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1 rra-- % :;wk jt.: ~ PL CKENS-THE GEM f3 r4, S Sr ,JL 4 Z4 TEOFFICIAL. OF THE FOOTHILLS* .jjJ. 4 flJJ~3- PAPER OF PICKCENS it ~1~"WCOUNTY VOL. 51, NUMBER 13 _ PICKENS, S. C. JULY 21, 1921..SBCITO$15PEYA PICKENS LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. J. P. Carey went to Atlanta Friday where she will visit relatives. Mrs. J. C. Jennings is visiting her son Jesse in Hardeeville. Mrs. W. C. Newton is visiting Miss Olivia Evatt in Greenville this week. Mr. E. L. Henderson, prominent Central citizen, was a county seat visitor one day last week. Dr. J. L. Aiken is enjoying a ten days' vacation at his home in Bre vard, N. C. M:. James Clements, of Atlanta, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. G. R. Hen dricks. Mr. Leland Boggs and children, of Savannah, Ga., are visiting his sis ter, Mrs. Wayne Mauldin. B. F. Hendricks is back on the job after spending several days with his Miss in Walnut, Mississippi. Miss Ellen Nealey, a student at a business college ~ in Greenville, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Nealey. M1r. and Mrs. Richard Alexander returned to Anderson Wednesday after a pleasant visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. 'E. Alexander. Mr. J. J. Chastain has returned after visiting in Atlanta. He was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. T. L. Frances, of that place, who will visit relatives here. Dr. Richard Alexander and wife have returned to their home in An derson after a pleasant visit to his padients, Senator and Mrs. F. E. Alexander, in Pickens. County offfeers, magistrates and others entitled to a copy of the 1921 Acts of the Legislature may get same by calling at the clerk of court's of fice. Mrs. B. B. LaBoon and baby and son Harry left a few days ago for Petersburg, Va., to visit her sister, Mrs. Olga Goodwin. They made the trip by auto. Special attention is called to the new school law which is published in this paper this week. This law con cerns practically every family in the -- county and is of considerable inter est. Read it carefully. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Fulghum and . three children returned to their home in Wilson, N. C., Tuesday after a two week's visit with relatives and friends here. They mate the trip by auto. *A party consisting of Misses Sarah Mae, Ellen and Eva Freeman, Edna Willis, Frances Cox, Nannie -Morris and Messrs. Oliver Bolt, Mar vin Rogers, Roy Davis, Henry Sitton, Virgil Rogers and Mesdames Willis andl Bolt as chaperones, are campers at Table Rock cove this week. .J. P. Carey;, Jr., of Pickens, wvent to Danville, Va., one (lay last week to defend a Greenville man who was tried in the Virginia court charged with stealing an automobile. The jury in the case could not agree and the judge ordered ..a mistrial. The Danville papers gave a long account of the trial and spoke very highly of Mr. Carey's conduct of the case. A most delightful party was given in honor of Miss Catherine Fulghumi by Mrs. C. E. Robinson on last Mon day afternoon. Thirty sweet little - girls attended, it and lenjoyed the happy games played underneath the old scuppernong vine. Miss Mar garet Lesosne. won first prize and Miss Bess Partridge won the booby prize in pinning on the elephant's tail. Fruit and ice cream constitut ed the refreshments. Mr. Lonnie Jennings and Miss Jes.. sie Lee Jennings, formerly of the: Pickens postoflce force, left Sunday' for Denv'er, Colorado, where theyj have accepted positions. These young ,people have many friends who regret to, see themi leave Pickens, but we wish thorm every success in their newv home. ,Frank Jennings, a 'brother/of Lonnie, lives in Denver,, whsre he is employed by one of the big railway syse. J. Walbsr Langston. and family are spending several days in Jocassee. Miss Alberta Young left Saturday for West Union, where she will have charge of the summer term of school. A number of the !:dies of the; Baptist church attended the annual meeting of the W. M. U. at Cedar Rock Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy McFall and children have returned from a visit to Mrs. McFall's sisters, Mrs. Milhol land and Mrs. Oliver, in Charlotte. They made the trip in their car and while away also visited relatives in Union county. Messrs. Lee McFall and Frank Smith have opened a garage and au tomobile repair shop in the Carey garage building. Lee has only re cently returned from Detroit, Mich., where he took a course in an auto mobile school and Frank has had sev eral years' experience in garages around here. They are both young fellows and are anxious for the pub lie to give them a chance to show what they can do. T. L. BENSON NOW MANAGER THE M. S. NIMMONS STORE. The Anderson Daily Tribune says: T. L. Benson, of T. L. Benson & Co., with stores in Pickens and Simp ,onville, has assumed management of the store of M. S. Nimmons Co. in this city, and will divide his time be tween the three estabishments. Mr. t3enson will do all the buying for the trio or stores, thus affording a de :ided advantage to them in the fact chat better wholesale prices can be ecured by the combined purchases. Mr. Benson will give his personal at tention to each of the three stores, and has plans for the development of the Nimmons store that promise much for the already high grade of service furnished local buyers. H. L. Dillard, who has long been associated with Mr. Benson, will be store manager of