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The Pickens Sentinel PICKENS, S. -0. S AUGUST 14, 1913 GARY HIOTT MANAGER Entnred at Plokes roistonlce ad Becond Clas Mail Matter The Sentinel is not responsible for the views of its corres pondents. Would women make good bank tellers. We are shocked by the cur rent complaint about the heavi ness of light bills. Trhe New Orleans Picayune thinks that 'on ought not, to expect a noile to have horse sense. As it tinied( out, that pocket book anid $180 was not the only thing Ambassador Wilson lost last week. DoJi't forget that on your wa y up the ladder of success it is not necessary to ptish someO one else down in order that you may reach the top, A Fraud. One of the most expeiisive and the least uisetulI hablil. now ill exist.elc is tle utiit of (rinking cohl dIrinks. E1very hottling plantf is a fraiNI w hether they intend to he or not, it, costs theiml sonethiing of course, but their stuif is of no value whatuever. It is not oily of no value but, it is positively ha rm fil. H, is injurious to hea l th. No one can i drink cold bottled drinks habitually without in jury to his or her health and it is absolutely of no value to the drinker. A glass of good cold water is far bItter. The w ate' costs nothing and does niot, in jIre, but hel)s tIhe 111(1Ni (Ivial who uses it. We have been told that the coistant use of cold drinks, especially coca c)la calls for stonger and may eventually lead to the use of strong drinks There ought to he some. way to stop the useless practice of making and selling bottled drinks, for as loig as it is made some ody will I trow away his money for it and in - juire his heaLlthl by (drinking if;. If people will mfake if' alnd drin1k it, let us makhe it useful ini some way. This is w hat we pr'opose. 1Let the next general assembily pass an act taxing coca cola 10 per cent. and the other stuff 5 per cet'Ol. and~ let the fax h)e tiurnedl into the school fund of the coun ty to be( us~ed ini our public schools. '1'hre people are crying outI ha rd times and it is a time I ha I money is very scarce and1( vet one little grocery store in Pickens county sold last year $1 ,00(0 worth of coca cola alone. T1he only p~arties who made anything out of it was the man wvho miadei it and the man wvho sold1 it. The poor fellow who dIrank it had1 nothing but a "tonedl up syst em"n with his money gone. Let us break up the useless andt harmful habit. The Good Ol'd Fash ion Way. "Wh.T1at, has becomne of the old fash ioned1 parien ts who imade their children wait and eat at the second table when company camne and mother was afraid that there might not be0 enough o'hickeni to go) ar'ound?"--0Green ville Piedmont. We think they l ive at P'ickenis.-Easley Progress. Capt. W. B. Ailgood Ever since the old soldier's re union in June, last, we have intended to say a few word1s about our old friend and1 fellow citizen, Capt. W. B. Allgood, oneC of the most familar figures at each reunion. "'Uncle Bill'" looks a little older each year, - but stills retains his youthful spirit and is just as jolly as when a boy. It certainly (100s the younger set good to see Uncle Bill and the other boys who wore the gray during tho sixties, meet and talk of the hardships and struggles of "time wvar. We suppose there could be found a reunion at Pickens without Uncle Bill, but it cer tainly would not be the same. Hie is the life of the reunions. We earnestly hope that Uncle Bill may bo spared many years to brighten the lives of others and make merry the reunions * for the people of Pickens. No better wvish could wg make for this (dear old veteran than to *express the hope that during the remainder of his life he may be as good a soldier of Jesus Christ as he was a soldier under' Letter From W The following letter written by Wn. G. Mullinnix to A. 0. Norris is taken from an And erson Gazette of 1860. Tippal County, Miss., June 25, 1860. A. 0. Norris-Dear Friend: I am closing up my fifty-fifth year, and as I am Impressed with the idea that my days are almost numbered in this strange lal, and being at a consider able listance from many of my relatiois and a large portion of of my old acquaintances and friends, for whom I feel a great retgard, I wish before "I pass aw'ay from this, to another modo of existence, to give