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~OTHE ~PICEIiES.1SENIlNEL eOfficial Paper of Pke Givesj}~KL Pickens Apri 33,190 P IC~S ..a OOCU ~F ~atfO~ r~ae ,8I SUBtJTOPc% t &tahlished 1871-Volume 44 Farmers Wili MeA at Each County Sea - Fei tilizerand Economy Day will be held at each county sea in South Carolina on Saturdas February 13. This announcE ment is made by W. W. Long state agent of demonstration an director of extension at Clemsoi ,college. At each county seat meeting will be held and ther will be addresses on the two top ics mentioned in the name of th occasion. Mr. Long urges tha all farmers note the- day an .maake inquiries of their count: sgents and others for particular ofthe-meetinz in order-that the 1ry attend and join in-the ex ch=nge-of ideas on these tw, _iy important subjects. "FertilizerandEconomyDav is to be as much for the farmer' wife as for the farmer. Muc thought has been given by em perts at Clemson to the prepara tion of an outline of methods ii which savings can be effectei -on the farm and in the farm house. Mr. Farmer is urged t b'Ing Mrs. Farmer to the meel ing with him. - akeyourarrangements to b uOIek S aturday; Februar, ,' -rfrends. Yo will beivelcome here. Bagwell-McWhorter A marriage of much interes took place last Wednesday after noon, January 20, at 3 o'clock when diss Maude Bagwell be came the wife of Mr. Rober McWhorter. The-ceremony wa: performed AyvRv.-D. -W. Hiot at his r' ~ence in Ea-sley. The Vide isa daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. Luther Bagwell a near Easley, and is a very popu lar young lady. Mr. McWhoi ter is a progressive young farm er of near Pickens and is a so Mr. and Mrs.W.W. McWhorter After the ceremony quite number of the friends and rela tives of the young couple gath ered at the home of the groom' parents, where a delightful sup per was served. Songs ani pleasant conversation followed This young man followed th advie -given by Governor B. F Perry while addressing a clas of young men college graduate several- Years aPja. -He-said "Young hen, go home and ge maiiI!' nd all things bein equal, nbarry your neighbor' daughter;a" Mr. and Mrs. M< Whorter have been neighbor since ch- hood. 4 They gart their married lif with the~ best wishes of man friends. ______ * News Notes Along Pickens Route 4 T*very unfavorable weathe still Mcontinues, and this ha b en~ one among the worst day 4 hlat we have had. SJanuary is . almostgone an farme~rs are getting somewha restless about their farm opera tions. After the daily routin duties are performed about th house and barn they spend som time reading and posting them selves orn the workings of ou new state government and ex pectinug the great -benefit prom ised therefrom. Particularla are we keening apace with ou 4 great solons now assembled a the capitol. The move that i proposed to be presented to then to make the term of office o auditor, treasurer and superin tendent of education four year instead of two, we do not favor The life and usefulness of mai is too short. Let us follow tha slogan of a candidate last sum mer: Equal rights to all and spe cial privileges to none. Besides the bill has a little tone of mon archy. The old time demnocrac.2 is good enough for me. So i: this measure is passed let ut drop the question- of compulsor: school attend-1ance. We hadi as a visitor in this section~last week our former cit izen and friend, Mr. Fran] To ' nes, now living in Hone Path. - We are always glad t< see Frank back in Picken county. Mr. Bright Gilstrap and famn ily of the Little Eastatoe yalle' have moved and settled amons us. AllU extend them a hearts welcomg. There~is some talk of building another jhone line from Pickenm up throtgh this section and far ther on :owards the mountains We ho ' it will be done. The 4 ~ boys sa) all that will prevent 11 is~ the bi siness pressure now or -them. Robe Evans and wife havi recently become our neigh k bors. e extend them the hand of ifellowship. .A pou er Saturday eve ning, giV home of Mr. and Mrs- r Pick. ens rou r enjovabl was serv engaged spersed until thEf ing, whe lBIG MILITARY SILL PIASSED BY HIUS $191,000,00 ARMY APPROPRI TION BILL PASSED HAS FEW CHANGES. AVIATION WAS DEFEATE Artillery Appropriation Is Greatly I S creased-Some Funds For All Branches. Washimton.