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VOLUME 51-NUMBER 20 PICKENS, S. C., 13EP'1'EMBER, 8, 1921
EDUCATIONAl,
GAINS MO
Although the adult school work
has passe' for this year, yet we
hear from all parts of the county
commene con.erning the w& rk done.
For the Information -it all the follow
king will probably be of some interest:
This past summer we had ten
adult schools running. It had been
hoped that many more than this num
ber would have been organized, but
on account of limited funds it was
impossible to have' more. Should
the legislature this coming session
appropriate more money for this pur
pose it will be possible next summer
to do a greater amount of good along
this line.
In the ten schools organized the
total enrollment ,was 186, with an
average attendance of 105. This is
an average of t7 per cent of the
enrollment and plainly shows the in
terest in the work. When 57 per
cent of 186 grown people take an
active interest in improving them
selves it seems that this is the only
reccommendation that our legislature
should want to govern their making
the necessary appropriation for the
furtherance of this work
Another interesting feature of the
werk was that of this en:ollment 48
were taught to road and 48 were
taught to write. -This means that
there will be 48 fewer marks on the
1922 club roll. It means that *there
will be 48 more people signing hteir
own checks. It means that 48 more
people in Pickens will be able to
able to read their own newspaper
-and also their Bible.
Can we place too much importance
on this work? Can we with this
- ' work expect to have a better citi
zenship or a worse one? Are peo
ple who can read for themselves
more capable of intelligent thinking
than those who cannot read?
While Pickens county is on the top
rung of the educational ladder as
compared with her sister counties,
we cannot stop now and sit idly by,
while others mte striving and push
ing ahead. Will the people oP Pick
ens&allcw our county to be surpassed
by other counties mnov that we are at
the head?
Let the representatives of our
grand old county pause and reflect
on this thing. Let them in the depths
of their hearts seriously consider ev
ery part of this work and at the next
session of the legislature wvork ae
cording to the dlictates of an awvak
ened conscience.
H-agfood school distiict did herself
proudl on last Saturday when she vo
4. tedl $3500 for the purpose of building
'hgr <'hildren a school fit for them to
.go to. Hagoed school, within the
shadowv of the court house, should
have erne of the best schools in the
county, but until this summer little
seems to have heen (lone abiout the
matter. Nowv lagorel w hcol district
*can boast of ' well couipped house
and a~ieve'n months term of school.
A fewv weeks ago she voted six ad
ditional' mills to obtain the state
*guarantee of a sevdn months school
and on last Saturday she voted 26
to 0 ill favor of bonds to build. Con
*gratulations to you, Hagood school
district.
Twvelve M likf school district says
that she will not he the last in the
county to do something for hea chil
diren. TPhis district nowA has on foot
a $2 0 -bond issue and anticipates
moving her present school house out
of the vale wvhere it now is and place
*it m-ar the pubhllic road. There wvill
be mucmh ;nterest in t'.is election, not
only by those living within the dis
trict but b~y friende, on thie outside
of the district.
Shady Grove also is planning a
S new building. This will be a great
Sstep forward for' Shady Grove and
she is to be commended. At pres
'ent tpe school building is hard'ly good
enou'gh for the children to go to, as
iis almost impossible to keep It
irmIn the .Win'ter nmonth~s and en.
!WAKENING
MENTUMHERE
tirely too small and hot for summer
work. The people in this district
bave awakened to the need of addi
tional educational facilities for their
children and are going to have them.
It is being planied by the depart
ment of education in Pickens county,
cooperating with the Federal and
State departments of educatio'n, to
put o'n an agricultural teacher in the
four schools of Peters Creek, Dacus
ville, Mica and Maynard. It is also
planned to put on a similar teacher
for the Pleasant Hill, Long Branch,
Six Mile and Gates schools. The
Federal and State departments of
education will furnish three-fourths
of the cost of maintaining the salary
of a teacher, while the districts will
be paying only one-fourth. This is
a branch of study that has been sad
ly neglected by, the schools. It is
hoped, that present plans will mate
rialize and that other schools will
also take up this work.
The enrollment in the futy-two
schools run'iing in Pickens county
this summer will be about 15 per cent
greater than last year. This in
crease is probably due in great part
to the new compulsory education law.
The average attendance, which has
in past years bee, about 60 per cent,
will be aroond 90 per cent this sum
ner. This is beyond all expectations
snd goes to show the increased in
terest in school work.