through your columns a short sketch of my life, hoping that it may admonish others to be more faithful than I have been. I was born in Sparianburg District, South Caroliana, the 2nd of July. 1805, and brought to Penldletoni inl the winiter of 1809, and when l'endleton was divided, I was (it, off oil the Pickens, six Ill(e's northvt of' Peun iletoni. M.y Iiotlei had u 1 nin1 childre.. I w Os e lifiih SoIl out of six. 1v father was aff flicted wi'lh l ulce or cancer oil Iis face, which ook him off when I was ver.y ong, thouigh abile o. work. M y younger b)o her ml( I were left in charge f 1a widlowed imiot her, and as vc hl n othii'er cianlces for a iving"., bill by the fam, we h1d .0rv litt h e cilluwe to go to school \I hat timNe here was very vw Sa bhat h schoowls: Ihere. wa's me, howevver, enri-ied mn Iby 01m1 OF mny kimlI Ilre(sbrte ian11 rielnIS af l'enldleton, 411lIni myN ounlger brlher(.1 :nni I walkedl huIIIOMsI. everyN, Siabath morning L (list alce of six Iniles. It was i that sclool that I got iartii of ny - e'dliationl. lhiing that ,imeo there Was nlo clhm-ch,41 at, Pendleton of ani dlienminiiiat lioll. We Sonwtim 114hi preac'd('hilg in t he ('oIrl I llouse, aild Some I in<-S .wvei to Ile St 0one Circh. Oiur- go(d old friend, Crosby Miller went with us froi the chool to the church. 1. was very ser-ioulsly conivictevd, and joined the Methodist, Epviscopal church in the seventh y(ear oif my age. Bitt. as I was often thrown in company with wicked youngstrs, I 1.beame c areless, thmght lever plrofaln or oit. brea k ingly wiced I con. tiinie'd ini (connetion with flin churi ch as a se'eker, uni l I wa s miarried, bu; never* had mado a profetssion of religion. A short. time afte'r lini marrage to P.* ]. Gaines, which took place the 21st of Sept embher, 182-1, I be c'amei seriously t'oncerined on ie subj~ect of r'eligion.--My wvife wvas a professor and~ thati gave' me1 some1 encloura'.genlmnt. Th vr wa a uterl~ 't(''y meeO(tig held at Old 'Twelve N lie Chuiiirch on the 11th of J1une, 1821; and .1 be01live it was Ithen aind I here, that the b ord forn Christ's sake converted my soul. Oh! it. was a time I never shall forget. I commiientedi then to hold family pra~yer, anid I have tied'( to keep'l it up ever sinice. I was ina short, timie ajpoiifed to hetadI the class of' whIiichi I was a mnem - hat ion wvith the' (liirch uuntil the Spring of' 1829, wh len the'elmiirch gav'e mle licenise to exhort , amd in then lVall I was l i(cnsedI to l)reach at. I he 'amlip-mieletug at Saiidy Spring. I continu't in thatI'i',I rlt)nwilt the chuiirch un ti I Februiary*, 1835, wh len .1 wvas ordlained~ a D eat'on in the Tlown'i of' C~oinbia, by lishop A ndr'ews, and that year II tray tlled the Pendleton ci rcuit, in aso0n. In the close of' thatI year I resumnedI my w~ork as a local miniister, working duiring th e wveek and1 trying to preach on Sunday. in 18319, 1 was ap pointed by the State to take the census of Pickens District wvhich I didl ini the best manner. I could, still trying to keel) my* appointments. In 1949, .1 was re-appointed to the sameii work. When Igot through I wont back to my farmi-all the .tinoU keeping up may appoeiniments, until the yeair .1852, when .1 was ordained an ElIder in thie town of Mecklen burg, Charlotte coun1 t~y, N. C., still continuinag liy work as a local miniister unttil [857, when I was emlioyed to ;ravel the Anderson circuit in ~onnection with Rt. P. Franks. [n 1859 I was appoimnted for the hird time to number thie white nhabitants ofPickens~ District,1 On the 11th of last October, strange to tell, I wvas influenced to bid farewelhl to my old home and Old friends for a distant land, and on the fifth of last November, I landed near wvhereo four counties of Mississippi cor nelr, ishemingo, Itawamba, r iipahi aln d Pontatoc. And no0w, when I review yps life, I fehl a regret that I havye not beeni -nmore faithfu1l Though 1 am satisfied that I have spent nearly all th m.Mullinnlix. strength that, I have had, h the farm and in the church; a I have had to provide for a wifi and eleven children, the young est of whom is now in her thir teenth year. I have had but little rest in this world. According to the best accouni I can give, I have tried to preact near two thousand five-hun dred sermons; baptized nea five hundred