M; S:Nimnmons Co., and under his guidance the estab lishment is sure to increase its use fulness to the buying community. Mr. Dillard is a veteran store man and will be able to effect improve ments in the place here that will be found of great convenience to its patrons. M. S. Nimmons is for the present enjoying a vacation, and will spend some time on his farm near here. He is taking advantage of an oppor tunity to escape these hot days in the store." ANNUAL HOUSE PARTY. Mrs. Elvira Robinson and daugh ters are enjoying their annual house party at the home of Mrs. Grady Williams, near Easley. With Mrs. Robinson. are her six daughters followvs: Mrs. B. H. Williams, Mrs. C. J. Ellison, Mrs. WV. S. Mauldin,. Mrs. Mattie Bryant, Mrs. Josie Hunt and Mrs. Grady Williams. TENT MEETING. Tent meeting began July 19 at Six Mile. H. H. Williams, of Kan sas, is preaching. Don't fail to hear him. He has had thirty-six years of experience tin this g'reat work. G. . Cronshaw. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank -the many friends for their kindness and sym pathy extended us during the ill ness and death of our dear husband and father and we also wish to thank D~r. Cannon. hirs. W. H. (Bill) Gilstrap and fam ily. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing be tween the undersigned, E. L. Jones and B. L. Hendricks, in the owner ship and management of the general m'erchandise business known as E. L. Jones & Hendricks, Easley R. F. D. 6, has been by mutual consent dis solved, by the said E. L. Jones pur chasirig the interest of the said B. L. Hendricks in the said business. All accoutits will be received by E. L. Jones and he wvill pay all indebt edness of said firm. This the 20th day of r.. .:. 19.I E. L. Jones. 4t B. L. Hendricle. FOR SALE-At this office, Tres lpass Notices, lorinted on cloth. SCHOQL BOND ISSUE' VOTED ON The Sentinel Publishes For and Against BOND ELECTION TOMORROW. 'Ine ejection to decide whether Pickens' school did,rict shall issue .10,000 worth of bonds for school improvements will be held Friday, July 22. -Balloting will take place at the court house. This is one of the most important matters local people have been called upon to de cide and a full vote is expected. TO THE PATRONS OF PICKENS SCHOOL. We are now face to face with a school problem at Pickens and some thing must be done if we are to keep abreast of the times and on a par with other schools of the county. For twenty years our present school facilities have answered the purpose, but now with the increase in attendance from year to year we are compelled to enlarge our school building and have additional teach ers if we are to do the most effect ive work, which under the present crowded conditions is impossible. With this in view a petition was pre sented to the qualified voters of the district, asking that an election be held on the 22nd of July (next Fri (lay) to decide whether or not this district should vote $10,000 in bonds to be used in enlarging our present school building and an additional ' mills to be levied to enable us have three additional teachers and an ad. ditional grade (the 11th) be added. Please note the infoimation tot. lowing: Present bonds, $6,000. Mills to retire, 5. Will be retired in two more years. Seven mills will insure an eleventh grade. Five mills additional will pay the interest and create a sinking fund to retire the $10,000 bond issue. $10,000 will build four class rooms and an auditorium and also conv ert present auditorium into two class rooms. We now receive from the state ap proximately $3,400. If an eleventh grade is added we will receive approximately $4,400. We would have a teaching force of ten whereas we only have seven. Children completing the high school would be able to enter any college in the state. Those that do not wish to attend college will have one year's addition al high school work to their credit. After two years our present bond issue will be retired and after one more year the 6 1-4 mill levy for North Carolina road wvill be stopped, and after that time our levy will be pactically no higher than it is now. During the past session of the school the trjustees were compelled to call on the patrons for two months tuition at the rate of ,$3.50 Per pu pil in order biat the school run the full term. This same condition will exist again next session if something is not done in the meantime. If the -Bonds should be voted and the ad diitional l4vy added and you had as many as three children in school your additional taxes would not be more than o'ne-half what you will be called upon to pay in tuition an other year, to say nothing of the benefit to the child on account of more room and less pupils to the teacher, etc. We bring thehe facts to your at tention feeling sure that after due consideration that you will vote yes :n the election NEXT FRIDAY, THE 22nd. The trustees have no "axe to grind" in the matter. We want a good school and we are here to serve the patrons to the best of our abil ity. On the other hand if you are content to let the school drag al6ng and be deprived of the additional state aid and tolerate the present unsatisfactory conditions existing andl vote dlown the bonds then it will be onr deosire to carry out your wvishes and do the best we can1. In cither~ case it is entirely up Lo you. Remember, however, that we cannot have improvements in schools or anything else without it costing some thing. Yours very truly, Board of Trustee3. FQBE IOMORROW.