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PICKIENS-THE GEM THEiOF A OF THE FOOTHILLSP E A NEWSPAPER WITH A CONSCI ENCE VOLUME 52-NUMBER 5 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25 1922 CHANGE MANAGEMENT JAIL Jailor to Look After Prisionels and County Paupers. At the recent meeting of the state legislature a law was passed provid ing for a new arrangement in the management of the Pickens county jail and county home. Houses suffi cient to accomodate the inmates of the county home are to be built on the county property near the jail and a jailor is to be appointed to have charge of both the jail and coun. ty home. It will probably be fall befcre the change can be made, at which time the sheriff will move from the jail into his private home. Following is a copy of the new law: Scction 1. That in addition to the duties now performed and roquired by law to be performed by the County Supervisor, the County Sheriff and the County Physician of the County of Pickens, they shall ex of ficio constitute the Commission of County Poorhouse and Jail of Pick ens County, and shall perform the duties hereinafter required as ex officio members of the said commis sion. Sec. 2 The said Commission shall build on the County property near the jail in the County of Pickens, all necessary buildings for the use of the paupers of the County of Pickens, which said building shall be suitable for the comfortable hous ing of the inmates and so construct same as to provide separate build ings or apartments fcr the different races and sexes. Scc. :3. The said commission shall select a c.cmpetent, capable man who shall be of good m&al character and shall not be addicted to the use of alcoholic beverages, who shall in addition to his duties as jailor for the Sheriff, look after the inmates of the County Poorhouse. heic:n provided fcr, and shall reside in the County Jail, have supervision of the same and of the prisioners therein confined, and cf the welfare and com forts of all the inmates of the Coun ty Poethouse. Sec.4. The person' selected as pro vided in Sction :3 hereof, shall re ccve a salary cf Seventy..Five($75.00 Dollais per cmcnth; shall rcside in the jail and rcceive board and sustenance for himself and family, together with any and all other neecessary and actual exense he may incur in carrying out the instructions of the Ccmuissicn herein created. Sec. 5. The Commission herein created by the provision of this Act shall have charge cf the County farm and shall so use the said farm as Ohall, in their judgment ant dis cretion, be for the best interest of the County and for the betterment of the inmates of the County Poor house. Sce. 6. All costs and fees received from any and all ether Counties or States, and from the United States Government, and all costs and fees for dieting prisoners, receiving and discharging same, shall be collected by the Commission herein created, and( rpaid into the County Treasury to the County ordinary funds, andl r~ll expenses of feeding prisoners andl paupers shall be paidl out of the regular County ordinary fund, and all moneys appropriated in the County Supply Bill for the year 1922 for the purpose of maintaining the jail, feed ing the prsoners for the Ccjmnty Pocrhouse and paupers, and salary for the stewvard ef Peocrhouse shall be turned into the regular County ordlinary fund, andl the necessary funds to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be paid out of the County ordlinary fund in the same manners as other Ccunty claims are paidl. Sec. 7. The Commission createdl by the provisions of this Act shall re.. i ive no additional salary for serv. kes rendered in carrying out the provisions of this Act, and shall in addition to the dutics now requiredl by lawv to be performed by them, have charge of the County Poorhouse and farm andl the paupers of Pickens Ccunty, andl shall perform any andl 4. all dluties in respe2ct thereto as now requirc-i by law to be performe~d by them a.s County off'icrs, in adldit ion to thr ,dluties hcrc in imposed. Scc. 8. This Act s.hall take cire--t iimmediately upon. it< approval by the G avernor Sec. P. All Acts and parts of A-\cts inconsist:nt with this Act arc hereby repealedl. A little 5(:n was horn to Mr. and CENTRAL N EWS LETItER School Bonds Sold and Contract fc Building Let Mr. Will' Oliver, one of our bes citizens and most progressive farm ers, was taken to the city hospta at Spartanburg last week by C. G Rowland for a very serious operation which took place soon after he go to the hospital. Any of his friend: wishing to remember him with flow, ers or a visit can find him at th city hopital. Little