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kaer rinting Pcesrces C Se te1 p.n ak en ont e -OFFICZALP PR T l1FU~I1 ELrIc - PE PUBLISHED WEEKLY -Entered April 23, 1903 at Plokens, 8.0. am stCond clams mail an Ier und'er sot ofongres of lareh 8, 187P Established 1871.-Volume 44 PICKENS, S. C.. MARCH 25. 1915 Nan, A - 1 COUNlTY SCHOUL NUOTES -- tejtAhchool was represented at the meeting Saturday by Mr. Lesley an'dMr. Griffith, trustees. This school Is trying its first seven months term and is mak a splendid success. Miss Hattie Earle of Pickens is the principal and -there- are two assistant teachers. Other schools running longer terms than usual are Dacusville and Gates. They haye yoted the special 8 mills tax. Cedar Rock, Maynard, Wolf Creek and Hagood schools will probably vote a 4 mills tax and secure state aid. In Dayton district consolida tion is being contemplated in order to have a graded school system and to secure state aid. This is also being contemplated in Olga district No. 35. Bethlehem and Wolf Creek have the .record number pupils per teacher.. More than- eighty children are enrolled ih each school to one teacher. The school 'attendance statis tics show that in Pickens coun tiere are seven whites to one blaik attending school. There fore Pickens is known as the greatwhite county. In Eastatoe district there are only two negro inhabitants. Montivale school was repre sented by Prof. Willie Chastain and his school 'was compliment ed for improvment. Martin and Oolenoy received special men tion, as did Rock. Closing of Dacusville School Thursday, March 25, will mark the closing of our school term for 1914-15, and I am sure the entire district regrets the end of the scholastic year, -which we can unreservedly say has been on'e of the most successful, as well as most pleasant terms in the history of our school. The efficient corps of teachers, Prof. E. B. Crain, assisted by Miss Elireth Fat and Miss Mary Finch, have 'been most faithful in the discharge of their duties, and their elevating in fluence will remain in the com munity as. well as in the class room, long after they have gone from our midst. We have ample proof that they have put their very . best efforts and en ergies into their work, as the progress of the pupi s will show. Not only haye they given care ful attention to the pupils in the 4 class room, but they have given them special training in the literary societies and debates, .and have already,held two ora torical contesta, delivering a gold medal to the most Efficient speaker at each, contest. *And noir, as a fitting close for the year's work, they are preparing to give one of .the very best en ter tainments ever held in the auditorium on Thursday even ing, March 25. The play will be appreciated by the most sensitive and re fined natures, as there is not a single objectionable f e a t u r e throughout the entire program. The comic, as well as the pa thetic side of life is portrayed, but the'moral -and story of the play is ete tind true to life. For th6 bake' of -variety, fol lowing' the play .ill bea negro sermon.e The entie public is most cor dially invited to,attend this, our closing entertainment, which is free to all, no admission fee, nothing but the trouble to come, for which we feel safe In saying you will be amply repaid, and agreeably and pleasantly enter tainedl. We have an auditorium of a large seating capacity, good lights, etc., but if you want9. good seat,-come early, as sve are expecting every available seat to be taken. 6 Remember, the date 18s Thurs day evening, March 25, begin nIng at half past seven o'clock, so let us all be present then. A PATHON. Attended w. 0. W. Meeting It was my good fortune to at tend the head'carnp meeting, W. O.W., In Charleston on the. 16th and .17th Inst. It was a large gathering of choppers from every section ofour state. -This order is the strongest fraternal order the state and Is doing a splen The Charleston chop ~ dill treat .us with The next meet reen wood in Magistrates Must Enforce Law All thO magistrates of Picken cohinty are requested by Gover nor Manning to meet at the sheqr iff's office at 12 o'clock on nex Saturday, March 27, "in ordei to reach a definite understand Ing as to a methodical and strici enforcement of the liquor lawk in Pickens coun ty." Governor Manning was elected on his law and order platforn and he evidently thinks the peol pie want the laws enforced, and he intends to see that they ar enforced. Following is a copy of a It ttei received from the governor i magistrates of Pickens county Columbi i, March 20, 1915. Dear Sir: I request that you meet at the sheriff's office ir Pickens on Saturday, March 27, at 12 in. in order to reach a defl nite understanding as to a meth odical and strict enforcement of liquor laws in Pickens county. Each magistrate and constabl( is especially charged with the