The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-12-03
1914
Great Thanksgiving
Day at Dacusville

Lay al OQCuSvll1C
Rev. j. Dean CRANE spoke at
Dacusville school auditorium on
Thanksgiving day on the SUBJ
ject: Let us guard with care
that which we already have en-
trustedwith u.s.
Mr.. Craine handled this sub
ject with a great deal of skill.
! He went on to say that the des-
tiny of this country depended on
these mountain boys and girls.
He said that God had preserved
these people as His original peo-
pie. He said that the beautiful
mountain girl, with her rosy-red
cheeks and lustrous brown eyes,
was not made by machinery,
but was Gods original girl. The
old, stalwart mountain boy, with
his pants too little and some
times too short, was Gods orig
inal boy; and it is these boys
and girls, in whose veins the
pure Anglo-Saxon blood flows,
that must carry the truth thru
out the world.
All who were present seemed
to enjoy the lecture very much.
After the lecture we stated, all
who would subscribe anything
to the seating of the auditorium
would have the opportunity of
doing so. The friends, like Da-
cusville people always do, re-
sponded literally, and over sl0O
was raised.
Now for the entertainment on
THANKSGIVING night. Was it a
success? I think I can hear
your voices ringing out Yes"
beyond the shadow Of a doubt.
You know when the people of
Dacusville undertake anything
they carry it out.
The first play on the program
was My Mother-in law" COM
posed of the following charac-
te1s:
Mr.. George Williams, Samuel
Spikens; Mr.. B. F. Williams,
Charlie Chopsticks; Miss Eliza
beth FAINT, Mrs. Caesar Iron
clasp, the mother-in-law; Miss
Mary Finch (Julia), the wife of
Samuel Spikens and daughter of
Mrs. Ironclasp; Miss Louise
Jones MAUD, the wife of Char
lie Chopsticks; Miss Connie Fer
guson Cheek, the maidserYant
Of Samuel Spikens.
The play was well carried out.
All the characters knew their
parts and made it like the real
thing. T here were several
mothers-in-law present and they
seemed to enjoy it very much.
The next thing on the program
was the afterpiece, Taking the
! Census, by Miss Delsie Hogsed,
The Old Woman" and Pink
ney Aiken, the census taker. 1t
was. we'll carried out.
Then came the interlude, My
Col, Sall!" recited in negro dia-
lect by Babe Thomas. 1t is a
settled fact that Babe Thomas
was the ugliest negro that ever
walked out on the stage: l
think you might say the ugliest
one in the South. He is good
one.
Next on the program was the
play, entitled "Jumbo-Jum, "
composed of the following char
acters:
Sam Aiken Jumbo-Jum. l
heard some one saying Sam was
"a cute negro;" Pinkney Aiken,
MIR. Gobbleton; H. Julian, Henry
Meryille; Sam Jones, Lawyer
Cheatem; Miss Lille Ferguson;
Adelaide; Miss Bernice, Hannah,
Miss Dena Sutherland, Mrs. Cob
bleton. This play was also we'll
carried out.
There is a saying, Laugh and
grow fat" and I think that the
people who were at Dacusvllle
Thanksgiving night must weigh
more today than they did then;
The Cedar Rock string band
was with US and gave US some
splendid music, which added a
great deal to our entertainment.
We wish to thank them very
kindly.
Kind friends, speaking in be-
half of the Dacusville people, we
will be glad to have you in our
midst any time. We want you
to come to see us; tell us where
you live so we can come to see
you and spend few happy mo-
ments together.
Thanking the people for their
presence and assistance. l am
Yours respectfully,
e. B. CRANE,
PRINCIPAL Dacusville School.