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aBe Sure Re Tht ally Delightful Story Which begins in this Issue of The Sentinel THE PICKENS SENTINE PUBLISHED WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLA PERY Established 1871-Volume 45 PICKENS, S.'CO JULY 15, 1915 Number 10 t PICKENS COUNTY ITEMS School Openings, AU Day Sing ings-Marriages Do your trading in Pickens. Mt. Carmel school will begin its summer term Monday, July J9. Town Creek school will begin Its summer term Monday, July 26, with Miss Eva Holder in ch rge. olly Springs school will be gi its summer session Monday, Ju y 19, with Miss Minnie Herd in harge. Il persons interested are re q sted to meet at Griffin church th fourth Saturday in July to c n off the -church grounds. 11 persons interested in the c . etery at Porter's chapel are r ested to meet at the chapel urday morning, July 17, at clock and help clean off the metery grounds. Pickens township singing con ntion will meet with Moun in Grove church the fourth unday in July, at 10 o'clock a. Everybody invited to come prepared to spend the day. The Six Mile school w--ll begin its summer term, in little school house, July 19, with Clarence Mann as teacher. Teacher re quests that all patrons and pu pils be present opening day. All patilons of Montyale school should take notice that the school wif begin its -surmmer term Monday, July 19. Prof. George Welborn is principal and Miss Rubh Cannon assistant. Children's day exercises will be held at Mt. Tabor chyrch the fourth Sunday in July. Come A prepared to spend the day. Among the piominent speaker3 who will deliver addresses are J. J. McSwain of Greenvilie and R. T. Hailum and S. B. Craig of Pickens. All persoins interested in Anti och school and church are re quested to mneet at the church Saturday morning, July 17, for the puepoee of cleaning off the cemetery and -school grounds. The Antioch -school will begin -its summer session Monday, July ;19. A protracted meeting will be gin at Twelve Mile Methodist church Sunday night, July 18, at-8 o'clock. Services will be held each day 4luring the week at Il d'clock in the mornings and ,8 o'clock in the evenings. Everybody cordially invited to attend the seryddes. There will be a memorial meeting the fourth Sunday in July at ,(Golden Creek chm~ch. Let everrybody come and show respect for the dead. Several good speakers are to be present and some good singers will also be there. Bring song bopks and, *come preparedl to spend the day. We are requested to announce that Children's day exercises will be given next Suunday at salem Methodist church, begin ing at ten o'clock in thie morn ing. Several prominent speak ers will also be present to ad dress the crowd. D)inner will besersved on the church gr~ounids. The Gates rural graded school will begin its next term Monday, July 19, with the following teachers: W. F. Welborn, prin cipal; Hovey R. Seaborn and Miss Nina Griffin4 assistants. The teachers hope to meet all the pupils and patrons at the school house the opening morn ing. At a recent meeting of the board of trustees of the Oolenoy graded school the following teachers were elected for the next session: Rev. Willie Ham rnond, principal; Misses Emma Hammond and Annie Williams, assistants. For the past two years Mr. Hammond has most successfully filled the pastorate of the Oolenoy Baptist church -and it is hoped that his worke as a teacher will prove equally as efficient. HeI is a graduate of Furman pJniver'sity. Tfhe two ladies are both graduates of the G, W. 0. of Greenvillc, and are teachers of experience. Married, by J. B. Newberry at his residence on July 11, Miss Working For Prohibition Below is a. list of Pickens county Sunday school superin tendents and their Postoffice ad dress, as we have been able to gather then: Pickens-R. T. Hallum, Pick ens. Cross Roads-James Findley, Easley, R.F.D. Central-J. E. Nix, Central. Pleasant Grove-J. M. Fortner, Pickens, R.F.D. Griffin-S. P. Freeman, Pick ens, R.F.D. Mt. Tabor-W, J. Chapman, Dacusville. Pickens Mill-t.D.McKinney, Pickens. Norris--J. D. Littlejohn, Nor ris. Nine Forks-J. A. Robinson, Dacusville. Peters Creek-W. M. Baker, Dacusville. Secona-W. H. Stewart, Pick e11s. - Following is a list of township representatives as suggested at prohibition meeting held at Pick ens Saturday, June 19.: W. A. Matthews, Central. M. A. Boggs, Liberty. W. M. Rigdon, Pickenst. F.D. W. W. Aiken, Sunset. H. F. Wright, Central. t. F. D. C. E. Robinsoui, Pickens. J. B. Findley, Dacusville. J. L. Bolt, Easley. The above list of township su perintendents have been appoint ed to -see after the ,resolution passed at the prohibition meet ing of.June 19, "That-each Sun day school in Pickens .county, regardless of denomination, ap point three ladies from their schools to see that every voter is propenly registered an d pledge them to vote the prohibition ticket on the 14th of September, 1915." B. J. JOHUNsIN, S. S. Supt. Pickens Co. A Double-Header Married, at Freeman Whit mire's, near the Pickens mill, July-1 B. F. Chappell of (Easley and Miss Ollie Snoddyv. The groom is a son of G.M. Ohappell of near Rosman, N. C., and is emploiyed in E. N. Hines' store at Easley. The bride is a daugh ter of John Snoddy of .