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r4, ' i.' ~ i PICKENS SENTINEL PUBLiSHED WEEKLY OFFICIAL PAPER OF PICKENS COUNTY SUBS0IPION IPRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEA PICKENS, S. C., NOVEMBER 25, 1915 Marriages at Cateechee On last Sunday, November 21, about 2 p. m., while the south west wind was blowing a tune that would almost put any one to sleep, several vehicles were seen coming from the east and making their way toward phe residence of J. Alonzo Brown and upon arrival at his residence it was soon learned that Mr. H. R. Redmond and Miss Bessie Crow wanted to be made man and wife. As Mr. Redmond was armed with the proper authori ty, a manuscript from the pro bate judge, and there being no objections from anyone, his hon or, J. Alonzo Brown, N. P., granted the request. Mr. Red mond is the youngest son of the late Lewis R Redmond, who no doubt a great many people of this county will remember as being such a brave fearless mlan. Miss Crow as she was before her marriage, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crow of Liberty and the many prominent people that accompanied them from Liberty in automobiles shows the young couple were highly esteemed. lhey will be at home to their friends in Liberty after a few days. In about 30 minutes after this marriage 10 or 12 buggies were seen making their way from the north toward the residence of the same officiating officer. On arriving it was made known that Mr. Hermon Taylor of Wal halla, S. C., route 3 and Miss Lillie Orr of Liberty, S, C. route 3 wanted to be made one flesh and blood. As Mr. Taylor had the proper authority from J. F. .Craig, C. C. P., of Walhalla, their request was soon granted. Mr. Taylor is a promising young farmer of Oconee county, while his bride is the eldest (laughter of Mr. aed Mrs. Edwin Powell of the Praters Creek section and is ,r~ ""-ell thought of by everyone nows her. out 20 minutes after the la , arriages one Single bug gy ft&*ning two very young looking P( i)>Ce were seen mak ing their way from the west to ward the old matrimonial mill. As they were alone and going away from the way the wind was blowing and being quite 'oung too, they sure (lid look cunning and sweet. But on en tering the parlor Mr. Marvin Kelley had the nerve to tell his honor, J. Alonzo B-\own that, he wanted Miss Tessie Smith to be his life long partner. As he was armued with the proper authority the request was granteI aLnd the (Jlliciatinlg office hurried! to the other room to tell hi.-; better half that she would not, have to scrape the bottom of the flour b.arrel for at least a few more (ays after Monday morning for the old matrimonial mill had made "tole"' enough to keep us uip a while. We are certainly thankful and will wvait and wvatch to see who omies next. Remuembe~r the old1 mill stands-r on a little hill midway between ~WhyllH W\e're showving a wide leather(' with cloth or- kid 1 wh~o applreciate f'oot &oni WVea. I n tiis s-eas-onu's- selectio aull y-smal t miodels. LeA1 tus sh~lowv you. PRIDE,PAT Greenvil From Marietta Route 2 The Dacusville township sing ing convention met at Mt.Tabor Baptist church the first Sunday afternoon, and 1 come by to tell I you that they did do some sing ing. especially while Prof. Fair cloth had the floor, He is a singer from the heart. TPhis convention will meet with Cross Roads church the first Sunday in December at 2 o'clock. The box supper a t Peters Creek November 19 was a sue cess in every particular and a nice sum of money was realized which will be used for the bene fit of the school. We wish to especially thank the trustees and teachers for the noble efforts they have made and are putting forth in the upbuilding of this school. We also wish to com mend the young men for their behavior on this occasio. 'There was not the least sign of aty drinking present. So mote it be! And so may it be onl overy' o( casion. Miss Et;hel TI'uiiner of Dacus ville route 1 has been visiting her brother J. M. Turner. 'Mrs. L. S. Edens visitedi her lother; Mrs. M. ra Turner, at Dacusville last Sn aday. Allen K. Edens was in this section last week on a business tri i. Mir. McConnell and family of B3elton., Anderson vonnty, were visiting their Sois and brothers, Messrs. Drake and Carl McCon nell, last wreek. They made the trip in their new touring car. The trustees of Mica school district are &oing to have a meeting of trustees and patrons December 10 at 2 o'clock p. im., for the purpose of deciding on the location and building of a new school house. All interest ed persons are urged to attend the meeting. Supt. Hallum is expected to be present. When this school builds a house we I will have four new up-to-date school houses in adjoining (is tricts., viz: Oolenoy, Dacusville, Peters Creek and Mica. Success to you, gentlemee. Hurrah for good roads, educa tion and prohibition. Progressive. Notice! 'T'here will be a sale at Mrs. Eva Cooley's, known as the W. (1. Cooley place, on December 1, 191i. All of the following prop erty will be offered for sale: 1 lot of corn and fodder. .1. mule 7 years ol(. 