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a Advanc aths both lt$1.50 is not responsible for the 98f ts, correspondents. fis 4tices and it'ioutes of reppe t of' One undred words will be printv fr"e r . 11 over that numnber innst be pid r A bete of one cent a word. Vash to py* uscript Ardsof thanksrlb HM fr e-half oent a word. Swat the fly, of course. Clean up, paint up and-pay up! Mister Prosperity, "where is you all While cleaning up this year. also do a lit[e painting. Hearst's Atlanta Georgian appears to be one of the six beat yellows So old-HuertA Is .going back to MIex ico. Wonder if he'll bring that salute? The fast young man is so of ten slow pay.--Anderson Mail. And mnostly- no: pay. The next stop will be Grant's birth day, up north, but we won't stop there this time. There is nothing in our alanae that says a word about April snows bringing Mfay flowers. Some men we know think they have religion, when it is nothing but a bad case, of dyspepsia. Giff Pinchot has been expelled froma Belgium by lermany. Now, if Teddy was on the job-wow l "The End of Kings'' is the heading to a long editorial in the Colurnbia Ree ord. 'Twas ever thus when the other guy had aces. It is Mighty easy to'take a cokd, but it is m ty hard to get rid of one. Spartaurg Journal. Justlike getting in and out of jail. Doctor Evans, Colun ate's phy sician, is now telling his patients how to get drunk decently. But whoever beheld a decent drunk? It is said new novels are scirce No wonde'. All the fiction writers have got jobs in Petrograd, Berlin, London, Parisa andCosatnpe toalogeitoilone tahe uwill sup ord.'-wa ever the nmnteothe Iis migt ayam te, barringr.Ta t. Gonzalegtyookr and gth rs of othat CiSprngsbunch have lieetviing ineah otrotoa'e ofaet. We to gert druncetly. difiut woeverin guis srom te novelsin are sre o thondslte ftin witersithise goteepin a oerorajut Brin im-on Paris apnd Consathne.mnssta we oul lie Colrunel say he willper up where fo the n oay inateis the onzas oor and the reigt of tha each otent o tae 'e of ye.W oWentefufr Ath fistganit a isdifiut to powerin guish from trespeln of enonmte of thosefregn as, heother itomen s ai ca oew orks Ruoia iear olrerecnlyadatrbte.i Thgeity spin thefahatha"heminseverha wwoud lie toreadafla newpaery man whr thed frta the ear ge ofi2 motsl and theyg firid. is was' ame enth of time .alm "Wnthe doctraysthtotwae be when a n - fpen oe the t conveis oftihigzns" nqyonuireh And esnMi.I they doeionw wi hat haeyeo the old-in/~ oldsied recen whond tobutendi lpest tom the act ttedn "hemve --orridy theed ofaiNewoverste phonwo.~e uto thalrqt agta mot 120y oldeime and hQyr Winone. i sessin aOif~t. E S idDDslu.Wihar of aoien 1dot sa th htealter ousand phys~iciaitis sgetion nos beatgth bestd andl motwolsof And hatheomef.hod Bowig scletes~ nMail. W2H, bless 'm, the rnh- 8 t bend n e '-nl tE w for iover tear ol Ftme AndVoltf adnedi shession bein t ord areste and motwhlsoe Th o. riehe L - r eauW, tot 3a M I2H Simple Logic 'Proves It. By MoS. A wants to sell some thing. B wants to buy it. X is the advertise ment that brings them together. X costs money. It's the bring together price. A makes more money by selling to many B's and can therefore pay for X. A benefits. B benefits. That's advertising in a nutshell. It has been tried out in every conceivable way, and it works. It works especially well in this home news paper, as many of our merchants and all of our readers know. Someone accused a well-known char acter in Pickens of being intoxiea ted on the occasion of the recent town election. and when he heard of it he said: "Drunk ! Me drunk? Why, shucks! I didn't drink any likker at all, only two little iuart vials fulls for a little newralgy I had!" There are a thousand and one ways a man can make a fool of himself, and a Boston preacher has found one of them. le thought he had a mission and, after visiting the municipal lodging-house in that city, saw a thousand men sleeping on the floors. le suggested in his next iermon that soie fine morning these thousand men east their filthy clothing tway and march up the street arrayed n all their nakedness, saying that then !apital might take pity and start the wheels of industry going. Start noth