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.1 PUBLISH- TiE PICKENS SENTINEL PUBLISHED WEEKLY OFFICIAL PAPEl OF PICKEENS COUNTY SUB'CRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER .FAR Established 1871-Volume 45 PICK ENS, S. C., SEPTEMBER 16, 1915 Number 19 Dosville News' Letter For some time business in th< real estate line has been suspen ded, but has recently opened uj again and a few deals ha ive beer made; among them being th< purchase of tie plantation own. ed 'by Mrs. George -Robinson by 4 Mr. George-Ballard-of the French Broad Valley, N. 'C.; also thi Warren Sutherland plantatiev has been divided into three tract and purchased by Messrs. Forest and Grover Freeman and Jack son Crane. 1Messrs. Grover Freeman and (Crane will boti put up a nice 'dwelling on ttheir part of the property, whidh al .goes to impro've our contnunity. Rev. Mr. Eilgo, of Greermville, son of OUr presiding elder, con. ducted the-services at Daolsvil Methodist .dhurch on Sunday p. m., in the absence of the eastor, 4 Rev. Mr. Mulligan, Who was called to -eonduct the funeral services of Miss Ellison,-of St. Paul sectio'n, whose -sad and - tragic death occurred on -atur d ay the U.lth. Owing 'to the itd}emency of the weather, the baipbing at .4 Nine Forks was postponed until the 1d Sunday of September at 3 p. m. 1"n the meantime Ith-e members 'have built a 'nice ce ment pool-near by., anil-the bap tizing wilt occur there, instead of at therriver, as waas tformerly intended. Mr. and Mrs. John Looper " expect to'leave Thursdiay of this week for a visit to their daugh ter, Mors. 0. V. Iegsed, of Plains, 'Ga., also Mr. -and Mrs. F. W. Rogsed, of Plains, Ga. Miss Leota Ponderlhas return ed froontGreenville, after a very pleasant visit to relatives. Messrs. J ulius and 'rank Mor gan. dormerly of this section, but new-of Taylor's 'visited rel atives and friends heelast week. Miss Mary L. Finch, whc taught Jere last year, but whc is now at Traveler's .Rest, spent the weekend with Mss Geneva Looper. Mr. Eurdine Hunt and Miss Malinda Hunt visited Mrs. E. M. Thomas last week. Mr. W. J. Ponder .attended the memorial services and old soldiers reunion at Berea church the 11th., .and reports a :splendid day, fine ,speaking, ig crowd, and a bountiful dinner -consist ing of sev.eral kinds of le arhecued meat, akong with the regular picn ic dinner, Miss Aaauie Jones, f Gre ville, visitid Misses Nanneie and Lillian P'onder lastwek Our scli 1,1 opened Monday, Reptember -4th, with a god en r ollment, which has bh~ rstead ily increasing. since. We have ,several puipid-s from other- dis 1bric~ts with po6spects of miom~ af -ter the busyr f-odder. pulling sea .4on is over. Mr's. Ira H1oesed~ is hiome after a .vlsit to her mother in North 1patrolina. who has been critdeal -lienry Blridges fell from a he~aifold1 while engaged in help ing build the residence of Wilie , Grifliin, who has bought the M Oee property here. Mr. Bridges suffer'ed very painful, though not serious, injuries about the left ankle and foot. Dr. Pondei gage him immedliate medical at - tention and we hope he will be able to be up and abont sooni. Mr. Henry McDaniel w brown from a mule, falling ackward, and1 was unconscious' r a while: and, although still fering severely from the fall, is able to be up again. ~r. and .Mrs, J. A. Philpol d relatives of the Green. ~side, in the Ebenezer sec LWMMERon Sunday. 