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4 - eenCuny' Pieckens-- The Ge m 40tStCown of the Foothills" + + 1, NUM BER - PS92Newspaper. VOL. 51, NUMBER 3 .PICENS S. C, AY 12,1921. SUBSCRIPTO iJi E EP PICKENS LOCAL AND PERSONAL Dewitt Davis, of Liberty, is visit ing his brother, H. E. Davis. Miss Nellie Grandy was a shopper in"Grdenville Friday. Joe Allgood says the zephyrs con tinue to blow on Bethlehem ridge. Bristow Christopher, of Green ville, spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Grace Porter visited her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Porter Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jennings and little daughter were visitors here Sun day. Miss Merle Hendricks, of Win throp College, was at home last week end. . Mr. James Clements, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting at the home of Mr. J. T. Partridge. Messrs. M. F. Hester and Luke Earle left Monday for Brevard, mak ing the trip thiough the country. Austin Nealey, Frank Keith and Ernest Craig, of Furman University,! were in Pickens the past Week-end. Miss Eva Holder had as her guest Saturday Misses Pearl Jones and Ruby Chastain, of Oolenoy. Dr. and ,Mrs. L. O. Mauldin, of Greenville, were the guests of rela tives here Sunday. Miss Ruth Looper, of Easley, Spent the week-end at the N. A. Christo * pher home. Miss Florence Sutherland, of Eas ley, visited her grandmother, Mrs. Florence Griffin, Saturday. Miss Lucia Elligon, of Piedmont, is the guest of her cousins, the Misses Fidley, this week. Miss Frances Bruce' attended the musical concert given at Converse College, Spartanburg, this week. Miss Winnie Lee Thomas, of Lib erty v.'s the guest of her aunt, Miss Lulu af inkle, a few days last week. P. and Mr.. lHaien have moved ittc house recently vacated by Dr. .d Wall on the north sid'3 oft .w. lrv. and Mirs. Fletcher Porter, of Columbia, visited their parents, Dr. and Mirs. F. S. Porter, several days last week. Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Valley had as their wevek-end guests Mr. andl Mrs. C. J. Valley and little (laughter, Mar garet, of Hlendersonville, N. C. Policeman George Burroughhs who was shot and killed by a negro in Greenville Saturday morning, was a brother-in-lnw of the late V. P. Hol combe of Pickens. Mr. A. A. Pae~ has put on a dray line in Pickens and is now prepared tserve the public. He is experi enced in this business, having been in it here for several years before. "-" H. 'D. ,Hendricks, of Anderson county, was in Pickens on business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks who have beeni living in the city of Anderson several years, recently movedl to Belton, route 2, 'vhere he will farm this year. WV. F. Simmons, of route 1, paid The Sentinel a pleasant visit Tues day. Mr. Simmons has been readling '. The Sentinel sincee the firs issue fity years ago. His father was one of the first subscribers to the paper and the son has been a steady subscriber~ since he left the' aternal roof. Mr. Jim Parsons, the wvell known fiddler anid violinist, has returned from a visit to his friend, Mr. Abe Stewart, in Blockley c'ounty, Georgia. Mr. Parsons says tho-~ farmers of south and central Georgia are plant.. ing very little cotton this year and using practically no fertilizer under what they have planted. REVIVAL MEETING AT PICKENS. Famous Evangelist Will Begin Meet ing Here May 22. Dr. D. P. Montgomery, of South Carolina, and one of the Blue Moun tain evangelists, will begin a meet ing in Pickens Sunday, May 22, at 11 o'clock a. m. Dr. Montgomery has been an evangelist for 30 years, having served as state evangelist for Kansas about fifteen years and an in dependent, evangelist for fifteen years. He is a great Bible teacher and soul winner and has not a peer as an evangelist in America. An eminent Presbyterian pastor, of Rock Hill, says that he is a greater evan gelist than Billy Sunday. Dr. Mont gomery has held several meetings for Rock Hill. He comes at the invita tion of the Baptist pastors in and around Pickens. But while he comes at the invitation of the Baptists, he will come to help our town and sur rounding community and will be a lasting help to all our churches