-FRIDAY Communications Below the Bond Issue WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. Have you hunted through your brain for sonic decent looking excuse for voting against the school levy? Can you afford to vote against prog ress? Are you going to do less for your children than other towns are doing? We need an eleventh grade. We cannot put on this grade without putting additional teachers in gram mar grades. The top cannot be heavier than the foundation. When we put in more teachers where are we going to teach Is it better to arrange some temporary makeshift which is inconvenient or build the permanent house which is needed. Poor light and ventilation and poor construction, so that children in one room can hear those in other rooms reciting will be the result of any cheap temporary arrangement. Then sooner or later the permanent build ing will have to be built and the money put in.to the makeshift will be wasted. Last year the state high school inspector threatened to cut out our state aid entirely on account of our grammar school not having enough teachers.,We are in danger of losing all our state money for the coming year unless we put in more gram niar grade teachers. I have taught where grades were scattered around in different build ings in the town, and I have taught in poorly- arranged buildings, etc., and I can tell from experience how much this injures the efficiency of a school.t e I believe that the people of Pi'k. ens are. interested in their school and will come to the rescue. I say, come to the rescue because conditions are such that we will have to do some thing to hold our own. W. F. Hagan. TO THE PEOPLE OF PICKENS. We oppose the issuing of $10,000 in bonds and voting the extra 7 mills with which to pay teachers in the school at Pickens and resigned as trustees rather than order the elec tion, for the following reasons: First: The people are already burdened with taxes. It was with great difficulty that many of them paid their taxes last year, mid we did not want to add to their bur dens until sonme of the present taxes were gotten off. Last year the peCople of the town of Pickens paid 82 mills taxes. That is $8.20 on each $100 of taxable property. If the l2onds are votedl on us and the 7 mills to pay teachers it will increase the mills to 94 for~ this year, or $9.40 on each $100 of tax able property. In addition to this we already have water works bonds on us and we understand that it will be necesrcary to levy 2 or 3 more mills to pay the interest on these and to create a sinking Lund for the principal. Second: We do not think it. nee essary at this time to expend so large a sum either on the present building or to pay teachers. We have made a careful investigation and know the conditions and in our opinion adequate room can be pro vided to put ,on an eleventh grade and take care of all the other grades by converting the auditorium into class roems or providing a small house outside of wood at small cost.1 This can be done with very little expp~nse and will meet all needs un til such time that the people can be relieved of some of their present burdens. Third: It is not necessary to vote the extra 7 mills for teachers. Two or three more mills is all that will be necessary with the aid we get fromi the state to pay' all teachers. It is true that at the last session of the( school the patrons were asked to supplement so as to complete the term, and at that time we did not knowv that we wvouldl receive any further aid from the state for paying teachers, but dering the latter part of .Jun? we received $1,.233.00 and -we were asked to allow it to stay in the treasury to be used the comning) year, and this mnoner., or a lare nart1 SUNSET -ITEMS. tepublican Leader Tolbert Visits Pickene County-Other Items. Mr. James Winchester, son of lijah Winchester, is slowly improv ng, ' to the delight of his many riends. Hon. James W, Tolbert was in this ection on business one . day last, veek, accompanied by Dr. Robert (irksey. Come .again, gentleimen. HVe were glad to see you. Mrs. Daniel Winchester and her on, Ben T., attended the Smith re inion on July 8th, held at Mr. Thomas Smith's, over at Batesville, even miles beyond Greenville. They relport a great time. Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Winchester ire visiting the latter's parents, Mr. ad Mrs. M. B. (Whit) Garrett, at orris Rev. H. F. Wright filled his regu lar appointment at Antioch last Sat urday and Sunday, delivering some very forceful sermons, especially on Sunday. Prof. Seagle N. Bolding was present and sang a lesson be fore preaching and he had an ap pointment at Big Eastatoe church on Sunday evening. Prof. Bolding was accompanied by Rev. H. F. Wright And several good singers, as it was Rev. Wright's regular time to preach. So the time was given to the singers and the singing was just real fine and seemed to be enjoyed by all present. They made up Professor Bolding a ten day music school right then and there, to begin on July 12. Success to you, Professor. Come again. Mr. J. W. and Miss Rosa Winches ter have returned from the Sunday school convention at Greenville and report a great time. Most everybody is about through laying by their crops and rain is very much needed. We will ring off. Mountain Sprout. BOLL WEEVIL IN PICKENS. Pests Found in Several-P n ty Fields Last. Week. All doubt as to whether the cot ton boll weevil would ever reach Pickens county has been dispelled with the finding of the pests in con siderable qualtities in different parts of the county within the past week r two. Nea'r Pickens weevils have een .found in the fields of J. M. Ward on Mayor C. L. Cureton's placeI mnd in the fields of Bob Waldrop. Reports say they have been found in ether parts of the county. 