ing; before an hour passed there would not he enough patrol wagons in the Hub to go round. Speaking of advertising and the dis position of some merchants to cut itout to save what they consi(er an unneces sary expense, the Yorkville 0niquirer very sensibly sa1s: "If this deression is going to be permanent, then there is no use for anybody to advertise; but if it is to be only temporary, and that is what most of us h~o1e and believe, then the best thing for the business man who expects to participate in the better time a-coming is to keep himself prominently andI continuously before the public. D)therwvise, when the revival comes, lie nay wake up to find that others have stepped in andI taken his place, and he has been lost in the shufile."' In other hvord(s, if a merc'hant (loes not keep the fact that he is still in business before the people he will soon find that his former customers have gy e somewvhere 3ise to trade. -to the uwfl ant whlo kept tis name and1( his goods Im ~re the ggg. >le-thinking, perhaie' gOher fel -01rtbusiness, Same in Pickens We kno w some people in Gaff icy who send orders for print ng to Baltimore, Zion City and Jharleston and pay more for it ,han they would have to pay for t in Gaffney. And yet these samie parties are loud in the ad vocacy of the "patronize-home industry propaganda"' when the wares in which they deal are concerned. -Gaffney Ledger. A Pair of Experts An editor can sit in a swival chair under an electric fan and tell just howv a' farmer ought to farm. And a farmer can follow a plow all day and tell just how an editor ought to run a news paper. And ther-e you aro. Anderson Mail. K. of P's. of the 8th District, including Pickens, Oconee amd Greenville counties met in con vention at Westmiininster, Tuies (lay, A p r i 1 6. Westminster lodge en terta ined the delegates alnd visitors in great style. It was decided to hold the conven Lion semi-annually, the next meeting will be held In October at Seneca. SAY THAT COUNTS peak FORUS ris St., Anderson, S.C., sing1L UZIA NN E COF 3 in her home. Likes it because of its FINE ING IN MONEY. A 3 as far as T WO pounds es Perfect Cup Quality IN N E 'CL/PON$ IENTS they en title you AYLOR 00., at New [ CATALOGUE. .. . . class hv ITSF F ABOUT PICKENS A Letter From State Sul J. E. Swearingen to R ent of Education of Pi Superintendent R. T. Hallum, Pickens, S. C. Dear Hallum:-At the outset I wish to congratulate you upon the work you are doing in the public schools of Pickens coun. ty. It was my good fortune to spend March 18, 19 and 20 in visiting your schools and meet ing your trustees and teachers. Since some of these localities had been visited by me less than a year ago, I was in position to measure the development of the last twelve months. The Martin district illustrates the value of a strong rural school in your territory. The interest and enthusiasm of these people brought them a modern and model school building. T h i s bouse was built and equipped to .ccomodate 100 pupils. T h e first session after its erection brought an enrollment of 141 pupils. The appreciation of the patrons, the interest of the chil Iren and the earnestness of the eachers explain the growth. The leadership of the County "uperintendent in selecting this "oniniunity for such a public school demonstration was ad mirable. Your judgement has been more than vindicated by yollrcpniplete success. My only regret is that neither the County iu perintendent, the State Super ntendent nor the trustees an icipated this 50 per cent increase n enrollment during the first rear. It was fortunate for the school hat the trustees retained the >ld one-room b u i ( i n g. The )roblen now is the securing of enough money to emplov three eachers for the session 1915-1H. 