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Calhoun was the subject of study; Mrs. W. T. McFall read a poem, "Memories;" a short sketch of the life of John C.Cal houn was read by Mrs. L. E. Wiggins; Mrs. W. M. Melton beautifully sang"Annie Laurie" and "Carolina," the accompani ment being played on the old Calhoun piano which is now in the possession of Mrs. Mauldin. A love letter written by John C. Calhoun to his fiancee a short time before his marriage Was read. Mrs.Aaron Boggswho was a close neighbor and friend of Mrs. John C. Calhoun, was present and told many interesting things concerning the Calhoun family. She had with her several relics of Mrs. Calhoun's handwork and presented to the chapter a lovely piece of lace knitted by Mrs.Cal houn, the thread having been spun by Mrs. Boggs. The chap ter so much a preciatnd Mrs. Boggs' Interest .in their work that she was unanimously elect ed an honorary ,life member. Mrs. P. J. Maaldin will rep resent the Pickens- chapter at the state convention which - meets in Aiken the 17th of November, Delightful tef reshments were served, after which "Dixie" was, spiritedly played on the old-time piano and the meeting closed. Beside the regular members the. visitors pr'esent were Mes dames Aaron 1BoggsD. W. Hiott, H. B. Hendroks, L. E. Wiggins and Miss Rabhel Dickinson of Pendleton. Loopr-Williams At the lonae-of Mr. A.J .Looper of Easley last Thursday after noon, October -.28, Miss Clovie Looper was m9arried to Mr. Odus Williams. the -ceremony being performed by heir pastor. Rev. D. W. ifiott, iin the Presence of a f e v friends ami relatives. Attendants were Miss Geneva Looper and Mr.ateattie Williams, Miss Rutla Hendriclks and Mr. Oscar Turner, ,who entered. in order followin g 'the bride and . vroo,11I whiiue Walter Turner played the wedeling march. The bride presented a lovely picture, wearin g a. beautiful wedding gown .of white satin with fur tri iiming. She is the secondl daugter -f Mr. A. J. Looper and is a ch amning young womrnan who ,is mvery popular amrong her mai~ny rfeiends. The gioom is a well-known young man of the Cross ;Roads section, wvhere he and his ~bride have grown up as neighbors since childhood. T~hev will m~ke thelir home for the potsent sini Easley. Tfhe Sentinel joi.s with man y frienfds ini wishing .them "'all the joy that they may wish;"' Pickens Miff ltems - Mr'. and( Mr's. Lee Fanit ofd near Norris wvere the guests of his brother-in-law, J. A. McNeeley, -Saturday and1( Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.' L. E. Hugh~es * visitedl his aunt. Mr's. M. E. Hughes, of Greenville recently. Several from the village at tended the all-day singing at' G*riffinSunday and report an en ,joyable time. rf Among the socialeyventsof the week was a tacky party given at the home of Tommy Hayes. Messrs. J. D). H-older, Willie P 1arson and John Harris were in * Greenville Saturdlay night on .business. Tfhey made the trip Sin J. D).'s car. Rey. James A. H-ughes of Laurens county visited the home of J. A. McNeely Sunday: * Mr-. Leigh Hunt anid four chil * dren of Mt. Carmel sectioni were shopping In Pickenus ''Tesday. T'he monument erecCtd to N. 0. Cothran at Seona will be0 unveiled next Sunday at 12:15. Good Lyceum Course Pickens is to have a good ly ceum course this winter. Six of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau's shows have been signed up. The course consists of the following entertainments: The Musical Entertainers, the Raweis, the Savaranoffs, Hazeltine O p e r a Co., the Regniers, Schildret's Hungarian Orchestra. The first of these, the Musical Entertain ers, will appear here Wednes day night, November 12. Sea son tickets can be bought at the Keowee Pharmacy and Hobbs Henderson. The prices are: Double ticket for season, $3.75; single ticket, $2; school children $1. This is as good lyceum course as any town the size of