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"No Marks on the 1922 Club Rolls" "Let U - etUs Seceermlitac PICKENS-THE GEM THE OFFICKAL OF THE FOOTHILLS +VO+L.51 , M E 15I K NCOUNTY SBCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR IuNS LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Ellen Findley is visiting rela tives in Easley. Miss Floy Herd is visiting rela tives in lonea Path. Miss Janie Jackson, of Spartan burg, is visiting Miss Janie Holder. Mr. and Mrs. I. Cox and daughter, Frances, are visiting in Washington, D.C. Messrs. Angus and Chester Aiken are speeding their vacation at Bre yard. Mrs. Mary Boggs is visiting her sons, Leon and Paul Boggs, in Sa vannah, Ga. lr. Charlie Young. went to At lanta Sunday wh'2re he has accepted a position. Joel . Allgood, E5<1., declares that one ntay court a girl five years and become uncourted in live minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferguson and i children, of Ionea Path, visited rela- I tives here this week. Dockie lenderson, of Greer, is visiting at the home of his uncle, R. i L. Henderson, in Pickens. t Jordan Reece - left Sunday for t Quebec, N. C., where he will spend I the month of August wth relatives. Martin Young, a student at a busi q ness college in Charlotte, N. C., spent the week-end with his parents. Misses Mary Frances and Kather- ] ine Cathcart, of Charleston, are i guests at the home of Mr. Ben Hagod. We are glad to state that Miss Ina f Boggs, who has been critically ill, is .considerably improved and is grow- I ing stronger. C Byrd Carey, a good scout, return -ed Monday from a ten-day stay in t the mountains of Transylvania coun- t ty. He reports a fine trip. r Willie McDaniel, who is with the c Southern Public Utilities Co., at An- v derson, is spending several days with relatives here. You are invited to attend a lawn party given at the home of Mr. and n Mrs. Ed. F. Hendricks, Friday, Aug. t 5, 8:30 to 11:30. Miss Mildred Cox, lure. J. M. Rob ertson, John Scott and Betty Rob ertson and Dr. P. E. Woodruff spent Sunday at Slicken Falls. Miss Thalie Chastain left Satur (lay for Lake Mlichigan wvhere she I wvill visit friends dluring~ the 1remain-- I der of the summer.r Mrs. Robert I.evel and chlidren, Ruth and Irving, of Newberry, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John Boggs. Mrs. is. G. Moore andl children, of Forest City, N. C., are visiting Mrs.| t E. F. Alexander andl other relatives -here. Mr. and Mrs. Cox and Miss Ruby1 Cox, of Austin, Texas, and Miss Mamie Brookman, of Greer, are guests at the home of Rev. and Mrs. F. T. Cox. Misses .Josie Chastain, Ruth Can non, Janet Bolt and Margaret Valley were guests at the summer home of T. L,. Bivons at Lake Juneluska this' Mr.el W. W. Wood and son, W. E. Wood, of Jacksonville, Fla-, and daughter, Miss Sadie Wood, of -Sta ten Island, are visiting Mrs. W. W. Wood at the Old Hickory Inn. 4 number of young people 4h'o il'awn party given at the home o Mie'and Mrs. T. M. Looper Stheir home near Pickens Friday' Mr. nd Mrs. L. C. 'lornley, Mr.~ A ~~ti ~.. C Carey, Misses Frances Mary Green and her mother, Mrs. Green, of Greenville, spent a few days last week at Brown's Hotel. Miss Ruth Diggs went to Dacus ville Monday, where she will have vharge of the summer school there. Mrs. Hortense Lesesne and little laughter, Margaret, visited her >rother, Dr. Ossie Mauldin, in : re'enville this w-.ek. Friends of II. .\. 'ownes will rc 'ret to learn that he was earri d to the City Ilospital in Greenvile l'uesday morn n, where he under vent an op) gration for appendicitis. The Piedmont Baptist Association vill mncet with lHeaverdamin church, near Willi:ionton, S. C'., on August Ith and 5th. Every one is cordially, nvit 'd to . ools now as if' the clover business S goingt to be much largier than last." There will be anl entertain ment iven by the Social Sunshine Club at oncerte school house Saturday ight, August 6. Admission 1(, and 5 cents. Eve'rybody come. Ice ream wll be sold. Rev. L. B. Compton's camp meet ng convenes at Eliada August 26 ad runs through the 4th of Sep ember. He