-Sugar town, ear Easley. They will make -their home in Easley. M. F. Mester, N. P.., -in :his ,usual way performed the marriage ceremony, At the same place and -same time of the above marriage E. L. Ragsdale and Miss NoIvin Rines, both .of Easley, were married, M. F. Hester also .verforming this cereniony. Mr. Ragsdakit is a son-of E. W. Ragsdale, sar geant of dThe county.chaingang, and the bride is a daughter of Ephriam Hines, who .is in the mercantile business at Easley. We wiek success all along the voyage- af life to both these couples. ONE PREsE~N'T. Essie May Simmons and Ed ward L. Jones. Tjhe bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Simmons of Pickens route 1. TIhe groom is a son of Mur. and Mrs. .J. B. Jones of Pickene route 4. A fter the ceremony the bridal party left for the home of the groom's parents, where a reception was tendered them.. The young couple have many friends who wish them much happiness. The following announcement wvill be of interest to many peo ple of Pickens county: "Mr. Joseph Edward Leach and Mrs.' Louise Virginia Moore announce their marriage on Thursday, the eighth of July, 1915. Easley, B. C." Trhe ceremony was per. formed in Greenville and wvas guit a urpiseto their friends. M.Lah is a well-known at torney of Easley, having come there from Oklahoma about three years ago. Before going to Oklahoma he graduated at the University of South Caro lina and had practiced law at scveral places in this state. Mrs Leach is a (laughter of J.N. Decan, who mioved to Easley from D~uncan abou t two months ago, and a niece of Alvin H. Dean of Greenville. They will be at home at Easley, after the 20th of July. We wish them a ln life of nsefnes Local and Personal Mr. and Mrs. James Tribble have as their house guests, Miss Legare, of Charleston; Miss Frances Robinson, Easley; Miss Frances Bruce and Messrs. Ha good and Sydney Bruce, of Pickens.--Anderson Mail, July 8. C. B. Smith of Central was called to Pelzer last week to' the bedside of his brother, E. S. Smith, who died Monday night, July 5. Funeral and burial services were held at Big Creek church, Williamston, Tuesday afternoon. The Pickens Hardware & Grocery Co. has just installed a large McCray refrigerator and are now preparea to protect but ter, cheese etc., and fresh vega tables from the summer heat. This store is continually look ing after the interests of its cus tomers. C. L. CureLon, of Pickens, a member of the governor's staff, will go to Greenville Thursday, when the governor and his staff will review the second regiment of the South Carolina National Guards, which regiment has been encamped at Greenville for the past week. Mrs. J. M. Aiken of Piedmont died at her home Monday morn ing and was buried at Shiloh church Tuesday. Mrs. Aiken was the mother of Mrs. F. L. Finley, of Pickens, who has the sympathy of many friends in her bereavement. She had Leen at the bedside of her mother for several days before her death. Prof. J. W. Ballentine, former principal of the Pickens school but taught last session at Mc Clellansville, has ordered us to send his paper to New York, where he is taking a six weeks' suecial course at Columbia Uni versity. Mrs. Rallentine and their little son Fred are with him and a card from him savE they are enjoying their stay very much. The floodover inOconee cotan ty caused by the recent rains is said to have been equal to the freshet of 1903 in many respects. Seneca river at Calhoun was highest it has been since W76, and much bottom land corn was washed away. It is reported that a small mill on the head water of Little river was wash ed completely away, and the miller with it. Whether he was drowned or not was not pesi tivelv stated. Many bridges were washed away. Overland 5-Passenger $750fo..T 35 horsepower m~otor High-tension lightivg. Left-hand drive, center con rear. D1emrountable rims (one extra ril upholsterJy. This is the Largest land That Will Be fT HlE long, low streamline boi 1 jections. From the rounde curved back, there is not a b) gently upward and1 blends into t doors are flush, wvith hinges con fenders are long and sweeping rounded surifaces. The run ning obstructions, the storage battery at the rear. The windshield is I. of the (cOwl-a part of the car its, Tihe car' is superb~ly finished delicately striped with pure ive contrast by black enameled rad shield. Mod1el x:3 touring car is a beau car at any price-it is at home il CAREY & RICHE Distributors for We will be glad to give you a dI( Local and Personal Is your name written there? on The Sentinel's honor roll. Drs. C. N. Wyatt and J. E. Boggs of Easley, were visitcrs in Pickens Wednesday. We offer The Pickene Senti nel and the Southern Cultivator