and people. No town is ever the same after his coming. Therefore all Christians are invited to join in these meetings and help to strengthen our Christian forces and to make ours a better town and community.' A tent will be provided for these services that will accommodate 1,000 to 1,200 people. Dr. Montgomery will have a good singer to lead the music. Brethren, pray for these meetings. REV. F. B. MURPHREE MEMO RIAL. The churches of Twelve Mile River. Baptist Association decided some time ago to erect a monument at the grave of and in memory of the late Rev. B. F. Murphree, who labored so long and faithfully in this section of the Master's vineyard. - Mr. Murphree at different times has been pastor of every church in the association, save.one. He..did a. great work at great personal sacri fice. Now that he is gone, the peo ple who knew and loved him want to erect a suitable monument to his memory. .In order that all who wish to con tribute to this memorial fund may have a chance to do so, this public notice is given. Mr. D. E. Garrett, Pickens, R. F. D. 2, has been made' chairman of thei fund and contribu tions in an ihm should' be sent to Mr. Garrett before .)une 1. It is a privilege to contribute to a memorial 'und to Mr. Murphree and all who ever came under his influ a"'i.a will no doubt conSider it so. MARRIAGE. MarIried, inl ,judge of prob:tte's of fice, Sunday mornini, May 8th, 1921, Mr. h'lo mas Bruce I reaze:tl,, form erly of this county but now of Clay ton, Ga., to Mliss Pauline Towns, of this county. Mr. T. B. Breazeale is the son of Mr. J. 1B. Breazeale. Miss Pauline Towns is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JT. A. 11. Towvnes. The ceremony was pcrformed by the judge of probate N. A. Christopher. This well knowvn and popular couple -have hosts of friends who are wvishing them the best of everything in life. MARRIAGE. Miss Beulah Baynard and Mr. Car los E. McKinney, both of the Pickens mill village, were married by Rev. C. R. Abercrombie at the mill parsonage last Saturday morning. Immediate y after the ceremony they left for a bridal tip. CLEAN OFF CEMETERIES. All persons interestedl in the ceme I kry at Saluda Ilill church are re ques-tedl Iowmet there on Saturdlay morning before the first Sunday in .Jupe for lb purpose of' 'leaning off the groundi~ Those' inta rated0( in t he Rocky Dot tomn a ndld tt (omo~ burying grounds are requestedi to mee(t at, Rocky Dot. toml church oni SaIturdany morning be.. fore the fourth Suinday in May. - Bring suitabb tools and lunch and come, l"propad to splendl the (lay. IWA NTED)--Man wvith team or auto to sell our p' oducts in this county. Men and1( women for city saleswork also wvanted. State whether you prefer city or country work. Mention this paper. McConnon & Coinpany, Winona, Minnesota. 2t-4-nd1 MASS MEETING Friday Night in Interest of School. A mass meeting will be held in the court house tomorrow (Fri day) night at 8 o'clock in the interest of the Pickens school. All citi zens are urged to be present, especially pat rons of the school. The school situation in Pickens district is unsat isfactory 4nd ways and means of bettering it will be discussed at this meeting. Questions con cerning the vital condi tions of the community will come up and every citizen should be on hand- to hear and be heard. ALONG PICKENS ROUTE THREE. health in this community is good at present. The farmers are proud to see the weather moderate, as the cold wave has caused many to plant over their crops. Several fro'm this section attended the singing at Clemson College Sun day. Quite a large crowd attended the Lewis reunion Sunday and report a nice time. Miss Eleanor McDaniel, who has j been attending school in Greenville county, 'returned home last week. She was a member of the graduating class. Misses Lucile Looper, of Easley, and Grace Kelly, of Central, spent the week-end with Misses Velma and Edna Gravely on route three. Mr. Bailey Looper, of the Cross Roads section, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wel horn on route three. Misses Louise and Annie Gravely attended the singing at Clemson Sun day. 