en. forcement of the liquor laws of this state, and it is my (letermi. nation that you co-operat3 witE the sheriff in his efforts to stor thl illicit sale of liquor in voui county. I want reports from you every two weeks as to what you have accomplished. I am, very truly yours, Ricu'n. I. MANNING, Governor. Let Mayoralty Candidates Speak We believe the peoule of Pick ens would like to hear the plat forms of the candidates foi mayor discussed by the candi. dates the'nselves and we suggest that a "campaign" meeting b< held at which all the candidate, shall have an opportunity o presenting their platforms to th< people whose suffrage they ask It is nothing but right that bott the voters and candidates be af forded this opportunity. Ther is nothing else like a good an< clear understanding betweei people. The election will be held oi Monday, April 5. The Pickens Sentinel All subscriptions to The Pick ens Sentinel which expire Apri 1, 1915, will be discontinued nex week unless renewed befor< then. The Sentinel prints more Pickens county news than al other papers combined and I, the only newspaper printed en tirely in Pickens county. It i, the "Home Paper of Picken County," and aDpreciates th< support of Pickens county peo pie. If you want to help a hom< industry and help build up F good paper for your home coun ty, subscribe for Tlhe Pickenm Sentinel. If your neighbor does unot take his county paper asl< him to subscribe. The Sentine is for Pickens county peopl< first, last and all the time, anc will appreciate their supports Subscribe today. Engineer Fant To Be Here D. J. Fant. of A tlanta, Ga., Is to be wit.h me at the following places on the third Sunday in April, the.Lord willing: Cross Roads, 11 o'clock a. mn. Pickens Court House, 4 p. mn. Pickens Methodist church, 41 p. m. Everybody invited to come to each service. Mr. Fant is known as: the Christian engi nieer, and is. al man of great spiritual power. Let the Chris. bian people pray for a great meeting. Brother Fant will speak at Wlenwood on Saturday night be t'ore the third Sunday. It's Glasses You Need That's what a friend told her and she said, "Nottsettsel I can see as well as anybodyv." llut the Headaches Continued Xere sexnaiy e.cided toshave glases and haihaldno ie aach hund reds ,f you et f1er frorn headthhe 'ak you"lr doctor to tel your eyes," we can help yout at THE Globe Optical Company A. A. ODOMi, A. II. SCIIA i)i, P'res- See.;and 'Treas. CONStitTrNn OnnmETRIS., GENERAL NEWS ITEMS - European War Three of the allied warships of ,the b Anglo-French fleet now -stor4Iing- the Dardanelles have been sunk by Tirk I.h mines, according to reports from London and Constantinople. Two of the sunken vessels were British men of war, the Irresistible and the Ocean, and the third was a French battleship, the Bouvet. France and England have each de clared their intention to carry out their blockade of German ports and interfere in every possible way with German commerce with any foreign countries, neutral or otherwise. This blockade, however, both countries an nounce, will be confined to European waters, including the Mediterranean sea. The British admiralty office an nounces the Anglo-French fleet has forced its way through. the Darda nelles as far as Fort Nagara, which is the last fortification before reaching the entrance to the Sea of Marmora. Both German and Turkish authorities, however, deny this and state the re port has erroneuously been circulated to keep up the spirit of the English people. The British admiralty offlee an nounces the sinking of the German sea terror, the Dresden, near Juan Fernan dez island off the Chilean coast. The majority of the Dresden's crew was saved and fifteen were wounded, all i taken prigoners. Fighting is in progress along the eastern war front. Both Germans and Russians claim to have the advantage. The Germans are attacking the Brit ish near Ypres and the French claim decided gains in Champagne between Boise Le Preter and Pont-a-Mousson at Dieupt Height. Turkish troops are pouring into the Asiatic territory bordering the Suez canal in an effort to forestall the land ing of troops from Australia and New Zealand, whose arrival up the Red Sea is daily expected. The Ottoman government at Con stantinople claim no fear is felt for the safety of the Moslem capital, as the Ttirkish authorities state the re ports of the progress of the Anglo French fleet through the Dardanelles have been greatly exaggerated. The Constantinople war offlee says only one Asiatic fort has been bombarded and that unsuccessfully, and that the big Krupp guns protecting the Helles pont have checked any advancemeni up the straits. Italy and Austria are about on the point of hostilities. Italy is said to be preparing to strike at her ancient ene - my just as soon as the weather breaks 1 and the war offlee is buying horses . from the United