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'ev EPickens County LE r Yntsred Apr1 23,c1903 ac Plekenst S.C. as second cas mail matter, under act olConres. ofnarch 3,17I, PUBIShed W EKLY Fst~ed187-Voume44PICKENS, S. C., MAY 14,11 SILL GOESlON IN MEXIGO Washington.-While - the Mexican situation was outwardly calm pending the formal 6pening of the conference of South Ainerican mediators at Niag ara Falls, Canada, on May 18, ther continued an active undercurrent of discussion and preparation for the peace plans and at the same time de ,nite reports reached the Constitution W headquarters here of sweeping vic tres of. their forces near San Luis Potosi 'and other points far South of Saltilo, where it was thought their neg. big battle- would occur. The news -et Constitutionallst Buccesses reached here in dispatches from Gen. Carranza to Raphael, Zeubaran, minister of the 4interior In the Constitutional cabinet, .who had a direct wire set up to the headquarters of Gen. Carranza in Chi huahus . today. General Carranza's messageA showed that three converg fng campaigns were in active opera. tion, each within 300 mles ot Mexico City. General Obregon with 15,000 men was operating from the Pacific oast imae, had captured - all the in. terig territory, was besieging Mtratan and was threatentng Mexico City .O 9 t West. . -Another division, General Carranza reported, .Ad fought a battle at Pen -sacos, near Sea Luls Potosi, which is mi.es noIrth Ot Mexico 'City. This is the southe-nmnet point which the Contitmm~at .hsx" reached in centril 'NAsIeCOiem wit the army now atttcn.g Tampice, they declare that the -genrt advance on the Mesican capital Is to be made within a few weeks from three sides' The signid canon of these Constitutidnalist vic tories lay i. the fact that the terri tory is far South of Saltillo and only 300 mites fro9n Mexico City on the South. BECKERS TRIAL BEGUN ANEW. Argigned Per Second Time Charged With th Rosenthal Murder-Plot. New York.-Chirles Becker, former police -lieutenant andfhead of the fa mous "strong arm squad" began his second battle to save himself from death in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison as the instigator of the plot to murder Herman Rosenthal, the gambler. At the opening of the trial Becker's attarneys made a bitter attack on Dis trictAttorney Whitman in an effort to have him adjudged guilty of con tempt of court. The attorneys claim ed"Mr. Whitman had tried to create a prejudical atmosphere by giving stor ies to local newspapers branding as petiurers witnesses who appeared at the eleventh hour attempt to save the four gunmen, the actual murderers of _,oAthA, from the chaiZ. The court Sdenied motions - requesting 'a change of venue,. and the dismissal of the special panel - of talismen because they had heard the district attorney defend himself from the accusations of Becker's counsel. Big Warehouse Burns. Anderson, S. C-Fire originating from the explpsion of gasoline totally destroyed the warehouse and contents oelonging to J. S. Fowler, entailing a loss of $38,000 with insurance amount ing to $22,500. The warehouse was used for storing automobiles, wagons, . buggies, carriages, bagging and ties and -farm implements. Forty-eight -second-hand, automobile were -destroy ed. One end of the~building was used as a garage, and when the keeper at -tempted to crank an automobile the -emplosion occurred. THtE NAVAL~'BlLL I$' PASSED. Appropriation Measure Adopted With out Roll-Call Gives Navy $139,560,334. Washington. - The hous, passed without a roll-call the annual naval appropriation bill, carrying $139,560, 334 and providing for the entire Ad ministration naval construCtion pro gram. The building program includes two battleships, one to be built in some Government navy yard; six tor * pedoboat destroyers, one sea-going to * perdoboat, three coast defense sub marine torpedoboats, to