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V ft.4- OEM j ~ ~ Bothblishedt 187t-VNohIiwm 46/ NflIf2 School CommencemnifliVs 29 Pickens . High Sohoo. A con m eqcement excercises wIl1,Wke Olace 1vxtjO' atuditortir opday evening, May 29, beginning at 8.80 o'clock. The program which has been arranged will be an interesting one. Dr W. 8. Ourrell, of Columbia, 'presicen of the University of Souti, ar lina, will make the address.:-On Sunday morning the 28th, Pr, David M. Ramsay, of Greenville will preach the baccalaureste sermon for the graduatink 4clss at the Methodist church. There are fifteen ht the grad uating class this yed'r, six VoUng men..aod nina young ladies as folloWs: Missos. Glennie Atta way, Louise -Gravely, Xarie Freeman, Sallie Griffin, Emma Herd, .a icFadden; Grace Porter, j3essie Robertson and ~a Stewart; Messrs.>Hanselle Ifivens, Oharles Curtis, A. J. Bons, Jr.,.Ralph Hester, B. F. ,cDaniel and VauRhn Inabinet. The cles flower Is a' white e, colors purple and gold,.and motto l1 .. Not at the top, cilihiblng." 'ickens County Gold Mine .fhe state. chemist report of an isay of ore from the Pickens Aunty prooerty of Mr. G. A. Ellis and associates indicates great wealth ,for this section. The assay shows over $84. gold per ton,and the tonnage in Sight appears to be enormous. It is expected that Mnining operations will be started in the near fa ture. Mr. Ellis is interested with a Party who recentiv ac quired a large mining acreage after the discovery of the rich gold ore. Miss Keith Resigns Miss Clarice Keith the effici. ent operator at the telephone ex change here for the past, three years has resigned -that position to take effect Jine 1. She has been with the telephone compa ny about six years, working in the Greenville and Easley ex changes. During all this time she has given satisfactory sar vice to the public and the tele phone subscrlbers wilbregret her leavin g, because she' s courteous an4 makes the service as effibi ent as possible. The Telephone people are making efforts to re tain her. hmt we understand that she has accepted a position with the Pickens Mill and will assist with the book work in the office. Mr. Harris Released J. T. Harris of near Liberty was rele3ased( fromn the Pickens.' .jail Monday mornuing, where he had been1 confined several weeks on. a chafgo of having poisoned .;his wife, Mr's. Margaret H-arris. who 'died and was buried ait Grifln cemetery about twvo months ago. Suspioious parties started an -in vestigation, the body of the dead woman was takcen up about a week after burial and( the3 stomach sen1't, t.0 * (lems~on college for' e"xaminia tion. A report wv i ecei ved ai f'ew days ago from R. N. Jirack ett, chief chemist at Clemson, *stating that a carefu1l and thor * ough. examli nation had b)en made of' the stoml a.h and thn no poison syas tonnld. * InV the meanIItime Alr. I a rris had been arrested anid held in jail on susilcion. Ho seemid to deplore the affair greatly. The :rloner's jury exoneratedl him1. A Good Sabbath School Dear Sen tinel and Eiditor: Oh vesterdlay evening I visited A m blerSabbath school and although it is being hold in ru~ral school buidig it; is a Satbath -schiool worth while and .1 spent a very pleasapt evening with themn. They 'all seem interested in the work and hav'e an attendance * of 'from 75 to 100. They take dood interest in the lessous And then when it conmes to singing, iBro. Hiott, T just wish you could hear them. They are expectinM the ~ickexns township singing c6 pnblon 4th Sabbath in May. A Vrsrrond. Mrs. Rachel Hmnton Qen The death of Mrs. Rachel Hin ton Owen, on Ngnday tilght at ten o'clock, at herhonixiin Lib erty brought sorrov to the hearts of many of her friends and lov ed ones. She, with her- tw.o grandchildren, Miss Ola and Ed tar Nelson motored tb. Easley Saturday afternoon to visit! friends-and were returning home Sunday afternoon at about 4 o'clock when she was stricken with pa'alv6ls. Her husband; W. T. Owen, passed away about thirty-five years ago. She was the mother of several children, two of whom are still living; C. 0. Nelson of Belton, and Mrs. P. L. Lollis of Six Mile, She is also survived by several grandchildren. . Mrs. Owen was the daughter of the late Boyd and Sarah Hin ton. She was b4rn June 3, 1850, being nearly sixty-six years old when death claimed her May 14,1916. She-took charge of two chil dren ofi a deceased daughter when they were very voung and these surviye to.mourn, the, .loss of one who wais as dear t6 them as a mother, Miss Ola and Ed gar Nelson of Liberty. -Mrs. Owen was a faithful member of the. Liberty First Baptist church but~ in her late years was not able to attend church very often. She was raised in Oconee county, having moved to Liberty about eight years ago. The funcral service was held from her late home Monday af ternoon at five o'clock by Rev. G. H.. Flodges, pastor of the Methodist church and the inter ment was made in Westview cemeterv. May God console, bless and keep the loved ones and may they be faithful as she was that they may all meet around His throne. Along Pickens Route 3 We are haying sone dry wea ther and everythikig is needing rain. Corn is looking very well. but cotton which is up is. dyipg, and some will not come up until it rains. A large