'T'here is absolutely no doubt but that the in ;ects found are the genuine boll weevils. Several from Mr. Cure 'on's farm are on exhibition at the Pickens Drug. Co. While the weevils have not ap )eared here in numb~ers to (do any treat amount of damage so far, it s stated by those in position to know hbat they will be here in full force vithin a year or two. If any farmer notices his cottoii ~quares falling off he may findl out f the boll weevil is the cause of it >y picking up'several of the squares itnd placing them in a fruit jar. If v(eevils are in the squares they will 'ome out in a day or two. ALONG LIBERTY ROUTE ONE. Mrs. Nancy Kelley is on the sick ist. Mr. and Mrs. Newt Knight and 'our sons visited at the home'of Mr. soah Scott near Central one day last veek. Mrs. Maggie Bolding is spending several days with her parents, Mr. md Mrs. Bagwell, near Slabtown. Mr. Harry Knight is preparing for itrip to Atlanta. Mr. Jim Brackifis is very sick at ;his writing. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owens spent aturday night at the home of Mr. md Mrs. A sbury Wooten. Johnny Scott spent Saturday night vith his 'grandparents, Mr'. and Mrs. Mewt Knight. K. B. C.' SINGING AT CENTRAL. The Central township singing con rention wyill meet with the First' B~aptist church at Centrai the fourth Bundlay afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock. Everybody come. C. L. McLean, Sec. f it is in the treastiry now to the yredlit of the school fund in this listrict. T. L. Bivens. J. H. Bruce.I SCHOOL TRUSTEES HAVE GOOD MEET EIGHTY PER CENT SCHOOL TRUSTEES PRESENT - The trustee meeting held last Sat urday at the county court house was probably the greatest succesidoa. trustee meeting ever held in thia county. Eighty per cent of the trus tees of the county were present, and the interest that was manifest was more than pleasing to those that were most interested in the school work of the county. The adult school work for the sum mer was discussed and a number of schools were planned. The talk by Miss Clayt-n, the county organizer, was most instructive. Supt F. V. Clayton, as well as a number of the trustees, commented on the work. Much good is anticipated for this work during the summer. Senator Alexander and Representatives Leop ard and Williams were among the speakers at the meeting. Another question discussed was that of the compulsory school law. It was decided by the trustees to let it remain in the hands of the trus tees and not put on an attendance officer. Much interest was taken in this discussion, and it is planned that the law will be strictly enforced for tile coming year. Supt. Clayton made a brief ap peal to the trustees to be most care ful in their work of correcting the poll list of their respective districts. The (lots tax was also mentioned by him, he referring to the fact that only a few dogs in the county were returned. It was a real get-together meet ing. The most interesting part was that 80 per cent of the school dis tricts yere'~represcn.d A spirit of . co-operation was pledged by the school men present for the betterment of the school fa-. cilities of the county, and much good is expected to result from this meet. Governor Cooper and Senator Dial had been invited to address the meeting, but were unable to attend. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PAR ENTS AND GUARDIANS. According to the compulsory school law, every parent or person having charge of a chlid between the ages of seven and fourteen inclusive, must report same to the trustees of their school district on the last Fri day in July, which (late is the 29th. Failure of any person to do so will subject them to a fine of ten dollars or imprisonment on the chaimn g.ng for a period of ten days. Parents please take notice of this and do your duty. The trustees will be found at the different school houses in the different school districts. F. V. Clayton, Supt of Education. NOTICE, All persons interested in the Enon cemetery are requested to meet at the church on Wednesday morning, July 27, at 9 :00 o'clock for the pur pose of cleaning off the grounds. All persons interisted in the Georges Creek cemetery are request. dI to meet at the church on Thurs day before the fifth Sunday in July, which will be July 28, for the pur pose of. cleaning off the cemetery. EIght o'clock is the hour. LEE CHASTAIN KILLED. Lee Chastain, of Pickens county, met a horrible death near Reidsville, N. C., last Monday morning when he was crushed to death beneath'a stump puller. Mr. Chastain was en gaged in road work and was pulling a huge stump when the cable broke and the machine fell on him. He lived only a short time. His body was brought to his home and inter ment took place in the Pickens ceme tery Tuesday. lie was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jodie T. Qhastain of the Pickens Mill, alnd leaves a wife and two small children, besides a host of friends to mourn his untimely death. Hfe was 28 years old. BASEBALL. TIhe Ea~ley Mill won her fourth ~ straight game Saturday by defeating Jludson Mill 6 to 1. Liberty improved her chances for the pennant in the Piedmont Textile cague by defeating Glenwood 8 to 1.