persons, an(d mar. ried near two hundred couples, I can't give any correct account of the number I have received on probation, or of the numbei of funerals and burials I have att ended. or of the sick I have visited and prayed with. I have been in some great revivals one of precious memory, was at Uni )i some fourteen years ago. My first uisit to that, place was to preach a funeral, and al though it was on Friday, and iIn a very busy s1ea1son of the year, there was a fine turnout, and the times for a good r5,ival was most encoulraging. I told the people in the (id that if they would build a chur'ch or a stanld, I wolid try to preach to th1em'I monthly. They soon built a stand, and in -a short tilie a (hu1r(ch, and in a yery slhort time n v had a la rge so ciey there. l it a th vliat I adminislred to d uring that re vival, have gon ('to Ole chulirch triimpihait inl lheve. But I canl't fre.Aindersonl( Court H ous'. My firist s1'rmnoni in th 1at villn(' w41as in 1831. att hat time, Ohrw as a. ver Sun. iV od .tat' of f li)ng g0i:erallv, all went ho t hm Mlhodist. chur 1ch, Ae f hll 1, . hat , time till t lot 1, I le Stalte, I. had iany pleasaint meetmg there, someit ine in lie Presbyt'iani :1nid soletimes Al the r'aptist clitirch a 11nd I am :'oTnstrained to say, that there It met with more general liberahi.y tbhan in any field of hior I ever attended. 'Not only from the '11chm0, but from men of the wolld. And then in Pendleton, my first sermon there was in tfhe old Court 1 louse, and some times in thePresby terian church. At, the request of my old friend, E. B, Benson and others, after laboring awhile we got a Meth odist church put up, and it was one of my regular appointments unitil .1 left. and there 1 left many kind friends; and 1 want inmy old frlienlds to renember as they pass throupgh Pendleton, that th~eiri old friend1 anid brothei has tried to preach in all th< ch u rches in i h at -. illage. -And. t here is Sharon, 1 coinmneiicedl withI that portion of country' soime thirty vear's since, befor( ther'e was any house of wor ship Th'Ie prIesent hlouse is th( third that has been1 built; th< hirst was too small, the second1 i kew ise. -The present house, alithough tolerably large, was often found to b)0 too small tc hold( the congregation. 1 feel a great regardl for Sharon con. gregation. At that church ] often met many of my Presby terian friends from Carmel, andI sonme from Pendleton, and some~ times my kind old brethren' Kcnnedly and Rfoss; men witli whom I have labored and corn muned; men who fanned my fevered1 briow in 1848, and were ready, and dlid divide their good hings wvith me, as well as mnaniy others I conuld name. It cauises me)1 to look back with feelings I can't adlequlately dte scibew, and I. am satisfied1 that I (lilt wrong (ever to leave at field of' labor wh(ere there was so muiich still to (10. A word1 in reference to Pick ens (1. I[. I comimencedc trying to preach there in 1836, at the requlest of the Clerik of the Court Silas Kirksey and P. Alexandler anid other-, the three named are all gone, and I anm still contend mlg with the ills of life. The Court H-ouse was the place wihere all denonminationus wor shipped unt il a few years sice, w"hen tlhey built a Presbyterian church. Since then we all wor shuij inu tihe same house. 'i'bough the conigregetioni was sinall generallIy comnpared with others, yet there wvas some noble spirits there, both in andl out of the church. Oh! how I would like t~o see them. There is Mt. Zion, shall I say my home church? T1here I have hadl sonme gracious mieetings, and~ there is where I tried1 to preach my fir'st and1 last sermon in South Caro. lina, and if I could have my choice, it is the place where I would1 make my -grave. Per haps this is alt sympathy,but I must say wvith the poet: "'You may bury me in the East You may bury me in the West, I shall hear the trumpet sound mn that mori'ng." I can't speak of all the church es wvhere I have labored In Pidk ens, Andlerson, Greenville and1 Abbevillo, and as I must close, permit me to say, it would af ford me great pleasure to visit the dIfferent conigregations, and worship with you one time' more. But shouil we n-,.l meet again on earth, I hope that you are still trying to add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and