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yMM= Newsmm TH1E PICK(ENS SENTNE) -PUBLISHED WEEKLY - - - PUBLISHEDW e r* Pe -.. . 4 ma malior.. a c *f o re-- or arel 8,1879 SUBSCRIPTION RI E, 1. YEAR l'N~t~ished 1871-Volumie 43 ~PICKENS, S. C., NOVEMBER 27, 1913 NUMJ3R2 o h Makes i By GEORGE Old Bill Gray, who was running against Peter Grant for Mayor of iu raldene, had challenged Uncle Peter to a joint debate, and I was making eady. Early Monday morning I had satisfactory interview with the Bub blower, who had come on from N' York to take charge of our new auth or this particular occasion. All-4y long the preparations for the joint"debate went forward with enthusiasm, and' everything moveable in the community tireatened to be in the public square when the gong sounded. It was a cinch that the Candidate who got stage fright, or failed to show up at the Joint debate, would get all his when the votes were counted. The meeting was scheduled for 8 u clock' and by 7:20 the Square was packed with partisans of both sides. Promptly at 7:15 I sent our auto with the imported chauffeur panting up to Uncle William's villa, having first assured myself that Bunch was busy at the Square. I was Uncle Peter's manager, and Bunch Jefferson was second for Bill Gray. "Mr. Jefferson sent me after you," my agent told Uncle William. "But where's our own conveyance?" the old gentleman inquired, suspi ciously. - "Mr. Jefferson has gone to get the referee and didt't want you to be late," the opposition candidate was told as per arrangement. "Oh; all right," said Uncle William, climbing into the auto, and with this the driver headed for the river road and was off like a scared rabbit. "Stop! stopt where are you going?" yelled Uncle William as they shot out of town. "Mr. Jefferson said to give you some fresh air so's you could handle your mitts livelier when the fight started," the Bubble tender yelled back, so he let out a few more links and burned over the bridges. "Mr. Jefferson is a Jackass!" shout. ed Uncle William. "I've been doing nothing all day but getting fresh air. Take me to the public square at once, sir! I never rode at this speed in al) my life-stop it! stop it!" "Can't do it!" said the brave stranger. "There's something wrong with the brake valve-hold fast! here's a, hill!" You have not4 The Folloi Foir th Armstronlg P1harminacy. Barr Driy !oods Comnpany. R. L. R Bentz. Bruce & D)oster Driug Coi panly. Brunis Mc1eee Company. Secure from any of th< made your last purchase. .Changexr of Commerce. Remember)(~ the ex The rest room over *for your comfort while in 4 - -m ( Henr t Mayor V. HOBART Down they went and up the othe: side and on and on for miles, Uncl< William yelling for the cops and th Bubble blower bent double over the steering gear. Then all of a sudden the machin< stopped and nearly pitched Unclh William overboard. "Now," squeaked the Oppositioi Candidate; "I hope you're satisfie< that I have fresh air enough. Get m( back to town at once, sir!" "Can't do it," moaned the splendid chauffeur. "Why not?" inquired the excited Uncle William, looking at his watch. "The lHubble's bust!" groaned tha most interesting stranger. Uncle William let a yell out of hin that set the trees back from the road way. "I'm due at the public square a' eight o'clock!" he fumed, dancing around the machine. "And that's about eight miles fron here as the crow files," replied my noble emissary, whereupon Uncle Wil liam sat down by the darkened road side and began to bite the night air In the meantime the platform in the public square groaningly received the committees, the bottle holders and th< referee. I sat next to the chair reserved foi Uncle Peter and began to wonder wha he didn't put in an appearance. On the other side of the platforn Bunch was beginning to rubber ner vously, and I was using my sleeve t( hold a fine bundle of laughs. I knew, within a few miles, wher< Uncle William was about this time but why did Uncle Peter delay bi entrance? Eight o'clock came and the vast as senlblage was called to order b .iinire Tlonipson, whoe diuty it wa to introduce the opposing