James Ramscur was in thc city hospital at Greenville a short time last week. James many friends are glad he is at home again. The trustees of the Central echol have already sold the $25,000 bonds vcted on some t'me ago, and they have also k t the contract for erect ink the new building. We expect the work to begin in the near future. Commencement will be on this week hei c at both of the high schools an(! Wesleyan College. It will begin at both places not later than Thursday night of this week. lrs. Sanders of North Carolina is visiting her sister here, Mrs. L. H. Bowling. Dr. V. S. Fall has opened up a drug store in the building form rly occupied by T. M. Gantt, the brick building joining the Central Mercan tile Co. Dr. Wall has made many friends since coming to Central and he will be glad to see them in his place of business. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Seaborn and little IT. E. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J H Ramscur, little James and Edith, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Duckett and Tom Fol ger went to the mcuntains last Sun lay, took well filled baskets and had a big time. Little Sam and Earle Boggs of ncar Calhoun have been sick to the regret of their little friends. Central ball team was defeated to 4 by Libel ty team Saturday. CO-OPERATIVE FARMERS MEE'T The Pickens county unit of th< cooperative ectton marketing asso caticn was organized at the court house Tuesday with the election of C. II. Carpenter, chairman; T. A Bowe!), vice chairman, and W. E. Findley, secreta y. The following were elected mom. bers of the executive committe: Easley township, Geo. H. Hendricks; Central township, Leslie Morgan; Liberty tcwnship, T. R. O'Dell; Pick. ens township, B. F. Freeman; Dacus. ville township, Joe L. Leoper; Hurri cane township, D. C. Mann; Eastotoe township, Dr. R. Kirksey. The ex ecutive committee was also made the membership committee. The following were elected dele gates to the district meeting to be held at Clemson Ccllege Tuesday, May 30: 0. D. Epps, C. H. Carpen ter,T. A. Bowen, H. M. Phillips; al ternates, Dr. W. M. Ponder, W. E. Fiadley, Elliott Williams, L. J Smith. There was a good attendance al the meeting and the farmers are taking a great interest in the asso cia tion. NOTICE TO DEMOCRATIC EX ECUTIVE COMMITT'EE There will be a meeting of th< Executive Conmmitte of Pickens Coun, ty Democratic Convention in th< court house at Pickens, M.onday June 5th, at 9:30 o'c.lock a. m. EacI ecmmittee is requested to be preseni as~ there w;ill bet s'*me importani business for the comm'ttee. So bemn in mindl the date, place and hour anm be on handI promptly and we wil try and get through our business ir as short a time as pos'sible. W. E. Findley, Chairman. SINGING CONVENTION The Pickens Township singing con. venition will meet wvith the Picken: Raptist ohurch next Sunday at 2 p im. Profs. R. M. Balding, Rigg'ns an< others from Mountain View/ wvill 1)< with .. \ iso Prof. R. N. Greshan an hI iis quartet c fromi Grecenvillec i. s: pete to1( he wi;th us5, iand Prof. L A. Pvinc v4h is new teaciht:'i: I wih 1s ': J- ''n 1.: ley. the bain BOND ISSUE CARRIES r -Pickens People Votct in Favor of $12,000 School Bonds The election hcld at the eo-urt house . Monday to de ide whether Pickens school district would or would not issue $12,000 worth of school bonds resulted in1 favc: of the bond issue, 108 voting for bonds and 56 voting I against bonds. Ccn:id, able interest was shown in the et ion and the vote was heavy. About sixty wo men voted. ie mnCy derived from the bonds will be used to enlai ge and repair the present school building in l':ck ens and install waterworks and other necessary improvements. TI'e present school building is over crow(l'd and thcre is no auditorium, the cidI auditorium having been cut up into class rooms last. summer in or(er to ae.eCmnodate the increased attendance. TAX HOOKS CLOSE JUNE 1 County and state tax books w ll close June 1 after which all unpaid taxes will go into execution which means that exccution costs and an 8 per cent penalty will be added. Approximately $35.000 in taxes re main unpaid :n Pickens county and Treasurer Hinton urges the people to pay by June 1 and save the extra costs. NOTICE TO FARMERS WANTING FEDERAL LANID BANK MONEY All farmers who want to borrow money from the Federal Land Rank and who need the money now or will need it between this and Aug. 1st, w':ll have to get your application in this week and next, as the time will close again June 5th. W. E. Findley, Sec. and Treas,Pickens, N. F. L. A. $3* F.O.B. C NEW You have neve opportunity of motor car val