Pickens ever had the pleasure of seeing and our people should show their appreciation of this excellent line of shows. Dr. J.D.Yongue will have charge of the course. Get your season ticket now. Oyster Supper The 'faculty of the Pickens high sohool will give an oyster supper in Parson's hall, over B. F. Parsons store, next Friday night. November 5, from 7 to 10 o'elock. The proceeds from the supper will be used to furnish an(l 'equip the school building. The .public is cordially invited tie attend. "The fo'lowing prices will be charged. (Oy-ster stew 25 cents. Fried oysters 25a cents. 'Coffee, pickles and crackers ifnchlried. Colfee and cake 10 cents. From Marietta Route 2 GOur citizens are a very busy set-of people these beautiful sun shiny days-sawnillinghauling hiimber, picking cotton, sowing grain, etc. W. A. Edens is having the lumber cut to build a new resi dence, and soon the saw and hammers will begin ringing. Messrs. J. ). McConnell and Lewis Crenshaw were visiting at ;Belton, Anderson county., last week. They report having had a nice time on their trip. Won dier;if Lewis won't be for gong back. occasionally? ' he winter term of school -be gan at Peters Creek Monday, GOtober 26, with Miss Ruby Ba ker-of Piclkens as principal and Miss 'Catherine Wilkes of York as assistant. We believe the boai'd of trustees'were very for hu-mate in getting these 1ad'iiv to teah'for us, as they seem to be able and experienced teaclh'rs. E. A. McJunkin is having an other .dwelling erected on hMs farm .in this section. Mr. Mc-. Junlai~n is a hustling goodl faim er ~aud is bringing this farm up to the standard. We eup)pose there was a good attendance at the annual birth day diinner of Mrs. Harriet Free man of~ ;Iacusyille on the 27th of Octob~er. WAe learn with regret that WV. E. Edene :(Dook) is seriously i at his hoe in the Oolenoy sec tion on Pickenis route 4. We hope for lbim a speedy recovery. Misses Ethel 'Turner andl Ada Looper, two charming young Ia dlies of Dacueville, visited L. S. Edens last Sunday. We will dose by saying to Uncle .Josh and the rest of the correspondents for Thlle Sentinel: Let's help the editor make The Sentinel the best paper in upper South Carolina. Death at Liberty A sad deoath was that of Mr's. WV. E. Christopher, which oc curired Monday, October 25, at her home in Lib~erty. She was about '32 years of age,and before her marriage wvas Miss Margaret Riggins, daughter of A. B. Rie gins of this county. Besides her hushand she leaves five children, onie an infant. Funierail service(s wvere held at Six Mile Tluesday following her death, conducted by Re~v. W. C. Seaborn and Rlev.Tl.1l0. D urham, and interment took place. The bereaved ones have thie symp1)a thy of mnny frin. RABID RUDOLPH SHQM-rON WALLY SCHANG. 'THR.Ows our SALMOST AS MANY --.BASE RUNNERSAS e se o UMPeei Dlt.: -. BAtt QAmes A 1.AWueM UMlPS-. Our Neighbor's Rooster GOSH THEM 1!EGS FE, 11 1111 HEtLO EA d c.) NDowN1 DADDY' '-0uA. i ;:r-LONGLEGS. *? T-R ~oMPT 1.OULDN'T AN APDET %'T E L-KE A CHICKEN NE AWFUL- NOT BEC.AVSt Q1 STHE .cONT 1NuUS EATING, HUT veHNK, WHAT YOU vv09-3 -HAVE 'TO E AT + M+I-If :+":+Ir+I .+:-I~--"I iI" I?--..-- ".-r-I--,--I--t-- ..22I-- ..--"--.-- - -"--:--:--:--:--:--:-4--:-- --2 Special Values in LADIES' HAINDBAS You will ledl a new one this fall A new assortment of Combs, Brushes, Hand 4 Mirrors, 25c Up T Latest : Style : Stationery: See Waterman Self-Filling Fountain Pens-$2.50 Up. Our Phone Number is 24. Use It. KEG WEE PHAl RMA C V THE NVV4L STORE{ . MPene 24 i. E. L~EWS, Pro We Want Your Trade! And ini or1der t.o Obtain it wet are going to gi vO the highest market price for your produce. Also, in addition, we are giving couponis withl each cash purchase, which are redleemable ini elegant hand1 p)ainted chinaw~are. These coupons are valuedl at 24 per cent of the am~ount of~ your purchase. Bear' in mind that you get good1s at the regular price, and these coupons are F RF, t o show our appreciation of your trade. On account of lmited1 space I will only (1uot~e a few of the many bargains that are offered: Y ard w ide Sheetin~g. vard... 5CIAfl ln fbys lti D~anville Plaids, yard.......5 pr5 srnin rm0 .5t 7 Riverside and1 Southern SilkI Cheviots, yard............ A OocItelneo tetsCo All grades D~ress (Gingamis, hi~pie oS~.tebyr' per yard', from ....... to 12e 110 aete ags ieo H-eaviest wveight Outings, Sos1 aeee ade e per yard, from....... c to 9e oi& ' Silks from 25c~ to) $1 var'd. Ladlis' Corsets fronm 25c to $1 .copteln'f rh(r .A complete line~ of mien's andlcre laso ad boys' H-ats and Caps of the very Wecrvitsokaot.ny latest stylessranhing rom ( 1.25aol7. We wat yor fring ize hikns, price to it nay bouyer . \IIShoes' I'; ave ee ade J. W. HNDRICK AIK N copeelieo4rehGo Land Sold Monday Several valuable tracts of land were sold at the court house last Monday, which was salesday. The Larkin Hughes estate was sold in three tracts of 58, 62 and 52 acres. W. T. O'Dell bought two tracts, paying $2550 for 58 acres, and $2340 for the 62 acre tract. B. F. Freeman bought the third tract, which contained 52 acres for $975. The Bowen lot in Norris containing 1.31 acres was bought by Emma C. Bowen for $500. The Freeman property in the eastern part of the county containing about 30 acres was bought by Ellis Davis for $750. About five acrd; at Easley belonging to the Barr estate was bought for ,810 by Martin Barr. Four tracts of land about two miles north of Easley known as the N. Duncan land was sold as follows: 26 acres to G. W. Couch for $1050, 41 acres to V. T. Bates for $1675. '10 acres to J. Milton King for $1500, 27 acres to J. A. Hitt for $700. There were several other sales inyolving smaller amounts. Peters Creek News Notes Charlie Foster of this place carried his mother to see her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Porcher, who is sick at her home inGreen Ville. Miss Vet ner Foster and Mrs. J. R. Foster visited Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Hunt, Jr., last Sunday. W. H. Williams and family, accompanied by Miss Ruby Ba ker and Miss Catharine Wilkes, the teachers at Peters Creek school, visited R.J. Edens of the Sandy Flat section in Greenville county Sunday. The health of this community is good at this writing, except Mrs. Bishop, who is very sick at the home of her sister, Mrs. Reed. Harvey Singleton and wife visited the latter's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Fos ter, Sunday night. J. E. Singleton is improving fast now and is able to see over his farm. Tax Money Coming In Up until Tues(aV, November 2, there had been 112 tax re ceipts issued in this county, rep resenting $1,220.83. To the same date last year $861.63 had been paid the county treasurer. The number of receipts to be issued and issued in each town ship is as follows: To be issued. Issued Easley township- . - 1492 14 Liberty township . _ 903 16 Central township....1361 21 Hurricane towvnship 611i 141 Pic kens township .933 26 Dacusville township . 505 3 Pumpkintown townlshij) 27r5 ' 1 Eastatoe township . 266i 8 Corporations . . 34 () T1otal....-..... 6380 112 Hogwallow items lIllick 1Hoillwaniger went to 'l'hnnderation thie fir.st of the wveek andl swVa1ped a c'alf for a shotg~un and a song book, both of which he wvill need~ if he ever at tem pts to sinRg. lFletcher fIlenstep, wvho is a l)m~spectiver( candidate for coro( ne oryears fro nw tie business with pleasure Huunday. aittendedh the preaching at I1log l'tord. SomebodIy thrIowedI a rock and bmrke out 01ne of the windtowv l ight s in the mail Car'rier's spec tacles the other (day. .Il Iw~ill keep) that eye shut until lhe can have a new glass put in. A heavy b)unch of (1londs iass ed over H~okwal low yesterd ay., bound1( for a Sundlay school pic nico near Rye Stra w. 