all the I graces of the spirit, that you ; may be neither barren nor un i fruitful in the knowledge and love of God. Dear brethren: I still feel like pressing forward till I am done with the toils and disappointments of this world. St. Paull had learned one les son, that I can't say I have. Paul said he had learned in whatsoever state he was, there with to be content. I am not contented in this country, and sometimies when I think of (lays gone by, I think I had rather be back in Carolina and have the I imblest fare, than to have all this country can afford. Friends, pray that your old friend may have grace to over rNle this unhappy stite of feel ings, and be able to say with his last breath, all is well. I promise you, that I will endeav or to be more faithful in the caiuse of my Mlaster, the balance of my life. I feel it is (11ue to the people of this country, to say that they treat mec very kindly, amn manifest a desire thiat I shoul( remain with them,. But I say to you nlow, as it re spects my temporal arrange ments, my future is a perfect 1)laik; what to (1o, I cannot tell. My hope ad (trust is in God, believing 1lhat lie in His glory, will overrule all for my good. s I close. Farewell friends, Wi. G. Mullinnix. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense .of smell and completely derange the i wholo system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you I can possibly derive from them. HalPes Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying Hail's ( Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu ine. It is taken internally and made In Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes timonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. M7, A SOLID CAR BARBED WIRE AND NAILS A SOLID CAR CHASE CITY BUGGIES The Chase City Buggy needs no introduction to the people of Pickens County as we have sold them for the past ten years, and they have given us less trouble than any buggy we have ever sold at the price. Light tunining, well painted and trimmed, and every part of thin from the wheels to the top made of the very best quality. ~ Let us show you our line, and if you are looking for quality and comfort in a buggy, you can't go wrong to buy a Chase City. A big stock of the old reliable Mitchell wagors in all sizes. Yours truly, Folger, Thornley & Co. Clothing, Shoes. Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods a Specialty. Sole agents for Walk-Over and Boyden Shoes, Carhart Overalls, Hawes Hats, Iron King Stoves, New Home Sewing Machines,Chase City and Bal)cock Buggies,Mitch ell Wagons and Mitchell Automobiles. emarkable Cure of Dysentery Socia 1)tmet with thle chur-ch at Coriinti "I was attacked with dysen- The Saluda Association )To 2 near Central. The mert,. ery about July 15th, and used in Williamston the last days of - vas not very largely attem( ,he doctors medicine and otherj July. Several thousand people d es emedies with no relief, only were present. About forty m t th eetted aout tetting worse all the time. I isters were Lhere. Ne al A hhweeti 'va te ab of vas unab'e to do anything and the pastors in the association pastors. Noassociation can ho ny weight dropped from 145 to were present takingi an active what it onalt to be withot tlie [25 pounds. I suffered for about interest in th work of the asso wo months when I was advised ciation The association is per- presence and co-operation of the o n s e Chamberlain's Colic, haps the largest and wealthiest pastors. If the pastors cannoL Jholera and Diarrlioea Remedy. in the State. Forty-nine church- attemd at this time of year on [ used two bottles of it and it es belong to the body and about aecomnt of protracted meetigs, Nave me permanent relief," 10,000 members. It was a great ten the a i Avrites B. W. Hill, of Sno w Hill, meeting and an inspiration to Meaa tithyc a)1lgilt .w C. Forpsale byAall dealers. bube Present.t YOUR SHOES ARE THE KEYNOTE OF YOUR APPEARANCE Choose them so they. will fit and feel right. That means comfort and a graceful carriage. Women's Footwear - Includ ing all the very latest Spring models in Oxfords, Slippers and Pumps. Ladie's low cuts in. white canvas, white rnu h)uIc an-id white linen. Ladie's lo w cuts in tan. Ladies low cuts in black. 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