be constrtict -4 ~ ed on the Pacinec Coast and four sub marines. *Negro l School A Friday Evening,D Song-Brother Brown...... Speech-I Should Worry-..... Song-I'm a Crazy Jay......... * Speech-The Gabfest-........... Song-I Want to be in Dixie-.. Speech-Just Gab-That's all... Song-I Should Worry.......... Speech-The Foolish Factory.. Song-The Moonlight Bay..... Speech-Saurkraut and Politics. Dialogue-The Song Seller and .............Miss Salli The Booster Cl (A Cclored Con Hon. Bill Johnson............. Abraham Lincoln Washington.. William Bilkins Smith......... Charles Augustus Hotfoot... James Jackson Muchmouth..... Garfield Fussfeathers ......... Alexander Brutus Thickly... Rufus Rastus Goggenheimer..... Horace Wetweather Cutup... Michael Angelo Wishbone -... -. Admissiqa, -: F0 BENEFI MEXICAN EVENTS HOLD THE CAPITAL Washington.-Developments In the Mexican situation- went steadily for ward although the White House wed ding somewhat eclipsed other events in official Washington circles. The two chief reports from Mexico annoanced the killing of two British subjects and one American at Guada lajara; and continued heavy fighting at Mazatlan on the . Paciffic coast where the rebel aeroplane dropped a bomb which klled four persons and indured eight in the streets of the besieged city. The state department also was in formed by Consul Hamm at Durango that the movement of the Constitu tionalists had begun with marching against Saltillo and Zacatecas. Information from the Argentine, Brazilian and Chilean mediatiors showed that they were preparing to begin work in Niagara' Falls, Ont. They declared that- despite General Carranza's self-elimInation, - the- Con stitutionalist side - of the Mexican problem would be fully considered by the mediators at the coming con ference. A man close to the president said it would not be surprising If a justice of 'the supreme court of the United States should be one of the represen tatives of the American government. Justice Mahlon Pitney, though a Re publican, is a close friend of the pres ident and may be chosen. Justice Day was a member of the Paris con ferenec and is a former supreme court judge. Gen. Young Chosen Commander. Jacksonville, Fla.-After the elec tion of a commander-in-chief, adjourn ment was taken, when officers of the Army of Tennessee and of the Army of Virginia aid other divisional organ izations will be elected. General Young received approximately 1,100 votes and General Robertson 800. Texas cast its entire 343 Totes for Robertson. One hundred survivors of General Forrest's famous cavalry of fered their services to President Wil son in the evnt of war with Mxico. - J. A. McKee, Mexi can War Vet, Dead James A. McKee. a veteran of the Mexican war of 1848, died at his home in Pickens county Saturday, May 9, and was buried at Six Mile Sunday in the presence of an enormous gathering-of people. The Sentinel recently rave an extended sketch of Mr. McKee's life and war record. He was about 91 years of age and was the last l~iving member of the famous Palmetto regiment in South Carolina. Piedmont Union Meeting Following is the program to be rendered at the Piedmont union meeting, George's Creek, May 30 and 31: Saturday, 10.30 - Devotional exercises. H. D. Singleton. Sermon-Rev. W. T. Abbott. Query: What is the duty of the church toward a member who will not attend nor support the church services? Laban Mauldin. F. R. McClanahan and A. H. McGee. Query: What should be the attitude of the church toward present day amusements? H.D. Singleton, D. T. Golightly and Rev. W. .P Holland. Sunday, 11 a. m.