States and other countries. After conferences betweer the Italian minister at Vienna and Em peror Franz Josef and the Austro-Hun garian minister of war, Gen. Ritter von Krobatin, have resulted unsatis factorily, as Austria will not concede to yieldiihg all the territory Italy de mands as a price of peace. Domestic In a speech at Ogden, Utah, Vice President Marshall said the present crisis with Igngland is similar to the situation of 1812. The vice president is on his way to San Francisco, where he will personally represent President WVihson at the Panama-Pacific exposi tion. Former President Taft, in an ad dress in Chapel Hill, N. C., urged the nation to support the present admin istration and stand behind President Wilson regardless of partisan politics in such critical times as these. 'rho former president's many utterances in this respect and his generous praise of his successor have pr-oven him one of America's most patriotic citizens in trying to assist his successor all he can instead of finding fault and criticising by a system of public at tacks which other ex-presidien ts have indulged ini. Large contracts for southerin pine have been let by Alabama lumbermen to French, British and Belgian con tractors for the purpose of rebuilding the city of Liege, which wvas raAed to thre ground last August at the outbreak of the European war in the strenuous siege of that city Governor Ferguson of Texas, before a meeting of the federal industrial commission in Dallas, greatly deplored the present system of credits for the farmer, and advocated an improvedl rural cr-edits system which he hopes wvill come with the next congresas. WV. W. iHowland, a member of the lower house of the Colorado legisla ture, was expelled from membership In tha-t body following an investigation of charges entered against him of per jury. it was charged that llowland received a package of money while in the house chamber, which he first tes tifled was payment in a business transaction with a commercial associ ate. Later lhe said tihe money came from Dr. Mary Bates to pay for serv .ices of a woman detective shadowing certain peorsons interested in bills which would affect Judge Lindsey's juvenile court. Many Delinquent Tax Payers On Saturday night about 2, 200 tax receipts remained on the county treasurer's books unpaid. This is a greater number of de linquents than usau al. The treasurer has orders to turn the boo0ks over to the auditor on April 1, and executions wvill be Issued for all unpaid taxes at that time. Pay your~ taxes be fore A pril 1 and saVe money. i Billy Sunday, the baseball evangel lst, after concluding a series of reviva meetings in Philadelphia, receive $100,000 as a thank offering from tl people of the City of Brotherly Love From there Sunday ges to New York En route lie stopped at Trenton, wher lie addressed the New Jersey legisla ture in joint session, which was pro sided over by Governor Fielder. Governor Goethals has sent a lettel to President Wilson, advising againsl the appointment of Jorge Boyd as tho Panaman member of the joint lan commissioner to succed his father Frederico Boyd. Governor Goethah feels loyd should be barred becaust lie Is an attorney for a number o1 claimants. The ap ointment is stil only inl contemplation. Clouds are gathering around Virgin ius J. Mayo, a wealthy New Haver manufacturer and president of thi Mayo Radiator company. His arres following the suicide of Lillian Cook one of his stenographers, has develop ed suspicions that lie has lived a dou ble life in several eastern cities, wher lie is said to have maintained luxuri ous households for several womer with whom lie is reported to have llvei under different names. A former sten ographer, Miss Los Waterbury, is satt to have lived with him in Brooklyr as Mrs. J. Dudley. A further sensa tion has been sprung by Miss Susi4 Wahlers, another former stenographei in his service, who claims lie is the father of her child. Elihu Root, former United State, senator from New York, and formei secretary of state in the Roosevelt cab inet and secretary of war under Mc Kinley, announced lin a public itter ance in Albany that lie would not b a candidate for the presidency on th Republican ticket against Presiden Wilson in 1916. At a large ban-lue tendered by the Manhattan Bar asso elation in New York City - n Mr Root's retirement from public I fe, Ii was praised in addresses by formel President Taft and Joseph Chonte, anm bassador to Eungland under McKinle: and in a letter from President \Vlsor which was read by Mayor Mitei el. Foreign Three of the leading American an bassadors, Ambassadors Page, SI ir and Gerard to England, France anit Germany, respectively, have sent o:1 cial word to President Wilson and Se retary Bryan of the course to be fo lowed by those countries regardin American commerce. The notes an official correspondence between