'he people of Martin district hould raise their local tax to ight mills by adding four mills o their local levy. If this tax s secured in May, the State De partment of Education will be glad to co-operate in securing, three teachers for a session of seven months next year. The outlying districts around the Martin school are not giving their children a fair chance. Wolfe's Creek, P rat er and Twelve Mile all need new school houses. Each of these three! <iistricts should erect buildings e o n1 t a i n i n1 g two classrooms, cloakrooms, teachers' rooms and a workroom. D~esign "D")' of the State plans prepared by Prof. R. E. Lee of Clemson College will give adequ]iiate accomodationus for present n~eeds. The cost of the building in each case will be at least $1500. If the erection of new school bouses im these three districtaj ~hould1 lead to such developmenit 1s has resultedi in the. Martin I listrict, I should1, of course, pre er' to reco,)nmentl buildings con ~ammig three class1rooms and em )lOying three -teachers. Your lOw l.UNiN at Zion is an illus -Rton of what I mean. Pic1k ms county has the children, and [ hope the County Superintend mt wvill soon be given the money t'or their education. The op portunity for reproducing the Martin situation in a score of your (districts is most inyiting. Trhe Mile Creek school illus trates the advantages of a new building, a four-mill local tax, two teachers and the rural graded school law. The progress of Mile Creek during the last twelve months is most striking. 1 shall await with interest the report of the teachers and the trustees on their six months' session. If this district finds it helpful to employ two teachers and torun at least six months, every other district in Pickens county might also enjoy these advantages by giving proper' support to its school. The high school at the court house is doing goodl work. The limited1 territory em braced in the Pickens district is a handi cap to this school. -I know the sacrifices already made by the courthouse community in order to erect a newv building and1 to pay the salaries of the teachers. It would, however, be a great step for ward if the Pickens High' school c'ouldl be thrown open to children from the outlying dis tricts, enrolling in your fifth, sixth andl seventh grades as well as in the High school depart ment. Such a course would re lieve the congestion in the out lying schools. It would, how ever, make necessary the em ploy ment of ad(ditional teachers in the Pickens e'strict, b~ut these teachers would nare than repay this cost by givii. better op portunities to scorem of boys and girls. Tho school at the mili is a model of neatness. It illustrates the advantages of community co-operation and teacher-leader ship. In spite of the snow of Satur lay, a fine body of thirty-five rustees and teachers met to (dis ~uss school problems. It has ever been my good fortune to e0 associated with a more in erested or Interesting bunch of This discussion ile m- to limp, COUUTY SCHOOLS erintendent ot Education . Hallum, Superintend ekens County. . . suggest. four. lines of- develot 1. Every district in the count should have a school tax of fou mills or more. - The growth o rural graded schools in 11 o your 54 districts illustrates m,, meaning. Communities like Maynard Cedar Rock, Reunion, and per haps others are in need of bette: school facilities, an additiona teaching force, a local tax, or i longer session. T h e trustee. and taxpayers of these district. should prepare at once to take advantage of the rural grade( school law during 1915-16. Sinc( this law requires a four-mill tax these districts are simply 'leep. ing on their rights as long a they refuse to vote the four-mil levy. 2. The County Superintend. ent's office should be strength ened by the addition of a travel ing teacher. This teacher should be a woman. Her chief duty would be the aiding of young and inexperienced teachers in organizing their classroom work. She could also help in co-ordi nating and correlating the grad ation and promotion of pupils in the various schools. Two years ago the County Superintendent prepared to give a 7th grade certificate to the boys and girls of Pickens Coun ty, but found that the 7th grade in many schools differed in work and attainments. These differ ences are caused by the over crowded classes, unskillful teach ing, and weak organization in the schools. A woman super visor of classroom m e t h o d s could not only correct this diffi culty, but would help to bring better service, especially in the .ountry schools. There should also be an in dustrial teacher to direct the classes in ewing, cooking and like subjects. This work can be done at the lowest cost and with the best results when prop erly connected with the county Superintendent's office and the public school system. The girls and mothers of Pick ens county should demand this improvemenut. The schools can never do full service until in dustiial training has been ade (luately Provided1 for. . 