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FrifCXAL, "PAPER , C Established'1871-oue4~---- -" .PIOENS, S. C1," APRIL 8, 1915 SHORT NEWS ITEMS European War The.-3erlin government announces the German .policy toward the English will be an eye for an eye. For every day of blockade and starvation and continued depredation the British ma rine, merchant and naval, and the British soldiers now prisoners In the German lines will. have to pay. Sir Edward Grey, English foreign minister, has intimated to Ambassador Walter Page that the'British govern ment would appreciate it if the United States would protest to Germany against the new retaliatory 6olicy adopted in Berlin. :Sir 1vdward's re ply to the United States note regard ing the holdhig up of American coin merce is very evasive. . French aviators made a raid on Ger man hangars east of Soissons. Five more Vessels were sunk in the North Sea just off Hull, England, by German submarines. Three of the ves sels were British, one belonged to Hol land and the fifth was Norwegian. The Turkish government has offi cially denied the rumor that efforts have been made to seek peace with Russia. The Constantinople war of flee says suprising Ottoman victories may be looked for in the near.futurQ over British forces in the Suez, Sou. dan and Egypt. The Turkish government has assur ed the United States government that reports that Americans at the mission school at Urumlah, Persia, were harm ed in an 'invasion of that place by Moslem troops are entirely -unfounded. The Russian armies attempting- to invade Austria and Hungary are said to have forced the Dukla Pass, which is the gqteway to the Hlungarian plains through the Carpathians. This is con sidered the land crisis of the war, ac cording to the British and French be lief. King George, through his secretary, Lord Stamfordham, has issued a state ment in which he endorses the senti ment expressed to abolish drinking among the soldiers in the army in France. Two more British steamers have been added to the toll of losses from German submarines. The Flaminian and Crown of Castile were sunk off the west coast of England, which makes five victims for the German undersea monsters in a week's time. It is announced from London that the German army is preparing to abandon its attack along' the Yser and concentrate in holding the allied forc es from crossing the border this spring when the Anglo-French troops really begin activities. The Russian war office at Petrograd 4 has issued a, statement asking the Rus- I slan people. iot to be impatient about the Dardanelles, as it is admitted that considerable time will be necessary in I taking the straits and tle Turkish I capital. Domestic The Prinz Eitel Friedrich, German auxiliary cruiser which sank the Wil liam P. Frye, is already for sailing from Newport News, where she was laid up for repairs. Eugene W. Chafin, former prohibi- I tion candidate for president, and for 4 mer Gov.'John P. St. John of Kansas have petitioned. President Wilson to< call a special session of congress to pass a law prohibiting the manufac- I ture of liquor in the United States.I Ninety-t1Yo ships used the Panama canal duifi. the month of February, says Gov o,99ethais. West t1ha. h60 declared a mora-, ~ torium, as te tate'tehsury is empty, I owing to the adjounmientof the legis- I isture without passing adiy of the ap- f propriation bills, resulting, it is said, 1 from a desire to embarr-ass the Dem- I ocratic governor of the state. t Fifank Arbano, alleged anarchist, 1 charged with ,attempting to explode a I bomb in St. Patrick's cathedral in F *New York, said on the witness stand that the whole thing was a "frame-up" < on the part of the New York detective t force who wanted to make a brilliant ' showing. He said the detectives them- i ef!Wee ightsed the fuse of tie bomb. 1 VicePresident'l~tarshall at Los An- 0' geles iisited a moving picture farm, a where he turned the camera crank, and received $1 in wages as an extra; r 'The vice president~pocketed the coini, 9 * osd hi E. -Davis of Wisconsin heis;; resigndd as -treast er'of the Nationa: Democratic committee 'to accept thie' 'chaltumaiship of the federal board of tr-ade. General Funston has been placed in charge of the