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Th~ > ..~s Sentinel 0 BREYITIES All8 Thing You Know and Some. You DOn' Know About Our Tons, Couty & People Mrs. M. J. Harris is visiting in town. Mr. D. G. Moore made a trip to Columbia last week. The candidates, like the fruit trees, have begun to bud. The prospects are very prom ising for a good fruit crop this year. Mr Miley-of- Brunson, was the guest of Mr. Lloyd Grandy Sunday. John Joe McFall; who- is a student at Wofford College spent Sunday with his mother. Mrs. J. M. Powers; of Belton was visiting her~ sister, Mrs. Attaway, last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Holden of Calhoun are visiting the latters parents -Mr. and Mrs. R, A. Bowen. The Union meeting at Mt. Tabor last 'Saturday and Sun day was a very profitable and enjoyable one. Attention is called to the an nouncement of Mr. G. Wash Bowen for County Commission er in this issue. Mr. Bennett H. Powers has been in Los Angeles, Cal. about a month. Since going there he has accepted a position and will probably remain. The - Township Boards of Equalization were in Mr. Chris topher's office last Friday and Saturday going over property returns for 1912. The heavy rains last Thurs day night was general over the County and put the streams out again. ..Farm work was again given a setback of a week by it. - Mr. H. J. McGee representing the Southeastern Life Insurance Company was in Pickens last Friday and Saturday, looking after the interests of his com pany. We are requested to announce that there will, be a Layman's Missionary Rally at Pleasant Grove church the second Sun day and one at Friendship the third Sunday. Mr. Hubert Edens,' who has been connected with the firm of Moore, Mauldin & Co., left Pick ens last Thursday with his f am ily for Clarksville, Ga., to make their future home. Ret. J. B. Trammell, who formerly lived in this'- county and who-is known by many of our people, is announced as a candidate for the House in Oconee County.. Special music will be rendered next Sunday in the Methodist and Baptiste churches. The morning services in both these churches vwill be suited to the occasion-Easter, the Resurec tion At a meeting of the creditors of Moore, Mauldin & Co. here last Friday, it was decided to sell the stock of goods and ap ply on the indebtedness. The a.mount of assets and liabilities was not given out. Casey Porter, who has been attendinig the University in Co lumbia, came home last week for rest and recuperation. The hard- studies he has been pur suing has caused his health to become impaired. The W. C. T. U. had a very interesting business meeting at the .Methodist Church last Wednesday. The members purpose to hold a public meeting at an early day, the subject be ing "Asti-Cigarettes." A son of Mr IR. M. Foster had the misfortune to cut his toe and part of his foot entirely off with an axe one day last week. Mr..Foster and family have re cently moved back from Green ville to his old home andl farm near Peters creek. Supervisor Craig is improving the interior of* the court ro by placing patent seats in the jury box. The jury commis sioners hereafter will have to ~ en on the jury for * hardly hold very * hea Class of the .ay School is pre eign missions next Sundia night. The entire evening sa vice will be in their charg -an the public is cordially invit'd I be present. Mrs. Verrilia Masiers.wife Mr. Benjaman Masters. died a her homeinear Griini" ciirlchl the 24th ult. She had been i bad health for about 18 month, and at the time of her deatl was (;0 years old. She is si Yived by eleven children. lie remains were interred at Salud Hill church the day followin( her death. Nothing has been done so fa: towards improving and 'beauti fying the courthouse grounds Don't forget gentlemen of th, Board of County Commissioner that attention will be called t< this fact and we will continui to remind you of the unsighth appearance of the square unti something is done. We present our readers witi quite a surprise this week in tht announcement of Mr. M. C Long of WValhalla for Con:;res from this district. Mr. Long i knoten to many of our people having been court stenographei and also made the race two yea r ago for Solicitor. He is nov practicing law at Walhalla. The Hazood school closed Fri day, March 29th, after a ver' successful term under the man agement of Miss Irene Hen dricks. Miss Hendricks wa well pleased with the interes manifested by the patrons in al her efforts