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-ilckns Serinel or fOur Years Old TodayAnd Hasn't a r r n its lead TiIE PICKENS sIrNELu 11- -PA --- To% PUBLISHED WpELY -Ct~e ~-rl2.10a-Vco , e P U B IS H ~ D ~ I ~ I~I \ . I~ lt~ c4 pal 2 , 1 03a 1'I ke a.. S.C as Sec nd Clas i...ae , andeu~ e. 0 . . acto ~ uI~ m o area a,- 4 SU B SC R IPTIO N PR IC , -IC S SAR Established 1871-Volume 44 PICKENS S. C. MAY .11 Pickens Local.and Personal Avert Looper, of Greenville spent Sunday in Pikens. Mrs. D. F. Bradley, of Easley spent last week with friends It Pickens. A. M. Morris was in Green ville and Anderson last week or business. 0. M. Steele, of the KeoweE side was a business visitor at thE county seat last Thursday.. Miss Edna Earle, who haE been teaching school at Calhoun is at home for the summer. The progressive people of the ighgler section are improving adding to their school build. Mr. Olive Folger of Seneca spent several days recently visit ing friends and relatives in Pick ens. Miss Mae Griffin spent several days last week with Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Woodruff in Catee chee. D. W. McLaurin, state land agent with headquarters In Co lumbia, spent several days in Pickens this week on business. W. T. Day, a good citizen of the Griffin section, has been sick for several days, but we are glad to say he is very much improved. Messrs. Homer and Harrison Edens gave a delightful party last Friday night in honor of the Pickens high school track team. W. D. Froeman, better known as Van, a prominent farmer and citizen of Easley route 6, was a business visitor at the county seat last Thursday. Mr. Wm. McCombs a progres sive citizen and-farmer of Eas ley route 3 was in Pickens on business Monday. Mr. McCombs last year lived on Easley 6. Married, at the residence of the officiating minister Rev. C. L. Craig, Sunday, May 2, Mr. Clifton Atkins and Mrs. Lena Hendrioks, of Pickens route 4. Armong the Pickens shoppers 4 in Greenville last week were: Mrs. K. L. Cureton, Miss Belle Yongue, Mrs. J. McD. Bruce, Miss Frances Bruce, Miss Sadie Craig. The' Ladies' - Cottage prayer meeting will meet Friday even ing at 4 o'clock with Mrs. H. A. Richey. All the ladies of Pick ens are cordially invited to be present. Dr. J. L. Bolt of Easley was in Pickens on profes3ional busi ness one day Ithis week. Since he resumed the practice of mued icine the doctor has been kept very busy. - We offer The Pickens Senti nel and the S6uther' Cultivator both one year- for $1.50, or The Sentinel- and -the Progressive Farmerebdthtone year for $1.50, or all three for $2.00. Ernst: Alexander, Bertran Porter.-S F. ic.Daniel and Hal * ~ Hiottavwent.i'hursday near Mr. A. B. Chastain's in Oolenoy and made a pretty fair catch of fish, * considering the dry weather. While traveling on a train re cently J. (Cab Jennings was mis taken by two ladies for a judge, and on a still more recent trip he was mistaken for a minister. "Sheriff'' says he's wondering what they'll take him for next. Robt. Moore was arrested by * Chief of Police Nealey last Sat urday charged with carrying concealed w e a p o n s. When brought before the mayor he plead guilty to the charge and was- fined $20 or thirty days. Paid fine. Mr. and Mrs. John Roper' of Pickens, in company with Dr1. and Mrs. Lawrence Roper, went thru the countr'y In Mr. Roper's touring car last week to Athens, Ga., to see Mr. Johnson, who is very iih. Mr. Johnson is a broth er of Mrs. Lawrence Roper. The Entro Nous club met last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Charles M. Bowen. After the usual hour spent in embroider ing- a salad course was served followed by mints. On account of the threatening weather the full attendance was not present. An operation for eye trouble was performed on Mrns. B. E. -Grandv at the Greenville hos pital Monday and reports from there today are that she Is get ting along nicaly. For sometime Mrs. Grandy has been a severe sufferer from her eyes and her many frietide truly hope that # she may now be restored to her rmer normal health. *s o of - u arm The Royal Tailors of Chicago Invite you to be their guests al the moving picture show Mon. day night. See advertisement in this Oaper. A banquet in honor of the Pick ens high school track team will be .given at the school