-Afteir two days of i bate on the.generl staff of the natic el defense the house passed witho a -ro call the - army appropriati, - bill, carrying $10L,000,000. Advotates of immediate strengthe ing of the military establishme fought to the last for additional 2 .1 propriations, but their efforts met wi no encouragement from either Den oratic ,or Republican leaders. T: D last roll call on a motion by Rep] senative Gardner of Massachusetts. recommit the bill with instructions report back an amendment carryi, e $1000,000 for viation was .defeat, S253 ti.34. .An dinen t-odA ffered by Represe tative' eitek of Massachusetts a] adopted practically without oppositil would- prohibit use of stop watch and other "speeding up" devices - t connection with so-called scientil management systems in arsenals ai ships. Representaties of union lab have been fighting for this prohil tion for several years. The house also adopted an ameri ment by Representative- Tavenner Blionis to require that all munitiao of war provided for in the bill shi be manufaotured In governme plants. - The bill which caries funds for i branches of the army during t . coming fiscal year, includes $300,0 for purchase of 25 aeroplanes, and $5 000 for an armored motor-car. The Items and efforts to add to the furnished texts for long discussio on use of the aeroplanes and armor - .motorcars in the European war. T S appropriation for field artillery ma rial was increased from $25,000 $170,009. Representative Guernsey of Mal urged a stronger coast defense decl Ing that If (reat Britain should go war with the United States over qui S tions arising from the European.w "her -plan would ,--to selse the el of Portland, set Maine off into Ca t ada overnight and make p'operty a Z life there worth no more than In B S .geim today." S FOREIGN TRADE IMPROVEMEN e Sales of Foodstuffs, Clothing, el Have Been Unusually Large. Washington.-Marked Improveme In the foreign trade of the Unit States is reflected In latest repo1 to the department of commerce, a Sofficial summary of which, says part: "Sales of foodstuffs and certa lines of manufactures have been 1 ~r usually larger in November, the late .S period for which detailed informati. s Is at hand. In that month expo. aggregrated $206,000,000, or double t atotal for August last, when, by reasi of the outbreak of war, our forei; trade fell to the lowest level reach In many years. In December the e wa futhmer Improvement, the monti e exports being valued at $246,000,0( e compared with $233,000,000 In Decel - ber 1913 and within four million r the high record established in Decel . ber 1912. "An -analysis of the trade figur published in the summary of forel, rcoigimerce shows that while Americ. rcotton, mineral oils, naval stores, lui ber and agricultural implements a B in less demand abroad than in form I yea.s there Is a greater demand. f foreign countries for our foodstufl - .meats, sugar, clothing and other ma sufactures especially in Europe. Summer Practice Cruise. S Annapolis, Md.-The summer pra tice cruise of the midshipmen will1 -through the Panama canal, and up tl Pacific coast to San Francisco,a cording to announcement. T Alabama Votes Dry Over Veto. FMontgomery , Ala.-Alabama w a becomie a prohibition state July 1 u Sder two related measures which I came law wihout executive approve Within a few hours after Governa -Hendersoii had vetoed the bills at Shad asked the legislature to subn .the prohibition question to the vote ' at a special election, both houses vc Sed down his proposal and repassed t2 bills by overwhelming majorities. T2 . vote in the house on repassage wa 73 to 29. In the senate it was 24 to 1 'West Virginia Debt $12,000,000. Washington.-West Virginia's sha: of the debt outstanding against Vi ginia when the states separated: 1861 was fixed in a special master - report to the supreme court at mo: than $1y,000,000. The report, presei ed by Special Master Sharles E. Littl field after a long series of hearini is expected to be made the order the court. The court held in 1911 th; West Virginia must pay $7.100.000 the principal of the debt. $33.000,00 Participation In Virginia's assets: S1861 were not decided. Educational Meeting An e cational meeting w: ' Georges Creek Bai Sanuar ~ ount 'art CONGRESSMAN HAY E PLEASED WITH ARMe A. GENERAL DEBATE ON $101,000,000 ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL IS COMPLETED. D lGARDNER WANTS INCREASE a n- Insists That the Country Is'Hopelessly