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$S44 .: 00$$$ PICKENS.-THE GEM THE OFFICIAL LF FOTILLS PAPER OF PICKENS ~, THE ~ ----COUNTY A NEWSPAPER VITH A CONSCIENCE VOLUME 25-NUMBER 4 PICKENS, S. C., TIlURISDAY, MAX 18 1922 THREE KILLED AT EASLEY Messrs. Cliff Belt and Cal McMalhan and Miss Ollie Brown Lose Lives During Electric Storm Saturday Afternoon. One of the most terrible and shock ing tragedies in the history of Pick ens county occurred at Easley last Saturday afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock and resulted in the simultan cous death of Cliff D. Bolt, superin tendent of the Easley Water and Light plant, and his assistant, A. Cal McMahan. They were killed by elcc ttricity while in a sub pumping sta tion near town. There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy and it was not known that the men were dead until a Mr. Julian passing by the sub station noticed Mr. Bolt's body lying in front of the door and further in vestigation disclosed the dead body of Mr. McMahan in a sitting posture in cne corner of the building. While it will never be definitely kncwn how the men met their tn timely death an investigation -dis closed the following facts: A 2,300 volt electric power line ran from the main station to the substation and on the same posts which supported this heavy power line was strung a private telephone line between the two sta tions. During a terrific .vind and electric storm Saturday afternoon the electric wire and telephone wire became cntangled. Messrs. Bolt and McMahan had gone to the substation' to see if everything was all right there after the storm, and the theory is that Mr. McMahan intended to use the telc;hone and when he put hi. hand on the phone he received the full 2,300 volts of electricity frei the power line, due to the entangic ment of the wires. It is als, . p. posed that Mr. Bolt picked up a ermv bar and endeavored to tear the 'ele phone from the wall in an effort to save his assistant and ill so doing he too reecived the full charge of current and was knocked through the dcor. Mr. Bolt's hands were burncd and examination of a crwhar at the substation (is(losed Ilsh sticking to it. Outside of the burns on the hands there wei e no ma'ks on Mr. Bolt's body, while Mr. McMahan was slightly burned on the chin and severely burned on the left arm. An hour cr two before Messrs. Belt and McMahan met their death Miss Ollie Brown, an eighteen-year_ old girl, was struck by lightning and kilkcd while in her hcme at the Gleni wcod Cctton Mill. The triple trage dy cast a deep l'all of gloom not only over the town of Easley but ever the entire ecunty. A double funeral service was held ccr the bodies of Messrs. Bolt and McMahan in the Easley Baptist chur ch Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Watson, pastor, and Rev. D. WV. Hlictt, assisted by Rev. Mr. Hunt, panstor of tihe Easley Presbyterian ehurch. It was one of the sadd(est and most largely attended funerals ever held in this county. The church house was not large cocugh to hold the large concourse of rorrc'wing friends and1 relatives wvho gathered to paly the last sadl rites. TIhe bodies wer buried in adjoining lets in Mountain Viewv cemetery. Mr. Bolt, the elder of thle two, wvas only thirty-two years of age and * had been supcrintendent of the Eas ley wvater and light plant about eleven years. Before going to Eas Icy he lived in Pickens with his moth er, brother andl sisters several years and clerked in the store of Folger & Thornley. Hie wvas by nature jov' ial andl kind