4 ~ legranm was r'eceived b~y s in Easley, the 2(1 inst. Clifford, iLa., announcing the (death of Mrs. Moses Hood The family wvere formerly oj Pickens county but have beei residing in Louisiana for th< past seven or eight years. Mrs Hood wvas about 35 years o . age. She is survived by he husband, two br-others and sister, Mrs. John E. Smithz, o Elnvc. Child Killed by Snake Oolenoy, Sept. 12 - A dark - cloud of gloom and sorrow hov ered over our entire community on last Friday evening when it became known that little Kath erine, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Anderson was dead. At an early hour Friday morning. out in a potato patch near her home, the little child was bitten by a snake. Medical aid was hasiAly sum moned and a heroic e'ffort was made to counteract the poison, but all 'effforts failed. As the light of the day was fading I the same morning's iight which had bomec upon this happy and umi'broken faitfly circle and as the shades of -night were fallitg, the beautifdl little body, marred'by four hideous wounds of the poisonous reptile. lay sti:l in dex1h's cold embrace. The work for which little Katherine was idesigned is fn ished. The Great Designer is satidfied and he 'bade her jiiin the 'hrong of happy Angel chil dmen.. Like the gardener whose 'lant grew beyond the garden wall to blossom so this little :hu maniflower. after) haying weoven its 'tiny love tenlrils deep iialte lthe 'hearts of her parents anti 1veI ones. is -shedding fortik ubeauty and fragrance bey'ond I'ourthuman eye. tiish ard, sothard to give Sher up-such a himight, sweet Ohlnl --abut "&nd 'o-es in a nwste rious way i.. wonders to per tfoI~l. " Som~e .4.a y we wil3 'mi erstandwhy 't "v: as thus. Whe funeral v.:as preached :at d(ienoy the :%nday followilng by Fev. W. C. :Feaborn, fenmwer - pastor. An sium ense throng had dathered1which evidenoed lihe profound s' rnpathv forihe gnief-stricken perents. nd beneath. mound of @s 4w ~ left the Httle one. Picken. Route 3 '&. H. 1euderhlas returnued to 'I his hore at Gar nett. S. C., aifiler a -iisit to the family of Rev. L. W..Aohnson. rof. George E. Welborn. wiho has been spending his vaca-tnan with home folk 'left Saturflay 'for Piedmont to 'beein work as 'piiincipal of the High School for theroming term. Rev. L. W. Johnson has ye turned from Oakway, S. C.., where he assisted Rev. Gary Lee iiin a Protracted meeting. M.. W. E. Johnson and chi! dren have retu rned 'to Spa rtai~n burg after a visit to Mrs. L. W. Johns i. On~ September' 1st,at the Pick ene CJiroiit parsonage, Mr. Will McK~inney and Miss i~enora Gla zenter were united in marriage by Revr. L. W. Johnson. Mr. McKinnety is from the Eastatoe section and Mrs. McKinney is fromr Easley. Themartiage was quite a su-r.pr'ise to 'the kiends of the couple. . . Meace-Graveley IOn Sunday evening., Septemi ber 5th, at 4 o'clock, a quiet and lovely home wedding was sol emnized at the home of Mr. and IMrs. J. R. Meoce, when Miss B lessle Meece became the bride of Mr. James Gravelley, the Utev. Hutson. of Oconee, per. formiing the ceremony. TPhe bride is the only (daugh ter of Mr'. and Mrs. J. R. Meece 1and the groom is the eldest son of Mr'. and Mrs. J. C. Gravelley, all of the Holly Springs section. TPhe many friends of this hap py young couple wish them a long, happy and prosperous voy ago thr'ough life. Mr'. John Martin, a brother of Mr's. D). WV. HiTott of Pickens, (lied at his home in Jacksonville, Fla., last Tuesday. He was a native of Anderson county, b~ut left there about twenty years ago to engage in the lumber h usiness in South Georgia and Flor'ida. Hie was (( years of .age andl leaves a wvife and fouri L' .Hiot~t attendled the fuineral ser' t vices and burial wvhich were f held at Little R i ver' 'hurch in Alhhe ville con. Prohibition Wins The stat3wide prohibitionists won a decisive victory in the referendum election held Tues day, the vote as tabulated early Wednesday morningr being more than 2 to I in favor of a dry state. With probably ten thou sand votes to be heard from, the count stood at :34,000 for prohi bition aid ,000 against prohi bition early Wednesday morn ing. Pi'ckens 'county returns indi cates the-o majority of about ' to 71 i-n faw or of prohibitioin. -(i 'the 1-5 (cOu n ties in wli'ch 'dispensa'ries are (peTated -mty two gave majority