candidate and start the battle. The Squire made his little speec and sat down amid great applause. Then silence fell and everybod looked at everybody else uneasily. Where were the two Principals? I knew that Uncle William wa about two miles further away than h was the last time I thought of him but where was Uncle Peter? Presently when the tenison becam almost unbearable Bunch Jefferso: Free RAIl ml~y the best mar mvng is the cash purchases i 'chases of $25.00 fares both ways a Firm Campholl TPilo anid Mant Company. Carolina H-ardl ware Compar Carpenter Brother's. i Childers-Cely Shoe Comipar "H. Endel. Flourney & Vaughn GIireath-Durham Compan above jirms a Chamber of Cc They will refund your railway ['le :nerchant himself will rede cellent rail-oad servi the Fourth National Bank, wit ;reenville. dig At 9:30 Only a Pew Night-Hawks F arose and-ffiad~le bluff'a'f his ife. "Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentl I men," he began, as he took an o6 letter from his coat pocket, "I hai just received a note from Mr. Willial Gray in which he states that an e tremely important call over the lon distance telephone will detain him home for a few minutes. In tl meantime permit me to suggest thi the Ion. Peter Grant open the d bate." Bunch sat down amid great a plause and loud cries of "Grant! C at him, Grant!" filled the air. Then I saw my chance. The Opposition had dropped i guard and now to land a jolt. "Mr. Chairman and ladies and ge tlemen," I began when silence was r stored, "We accept without hesitatic the excuse put forth by the Ho William Gray's spokesman. I am ci i powered to state that in deference i the opposing Candidate's matur years and grayer hairs tho Ion. Pet Grant will not put in an appearan on this platform until the I-Ion. Wi lam Gray is first seen and honored 1 his townspeople." A thunderous burst of applaui >went up and Bunch nearly fainted. I sent four of our committee out head off Uncle Peter and explain mi ters, and when I turned around Bun and some of his friends had dis; peared. Presently the crowd began to f impatient and cat-calls filled the a 3 There wasn't anybody on the pli s form with nerve enough to get up a tear off a speech, so we had to I there and look foolish. Bunch was back in ten minutep Iot r ing very pale and excited, while t crowd took up the chorus: "Gra Gray! why do you stay away?" 9 Some of my scouts returned wi 3 the news that no trace of Uncle Pet , could be found, and I began to wond what would happen if the crowd ca 3 ed upon me to produce him. .Half-past eight and no Candida LWAY FAEl ket in upper Sout having y Plan: Lmounting to $2 5. or more one fare vill be refunded u: s that will The Above Agreement Has el Globo Optical Company. 0 . M. Goodlett. Greenville FuritureC Compu)1 y Henderson - Ashmore Willi Company. Hobbs - H-enderson omipana yW. H. Houston & Brother. How to Get mmerce Rebate Book. Have fare. This is an improvemnent em it now. GreenvuiIle 's ce Greenville hmas: 56 h Matron in constant attendlan( Foi -Greenville em ained of the Once Great Audience. Quartet or nihe and ri CaiidIdahes - The crowd had its kidding clothes or d by this time, and Bunch was handed some pretty lively language, but he was game to the finish, that boy was! ,-s- At nine o'clock the cr6wd had - Ithinned out to such an extent that th it referee got up and went home. Gab( le Malone arose to address what wai it left of the audience; but before h( e- served a half-portion of bad grammai somebody in the front line pointed E p- toy pistol at him, and he did a back o flip off the platform and hiked foi home. A fter that there was nothing doing ts At 9:30 only a few night-hawks re inained of the once great audience a. The representatives and committeeE 0- on the platform dwindled away until in finally nobody was left save Bunch a. and I. I looked over at Bunch from time tc Lo time and he looked over at me, but we )r never cracked a smile. )r At 10 o'clock we still sat there, bul ,o we had our backs to each other, 0l- At 10:10 the audience consisted of >y one 'sea-going back, with both horsl and driver asleep. se The hack