American artillery forces along the Rio Grande - to protect allt American citizens, from any possible firing from the Mexican guns across the river. The largest cargo of wheat shipped t from America tils year has sailed ' from Newv Orleans aboard the British steamship H-arperly. The cargo con tained .404,700 bushels. - A bill to regulate the number of verses to be read from the Bible in the public schools in Vermont wvas defeated in the lower house of the legislature at Montpelier. San Antonio has been chosen by the wvar department as tile center for army aeroplane demonstrations. Many of the art and literary treas tires of the late J. Pierlpont Morgan will be sold by his son. The Trennessee legislature has pass ed a bill *which places a ban on the iocker clubs of the state.1 About 40,000 wvorkers, in the sugar -i cane- fields in. orto Rico have struck for higher wa MThelaoprbe is seeing Its 's .d lbor problem Governois tubercular clo g ii eeets~ Alabama M~ate .PPfldepif o Washington Hussids 15ey,, c11arge of the Turkisli embassy In Washington, la- protested to the state department- against thc reported killing of two Turkish sub, jects in Mexico by Villa troops. Secretary Redfield of the depart. ment of commerce reports that busi ness conditions over the country have taken on a brighter look than at any time since the beginning of Mexican hostilities a year ago. President Wilson and former Presi dent Taft were the principal speakers at the laying of the corner stone of the building erected as a memorial to the women of the Civil war. Secretary Bryan and Ambassador Riano from Spain signed the peace treaty between that country and the United States. Among the members of the peace commission between the two countries, as provided for by the treaty, will be Senator Stone of Mis souri. The state department announces that Investigation shows the cargo aboard the William P. Frye, recently sunk in South American waters by the Prinz Eitel Frie'drich, was not, American-owned. Baron von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, says the Ber liii government is very regretful over the horrible act and will gladly pay for the damage done. President Wilson has. alinounced that a 'note. will soon be ready to send the kaiser regarding the sinking of the William P. Frye by the Prinz Eitel Fidrich. The American reply to the English note pertaining to the blockade has been sent to Ambassador Page in Lon don to be transmitted to Sir Edward Grey, foreign minister. The Washing ton government says that Uncle Sam will stand by his rights as a neutral, and that his shipping shall not be in terfered with by England or Franch. To quiet the persistent rumors that Secretary Garirson was to leave the cabinet to accept the New Jersey chief justiceship, Secretary to the President Tumulty officially stated from the White House that neither Governor Fielder of New Jersey nor the secretary of war had mentioned the matter to President Wilson, and that tWere was nothing to it. President Wilson informed White H4ouse callers that his personal friend, Dol. E. M. House, now In Berlin, was aot trying to effect any peace treaties vith the foreigni governments, as has been rumored, but was merely keeping tim informed as to the exact condi .ion of European affairs. Foreign It is reported England will nmake .ull reparation to Chile for sinking the Aernman warship Dresden within the bhree-nifle shore-line limit of the Clil an coast. The Dresden officers, ar Wving in Valparaiso, wished to roturn onie under the shipwrecked mariner's aw, but have been compelled to in ern until after the war. The Berlin ;overnment is greatly displeased with he act and serious complications are ooked for. An agreement has been reached be ween the Roman Catholic church and he Italian government over the war olicy, it Is said. Pope Benedict has iean unwilling to urge the Italians to var until an understandingt was reach id which would give back to the vati an its former temporal power o'ver ome of the Papal States which wvere reed by Victor 'Emmanuel I and Gai aldi durinig the time of Pope Leo [iII. Gen. Victoriano Hluerta, former di ector- of Mexico, who came into pow r through~ assassination of President fadero and whose power was broken y