Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

NEWS LETTER FROM CROSS ROADS SECTION. Death of Good Woman-Big Educa tional Rally at Maynard. Material is being hauled for the new school building to be erected in the Maynard district. Work will be gin September 10, which will be the day after the present summer term closes its two months session. The old building was built about twenty eight years ago when Professor Bright, afterward county school com missioner, was school master at Maynard. This building which con tains two rooms is of good material and in good state of preservation will be sold to the highest bidder on the school Saturday, September 3. The new building will contain four class rooms on the first floor and the second story will be an auditorium. The school will be furnished with modern school equipment arid, will be second to no rural school build ing in the county. Sheck and Day, of Easley, are 'the contractors and work is to be completed by Decem ber 1. The trustees of Maynard district are A. P. Raines, J. N. Ligon and J. F. Findley. The present teachers are H. W. Hiott, principal; Miss Annie Roper, intermediate, and Miss Jessie B. Edens, primary. Maynard school is planning to close its summer term with a com munity picnic and educational rally, Friday, September 9. The program will consist of speeches, exercises by the school children, music and prob ably a base ball game in the after noon. All former studnts of May nard school and their - families are invited to enjoy the clay with bus. An effort is being made to secure Professor D. W. Daniel, of Clemson College, who has thrilled thousands by his eloquence to speak. Prof. F. V. Clayton is also expected. Mrs. R. A. Garren died at her home in the Cross Roads section of the county on the 24th inst., after an illness of about two years. She had long been a s.ifYerer from can eer and undergone two operations. Mrs. Garren was a Miss Honeyeutt before her' marriage. She leaves a husband and one son, Reuben; also two sisters, Mrs. Thad Fowler, of Gr:enville, and Mrs. James Raxter, of Brevard. Mr. and Mrs. Garren moved from near Drevard last No ;ember to the place where they now Ive. She was buried at Cross Roads church last Thursday after funeral services conducted by Rev. J. C. Jus tus, of Greenville. She was a mem ber of the Methodist church and had lived a consistent christian life. The berea~ved family have the sympathy cf many friends. Rev. Mr. Ashmore assisted the pastor; Rev. Mr. Seago, in a meeting at Cross Roads Baptist church last week. Much interest was manifest ed in the meeting and the atte~ndance was good. Five additions to the church by baptism and one by let ter wvere the evident results. The following were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Findley last Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Frank tallentine and children, Mr,s. J. D. Stansell and Mrs. Billy Peacock, of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hill and daughters, Misss Rosedna and Nell, of Easley. Messrs. Jule Hen'dricks and Par ker Ndens, of Qolenoy, were visitors here Sunday. Messrs. Ellerby and Ted Jones and sister, Marchie, of Oolenoy, wvere e r. Suilay Looper, of Greenville, was a visitor here one clay last week. Mr. and Mrs. Billy McWhorter, of near Pickens, wvere visitors here one day last wveek. GOOD REViVAL MEETING. Last week it was my goodl fortune' to have with me in my protracted meetingat Keowee church, in Abbe. ville county, Rev. Ben G. Field, of Greenville, who will be rememberedl by our readers as a Pickens county boy. Bro. Field has been preaching only a few years, and to hear him preach seems little short of a nmodern miracle. He is a unionizer, logician and orator, all in one. In fact, he is a great 'preacher, and if the Lord shall spare his life for many years he wvill doubtless stand in the ranks, of our leading preachers. The truth is. he is entitled to be' there nowv. For eight days the great crowvds came to hear this gifted young preacher, and you could hear the poeple on every side remark that he wvas one of the best preachers they had ever heard. We wvere for tunate in having P'rofs. R. M. Bold' ings and .J. II. Riggins, both of PicI ens to do the singing and they charmed the p~eople wvith their gospel songs The spirit of the Lord wvas present and the church was greatly revived. This Pickens out~it captur ed the Abbeville people. D. W. Hiott, Pastor. ' PICKENS COUNTY FAIR, OC 12, 13, 14.. The Pickens county fair will 1 held Wednesday, Thursday and Fi day, October 12, 13 and 14. Plai rae being made for street attra tions, parades, stunts and elabora1 exhibits of farm crops, cattle, hog poultry, household products, horse mules, relics and curios, etc., i keeping with the best of fairs. It is the purpose of those interes ed in the fair to have all exhibits t tend towards some educational fe ture and to inspire to better farn ing. President George Hendricks planning several attractive featurc that have never been put on at fair in this