for the advancemen of the bright boys an(I girls ii her charge. The trusto especially were ever ready i encourage and support all nwas ures for the interest of th, school, and deserve comnenda tion. - Mr. Sam B. Craig has bee: appointed by Gov. Blease; delegate to the Comnmercia Congress, which will meet ii Nashville, Tenn., in April. report reached here last weel that Mr. Craig, who is now: student of the law departmien of the South Carolina* Univer sity in Colunmbia, will return t< Pickens this summer and ente> the race for the House. This however, is only rumor and i not given as authentic. Recently one of the counts road squads was rebuilding bridge over Golden Creek, nea Liberty, when Mr. Irwin Have one of the hands, spied a hug eel. Grabbing a shovel. h jumped into the creek an struck it with -The blade. Thi wounded it so that after aro'the lick he was able to get hold ofi with his hands. He had quit a tussle, however, before h landed it. It measured 3~ inches and weighed 4i pounds and was sold to Superviso Craig for twenty-five cents. The Majestic Range Demor stration at Heath, Bruce, Moi row Co's store closed Saturda night, and Mr. J. D. Ridenhour the representative of the Majes tic factory, left Monday fo Greenville, where he will be: week with The Gilreath-Dur ham Co., Greenville agents fo The Great Majestic. Hot coffee biscuits and cake were serve< to all, and there were many vis itors and buyers during thi ieek. The good qualities of tha majestic range were demostrat e L and people became acquaint ed with its safety, convenienc< and fuel saving. Quite a num ber of immediate sales wer< made, and then the advertising followed by a showing of it: superiority, there is no doub that many sales will follow. At the repeated request of th< patrons of the play "Down ii Dixie," recently presentedl ha the Pickens Band, the player have consented to reproduce th play on the evening of Apri 12th. The play is decidedly on of the best ever prod uced b)' local amateur talent, full o humor, pathos and dramati effects; it is hard to dletermin just which act is the. best. o just what character best pot trayed. From the rising of th< curtain to the close of the 4t] act., the undivided attention o the large audi'.nce attested the interest and excellence of tha product ion. Thei P'ickens Ban although newly organid is ti of the best in this motionm uw~ with a choice repor)o'tflriiif nished music bet ween (each1 ar Every one who failed in w.v ness the first pres~eti of the play should cert tinlv be present on the eveing. of. th 12th and we feel sure th1se al redly witnessing, will be a R. 0. Williams Dead. na I1.i Wi!!iam one "f t det cit izcns of the oum d at his home near Carne'!Church on the 27th ult. after a brief illness of pneu n1i. He was in his 92nd ear interment took place the day following his death at the Williams bur'ving ground. Mr. Williams was never mar ried and always lived a quiet, peaceable life. He was quite active for a man of his age until stricken in his last illness. Death of Mr. Aaron Boggs. Mr. Aaron Boggs, one of the oldest and best known citizens of the county, died at his home near Calhoun on the 29th ult. at the advanced age of 91 years. He has been a lifelong citizen of the county having moved here from Abbeville about sixty years ago. In young manhood he was married to Miss Elmira Stephens, who has been his constant companion all these years. To this union were born seven children, six of whom are now living, towit: Mrs. M. C. Newton, wife of Judge J. H. Newton of this place; W. A. -Boggs, Mrs. Alice Cochran, Mrs. Myra Boggs and Hal T. Boggs, all of C:lhoun; and A. J. Boggs the present Clerk of Court of this county.. Before and at the time of the breaking out of the w .r he was overseer and had the manage ment of the farms of Cal. John C. Calhoun, and being econo mical and frugal soon began to accumulate and through the 'years following had laid up quite a conpetencv. When the war came on he volunteered his services to the Confederacy and soon after was promoted to a lieutenant in Calhoun's com pany and served with distinc tion throughout the conflict. Mr. Boggs was a man of sterling qualities, admired and respected by all who knew him. SAbout two years ago he united Swith the Methodist Church. IHis remains were interred at tthe family burying ground near - his home last Sunday in the > presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends. Salesday. The crowd was rather small at the sales last Monday, but the land sold brought fair prices. SIn the case of Liberty Bank vs. SMary Willis, a lot in Liberty was bid off by the bank for L' 300. 