President Wilson, has again sailed roni Barcelona, Spalin, where he has een spending the past winter, lie t said to be ont his way to Mexico, a precipitate another revolution. Ils oat is lbound for South America, and is believed he will land at Caracas, nd thecn cross Iater to Vera Cruz. .American citizens int Mexico have de. lared ther-e was no intended insult to he American flag by Zapata troops iho shot John J. McManus, when he rrapped himself up in Old Glory. The Iritisht minister to Mexico has also ssured the United States government t Washington on .thits matter. Emperor Franz ',Tdeaf of Austria is eported to be in edlb~ent health this pring, and~ has been:,tqking a trip to 'rieste and Trente afei visiting'the arlsbad baths. The Villa-Zapata governtmentt in lexico htas paid Mrs. Ruth McManus, 'idow of Johnt B. McManus, who was illed in htis owvn htouse by Zapata oops, $20,000 indemnity. Mr's. Mc [anus htas expressed Iher gratitude to ecretary Bryan of thte state dlepart tent for its efflcientt actiont antd also ) Minister Cardoso, the Brazilian en Dy to Mexico, wh'lo acted so promptly g the part of the United States. Run Over By Wagon, Paul, the little sonl of Mr. and {rs. W. M. Martin, was serious y hurt last Thurs'day, Ho was laving near a loaded wagon vhen the mules hitched to the vagon started off, knocking the lIttle follow down. TVhe roar vheei of tihe wagon passed over is stomach just below the ribs ['he father was nearby and ushed to his child's aid, picking t up unconscious. Good work ~aused the boy to soon1 regainl onsciousness. Dr. Kirksey was ~ailed and the little fellow is do ng exceedingly well under hli illful care. We hope he will tirely recovered.l Oratorical Contest at Easley In the fifth annual Pickens county 'oratorical contest, held at Easley last Friday evening, Louis Perry of the Easley school was awarded first place and re ceived the gold medal given by Mr. Mr. W. M. Hagood. Second place was won by Sam Aiken of the Dacusville school, and third place went to Henry Rowland of Central. Each speaker of the seven schools represented were supported by loyal patrons and children from their respective schools. Prof. W. W. enson, principal of the Easley school, presided and perfect order pre vailed during the exercises. Announcement wais made at the close that the track meet, which was to have been held Saturday, was postpoiled, to be held next Saturday, April 10, promptly at 10 o'clock at the Easley mill ball park. The program as carried out Frida y evening follows: Harry Robinson, "Public Mor als." Ienr I Row land,Central, "The New South." PaulSammons,Roanoke, "The Passing of a Viking." Music. Louie Perry, Easley, "Retri butive Justice." Alfred O'Dell, Liberty, "If I Live Till Sundown." Music. D. Mann, Six Mile, "On the Death of Lafayette." Sam Aiken, Dacusville, "Reg- I ulus to the Carthaginians." Judges-Dr. J. P.'Kinard,An derson; H. Conway Smith, Sen eca; F. F. Covington, Jr., Clem son College. Notice to S. S. Superintendents The county of Pickens has been asked to send a full dele gation of representatives to the State Sunday School association, and credentials are now in my hands for those who can attend, as long as they last. Only a few more (lays to act, so send me your name, the name of your school and denomination, and I will return credentials promptly. Entertainment will be free to < all h old in g credentials. No I school could fall-to secure a good representative in sending their I superintendent, one of their teachers or secretary. The pastor is always a fine I representative and will be glad to go if you ask him. Ask him. t W. A. MATHEWS. County president. I P. 