state. He is asking fc a meeting of the directors to be hel next Monday evening at 7 o'clock i the Chamber of Commerce room. The meeting held last Saturda afternoon at which Professors BlaclI well, Herrman and LaMaster spok on how to select and prepare e> hibits was a decided success. Abou 40 leading exhibitors were preser and were nispired to new enthusias in getting up exhibits. As Professor LaMaster, who is i charge of the organization of bu associations in South Carolina, wa present that subject was brought u] About twenty farmers expressed a interest in association for the Easle territory. Professor LaMaster stal ed that there' were thirty successft associations in South Carolina an that this was producing about 1,50 good grade heifers a year. This i done by using purebred sires wit any kind of dames. It graduall builds up the quality of dairy catti and surely leads to the eradicatio of the scrub and setablishes th purebred. NOTICE TO BAPTIST MINIS TERS. The Blue Ridge Baptist Minister Conference will meet at Central He tel, Central, S. C., on Monday afte the first Sunday in September. A the Baptist pastors of the Pickem: Piedmont, Twelve Mile and Beavei dam assocations are requested to b present. We are hoping to have .rood crowd of pastors and a wonder ful good time. Come and get you abare. We will have the reports o all our meetings for the past tw months, and it will be worth you time to come and hear them. Don fail. Come loaded and shoot all yo want to just so you hit the marl Don't forget the time and place Read it again for it is important. J. A. Anderson. BEAR WALLOW NEWS. Messrs. R. E. Morehead, L. I Copeland, G. C. Copeland, N. W D~unlap aind -I. C. A lewine, of A nder son, S. C., spent Sunday here an were dlelightedl with the Blue Ridg scenery. Misses May Oates and Mary .Jan Dates, of Easley, S. C., are spenldm) some time here wvith Mr. and Mrs 0. Oates. G. WV. James, of Easley, S. C was here the past yeek and visite, the top of Chimney Rock. Mrs. Will Wall died here las Thur'sday and the remains were shiI: ped the following (lay to Orangc burg, S. C., for burial. Mrs. John Laboon, of Orang< burg, S. C., wvas here the past wee sight seeing. S. R. Cannon, of Rutherfordtor N. C., R. 1, is visiting his old homn and relatives here. A. L. Peelen, of Fountain Inn, C., spent some time here the pai week., CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank my goodl friend and neighbors for their kindness dui ing the sickness andl death of m good wvife. May God bless you a] R. A. Garren. SOME STRATEGY. You dlon't have to go to We: Point for' strategy. A negro preac] er in his pulpit one Sunday said 11 had a few remarks to make befoi the collection basket made its periu rination. "Now, brethren and sisters," 1: began, "there is just one brethre here that is untrue to his church, ut true to his Lord-and worst of al untru(e to his wife. Unless he pu a five dollar b.ill into the contribi tion box I will Ibe compelled to en his name out." When the baiHet had returned ar a recount had be. ' nmad~e, the boo0 showed fo'ty-two live dollar hills ar a two do0llar bill with a note pinni to it saying, "'1 will hand you ti other three in the morning. Plea; dlon't give me away." l'x. Good overalls, not the cheap mas kind,-$1.15. Good work shirts 71 Ehnnett Mercantile Co. T. -GOOD BOXING BOUTS IN GREEN VILLE. >e Greenville, S. C., Aug. 30.-The i- most expensive boxing exhibition s ever arranged in South Carolina will c- be held at the Textile Hall, Green. te ville, the evening of Labor Day, ac s, cording to an announcement made s, today by Promoter J. J. McCrea, of n the Textile; Athletic Club, in making public some details of the all-star t- card. . The feature bout will be a ten round battle to a decision between . Lukie Tanner, the best boxer in the i South for his weight, and Phil Lo s gan, a stable-mate of Rocky Kansas a who was on the Kansas-Leonard r card in New York recently. d The semi-windup will also be a n corker and will press the main bout for first honors. Larry Avera, the y blonde boxer from Walk Miller's stable has been matched against At e McCoy, of New Jersey, one of the gamest and fastest leather pushers t that has ever appeared in the East. t It will really be a toss-up to de cide which bout will be the head liner as all four principals are jam n up first-wate boxers and have been 11 evenly matched. S, A number of ladies have announc ' ed their intention of attending the n bouts. Since the Leonard-Kansas y benefit bout in New 'York recently, which was sponsored by Mrs. Mor i gan, members of the gentler sex have d flocked to the squared circle exhibi 0 tions and Greenville will not fall be s hind the Eastern cities in this re h spect. y Indications are that the all-star e card will draw the largest attendance n in the history of Greenville boxing. e A percentage of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross while the Boy Scouts will receive the en tire proceeds of the program and concessions. Leno Sweet , of