New Town and Rock school dis
tricts voted down the proposition to
consolidate and build a large central
school house. The vote was 28 for
and 58 against; many ladies voting
for the first time. 'Leaders of the
oplpositon to the consolidation plan
state that to consolidate the districts
would make the new district too
large and leave many of the children
too far away from the school house.
The Pickens high school has re
mcdeled its old building, doing away
entirely with the auditorium and con
converting it into class rooms. Thirty
six new desks have been ordered and
will be installed this week. The trus
tees have added the eleventh grade,
adding two more teachers. They have
also ordered about $300.00 worth of
:hemical and physical apparatus for
the science department of the high
school which will increase its efficien
:.y 100 per cent. The people of the city
>f Pickens will be called on to assist
the trustees in paying for this equip
nent. The method to be used in rais
ng this money will be means of the
theatre. The management of the
Alexander Theatre has decided to put
n some real pictures for this pur
pose and give 60 per cent of the pro
seeds to this cause. Thue first picture
to be presentedl will be "Daddy Lohig
legs" , followved by the "Miracle ManV.
ft is hoped that all interested. in the
iadvanccment of the high school will
lo .all in their powver to make these
pictures pay, thereby assisting in a
innterial way the Pickens high school.
LIBERTY SCHOOE ENROLLS
OVER 400.
Liberty, Sept. L-.-The Liber ty
ligh andl graded school opened for
;he fall tern- this morning wvith an
nollment of approximately 400 stu
tents, which is saidl to be the largest
mnrollment in the history of the
Achool.
The nuumber enrolled in the high
chool de&partment on opednintg day
was larger than the total number en
rolled last year in the high school.
It is also expected that this number
will be considlerably increased before
the close of the term.
T1hec faculty for the present term
consists of 1 4 teachers, with Prof.- L.
N. lFoy as superintendentt. Prof. F'oy
comes to hiberty from Si mpsonville,
where lhe madec a successful record
as beadl' of the school.
The 'Opening this morning was the
first held: in the new school building
and because of this and other en
couraging factors was saidl by those
present to be the moset auspicious
opening in the school's history.
The twvo mill schools here have
been consolidatedl with the central
school and all pupils in town w.ill at
tend the Liberty school, this being
the first term that this had been
done., It is expected that the enroll
ment will keach 500 before ejh close
of the tem -
New Woad Will Ope
A staff correspondent of the Green
ville Daily News recently visited
Pickens county and wrote the follow
ing article about the Pickens-Bre
yard highway for his paper:
One of the richest and most pie
turesque sections of South Carolina
is soon to be opened to the outside
world with the construction of the
road through Eastatoe Gap connecting
Pickens a'nd Brevard.
The highway commission of Tran
sylvania county this week informed
County Supervisor J. T. McKinney
that the North Carolina county would
meet' the road already started by
Pickens county thus giving a top
soiled road thru the mountains.
Until this week no assurance had
been received from the North Carolina
authorities that they would complete
their part of the road, although the
Pickens county officials were acting
under that assumption. Had the
North Carolina county not been wil
ing to co-operate the object of the
road would have been defeated and
the new highway would have been of
local benefit only.
As matters now stand, when the
highway is completed it will give a
through route from the lower part of
the state to Weitern North Carolina.
Lake Toxaway will be approximately
60 miles from Gi eenville, by way of
Pickens.
But of even more importance than
the construction of a highway con
necting the states of North a'nd South
Carolina is the development of a sec
tion of the state yhich long has been
held back because of joor road facili
ties. This is not said in a sense of
reflection upon any of the officials
of this county or of Transylvania,
but it is a known fzict that this sec
tion has never seen the' kind and
type of roads with which other sec
tions have been blessed. The few
roads in the mountains were poorly
laid off, for the most part, and very
aften could scarcely be traveled be
:ause of mud.
The route taken through the Blue
Ridge mountains is the same surveyed
many years ago for the Cumberland
railroad, which it was proposed to
uild through the mountains to Knox
ville. The survey was made beifore the
Civil War a'nd many other surveys
have been made since that time but
thie route chosen by the originrl suir
veyor, whose name is unknown to
the majority of pyresent (lay res
idlents of Pickens county, has never
been improvedl upon. It called for
the crossing of the Blue Ridge moun- i
tainis by the Eastatoe Gap route and<
more than a half a century later civ'ili
engineers selected the sapie route.
Rl. T. THORNTON OF EASLEY
DEAD.
Our towvn wvas shocked by the an
iouncemniat Tuesday~, afternoon that
ur fellow townsman, Mr. R. T.