sends a cordial invita ion to all Pickens folks to come. le has arranged to care for all that ome free. Let us all go. Mr. and Mrs. J. Marvin Hutchings, >f Cincinnati, spent several days last veek with their parents, Mr. and Vrs. J. T. Hutchings, in Pickens. saul Hutchings returned to Cincin iati with them. Any one who has subscribed to the auditorium fund and have not paid, and you are willing to give your ervice towards this payment, see Ion. A. J. Boggs, chairman building ommittee. The contractors who are installing he waterworks and sewerage sys em in Pickens put a big ditching achine to work on the streets Mon ay. A large force of men are also n he job and work is going for rard rapidly. Some unusual bargains are offered he. people by a few of the Pickens merchants this week. A reading of he advertisements of T. L. Benson i Co., Folger and Hendricks and the 'ickens Drug Co. will prove this tatement true. The annual Bible conference will onvene second Sunday, the 11th of1 eptember, at 11 a. mn. The speak rs will be Rev. L. B. Compton, Dr. t. V. Miller and Uncle Charli2, with; 'rofessor Bolding singing. Dri. 1ucker got his dlates confused and re had to. miss us this' year. Re momber the dates and make your rrangements to attendl. Be much n prayer. County Agent T. A. Bowen says hat the boll wveevil is nowv practic mIly in all sections of Pickens couumty, inving found some in the Oolenoy ection this week. An important >oll weevil meeting will be held in Picke~ns and1( Easley on August 13th, at which time Prof. Conradli, of Flemison College, will speak. An nouncement of this meeting will be found in another column. Be sure Alr. H. P. Sitton, .Jr., is .opTinig a F'ord service station in the old1 Carey garage building on Main street. lie is authorized dlealer in elckens for F'ord cars and' trucks, Fordson tractors and all Ford parts. Mr. Sitton will conduct a real serv ice station and carry in stock a com plete line of all part for F'ordl cars, trucks and, tractors, lie is an ex perienced man in his line and for three years.w~as foreman of' the ma-. chine shop of the Ford Motor Co. of Dallas, Texas. He is making some improvements oi'the interior of his place and j# & few days will b3 able to supply. all the needs of the public in his lin. Mo ltpisantv The County Sunday School Asso ciation will meet at Cateechee the 11th and 12th of September. More complete notice will be given later. The ,normnal music school at Mt. Carmel opened Monday morning with a nice attendance. Any one in teested in music are invited to be with us. Cone and visit. Us. Dr. J. II. Gaines, one of Central's best known citizens, wa at the coun ty sat'-L Oil busines.' one day last week. Al r. Gaines is getting uip in years. btt i.= in . i h h n(pt that rheumatisn. , in nt s1.' t roulek in his le-rs-. The Sentif'fel is indebted in 11r. .\.I T. Wt inhester, of Sunset. for some 'uriosities in -squa.-hes. Three of these squashes were rownt togethe' in one bunch, all well formel, and two were grown together in anoth.'r bunch, twins aindl triplets as it were. This is the first time we ever h'ard of sciulashes growin's in bunch.'s, but Volt can't tell what's going to hapnen these days. Mrs. Fannie Sitton Wyatt died at her home near Easley Tuesday night. She was 75 years old. Sometime ago she fell and fractured her hip from which she never recovered. I She is survived by two daughters, I Mrs. W. E. Bowie and Miss Sue Wyatt. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. Paul M. E. church of which she was a devoted member. VOTED BONDS DOWN. Voters of Pickens school district voted down both propositions recent ly submitted to them and calculated to improve school conditions here. The proposition to issue $10,000 wonth of bonds for an addition to the present school house was voted down by a good majority, while the pro position to levy seven additional mills in the district for school pur poses was lost by only two votes. However, another election will be held at the court house on August 12 to decide whether an addditional levy of five mills will be placed on this