hearted and evc ry one who knewv him loved him, lHe was a member of the Baptist church and a christian. lHe marriedl a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. lies ter andl she withl four children sur' viv'e him, lie is also survived b~y an agc(d mlcther whlo wvas unable to attend the funeral on account of sick iess, three sisters~ and 0one brother, Rl'v. Willie J1. Bolt, who at one time conducted a drug store in Pickens. M.r. McMahan wvas a son of Mr's. M -nie Mcleahian of Easley and wvas twenty-Iive y( ars of age. lie too wvps jcyi! and kind hearted and all who .k'e; him were his friends. H11 wa P: Illmmber of the Baptist (hurch r'd a chris4tian. lie marriedl a dau::he r of the0 widowV Duckwvorth cf Easley and( is survivedl by is wife2 and two small1 c'hildrenC~. lie is also survived by his mlother and sev' ( all t brot(-r an d s isters. -e An teetc on e TEN DISTRICTS IN STATE Cotten Asscciation Gocs to Work County Meeting May 23 Cclumbia,-Thc organization com mittee of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association to. day divided the Statc into ten dis tricts and set the machinery in mo tion for the permanent organizati.n of the association. The growers in cach county who have signed the contiact were en:! d to meet at their respective county seats on 'lTuesday, May 2:., at 12 o' clcek and elect dlceMatts to the ir 1r srectivc district conventi rs, wihich will bc held on ''uc:Jay, la:: :"I, at noonl. 'Fhe ten district.-s ,:t aside h the commiittce todiay are as follows: District No. I-la rlbroror anI Chesterfield conlties. The (ist -i co(nVenti'1n will be bel at Ben(0ts ville. District No. 2-Greenville, Pie - (ns. Oconce' and Ander5son coun ties Thc district conv(:ntion will )0 held at Clemson (Colle.. )i'tr'ict No. a---Spr) tanuri'g, Lau.. rens, .nicn, Nt vherry: and ('herok(e Cocunti( s. The dIistrict conv~temlion wVill be held at Spat rtug. I)istri:-t; No l-Abbeville, Grem.n w. cdi, McCctm1i k, Edgefield, Silntla, Aiken, larmrvelI and :ll tndalr coun tics . The distric't convention wVII be hell at A iken. 1) i rtrit t No. 5--l)orlington and I.ee Counties. The district conve ntion will be held at l)arlington. District No. (i-Dillion, Mar1ion, Flor ce, Iorry and Georgetown Coaunties. Thec f f~ conventi(I1 will be held at M\Jarion. District No. 7-Richland, Lrao ;.nd Calhoun Counties. The (Iistrict convention will be held at Columbia. )istrit No. S---Orangeburg, )or ohc ster, Colleton, Damberg and iamplton Count it s. The district c(,n vn(tion will be held at Otan ittbm;::. District No. 9i-Sumnter, Clarenadon "m(n VilliamsbuIy: Counties. The dis t rict convcntion will he held at Sum t( r. 1)istrict No. 10-York, Cher'r. Lanc~astcr, ]airfield and Kershaw Counties. The. dIistric~t conlventiont will he hth at Rock Hill. At the (ou1n \' enventlhi to it' I 1d en Tuesday, y 2:3, (leleg ates to the distiiet coniventiens will be elected on the following basis: One delegate from each county and one dctk gate for each 2.000 bales and majority fraction thereof. At the district convention tw\'o candidates fcr director~; shall be named by each district. Following the district conventions the two candidates selected in each district will be voted by the mem bers of the respective districts. COOPERATIVE FARM ERS MEET All muembers of the cooper'ative cotton marketing association are urr gcd to be present at a mreetirng in the eurt house next Tuesday mriiin ing, May 23, at 11 o'clock. Dele gates wvill he elected to the distr'ict meeting and other business dhiscurssedh. Only those wvho