-Address by Hon. E. P. Mc~ravey. COMMITTEE. When you come to town, bring your corn. I will give you your meal in five minutes and guarantee to give satisfac tion. L. B. O'Dell, wholesale and re tail grocer, Liberty. S. C. /instrels uditorium hay 15, 8.30 p.m. ....By Four Gentlemen of Color .....Horace Wetweather Cutup .................Josephus Bones ...........Wi'iam Bilkins Smith .......... Pendleton Penfeather ... Rufus Rastus Gogeenheimer ...................Josephus Bones ..... Charles Augustus Hotfoot .. ....... Pendleton Penfeather .... Michael Angelo Wishbone he Soubrette.. .......... Snooks and Alexander Thicklip ib of Blackville edy Concoction.) .............Running for Judge ..........Running for Chickens .........Running for Anything ..Too Slow to Run for Anything ..... Running for a Crap Game ........... A Chicken Inspector ............Pork Chop Inspector ...............Health Inspector .................Razor Inspector ........................An Artist 15 and 25 Cents 'OF LIBRARY Negroes Escape From Chaingang Two negro convicts, Henry Peiry and Jim Williams, escap ed from the chaingang last Thursday. They were captur ed the same day they escaped and returned to the gang. The negroes had evidently sawed their shackles Wednesday night and \when they went to work on the road Thursday morning it was no trouble to release themselves and run. A guard shot at them as they ran, but it only accelerated /their departure. Jim Williams was caught near Flat Rock church by some citizens of that community. Sheriff Roark trailed Perry down into Anderson county and back to Easley. where the sheriff and officers McKinney and Corbin effected the capture. Perry was one of the convicts who escaped from the gang several weeks ago, and was al so in a plot to escape from the Pickens jail last winter. Mrs. Harold Julian Dead Mrs. Julian, who was stricken with palalysis while' attending the county singing convention at Mt. Carmel chuich, died at her home near that church Mon day afternoon and was buried at Ebenezer dhurch, in Green ville county, Tuesday, Rev. D. W. Hiott conducting the funer al services. She was the widow of the late Harold Julian, and before her marriage was a Miss. Hester of Greenville county, i She leaves six children-four boys and two girls-and three brothers and one sister. She was 52 years old. $100 Reward, $100 The readers of this paper will be Sse o learn that there is at least one ade disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only ve cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat ment Hal's Catarrh Cure Is taken In ternaly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, there by destroying the foundation of the dis ease, and giving the patient strength by building UP the constitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much ath In Its curative pow e that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. send for list of testimonials. +~rs tat. ~e , Todo Ohack L75I had rtr sav 444~4We44hal + dossuhfr an Vtetcr + W wil b PRI HE MEXICAN TROUBLE EZ 14UJICA rican diplomats who are acting as medi ey are Ambassador da Gama of Brazil an 1 of Argentina. mill village attended preachin at Griffin Sunday. Miss Lillie Gilliland of Picken er mill village attended Dreachin at Griffin Sunday. Miss Clonie Evatt of . the Te -s-bor section attended preachin at Griffin Sunday. Martin Reeves of the Picken n mill village attended preachin at Griffin Sunday. Edd Lollis of Pickens route attended preaching at Griffi mn Sunday. He also visited hi friend, Martin Reeves. Sunda: > evenine. LONELY DARLING. .st -- -- Mile Creek School TheSentinel is requested t announce that all the patrons o re Mile Creek school, and all wh r are interested in a graded schoc building at Mile Creek, distric No. 41. are earnestly requeste k- and urged to meet at the schoc 'd house at 1. 