Easley, is also s scheduled to meet Billy Pike, of At lanta, in a bout at the Grand Opera r House on Labor I)ay. This promises i to he one of the fasetst, bouts ever seen in Greenville as many people will remember the Sweet-Vaughn e slugging match staged several w(eeks a ago. COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CON. VENTION. t The Pickens County Sunda. School Association will hold its an nual convention at Cas.eeehee 3ay. tist church on Siturday and Sunday September 10 and 11, and the Sun day school people of all denomina. tions in our county are invited te attend. A strong program of practical dis cussions and inspiring addresses on all phases of miodlern Sunday school work has beeni prepared. Leon C. Pahnier, general superinitend~ent of the State Sundacay School Association, I i expected to attendl the conve'ntion, together with one of the field see retaries of the associaition. in ordler that all the Sunday school wvorkers of this county may have an oppo)rtunity to attend the conven no limit will be' set on the number who may attend from each Sunday tschool. Trhe convention will be in the nature of a county-wvide mass me eti ng andl not a delegatedboy and all w~ho come wvill be wvelcome. Information regarding the conven Lion may be secured from Couniiy President, Mr. WV. A. Mathews, of Pickens, or Mr. 0. T. H-inton, also of Pickens, or from Leon C. Palmer, state superintendent, 714 Allen & Lawv Huilding, Spartanburg. PICKENS COUNTY HAS SMALL EST PER CENT ILLITERACY. Washington, D. C., Aug. 2.'.-Ac c ordling to the census of 1929 there are 220,667 illiterate persoirs 10 y years of age and over in the state of -. South Carolina, "illiterate" meaning, unable to write. Of this number 38, 681) are native whites of native par entage, 103 are of foreign or mixed parenta:ig, and 391 are of foreign t birth. Trhe number of illiterate ne - groes is 181,422. In the total popu. e~ lation 10 years of age and over the eC per centage of illiteracy is 18.1, Swhich, it is gratifying to note, shows a diminution since .1910, when it was eC 25.7. In the base of the negroes n the percentage dleclined from 38.7 tc S29.3, and in the case of the nativt I, wvhite of native parentag~e from 10.2 to (1.6. .1- Tlhere is much more illiteracy ir 11 the rural dlistrict of the state than ir 'he cities, the percentage being 20.( A or the rua l populationi ,n 1 (.:3 foi Sthe urban. For the n..:ive whit< "i populat ion of naStive p:.r nt age th< urban percentage of illit eracy is 2.1 te while the rural is 7.7. In the east se of the negro Population the percent age is 21 .5 in the urban populatior as against 30.7 in the rural. Ie By counties the percentage of il ic, literacy ranges from 38.4 in Berke Icy county to 10.7 in Pickens county Camels a T1 Suc The smoot they I perfe< CIGA Lik want in Ca /kI Ant & C No ex don't or cou But I.Rf5f OME:STIC INEW FALL Our buyer has just he bought our fall goo are a great deal lower t we carried over very fev We have been able to gc goods at the new low pr buy your fall goods with tnew goods at the new lo Ginghams and Lad Cloth for School XM We have a beautiful line of new hams in the new 11al1 patterns goods you will want for the childi dresses. Prices 15c .AND Lt.d-Lassie Cloth for school wear, be equalled. W? hmve a beauti these goods. Just the~ thing for< blouses. G uaranteed fast colors lowv price....-..-..-..-.. and We carry the largei shoes for every member your school shoes. Thi shoes and we sell all of< must give you satisfactic Ed THESTRETHAT'S ALWAYS BU re- made for Aink for Thems h folks know real quality-and D y prefer Camels because Camels gi hest, mellowest smoke they can b1 ove the mild, rich flavor of choic< tly blended-and because Camel: RETTY AFTERTASTE. e every man who does his own tli fine tobacco in your cigarettes. Y nels. 1, mind you, no flashy package ju: tra wrappers! No costly frills ! 7 '4' improve the smoke any more that pons. QUALITY! Listen! That's CA] inkifo The restrnedlws mokte Eathercn mb :ov. the midric flaor adviseoyo r al lendand negoos Camel int eve markoes this fall ar fines tooi youra cgaets ooi w rnels. ,eindyo. no fareshywpaca gle our improv theg soke pany me ha:l ponso QUA shoLIT!Lse!Ta'A 9c * omCon sholints, an w an fo sevra.yar, owing to rfll aind wintos erv goomd soo ire nto t oye mareras athi fallen ie. Ourne you etavy coenm tour fthe fulassurance thant you ear al we aryhon a big line of b >rsosunder aiz guo 8arnte< >n oru e ak the m od win L $1.98 $24 &5 D Co.Py Ten who elves EMAND it. ve them the y-because st tobaccos, a leave NO Linking, you ou'll find it ;t for show. hese things a premiums A E L S i E. J. RE.YOLDS Toba co Co, War..Io.Swmom, . C. OL T'S .1 arkets where u that prices the fact that i last year. ad buy new ir store and are getting partmnent. Boys Suits and u a good school for only...... - $5.98 ol Blue Serge' $2.98 Ipants 9 ers, well made, new low price ---75c this county to try us on >ys and girls a that they CENTS FOR ELL PATTERNS AND - JBLICATIONS EASLEY. S. C.