Unable to Put Up Fight of Any Consequence. d -- a t Washington-After an all-day dis e- cussion of uatignal dkience the hou n- completed general debate on U ut $101,000,000 army appropriation b V m Reading of the m-easure for amer ( ment has begun with both majority and minority leaders urging that nt action on this and other appropriation a p- bills be expedited to avoid a special t th session of congress. k- The feature of the debate was a be speech by Representative Hay of e- Virginia, chrirman of the military to committee, deprecating war talk and b to declaring it was not- necessary to add 2 a single man td the standing army. d The pending bill*:males no. pi6vision for additoins to- the army, but meas uers before the senate-'military com d mittee with the approval of the ad- 5 M ministration, would increase the a army by about 25,000 men. in Representatie Gardner, of Massa- a le chusetts, and Kahn of California vig- p id orously insisted that the country's f or present defenses were inadequate ' though they agreed with Mr. Hay that there was no immediate prospect of the United States being Involved in Of war. as "How people can claim," said Mr. e t1 Hay, "that these giaat nations now at c at war, which are exhausting themselves financially and- physically, as soon as dl the war is over, are going to turn t 0e around and attack the strongest na- d 00 tion on earth is beyond my compre- fl hension. The United States is going on now to mantain peace with all n, the world. That is the policy of this b ed country, not only of the administra-1 e tion but of the entire citizenry. te- "Nobody wants war. We are not togoing to do anything to bring about war. All this talk of our not being prepared for war and of conditions p 1e have arisen in Europe which - makes g - It necessary far:us to go into large t military expeiiditures is absurd. I ar am utterly oposed to a large stand ry . Ing army, to adding a single man to the present standing army." de d- . WILL KEEP UP FIGHT. \nlp Purchase Bill May Prolong Ses sion of Congress, Says Leaders. Washington. - Republican Senators f ~determined at a conference to fight a .,the government ship purchase bill with r nt all resources at their command, con-i d tinuing the opposition until March 4 t ts if necessary or even in an extra ses ad sion, should one be called. n Immediately after the conference the Republicans began action. Sena a tor Smoot moved that the senate ad, C in- journ. T1hat was defeated, Demo- 1 st cratic members, most of whom had li n been absent while Senator Weeks 3 ts concluded a speech against the shipt e bill, hurrying in 'on. a quorum, call. a Senators Lodge and Root served no tiee that they would speak. on the dbill. Senator Townsend then moved to r take up the volunteer officers retire- ~ 0 ment bill, and the war claims bill. e . Both motions were defeated. 11 "We are not conducting a filbius- t . ter," said Senator Burton, who con- is .cluded a three-day speech against the bill. "Surely no one thinks I was filibustering. I have not even ex-1 in hausted my material." e PopulatIon 100,000,000 er Washington.-The population of nContinental United States will pass s the hundred million mark within the t .next three months according to two v estimates made public by the govern- ii ment bureaus. eGographer C. D. t Sloane estimated that the population c- would be 100,000,059 at 4 p. in., April e .2. Government Actuary J. S. McCoy 7 ae of the treasury department, calculat .c- ed that it would be 100,016,000 on Feb ruary 1. Gutierrez Still Claims Presidency. Washington.--Gen. Eulalio Gutier rez, elected provisional president of n- Mexico by the convention at Aguas ic- Calientes, has not abandoned his l. claim to that office with his depart r ure from Mexico City. In a procla id mation issued from Pachucah. Guti it errez asserting that he is the legally rs chosen executive, charges that the t- convention which reassembled at 9 Mexico City was under military coe, 19 on. He formally declared Villa, Z~w as pata and other generasl deposed from 0. their commands. Speculation Is Cause. -e WashingtonThe Department of r- Ju tice investigating at President nn Wson's direction the recent rise ss in wheat and flour prices, asked the re agriculture and commerce depart Lt- ments for all available information e- relating to production, export and im ss port in the last two years. It