30 o'clock on Sati lay, May 16, to attend to som as important business. PEOPLE 0. SRIGHT B] E WOULD own you 'wouldn't tore for pure drugs taker if you wished course you want to he biggest strictly sh4 stomers say it is the s, workmanship, sti kers of shoes in this able to get the best good for you, and v Latter how particulai in -suiting people v le lasts, supported rho will tell you tlh le" than mislead a ci y want. Light, ai treet wear, easy-fitti s for farm work. list of everything r in the cradle. You E is on Main street in ~eet, the corner whe: ON & TIU Twelve Mile UnionMeeting The union of the Twelve Mile River association will meet with Mountain View Baptist church Saturday before the fifth Sun day in May, 1914. Following is the program: Saturday, 10.30 a. m.-Devo tional services conducted by the pastor. 11 a.m.-Introductory sermon by Rev. W. M. Walker. One hour for dinner. First query: What are some of the most pressing demands on the modern pulpit? Speakers, Rt vs. B. F. Murphree, C. R. Ab ercrombie, R. A. Hudson and R. W. Kelly. Discussed from 1 to 2 o'clock. Second query: How may a a church know what its duty is relative to calling its pastor? Opened by Rev. H. A. O'Kelly and discussed from 2 to 2.45. Thira querv: How may we make the union a spiritual forpe? Opened by H. F.Wrigbt and dis cussed from 2.45 to 3.30. Fourth query: What is the duty of a deacon to his church? -Opened by Rev. E. M. Bolding and discussed from 3.30 to 4.15. Preaching at night by Rev. J.A. d Hunnicutt.\ Sunday morning-Devotional services conducted by W. N. Bolding from 9.30 to 10. Fifth querv: What should be the attitude of pastors toward their denominational schools? Opened by Prof. S. E. Garner. Missionary sermon at1l o'clock by Rev. J. D. Crain. Singing in the afternoon, con s ducted by Prof. R. M. Bolding. PROF. S. E. GARNER, D. E. GATRETT, R. P. PRINCE, Committee. 1. SI .Singing Convention The Liberty Township Sing ing convention will meet the third Sunday of this month,May 117, with the Reunion church, 1two miles east of Liberty. Let everybody come with well-filled baskets and their song books. t for the convention will spend the day with this church, ser vice beginning at 10 o'clock. Buy your meat and lari from L. B. e B. O'Dell at wholesale prices, Liberty, S.C. ____ 4444W4 CM-, EFREU SAY 4ot bthr ; an, wedon' to be mused 4ot n.xlsv out ay bce. n rho adre hadont + te Use. W as tomane xclsiv ry estbihmns for bges for have boad nd, andm Ge renville, three reo are hatrurban 4A MEDIATORS OF 1 RomULO S'aKAON Domic These are the three South Am t@Zg In the Meican embrogUo. Tb )AIsters MuJica of Chile and Nao Pickens Route 4 Frank Norris attended pray meeting atTaborSaturdaynigi Frank Bradley and sister HE ter attended pieachinz at Grifl Sunday. Esly Lynch of Oolenoy secti< attended preaching at Grif last Sunday. Miss Eloise Hayes of Picke attended preaching at Grifi Sunday. Miss Cora Edens of Oolen< attended preachin at Griffin la Sunday. Miss Addie Anthony of Gree rille attended preaching at Gr. fin Sunday. John E. Day and wife we the guests of Bob Brown ai wife Sunday. Earl Brown and wife of Pic ens visited E. M. Morgan ai wife Sunday. Miss Lonie Reeves of Picke HAD THE Countj WHAT W ted to buy a silk 2 o to a hardware s 2d go to an under ependable shoes of , we have about t state, and our cu ;' study of leather now the best ma ;' facilities, we are akes are none too your wants, no rr certain pleasure e can't do it. ~tre made on sensil d by salesmen y them "miss a sa shoes to fill ever: ylish pumps for e strongly built one ome, make out a house to the bab3 , and that PLAC] m Washington sti meet. looking for you. )E PATT Cedar Rock News Mrs. Susan Farmer is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walker Roper at present. Edward Robins of Greenville spent the week- end here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. N. Hays have just returned from a visit to relatives near Se..eca. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Single ton spent the week-end with Mrs. Duckworth, in Easley. Miss Sallie Singleton of,West minster. is visiting her brother, A. W. Singleton at.present. Mrs. Dock Hester and child ren of Lenhardt' were visiting Will Hester and wife recently. .Robert Porter and wife spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John Perry Porter. near Pendle ton.. Mr. Frank Barnett and wife of Taylors, were the guests of j Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barnett Sun day. Rey. R. S. Saunders of Mt Airy, Ga.. filled his regular ap- ( pointment at Cedar Rock Sun day. . Algood Moon and wife of the i Secona section. were the guests ] of Abner Looper and family.] Sunday. . Austin Whitmire and Hovey Singleton. of the Dacusville burg were visiting A. White Singleton last week. I Mrs. Bettie Robinson and I little daughter, Kate, of Green ville, spent the week-end with ( her daughtor, Mrs. John W. . Stewart. 4 Mrs. Willie Hendricks and daughter, Miss Mae. and Miss Eula Looper of Easley, were visiting at Mr. and Mrs. John Anthony Sunday. REXIE. Pickens Route 5 Miss Katoma Crenshaw spent Sunday with Miss Nora Kelly. Haves Daner and wife spent Sunday withEdNelson and wife. Miss Essie Breazeale and hei friend worshipped at Six Mile Sunday. a D. A. Parrott and dIughter, Miss Maud, worshipped at Six Mile Sunday: D.- Finley aid Tommie Trot ter-attended Sunday school at Griffin Sunday. Miss Maud Parrott spent: one evening last week with Miss Clifford Martin. Mrs. Pierce Hanner spent last, week at the home of Mr. and~ Mrs. Erwin Breazeale. Little Miss Thelma Parrott is spending a few days with 'her sister, Mrs. Seagel Bolding. Miss Maxie Martin isespending'i her vacation with her sister,Mrs. 1 E. .E Norton of Pickens. Vernon Jones of Oolenoy spent Saturday night and' Sunday with his cousin, Taylor Jones. R. Durham and wife of Pick-. ens spent Saturday night and Sunday with J. E. Durham and wife, Claud Bqwling and family of Greenvillehas been spending the past week with homefolks and other relatives. Come on, ye Sentinel corre spondents! Send in the news. We are glad to hear from youn weekly. FORGET-ME-NOT. Missionary at Pickens View Miss Cleo Young. a mision ary lady from Africa, will de liver a niissionary aadress at: Pickens View, the new Wesley-: an church, on next Saturday night, the 16th. The public is: cordially invited to attend. Cure For Stomach Disorders Disorders of the stomach may be avoided by the use of Cham berlain's Tablets. Many very renharkable cures have been ef fected by these tablets. Sold by all dealers.-Adv. PIED! SHOES F "Best for all walks of LiI Easy mind and easy feet: co-partners iri the big busin of life. Big things are seld done in a pinch. Equip yc self for success. Life's r goes to the foot-fitted, riot fleet-footed. The man v wears Piedment Shoes is kt fitted. He stands squar< walks briskly and has the sn that wins. His shoes are ri: from every point of view style, quality. PIEDMONT Greenville's Bi 02 "Where theBi Easley Locals Mr. Claude Rogersdied la week onroute 4; Eley. He was about 28 years of age 0i* -s leaves a widow and three cbl: Iren. Dr. Clinkscales very large con Presbyterian thif light, when alh zatheredin-a untkservflleede E. V. Babb preiiied ai - fucedthe spea&,< There was nent in Easley t was learned t rAmV. iome of Mrs. A.W Folgir )n fire, The house was e 3letely destroyed with nearlysil ;he household ods J ust after thIn wching ser. rice Sunday i nth church, near iouseof Mr. Ma* ias burned Wi iousehold goot hildren were in o ucceeded ini Mr. James, Hff-U o SouthCare in low with Mr. roasurerf welcome them W ounty Iwilbe OU IUOO nanrend to e1 f HoneaPath. Mr. tatione1 -t aarey met e, u'mbia, whe ey -ed last wee X kell known Wrs. Ida Greene, Easley severalyears.-W :hem well. emo a 0 :hurch, in Adp any ,u71' Wanfnfor~ o nand Ho. ene man m audince. The insn ton. )lsn C* t B&OTzwi ohe aince. [remseeoR ionsto-thet Uc bllnnarmofth loin thoiesoies whokae sifog.an Dauhesineit wie~u [h presettlmyfis :: olderdfs t o-olye sone oare ur e ho ly, ' ~ht 2 fit, SHOE Co. g shoe store ig Shoe Hangs Out"