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VOLIJME 51-NUMBER 29-'t1,92
PICKENS, S. C., NOVEMBE,
SUBSRIPION,$1.0 AYEA
First Bret 6of An
Approaching Po
litical Cyclone
My fellow farpiers of South Caro
lipa, do you possily realize the
burdens of responsibility that we are
face to face with for the next year
and yeArs to come?. Shall we meet
them 4s brave men under the leader
ship of the great God of nations or
shall . we become disgruntled, dis
6ouraged, demoralized and givle up
and surrender to evil forces and in
flqsences ? I .don't believe a word of
It. Such is not the history of our
people.
It seems that in every grave and
disastrous crisis that the farmer is
the under-dog and is the great bur
den bearer. He has toiled like a
slave, has had to stint his women
and children almost to the starvation
point and in a great many instances
gross ignorance. No greater sacrifi
ces were ever made by the Serfs of
Russia than by our farm women and
children, and yet as individuals with
out organization we have achieved
vonders. After every disaster we
have come back and gone to heights
never dream ' of, but to say that
the agricultutal people of this State
are satisfied with their condition
would be stating an untruth; so my
fellow farmer herein lies our great
responsibility. We are face to face
with an economic breakdown, and
the eyes of the State as have always
been the.,case. but he is without the
sympathy and appreciation that he
should have and this is because he
has failed to organize and demawi
his rights. The scheming politician
doesn't want, bf farmers organized
in the farmer's'behalf but if he can
got the fairmer torn to pieces to
furtier his cause be is satisfied. No
doubt the farming' class has been
frightfully discriminated against in
taxation. There comes a time when
everything the farmer produces, fails
to make him any profit and there, is
nothing with which to pay taxes with;
yet a great proportion of the profit
producing class escapes taxes eittirely
but the fari'ner never escalies his.
The question that the farmers have
gV o ask themselves is'can and will
thl rc line politician whether in the
GeTtilal Assentbly or as Governor
make any attempts to change these
conditions? I think not; hence the
impevative necessity of cleaning out
the old liners and putting in a far
mer for Governor and a General As4
sembly of farmers and business men
who would give all the people a just
and fair deal, without strife and dis
graceful contention as has so often
characterized political affairs in
South Caolina before.
Who can measure the responsibility
of the old staid farmer as from (lay
to (lay he goes ovel' the hills and
through the vallels e~ommuning with
Nature's God ?
Our mindls look over into the next
year's campaign and wve shudder, we
stand aghast, our blood runs cold,
because we see the vile demagogue
politician with the tongue of a ser
pent, with lying slander upon his lips
sowving discord, enmity and hatred all
over South Carolina. A dev'il in
carnate. We seevidcwes of a very
strong probatbility of dragging in the
- prohibition or liquor quest ion in the
- next campaign. My felloW (ountry
-men, (lid you . know that the bootleg
*gers and the illicit distillers could
and wvould raise $100,000 or more if
- necessary to elect a li quor -governor
of this state? There is no dloubt of
*It and~ (do you beOlieve there is ai mian
in South Carolina who would. be Gov'
* ernor on such a laltform If he could ?
I (do. Not in the c'ampaign wvould he
- avow himself a liquor canididlate but
after the election lie would show you
what he wvould (do. Who is to save
the State from the p)ossibilities ol
such a dlisaster? Can wve look 'be
. cause their force of resistance is .toc
wveak to (10 us mniich good. The far
)ner in the handling of his labor wvill
suffer most and the poor women an~l
children living *in the country wvhose
very lives 're constanitly in fear ami
dreadi of some frightful calamity
over-taking them.' You indiffereni
andl unithinliinte citizen, man or won
an, of South Carolina', what an appall.
$igcondition eoujd.6e brought aboi
b our allowing otirselves to be pros.
tarted in the election of men wh<
MARIE MORRISEY AT ALEXAN
DER THEAritE
Announcement ig made to Pickens
music lovers that Marie Morrisey,
the eminent contralto and one of the
most beautiful women on the concert
stage, will give a concert in the
Alexander Theatre Wednesday even
ing, November 16. Assisting Miss
Morrisey will be Harold Lyman, flu
tist, and Walter Chapman, pianist.