'S. Newberry is making I great preparation and every thing is being done at state E headquarters to make the pro- i .ram the best yet. The rail roads are giving rettuced fares. I hope to see as fine a delegation I from Pickens county as can come from any other. Let's 4 have It so. W. A. M. Griffin-Woodruff Married, at the homne of the bride's , par-ents, Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Griffin, in Pickens, onN Wednesday afternoon, March 31, Miss Norma Griffin to Dr. William A. Woodruff, Rev, E. V. Babb of Easley performing the ceremony. While this was a marriage of unusual intei-est on account of the popularity of the contracting par-ties, it was a quiet home wedding, beautiful In its simplic- I ity. Only a fewv of the most intimate1 friends wvere invited. Preceding the cer-emony Mrs. G. F. Norris sweetly sang "A Perfect Day" and "I Love You Truly." Miss Mattie Griffin, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and Miss Frances Bruce played Mendelssohn's I wedding march. The bride \vore a 1 handsome traveling aiiit of blue'garba-] dine and carried a. beautiful boquet of I bride r-oses. The house was artistically dlecorated with masses of Ivy. terns and pot plants, carryving out the color scheme of green and white. During the social period wvhich fol lowed the ceremony a salad course was servedl, after which the bridal party left on a special train for Easley, where the br-ide and groom boarded a northbound Lt-ain for Wagiington, New York and other points. After April 20 they will be at home to their fr-iends at Cateechee-. The bride is a young lady of fine Il char-acter- and unusual attractiveness and is popular all ovcr the county. She will be gr-eatly missedl in Pickens. ( The gr-oom has been a resident of this county many years and has built up an I extensive medical practice. Hie is a I native of Woodruff, is a man of fine character- and has the confidence of the people. Hosts of friends are wishing for them a long, happy and useful life. Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were the following: Mr. and Mr-s. William Woodruff of Woodruff;1 Mi-. antd Mrs. William Anderson of Blacksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nor cis of Centr-al, Miss Maggie Gaillard,4 Mrs Hutchinson and Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Norris of Cateechee. County School Notes The Mauldin school Is having a fine session with Misses Alma Garrett and Lucia Jones in charge. The patrons of Peters school district last Saturday voted a special levy of eight. mills for school purposes. The vote was 18 for and 5 against. Petitions are now being circu lated in Crosswell and Dayton school districts for the purpose of consolidating the two districts and having a modern graded school near Lathem. The patrons and trustees of Hagood school district have de Dided to have a meeting at the 3chool house April 17, at 1 o'clock for the purpose of discussing I plans 'or improvement. Every ne interested should attend this rneeting. The county superintendent of ] 3ducation visited Flat Rock school Thursday. This school has enjoyed a most successful session with Mrs. Maggie Boggs and Miss Bernice Allgood in charE'e. The school will close with an enti rtainment Friday night, April 23. Flat Rock has one of the best rural school build ings in the county and it is now being painted. News Notes from Oolenoy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rigdon of 4reenville visited their sister, qrs. Tbomas J. Keith, Sunday. rhey made the trip in a car. Mrs. Dr. C. W. Smith of New -y is spending the week with her )arents, Dr. and Mrs. J.M.Oren- 1 ihaav. A. C. Southerland, a prosper- i >us merchant of this place, was ,n Pickens Monday. Misses Cleo Hendrix and Jessie Beatrice Edens were the guests f Miss Pearl Southerland Sun lay. Miss Elizabeth Mauldin and P1rof. I. Vernon Jones carried the pupils of their grades to the :losing exercises of the Ambler school Friday afternoon. March Miss Mary Roper was the re .ent guest of . her sister, Mrs. irrover Keith. J. Bowen Martin. proprietor of he North Street Inn, Greenville, vas looking after the interest of iis farm here and visiting rela- 1 ives and friends last week. J. R. Keith, one of our most I ip to date farmers, has recently t Ldded to the convenience of his f kome by having a telephone 1 )laced therein. The heaviest snowfall of the eason fell here Tuesday. Dur ng almost all of the day the hills mnd mountains were almost in risible. Tphe oldest settlers say hat this is most remarkable veather that they ever experi mcedl. Our magistrate, S. F. Keith, mnd his constable, Sam pson Bur tess, went to Pickens Saturday n1 response to call of Governor' Vianning to all such officers. The >bject of the meeting was to ex ylain more fully their duties as >fficers in regard to the