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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.
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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.
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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.