to 4local <yp thon. '()harlestom by an -oyer twhehmin vote. 2,., 5> t~o '281, went aoainst prehi!Mtion. Dor <chester favored toca'l o.ptiion by 3 'votes, accordiing to the 'Figures, the vote being ")0 to :387. Union county, the -only up-8tate county hvawing tOhe dis 'pelsar-y, voted drr 3 to 1. Richland county sprung a 'PREVENTING COTi Nearly every farmer who has grown many varieties of cotton 'has at one time or another suffered serious losses from the fungus boll rot 'known as anth'racn3e Antlhracnose is wide spread and very destructive. It some 'times destroys all The bolls on a stalk a ld frequently destroys halt the boils In -'a field. It attacks the seedlings dfter they have come up and in this stage frequently destroys the stand -of 'cotton. It attacks bolls when they 'have begun to develop and usually ap pears on bols that are from two-third! -to-three-fourths grown as small browr 'or -pink spots. Where such spots oa cur on the surface 'of the boll, the seel 'and lint of the insiae are usually found discolored and rotten. The disease en ters the seed of sl-ig'htl'y diseased boll and when such seed are planted the tidliowing spring 'anth-racnose devel. ops and attacks the young -plants that ths seed produce. in this way is an thracnose carried from field to field -anti farm to farm. mhe anthracnose fTngus liaves in old diseased bolls and stalks in the field for -about fifteen months. 1f the .old 'The farmer needs eco-operatlon more than the city man needs it. Organiza tion can do even more for the rural community than it does for the urban ommunity. Let the farmers m'ganize. 'The county demonstration agents of Clemson College have instructions to lend their efforts to every wonthy at tempt on the part of farmejs ,to or :game. Gria' winter legumes as cower ,crops and enut the nitrogen bill SThe Hlome Merchant is Endt vs Your Neighbor and Helpir Town. When He IBITY in GR] Where Your M\erc For Ladies, Ch Railroad( IFare I Rebate books gladly furni! -~ savings. Full p~artic (~ieenii ilie (3hami in South Carolina surprise when it voted 1,120 for prohibition and 711 against. The city of Columbia went decisively for prohibition, four out of six wards going dry. W. R. Major Dead W. R. Major, who was well known in Pickens county, died suddenly at his home near Shi oh -church in Anderson county Monday morning, September 6, ,of heart trouble. His body was laid to rest at Shiloh after fu neral services conducted by his .pastor ., Rev. Mr. Danner. Mr. Major was the father of Mrs. A. S. Porter of Pickens and form erly lived In Pickens county. He was 58 years old and had -been married twice. His first I w4ife was Miss Sallie Bvars, sis ter of Mr. Richard Byars of near Easley, and his second wife was 'Mrs. Raines, a daughter of Mrs. U.. M. Nealev of this county. !She with five sons and four '-daughters survive him. The bereaved ones have the sympa rthy of a host of friends. ON ANTHRACNOSE 'stalks are -plowed under in November, the fungus does not live longer than six or eight months. When fall plow 'ing and -rotations are practised the 'disease can readily be eliminated pro. vided disease-free seed are used when .cotton is again planted on the land Seed free from the disease should al 'ways be used for planting. It is besi to get these from a field where there h no anthracnose. but if this is Impossi ble, seed should be selected fron stalks which are free from disease any -which are not near diseased stalks. Anthracnose can'also be spread a 'the gin and care should be taken I ginning seed for next year's planting 'If the gin has previously been used t, gin diseased cotton, it should be thoi oughly cleaned out. Anthracnose can be prevented en tirely by crop rotation and carefu selection of seed. Now Is the time to makp your seed selections and t< plan yo r rotation with a view to get ting -rid of this