1In the case of C. E. Day vs. SL. T. Green, 17 acres in Easley rTownship was bid off by C. E. Day for $400. CIn the case of Sallie Mullikin Cvs. Harvy G. Smith, 56 acres in SDacusville township was bid ~ff by J. T. Ferguson for $1,300. rThis was all the land sold. -The County Commissioners. -The Board of County Com missioners was in session in their regular meeting last Tues daiy. There were quite a num ber in attendance, most of whom 1had claimnes against the county -which they wanted converted into cash. A delegation of representative citizens from Easley appeared before the board in the interest of good roads (which are need ed just at this time)among them Dr. R. F. Smith, Mr. W. C. Smith, Mr. Elias Day, Hon. E. P. McCravy and several others. They presented to the board a suggestion and proposition adout as follows: That the govern ment would furnish a compe tent engineer and practical road builder who would superintend and direct the construction of a mile or two miles of road in this county to demostrate how to build good roads if the Commis sione-rs would furnish the labor, material and means. The matter was taken under consideration by the board but each member expressed himself as being highly in favor of good ~roads. It was suggested that they -make application to the govern m-ent for the assistance of an e xper't and make an experi ment of one or t wo miles on the road from Easlev to Pickens. This wil probably done at an ealy~ day and our citizens will theni be given the opportunity k,1now'ing what a good road is. Notice to Road Hands. N'ie is hereby given to all nursons liable to road dluty, that th tme has expired for the 1paynli-nt of the Road Tax to th Cuty rIeasurer, but the - Board of (Countv yonmmissioners nmyv pay the same to theirclerk on or Leore May 1st w-ithout pensitv. Aer this date the ptnialv wili be attached and the law wil! nave to take its coure. rhe iow is verv rigid in this respect as it makes it a riminal 'fnt-nse not to pay the Road Tax. and re(quires that all who do no :)av shall be liable to prostecution and on conviction pay a fine or serve the time on the chain.ang. J. B. Craig, Co. Supervisor. he School Contest at Easley. The oratorical and athletic contest of the high schools of the county took place at Easley ast Saturday. The teachers and several of the students of the school here went down. The Easley school, we are in formed, carried off all the trophies except the oratorical which was awarded Mr. Olin Draig of the Six Mile academy. Many of our citizens who were present at the contest are lavish in their praises of the Easley chool, and speak in commenda Lion of the interest shown it by he patrons and people general ly. We realize that we are lacking in this most important Feature-cooperation with teach ers and pupils. Often our teach ers invite us to attend certain exercises and these invitations are unheeded. This should not be so but all the patrons should feel a keen interest in their children and accept every op portunity to encourage the teacher and pupil and promote their best interests. We hope our people will profit by the splendid example f our neighbor town. The Farmer's Meeting. Pursuant to the notice pub lished in The Sentinel last week and in spite of the rainy inclem nt weather, quite a number of representative farmers were present, and i 2 mediately after the public sales Mr. J. ;F. Hen dricks introduced Mr E. WA. Dobbs, of sumter, the president of the State Farmers Union. Mr. Dobbs pegan his address by reading the declaration 01 purposes of the Farmers Union. He stoted that the county was now full of men who wete studying and trying to' instruct the people how to grow more crops anid at a less expense, year by year. But as he looked at the situation one and a very important feature regarding the interests of the producer was the lack of a prper system of maketing the crops the pro duced. He stated that it has been hown that there are years of large crops and years of small crops, but the problem confront ing the farmer is that of econo mically and prudently market the crops made. The first and most important thing for the farmers to con ider and the most effective way of overcoming combines and the bear gambler is for them is for them to produce every thing he and his family con umes, and