both one year for $1.50, or The Sentinel and the Progressive Farmer both one year for $1.50, or all three for $2.00. Besides the prizes offered to members of boys' corn clubs, a list of which is published this week, additional prizes are of fered to members in Pickens county. It will pay the boys who win. G. A. Ellis, one of Pickens' best known bachelors, has trad ed some of his Pickens county land to T. F. Floyd for a large apartment house on Townes. street in Greenville. It has been reported that Mr. Ellis would move to Greenville, but he says he has not decided to leave Pick ens. I The heirs of the estate of the late Col. C. L. Hollingsworth have leases the Cedar Mountain rock quary situated on the Sou thern Railway between Liberty and Easley, to Mr. Maurice Klein, and it will be started up again in a few days. It will be operated by the Southern Crush ed Stone Co. This plant has been idle for the past three years. The revival meeting which has been in progress at the Pick ens 'Methodist church for an even two weeks closed Sunday night. Rev. A. E. Holler did some. earnest preaching and much interest was maifested to 'ward the close of the meetinm. The church membership of the town was revived and many re consecrated themselves to God, but no new members were re ceived. Mrs. Rosa Anderson, wife of the late Andy Anderson, died at the home of her son, Charles H. Anderson, at Glenwood mill, Sunday, the 11th instant, from pellagra, aged 68 years. She had been ill for some time and her death was not unexpected. She was a member of theGriffin Baptist church for many years. Four children, three sons and 'one daughter, are left to cherish her memory. The remains were carried to Griffin church and in terred in the church cemetery the day following, Rev. Fulton Childress conducting the ser vices. Touring Car, Model 83 O 1)ED $750 naigneto ignition. Electric starting sand trol. Tires, 33 by 4 inches, non-skid in. mi). Full streamliine body. Deep di van) Four-Cylinder Over Produced This Year. ly is unmlarredl by angles or pr1o d edge of the radiator to the full reak in the lines. The hood slopes he beautifully cuirved cowl. The coaled and1 handles inside. The~ in their curves, with gracefully b)oardsB are clean and free from concealed, the tire carriers placed uiilt-in, and conforms to the cuiirye elf, niot an apparent af terthough t. in a rich, deep Blrewster green. ry white, and set off in pleasing lator, fenders and ruinning b~oard tiful car. It asks no0 0(dds of any any company. Y, PICKENS, S. C., Pickens County. mnonstration of this car at no time Three Family Reunions On July the 4th the children and grandchildren, relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Nations of Liberty route 3 gath Ered at the old home once more to celebrate the Fourth with dear father and mother. It was zlorious and touching to those aged parents for all of their chil iren to be with them at the old home again. At noon a large bable was spread in the beauti ful grove and loaded with' many good things to eat. - After all had partaken of the splendid linner they gathered around the organ and enjoyed some good 3inging, after which some good prayers and talks were made. About 5 o'clock all began to de part for their respective homes. It was a sad parting, but there will come a time when there will be no more parting. Accordi.ng to previous arrange ment soie of the relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Merck surprised them on July 4, when they met at the Merck hone in cornmemoration of their birthdays and to celebrate Inde pendence day. Owing to the inclemency of the weather nany relatives and friends were de prived of the pleasure of being prese4t. However, there were 100 present and all certainly had a nice time. Dinner was an nounced between 12and 1 o'clock and the table was loaded down with everything that a, hungry man could wish to satisf y a crav ing appetite. Those present were marched around the table and there paused and were silent while Mr. J. H. Durham return ed thanks unto our Lord for th abundance of his blessings. Her the writer's vocabulary fails t< furnish words to tell the rest After dinner the etowd assem bled in the house and on th porch, where they were highl: entertained by Rev. B. F. Mm phree, who made a most excel lent talk. Mr. Merck is 73 year old, is the father of 12 children has 60 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. lie serve his country four years in th civil war and after the surrende came back home and took ui peaceful and honorable life of farmer with no earthly good except his wearing apparel. H and Mrs. Merck haye raised thei family by hard work and honesi dealings, now have a nice home 70 acres of fertile land nearthim mile, are out of debt and hav< plenty of everything aroun them. We hope their last dayf will be their happiest ones. J. W. 1H. The children and grandchil. dren of Mr. and Mrs. W. B Pressley of the lower edge of Pickens