then ambassadors and their negotiation with King George, President Poincar and Emperor William, has now bee made public, by Secretary Bryan F Washington.' The Japanese foreign minister e Tokyo, Baron Kato, has received o ficial calls from the Russian and Enj lish ambassadors to Japan, informin him of their displeasure at his corn try's attitude towards China. Ambaj sador Guthrie, the American envoy t Tokyo, acting independently of th other powers, also has notified Baroi Kato that Japan's demands on Chini would violate the integrity of the Ori ental republic and the treaty betweel the Pekin government and the Unite, States. Many American citizens, at has heeding the many warnings of Secre tary Bryan and the state departmen are leaving Mexico and are seekin passage hack to the states aboar Admiral Howard's Pacific squadror whlichi is now in port at Progreso. Many American oltizens in Moxic City have been scared by the "ghastly acts of the Mexicans -under Zapat in the capital and hiave sent an aj peal to Secretary Bryan to aid therz in leaving in Mexico. The secretar; and state department have prev-iousl; givenu warning to all Americans ani foreigne:is in Mexico to quit that couri try, but all hiave gone unheeded. uinti now. General Carranza has signified hi willingness to yield to President WIl son's demand that the port of Progre so, en the Paciflc coast of Mexico, bl kepft open to United Statea and foreig comnterce. He further promises thia nu further dlepredations will be coni mitted at Man'Aanillo, especially upol American and foreign lives. Due to the illness of Secretary Mc Adoo, Secretary of State Bryan wvil act officially as host to the Pan-Anmer ican republic's representatives at thi financial conference In Washingtoi next month. Washington President Wilson held an imnportan conference with Senator Hoke--Smiti of Georgia at the White H-ouse eve1 the British embargo on American trade with Germany. Both the president ani Georgia statesman agreed that Eng land's attitude wvas "high-handed am intolerable." The sititation betweei the two nations is regarded critical ii Washington's official circles, and it lI believed the two are again near thi breaking point. The Uinited States i angry over the English attitude. Secretary McAdoo is reported to be recuperating from his recent opetatio for appendicitis at Providence hos~pita in Washington. President Wilson has appointed A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvanie for mer Congressman from that statei wh< was defeated last November for nii ed States senator by Senator Pel$ose as chief justice of the United t court of claims. Judge Palmer wilt asu< ceed Judge Charles B. Howry, hbos resignation wvill take effect Aprig':. President Wilson sold his entt~in h. purchased during the buy-a-bale can paign to H. H1. Conway of Paris,, Tem as, at 10 cents a pound, and turnei the money ever to n Oklahoma chai ity, wvhich wvas to s'Tfhcted by 5tni tot's aore and y I. SHORT NEWS ITEMS The people of the city of Anderson last week voted $100,000 for street im provements. Governor Manning has issued a proc lamation designating the week com mencing April 5 as "cleanup week" in South Carolina. Thirty-three 'warehouses have been leased by Warehouse Commissioner McLaurin under the state warehouse system. W. B. Clark, a city mail carrier of Greenwood, has lost his job because of alleged "political activity." It is said that since the gallon-a-month law went into effect the price.of blind ' tiger likker in Greenville has gone to $1.25 a pint. Sheriff Charles J. Lyon of Abbeville county has been appointed by President Wilson as U. S. marshal for the new Western Federal district of this state. The new United States, battleship Pennsylvania was launched last week. It is said to be the most powerful bat tleship in the world and will be ready for use in a year. Two more battle ships, even more powerful than the Pennsylvania, are under construction for our government. Secretary of State Bryan wias the principal speaker at the opening of a t nation-wide fight on liquor at the Sun t day tabernacle in Philadelphia Monday - night. In response to Mr. Bryan's ap - peal 10,000 men and boys signed total abstinence pledge cards According to figures furnished by the state treasurer's office, the sales of fer-. tilizer tags up to this date are about $70,000, as compared with approximate ly 201,000 up to this date last year. P The dispensaries in the fourteen South d Carolina counties having the liquor sys tem sold $233,804.87 worth of liquor and beer during the month of February, ac 9 cording to a statement recently issued d by the dispensary auditor. S Homer Babp, white, was acquitted of e arson in Grednville last week. He was n tried for the burning of U. P. Barnett's barn, a capital crime, since the barn was within a few feet of the dwelling house of Barnett, the