house Thursday nilaht, May 6, begin. ning at 8 o'clock. All citizens of Pickenp are invited. Plates one dollar each. Miss Belle Stephens, nineteen year-old daughter of J. - T. Stephens, machinist at the Pick ens mill, died Saturday. Tlhe burial took place at Liberty Sun day. While Miss Stephens had been in bad health for a year or two her death was unexpected to all except herself. She said Saturday morning sh'e expected to die soon. She was up all day Friday, but forced to take her bed Saturday. To the bereaved ones we extend our sympaty. Will Jenkins was the name of a negro who was shot and-killed Saturday. night by asle Youig, another negro, near .C0itral. Jenkins lived but a shorV time after the shooting. Young is a brick mason and ball player from Greenwood county and was em ployed on the new Y. M. C. A. building .at lemson. The negro who did the shooting is vet at liberty. Sheriff Roark was notifhed after he escaped and traced him to Greenwood where among the secret socie ties and foul odor of his associ ates the-Aheriff lost the scent. An enthusiastic meeting was held Monday night and Pickens lodge, No. 123, Knights of Py thias, w a s revived. Officers were elected for the balance of the year as follows: Rev. ). W. Hiott, C. C.; Dr. J. L. Val lev, V. C.; Hal-W. Riott, pre late; Dr, R. E. Lewis, K. R. S.; T. S. Stribling, M. A.; A. Al. Morris, M. F.; B. B. Laboon, M. E.; J. M. Gantt, I. G.; Frank Christopher, 0. G.; Dr. Valley was elected grand lodge dele gate to represent Pickens at the grand lodge meeting at Orange burg May 25; R. R. Roark, alter-, nate. Next meeting will be held Monday night, May 17. Friends and relatives of Wi. A. Thomas of Pickens made his heart glad Saturday, May 1, by giving him.a surprise birthday dinner, that day being his forty third birthday. Mr. Thomas knew nothing of the plans until he went home about twelve o'clock Saturday and found some of his relatives and friends gathered at his home. and the table groaning under a load of tempting and delicious viands prepared for the o c c a s i o n. Among those present besides his immediate family were Jesse Pace and family of the Griffin section, A. K.. Dodgens of the Cedar Rock section, J. C. Dod gens of Glassy Mountain andl W. I. Pressley of Six Mile. It was a pleasant occasion. John Lee of the Six-Mile see tion of Pickens county, was a business visitor to Walhalla yesterday. He has numerous friends here who are always nleased to welcome him 'to Oconee oun his visits. Mr. Lee had always lived in the Oheohee section until a few years ago, when he moved to Six-Mile to educate his children. Since he has been living there one son has graduated, and lie now has three in the academy at that place. He speaks highly of the great work the Six-Mile Baptist Academjy is doing for that see4 tion. During the past session about 100 were enrolled as pupils of the institution. A number of young people from Oconee are attending this school. At the recent commencement exercises Miss Ma y Tan nery, of Westminster, was one of the graduates. Another young lady from Oconee recently won aI handsome medal in one of the contests held there. -Keo wee Courier. Memorial Day in Pickens Contrary to statement made in editorial page Memorial Day will be observed in Pickens May 10. The exercises will be under the supervision of the Pickens chapter United Daughters of Confederacy and will be held at the school house beginning at two o'clock, Monday, May, 10. The public is invited to at~tend. Following is the program. -Song, Dixie. Address by Mr. A. P. DnBose. Sorig by 10th grade.. 1 Decorating of graves of old~ soldiers. "All men are fools," exclaimed' the essimist. " ," agreed the optimist, aenot reminded so remaisingle." SHORT NEWS ITEMS European War A report has been circulated in London that the British and French troops have been landed on the Galli poli peninsula and are driving the Turks back toward Constantinople. The city of Zeebrugge has been re ported to have been besieged by an aeroplane bombardment. Berlin and Constantinople war of fices announce decisave Turkish victo ries in the Dardanelles and on the Gallipoli peninsula, where they claim the Moslem troops tooli 8,009 British prisoners. Both reports utterly deny the London and Paris advices that were favorable' to Anglo-French