county, near Symmies mill, sprang a surprise on themr last Tuesday, July 6. It being Mr's. Pressley 's 68th birthday, the children andl grandlchildren preparedl a dinner and all went in and( had a nice timer. Tlh( following children with theit families, besides sever'al friends, were present: W. L . Priessley and ,J. C. P~resslev of Six Mile: John and Samt Brooksof Pendle. ton; S. Mvi. O )wen of ibA erty; J. L. Pressley of C entlral and Lynn Spearman of the lower part of county. All their children were present but one. M r. Pr'essley is 59 years o1(1 and hot h he anl Mrs. Pressley are hale and hearty for their age. May they live tc see many miore birt hdays is omi prayer. B. The Salemi ('orrespondent 01 the Seneca Journal says: Mr. Thlloma~s Camtpbell and1( bride o1 Pickens were the enests of Mr. L. 0. Lusk and f'iily recently. ....Messrs. A. C'. Smith and I S. 'Alexamdir and Others are thinking of t ry ing the west thi. fall. Hoeld ont, boys; plenty o1 breadl in~0( ol )Onee yet if you will shovol it (out. And r'emem ber' the goodl water' and1 many other good t hinigs we havye. .. Mrs. Mary l'. Hlolden is spend ing some' timte visiting relative in Pi(kens ('ounty...Mr'. Mel ton Alexander, of Pickens whose health has been v'ery deli cate, is spending some tinme witl his sister, Mrs. WV. H-. Lunsk HIis health is miuch imlprove< much to the (elight of his man' friendsg here o n~elsewher. CATEECHEE f4EWS NOTES An Interesting Letter From B. Deaths-Picnic Rained Out. This section has been blessed with good rains, consequently everything of a green nature is looking well. With plenty of garden sauce, blackberries in full blast, a good wheat crop and watermelons in sight with notes and mortgages not yet due, July and August is the happiest time of the farmer's life. If he don't get religion then in a good revival meeting and hold It till debts begin to come due the devil ought to get him anyway. This is a hard old world to live in anyway, and if it was not for the consolation of a better place beyond this vale of tears it would have been bet ter for us all if we had never been born. Then with the flames of a burning hell staring us in the face, isn't it strange how some men will sell their inherit ance in this home for a drink of whiskey, a card or dice game, a dollars or a few hours' pleasure with some dissipated character? The four leading agents of the devil are a bottle of whiskey, a deck of cards, a pistol and a lewd woman. When the devil. gets a man started after these four evils he has him just a&, near hell as he wants for him. not to be there. Well, we started out to write. up the news, but are about to drift f rom the subject. We may give a piece later on the evil. things of this life, provided the editor of The Sentinel will give us space. Magistrate G. R. Campbell; visited homefolks in Pendleton 3 Friday. We are sincerely sorry 3 to note that George's health has not been very good of late. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Fur e man Robinson of near Norris, a few days ago, a fine daughter. Furman went out the next day to gather up laundry for the s Asheville laundry, and it was well he did, for we are told that he needed the laundry worse. 3 than anyone else. The rain on the 4th knocked r out the picnic at Cateechee, but. [ we are told they intend having it. today. Saturday, the 10th. R We noticed an account of the old folks' singing not long ago. . Wewishthe managers of it would send it down to some church in this section. It would be wel cone any time. The best music we ever heard was at one of those singings. There were two deaths at this place a few days ago. both from pellagra, namely. Mr. Gus Roh erson and Mr. Frank Gilstrap. Mr. Roberson leaves a wife and three or' four small children. His wife was a Miss James. Frank Gilstrap was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gistrap of Norris and his wvife was the eldest daughter of the late Rev. W. G. Mauldin. HeI leaves several small children. Mr. Roberson was buried from Six Mile and Mr. Oilstrap from Camp Creek. A small infant of Mr. and Mrs. WV. ID. Brown died and was buried f rom Camn Creek one d ay last week. B. Liberty Singing Convention The Liberty Township Singing convention will meet with Rice's C'reek Baptist church, two and one-half milies niorth of Liber~y, the third Sundlay in July. Ev erybody is invited to comec and bring song b~ooks and plenty to eat, for we are expecting a- good time. The way is open for in vitations at all times from all churches all over' the township for the convention. C. E. Roc4Ens, Sec. and Treas. NOTiCE-We will sell for cash, this season only, the fa mous Walter A. Wood Mow ing Machine for $47-50. TLhcre is no other machine on thc market that will equal this ma chine for service, high speed ,and light draft. Plcase note - that we are making a discount iOn these machines of $5 each. j It pays to buy for cash. See us , at once. Pickens I lardwv arc & G;rocery Company