have a surplus to put on the market for the con sumption of those who do not produce. When this is done make all the cotton you can as surplus and store it in your warehouse for a price at a profit. He stated that there had nev ar, in his judgement, been an >verproduction of any crops, and would never be as long as here were people in the vworld nclothed, and as long as there were people unfed. But the ~reat draw back to the farmer s to the value of his produce was the lack of a proper and ystematic plan by which they ould effectively market their products. He stated that the itroni growers of Florida had :heir setting agencies, the fruit growers of California had theirs md the onion growers of Texas aad theirs. Many other indus :ries were doing the same thing, rd until some such plan is dopted and put in operation for the products of the farmers of :he South the same chartic con litions wlll prevail. Now the thing which the Far er's Union is endeavoring to lo was to establish in each ounty or at commercial centers buying and selling agencies for Lhe farmers. Such an agency is now in operation at Sumter, Anderson and other places. This idea is to employ a man, who will buy and take over the produce of the formers and put in on the market for the far mers as the market demands it. The twentieth century as the age of organization. We see it mong every business and in enery avocation of life except the farmer, and these can nev their part. By the time Mr. Dabbs finish ed talking the crowd had grad ually grown less until only a few was left, and the warehouse matter was not discussed nor considered. Mr. J. F. Hen dricks stated to The Sentinel man, however, that subscrip tion lists were being circulated over the county and an effort being made to secure the stock, and as soon as the amount was suoscribed the stockholders would be called together to or Yanize. It is to be hoped that the far ners and business men will not illow this most important cheme to fall through. It is nore to the interest of the far ner than anyone else, and ev ,ry farmer in the county should :ome right up to Mr. Hendricks' 1elp and make t1-e thing go. .veryone should have some ;tock in it and there fare very ew who are not able to have tock in it. JUST ksaat L ANCE Hfl SEJ THE PAC Heath Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Chil dress. This good woman pa.ztrd into the great beyond last Monday at the home of her son-in-law Mr. J - R. Porter who livs near Mountain View church. She had reached beyond her three score and ten being at the 1 time of her death in her 83rd year. g She is survived by ten living J children. Her husband and I three children preceded her to the grave some years ago. Her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Secona Baptist church the day following her death, the funeral services be ing conducted by Rev. J. M. t Stewart. LOST! a load of wood every once and awhile by not havingr t a Majestic Range, for sale by t Heath, Bruce, Morrow Co. a RECEIv MAD *IAI HA~a A Fll : Hmb LATET TIC I AB BrucelM Pikes oul Mr. Frank Cox Injured. As we go to press, we regrz to learn that Mr. Frank Cox, the depot agent was this morn ing painfully but not seriously hurt. when a box car backed against him. pinning him be tween the car and the depot platform. The attending phy 5icians are of the opinion hat these are no internal in juries, though he was seriously >ruised about the body. We 1ope that nothing serious vill develop, and that he will be )ut again shortly. Isn't it strange some people vill vote for a bad man simply >ecause the newspapers are tgainst him? Human life is the cheapest hing extant. Is it because of he laxity of the juries, judges nd pardoning powers? D RE.D bng l, Big Skip hkaing Candidatesa Column For Congress I hereb touthue h aPself a eanidate fc Congressf frotue Th eird Cangres-ional Dici of South Carolina, subject to the action f t voters of the District in the Democ .a p les. acptt M. RUS C. LONG Walhalla, S.C For County Commissioner The friends of Mr. G. Wash' Bowen here announce him as a candidat. for "ounty 009 missioner, subject to the action of he votes the primary election. Grow Long Staple Cotton. Columbia is the best of the up-. land varieties. Yields as wel.O as common cotton to the acre. Sells for from 4 to 8c more than common cotton. Seed for-saie at $1.50 per bushel. Clevelan Big Boll $1.00. W. L. BogI Liberty, S. 4t No. 1 4,4 IO8 msent st Receivwed r US mi YOU UP ,onipy