lives of whose family were endangered by the fire. g -- After having been out all night on the case, the Greenville jury Saturday morn 0 ing at about 7 o'clock agreed upon a verdict in the case against.W. S. Chad wick, finding him guilty of manslaughter upon the seventh bsllot. Chadwick was a tried for the killing of Deputy Sheriff I Lindsay at the Duncan mill village on the morning of October 5. He received ,t a sentence of 15 years. g Will Forrester and Tol Pittman,joint d ly convicted in the Greenville court of i, general sessions of the mur~4'httm Bruce at Greer on the night of February 0 6, were both sentenced to life imprison ment by Judge DeVore Saturday morn a ing. Both men had been recommended to the mercy of the court. -Both'smiled when sentence was pronouncedl. Greatest cotton crop ever produced in' the United States was grown in 1914, Ithe census bureau statistics issued Sat urday, giving final ginning figures, of ficIally placed the 1914 crop as the rec Sord with 16,102,143 bales of 500 pounds * each. That is 409,422 equivalent 500 a pound balos more than produced In the t great crop of 1911. Included in the fig -ures are 121,451 bales estimated to be i turned out after the March canvass. Round bales included 57,618; Sea Island bales 81,598; average gross weight bales 507.2. Ginneries operated, 24,522; linter cotton not included in total, 791,464 equivalent 500-pound bales. Much to the surprise of the cotton trade, cotton advanced on the ginners' report some 10 points on an average. Spot cotton t closed 10 points higher than Friday. ,The only explanation to the advance in the face of the largestcrop on record is that the trade exp~ected a 17,000,000 .bale crop instead of a little more than 1 16,000,000. While the crop was a record one, the only states to make now rec ords of production were Alabama, Louisi 3 ana and Oklahoma. Other cotton states * all'came cloa to their records. In the 3 last four years the following number of bales have been ginned in South Caro a lina: 1914, 1,524,695; 1912, 1.377,814; S1912, 1,182,128; 1011, 1,648,712. The Pickens county township boards of tax assessors met in -the auditor's office on Thursday, ,Friday and Saturday of last s week and oassed on returns of all personal property handed s them by the auditor, but made no material changes in the as 8 sessments. The county board of assessors will meet in the auditor's office on Saturday, SMarch 27. This board is comn 'posed of the chairman of each townshin board. Easley Local and Personal The. Anderson college glee club will appear at the Easley School auditorium on Tuesday night, March 30, At public auction Saturday afternoon the old city hall and lot was sold to the highest bid der. It was bid in by Walter G. Couch at $1,005. The lot on which it was located measures 26x210 feet. Papers have al ready been drawn and possession will be given as soon as the new city hall Is completed. W. N. Jones, who recently conducted a general store at Easley has purchased the store of T. A. Julian on route 6 and will continue business at Julian's old stand. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballen tine, of Greenville spent Sunda y with Mr. Ballentine's mother, Mrs. N. E. Ballentine,near bere. C. H. Story and L. J. Con nelly, representing H i c k o r y Camp W. 0. W., attended the head camp meeting in Charles ton last week. Mrs. Connelly also attended. At the Easley mill Friday afternoon a six room house and almost the entire household goods were destroyed by fire. The house was occupied by a Mr. Elgin. Misses Elizabeth Fant and Mary Finch, school teachers from Dacusville, spent last Sun day as the guests of Mrs. A. G. Wyatt. A. Brandon Taylor, of Pick ens was a visitor in Easley Sun day. Glenwood Gleanings Prof. Thomas Carter of Green wood county has just closed his second singing school of toYr nights by giving a nice program by his class and a few others,in cluding Profs. Adger M. Pace, (Johnnie) E.L.Faircloth (Mary), and Miss Blanche Sentell, all of Greenville. We are much im pr6ved in singing. Our Sunday schools are doing fine. Mr. D. B. Cobb's class'of Junior boys had 57 present Sun day morning. Mr. P. T. Sanders attended the W.O.W.meeting in Charles ton, last week, reporting a nice time. Mr. Alford Bagwell of Green ville visited Mr. D. B. Cobb Sat tirday and Sunday. What about a Sunday school honor roll-this to be made quar terly instead of monthly? If yon-thinki it worthy, say so. The f W sick people are report ed much'improved. X.Y.Z. Tabor News Notes ELbchsWe oXv on4 ~March 20. The farmers made goodI use of the few pretty days In March. Small grain is looking wveil, con sidering the cold, wet winter. There has been a lot of grip in this community this "'inter. We are glad to report that the little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lewis is improving. after a month's