Marie Morrisey is one of 'the few
real American artists who has achie
ved greatness. She comes from one
of our first families and has received
her extensive education entirely in
America. A pupil of the great voice
specialist, Dudley Buck, she proves
in convincing fashion that a singer
can reach the highest degree of
.dvelopment under Americani tute
lage.
Miss Morrisey has made a specialty
that meant studying English with
special care, for one of the reasons
English is not so melodious,as some
I other language, in Miss Morrisey's
opinion, is because we are careless
in our speech.
"The English languag, may not be
so soft and euphonious as some
other languages," declbres Miss Mor
risey, "but it suites me" anI she says
this with pride befitting a true
Daughter of the American Revolu
tion, which she is.
%'Do not think that singing is Miss
Morrisey's only accomplishment. No,
gracious reader, she is one of the
most versatile women we know.
Besides being particulary prominent
in New Yoik and Chicago society,
Miss Morrisey is also an athlete. She
is an enthusiastic swvimmer and diver,
and one of her favorite ways of
spending her vacation is by taking
loipg tranps through the woods.
Walking ten or twelve miles in the
summer time is no 'effort for her, and
she rejoices greatly in the hardening
Of her muscles that result. Another
hobby is horse-back riding and she
mourns because she isn't able to take
a horse along with her on her con
Cert tours.
Miss Mc:rrisey's activities seems
only to ificrease the power and rich
ness of her voice, as all who hear her,
next Wednesday night will be able
to testify.
LADIES OF PICKENS
All the ladies of Pickens who are
interested in the town are request
ed to meet in the court house Thurs
(lay afternoon, November, 10, at.3:30
o'c.lock to decide upon a matter of
great importance to our town. The
meeting will be a short one.
F. V. Clayton,
Co. Supt. Ed.
GAlP HILL ITEMS
We are glad to see Mr. Hayes
Bryson out after a severe case of ty
phoid fever. '
Mrs. G. B. Christopher of Green
ville visited her parents, Mi'. and
Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, last week.
Mrs. Ella Pilgrim spent Friday
night with her mother, Mrs. A. C.
Brysoni.
Messers. Richard Gantt and Ernest
'l'urner ettented the fair at Easley.
Miss i1ary Dillard spent Sunday
night with her friend, Miss Floye
Feruso. Two Hlappjy Girls.
are known destructionists and who
would open further the bleeding
wounds of our peopleC.
My fellow farmer and fellow eiti
v~en of South Carolina, of every vo
cation and profession, (do 'you realize
that for yearis to conme it is going to
take' e'very ounce of our energy, the:
greatest of wisdlom an id aill of ouri
constructive conlser'vatismi to .save
this State f'rom an econonfical, moralI,
social, political and edlucational (dis
aster ? I call upon the. God fearing
men and women t'b realize that the
fight is ont and4 to save our popjle
from the slough of despair and the
(lemon polit ician wvho wvould set this'
State on fire for' his owvn sake. We
miust get together and fight the*
politicilans wh- wou)Lld go over all this
State next year and 'harangue our
poverty stricken and dlemoralized
Ipeople into a fretnzy. You ('an never
reednstrue.t men 0or commu1n1ities b~y
first dlestrnying thm.C~
President's Thanksgi
President Harding issued a procla- 1
mation designating Thi4rsday, .Nov-'a
ei. 3r 24, as a day of thanksgiving,
devotion and prayer and urging the
people to give thanks "for all that I
has been rendered unto them" and to' t
pray "for a continuance of the divine
fortune which has been showered so a
generously upon this nation." The#
proclamation follows: I
"That season has come wheni, alike <
in pursuance of a devout people's
time honored custom in grateful rec
ognition of favoring national for- I
tunes, it is proper that the presi-1 I
(lent shpuld summon the- nation to a I
day of devotion, of thanksgiving for I
blessings bestowed and of prayer for' I
guidance on modes of life that inay I
deserve continuance of divine favor. I
"Foremost among our blessings is
the return of peace and the approach
to normal ways agaii. The year has'
brought us gain into relations of
amity with all nations after a long
period of struggle and turbulence. In
thankfulness, therefore, we may well
unite in the hope that providence will
vouchsafe approval to the things we
have done, the aims which have guid
ed us, the aspirations which have in
spired us. We shall be prospered as
we shall deserve prosperity, seeking4
not alone for the material things but
for those of the spirit as well; cartn
estly trying to help'others, asking be-1
fore all ebie the privilege of serv
ice. As we render thanks anew for
the exaltation which came to us, we
may fittingly petition that moderation
and wislon shall be granted to rest
upon all who are in authority in the
task they must discharge. Their
hands will be steadied, their purposes
strengthened in answer to our pray
"Ours has been a favored nation in
the bounty which God has bestowed
upon it. The great trial of human
MEETING AT COURT HOUSE
Important Meeting to He Held
Next Tuesday Morning
A meeting of great importance to
Pickens county is scheduled to be
held in the court house next Tuesday I
morning, November 15, at 11 o'clock
at which time steps will be taken to
organize a co-operative cotton mar- i
keting association in this county. Mr. I
E. W. Dabbs, one of the largest and i
most, prominent farmers of this state
will address the meeting.