Tlhorn ton, was dleadl. Words can
not express our sorrowv in the loss
tif this good man. Mr. Thornton
wras born andl rearedl near Hartwell,
Ga. and~ was 55 years old1. Before
hie came' :o Easley he was' agent of
the lilue Ridge Railroadl at Anider
son for sonme tirne. Trwenty years
ago he camve to Easley and assocemt
adl himself with Mr. W. W. Robinson
n the miercaintile business, buying
)ut the interest of Mr. W. M. Ha..
ood, Sr. Mr. Thornton was one of
ar very best citiz~ens andl wil Ibe
reatl~v. missedl by our petole. Po..
*ite, cullturedl, accommodlating, al..
ways wvith an smile he would greet
his friends. Hie served as school
trusitee for s;everal years, and (lid
much to build up th'e schools of the
::ity. For some time he has been a
ruling elder in the Presbyterian
church of our' city.
Mr. Thornton leaves his widowv,
who was a Miss Goodleit, of Spartan
bwrg, S. C., before her marriage, and
the 'following children: Mrs. Paul
McDonald, of Geoigetown, S. C.;
Mrs. Harry Savage, of Easley; Mr.
Goodlet Thornton, of Greenville, S.
C.; R1. T. Thornton,,Jr., and Ben, of
Enulav.
n Up New Country
TO BREVARD 30 MILES
The distance from I3revard to Pick
ens is slightly more than 30 miles,
22 of which are in Pickens county.
i'he first eight miles of the route from
Pickens has been put in good condi
tion except for two bridges over the
Twelve Mile creek.
For beauty of scenery the new
route cannot be surpassed i'n South
Carolina. It opens up a country com
paratively new, and where the pic
uresque beauty of the mountains has
rot been destroyed by advancing civ- l
ilization.
Mount Pinnacle, the highest point
in South Carolina, is in plain view
From the new highway but the en
ineers very carefully avoided its
steep sides, the roadway winding
ibout through the adjoinir.g valleys.
While Mount Pinnacle is compara
ively well known throughout the
'est of the state, not so in this see
ion. Not one inhabitant in ten in
Eastatoe township knows Mount Pin
mle by that name. It is known loe
illy as "Bald Rock" or " Bald Knob."
>ecause of the barren, rocky surface l
)n the southern and eastern side of
;he mountain.
The fertile Oolenoy valley is to
the right of the new highway and it
is thickly populated by industrious
people. The head waters' of 'T'welve
Mile creelk are also crossed while
some of the tributaries of Saluda
river are but a short distance away.
Eastatoe township has one distinc
tion which perhaps no other township
in South Carolina can claim. There is
)ut one family of negroes in the en
ire townshp and, as might be expect
'd, there are no families of foreign
)irth:. The population is 100 per cent
4mericdn and the majority of them
-an date tJieir ancestry back to the r
lays when Daniel Boone would sling it
mis rifle across his shoulder and come v
r visiting his kin hereabouts. e
Mayor C. L. Cureton, (;f 'ie:enus.
vho accompanied this 4orreispondent
)ver so much of the new highway as
ms been completed, is enthusiastic as
:o the possibilitiesg of the new hIitch
vay. It will mean much to 'i kens
md Pickens county, he thinks but
nost of all he. is glad of the oppor
unity it ,will give the residents of
he Eastatoe sect i<:n to have eaisy
ommiunication wvith the out 'ide
vorld.
Thie road should be comleltedl he
ore next summer and unless all in
lications are wrong many tour'ists 1
vill next year enter the Sapphire t
2ountr'y by the Eastatee Ga p r'ead(.
We cannot undlerstandh wthy one' 5->)
vell prepared to live and1( serve and l
mjoy lif'2 should be cut down in the'
>rime of his manhood and leakve hiis
amily w~ho will miss him so much,
mdi( leave his church and bus res',
vhere everybody had the ltmosMt
onfidlence in him as an.man :r.:d aI
'hristianm. But God's ways ar'o
ike our wvayr,
'Not niow, but in the comn g :'r , I
It may be in the~ better land,.
Ne('ll i'ead the meianling of' our1 :ev s
And then, soime(timne, we'll ind'e'
F"uneral services for' Mr. Thh',rnton
v~ill he held at the residene ' a X
'clock this afternoon, XV Wedn esda )
mad the body will be laid 10 rest in
hWest Viewv cemetery. T1hme ser'vie 1(r
vill b cnuducted by his nastor, llv. t
D). WV. IH.
TABERNACLE MEETING.