price. Take a opportunity an now when y prompt deliver: Terms if desire .u'I lORJ1.ED P'icken ANOTHER EASLEY TRAGEDY Man Accidentally Runs Over Own Baby and Kills It. Not realizing that his three year old child was under the wheels of his heavy truck, Lannie Ellenburg, driver for the Easley Cotton Mills, drove off from his home Saturday and arrived at the mill before he received the news that the little child had been instantly killed when the wheel psssd over its body. Mr. Ellenburg had driven up to his heme, and stopped there for a few minutes. While he was :n the house, the litt le child came out to the truck, and, it is su)pOsed, got down under the wheels in some way to play. Ilr. Ellenburg shortly after came out, got in the truck and withcut seeing the child, drove ofl. Evidently the chi'ld was killed imritantly. The body was fcund a few minutes later by play mates and the fath r, who had arrived at the mill, was notificd. The heartbroken family have the sympathy of the entire community in this hour of great trial. NF GRO SIHOOTING SCIAPE *Brother" Ellison was shot and probably fatally wounded by lail Griffin Monday night. The shooting I cecurred on Mr. Sam B. Craig's farm near Pickens and a shotgun was the weapon used. Ellison was shot in the back and through the lungs. Both parties are colored. Griffin is now in the county ja:l. Attention paid by Ellison to Git ifin's wife is raid to have been the cause of the trouble. The wounded Ilarkey is a son of Betty Ellison who used to live in Pickens but now l:ving in Easley. The darkey who did the shooting is a son of Press Griffin. Ellison's wounds are scrious and it is not thcught that he will live. ERSAL CAR 48 )ETROIT PRICE, *r before had the ~ecuring as much uie at so low a dvantage of this I place your order ou can obtain d. 'TON, .1it. m.0 m mm)F m mli PICKENS 13 & L ASSOCIATION In lealthy Ccndition-Annual Meet ing Held Last Week. The annual meeting of the Pickens Bu:lding and Loan Association was held last week and its statement of condition showed it in splendid shape and steadily growing. Though only two years old the asseciation has a capital pa'd in ctock of $27,912 and shows a surplus and profit of $2,506.5:i. It cared a profit of 8 1-2 p r cent the first year and 9) per ce ui last ye:-. There are 11+ shar3 in the association. Duilg the tw: years of its life the esserialtionl has huilt nine new hos:tW( ni Pickenls and assisted in iQem((lCllingt; several others. It is now Lwi ting; In shiare to inceais( it., soCl c of o:-.eration and the next few yeas will s e many new'V llome1is Springing 1p il l icken by the I*1 of this extllent orgeni.ationl. The ofl'icers of the association are C. L. Cureton, president. .1. P. Carey, Jr., vice president; Frank I.le1all. secretary and trew auer. A )1CpCy coilducte( buillin:X ain' loan associati n is it ,reat as5ett to iny tcwn and is the best phan y( t dcvise-I to assist labcringx men' to build their own homies. PICKENS BOY MARRIES Mr. Ihemer Thomp:son, son of Mr. and Mrs J. L. 0. Thompson, and ir.: Rose Orr of Ghreenv1le werc married in the Pendleton Street Biap. ttist parsenage in Greenville on Mon. day night, M1ay 15, Rev. 1). B. Blahn performing the ceremony in the pre sence of the immediate familues of the contracting parties. \Ir. Thompson was born want roar ed in 1ihckens an( at present holds a tespols.ble position in a Charlotte, N. C., hunk. He saw consilrable :; vice ( vCrias; durinp: the recent war and is a splen1dil yting 111o f bright promise -i is bride is a vcry ait tI ait i.e and popular young lady 01 a ''.rimhinent family. The happy eC't :le'. aecompa:ncd b1 Mr. and .l rs. Willie Thompson w'h< were r((.eently mar!'!ied, ar~e enjoinlg thei:. honeyolcon in 1ctersburg all Rkichmond. Va., and Washington, 1) C., travelling by auto. THE KU KLUX KLAN Col. Nelan of Atlanta, Ga., made an address in the court. house last Monday night on the order of the knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Ix was one of the most eloquent and informing address'es heard here in many a day and it is to be regre't ted that mi:rc C,f" ur people did not hear hin. lie told when and how the K. K. K. was organlized, what it stood for, its principles and tenets, and what it expected to accomplish. The great princirles for wvhich it was organi;:ed and wvhich it seeks to maintain are those for wvhich out fathers fought when they threwv oil the yoke of oppress'.on of the mother ecuntry (luring the rv'ohitionary war, Briefly stated its bed rock teniets are America for Americans; Absolute persist<.t and1( detet in ied ipplositionl to foreign or hyphenatoid contirol of our' gov'ernment