didn't seem to care what happened. to At 10:15 we arose, handed eaci Lt- Dther the laugh and went home. ch The joint debate was a fizzle, but LP- had a shade the best of it. I found Aunt Martha and Clara J. 1i etj lears when 1 reached the villa. Ir. "Poor Uncle Peter!" sobbed Clart it- "oh, where Is he? whcre is he? id 's boon amsn.ramitd, I know It,' sit Aunt Martha sobbed back. "Oh, tha k. i he had never gone into politics!" he I succeeded in calming them afte yj a time, and by dint of much question Ing learned that two strangers ha< th called to see Uncle Peter on ver er urgent business at about 7:15, an( or that the trio had started off hurriedl: In the direction of the river road. Hank, Barney Doolin and I at one took a lantern and followed .tha trail XE TO GREE 1h Carolina in whi our Railway Fare 00 the Railway Fn will be re-munded I p to 60 miles. Refund Yot Been Entered Into by the Followii J. 0. Jones Company. Koys-Mahon Com pany. y King-IBrownim> Company. s C, F. Lagerholmi Company. Lewvis Prin ting Compan y. r.Markley H~ard( ware & Manu factur'ing Company. Your Railway Fa purchases entered in the book an on the former plan by which it Splendidt Raihaw pasenger trains (dail' e is main'ained1 I pa Further Information N Chamber of Auout a mne rron tro vina on tn bank of the river is a big ice-hous< and as we approached it we heard th most unearthly yelling, swearing an kicking of boards. "Sure, it sounds like the ould ma whin he's excited!" cried Barney a we unbolted the door. It was Uncle Peter who stood b( fore us, a sad spectacle in the lar tern's light. "The villains!" he shouted; "ol John, my boy, I'm so glad to see you The villains! they lured me down her, with a lying story that I could so Bunch Jefferson teaching a lot o Italian floaters how to vote!" I leaned against the ice-house an nearly choked. "When they got me here they boll ed the door on me," Uncle Pete stormed, "and they told me, the vil lains, not to describe anything I migh see here in my speeches against th "Sure, It Sounds Like the Ould al Whin He's Excited," Cried Barney. Opposition. low could I see an thing in this damn old ice-house?" When I told hin about the joint d< bate and of the non-appearance c the Hon. William Gray he calme down at once. L "What do you suppose kept old Bf Gray away?" Uncle Peter asked, a I we walked up the road. "You can search me, Uncle Peter "I said as we reached the fence by t road Just as an automobile can Schuck-chuckIng painfully along. We waited in the darkness to k It go by!I As It Passed we saw an agitated oit t gentleman in the reapeart, fumin and fretting and urging the chauffeu r to hurry on, but to all the old man - pleadings the chauffeur replied stoli I ly, "I'm doin' he e the fnce But ble's bust." chh! noble stranger! What woul r have been our finish without you? "Great Scott! " exclaimed Uncl Peter as the m he toiled slowly b3 "It's old psew Grav- or hs a ito" NVILLE A] ch to ry obu tourl theolran pleadigoth cwa yseu rep itll roym doin tebso Icn th0mil be's &bust.." Mcnoler-Beanger! Whmay w'u1 P-ace Penrintinis withoutyou "Giedmot Scot"eCam edany. Pee Hardwre anod sloly b Refuneuded ire bohFacyt ils sg Wel buyoin Greenville r Itec rnig ofply Commerce ! *Tlinn I exploded and for 11ve mic utos I rolled aroundt on the grass ti 0 the amazement of the puzzled Unclo Peter. "Though I don't pretend to under stand the ins and outs of politics,' 8 Uncle Peter said when we finalli reached home, "still I've got a prett3 charp eye, and I'm not going to as) for any particulars as to why old Bi: Gray was in our new automobile, bul I would like to shake your hand John!I" 3 Then we held a family reunion and 3 Uncle Peter showed us how he would have lit into Uncle William at the pub lic square-if he hadn't been locke( up in the ice-house. The next day it happened. I don' know whether is was Uncle Peter'i r popularity or his check book or i: t speech at the joint debate-but, any way, he was elected by a tidy ma jority, and he was the happiest ol soul in sixty-four States. In the midst of our rejoicings tha Tuesday evening a messenger brough me a