suc cesses. In every instance the Turks claim to have been victorious. The sultan's jubilee in Constantino ple was celebrated in great pomp and joy over news of a decisive Turkish victory over the English troops at Kaba Tepeh on the south coast of Galipoli. Sir John French, in command of the English forces in Irsnce, announc es that a stinging blow has been dealt the Germans and stopped their' ad vance from Dixmude to Calais. The Austrian submarine 5 of the Adriatic fleet is reported to have sunk the French protected cruiser, Leon Gambetta, in the Ionian sea. The mortality list is yet unknown. England and France report ex treme cruelty and savagery on the part of the German troops in tile Sou dan. The report Is also denied in Berlin. The German advance in Flanders has been checked by the Anglo-French forces according to reports from the London and Paris war offices. Tile whole of Europe expects decis ive battles in Flanders and on the North sea. Every city is in a stato of expectation, the stock exchanges fluctuating on the slightest rumors. A general attack oil the Dardanelles both by land and sea from north aud south has been planned by the allies, according to announcdment from Lon don, Paris and Petrograd. The orig inal attack, led by tile Queen Eliza both of the Anglo-French squadron, has failed, it is now admitted, and the result will be renewed activities.. From Petrograd and London colmes the report that 800 Christians have been massacred by Turkish troops in villages near Tiflis in Transcaucasia. Tile report is unconfirmed. German raids have been made against the Anglo-French troops in Flanders. The Teutons have driven the enemy back beyond the Yser and have regained their old positions in the Woevre. The Berlin idea is to reach Calais so that the English coast may be bombarded with the newly manufactured Krupp guns which are inaugurated' to fire clear across the English channel. Donestic Colon, the chief American city of the Panama Canal zone, was swept by a devastating fire which destroy ed the entire city and resulted in tile loss of ten lives and a big injury list. Property amounting to over two mil lion (loll ars w~as destroyed. Inl a speech ill New York Secretary Bryan dleclared people were placing alcohol above patriotism and1( that the dIrink habit would soon be at an end. In an address in Philadelphia Soc retary Redfleld stated he expected to see a greater commercial intercourse between tile United States and 'Eu rope during the present year than ever before. Philip T. White, New York mana ger- of the Masur-y Paint company, on trial as a leader of a band of high Ivaymen, vohmitarily admitted his guilit im the court room and stripped hlimself of his badge of the Mystic Shrine, de claring himself no longer worthy of membership. Governor-elect 'Harris of Georgia has asked people appealing for clem ency for Leo Frank to cease their peti t ions to him, that he will advise that the case take its course. If it comes up to him finaly, the governor-elect said( he would handle it, but not un til. Whlen Is direcct cross-examination ] beganl, Col. Theoodore Roosevelt assum ( 11is old1 appear-ance. Hius solemn ex pr1ession gave way to a smile, as he I leanled towar-d tihe jur-y, andl raised is voice to answer all questions of his Tile nleeds of the South were con, sidlered at the Southern Commer-cial, Congress held at Muskcogee, Okla., aver which Senator Fletcher of Fo lIda presidled. Tile opening of gr-and opera w~eek in Atlanta w~as one of the bIg evenlts of the South. Many visitors were pr1es. ent from all over- tile United States, Ichiding Newv York and California. Secretary McAdoo toldl theO South 31rn Commercial Congress in session ~1t Muskogee, Okla., that evidences of prosper-ity were seen all over tile en. C Lire country. 'f D~emocratic Executive Committee Meeting A meetipg of the Pickens county Democratic executive i committee - s called to meet at t the court house in Pickens on Friday, May 7th, at ten o'clock a. m. to elect a member of the r state executive committee to r tIll out the unexpired term of I Dr. R. F. Smith, deceased. 1 Dvery member Is requested to .G 13. NOnmaS nOhm. Sutit has been brought in federal Court at Kansas City against the'anti, Roman Catholic paper, The Menace, charging that it has published articles which have libeled the priesthood of that church. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the United States, seems to be falling into the meshes of rigid cross examination in the Barnes suit against him at -Syracuse. lie has ad. nitted that he has adhered always to the wishes of Senator Plat, for many years Republican boss, and in some instances made appointments pleasing to Richard Croker, the former Tam many boss. Colonel Roosevelt's lat est admission on the witness stand was that he tried to pass some legis. lation to please the New York Ci. tral railroad and former Senator De. pew. The Kronprinz Wilhelm, German auxiliary cruiser, which recently limp ed into port. at Newport News, soon after the Prinz 0itell Friedrich intern ed, has now signiled its intention of doing the same. The Wilhelm's coin nander has notified Secretary Daniels of his intention. Both vessels crept into Newport News in a disabled con dition and were afraid to run the risk of meeting British and French cruis Frederick W. Seward, son of Wil H1am 1-1. Seward, who-was secretary of state in the administration of Presi dent. Lincoln, died at his home at Montrose, N. Y., aged 85. The deceas ed was assistant s eretary of state during the Linco n, Johnson and 1-layes adminfistrations. The Sewards, father and son, claimed a share of credit in saving Lincoln's life at Bal timnore, and later were leaders in the plot to impeach President Johnson, in which they faileti John 1). Rockefelle , Jr., accused by Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, the chairman of. the federal industrial re lations conimission, of having con trolled former Governor Ammons of Colorado, just recently retired, during the recent strike situation in that state, denies the charge. Chairman Walsh has ordered an Investigation of the relations between former Gover nor Aninions and tihe Rockefellers for the hearing set for Kamias City in the near future. A dalaging wind storm struck Bir mingham, Ala., toppling over tho ruins of a recently burned building onto a department store, filled with shoppers and killing several people. About a dozen bodies were recovered from tie debris. Foreign Instead of talking peace at the In ternational Peace Congress now as sembled at. The Hague, over which Miss Jane Addamns of Chicago is pre siding, hostilities have broken out among the delegates. The Belgian delegates refused to shake hands with the Germans present and the English delegates declared war was the only thing. This followed a request from :ie of the Hungarian delegates for a live-minute period of meditation and prayer for peace. Villa clainis a victory over General Dbregon near Trinidad, Mexico, where tie says lie routed the Carranzaistas Ind retridved his losses inflicted on hiim at Celaya. Miss Jane Addamns of Chicago was 2hosen presiding officer of the Inter uational Peace Congress now assem )ledl at Th'le llague. Trho trial of Porter Charlton, the foung American held ifr; Italy for the murdeir of his wife at Lake Gomo, sov tral years ago, may be delayed on ac younmt of the probability of Italy's en rneinto the war. It is now five ears' since Chiariton was arrested and letained without a hearing. Presidlent Kai of the Chinese repub ic has issued a statement to his peo le that, they must expect to be roused .o arms within a brief space against .he Jabanese, as lie predicts war is in wvit able. The fifty-one American women who mave gone to attendl the peace confer mce, have ariivedl safely at The -lague. Trhe American delegation is leadled by Jane Addams of Chicago. N~ashington Word was reCeivedl by Secretary1 3ryan from Ambassador Morgan than ,t Constantinople that reports had eached him that Christians were be ng persecuted by the Trurks in certain ort ions of Asia Minor. President Wilson has signed an ex cutive ordler which places the agoe inuit of the dliplomatic service at 435. 'his pertains only to secretaries and lerks, and does not affect ambassa ors and ministers. Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller f the Currency Williams have plan ed their defense in t he action whichm as brought against them by Presi ent Grover of the IRiggs National ank of Washington, wvho alleges the over-nment officials have t hreatened a ruin that fInancial institution. Lou 4 E'. lirandeis, noted investIgator, who xI)osed thle Hiallinger-Alaskan affati a the 'I'aft cabinet scandals, will d~e end the secretary and~ comptoler-. Secret ary Daniels has announcedl hie appointment of Capt. iWiliami S. lenson to the newly Createdl pQ80 of hief of operations of :the navy. Cap' ain Benson has been commiandant of be. Philadelphia navy yard. Piresident Wilson has signed anl ekee, tive or-deir changing the name of the. anmous Culebr-a cut in tlie Panama da al to Gaillard( cut, after the late Vol. ~. D. Giailar-d, who died ' um dideaase ontiracted while a memb '$f the lsth-1 ulan can .eoliimission. The -deceas d w A South Carolinjan. STATE NEWS ITEMS The blackleg disease among cattle has again made its appearance in Aderson county. Ernest 'S. Dreher was on Wednesday for the twenty-first time re-elected superintendent of the Columbia schools. Patrolman R. E. Bankhead of the Columbia police force has been sus pended for 30 days on the charge of drinking while on duty. Governor Manning has appointed for mer Governor Ansel of Greenville as special judge for the Richland county court of common pleas, beginning May three. A messenger of the Greenville cotton mills lost a bunch of checks valued at $700 on the streets of Greenvilig.Tues day morning. The money was later recovered from a negro barber. W. W. Smoak has resigned as editor of the Anderson Daily Intelligencer and gone back to .Walterboro, where he owns a paper which he will conduct. M. L. Glenn, formerly city editor, is now editor of the Intelligencer. The name of Spartanburg Junction, which is near the city of Spartanburg, has been changed to Hayne by Presi dent Fairfax Harrison of the Southern railway, in honor of Robert Y. Hayne, famous South Carolina statesman. J. Broadus Knight of Trenton, S. C., formerly clerk to the committee on naval affairs of the senate, was Satur day sworn ip as clerk of the United States court for the Western district. Some of the people of Yorkville want the name of that town changed to York, and May 25 an election will be held to decide whether the name shall be changed or not. The York News favors the change while the Yorkville Einquirer is opposed to it. A dispatch from Columbia says that a new farmers' organization is gaining headway in the lower section of the state. Reports say that the new or ganization is secret and oath-bound, and indications are that it partakes of political significance. Miss Elloree Durham of Fants Grove committed suicide last, week by shoot ing herself with a shotgun. She had heard that words of a disagreeable na ture had been spoken against her char acter, and is thought to have concluded that it was too much for her to bear. Zadora, an alleged fortune-teller who has been operating in Anderson, sud denly left that city for parts unknown one day last week. She carried with her much coin which she had persuaded some of the unsophisticated to leave with her under certain conditions. One Anderson lady is said to have lost $300. Dr. John F. Vines, who has been pas tor of the First Baptist church of An :lerson for the past seven years, has resigned to accept'a call to the pastor ate of the First Baptist church of Roan )ke, Va. He will leave Anderson June L. Under his leadership the Anderson :hurch has grown to be the largest bhurch in the state, having about 1,400 members. According to the report of the bureati f vital statistics of the state board of iealth for Muarch this year, there wvere I.,054 more-birtha: thnndeaths. The )irth rate was: 3,090 and the mortality rate was 2,036. Thie death rate was from the following diseases, according| ;o the report: Tuberculosis, 155; pneu nonia, 236; typhoid fever, 10; pellagra, r5; whooping cough, 13; cancer, 36; liphtheria, 4; malaria, 14. The round, smooth handle of a whip which William Johnson, Jr., a farmer iving in Spartanbu-g county, wielded n chastising his 10-year-old son Sunday ifternoon, slipped from his hand and ~oing like an arrow penetrated the akull of his infant child nestling 'in the Lrms of its mother, killing it instantly. W(hen Johnson sawv what he had (lone te fainted andl remained unconscious mntil revived by neighbors. John Pearson, a 1,4-year-old lad, was :onvicted in the United States court in ireenville on a charge counterfeiting