3. The third1 need1 is the erec tion of more and larger school b)uildings. The admirable prog ress of recent years emphasizeE the advantages of a modern schoolhouse in every district. Oolenoy, Dacusvillec, Ruhamah, Roanoke and a dozen others ii lustr-ate my meaning. I con gratuilate .you uipon the standard you have set in your school buildings, and1 upon the pros pects for fu rther imp irovement in a half dlozen more districts this year. 4. Closer attention should be given to enrollment and attend ance of pupils. The shifting of population on the farm at the end of the year, and in town throughout the year, seems to make dlouble enrollment of chil. dren a serious problem in many schools. A child a t t e n dIi n a school ten days can be enmolled only once during the year. The teachers of Pickens county shoul scrutinize this situatior most carefully. Wherever dou, ble enrollment occurs, the aver. age attendance of pupils is cor. respondingly reduced, becaus( the same name on two enroll. ment lists mean an empty desh4 in one school. This practic( forces the percentage of at. tendance far below the averagt for the state. The result is dis. paraging to the county, although it is understood b)y those ac quainted with the local situa tion. If every man could owvn his owvn home and could send his children to his own community school this defect wvould not ex 1st. Tea chers and1 t r ui s t e e e should see to it that school rec ords are properly kept in this connection. The new compulsor-y attend ance law will be of service in man y districts. It simpl)1y means that the people of each commun ity may decide for themselves whether they wish theiri clildren between the ages of eight and fourteen years to attend school. In the country such boys and girls will be required to go four' months; in town these boys and girls will be required to go the full term. I know the democratic, inde pendent and1 progressive spirit of the people of Pickens county. I admire this attitude, because it guarantees local self-govern ment of the best typo. At the same time, I believe the fathers and mothers of every district, ni o w maintaining a good school In Pickens County, are ready to send their boys and gIrls to the community school. In a few rare instances school attendance cannot be se cured, but these children will be excused .by the trustees upon proper showing by their parents. Pickens ls the great white sounty of the ste~ The pro ortion of populato 'i een 1 - AT DOLL r New Spring I * of new dress stuffs. To be * Forehanded folks will ha, 4 season in dress goods-the Voiles seem to be the aristo pretty stuff. Bargain Coun + values that we are going t goods placed on a counter t that at these prices these g troducec them to you. A Complete L + merate all the new goods % New Oxfords for men, over. You will be pleased. We have recently repl and can fit you whether yoi Fiction attracts. Facts cor Remember-No mattei + here when you come again. F=OLGEfl Clothing, Shoe Sole Agents for Walk-Ov, +Machines, Iron King Stovesc *Mitchell Automobiles. the races stands seven whites to one negro. I earnestly hope the progressive forces of the County will join hands to use as fully as possible every agency for school improvemnent, iticluding state aid and the local option compulsory law. In conclusion, I wish to ex press my genuine appreciation of the unstinted hospitality so courteously shown me. I shall look forward with pleasure to a renewal of my personal and of ficial friendships and associa tions with the County Superin willdent, hans tuse ad fully. ea postl every agertnityfo stateaulan thyoca ponh resuls myogeuinae apecrediand ofithin utintinue hspitaityss, courteous respn e.I shal renEaste of y roal d N of ficastredships and ascil Rods witted ounty luein-l trendns true andtiu teah 4' t evr o'ortuter.om "Hillratut,"Nig you upo The rEasutryo hdavaied insecurad shing you contined uccessh dmigatem Sthe