Tfhe Compton taberncie mee'ting
vill begin in Pickenms iiext Sunday I
niorning at 11:001 o'ecok wi~h Mr.i
'30mptonm preaching at the first serv-i
cc. lDr. Miller, tho Bible teacher,
.vill arrive Tuesday, and Uu'ele Char- 1
ie will he here for the entire meet- I
ng. - i
The tabernacle has recently been
eepairedl and made as comfortable as I
iossible and the grounds cleaned off, a
People from all sections are expect
ud ito attend the meetings a
PICKENS COUN'
CitOP FAR_Al
NEWSY CENTRAL LETTER
chol Opens Next Monday - Local
and Personal Items
Central, Sept. 5.-Mrs. Alice Mer
'itt of Townville spent several days
fst week with Prof. and Mrs. Geo.
VeI'oorn.
F. Van Clayton of Pickens spent
few hours last Wednesday with
omefolks here while looking after
ome of the schools in this section.
The Ramseur-Pinson"tKelley lake
vhich has recently been -built near
lere by these gentleme'n is now ready
or service. These men have spent
nuch time and money in making this
lake and they have a beautiful lake
n the edge of town. The water will
ie about twelve feet deep in the (e"p
st place, and then it will be shall av
nough in some places for the little
Iirilden. Therei are no I'ouugh plaees
a the lake and it will be a very de
irable place to spend sonic time in
he water. Rates may be had by ap
lying to either of the owners.
Mr. C. B. Smith of Greer spent
mo'nday night of lasts week with hi is
ld friends, Mr. and Mts. B. .J. .John
ton. f
Mr. R. G. Gaines. the man who
aves foxhunting, .had same fun one
ay last week chasing a fox near the
nlottltains above Pickens.
Mr. and;' Mrs;. .J. D. Buall of- E ast
)range, N. J., returned to their home
aist week after spending several days
here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Hall.
Ir ceder tlend .hanies 1laFoy of An
de."son are visiting 'Capt. and Mi:".
W. E. Hyde this week.
Mrs. 13. E. Allen and Mrs. F. B.
Morgan motore( to Greenville last
Thursday oni a shopping trip anl to
'isit some frends.
Mrs. L. T. Earlo has been in the
ity hospital in Greenville since last
;aturd'cay wveek. She underw(ent an i I
wper'ation last. 'l'hursday and the last.
cport from her bedside was that she
4 doing well. 11er son W. TI. Earl~et
.as with her at the time of the up- l
ration. Her i many friends in tils
crtion wish h'r a speedy re--overy. t
Messrs. J. - . lom, 0. 1). hpps and I
V. Ii. \lartih, sa!l of Amler-ron toun
. ere in ('eitral shojpinu last Sat.
rday. 'omit againgen t!tenr; we
re always rhIad to see you.
Quit, a number of the ('nt;-al pe .
le att''ndrd the Norris- l"ranc.' wed. -
ing which took place at the home
f the bride's parents. Mr. ;e" .\l
'ris, on North t re'.t in
ie en ville last Tluesday (veining. The c
ride has many friends in (Cen tral I
'ho wvish them a len'" and happy lif'.
Next M ouday, September 12, w il h
e' a red let'.er day in Centai ia
hat is the day of the oingii of the' I
hool here. Hundreli'tds of hi -:: andtn
irls w.ill get up thiro baoo;k< acrnin I
op of' the hlder of knowledge. TIb '
i'trniing~ to whi;-h all the parents, pa
r< ns andl friend s of' the sch oolI are
Rlev. and Mirs. l.ting of (;istoia, N.
t., have been'a visiting thiro parients, h
lr. and Mrs. Mroem Mmt in, hI -i
Rev~'ivalI sr'v ics w.ill beg~rin at thi r
Ilethod'(ist c hurch nu'xt Su nday:.. Iev ~ t'
V. S. G ood'wini the past- r. will be
'-s istedt by* te v. .\Ir. Iaisi . pa stor -i I
f the I 'resbyt eriani i hurch at. (Cm-t
on ('*ollegt. All are cordicially iie
ited to it tendt thelse serv ices andc hel p
lake ( 'e nra a better- place in wvhL'-h
a live, :as good rev'ivals always help
Man'y of' the Sunday scool wa
r's of Centlral are planning to .'
end the' l'iekenas (ounit y Souny
chool cnvention at C'atech~ee ne(xt y
aturday andi Sunday.h
The banks here wr'e el 'sed last i
londay on acc'(ounit of l.abor Dayv
nd1( the hankers got one dlays' rest. .
tankers only get a few holidays dun
'ing the year ned th('y feel like rest-- {
ng when oneC ('omes.