md hats been sentenced to serve one rear in the Atlanta prison. Pearson tas been living in a Greenville mill vil age, and the passing of spurious 50-cent >ieces had been traced to him hy fed tral dletectives. It is the general opin on that the boy is the tool of others, mthough he steadlfastly refused to in rolve anyone else. Because one member of the Aiken ~ounty dispensary has been enjoinedl, md the other two members are at log ~erheads, Governor Manning Saturday norning ordered all dispensaries in iken county closed. The governor ook this action because he considered t for the best interest of the taxpayers md in view of the excitement, andl be !ause under -existing conditions any luestion relating to the dispensary can tot be satisfactorily adjusted. The Confedeg~ate veterans' an 11ual reunion will be hold this year in Richmond, Va., Juno 1, & and 3. Tihis will be an espec ally interesting meeting, as Richmond was the capital of the ?)onfederato States of America mnd this wvill likely be the last 'eunion of the old soldiers ever leld in tisi historic city. I Charleston Blind Tigers Governor Manning has ad dressed another letter to John P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, relative to the alleged law on forcement campaign in that city. The governor also sent a list of alleged whiskey dealers to the Charleston mayor, asking if their places have been raided by the police. The letter to Mayor Grace fol lows: "I have not yet had from you promised s t a t-m e ii t giving names and places of liquor dealers you have proceeded against. In view of the lapse of time I am forced to the conclu sion that you are unwilling to give me said statement. "Please advise me if your ac tions against liquor dealers listed below resultect in their quitting the liquor business." Dr. - FretI Williams Frida.y succeeded Dr. T. J. Strait as stiperintendent of the State Hos pital for the Insane. In a state ment announcing his appoint ment of Dr. Williams, Gov. Manning said of the inmates of the Asylum: "I regard the proper care of these 1,700 unfor tunates the largest work of our State. Humanity demands it." Dr. Williams will be paid a sal ary of $6,000 a year, $3,000 of which is provided for by ap propriation and the additional $3,000 is borrowed on the per sonal endorsement of the gov ernor. "I do not propose to dis regard the Constitution and the law ; I stand for them," says the governor, "and if this increase of salary for service to be (one is forbidden I will pay it myself rather than that these atlents under the care of the $tato should not have the best treat ment that can be secured." Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. James Altom announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystal Ella, to Mr. John Milton Wil liams of Atlanta, the marriage to take place in August. This announcenient will be of interest to the many friends of the contracting parties in Pick ens county and Greenville. Young Mr. Williams is a son of G.E.R. Williams of Mt. Caimel section of this county. Ie was with Pride, Patton & Tilman Shoe Company of Greenville sev eral years before accepting a position with the Carilton Co. of Atlanta. He is well known and liked both in his home county nd in Greenville. 'Picnic and Reunion There will' he a picnic and re union at the home of D). 1B. Batterfiield, near Six Mile, May 12. The hir-thdav of Mr's. D). 1B. Satterielid and E. 11. Galloway will he celebrated. Eveirybod y invyited to come andl~ enjoy one more (lay with these two old people. Some good sp~eaker's aire 3xpecd to be present and the lay will he spent in praising lod. SunseInn,:u, 'Singing Convention The Liberty township singing! aonvention will meet with Flat Rock Baptist church the second Sunday in May 1915. Every body invited to come and briig song books and well filled bas k~ets and let us have a good time singing and eating together. Do not forget the date, hear in m~ind and come everybody. C. E. RtOERH, Sect, and Treas. Honor Roll Mile Creek School First Grade--Arthu Di'1alton, Laillian D)avis, Grace Tiomlpkinls Jeanette Lumpkin. Second Grade-Eithel Curt is, [loke Murphree, Loule Parsons, Dlive Parsons, TIam a 'Tornpkin 'Third Grade-Ora Roper, 0. V. Roper, Mary Dalton. Fourth Grade-Robert Bell, Ruth Pickens. Fifth Grade- Odis D~al ton, Annie Murphree, Ear-le Mur' phee. Sixth Grade -Lola Curtis. Seventh Grade-LilIlie Cu rtis, A nnie McAlister, Ola Parsons. Eighth Grade--Walter Mur' phee.