destructive disease. H. W. BARRE, Botanist, Clemson Agricultural College. Every member of the Clemson Col, lege experiment station and extension staffs is ready at all times to answer by correspondence questions that farmers ask. In writing, though, be sure to give your name and address plainly. The etfension division of Clemson College and the state department of educatios are co-operating in the teaching of agriculture in the rural schools of South Carolina. led to Your Trade First. He g You Build Up the Home" Cannot Supply You: EENYILLE Iant Friends Have of nrgaings idren and Men elcome tefunded to You : ;hed free. '[he story oIf big* ullars cheerfully given Pickens County Items Dacusville township singing convention will meet with Mt. Carmel church the first Sunday afternoon in October at 2.30 o'clock. Everybody invited. The election passed off quiet lv in Pickens, tho there was much interest manifested. Out of 315 votes cast at the Pickens box there were 239 for prohibi tion and 76 against prohibition. The annual W. M. U. meet ing of Twelve Mile River Asso ciation will meet with King's Grove church / Saturday, Sep tember 25. Rev. D. W. Hiott will preach Saturday night. Miss Berta Jones, Supt. The following has been hand ed us for publication: Praters baseball team crossed hats with Pickens and Bethlehem teams combined Friday and defeated them. The score was Praters 15, Pickens-Bethlehem 11. Hur rah for old Praters. We, the people of Six Milo church, regret to give up Rev. B. F. Murphree, but will on ac count of his health. The church went into election Saturday, Septenber 11 and Rev. \V. M. Walker was elected as pastor for the coming year, 1910. J. C. Alexande:' has built a partition in his store room and his restaurant is now out off from hi' grocery store. He has also made other im provenents in his restaurant and wants .you to visit his place when you need anything in his line. Read his ad in this paper. The many friends in this coun ty of Mr. Thomas 11. Parkins, a former citizen of Pickens county and who resided near Liberty will learn with sorrow of his death which occurred at his home near Blue Ridge, Texas, on the 16th of August. He was about 75 years of age and is sur vived by his wife and several children, and one sister, Mrs. A. M. Mauldin, of.Easley. Ernest, the ten-year-old son I of Will Manly who lives on Dr. Cannon's place above Pickens, was bitten by a large rattle snake Monday morning. Prompt attention was given the boy and he is now recovering. The snake which was killed by Mr. Manly, was four feet long and had ten rattles and a. button. Ernest was helping his father and brother stack fodder in a barn when the snake bit him. The Easley Progress says that Mr. Nathaniel Duncan, a. well known and highly esteemed cit izen, died at his home two miles north of Easley, on the 4th inst., after a short illness. He w'as in his 84th year, and is survived by his wife and one son, Robert A. D)uncan, of this county, and1 three daughters, Mrs. James, Tinsley, of Anderson county, Mirs. Wm. McCombs and1 liss= Martha D)uncan, of this county. Tlhe deceased was a Confederate veteran. The Pickens (coun)ty Snuda *y school association will hold itis! annual (con vention at Central| October 1.5 and1( 1 4. A nmber| of strong speakers and 'x pert Sunday school workers will be present and it is hoped that this will be the best county convyen tion ever held in Pickens county. T1his work is in terdenom in ation - al and1 it is the aimh an pu 111rpose of the association to aid and~ as sist all the Sunday schools of the county in dloing more faith tul and( efficient work. I1. F. Lenlhardlt of F~asley andf 0. 8. Stewart of' Pickens have been drawn to serve on the petit* jury and George 11 . Hiendricks of Easley for the grand1 jury of the United States court to be0 held in Green wood in Novemn b ler. Those from1 Pickenis (coun1 t~y wvho have been dlrawni to serve at the (G reenv ilie ternm ini October are *J. KC. Lathenm of E'asley and l'. V. Christophet of Pickens oni the Petit jurxy and T1. 