whiskey. ;raffic. Tuesday at 2 o'clock p. in., vhen earth was wrapped in her nowy white cover, the spirit of lames Heaton winged its way o the etern al shore. Mir. Heaton vas a man beyond middle age >f life and for years had been a treat sufferer. lHe b)ore this luffering wvith remarkable meek less. He leaves a wife and sev iral children besides a host of riends to mourn his death. The murial took place at Oolenoy 3aptist church Wednesday af ernoon. Closing of Ambler School The closing exercises of thei imb~ler school, which took place dlarch 26, was a grand success. i. large crowd greeted the pupils Lnd they received many con tratulations for the manner in vhich they carried out the pro (r'am. - The music, wvhich wvas fur ished by Miss Susan Connelly,t 'Iessrs. James and Eugene (Jon-i oelly, wvas splendid. Prof. R. T. Hlallum made a ine talk on education. The school was taught by Miss 4attie Bowen, principal, and ~rof. Oscar Baker, assistant. Mr. Kelly Died Joseph B. Kelly, who wvas hot by his son March 22, died N~ednesday afternoon. A report of -the shooting ap >eared in last wveek's Sentinel. Paul Kelley, who (lid the ihooting, came to Pickens Fri-< lay and surrendered to the iheifif. H-Ie Is now out on $1,600O dond.0 Easley Local and Personal Misses Hattie and Edna Earle of Pickens, who are teaching in the lower part of the county, spent the week-end with P. P. McDaniel and family. Mrs. FrankBallen tine of Green ville Is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fendley, of Cross Roads. Joe B. Fendley of the Cross Roads section last week sold his last Year's cotton crop of 33 bales bo the Alice mills for9c a pound. Mr. and Mrs. 0. T. Hinton are to be congratulated on the birth >f a little daughter on the even ing cf.the 29th inst. Misses Eva and Ethel Wyatt, wvho have been attending Colum Aia college, arrived here Wed iesday to spend the spring holi lays with their parents. With ;hem as their guest was Miss Fjorena Humphries of Camden. Miss Jennie Robinson, a stu lent in Converse college, will be rt home with her parents, Mr. ma Mrs. J. A. Robinson, for the iolidays. Miss Ruth King is spending his week with relatives in Hart vell, Ga. While -running a public ser ice automobile from Greenville ;o Easley one night last week Bruce Fennell was thrown thru he windshield when lost control )f the car, and Harmon Wil iams, who was on the front ;eat, went with him. Dr.W. F. Plowers dnd Luther Brown,who vere in the rear seat, succeeded n crawling from beneath the car vhen it turned upside down and anded in a small stream just >elow the roadbed. Fennell re 3eived several slight cuts and Dr. Flowers sustained several broken ribs, while all were considerably b~ruised. The William Easley chapter, United Daughters of Confeder :icy, are entertaining the Pied imont district convention today ledne-lay). Many delegates 7rom all over the upper part of he state are in attendance. The Fant Meeting Do not forget that Engincer D). J. Fant will speak at Cross Roads church on the third Sun lay in April, the 18th, at 11 a. n., at Pickens court house at 4 >. m. and at the Methodist hiurch at 8 p. mn. the same day. ?rof. R. M. Bolding will sing for he Fant meeting at Cross Roads mid at the court house. Every iody invited. Pray for the nieetingrs. D. W.1. H1iolr. Entertainment at Oolenoy Theli members of the eighth mnd ninth grades of the Oolenoy traded school will give a play, Valley Farm, Friday evening, April 9. A small admission fee viil bie charged for the benefit >f the schoolt White* Man is Now Champion Jess Willard, the Kansas pug list, is now thle champion heavy veight prize fighter of tile w'orld, having knocked out Jack fohnson, the negro fighter who las been champion several years. ['le fight occurred1 in Havanna, Juba, Monday and lasted 26 ounds. Willard is 28 years old mnd weighs 247 pounds. Hendricks Re-Elected Mayor The annual election of mayor nd aldermen for the City of ?ickens was held Monday and nuch .interest was manifested. Pho result was that 0. R. Hen hricks was re-elected mayor over wo opponents, and the follow ng gentlemen were elected al lermen: W ayne Mauldin, R. L. 1ames, J.N. H-allum,A.C. Gray ey, Dr. J.L.Valley, M.C.Smith. The vote was as follows: For nayor, G. R. iliendricks, 71; S. 3. Craig, 52: B. B. Lausoon, 24. or aldermen, J. N. Hallum,96; N. L. Matheney, 63; A. D. At. away, 49; L. F. Robinson, 61; 3. F. Parsons, 56; W.C.Newton, 5; B. C. Robinson, 67; M. C. smith, 68; R. L. Hlames. 