Rew'. Mr'. Ander'ison,. of Easley', I
>reached at the First Baptist church si
ore last Sunday afternoon at his
egular appointment. Mr. Anderwvo n
Ioesn't fail to get ypu toldI. and al
hose who miss hearing him rasisn a h,
strong , radical sermon. el
The hot weatdhe' in this sectior, p
nd no taka has dIamnued the cot ton
PY COTTON
OVE AVERAG
Pickens county not only stands
the top of South Carolina dou'ntic.
in the percentage of its people wh
can reaad and write and at the to,
in percentage of whiter population,
but the latest government cotton re
pert says Pickens tounty has the best
eotton crop of'any county in the state
save Cherokee.
The eondition of the cotton crop in
the cotton growing stats on August
25 was a little less than 50 per cent
)f a perfect crop. fn South Carolina
:he cndition was 50 per cent. In
Thtvkce county it was 70 per cent
mnd in Pickens ecunlty it was 67 per
ent. Oconv). was next wit h (+O per
ent.
This means that the cotton crop
n Pickens county is as good as usual
nd far better than the average
broughcut the state. This erop was
nade at the very smallest possible
'peinse and if the fleecy stal.le sells
or ar"iound Twenty cents a po:und it
v ll leanl a good profit for the far
n!r and many will regain their loss
if last year. Twenty-c.''t ctt< 1 anA
1 1wnorn l e;-'p will Put (;url county" in
.ool financiarl shaipe.
Not enly is the cotton etrc h d
Pickens county good, but the r
erop is the fmiest in year nd
otlleri (e s msl i:(cld in mt1st of tit )
counl~ty.
With all crops bringin_ 01) )
c(s this will m11ea ) much to) ur icllou n
ty, anid cu' people ire v'er',y up: pim is
tie.
Not only is Pickens county at th
.op in education anti farm irig, but
t is right. around the top in good
'oads, and is at the very top in goid,
aiw-itqiding and c.hristian citizenship.
Our people arcv awakened and olil
ickens county has begun its drive
o attain the undisputed topmost
eak amniong South Carolina counities
1 things that count for something
oward mua king this world a better
he.r t. live" in.
Tlu se tuing; are not. matters that
e shr'uld I.ast Cf, but ratmrher cause
or grr3:t. Iuln(s..s and thank r.sgiving,
1(1 an3 inspiration to Split' uis oniWar(.
V SPAPElt A P VEltI'ISING
OK'd UV l'U:jtNI''URE EN
Sirn ' raneisco.---Newspape' adver
ising, fol lowedi up by attravt ive win
Ow dila~~ys, is the best anitidlote. for
11ump~ing:4sr ales, decla red S. lE. (Cony
case, <.f Lanrrcas-ter, Pa3., in ani tc a
reOFs to: delegtates to the Nat i-mal~
'minitur ie I earle rs' conivent ion w h ich
iet hc(tI. I" was estino3)t d thnat ali
rex imiateuly I ,000 deilegates wer in3
Ittendlanet,. O thlr spesakersi~ ni clurde'd
lE. Kon ' o! Denver and II. F Dud
y.r Og-:i
DEATH1 O1" A GOOD) MOTII'ER
Mis. Agnes I ,it tle Etred died at her
ome near Central 03n Augu:.t 20th.
1' ann iounlc'men t (of her dleaith car.
ind Sor)row to a l arge cir' le of re
ives and fr iendls. She wasC. a dauh
(er of Je~e anid l'Inmeale little Oni
)eember 2.1, 1 558 she wasv~~ mrr ied
o WVilliamr iEbed. She leux ('ighit
c host <.f rehitives aj'f I frind to
niOu~rn her dea th. Tw'~o children pre
ed her)) to thet3) CIneV a number~' of
'(ears. She wasrr a kind andi' lovinig
vife 131 and othiei r hvin~g ai Smile for
1I with whion, sh cam (lin contaeCii~t.
~he had been a sufferer fromi app~o
lexy for th< !ast tw'~o years, but bore
er j)acrn with<.at aI muirmur, pro'cfess
ng faith in IHim who loieth all things
elI. Shec will be( greatly moissed,.
ropj verIy mluch in the last eight or
en days. There are marny stailks ojf
Otton3 now~ that have ni z a green
afr on 'them. Young co is also
:afferi'ng.
A mad dlog passed thru Central one
ight last wecek and bit severail dogs
nd killed one little pup. All who
ave (logs hadi better watch them
6sely for the next two weeks. Many
eople here have killed their (logs.
Central Reporter,