1L. Bivens of Pickens and J. ii. B ain ister of Li bert v on) the grand' jury. Ou r good friend J . F'. Rigdon of' the Pleasant Grove section, presenited1 us with a nice lot of ap)ples last wveek and we appre Some Railroad Rumors We hear from an authentic source that Pickens is in a fair way to get another railroad. Our sincere hope is that the ru mor may be realized. Mr. T. N. Jenkins, a former Ditizen of this county, but tor the past few years. a resident of the Old North State, informed us that a gentleman by name of Mr. Schaeffer, a large timber man, has in view the extension of a railroad from his timber in terests in Western North Caroli na down to this place. Mr. Schaeffer now owns and operates a road from Rosman, N. C., to within a mile and a half of the Powell place in Reedy Cove, and Mr. S. intends to cross the mountain, and come on this side to some timber, and if the proper inducements are held out he will extend the line to Pick ens, and connect with the Pick ens Railroad. This will give the Southern another route to to the West. We gather from the information given us, that if this road is built, the Southern will use it to route their trains to Asheville, thus doing away with their dangerous Saluda grade. The survey miade years ago by Capt. Kirk, gives an easy grade across the mountain over the route that may be used, and with the latter-day knowledge of surveying, Capt. Kirk's work can be imlproved u pon. We hope that this talk is not "buncombe" and that the peo ple of Pickens will get in touch with Mr. Schaeffer and pull the road on to Pickens. This road should come (lown the Keowee valley and cut acoss by Six Mile and on to Pickens. This would open up a fine sec of Pickens county, and also de velop a portion of Oconee coun ty, that needs a railroad to' pull it out of the kinks. We would suggest to our e' terprising t)usiness people that they have a meeting and then have their spokesman get in touch with Mr. Schaeffer and see what can be (lone-what in ducement to hold out to him. Pickens needs a road across her borders, and here, it seems to us, is a chance to get it, and at small cost. Portions of this cou n ty needs developing, and the (levelopment will never come until a railroad runs through the section, and on across the nountain. Another thing, the town of Pickens needs something to stir her up, and give her new life, and putting her on a through line of railroad will do as much as anything to keep her on the map. Mr. Whit Hamilton Dead WVhit.tein A\. H-amiliton, a prom11 nent and1( highly esteenmed citi zen of IEasley, (lied suddenly Tluesda~y afternoon, Septembher 7, at his home. His (death came as a great shock to his family andl friends, as he had just re turnedI from a drive and appear.. ed to he in the best of health. The (deceased is survived by a widlow and1 four children, two sons, Henry and Norman, and two daughters, -Jessie and Bes sic, all of Easley. He was a brother of A. R. Hamiltongof Easley. Petit Jurors for the Fall Term of Court, 1915 Ei P Morton, J L Bagwell, J H- Bryant, W TI Freceman, B H D)uncan, P C Marchbanks Jno L Durham, L H Bolding, W B Heaton, M 0 Looper, Jno J Lee, J C Jennings, Lawvr'nce RoperJoe W Ellenburg J R. Morgan, Jess!V McCombs L, V Jones, M L~ Simmons, C () Perry, W B Mann, A M Walker, W Mi Martin, C W Boggs, 0 L Stewart, (1 Earle Keith, .1 L Barker, WV A Porter, R. E Boweni, (C W Hunter. 10 H D~avis, TI C HeLrd, iEvans Nicholson WV V Gaines, A R. Hamiltoni, E I, Bolt. b~ B O'IDell. Angus A iken, so of W. W. A iken, of Snun Set, has alccepted he place in the P'ickens posto(f fic(e vacated'( by B. P. AleI )aniel, who (fuit ini 0(orderto attendi