98; W. vlauidin, 101; A. C. Gravley,86; r. L. Valley, 83. Card of Thanks I cannot thank the good people of ~ickens enough for the magnificent vote ilven me for mayor on Monday. I ex isct jo see that the town laws in regard o g mibling, stealing, whiskey sellingI mnd drinking, and all other laws for the| ipbuilding ol; our town and for the good >f the community are enforced to the etter as near as possible. I trust you vill never regret voting as you have. G. RI. HENDRJCKs. Kelly Shot at Central Clement Kelly, aged 19 years, was shot and seriously injured by Raymond Taylor, who runs the Central cafe in Central, last Wednesday night. Kelly was rushed to the Anderson hospital and an operation revealed that the bullet which struck him in the abdomen did not puncture the intestines, but instead iang ed downward and lodged in the hip joint of the left leg. We have heard several differ ent stories of the shooting, but all agree that there had been bad feeling between the two men for some time and that. about two weeks ago they engaged in a fistic encounter, the cause of which is not known. It is said that Taylor was under the influ ence of liquor when the -ihooting occurred. Four shots were fired, only one taking effect. It is not thought that the wound is fatal. The wounded man is a son of S. R. Kelly, a prominent mer chUnt of Central, and was em Ployed in his father's store. Raymond Taylor is a son of John T. Taylor, a prominent planterlivingnearCentral. Both are unmarried. Tiylor was brought to Pick ens and lodged in jail, but is now out on $1,000. News Notes From Cateechee Married, on the 4th inst., at the residence of the officiating officer, Mr. James Rogers and Miss Roda Kay of Liberty, S. C., J. Alonzo Brown, N. P., at the throttle. The *happy young couple left immediately for a bridal triD to Kings Mountain and other places in N. C. May they always look as pleasant as they did the day they stood be fore the hymeneal alter is the desire of one who wishes them well. WNith the mountains covered with snow and the wind com ing from in that direction at the rate of 10 miles a minute what man is it with a thin shirt on would say it is time for swring. Farmers are about ready to plant but very few have' put Any seed in the ground yet. Mr. ). M. Newton, who has been indisposed for several days, is able to be out again to the de light of his miany friends. J. Alonzo Bown has beon suffer ing from rheumatism for several days. Mr. R. W. Kelly, who is mer chandising at the Luther Kelly stand, had a good horse to get pretty badly hurt last week by getting excited at an automobile and running away. - B. Mt. CarmeL~News M r. Edlitor: Ever ything seems to be moving along about as usual on this side of the county. Farmers seem to lIe waiting very patiently for King Winter to pass on before they begin. to plant their seeds, but are push ing the. preparation of the soiL. B. D. Lathem has thrown 'his walking stickc away and gone to gardening. He says he intends to plant a whole acre in sweet 'taters. Cause-A new "gal" recently came to his house. Mrs. Edward Capps, who has been danger-ously ill, is repor-ted to be some better. F. B. Ponder, who atte~nded the recent W. 0. W. weeting in Charleston, was somewhat in disposed after his rqturn.- It is reported that he tridd to eat all the oysters in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. George Wt. La them are now at -home to their friends in their commodious res idence recently erected on his farm near Freeman's store. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smith of Greenville worshipped at Mt. Carmel Sunday and visited his N. K. Smith, as (lid also Mr.and Mrs. William Brockman of Greenville, and visited1 the lat ter's parents, Mr-. and Mrs. J.K. Lathem. L. L. Smith and W.A.Looper were re-elected super-intendents and Miss Mayme Williams, sec retary of the Sunday school at this place Sunday morning. Pas tor Hiott met his regular ap pointment, preaching very forc Ible sermons to rood congrega tions. FAmIOE BILL. Give Him a Mule! Wigfall Cheatham of the Edgefield1 Chronicle has been appointed a colonel on Governor Manning's staff. wigfall will certainly "dut a (dash" arrayed in gold lace and brass buttons, but we fear the consequences when he attempts to straddle a horse.