note. I read it to our assen bled friends to the accompaniment o much applause: Ruraldene, Tuesday. My dear John: Now that the crue war is over let rae be among the firs, to congratulate Urcle Peter and you It may interest you to know that ir spite of defeat Mr. Gray has expresso( himself as being well pleased with n: work during the campaign. Ills al proval will take the form of a weddini in January, and on that occasion Alic and I will be the Candidates. I for give you everything including "M: Advice to Society," but do tell m where you found that chauffeur wh< insisted upon giving Uncle William, s much fresh air! I feel sure tha Uncle Peter's trip to the ice-house wil be forgotten in his triumphal proces sion to the layor's ofleo. Sincerely yours, Bunch Jefferson. 1 "Umph!" said Uncle Peter, "I al ways did like that boy, Bunch!" "lie's the real goods," I agreed. "I wonder what I'll wear at tho wedding!" mused Peaches. (Copyright by G. W. Dilglighan Co.) Once Only, I "Did you ever," said one preacher i a another, "stand at the door after you sermon and listen to what people sat , about. it as they pnscwd out?" llcplied li0--I did o(c-pause nii e a sigh-but I'll never (10 It againl. CAST OR IA For Infants and Children. r 1i Kind Yat 0 V A wayn Borgi 21oarL; th'r,-; / d ID R4J iETUR ing, but the addet be refunded up 3; for purchases of' Fare: ?~rlde, Patt~on & Ti'iihnn. smitfh &S Bristow, ;tewart & Merr'ii't j AT. U. Stubbs Shoe (Companyv J. 1.. Strladley & Company. j I.I. Stringer. ed amount, surrender the book to surrender the book direct 18 on the Interurban, --The trading center o1 SLUMP IN BEER PRODUCTION Decrease in Output of Beverage of 1,106,429 Barrels Compared With the Previous Year. Looks as if beer drinking is on the decline in the United States. Uncle Sam produces the figures to prove it. According to the annual report of the internal revenue commissioner for the fiscal year ending June 30, there was a decrease in the output of beer of 1,106,429 barrels compared with the Previous year. That's a big decrease. Counting 30 gallons to the barrel, and there is more, it means a slump of 33,192,870 gallons. Counting only ten glasses to the gal lon, it means a decrease of 331,928,700 drinks. Counting each drink five cents, I shows that $16,596,455 less was spent for beer in 1912 than in 1911. There was an increase in the pro duction of whisky, but the bonded warehouses are filled with the stuff, and distillers are all "fussed up" be cause the supply is far exceeding the demand. Americans are not all on the water wagon by any means, but more of them are climbing aboard right along. -American Issue. MEN WE WANT IN CONGRESS Representatives Who Oppose Every Measure Retarding Liquor Traf fic Should Be Favored. "There are many congressmen who' are opposed to our interests and vot& against every measure that looks tot ward the development and betterment of our business, and vote for every measure introduced by the opposition. I intend that the 250,444 saloonkeep ers throughout the United States shall know the records of these congress men."-M. P. Parley, President Na tional Liquor Dealers' Association. We must see to it that the anti l'quor men and women in the 48 states also know the record of these representatives. They are the men r we want to send back to congress. d : Temperance Cause Marches On. 1 Rev. Francis E. Clarke, founder of -- I the Christian Endeavor society. re cently made an extensive trip abroad with 650 fellow Americans. Among them were representatives of near ly every atate, nearly every trade, business and profession, and they were the people who surprised the steward. Two hundred and eihhty of the passengers drank only cold water. It was a rare thing to aee a bottle of wine or beer on the table, and whisky did not mal its appearance, says Mr. Clark. nent in The Sentinel -41 I advamiage ot to 40) miles; for $50.0(01or more ie Bap ist Cou rir Cont panty II' JOhns .oli Comnpanty. M. Waddill & Soil. me T.' Willi am HwI arud w are Comipany.~ hn II. W\iims. to the firm from which you to the Seci etary of the 38 on steami r'oads r the Piedmont