inl any~ way, shapt fom nori fash:en. The next cardi'(inl pincile in the s;trIet adherani ce te and enlforcemlent of the constitut ion of thue1 Uited Stltes, nnd] for low and1( lIe stateod that the ord1er 1had been mnalin dg an m1( 1isreCpresentedl and was hem alded t hroutghI the pr~ess as a dioya andt 01( lawless orraizaltion. But. th:s was not true he stated, as they h( ieve in upholdinlg and enforc. ing tile law and( preserv ing order un.. derI all cond~lit ins. The next thling the order stood for wras the complete01 separation of eIhur'ch and1( state and1( the right of every mani, wooran and( child to worship (o I ie. ecrinig to the dlictates of their eon SCie 'e( . Andio last. Ilpure, hU bate' 1 IC palid grlowinig tribute to the boys o-l the 630's, saying that they compijosedl one of the grandehst arm.1ies t hat ever shoulde ~red a vun . it :heuldl have been hieard 'e a! cl hil !!D\V THE OLD SOLDIERS' REUNION Great Preparations Being Made for Annual June 3 Celebration An unusually good program has been arranged for the entertainment of the Confederate veterans and other visitors who will be in Pickens on Saturday, June 3, for the annual vetei ans' reunion. Aviauor Johnson, who was here last year, has been secured for a return date. He has just returned from California where he has been flying during the wintc r and will have a brand new airplane with him in Piek ns. Ile is one of the must sue cessful aviaters in the country an.1 Will thrill the peeple with his daring stums. lie will alo:; carry passengers wh}le here. The Easley military company will he he re and go through the latest army (ills. A brass band will furnish music th'oughout the day. Then there will be the parade, the ethrss of the day by Col. Rion McKissick, the (uler for the ol soldiers and othe' forms of entertain ment. Make your arrangements now t:o comIe to l'ick (ns June 3 and do honor to the (Ofnfederate veterans and at the same time enjoy the occission. NEWS FROM 'IWEVIE MILE 'I'he Sunday school at Salem is an interesting center every Sunday morn.. ing at 9:30 o'clock. Clyde Ragsdale is i good Sunday school superinien dent as well as a good farmer. Farmers of this section arc moving along nicely wi'th their work. Ahlho the weather is showery they have learne4 to take advantage of every op)ortu n it y. Mr. Earl Parrott was seen 'dear" hunting Sunday. Don't know wheth er he had a 1iccuos or not. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ra2:sdale vis ted Mri. and Mrs. LIam Gravely Sun day. Miss Eula Gravdyv visited Miiss Beulah Gravely Suni v. Mi..ll; 11 udson was hirst to I cehe at present at Salem Sunday school for good attendance, given by her teacher, Miss Annic Gravely. Rev. I). P. IHudson and family visi. ted relatives in Oconee county last week. Mr. Hoyt Townes and family at tended the May meeting at Holly Springs Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will's Harper visi ted the latter's relatives Sunday. Mrs. Bettie Gravely visited her mother Mrs. McKinney of Easley recently. We. notice that Mrs. Baker is ad ding some to her tenant houses on the home place. Reade. * -FROM PETERS CREEK ,. Mr Editor: Fa.rm work in this see tioni is considlerably delayed owving to the very rainy season, there being a number of our farmers that have not planted any corn to this date. Mrs. Rescoe Burgess is very sieck with pneumonia at the home of her father Mr. L~ E. Clark. Mr. Abner G1. Morris is very sick with flu at his home here. Several pleoprle from this section at. tended at Cross Roads(1 church on the.. second Sunday. Trhc y reported splen. did rerv ices, a large crowdc ano a nice R< v*. J. M. L.ooper and son Frank of D)ocusville R I, were visitors in this scetion this wveek. Messrs. Mack Looper, Frank and Lanwrence' Foster wvere* visitors in this burg last Fr:day. Those fellows plea is guilty to larceny from the gum; vizt., hee gums. \V II, we have somne rough places inl our1 roads but we are not faulting our board of commissioners as I sup-. pose the peohple haven't the time to do the work jiust at this time. The B. Y. P. U's are moving along n>"c 1', at Peter's Creek, they having a g;od att( odance wvith a great deal of itetr(et h' inti man ifestedi in the meet. i: :s of the society. "Looker On.'' Tc lieihatne hten some talk of TI A . P'iwt n. comt at: gcent, making ftp ran f''r corunt y supervisor this x e'. h was askecd lastI week what ;ebcnt it. MrI. Hocwen repulied that at IniIny peoj2k had been urging tI I' to me t he me"(, but as yet he as unde(5'ided Ifl)i ab-t it and was giv a .wionsconsierai n. Mr. aee is well :Vn'wn'througnhout tihe tcnunty atni t:aid h:e enter the race