Other counties in this state have
already been organized and this the
first step towards the farmers con
trolling the price of cotton they raise. .
Farmers, bankers, merchants and
all business men are invited to at
tend~ the meeting. -
MARRIAGE I
Married, Saturday October 5, Mr.
(laudl Kelley and Miss Mae Gilstrap,
bcth of Liberty, J. Alonzo Brown, N
P., at the throttle. The happy young
c.ouple wvill never look any more
pleased than they did wvhen the 01(d
miller pronouncedl them man and
wife. B.
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scrintion epires.
iving Proclamation
ty, though indeed we did our part
ts -well as we ag:' able, left us con&,
oaratively unsearred. It is for us to
ecognite that we have been thus
avored and, when we gather at our
iters to offer up thanks, we will
lo well to pledge, in humility and
J1. sincerity, our purpose to provo
leserving. We have been raised up,
Lnd preserved in national, power andl
onsequence, as part of a plan whose
isdoin we can not question. Thus
>elieving, w can do no less than
iold our nation the willing instru
nent of the providence which has so
vonderfully favored us. Opportunity
or very great service awaits us if
ve shall prove equal tv it. Let our
wayers be raised for direction in the
'ight paths. Uler God, our respon
ibility is great, to our own first to
ill men afterwards; to all mankind in
.od's own justice.
"Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
larding, president of the United
3tates, hereby designate Thursday,
he 24th (lay of November, to be ob
ierved by the people as a day of
rhanksgiving, devotion and prayer;
irging that at their hearths and their
iters 'they will give thanks for all
hat has been rendered unto them,
md will 1ray for a c.ontinuance of
3he divine fortune which has been
howered so generously upon this na
10n;
"In witness whereof I have here
into set my hand and caused to be
iffiixed the s al of the United States
)f America. I
"Done at- the capital of the, United
.tates this 31st (lay of October in
the year of our Lord, 1921, and of
the independence of the United
States, the 146th.
"Warren G. Harding.
"By the president:
"Charles E. Hughes,
"Secretary of State."
AUTO ACCIDENT AT EASLEY
Two White Girls Hurt and Two
Negroes In Jail
Misses Honor and Mildred Hlen
Irieks were run into by an automo
>ile occupied oy two negroes in E4as
ey last Friday afternoon and pain
ully bruised. It was at first feared
he young ladies were seriously
urt but we are glad to hear that the
njuries are not serious. The affair
secured right in tie heart of Easley
mid created great excitement and
ndignation. As a result Ralph Ba
;er, driver of the car, and his broth
!r Wallace Baker are in the Pickens
%unty iail.
The Missen Hendricks are fifteen
md ten years old and daughters of
dlr. George Hendricks, of near E'as
cy, one of the mlost prom'inent (iti..
Ens of the countv.
CHARLIE TIOLliEltT'S WIlVE
D)EADI
The wvife of Charlie Tolbert, col
>red, dliedl at their home in Green
lille last Wednesday. She formerl.
ived in Pickens wheo 1: Charli ranl
ishoe shop here.
ription Offer
{ears for $2.50
subsei ilntions it canl handle' at two
-endlers for the hearty resplo nse they
sedl, that special offer exiired Oc
mbter 7 to 12 will he observed thru
>wn Paper WVeek,'" we wvill make
veek and make it easy for the peco
mnty Pap~er.
willI accepit twVo-yeamr subscri ptionis
tot send the patper for, less than tw
time. This offer wvill etxpire Novem'I
oinly price of the piaper wvill he $1.5
.ubscsribers alike.
be put back on a cash-in-adlvance
will be taken off the list.
apier Week" a big success for The
ready paidl in advance get a neigh
it and he wvill. too, before his sub
M. E. CONFERENCE APPOINT.
na, P.E. MENTS
Greenville District: J. M. Stead
rnan,~P. E. Clinton, Broad Street; L.
