The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-07-24
Mr.. and Mrs. I. A. Bowen En-
terrain a Lawn Party

One of the most ENJOYABLE
events OF the season was the
lawn party at the beautiful
country home of Mr.. and Mrs,
J.. A. Bowen last Thursday
evening, given in honor of Miss
Otis e. O'Dell, sister of Mrs.
Bowen, and her guests, Miss
Mamie Jett, of Atlanta; Miss
Vivian Allgood and Miss Annie
Brown, Of Liberty.
The evening was a beautiful
moonlight one and old people.
young people and children, of
Pickens, Liberty and vicinity
gathered on the lawn about 9
O'Clock to the number of about
200. The yard and home were
beautifully a d artisticallv
decorated with Japanese Ian
terms, roses and daises. Any
pedestrian passing by would
have taken the scene to be one
OF a veritable fairy land.
Promptly at nine o'clock Miss
Otis O'Dell and others entered
the diamond as umpires and
called the game of drinking
native American made punch
and talking to native American
made girls, to order, and Gentle
man John, the ever persistent.
handsome and handy widower,
OF Pickens, with all the grace
and gallantry of a Chesterfield,
came first to the bat, knocked a
home run and won the game
forhis best girl. Farmer George,
age 81, worshipful master of
Twelve Mile Lodge, Bachelors
Fraternity of Pickens, and min
lister plenipotentiary to the de-
partment of the Blue Ridge.
then on deck, came to the Bat
next and called for time to find
his best girl, whom he said
must either be lost, strayed or
stolen. The umpire consented
and he started out for that pur-
pose, but was soon arrested by
j. +. Glenn, chief marshal, for
exceeding the minimum speed
limit Of one mile in a thousand
years, by standing so long in
same place that the rose bushes
and grass died under his feet for
lack Of fresh air and sunshine.
Blocked the way to the punch
bowl, but not from it, for nobody
left it after getting to it; and
impeded the progress Of pedos-
TRANS in various ways. He
was promptly arraigncd and
plead guilty to the charges of
damaging private property and
felonously, deliberately, willful-
~, maliciously, did, then and
there, with malice aforethought
and with negligence in his heart
divert, steal and carry himself
away from his best girl against
the peace of the young lady
and the dignity Of himself. He
was sentenced to pay a fine Of
IS, 900 and talk to a young lady
thirty minutes, both of which
he refused to do, but offered to
give bond for his prompt appear
ance at the next lawn party if
the young lady would agree,
securely handcuffed to his best
girl that she may not lose him
again.
Gentleman John was also
arrested for the double crime of
exceeding the speed limit and
talking to two old maids at the
same time, neither one being
the right one, and both talk
ing so fast he couldn't tell which
one he was talking to, thereby
endangering the life and limbs
of others. Charges were pre-
ferred against him by his best
girl for the above and breach Of
promise and false pretense com
mitted in the night time. He
plead the statutes and bond was
fixed at $40, 600 for his appear
ance at the next lawn party.
Immediately twenty old maids
came forward from near the
punch bowl each one wanting
to sign his bond first. but were
all rejected by the Judge be-
cause they couldn't repeat the
oath of Justification. Chat
punch must have been spiked.)
Promptly at eleven o'clock Gen
tleman John - failed to
give bond, the prosecutrix, wo-
man like, repented and came to
his rescue, claimed him inno-
cent and in the presence Of all
those twenty old maids signed
his bond and took charge of
him herself. Gentleman John
and the prosecutrix in all her
angelic beauty walked quietly
away from the temple Of injus-
tice and when last seen by the
writer they were sitting quietly
in the shadow of a pecan tree