'l'he ,postmaster dltIid not rest well last night. lie says every I ime( lhe eats cheese for' supper he is botheredl with rats. llev. J . 11. MI ronig of Wash ingfton , D)*. .. a representative of the Iadcli le thanittauqua , has been in Pickens several dlays en cleavoring t~o miake an engLage ment here for h is coml pan y. Pro vidted he gets the signers the c~oimpany will come to P.ickens, andi Ar. Strmng thinks he will Local and Personal Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grant of Murphy, October 29, a :laughter. Mrs. Miles of Greenville is Spending sometime with her neice, Mrs. T. J. Mauldin. Miss Rachel Dickinson of Pen Ileton is the guest of Mrs. J. J. Lewis in Pickens. Editor C. T. Martin of the Easley Progress was a visitor in Pickens Monday. Miss Alberta Yongue of Pick 3ns left last Wednesday for Bethune, where she will' teach School this winter. Jimi Porter, an expert barber Formerly of Liberty, has accept ed position with Porter's barber shop. Littleton College, which car ried an advertisement in this paper during the summer, has had the largest opening it has had in several years. Report of cotton ginned in Pickens county up to October 18 was 4,801 bales; at the same time last year 7,827 bales had been ginned, a, shortage of 2,020 bales. Miss Meda Boggs, teacher of music in Spartan academy, vis ited homefolks in Pickens this week. She was accompanied by her friend, Miss Shaw, of the G.W.C. Prominent citizens of t 11 e eastern part of the county in town Monday were: John T. 'Hitt, James K. Lathem, T. M. Jones, Mark F. Williams, Ellis Davis and others. Rev. J. M. Stansell, a minis terial student of Six Mile Baptist academy, will preach at Antioch Baptist church the second Sun day in November at 11 o'clock. The Baptist church at Norris is making preparations to build six additional rooms to their church building to be used for Sunday school purposes. The Ladies' Cottage prayer meeting will meet Friday even. ing at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Lou Curtis. All the ladies of Pick. ens are cordially invited to at tend. Lee C. Lynch of Pisgah For est, N.C., was in Pickens a short while last Wednesday. He and his father, Major G. M. Lynch. were returning to the home of the latter after a visit to rela tives near Seneca. Among the college students to -- spend the week-end at their homes were: Fletcher Porter of Carolina, Homer Edens of Clem son, Harry Robinson and Ossie H endricks of Furman and Willie McDaniel of B. M. I. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Griffin in Pick ens last Sunday were: Mr. andl Mrs. HI. A. Jlennings and little rlaugh ter of Greenville, Miss Mae Griffin, who is staying in G~reenvtlle, and Dr. and Mrs. WV. A. Woodruff, of Cateechee. WV. Frank CJhristopher', who has been in Ithe barber shop in P~ickens for t he past eight or' ten year's, has accepted a position with a b~arber shop in Liberty md took lup his nmew dluties there Monday. His family will loin. bim within a short wvhile. Prank is a goodl b~arber and we meret to give this g0od fami Hoonie Carey, who has beeni working wvith the (Jhiquola hotel n Anderson, cameI home last week comp~laining of' not feeling well. Saturday night he had ii attack of appendlicitis and was in a serious condit~ion for ~ever'al hours. lie is improving no0w andl it is hoped that he will c~ontinue to impr llove until he is entirely well. Nex t Monday, Novem ber'S, at 7::30 p. mn., in Easley at the school aud itoriumi a prohibition rally wvill be held. T wo of. tIhe mlost famous speakers in ont' country will deliver addr'esses Rev. George W. Morrow, of' D~etruoit, Mich., and Hon. .J ohn (G. Woolley, the world -famed orator, lectur'er', jourinalist , re former. If you mliss these t~wo addresses you will miss ,the op portunity of. a lif'et iime. No aid m nission fee-free as wvater'. CJomne, let every bod Iy comel.