E. tViggins, Sloan Street; B. M.
Wynn suijiiy, Glenwood and Easley
,%ills; W. E, Taylor, Easley; J. Paul
Patton, 'Fountain Imi; W. 'H. Polk
Gray Coud;" &W. Wats'on, Green
ille, Bethel and Poe; B. It. Harvey,
Bleacher circuit; . H. Bell supply
Brandon and Poiisett; C. L. Harris,
Buncombe Street; C. C. - Herbert,
Choice Street and Mills; J. W. McEl,
reath, supply Duncan and Judson; P.
L. Bou knight,. Hampton Avenue; H.
D. Chambers, Monaghan and Wood.
side. S. S. White, St. Paul; W. B.
Garrett, Greenville Circuit; M. H.
Brooks, Greer; 0. M. Abney, Lau
rens; P. F. Kilgo, Laurens circuit;
Foster Speer, Liberty; E. W. Mason,
Norris; J. W. Pryor, supply Pickens
circuit; J. C. Diggs, Pickens; D. F.
Hudson, supply Simponville; S. H.
Booth, South Easley; H. H. Meritt,
Supply, South Greer.
J. F. Farr, Travelers' Rest; C. R.
White, supply; student at Oxford
University, England, E. F. Mosely
Laurens; quarterly conference evan
gelist, C. M. Moris, Greer.
BAP'TIST RALLY DAY
In ae-cord iat nce with resolutions
passedl at the last meeting of The
Pickens Association, the committee
app(.inted to secure persons to occupy
each pulpit and conduct services in
every church in the Association next
Sunday, Nov. 13th, make the follow
ing announcements:
Oolenoy-Rev. Joln W. Mahaffey
Peters Creek-Rev. Edgar Johnson.
Nine Forks--Rev Julian Hawkins
Cedar Rock-Rev. E. M. Bolding.
Griffin- Rev. W. D. Hammett.
Se %na--Rev C. R. Abere.rombie.
Pickelns-Rev. S. P. Have.
Pickens Mill-Hon. W. C. Man
Pleasant Grove-Rev. A. M. Sim
mcn-)S anld C. E. Robinlson.
Mit. Tabor-Hlon. W. E. Finley.
Saluda Hill-Prof. A. B. Fortner
Cross Roads-Rev. T. A. Drake.
R. T. Hallum,
Chi. of Committee
SALESDAY IN PICKENS
A good size crowd was in Picken
first Monday and the following pub
lie sales of land were made:
L. C. Thornley bought 123 acres in
Liberty township for $9,000.
W. E. Findley bought 75 acres in
Dacusville township for $1600, and
71 acres in Pickens township for
$1700.
C. C. Blurroughs bought 90 acres
fo. $500.
E. 13. Lesley bought 98 acres in
Easley townshijp for $6500.
E. 1. Anderson, colore(l, bought
lot No. 7 of the Nero Hlallums estate
near Norris for $7:35, andl H ose Hal
lums bought lot No. 13 for 8510.
SIX .MII,E ITEMiS
Six Mile basketball team dlefeatedl
he Easley team Friday afternoon by
a score of 20 to 9. Th'Ie game was
interesting throughout. Ma yfield
was the star of the game. Other
stars were Nolan, I .ong and14 Wyatt
I .ineu ps: Eagley-Claytoni, Wyatt,
Cox. Mace, Stewart. Six MIile-No
bain. Werner, L.ong, MIc Elreatth, May
fieldl.
Thle Central letter in last week's
Sent incl stated that the (Cent ral hask -
e'tballI team dlefeatedl thle Six Mlile
team. This was a mistake. Six MIile
wenit toi (Central but the latter re
fused t~o laiy.
Miss Emma I.. Cooper, MIrs. D)al
ton, Mr. Adger Campbell, Mr. Wil
lir:m Glasco,M r. .Junius Campbell andl
MIr. Clarence W'ardellI, of Greenville,
visited at the academy last week.