--Miss Bennile D uckw~or-th, principal, MIagistrate Williams Enforces Law According to the Columbia newspapers Magistrate W. H-. Williams of D~acusville township has written Gov. Manning, as follows: "I am not having. any f~roruble whatever now with 'blind tigers' or' blockaders, as the people of that class know my sentiments on the enforcement >f the whiskey laws. I have iot heard of but oneO blockade listillery and I wvent and cut it ip myself." Pickens Mill News The health of the communj Is very good at present. Mr. Willie Brooks and daugh. ter, Willie May, of Liberty ys Ited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rampey of the village Saturday after noon. Floyd Powell, who has been attending school at Six Mile Baptist academy, ha8 returned home to spend the summer va cation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Pace of near Tabor visited Mr. Pace's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pace, Saturday afternoon. Miss Flora Parsons visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Brooks of'Liberty last Sunday. We have a good, lively Sun day school at this place now, with It. D. McKinney as super intendent. W. A. Patterson has purchaE 0(d up to date five- passenger touring car. W. A. Porter of the Holly Springs section visited at the home of Julius Garren recently. James Garren has purchased a five-passenver touring car. Messrs. J. E. Ranipey. G. C. Holcomb. Al McCall.and A. M. Rampey vent on a-fishing ex pedition recently to the nioun tains. All report a jolly time. Singing at the village church every Saturday night at 7.30. Let everyhody attend. A good rain is needed around here. Severa I of' the younger set took an outing (n Glassy mountain recently. All report a nice time. Petty Freeman was the guest of Joe ice Sunday. MoNr- SITr'I. Along Pidtens Route Four A large crowd attended ser vices at Oolenoy Sunpay. Messrs. Willie, John and Earl Chastain and his sister, Miss Ruby, visited Misses Pearl and Halli8 Jones Sunday and re ported a pleasant time. Paul Edens an( Misses Hallie aind Pearl Jones took a pleashnt rido in his new automobile last Sunday afternoon. We had a Wood rain in this sect1ion Sun(ay evening. Rev. J. 1). Crain of Greer Preachedi at Oolenov Saturday :md)(I Sunday. Mrs. S. 13. ldens and daugh. ber and neie, Miss Cora Edens. were in 0 renville shopping last Wednesday evening. Messrs. Paul Edens and Ray LyncOh and Misses Jessie Edons mud Mae Jones spent the (lay in )rcenville Friday. Mr'. and( Mr's. George E. Keith risited Mr. anid Mi's. S.M. Jones ast Thursday niight. Messr's. J. TI. Looper and Ray avnch and Miss Genega, or. vere the guests of Mi1ss or'a iEdens last Sunday. Mr'. and Mrs. H. H. Lynch) ,ote vP'i iing her parents, Mr. mdn MrA. K. Edens, Sunday. S. B. Edens has purlichased an intomiobilec. Mrs. Malinda Perry Dead Mrts. Malinda Perry died at her iome on Liberty route 3, Apil 29, of that dreadful disease, pel lagra. She had beenf sick for some time, bt bore her' suffer mng patiently until the end came. She wvas a miember' of' Fairview church and was a good Christian woman, lov'ed by all who knew her'. She was 56 years of age andl had been mlarriiedl twice. HeIr maideni name was Malindla Powell. Herci secondl husband, WV. H:. Perriy. preceded1 her to the gr'ave eight years ago. She leaves t~~( wo son, thbree sikters and two brother's. Heri sons are ,J. E. Tria inom i of Schoollield, Va., and Samuel Perry, who w~as li ving withI her at the time of her dleathi. 1411neral ser'vices were held at LFair'view and her b)ody was laid to rest there,Rley. Mr. Elkins cond~ucting the ser-. vices. Floral t ributes wer'y many and~ beautiful, showing the ire. spect and love her neighbors b~ore for her'. TPhe golden gates were open, A gentle voice said come, And with farewell unspoken She calmly entered home. A FmEND. Poor Old Blind Fiellow A reunion visitor to Columbia, after' his retur'n home, wrote Giov. Manning: "'1 sp~ent twvo (lays and nights in Columbia and I never saw a sing ie person the least bit under bhe i'ifluence of whiskey. I did hear 1 i man say he had been ~ryinig tget some all day, but ~ouldl'ntt1.