have signed contracts are expectedl to attend. hadh wvorked together, they atdeld chur.h and Sunday school together, then they died together arnd we're~ buried tcgether. We knowv rnot the way of God burt we know it is thre best. The funeral of Miss Ollie Brown was conducted Sunday at Pr'aters church near Pickenis arid attended by a large concourse or sorro'(wing frienids and relatives. She was a (laughter of the Widow Brosvn of Glenwood village and a very piopullar young ladly. She was preparinig for a visit to fr'iends in Liberty wh'len killed. May the great God of heaven arid ear'th, who alone can (10 it, comfort thec bereav'ed ones in their hour of anguish and heal their bleeding hem t.. Just abront the time that M iss; Br'owvn wasr~ killed by a str'oke of lighitninr. Mr1r. Fields Chapman, wvell knw c1Wi it iz/. n of the G:lenw~~'ood Mill village, was hit about the head by lihtnring and rendiciered uniconisciours whih' in his home near the horme oif ('esae but has recovered from the NEW GOV. FOR iHIS STATE. Cvol(r Rcsignis to (o to Farm Board --1rv y SucCcds. Gov. R. A. Cooper of South Caro lina has been appointed by President Harding to fill the vacancy on the Fed'ral Farm Lail Board caused by the rcsignatien of A. F. Lever also of South ('arolina. He has announced his intention to acecpt the appoint ment anud resign as g"o'ernor ilay 80. The new position of Gov. Cooper is an imi aoI tint el'c' id pays a salarl of i10.000 a year. Hlarvcy Next G;overnor Upn) Gov. Coo'wv's resignation hle will be suvceedaItl to the goverllorship by Iicttt..-overilor Wilson God frey Hlarvi' of Charleston. ! 1. I IHarVC will b the sixthl lieu tenat t-gavel nor to succeed to th.' gov etrn:1 shil;, th(. others having boe H K. i(:negan, W. ). Simpson, John 2 Sheppard, Mliies B. AleSwceney and ('harles A. Smith. Ile wOul( be the (e'ven1 ti:th gort rn1 r of South Carolina rsinec( l't : establishmlent ats a stat't. Lieutm ltiIt-G(v ir. liv1 \y is a banrkt' ikl 25) yeai. in leitiid -.vd'i lhe ImItnlagnl elt c l the En te'lrrit Bank of Chark ston. lie was 1on11 at 2 ha rlest(n and, if he succeeds to the ?'oWe rnorshij, will be the first ('halr estona man t( hol that offie il 57 'ears, ilt last chit ' exc.utive floim he City by the Sea having betn An lrtw G. 1iagath, 18(64-ih,. \[r. Ilai V'" is a soi of Wilson G. id Cernclia Julia Elbridge lHarvey. Iis father was a native of Charleston, was his grandfather, Jamles E. [:ar vey. Thie Harveys came to South Jiaiolinl'a prier to the War (t the Rev - )lutioll from leriuluda. Mr. llarvey's .:r('at grand-fath< 1' was a mlelbel' of le ('ontinental forces fighting for in lependence in that war. Ills father was a Confederate s clie. Educated in Charlcsten Hie \w'as" alUcIted ill the grammI I and high ech( - of Chaleston. At th< a0te of In ha bCtgill his business trea.' as an c llploye of the business d part ment ti the News and Cou ierE. AI the age of 21 lie was manager of tilt Waorld and Budget. Then he hc't'aim' Chai lesten nanagc r of the iradstre: coCmp~any. Ht ("rlganizald the i':ntr prise Bank in 1 "91, wis elected its first cashier and since 190-1 has beer its president. lie bcIllngs to iany orgnlizations. le has servel as president of the S C. Society of the Sons of the Aleri caln RCvolution. IIe was adjutant gen. eral cf the Fourth Brigade, S. C. Vol. unteers, for stveral year: and majo of the See(and Battalion. He has been grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of this State and for 22 years has bcin electe(d by unallillious vot grand master of the exchequer. II