became >f known that the effort to discover if at there is any pool operating in the of wheat market will center in Chicago 0 and Minneapolis. The Department re I Iceived a resolution adopted in Chi cao recently. Alabama Will Be Dry State 11 Th eneral assembly of Ala >- bma gstweek passed a prohi ybition 1bill over Governor Hen y y derson7i veto whicb.. ljnae d d Aab~ ,a a pro tion state r after July 1. Uer the Ala- C s bama local optiori law all but ~ ight of the 67j counties had , ed dry. - 1 WITH OUR L The second week's session of the gen ral assembly saw many new bills intro aced, many of them being local.xmeas res. The house voted for a repeal oii the tton acreage law. A two-cent passenger rate bill will ot be passed at this session. The senate passed to a third reading bill to repeal the state income tax-w. Merr$ers of both houses spent Tues ay in Rock Hill as the guests of Win 2rop college. D. J. Griffith has been re-elected iperintendentof the.state peniterttiary rithout opposition. Senator Carlisle introduced a bill en bling women to hold the offices of no ry public and school trustee. Mr. Verner has introduced a bill to rohibit the loaning of money at a reater rate of interest than allowed y law. A bill has been introduced in ths te proviairi f~ithe pq$ of - ling expenses to the judiesbof this tate. Mr. Carey of Pickens has introduced bill to prohibit the carrying of any istol and provides heavy punishment >r violation of the law. The Pickens delegation has introduced s resolution to make the terms of the uditor, treasurer and superintendent of ducation four years each in Pickens )unty. The house has passed a bill to abolish le one per cent a month penalty on elinquent tax payers and substitute a at penalty of five per cent. A bill has been intro uced in the ouse to prohibit the salf of patent iedicines and proprietory preparations y peddlars in rural districts. An amendment to the constitution roviding for biennial sessions of the eneral assembly will likely be submit d to the voters of the state in 1916 Senator Goodwin of Laurens intrc uced a- resolution -appropriating $40,.; DO to pay the railroad fare of Confed rate soldiers from this state to the re nion at Richmond. The general assembly is said to be a ne looking body of men. The house is mixture of young and middle aged 1en. Not much is heard of factional sm this time and patriotic service seems r be the desire of the members. At a joint session of the general as embly Thursday night Dr. C. N.Wyatt f Easley was elected a member of the oard of trustees of South Carolina edical college at Charleston. Dr. Vyatt was nominated by Representa ive Bolt and elected on the first ballot. The cumnpulsory:education bill which ras favorably reported to the senate rovides for the enactment of a state ride cumpulsory education law giving ach school district the right to exempt ;self upon the presentation of a peti on signed by a majority of the voters ithe district. The largest inauguration crowd since 99, when Ben Tillman was inaugurat 1, attended the inauguration ceremo ionies in Columbia last Tuesday. It !s at first intended that Governor lanning should make his speech from e statehouse steps, but inclement ~eather prevented this, and he spoke ithe hall of the house of representa fr An Advertisen The Ble1l -siapicture ofacra mepplritis eto n f aig oefamr idp me populario in thiectionndl '7Z..X . is Z;*. *~i :Is or 2e te to ,m . r 0 es it ih >s of )y ;re ix HANS HELLE Hans Helle was arrested In New Orleans and admitted he had manutao Y tured jInfernal mnchine whc~Whi R' intenfe'if shipon a British mule 'franspoht 9mng it so it would -ek or plode In- mldocean. )n ty - of n: GERMAN AIRCRAFT RAIDS er KING AND QUEEI. HAD LEFT 0 SANDRINGHAM PALACE BUT ir- SHORT WHILE BEFORE. to rid No Damage at Sandringham But of Some Women and Children A'e i Killed in Nearby Towns. it to London. - German aircraft made ir their long threatened raid on England th and attempted to blow up with bombs the King's Royal residence in Sand ringham, County Norfolk. r- King George- and Queen Mary, who as have stayed at Sandringham with -e- their family, only the day -before re n turned to London. n- It is not definitely known whether . the raiders were Zeppelins or aero be plans, but Zeppelins were reported r as passing over- the North .Sea in a be westerly direction and some beliered h these were the raiders. i- The night was dark and cloudy, which made it impossible for the peo ple in the town over which they pass ed to distinguish even the outlines of the raiders, though the whirr of their propellers and the droning of their s y~~ocould be heard. to A Ze ' 's reported to have1 c-ogtdownb ol stanton, a few miles north of Sand. is ringham. 