'Mr. Wa:jlter Turn r, of near Eas ley , w\asi at web-'onwl viitor onl route tiree Suvlday f errooin. li Flora. Evlley spent last vcek n'ar .iert.: visiting friends aid PICKENS DISTRICT'-SUNDAY SCHOOL. CONVENTION. Tfh* P'iekens District Sunday school convention will meet wvith Secona (htreh, Sunday afternoon May 1 5th,! 3 :00 to 5:00 o'clock. All Sunday schools of every de n)ominiationl in easy reach of this dis trict are invitedl to come and enjoy* a meeting where nothing but bettor Sunday school methods are discuss edl. No limit to representatives. Every one interested in a better Sun.. day school is invited to take part. Those who are especiilly invited to speak are Mr. John Christopher and Mr. E. L. Hlendersoji, Rev. W. S. G;oodwin, of Central, Prof. W. M. Morrison, Prof. M. S. Martin and Rev. E. A. Driggers, Clemson. Mr. Christopher will emphasize the, home department as related to moth ers, and Rev. Driggers will speak on evangelism. These men spoke on the programu at Catechee last Sun (lay and are worthy of a house full. [Let all schools not connected with e'it ler of the other three dlistr'icts (Easley, Liberty or Central) count th'emselves part of Pickenis territory. llev. .1. C. Diggs will conducet devo t ionail service and Mr. Stewart and daiughters will be in charge of the miu sic. New arrivals in dlresses this weoek. Organdies, Voiles andl Sls Latest styles aind low prices. Folger & 1. endric k s. lat PUBLIC -DRAY--I have put on a p)ublic dray in ,Pickens and am pre pared to do your hauling of all kinds. Prompt service and reason able prices. Phone 3213. A. A. Pace. . wkspd SINGING CONVENTION. Met at Clemson College Satturda) and Sunday-Most Enjoyable Occasion. The district singing convention, composed of members from Oconee, Pickets, Anderson, Greenville, Spar tanburg'and Laurens counties met at Clemson College Saturday and Sun day. The attendance was large, and a most enjoyable occasion it proved to be. The following oflicers were elected for the coming yeai:., R. M. Bolding, of Pickens, president; W. M, Lemmons, of Oconee, vice presidenti W. P. Stvenson, Anderson, secretary and trea'surer. The executive com mittee for the year will be: W. P. Stevenson, J. E. Bush and it. N. Smith. There was a vote of appreciation for the courtesies extended by Clem son College and for the use of the building, and it was decided that the meeting in 1922 will also be held at Clemson College. UNION MEETING. The union meeting of the Twelve Mile River Association will meet ,vith Antioch Baptist church May 28th and 29th. Following is the program: Saturday, 10:00 a. m.-Devotional service by Bro. Marshal Martin. 11:00 a. m.-Sermon. Rev. F. S Childress. Dinner. 1:00 p. m.-At what stage in th< christian life do we receive the holy spirit? Rev. E. . Bolding. 1:30 p. m.-Winning the lost Rev. J. A. Davis. 1:50 p. m.-The joy of persona work. Rev. W. J. Sheriff. 2:00 p. m.--Loyalty to Christ in al things. Rev. R. A. Hudson. 2:30 p. m.-Church efficiency B3ro. D. E. Garrett. Adjournment. Saturday Night. Preaching at 8:00 o'clock b 1 v. J. 'E. Crawford. Sunday. 10:00 a. m.--Des otional service Rev. J. E. Burt. 10:30 a. n.-Sunday school ad. dress. Rev. John Jewell. 11:00 a. m.-Sermon. Rev. W. J Langston. Dinner. Afternoon service to be arranged Executive Committee. PICKENS ENTERS TEXTILE LEAGUE. Tlhe P'idkens mill h~a-ehall teami hat -t1e'4d the Picken:s county I tilt laue. The Pickeni' tem tao Ik the phc of the- Easley mill No. 1. 'lhin fin 'ame will h? wyit~h Liberty at Liberty next Saturday afternoon a 1 :(W o'clock. 'The bill managemaent is bac:ing the boys, but to make a pennant win ner out of them thc people genterallb must back the team. The team prae tically proinises a pennant if the towi and mill both manifest sullcient in terest to see them through. THOMPSON TRIED AND CON VICTED OF MURDER OF OF. FICER BURRtOUGHS. Found guilty of the murder las Friday night of Policeman George S Burroughs of the Greenville polic< dlenartment, William Thompson, ne gro, was sentenced by Judgo T. J Mauldin at 9 :00 o'clock Monday nigh to dlie b~y electrocution on May 27 hetwveen the hours of .5:00 o'clock it the morning and 7:00 o'clock in th< ev'?ning, after a Greenville coutnta .iury hadi heard the evidence and re urned a verdict, within less than