has also served as grand master of the Indleendnt Order of Odd Fel lows, past senlior' conlsu of the Wood. meni of the Woirld, and1( is a past mias. teri of Solomon's Lodge No. 1. AnIcient Fr'ee Alasons. Is a Presbyterian For' eight years1 lhe wats an aldiermiar of Chlaleston and in 1910) was miayoi pr'o ttemi. Hie has betn pr 1esidenlt o1 the (Chm1 istoni Chlambl~er' of Comroerc an~d is chlairmanlli of tile county's sani. tary 'omiion. H~lle is a formlel presiden t of the Charleston Automio hi le club, i's secrietar'y and1( one (of till board( ot'11: managers of tile C harlestor Country clubm, a miembei of the C'aro. Presby\tel ian churcl'h ofl ChalesCton. In 1894i he marrie V ( l iss aar. Franklin Butler' of G;eorgia. They hla< three iitn: Fr'anklinl, wife' of D) A. Br'ockington ; Ruth and .\ary But gar'et WVaring In 1920) t1 r. Harl'v waIselt< lieu tenanlt -govern'lor. Durinlg tile lifet imel of Senaiter' P R. Tillmian, Mmr. Hiarvey was one o hIis p1 inc ial su pportr itn 1 thaileston1 Iiiater.,-Go(vern111 or or ir announ1 1cC Saturday. 3l1ay 20. (CiA' MFFTIN(3 IN M.AY 11T1.ib~t. a A. Bowen, Ve ln! t wl] 10 o'clock; Ambhldr a: ':11 Da'-to at -1::10. Frlidhiy, May 2 --liin at l0:8( Long Bi anchi at :2no Each mlembm.' r-.--. in ! niter NEW PICKENS COUNTY LAWS Last Legislature Made Several Changes Affecting This County. Among the acts passed by the last meeting of the state l gislature was one effecting the salaries of several Iic'kens county officers. Under th' , act the clerk of ecurt aid prob'it(' judge were placcd on a straight sal ary basis and the fcc system abolish ed. 'The former salary of the cleik of ecui t was x;550 a yatr and fees, while the pro'wbat judge recei'edt .4100 a y( ar and ft;es. Under the new arll rangt mntct, cleetive A pril 1, 1922. ti, elIt rk will i e(ceive $:(00 a ye'ar and the wcbate judt.;e $1200. All fees w I! her aft< ) he to iied ov(r1 to the c un t y tI' .a.4te :r. :feve'1:i l ii 1 '?t!::y 1 + I:lu t lls w\r". n'l it , blut will ict take (:1.te until xpiraien ('N ( of tmis of preit ilcumlib' Ills. Snialary oi slerill' is ro (lucet'l from ;.2100 a yta r to "2011; superv1isor fit ill $2400 to 2000. Snla lies, c;' ther 0'lficers in VIi0 l there was little if an: change rire .\uditor $1800, t t usurer $1800, su in tiIetn dent e1f educntion $1800, (orn:1er $250, oiunty (cmmis sicnC'rs $100 each with $:l a day for each day's work umcler dire tion of suervi' sor not excet din w 150 (lays, clerk to cornmmis.dioners $100. Another net passed at tihe last legis la ture was one rteiriiiing all umia4is t ratt s, constables, ru. 'I poin -nmn (I< pti'i and all coint eaee officers: of Pic'ken ecunty to 1!I with county Supelviser a full report of all work dune by them durl'inlg th-' pl'vious month, giv.ing inl sail rep.rt the dlate, namen, ol'ciise or crime tried, atnd dispcsiti011 of all cases 111(1 matters reu portdii thereonii, 1'inalt i'ies impose I and ti es cund costs c'oIle-:.tul. It is p'ov iieid that no oticer shall iv' com1pensaticn for w<.rk <imm,. until r(' por~t is tiled. Thc legislature authorizel th Pieik. (n1 e.;unty ireasur'er to I rmisetr $1,50.20 to the ordinary county fund. This is the mmIeoy icif1lnded to Pich c O ccunty in 1921 by the state. b(' ing excess taxes ccIleeted in 191 1. SIX M111.E BA i,1T11, .AA E3 '1M N w\ Princi:al FIleed--S'veral in 1: .,v ni iis to Pc- l:tde The trustee: cif Six Miil'' Haptist Acade-ny held their annual mettog at Pickens last Satuiday. St veral 11imp)rtan1t Latte 'S were ' tleniderdt' and1 tcted upon which it is thought will be beneficial and incl ease its :1phere of usc( fulness, and1( chIi( f a)mongl them was the tlection of a prinei pal for next year. Fer this impor tant position Dr. J. H1. 