113 Bombs were dropped in Yarmouth, an King's Lynn, Sanglringham, Cromer, et- Sherringham and,. Beeston. Every. 'as where, except at Beeston, casulties ed and damage to property resulted. in The first place visited was the wide ul ly-known -seaside resort and fishing It town of Yarmouth. e. m an s~ad a woman were killed, a number of persons were injured and tmuch damage to property was done tby the raiders. Their visit lasted less sthan 10 minutes. ise Four or five bombs were dropped in nd Yarmouth. When the attack began the he authorities gave instructions that all of lights be extinguished and other pre bcautionary measures were taken. Few signs of panic were seen during the raid. le. Apparently the raiders after visiting esYarmouth, flew over Cromer ' where ey they dropped bombs and then wt to 1s, jSheeringham and Beeston. , ng us inland from there they made. .n ed ringham, dropping explosive missles of there and at Kings Lynn, where a boy was killed and a man, woman and a child were injured. Two houses were destroyed. SThe damage at Sandrigham has Inot been reported. It is known, how i.ever, that the Royal Palace was not - harmed. A bomb penetrated a house, but .did not explode. . Senator Burton Bucks. - Washington-Republican opposition to the government ship purchase bill took on all the evidences of a filibus ter. Senator Burton, who talked the rivers and harbors bill to death at the last session, led the attack. No progress was made on the bill except that another day of Senntor Burton's speech went into the record. Not withstanding the determined minority opposition, however, President Wilson expressed confidence over the out come. He said he thought it "very probable" the bill would be passed. Report Rural Credits Bill. IWashington.-Although there may be no opportunity to enact rural cred its legislation at this session Senate Democrats resumed activity on this subject with a view to reporting a bilh in the near future. In accordance with the resolution adopted by the Democratic caucus declaring it the sense of the Senate D~emocrats that a rural credits system bill be pressed at the earliest practicable date, the banking committee decided to get such a nmear.ure before the senate. THE PICKENS SENTINEL gu2 circulation than all other Pick you want to talk to the maj county you can do it wIth a e- Pickens SentineL. Tho our 'c ris circuilation of other; county pap as high as the comt ined rates ol 1has both quantiti- nd gueility < f . tising in its colu- is bound to AW-MAKERS The upper branch of the general a sembly was formally placed in the hani of Andrew J. Bethea, lieutenant go ernor, after his inauguration Tuesde in the hall of the house. Mr. Bethi outlined the duties of his office in h address to the senate and warned tl members against too much legislatio: An unfavorable report was returni by the judiciary.committee on Senat Sherard's joint resolution to provide f an amendment to the constitution wher by the power of the governor to gra pardons and commutations to sta prisoners would be limited according the restrictions and regulations plac upon this power by the general assembl Senator Verner of Oconee has intr duced a bill autht2g moving pictur in public schools. If the ba passes will be left to the trustees of ea school to decide whether their schoc have the pictures or not, and half the money necessary must be raised I public subscription. No school can ha the Dictures unless it has at least a s monthis session. Governor Manning on Thursday, I geneial pro@tldatin, revoled&theC1 missioisi of all special coriitable3s pointed by the various governor's"f the enforcement of the liquor laws, the ground that it is primarily the du of the officers of the various counties the state to enforce these laws, and t governor believes they will do so. Cc stable B. B. LaBoon is the only offic in this county affected by the order. The house passed to third reading tN bills introduced by Mr. Dixon of Fai field submitting to the electors in t1 next general election