1 horse 7 vea rs old. 1. t wo-horse wagon anl bo.r y 1 good Ford automobile, F'arming tools of al1 kinds. Also household and kitchien fuiirn iture. Cateechee and Norris, no bell to ring whe n you come for the miil ler is always uion his job. . esitate to huI\ v our li all 1001t wear whlen) a visit to our1 store( will eon vinice you 4 hat we are - plentifully suppliel w ith ani assorttmentt of ntew amni staple \ sty.les that will mieet; ange Of d'V'll tilI jnl iiellt ftort in dist inctiv(e fool 115 we hafve somie unuiisu 'N & TILMAXN Ie, S.C. Pleasant Grove News Farmess of this section are making good use of the pretty weather that is now prevailing. United States revenue officers were in this section recently. Little Claud Barker, who has been. confined to his bed for the past three weeks with inflam matory rheumatism, is improv ing at this writing. Dr, Valley of Pickens is attending him. The good neighbors of this settle ment gathered at Mrs. Lina Barker's one day last week and gathered her corn and finished pickin- out her cott'on. Mrs. Barker is the widow of the late B. B. Barker and mother of lit tle Claud, who is afflicted with rheumatism. Pleasant Grove had quite a little excitement last 'Tuesday night, when the officers were asked to bring out bloodhounds to catch some fellows who had robbed a beegum belonging to G. M. Fortner while he was in Shinibe Tl'own. A VFA ISI. Oolenoy News Notes Oolenoy, November 22 ---Sun day being an ideally beautiful (lay there was much coming and goiig hereabouts. Prof. \V. M. Hammond and sisters, Misses Pearl and Velma, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Edens and family attended the Fant-l)ur ham meeting at Pickens. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lynch spent the day with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Edens. Mrs. W. F. Hendrix spent pgrt of the day with her sister Mrs. J. C. Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. J. ). M. Keith had for their spend - the - day guests Hion, and Mrs. M. Hen drix, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E.Keith of Pickens. D. F. Sutherland dined with his brother, A. C. Sutherland. Ray Lynch attended divine service at Holly Springs. Misses Jessie B. and Montine Edens dined with Miss Agnes Edens of Pickens. N. K. Bolt of Greenville was here on business last week. Thos. J. Keith, B. B. Hooker and M. L. Jones were at 'the county seat Thnrsday. Villie Chastain spent the week-end with Avery Looper,of the Cross Roads section, who con tinues quite ill at the home of his mother. lie has the synpaty of scores of friends inl this sectioi. Pickens Cotton Market (Corrected by Folger, Thorn Iy & Co.) Tfhur'sday 112 Friday . . Saturday----- - -12 Monday----------13. Tuesday. AmulThank C. F r anin Pikn ver Wofford Augusta Street I GAME CALLED Dacusyille Dots The many friends of W. J, Ponder will be very sorry t< know of his continued illness An operation has been) nocces sary, When a greater portion of his left foot was remove(d. Th( entire comnliunity is in hope. this will help him, and that he will again 1)e able to be up and out. Our farmers are all very busy now, gathering crops. The young people are antici pating a good time Thanksgiv ing night, at our oyster supper, and hope to have a good attend auce. A beautiful satin sofa pillow is now to be seen at the auditorium, to be voted to the most popular young lady, at the rates of ten cents a vote. Of course we have lots of pretty and popular young ladies, so ex pect a lively Contest to wind 11p on. If you have not made up your mind vet to come, just hurry up. and ('om11e oni any vay. Pumpkintown News PulnpkintowIl is frostl)it.ten, rainsoaked and otherviso all to the 'puinkin. Ophelia Garen of the Mount Tabor section visi ted I riends here Sunday. Mrs. Lee Burgess, who has been under the weather forsome time, is at Pickens this week, where she will undlergo treat ment. Vernon Corbin claims to have killed forty-one squirrels during the last two weeks, and that right here in Punpkintown,too. He must be some hunter, all right. Looks like we'll have to shoulder our trusty gun and hus tie off to the woods while they last, or else be left with only oi memories of how squirrel tastes. From Peters Creek Section (Too late for last week.) Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Foster of Marietta are visiting relative and friends in Pickens. Earl Foster of this place spen part of last week in Greenville Mrs. Monroe Johnson and Mis: J unie Wyatt of Easley spent th( week-end with J. E. Foster an< family. Prof. Snow of Greens illy wor shipped at Peters Croek lasi Sni1day. iMiss V\eriner F5oster has re tiuined from Spar tan u1)11rg, wher< she atten(ed the W. M. U. (onl vention. Mrs. NMattie Bishop, who hai been sick for about nine weeks died Sunday night. Novembei 14. Truly a good woman ha gone. She was buried the (a following her death at Fr'lienid ship, the funeral services b)e1ing condullcted by .Rev. .J. k. Fos5ter M~iss Shockley of Greenville i wvith friends in Mar ietta. BAL L' sgiving Game Iniversity Bus College lark, Greenville AT 3 O'CLOCK Pickens People in Arizona That the Pickens county boy. are popular in their a(opte( homes is shown by the artick below. which we take from thc Arizona Silver Belt, a newspape published at Miami, Arizona, of October 28. Our readers will re umneber that Tlho Sentinel earri t ed an account of the marriam( of Mr. Seth Lathemi and Miss Margaret Jameson a few weeks ago. The Arizona paper' article follows: IS W1lIA'OMfI TO OUR CI''Y" Seth Latham, who was mar ried back in South Carolina on October 21, to Miss Margarot Othella Jameson, arrived homc this morning at 1.30, several hours after Mrs. Seth Lathenm had arrived in Miami. Seth intended to arrive at the same time Mrs. ILathem arrived, hut had failed to take propel preenitions against official inter ferrcnlce with his plans. A mlessage signed "Reveion Officer'' was received in M1iami vesterday from South Carolina, notifyiug local oilicials that the yonng Benedict was on the pas senger trjainl then plving between Bowie and Miami. 