aEd ith. Ang Eater iced aitha Norri Mateahan loade C. t a orsi roes ntertaine bunity little chcs ness o'lock an othehr Easter noveaties.aTe indecorad ishemen was caied oin the diing room thek tae. weicious huger whihesoe birtd cake canngirlsnbles o the yadrs larte good wsall fornte little Easter novelisn They Rhdued in spnrning themanere Mrs.h donkes Louil, Roes lyon be wneth la.;Emky on.acyos aferec s.oe egle bos withngeburd w.Cishe foy thelitl Ben Hiet. Johsout of Cetral; Miseswee Loie hodes o Ju Pcken, Ga.ucil ZaTcEharpeo of rebenville; Loiss layton, L au.ra Blum, Valeria Posey and Marie Smith of Liberty; Addle Lee and Robert Johnson, Eu gene and Roy Sims. of Central and other little friends of Norris. By order of the governor a ten-round prize fight was stop ped in Charleston last week. WORMS Horse, hog and cattle own ers should know that worms cause by a poor digestive system or improper feeding are more than dangerous. DR. BOYD'S Worm and ConditioI: Powder 18 a remedy prepared by a practi cal veterinary Burgeon and re lieves the condition almost in stantly. It should be used with regularity. 25 cents buys a larg package. We gurnte to d price,.uchs . For Sale by Pickens Drug Co., Pickons, SL C PRIN& i AR-STRETCHIN( )ress Goods---Oharming good morni sure, it is a bit early, but these te re bought up the finest things in fabrics showing every kind of loon crats of loomdom. Temptingly lo tr..._Don't fail to see our B gone through.our stocl i let our customers have the ber o itself and are closing it out at oods will gladly change owners, i ine of Spring Merclh ,e have for your inspection, but o women and children are here -And ,nished our line of Furniture wit i need a full outfit or just a singl( Lvince. how often you conic you will v Yours truly, THORNLE s, Hats and Gents' Furnishing Go 3r Shoes, Hawes Hats, Carhart 0 Chase City and Babcock Bugg After m u c h consideration Gov. Manning has appointed Dr. Geo. F. Sargent superin tendent of the state hospital for the insane. He will take charge May 10. He is said to be an ex pert in the treatment of mental diseases and care of the insane, and is fron Maryland. At a meeting of the state board of education in Columbia last week boards of education for each county in the state were apuointed S. W. O'Dell of Lib erty and W. M. Melton of Pick ens were appointed in Pickens county. CONDENSED PASSENGER SCHEDULE Piedmont & Northern Railway Company EffootIvo Januar 11th, 1915. From Spartanbuirg For Spartanburg No. 7 11:33 z. tm. No. 8 12:10 p. mi. No. 9 1:55 p. mo. Xo. 10 1:40 p. mn. No. 11 4:13 p. no. No. 12 . 4:15 p. m. No. i5 6:-45 p. mo. No. 14 6:30 p. mn No. 17 9:15 p. mo. No. 16 -.9:50 p. m. From Greenwood anid For Greenwood ancd Anderson And'erson No. 4 8:55Ef . mi. No. 1 6:45 a. mn. x No. 6 10:35 a. ma. xxNo. 3 8:25 a. m. Nit. 8 12:10 p. mi. No. 5 10:00 a. mn x No. 10 1:40 p. tm. xxNo. 7l11:35 a. mn. No. 12 4:10 p. ti. No. 9 2:00p P .m NO. 14 6;:30 It. ttn. No. 11 4:20 p. m. No 16 9:n ~A.ii o t o nl._ No. 15 7:40 p. m. (xx) For Atalerszon otnly. C. S. Alle, ____ TralIc Manager. Notice to Debtors and Creditorp All persons holding claims against thE estate of the late Mrs. M. A. Parsons must present the same duly proven on or defore the 1st day of May, 1915,or be debarred payment; and all persons in 'debted to said estate must make pay ment on or before the above date to the undersigned. G. W. DOnR, 50 Administrator. J.J M(SW~A N SAM I. CRAIG Grceenille, S. (. Pckens, S. C. McSwain & Craig LAWYERS Practice in State and Federal Courts Greenville Office Phone 210 Pickens Office Phone 39 GO WER-M'BEE ELECTRIC CO. Largest and best displayed stock of Electric Lighting Fixtures GREENVILLE, S. C. 3 Dr. L. L. Jamneson Phsyslclan andl Surgeons Ealey, S. C. Diseases of the Stomach a Specialty Office over Easley Bank. Res. Phone 186 Dr. W. E. Scott OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Phones i rii ,2Oreenville, s. C. All diseases treated without diugs or knife. On application will mail literature to those who - would like to read up on Osteo pathy, Any isase. 