an amendment the constitution permitting trustees a: commissioners of schools, regents the state nospital for the insane, mei bers of the board of visitors of the C adel and trustees of state colleges hold other public offices during th( terms of service. The bills met wi no opposition. A memorial from Confederate vet( ans who met in Anderson last year w read in the senate Wednesday and i ferred to the committee on finance Motion of Senator Sharpe. The coi I munication requested that the Conff erate soldiers' home in Columbia abolished and that.a..thre.e-milltax I pensions be levied, the proceeda ta. distributed equally. The memorial d coursed at some length on the alleg inadequacy of the care which SoT Cadiswii taking of its veterans. Mr. McCullough of Greenvilieihi duced in the house Thursday a bill submit to the electors in the 1916 el< tion an amendment to the constituti to permit women to vote in all electio: A similar bill was introduced in the 1H session cf the house by Mr. McMill of Marion. It was unfavorably repo: ed by the judiciary committee and u killejiwithout debate. Members laugh when the McMillan bill was offered the house two years ago. The McC lough bill was received in silence. was referred'tothe judiciary committe A bill to encourage industrious wh farmers to acquire their own real tate has been introduced in the hot by W. N. Graydon of Abbeville a been given a favorable report by t judiciary committee. The purpose the bill is for the state to assist wort white men to obtain real estate or get money to improve lands lying id: The bill eliminates the danger of negrc acquiring too much farm land, as th are even now doing in some sectior by providing that the~benefits of tl legislation shall be fxtendedtoqualifi electors-and then only to persons good moral character. ient in The Sentine ream Separator a separator which is going to b which is going to be the mneal et. One of- these separato md yu maeen a demonstrati4 FIGHTING IN WEST GROWINGFIERCER HEAVY ENGAGEMENTS IN THE ARGONNE, AROUND VERDUN AND ALSACE. WATCA EVERY GERIM N0*VE Rubsian and Genman Troop.. n P land Placed so -Either May Flank Other if Vietula is Crossed. London.-Although ofmclal- -dsezip tions of flghjing in the west are brief; there is evidence that it Is- growing fiercer. at many points. The' Germans are showing renewed activity in the neighborhood of Ypres and hiesvy bombardments of the Allies left wing are almost incessant. It is from the center eastward, how ever, that the battles are most bitter. In the Argonne, around Verdun and .in Alsace heavy engagements cea tinue apparently without any declsion having been reaphed.,. -tliesaar ir-erely local affais egmjared o . at .sexpected ~ grdbleoppg mone . man'move isthe signa for i# renewed bombardment by British ships while the aviators of both forces are con tinually dropping bombs behind the hostile lines. Dunkirk has been singled out for German air attacks, doubtless because It is believed -it is being used by the British as a base of supplies from England while Ostend, Bruges and Zeebrugge are recieving ' attention from the Allies. There is no confirma tion from official sources of the re ported visit of the Allies' .airmen tc Essen and Dusseldorf -early in the week. A remarkable situation has ariset in Polan . Russian troops north o the lo Vistula are now 50 mile. further t than the Germans in tht 'roti - w; so that a sue cessfu crossing of the Vistula would make a flank attack by either army .possible. The Germans' are 'keeping careful guard over a possible passage of the river above Plock, evidently for this reason, but the Russian ob jective appears to lie to the nyrtt rather than to the south. On !.h( whole, however, the Austro-Germ&'S for political reasons, must divert the, attention to the sotheast, -where the Russians-are. .,pessingthnaga-h 'moun~tans ~towards Transylvania. According to Russian statements strong Austrian forces already -.have been encountered and there Is a sug gestlon that the Russians are expected to meet serious opposition before long. The attacks in front of War saw have grown less frequent and apparently are not being -pushed wit! ,hie same determination as previously Sthe Carpathians the armies ari ' gound. OBREGO FOLLOWS CARRANZA - *to His Tells Gutierrez Former Leader. Washington.