'Mitcht Il was electel. )r. litchell is a minister and stands high with his denomina tion. For some years past he has devoted much time to teaching and is conside'red tone' of the best school men~l ini the state. We tunder- stanhd that thle pre'tsenti se'ssioni of this school closes this week and1( immiediately uploni its close Dr'. Mlitchell wvill miove to Six Mle, into the home no0w occuplied' by~ Re4.v. W. 11. Walker, to assume charge. lHe coimes to a great field of olppor.. tuniiity and1( the friends and patrons1) of the inst itut ion expect the largest aittendanclite next year of' any year of' its hiistory. F"or the past year Dr. Mlitchell hans beeni in tchairge olf a sm ilar' school which the lBapt1ists hatve r( eenitly 0 pened'( at Warmama ker, S C., hut Six Mlile being an oldler and Ia rger' scool lie was induclLed to comelt here'. Tlh( t rust (CS also lcidedil(( to pur c'hiaSe the homie owned('( by Rev'. WV. ais a home for' thet pincipal. This pror11rty con(ilsists of( a1 six-room1 res.. ideneir' and seveni acres(' of land ly ing broadside of the school pr1opert y. It is udeirstood that Rev. Mir. Walker 'will molv( to his ol home in Spartan i. burg (copnuty. - Anot01her matter L o1'(f imiiporitac IIW'waS t he d c issi(n o)(f the trust-ls t o ' in-. slall wa'lterwor4iks in the se<, b uild-. in.' and dorm itories by~ meansl): of i ump)irer from a well for the pre1t. - I l (a t rt n I lapre: i.n h a th I ib tin - :1 un e ; te -r i vtry kly h: gave nll his law. lre- ti' at th ua irgent1 sol icita dI ton' ef i.. .: ~ s to finuith out thih GOOD) NE~WS FRIOM CENT1RAL V'(.tc' $25,000 F'or Schtoi flunprovc Centr'al has uagain showvn her faiith aund confid :1CCe in this sect ion, of old Pickcns t.'tunty anld he r vision for t he encoi utt; genc: 'ntion by vol in:; $2:1000 dollars of bendsk for school unlplWo)( 1111 ut 0On thle *lth (of May til t: lis wv1e c) c ) ' .n fom 8:0(1 ini th;' fl ltIn n. to 'I :00 in the a fter) nootn '1dSixtyoi hs"co. i.ti~' hC' titp i llU mar he to i t pollS and In :1~ n i 't -c i" I o '. r ' tin' f'1 heyd ave two I h i t1t1lS ait '1 i t.lit'. i t:; i il1 it i the ts of ithe tuste ll loi t - a i: ~ w h ili.; the siit ot il and ('eit l:t; 1 't. l 1 1:: I . \rl'Jll 'or cof (ltlt .i'~C maife'.ted\ !i the it0S'reJt' te have.' ain J(tl sls dchrces""d.t lanstr thelay it lit lo'n cur ths hi: ':. tiershup Uf' i s .pe1. Iw. wtill h1',ve's i6 0tit.o t I: iT.r I). s . t t.'ud' (t c e to l gt .tai lypsitlandlpet i t ii''a ! of (;u'" rg. Ater a ew ?lill''p'i L. songs; liys da' l :t' 1111(1%(I1 re 11^\' it.(1' ink; done on i"t a i th lIio i e llitwi' 'n itlt'ii'r Oililoti00 elaz' lin'to :l11111',' y luittl Ei.uht li'~i.I n .)4lSll' for till'fo . 5('l''t stl t'ii t tcul' e teir,'1 , M n~id o l' ('' ''l to r. hto V snet,"t tl e follo'xi I I 4 ak'.i tIll 11 :' i lo it iitt heil'lS( (e"t\11' ;t. 1'tJZI' (:11 the mai lite o t Ihe :itt. ' " 1( C4 te thpa 'ted sol.iis ('(Jit\' 1da.1 ~l111Sudy lv7 v Mru liaIL ti '~it, p'og rci of (" rra aged St(itt ' s l'' 1' ( it 1111'an Rt'. 1111 wil tot'1' e i u i l : t io ' lills t. p ( (. 111'. Jh '"'" 1(ultl;"l Ui-;t 4, h.'1 loo '!:\" e ln:, ti AIRPLANE HERE JUNE 3 Great Pretiarations Being Made for Old Soldicrs' Reunion The progrm for the Confederate veterams' reunien to be held at Pick ens June 3 is ne tring completion avnd present indications are that it will be one of ,the best programs ever a'r'igI for a similar occasion. Aviater .Jc h nsion, who was here last yu u, ha.