district. Those in position to know state that it will be absolutely necessary to have the additional levy if the Pickens school is to success fully meet .the demands vhich will be made upon it next term. Indi 'cations now are that the five mill proposition will winl by a large ma-j jority. "DOCTOR" GRIFFIN STARS. "Doctor" B. P. Griffin, one of Piekens' prominent colored citizens, went to Cheraw last week to repre sent the Goldlen Stair c'haplter of Pick-1 ens ait the Grandl chapter meeting (If< the C'olor'ed Eastern Star. lHe had Ibeent instructedl by his local chapter to invite the Grand chapter to hold its next meeting in Pickens. This the "Doctor" did in fine style and his audience was swep'lt oIff its feet by his stately appearance andi mag nificent oratory, accep)ting the invi tat ion forthwith. So the next state meeting of the Eastern Star for col ored people will be held in Pickens next July. ' DOUBLE WEDDING AT MID NIGHT. The fame of .Judge N. A. Chris, top~her as One wvho can tie matri monial knots is spreading andl this wveek he unitedl in the holy b)onds of matrimony two promniinen t Atlanta couples. On July 31 the genial JIudge received a telephone call from GreenvAille abdut 1 t o'clock at night, asking if he could issue licenses andl tie the proper knot for two couples. The parties wveie unable to obtain licenses at th9 t hour in Greenville county, and after they had explained to~ Mr'. Christopther that they wvere obliged to be in Atlanta next morn ing atnd wished to go' wveded he con sented to help them out. The con trat'ing parties wvere Mr. Cliff' C. Hatcher, Jr., andi Miss Elizabeth H. Loc(hridlge andl Mr. George M. Mc Kenzie and Miss Frances Ellis, all of A tlanta. Both couples wvere mar ried under one ceremony at ~n hour near mdnig . LAY-BY SCHOOLS. The ten adult schools for Picken county are running now and the re ports from the t mehers are very en couraging. Altho the number of ou schools has been decreased for thi summer, yet we feel that our enroll ment will alnost equal that of las summer. 'The Mile ('reek school is tloin sIplenhlid woi(rk titl nr the m1ana " mn'U t of Als' Stacey Shirley. Th school at thi pi:ce i. enrollin Ne'lle 1rutx, I. ,n is l iii th work in the !: .t! lull section an i he )(u i ca r in. i; , li V in ar (. or: bot Flat Ilockl, Il! .\l -r . AlOniii (1 Co Iunbia is teatchin". in . Ambler dis trict. Ilaeood atnd luhamah or:-an 'e(d August first and all indication tre that the schoo ls at these place: .vi1! be as " as :nl in the county dtho they are lat~1r than the othe "h ttis in .sa t m . A inch dlistrie' ms opened a school with Mliss Or, 'riOce as ttacher ii MIr. Richari lahlums, Jr., is carrying on the u-o1 it Iockv Bottom. MIrs. Nealy ha: ti class of adult students who mee t h 'r home in Pickens. Aliss Wil Lou Gray, the state su )ervisor of adult schools, will be ii he county next week and will visi is many schools as possible. Tl mnrollment in the different district s very pleasing, interest is growin rapidly and conditions bid fair t make our county commencement th best yet. Next week the prize lit will be published. The teachers of our schools ai doing excellent work and the peop of the communities are taking hol of the work in such an efficient an thorough way that the county ma well be proud of them. What.are you doing to make you ounty free from illiteracy? NOTHER OLD SOLDIER HA! PASSED AWAY. W. A. Fortner died July 30 at th< tome of his son, J. M. Fortner, o: =reenville. He was eighty-two yearn if age and had served four years is he War Between the States. Up to about two years ago he had ived in the Pleasant Grove commun ty, this county. He probably did pore than anybody for the early de eloptment of his community. He and his wife, Sarah A. Fortner, wh< lied November 2 of last year, were among the first members of the leasant Grove Baptist church, o: vhich church they were both mem )ors at the time of their death. He vas a deacon of this church from it: >eginning -which was some forty 'ars ago. fie is srvived by .ve childre, A I.,.1J. M. andt A. fl. as sons, and( \ltrs -W. Howard andi Mrs. \'. A. liig Ion ats daughteris. Tlhe fun eral of' both lie antd hi rift' wats pre'ac hedM Sunda l~y aflternom~i~ it Pleasant Grove hy R1ev. Fu rmat ilooret, of Greenville. :OMPULSORY SCHOOL NOTICES The compulsory school atu t'ndanc. aw will be effective in 310ntvalt chool district No. 50 on and aftei September 1. All patrons antd pupil rovern themselves accordingly. M. D). Chappell, Chmi. Hoard of TIrustees. TIhe compulsory school at endanc aw will be efrective in Ne Tlowvr cthool dIistrict N6. 