sia hiour.. Tihe trial of Tfhomplso., which he gan at 3 :02 o'clock Monday af'.er noon, is saidl to be the spe(. '. evel hebd in Greenville counat '..d it b: thought poss5ible is a ret' P o th< stat o. The defendannt wa - dven th< d yath penalty within ?:' ours, al mo.t, to the minute, aft r l'oliceminn Burroughs was shot ; I fatall3 SINGING CONVENTION. The Liberty towns~hi ''lting con ven tio n will aet with En an Pap tist church the third Sunday, May 15 b'ginning at 1 :30 o'clock p. m. Al come and brinjg your song books. C. E. Rogers, Sec. .iR. C. Roinson. Pena. "LAST SHOT OF CIVIL WAR." Another Intea'esting Letter by Mr. Welborn on This Subject. But for lack of opportunity I would have written this little article long ago, and my say will be in ref erence to that memorable "last shot of the Civil War." Mrs. J. R. Van (liver, of Anderson, is gathering data for a history which she is writing of Anderson county and she wishes it as authentic as possible. In the issue of The Sentinel of February 24th, an article was clipped from the An derson Daily Mail, written by Mrs. Vandiver, of .which I made some cor. rections; for which in a conmunica tion I received her thanks. I heart ily endorse Mrs,, Vandiver's .great undertaking; for ont reason, I first saw the light in that eggat' county. In the issue of The Sentin .,of March 17th Mr. C. T. Martin wQte an article on this subject in whclk I think h: made some mistakes. Mr. Martin admits not becoming a citi zen of South Carolina for nearly nine years after the close of the Civil War. The Turner's Hill skirmish he refers to, I remember well. It was' between Manse Jolly and his band of Ku Klux or White Cappers as you may term them, and I a band of horse thieves. This oc curred several (lays after the Federal troops had passed through and .had the first (lay of May fight at the Thomas Moore home west of Pied mont. Mr. N. B. Moore, son of Thomas Moore, who is quite familiar with all of those circumstances, has promised to write an article for Mrs. Vandiver, giving the correct details leading up to this first (lay of May fight. His health has been bad or I he would have written this article before now. Mr. Martin refers to the last fight as being at Turner's Hill. That is a new point on the map of Pickens county. I never heard of it before. Perhaps he re fers to the Starling Turner place near the Easley bridge, now the es tate of the late J. S. Lathem. The Yankees did burn Starling Turner's house after being ambushed by his sons and a bunch of their friends. This was done by one of the main columns of Yankee troops as they passed through to Anderson. It seums after crossing the 1l3ue Ridge they divided int) three columnjis. One cliame dlown Twelve l lI on b;: lmint e"r'S mu.,e?r ,g1round, nlow the home lphire, of the" biteI Jeremlniah 1,oopeI(r, iln to .\mb -rnfl :: . A sec d( col 1 ii, ( l": id 11 I l h, i":.'!.~ !c . J. 1 Iey by i', lla pl:iantown, Ibm nonll's, ('r.o.s Roadc.i churlchl, Star'lingf 'I'urnecr':, a'bl P'( ice ;villa and 111 tel OoIenoy \'alley, for the activti;s agai~nst thI d. leserters~ by I ir. lBill JEdenas aniid h is friends~l, the Yanikees - burned Dr. EdenI's dwvelling, corn crib andl smoke house. In this con~j flagration Dr. Edens lost not only h is dIwelling and contents, but a vast Iquantity of bacon, lard, corn, fodder and other forage which produced a dense smoke andl scent of burning bacon andl lard which could be seen alnd smelled all over the surrounding country. After that Dr. Edens built 'a brick dwelling, nowv occupied by ex 1Audlitor E. Foster. That night the Yankees camped at thie home of Samel hapana prominenit farm er and father of the late county treasurer Samuel D). Chapman. Mr. IChapman had a Ia r':* quantity of corn andl fodder and they fed and dlestroyed most all he had, besides they ate and carried away most all of his meat, and near Cross Roads church they came to the home of the WVidow IAen tly and in her yard killedI her son, George, and then wvent on to the Turner home and to Andersona. Sthink firom there the:. crossedl Jar iett's bridge and uip through the anorthea stern part of G;eoria andl into TIenniesse Cn tto u thu rI r'spective hom es, or perhaps d