56 r LISTEN! etoc. , atfirst cot ler< itra(Ioedsc -J P~iedmiont Automio e Association d Box 1'79 Gre e. -S-.C. .._n 121 abrics thabd you a cheery n - A showing Sst a wil not tarry. a few day . It Is novelty I Caper to escape being plain. Wprices forsome temptingly argain 0o4nter. We. have i and pickad out some real iefit of. We6 have all these f'Oc on the dollar.*-We feel ind you will be glad we in andisse.--- We haven' t ' spacetoenu ir lines are complete ve invite you to look them h a car or two of new stuff 1piece. It's prices that tell. 'ways find something now *A Ads a Specialty veralls, New Home Sewing + les, Mitchell Wagons and 4 Notice State of South Carolina, County of Pickens. Whereas, a petition from the freehold ers and electors of Calhoun School Dis trict No. 8 has been filed with the County Board of Education asking that an elec tion be held to determine whether or not a special levy of three mills shall be levied on said district for school pur poses. Therefore, it is ordered that the trus tees of the above-named district do hold an election in said district on the 17th day of April, 1915, at J. D. Morgan's store. The trustees are hereby appointed mana gers, the election to be conducted in accordance with section 1742 of the general statutes. By order of the County Boar'd of Ed ucation. 'R. T. HALLUM, Secy. and Chairman. Stt .f Notice Stt fSouth' Carolina, County -of -Pickens.. Whereas, the resident freeholders of the age of twenty-one years and the resi dent electors repiding in Calhoun school district No. 8 have petitiioned the board of- trustees of the aforesaid district to grant an election within said district for the purpose of Voting upon the question of issuing bonds for the purpose of erecting a suitable schoolhouse within said district. The petition further asks that the amount to be issued shall not exceed four thousand ($4,000) dollars After examninin the aforesaid petition. the board of trustees are satisfld that th etition meefs the requiirements of Therefore, arwelection is hereby or dered by the board of 'trustees of said districto be held at J.D.Morgan's store on A .il 17, 1915, to determine whether said deshall- be issued or not. tand that W. H. Mills, C. W. Boggs and Mack Morgan are hereby appointed managers of said election, the said managers sa l declare the result of said election, and make returns of same to this board. It is further ordered that notice of said election be published In The Pickeng SentineI, the election. to be conducted in accordance with* the .law governing sahool -bond electiouns.: *W. H. GRAlfr, R. M.. HOLP.EN, W. -L. -DILtan, Trustees of Calhoun Dist. No. 8. State of South CarQoia, County of Plckens. Whereas, a petition, from the freehol ders and electors of .Mile.Oreek School District Nor 41 las been tiled with the. Count Board.o Education. asking1~t an. loiou be held to deterrai~eyi o. additional special levy of fu m l be levied on said district for sce~ pupses. Theref re, it Is ordered that the trus tees of the above-Damed district do hold an election in said district on the 24th day of April, 1915, at the school house. rhe trustees are hereby appointed man agers, the election to be conducted In accordance with section 1742 of the gen sral statutes. By order of the County Board of Ed Ication. R..T. HALLUM, Secy. and Chairman. Citation state of South Carolina, County of Pickens. 3y J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge. Whereas, J. P. WIlliams, rnade suit o me to grant him letters of adminis ration,-with he will &nnexed, of the state and effects of John Heaton. These are, therefore, to cite and ad non~ all and singular the kindred and A reditrs of the said John Heaton, de :eased, that they be and appar before nue in the Couat of Probae tobe held bt Pickens, S. C., on the 22d day of ti,1915, next after publication here at 11 o'clock in te forenoon, to how cause, if any they have, why said dministration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this 5th lay of April, Anno Domini, 1915. J. B. NEWBERY, 49 J.P. P.C. rot ice of Final Settlernent and Discharge Notice is he by.ven that I will u oProba s, e State of h thea fof M.1 , at 10 o'clock ii\ .efre ~on thereafter as at on 'eheard, for leave S ma e at~l set ont of the estate of ohn T. NwtdnI ese, and -obtain lecharge as dt tor of said es ite. . NsW~oN, 51 AdministratOr,