1Lst the man might get oil the train at Globe and lose himself in the crowdel streets of the big city, a posse con posed of J uldge E..1. McEachren. Jess Ienderson, Bob Emery, Lee Howard and Frank Lancaster raced to Rice, twenty miles below Globe, in Mr. Emery's car, and held up the incoming passenger- train and captured Mr. lathem. The prisoner was taken from the train at Rice, as it was rumored that a mob of his friends were plotting to meet the train at Cut ter and rescue him. Securely handcuffed to Lee Howard, a member of the otlici. al posse, he was tumbled int the auto and rushed to Globe. In the meantime, the bride left, alone on a passenger traji rushing through a strange land nearly two thousand miles fron her home and friends, faced th ordeal with true southcrn spirit but for all that was unable t, hide her joy at meeting friend at the next station, Cutter. A that place the rescue part! awaited the train. There were three of the Lathem brothers .Dick, Bill and Ola,ready to rust the official posse, as they did th reVenooers when they left. Souti Carolina, and rescue brothel Seth, but there \a-,s no0) brotnei Seth in sight. I)ick left; the au t( party at Cutter andllI boarde(I th< I train to accomnpany his new sis ter-in-law to Miami. The anuh beat the train to Globe (not sur prising, considering that Old field II. Smith was at the wieel - and I )ick and tihe nmew MIrs. I ,a theim mode to Miamii with i\lr~ Smidth andl the others, but ther( was no sign of the v'oin mar11 ied( nian. 1in the mean'Uiitim1e1 the aumt wvith theoffiialti PO5se and1 then prisonier w~as h1ittinig the higl places betwveeni Rice andl Globe LinWOOd Investmen conisistinlg of .1 acres land, awmill, cotton gins, etc., and( Also three 6o-acre farmhs ne One 70-acre farm two miles All of this prmoerty may b terms. For ifurther infiorfmtion call M. C. SMITH Hogwallow, Oconee Co., News' Ellick Hellwanger has not de cided whether he will get him self an overcoat or a gallon of likker each month for the cold weather. He is so tall it takes a mighty long drink of likker to warm his feet. The editor of the Tickville Tid ings is at sea over the working of the new law which requires all editors to state under oath who owns their printing plants. He don't know who owns the Tidines. as it has never been paid for. It is a pity all men cannot be as upright and worthy as the candidate for office. The horse doctor was calledi to Musket Ridge Thursday niL ht to see Frisby Hancock. He found that Frisby had a slight touch of lumbago aud about a dollar. The excelsior fiddling Ban id gathered at the home of Colnm bus A lIsop and serenaded for somlie timge On his front, porch. (olumbus uwas laid1 up with rheumatism and coil(1 offer no resistance. Sidney -loeks is preparing to open a barber shop at Bounding Billows. He will be ready for bUSineSS as soon as he can get hold of two razors and a back number of the Police Gazette. htllick Hellwanger, who was comipleltely carried away with a barn door during the recent high water, has returned from down the creek. The stripes inl the suit Ellick wore are so warp ed he can hardly walk. Jefferson Potlocks went over to the Musket Ridge still houso the other day an brought back a jug of licker that was so old he could hardly walk. Arriving at Globe the party stopped and ('Xhi)ited the new ly-wed to admiring throngs on the streets and in the soft drink parlors He had changed his regular travelin, garments fo r 1 an attractiv e suit of striped pa t jauas, and wias accorded nieh a ttention by the people of the 3 old town. A bout 10 o'clock Ishe official t posse arrived in Miami and for several hours the pajamaed syoueh was paraded about the streets here and even placed on Sxhibition in the show window of Iat hemn Brothers' store. At. 1 1)reanland there was a big dance, giveni by the Knights and Ladies of Security, and the prisoner was escorte I to the hall still attired ill the beautifully striped pajamas, and was ri' gar'dedl with much intere t and cur liosity by the ladies and gen - lemlen the-re assembi 1)led lie wvas finally rescued b~y - friendis, who took both him and .Mr. Hloward to Globe in ani auto andI there b~ri bed a (depu1ty sheriff to furnish a key for the uinlock, ing of t he hianidenifs. Free from the handeufis he came again to Miami in a car' running undler rush ord ers and arrived home at :*.(0 this mioring. Land t Company o~wn Clements mnill property, w() Corn mills, one wheat mill, two g~ood dwellinlg houses. tr Peters Creek church. cast of Pickens Court House. had at bargains andl on easy on . Pickens. S. C.