-, het n iengaged to return here for Jul ne 3 to give exhibition flights in his new airplane. At !east cne and] I maybe two brais herd(I will h< iin hand to furnish music throuttll-hout the dlay \nItother added feature will be the in-est neC here of the lasley military compny. la unit of the National guId. The ('o111panfly will mU1arlcl ill the pI anI d .111(1 later go throuth its drills. The principal saker of the oce. sion will be Col. Rion Mc Kissiek of Gret nvillt . Mr. McKissick is it much souirht dieaker for occasions of this natul c' and Pit is fortunate in gett tinig him to ce met(. here for our amnnualI it1111i50:1. Pick( Cs county people' alvays look forward to this ol1'ual ('.'ent when they CdC honor to the Confedet1cratce vcteranz andIt frtI l COW) t,' I00n3 non pll( are txpe'tlC to atteicl this year. ('tlpletC llrcV1 am wiil I'' puhlishe'd in The entin in Ct w1eo:. P KEN 'HSONER IN FO N- . 'I' In givin g furt her p{;t iCulars of th' imiutiny at th'' state Vt ' lt ti-ry intst week The State sa: A. .. lowe. t h u hl t t " hiveC he :t one of t(l e ir'. : 1, adl \t , wa iell utnde(r c"lo:Se ('<-nlin(ut alt in at ce.ll !1n thlt di!-ciplfinny t ul : ye tenh -. Rowe~l, v.h'' is :tvi r tw\\y' :: sentence on at cha: e c of Ioutsebreal: iingX.1 Ia lrenlcy', tieltmy dIttiedc otfice:rs " (t<, 1".nw1 in aid 1."( hu ! c ; >at ''. M i:'y just aftel thl' sht l''. Twvo 'th; r prisioners. Wade 11. 3allew and Or ville Wa riack, were sent up to join H~owe inlI t!. d st'iplim:ry " . t !' ' two m. it, hI h ! fw1< vs sh:at' ;I E! :elay, a s imnish me'!lt'nt I, an naltmp tal t ai Ifew l dals be fel', \w, I . h ove' . I yest.' 1'-.t m1( n.. in mit :' tli itr s!arkl 5, ilm c'hatins havilg h('. '1 (ut Cir M wlaty afte nitu.n antl threv va Vt I t he pltitent iary wall duriw. : t -he dist Urbu-lltt'. .Ii. w\ is Ieing a s!x yer' sentCnce on a charge of mu11n 1ileri' froml'ekn C u(n.. ty, while Warminack is srt'v ing t three year sentence for gratnl larceny. Bloth <ntered'l the penitentiary JTune I121I. Nathan Rosen cue of the c.on victs shot during the mutiny, died Friday night. II1ERTI'Y lHONORS LONE "YANK" GRAVE. liliherty, May I1--Scliers who wore theC t:ra:/ and1( thc otnes who wore the hho' wvere( he noredl yesterdlay a ft lrla n nihen1'i graves of all v'eter ans were deorated, foll f.vintg the addtit itr. toi thet heroes of the War Wetwtitn thle Staittii, graLves of the WVorb WI \'I\IC t veteras er also dlec ier:.t tI. .A. .l Wa!-:linI, aI formtierI Federal erts the sameit as wvere the graves of the'('l Cof erteC stthliers. This soldlier (cime Soulth atfter t ht war, was martri (ed nearl here andiC spenttt the last (lays of his life in the sunniy climate of Dixie. Tlhe local chtapter, Un itedl Daugh ters1 oif the (Cotn fteey, was large ly re(sponlsible for the prtogramf as car'riedt tilt. HThe annlll Memorial D~ay address wats del ivered biy the Rev. C. IF. Simts. The Rev. HI A Knox, pastori of thte Liberty Pres 1byt'rin it urch, i tt.prCesided't. The mfeet ing was hlid iln thte high school audi torium. CAN~I)l'TE FOR G1OVERNOR Sta:t Superintenldenlt of Education Sweatr igen annonced lC~ M ond~ay that heC is a canitildate fop'r governor' of South Carol'ilina. dayv ntight oft laist wveeI: hy thie first, Thet t'tprogram shiowed thatlit iit tak hard wVorkl to get it upl, andit to Mrs. P'et ry andt M isses E mily Falls andi~ Mary G;ocdwin goes mos;t of the cre'dit for' its success. The name of tho play wasi "Crowning the May - Queen.