Li aIed or' were discharged by mnilitary rules. All this wa dIone, in hia.tde as- Frank 1Blakely who was leatdinig them', knew that companies of home uaurds were sta tioned over the diff'erent mioun.. - tai n sections to p)rEerve order anid 'en ctch deserters, a nd he had oftm times been chased by themi and themy applrehendled dlang.er of being at tacked. So the blow that Frank Blakeley wvith Stoneman's cavalry 7 LIBERTY LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. J. A. Kelley, Miss Fan Annie Kelley, Mrs. Chas. Knox and chil dren, of Seneca, were spend-the-day guests of lrs. D. H. Kennemur Thursday of last week. Mrs. Tom ISirod, of Seneca, visited her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Abbott,, Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Iledgepeth, of Greenville, was the week-end guest of Miss Thelna Watkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. O'De'l, Mrs. J. A. Allgood and Joel Allgood mo tored to Rick Hill last week, visit ing Misses Lois Allgooll, Francis O'Dell, Mary B. Robertson and Ber nie Parsons and returned home Sat urday. Mrs. Ross O'Dell entertained to dinner Saturday the following mem hers of her Sunday school class: Helen O'Dell, Mary Moore, Addle Gaines, Grace Borroughs, Anna Laura Bush, Myra Long and Claudia Kennemur. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Knox, Joe and Gary Knox, of Westminster, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson, of Central, were spend-the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mill 1onday. Mrs. A. L. Johnson, (Mars. MeKit rick, Misses Juliet Chapman' Xna Cal laham, Caro Smith, Lorena Young and Eva Smith, Prof. E. B. hllnim, J. W. Smith, Nellie and Joe Smith',,t Montaree Lovell, Mary Cooke, Claudia Kennemur, Catherine Bowen, Mary Moore and D. H. Kennemur, Jr., attended the music festival in Spartanburg last week. Mrs. J. C. Hunter was charming hostess to the members of the Em broidery Club on Friday afternoon. A most enjoyable hour was spent at the close of which delicious refresh ments were served. The circles of the Woman's Auxil inry of the Presbyterian church held an interesting meeting Monday after noon. Circle No. 1 met at the home of Mrs. J. C. Boggs and Circle No. 2 met. with Mrs. W. A. Sheldon. Memorial Day exercises were held in the school auditorium Tuesday morning after which flowers were carried to Westview cemetery and placed on the graves of the soilers. The annual appeal for the Salva tion Army will start in Liberty Tues da iy morning, May 17th, when the local finance committee, of which Dr. G. 1H. Abernothy is chairman, will ri.e a reaso nablt snum of noney for t maint'enance t'he t ' Salvation A rmy wrk in tlis 7etion ofdhi state. The Sl rri on Army cor p' from (reen Xl . \v:ll hII in .ib rty luring the day 'f the nmpi'l ')al ive :Areet concerts '1 A :t: aist. in the localwork for ras thte funds(. Everybody is a ried to 'ive freely and liberally to thi:' wort ly cau: e. MRS. ALEXANDER OF PICKENS IS DEAD. M~iary E. Alexander, one of Pickens county's best known and most be loved womecn, (lied Monday at 8:15 o'c'lock at her home at Pickens. Fun era'l serIvices wvill be held from the r'esidnceIC at. Pickens Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, intermeitt fol.. lowing in the family cemetery near P'ickenis. Mrs. Alexander was 72 years of ago, andi was the eldest (laughter of the late Col. J. E. Hagoodl, of Pick.. ens. For the past forty years she had been an invalid, but bore her long 'suffering - with remarkable Christian fortitudie and throughout maintained at chee'rful dlispositionl which won her many fast friends throughout the county. She was a consi .n memb er (of hI e P resbyteur inn (churchI andl~ wva- a Cihr:iian'*wo man'j the ie 17 li' ll<.C11 andl two ~ ei.rs WI. M. iung.Od, of Mrs. J. M\c 1. Urneo. ef I'I'i(<kensl, anid Mr'. TI. J1. Maa uln , f Pickenis. Next, weceb we will publish i'norce extened ecoun of the life of this good~ woan . an Sherm an with hiis formi idable armfy dealt South Carolina for. her fir't act of seession ended the great 'our-year conflict in which the little confederacy ro bravely opp)1osed the great Federal armie.. M. ~J. WVelborn. Pickens, S. C.