55 on antd afte ~S'ptember' 1. All pattrons anud pupil .overn'J themt~se'lves accordingly. TV. A. Iendiricks, G. TI. Flrod, ,J. A. Chastain, Trustees. TIhe com pul sorty school attendcanci liw will become ehlfecti ve in Glass; 'iiiuntain school dstrIict No. 312 oi Setemi)ber I , I192 I. All concernet shoulId govern (hemselves accord ingcly. G. If. Childs, Chmi. lBoard of Trustees. Secondl hand cars for sale. Chevrolet touring car, -$250.00; Iaixwell touring car, $200.00; EFord ton truck $300.00. H. L. Bn RECALLS DAY WHEN GOSPEL WAS FREE. s - Rev. D. W. Hiott, in Response to Ad - dress of Welcome, Goes Back to e Time When no Church Supported a Minister--Names Few Ministers of That Day. t The following article is taken from The . nderson 'tribune of Wed i .sday. Tabernacle, Cedar Grove, Aug. I hte eye of many of the older 1 * n brightened (iand their lips - rd I lov. 1). W. Iliott. who 1" "r4.ed i twent.-livt i churches in t i - . abida Ial ti .\s5ociation anli is t- A,-ot mini'4tr in that body fromt th4 )oi , of se(rvice, '1rew r 9minis t . il har ene. back to the a.:so . .n of -10 ye"ars :uro, nanwd"( a:n o ft the delegat . who attended . p1. reaclir who pr1eac4'l hel, inl his re. p anse to the4' :h1r.- of welcome thi; morntinir at thi 1 lyth sessiont of t o '='iluda. laptist . sociation. It n those day; that meni liVe( 4lou:' to (;od :und obettl his comiI blandi . Rev. lliott .stated. at 1' he nam ed s411)1. of tlt 0iiist 'rs of those all of wioim h:1ve gone to their rew:m i. i'here were no ch(u rche.; th:t sup p)ort'Id ninist:rs then, he said. The minis.ters lived from their farms ani ga;e the gospel free, receiving sad aries as follows: Little Rive'r, $;00 a year; Williamston, $250 a year for two Sundays a month; Townvlle, $200 a year for one Sunday a month; Shady Grove, $150; Honea Path, $250; Neals Creek, $200, and, Barker's Creek, $200. e Some of the ministers who spent t their lives of usefulness among An derson county people were Revs. Baxter Hays, Scott Murray, R. W. e Burts, Jule Earle, Mike McGee, d George Rogers, Woody King and d others, all of whom were unsupport ed by their churches. In speaking of. Rev. Murray, the r speaker ' stated that this minister practiced law to earn his livelihood and filled a pulpit on Sunday in his effort to advance the cause of the kingdom. The response made by Rev. Mr. Hiott was intensely interesting. In his mind he has stored the names of I ministers who labored in the Saluda i association, the delegates who at tended the yearly sessions, the t sacred spot whereon religious ser vices were held and many other facts that he has retained during his serv ice in the association. Ile could i easily, prepare a series of interest- t ing articles on ministerial work in < the association years ago. Rev. lHiott stated that it has been I said there are no inducements to of- t for a young man to enter the minis- y try these days. "I thank God that i there are no inducements," he said, a "for we need higher motives than in ducements ih dollars and cents to get e our young men into the ministry." v Cornmmenting upon the "'poverity"' y excuse Of some chu rc.hes wheneveri they are unable 14) mke the im )pov('eents desired, liev. II iott told ! of ani incident, a few years ago in i wihapaitent, mel4dicinle agent, made a proposition to thje churchdl hy which free song books coul hbe1 sec ured, Ipovided he he allowed 14o injserta ii few advertisements. IThe chuiirch r'ead ily accepted the medicine man 's scheme i and twot weeks later the books arr ived. Sunt dlay cameli andit theni a song dlear to the