-General Alvaro Abre gon has spurned overtures from Gen eral Eluallo -Gutierrez to joint an in dependent movement against both Carranza an the Villa-Zapata coalition, and will remain .loyal to Carranza, ac cording to an nnouncement by the: Oarranza agency here. The following telegram from eral Obregon, dated Puebla, wa public by the agency. "Deny all versions of ' report thai I have joined Gut ez. -As always I have-se honor to form a part oj the Constitutionalist army worthily commanded by Venustiano Carranza Generals Gutierrez, Robles, Benavides Blanco, Chao, Zuazua and Sanches have initiated a campaign against Vil la and -have issued a manifesto disclos ing his latest crimes. I do not knoi what flag they intend to follow." Fund For Survivors. New York.-Madame Slavko Grou itch, wife of the* Under-Secretary fo: Foreign Affairs in Serbia, reached here to raise a fund for the restora tion of families of Serbian farmers t< their homes devastated by the war Before her marriage she was Mis: Mabel Dunlap of Virginia. Democrats Agree on Ship Bill. Washington.-Senate Democrats ii caucus reached final agreement on the ship-purchase bill and adopted a reso lution making it a party measure. Three Democrats voted against it, bui later it was made unanimous. .N< material amendments to the bill as perfected in previous caucuses wer: advanced. The principal difference: of opinion arose on Senator Hoke Smith's amendment to provide that the government after restoration of normal world conditions should lease purchased ships to private concerns. Belgians Don't Complain. London.-"TIhe impression I take away from Liege are of wonder that a people can suffer so much in silence and of admiration for the bravery which enables them to do it." This statement was made by Dr. P. H. Williams of New York, whom, at the suggestion of the Rockefeller Foundation, directed operations of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium at Liege and is now return ing to America. "The people of Bel glum never complain, but they never laugh," he said. rantees a larger paid-in-advanc4 ns county papers combined. If rity of the people in Pickens minimum of expense thru Th4 rculation exceeds the combined ~rs, dur advertising rates are noi the other papers. The Senitine irculation ~and intelligent adver gt resnltes Easley Local li Items and,& Messrs. Will-and -a Tucker two ofA rlietr ty's .'Most prominent p were in asley a few'ags Hon. RosMitel was7 1 on the street here neda# week. Several ye was married at -this e 2 MiCorreMattisou.Mi chell is dw ma or-fA3i - Walker eferkefif .b week witf in Ease SMessrs. , D).8peanairru of Anderson count r Saturday. Willie M. Harris ly waswith now clerkingdor at thenewgro Yohn aiit en -week.: - Master Wilton Nal son of -Mr. and Mayes was ve"a" Messrs. E. P.; R. S. Wyatt ated: auguration in week; Mr~and Mrs. Ftn who have been for some tim childrentos back to their theCrs Mr. and W. Tx Hinton, who mov merce, Ga., ls staived-two vn ~iv backto their horiit E.4N That only-goes-;O people feel about ty, South Carolina. a our exiles wCuld c6om', they only cot~d" Rev. Thoma E. student at Si* MOO 'Academy,. wsor ministrylin day nighk - Messs,-L B. -Jdhnsonwent lest week in the iiterest 4d soldiers. The legislature niade ' choice in electing, DI.. Wyatt, of Easley, aP Ts the Medical College. Ralph Jameson, wh& several weeks .recently: friends and relatives infi1 and Anderson 'coities, i at position. Henry Jones, wh& wrigfor -W. N~ some time,~ has co tha& good iotto, el a4, farm'."and will tebelIr fNews NotesFrem;; Progressive041i~ Misses Elizabeth and (rc Mauldin, popular and e teachers of the Oolenoy school, entertained the ppl the sixth, ~eight-.a~ esof their schooiF daye - ' sIt wasamosV joyable and afte man - games had' been played r ments -were oerved. - The Ladies' HomeA2 Qolenoy held itsreua Friday~ afternooratht building. The meetingW8 h-a cooker," and adeo of the home made-c .miade by Mrs. A. C.S The ladies of Oolenov much interest in the. the club and much - come of it. Mr. and~Mrs. W.TB& Marietta spent seral d week with herpaets Mrs. Mathew Hendrick& Mr. and Mrs. Richard hav4 the sympathy of-thescfi mnunity in the death ofthei fant whh occurred 13th. 'Misses Lillie Sfth Grace Williams,'popular ladies of the Dacusville were recent- guests of-M Sutherland. Miss Josie OhC t with the French Pickens th mother, Mrs. Pickens Exel Along with the teen other counties - lpa sfi ist pro onsi