school. Come along, all you correspond ents. Let's help) to make Trhe Piek ens Sentinel the "newsy" paper of the county, Wonder what has become of Susie? Guess she is teaching in the school room. Pink Lady. Norman Uolder has moved his road crewv from the Pickens-North Caro lina highway to Easley, where ho is doling some roadl work for that town. He will be at Easley several weeks. T1he chaingang is the only force now at work on the road to North Caro lina. 'A-I Vj% w4,