hearts of every Baptist was an nounced1. When the congregation turned to the indexed page this is what they saw: ''IIark ! the herald angels sing Hencham's Pills are just the thing, Always safe an very mild, TIwo f'or main, and one for child.'' In concelusion Rev. HIiott assured the peiople of Cedar G rove that .the Saluda association appireciates ,the welcomhe that has been accorded, andI exp~ressedl the belief that the sessions Iat Cedar Groave woul be one of the most pleasant in the history of the 'association. I HOLLY SPRINGS CEMETERY. All those interstedl in the ceme tc'ry at Holly Springs church wvill Imeet the first Saturday morning wvith proper tools ,to clean off the cemetery. We are out of the market for but-' eruntil furter m.te. oge& BOLL WEEVIL MEETING HERE . We have arranged to- hold two meetings on August 12 to. discuss the weevil situation in Pickens county. Prof. A. F. Conradi and Mr. N. E. Winters of Clemson College are to b here. Professor Conradi is the best in formed lperson in the state or rather the South, when it comes to knowing the weevil. ir. W1'int rs is as we call him the IBilly So iny of au-riculture. These men ni tel! us some)(thing that is worth while. t l'ie lonms court house Sat irday. uu.\ :ust 1:;, at. 10:30 a. in., til at lasley city hall at 3:00 p. im. I't In ' insit on you coining out, Wd b'in y.vour neighbor along also. ' \ours very truly, ''. A. Bowen, County Agent. RIU-COUNTY PICNIC AT CLEM SON ON AUGUST 11, 1921. We have ::ran ed with Anderson, eonee aml Pick 'ns counties to hold 1 tri-county jienic at the College on text Thursday. This will be a very )iolitahle as well as a pleasure trip. I hop.? to see a very large attend inee at this picnic. Boys can bring. Lheir sweethearts and men can bring thlir wives or others if they wish, but be sure and bring along a well lilled basket and some melons. Yours very truly, T. A. Bowen, County Agent. CLUB BOYS ON CAMPING TRIP. Pickens County Boys to Enjoy Trip to River Falls. County Agent T. A. Bowen has written the following letter to the members of the boys clubs in this county. The letter is self explana bory and the boys are expecting a big time: Pickens, S. C., Aug. 2, 1921. )ear Club Member: This letter is to advise a you as to he final arrangeieits for our camp ng trip to River Flals on August 9. L'he county trucks are going to carry is and the time and places for start ng are as follows: Pickens, 7 o'clock; Liberty, 8 'clock, and Easley 8:30. All club Members will be expected to be on ime at these above places. Each ne making the trip will be expect id to carry the following things: Hnough provisions cooked to do hem the first day, put in a small box ell wrapped. This will all be taken a charge by county agent. Each ne will also carry a quilt or blanket nd 25 cents to be turned over to a onmittee as we pass through Green ille for the p)urpose of buying pro isions for second dlay. If conven-/ 'ut bring along a tin cup. We( expeLct to arrive there by din icr and expect to return home- by. iht the second day. I am enelosing a card for each in' going to sign andI return to me t once so I can have the arrange lents madle. In case your parents r brothers wvish to go, sign their mmes also. Don't forget to return he card. Yours for a good time, T. A. Bowen, County Agent. MR. F. E. FARR DEAD. Mr. F. E. Farr, a wveil known and highly respected citizen of Easley dlied at his home last Thursday morning after an illness of several months. Mir. Farr was 55 years of age ar~(d is survived by his wife and two small children, Edwin and Grace; three sisters, Miss Nannie F'arr, Mrs. I'. E. Mauldin gnd Mrs. Mary J. Ale~abb, of Easleyf and two brother's, HI. W. Farr, of Pickens county aind Jerry Farr of Green-. woodl. Trhe funeral services were held at the home., conducted by Rev. .J. A. Anderson and Rev. James Ren fro and interment took place in the Easley cemetery. The .burial serv.. ices were in charge of the Woodmen. Mr. Farr'was a member of the a Baptist church. This paper with many others in extending p~athy to the bereaved( fam'ily. FOR SALE-At this ofi ''