MIiss Cooper is a teacher at the Mon
agha~n scho(ol and1 Mrs. D~altoni has a
5son ini school at Six Muie.
Mi sses Sh:i rley anmd Tlrocgdon alIso
had visitors Sunday, bumt they wvere
I rom: Clemson.
MIr. Claud ILooper hats (entered'( the
aca~dremy. W~e knowi~ he wvill be miss
ed at Pickenis.
Messrs. McAlister and Dalrymple.
have returnIe~d to the academny after
an absence of two weeks.
Raymond Patterson andl Boyd
Evans of Six Mile visited the fair at
Easley lFriday. They walked.
M i'. Lee Coleman, who has had ty
p~hoid fever, is better and will soon
icturni in schoolt
Important Letter
From the General
Mgr. Pickens R. R.
To the Citizens of Pickens County:
I have often wondered what Pick
ens will do when its railroad ceases
to run. I have in mind now a town
situated like Pickens. The county
built a splendid highway to it and
the folks quit the railroad and rode
and hauled over it until one day they
awoke to find that they had a rail
road without a train. They said "We
will force them to operate it.: But
upon investigating they found that
you can't force any one to oprate
a property that does not pay. So
one by one the merchants mov'ed
out, and then citizens moved away
until today it is a dead town, and
one man asked me if I would not
operate it, saying that he had- inves
ted all he had in the town and unless
the railroaid could o')erate it would
be worth nothing: I answered "You
can't run a railroad on air; if folks
want a railroad they must patronize
it".
.People are crying for lower rates,
and all the while they are building
highways, piling up taxes on the ril
roads, forcing them to aid in bring
ing into existenee ain instrument that.
takes away its very life. The Pick
ens Railroad's taxes have more thant
doubled for the past two years, and
rcbbed it of the thing that it takes
to maintami life and existence. Any
".J ack-L.eg" can run a two-ton. truck
over these highways, and do more
damnag.1e to the road bd I than all the
other traffic will, for i month.
l The owners of the bonds of the
Pickens Railroad enn make 1mM
nimoney out of the rcad by "serapping
it," than they ever will get out of it
any other way. I have no desire to
try to keep it alive, if the people who
a1re interested prefer the trucks, Let
'em have the trucks, and I will under
take to (ispose of what little I have
and move (ut just like all the rcst
will do; we can't run stores, mills.
or any other business without custo
mers, and if a railroad runs it Imlust
have Something to hail, otherwise the
engine stops, and mind you when the
engine Stops it all stops.
The little town of Due West faced
the same1' state of affairs, and when
they saw whetre they were headed,
they got busy and signed a petition
or an agreement not to use anything
that came to town on a truck, and
unless our folks take some action,
they will most certainly lose their
railroad, and it is for you to say when
this shall come to pass.
One word more, I have wrestled
with this proposition for more than
2:1 years, the road has rebuilt itself
fropi end to end, it has filled all its
trestles, purchased a new locomotive,
andl today is in the best physical
condlition that it has ever been, but
we just can not operate it unless the
people o)f Pickens town stand behind
it.
"A wourd to the wise is suf'ficient"~
.J. TI. Taylor,
General Managers.
WOO lSON--K(ELLEY
Maririedl on Sunday evening, Octo
her :10th, at the residence of the offi
e'intinig officer, Mr. Richey Homer
K~elley to Miss Mallie Richey Wood
son!, both of~ Central, .J. Alonzo Brown,
N. I'., at the throttle.
The' groom is a son (of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kelley and is a prom inenut young
tarmuer while his bride is a daughter
of M r. I). II. Woodlson andI~ is a charm
ing young lady. Many congratula
tions).
CAI) OP TIHANKS
I wish to, thalnk each andl every
one whIo' assistedl Us during the
stekne~ss anud deoath of my wvife. Es
pecially anm I grateful to Dr. J. E.
Algnood, who So faithfully attended
her. God bless you aill. I am also)
grateful for mny flowers.
Walter McCollum: and( Children.
We wvish to thank each andl every
one who assistedl us during the sick-,
ness andl death of our baby Frank.
Especially are we grateful to Dr.
Sheldon who So faithfully attendedl
him. May God bless you all.
Mr. and Mru Wur Key

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