---Gaffney Ledger. See The Santlnal fr, Printing Local and Perg dal The all-da A 'dysingin~gai tain View chuch -last unay was largely attended;, any good and . prominent sal gers were .present and the si iJng was excellent. Prof. J. M. Hancock will' e tire as president of the Wesleyan college at-Central at the end of the present session and will re turn to his farm in South 'Geor gia. He will be succeeded by; Prof. Beddford. J. T. Richev, clerk of com missioners, advises us that the money for managers of special election held November 4, 1918, has been received and the man agers can get same by calling at the Pickens Bank. T. F.~Tayl6r, one of the sub stantial citizens of Liberty route 2, was at the county seat on business Tuesday and renewed his subscription to The Sentinel. Mrs. Taylor says she cannot do without her cou-nty paper. Mari'ied, at the residence of G. B. Williams, near DoUs ville, March, 4, Mr. James H. Chapman of near Pickens to Miss Ruby G. Holder, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. J. D. Holder of Pickens, G, W. Bowen, N. P., officiating. With the election for mayor and councilmen on Monday, and the county board of regis tration in session in the super visor's office, and the public auction of several tracts of land, it was a busy day around the court house. Officers Merck and Lindsey and Constable Christopher de stroyed a large still on Saluda river in the upper part of the county, nd poured out nine hundred allons of beer which they fou 1 near Table Rock, wh\\e, o tA last Thursday. Judge J'.'J. Mauildin is spend ing the week at his home here after a three weeks term of court in Barnwell. He has been presiding over courts in different counties continuously since Jan nary 1, and next week will go higher up in the second district, opening court at Aiken Monday. Ben R. J ohnsoi, artist's model, tramp printer and globe trotter, called on 'The Sentinel Monday. Mr'. Johnston says he walked from Florida to this place, and is on his way to Knoxville, Tenn. He says this is his second tip around the wor!d, having been in Europe four times. His headquarters are in New York. Miss Inez Morris, who is a member of the senior class at Chicora colleate gave her gradu ating piano recital in the college auditoriumi at G reen ville Friday evening. Among those attend ing the recital from Pickens wvere Misses Ellen Lewis and Mildred Cox and Mrs. A. M. Morris. L. H-ouston Craig was elected president of Post C. Ti avelers Protective Association at Green-.. ville in a meeting last Friday'. Mr. -Craig is one of the most popular {traveling nien of the state. I*1 is a Pickens colnty man and as raised over on old Keowee, where he still likes to Spend (uieot hours with his mother. Olin Craig, one of the most prominent of the younger farm ers of the Keowee side, was in Pickens on business last week. HeI has recently taken up stock raising in addition to tl~e general farm w'ork and is making quite a success of bo0th. H~e raises only pure bred stuck and this part of his business is growing. Last year he sold about 100 pigs and this year will sell mrore, be sides the cattle. Messi's, J. P. Carey, Jr., and Jno. C. Carey are having a building erected on the vacant lot directly in front of Folger, Thornley & Co's store which will be used as a garage and automobile repair shop. The b~uilding will be 24'x40 feet and Jesse Ward will have charge of the repair work. R. E. Yongue has charge of the erection of the building. The Sentinel enjoyed1 a visit from 0. P. Field rlTuesday. Mr. Field is one of the best known citizens of the county. Thhis was his first visit to the county seat in several mn o n t h s, his health not permitting him to get out of ten. However, we are very glad to state that his health is now much improved and he is stronger than he has been in several years before. We wish for him continued good health. Tlhe adlvertisements are an in teresting part of this paper and if you do not read them you wvill hbfe loser'.