illness. The Pickens mill singing class and other good singers out of town met with the Tabor Sun day school Sunday, and we sure had some goood singing. Mr. Mc1D. Farmer returned Monday from Anderson, where he had been visiting his daugh ter', Mrs. Remus Henderson. The writer enjoyed a singingI at the home of Mr. Anderson Evatt Sunday night. The Cedar Rock winter school wvill close Friday, March 26. Mr. Manning Owens lost a horse last week. A RE A mEn. Along Central Route Four 'Alec Billingsly (lied at hisI home on the 19th inst. and was buried the (lay following at Keo wee. Born, unto Mr.and Mrs. Frank Oliver, on the 14th, a girl. Miss Essle Stewart and father, Robin Stewart,are visiting T.H. and J. C. Stewart. Mrs. W.HI. Orr, who has beeni confined to her bed for several weeks, is not Improving much at this writing.t Claud Mauldin of Gap Hill was at T. H. Stewart's Wed nes day on business. Tihe Keowee school Is progres- e sing nicely under the efficient management of Miss Minniet Herd. Mr. T. H. Oliver spent a few days last week in Fort Hill on1 business. WILn lnt. CLEAUP E~k'' 510 The week beginning A* Ah will be observed all over Darolina as clean-up week, it will also be observed as cleauup week in the State of Pickens and the local work will be under the auspices of the Daughters >f Confederacy, same as in the past two years. The ladies are especially anxious to make a good showing this year and ask the co-operation of all the cit. zens of the town. They' want the premises a ro un d every dwelling and business house, and every vacant lot, cleared of all rubbish of every kind. They are also especially anxious that the court house lot be made more pleasing to the eye. There is no telling how many cases of sickness a good cleaning up will prevent, not to mention the im provement in the appearance of things. More information will be given next week, but you can make your arrangements now to clean up. News Notes From Route Three As we have seen nothing ie 3ently from route 3, .we will try this morning to write you only a rew hurried dots. For the past bwo weeks we have had warm, 3unny weather. The i'obins :ame and were busy in the holly brees feasting on the luscious red berries in all their glory and en joymen t, the doves cooing in the pinesiseeking their spring mates, 'urning plows and harrows busy [reparing the seed bed for the 3oming crop, gardeners bustling r aiid, the good wives and a ghters tkin, the newly '1C:e clicks from the nests r caring for them in the poul . But on Thursday old or began to howl through the branches of the trees, dark Alouds began to rise, and Satur Jay morning on arisingr ok Mother Earth was found to be wearing a beautiful. mantle of snow, then almost zero weather again, and thein business almoBt to a standstill. After a very successful term, the Twelve Mile school closed last Friday. A sumptuous treat was given by the teachers, and the little boys and girls all seem 1d to be in the zenith of their )njoyment.. in a Georgia paper I recently 'ead an account of the death of Tudge James R. Brown near Janton, Ga., in the 88th year of ils age. le was onp of the mcst prominent men of northeast 3eorgia. The sketch says that Tames R.. Brown, a brother of ~he Gov. Joseph E. Birown and m uncle of ex-Gov. Joseph M. Brown. The sketch also says ludge Brown was born at Pick mns, S. (1., August .18, 1827, the on of Mackey Brown and Mrs, I~a lbeirowvn. He was ed ulcatedl at PickW jand Williams ton, S. 0., and1 in 2mvdto Canton, Ga., to study law in t ff'cc of his brother, Joseph E. Br~ wn, graduating from the YaV e law school in 1853. During tiie. "udge Brown filled many 1pos i ons of trust and honor. I think Judge Brown was a grand son of the late Joseph Gresham, who sold the territo~ry to the German agents who .later built the town of Walhalla. I will have to omit several items of* recent occurrence along route '3 for the present, as the mail is right here. A cottage prayer meeting was held Sattturd av night at the home Of A. C. Edenis. Mr. and~ Mtrs. Eli Porter visited their son. R. S. Porter, last Sun (lay. Messrs. Allen Edens and Ce phas Can troll attended the sing ing at Tlabor church Sunday and( reported a nice time. A Sunday school was organ izedl at Mountain Grove last Sund1(ay and Mr. Tonm Lynch wa elected superintendent. COBBLER. S tate su perin tenden t of edu ~ation J. E. Swearingen spent C'hursday and Friday in Pickens ~ounty visiting and speaking to everal of the rural schools. On aturday morning about thirty chool patrons, trustees and eachers braved the snow storm nd attended. the mieeting at he court house and listened to n instructive talk by Prof. wearingen on the local tax uestion, longer term, stete aid ~nd how to obtain, mongy from ho state fund for weak pchools. ~. good deal of interest Was evi lenced and, several of the teach ~rs and trustees made *wort nilks