crowd attendpd the May meeting at, Antioch Sun day. The, Lord's Supper was celebrated. Several fron) this section at tended services'at Six Mile last Sunday and report the meeting fine. Ray Lynch attended Suinday school at Mountain Gro'v Sun day evening. Mrs. Maggie Holder aWel her nephew, from Oconee county, visited her sIster, Mrs. Laura WVinesmter. $atnrdayhi and Sun djay. - Mr's. J. W. Winchesteri and little sonl, McDaiel, are visiting friends andl relatives in Wal halla this week. Uxcm: Jmsp. Reported From Mt. Pisgah Many .Pickens coutiity people attended the second Sunday ser vices at Mt. Pisgahi. Rev. . Decan Urian, the famous-preach er from the mountains, having been~l r'eared in the dark corner' of Greenville c!ounty, preached brdth Saturday and Sunday to large andl( attenitiv cogea tions. Memoriail l)ay was ob servedl on Saturday and the 'graves were decorated with be'~autifuil flowers. Rarely have I soon pieople so stirred as at the Sundayhi serv ice. Brother Cralin is one of the gretatest preacher'6 of theo day. This makes my for Mt. Pisgah. A t the close of the s ervice al purse$ amo1(untinlg to twenity-foiir dollars was agift to I heii paLor f1 romi the neople, wVhich lhe gr~ieaftiv a 4ppreciate(s. TIhe protracted meetling in the Metho dist church here closed~ last Wednesday nighit. 1Rev. A. E. Holler of Greenville dit) most, of the preaching. HeI is an earnest preacheCr of the gosp~el andi dur ing the meeting there was much good Sdeomuliahed. God's word will not re tuI'n void. Panstor WViggins v'vill no doubt- fool the good wor k of the meet ing in the church. H. F. Parsons and gaughtgr Ritth furnished Rome good Imuuiec during the .servieds El. IlDNEY HOCKS has read wheireftr tunes can be made out df *401e: things, if they are patented, alfd l wondering if he could not get a patient on Miss Flutie'Belcher. The Rye Straw storekeeper, who-het In the past been held in the highest #* teem by his customers, has made hir' self very unpopular this week by An nouncing that he will hereafter-sell nly for cash, and some of his customers are circulating it as their opinion that he is only in the business for what he can get out of it. Cricket.:Hicks held the lamp while Miss Hostetter Hocks sang a solo at the Hog Ford church Sunday night. At one point her voice went so high Cricket was compelled to stand on a chair. Slim Pickens fell through a crack in the Gander creek bridge Tuesday morn ing. The accident came as quite a sur prise to him. Cricket Hicks is gaining renown as a foot-racer, and after a little more prac tice will challenge any snake in this vicinity. Announcements CndidJates' cards inverted in this column fo Five Dollars each, invariably in julvance. For Congress I announce myself * a candidate foi Congress from the Third Congressiona District of South Carolina, subject t the rules of the Democratic party. JOHN A' HORTON., I am a candidate for Congress fron the ThirdCongressional district, subjec to the rulesof the Democratic prirhary. A. H. DAGNALL. I announce myself a candidate foi Congress from the Third district. will abide the rules, regulations and results of the Democratic primary. HEitY C. TILLMAN. For Solicitor I announce my candidacy for Solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, sub ject to the rules and results of the Dei ocratic Primary election. J. RORT. MARTIN. I aim a candidate for Solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and pledge rpyself to abide the result of the Dem ocratic prim4ry and t) support the nom inees of same. JNO. M. DANIEL. H. H1. H Anms is hereby announced as a candidate for Solicitor of the Thir teenth .Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. For Representative The many friends of' W. CLAnsaNcE AVIANN hereby announce him as a candi date for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. i herdby announce myself a candidate for the House of Repres9entatives from Pickens County. subject to the. rules of the Democratic pirimary. Platform: In favor of t'he state tak ing guano out of the handls of thespc .dator and placing it in its own handst protect the farmer and itself. Not in favor of either the child labor Jaw nor compulsory education. W. H1. Cox. Raz Barlow Visits Washington A special friomu H ogwallow says thnt Raz, Barlow hats just rettur'ned from Washingt'on, 1). C., and reported the following convers;ation. Hly only gives it as informnationi, however, and1( the schledule is not guara'~nteed: Raz. Iarlow~ (me etinig Congressman A iken, on the street in 1Washington) Hello, Mr'. Aiken. Mir. A..-Why, hello, Raz',; how arie you, .3and( how1V's Sal and the twins?'i SRaz - Oh, tihtey're 0. k. I 've just b)(een artounid to yourii (flice' to .een you, bunt you wasn1't ther'ie. Mr. A. -No, I 'm so bus.y these days I don't have time to stay in my otliee much. Have a eigar, Raz; are the boys dlown your way talking plolitics yet? Ritz--Yes, they are talking some; they say they never dlid see so0 many pieces in) the pap~ers before abloult con gr'essmeiinas they have been lately see ing about you, and they say you shore must bie kept busy looking out for their interest and writing so much. Blut I told them course you had to have a see i'etar'y to do your writing. 'One day latweek ee pAyday'on the 'TeIlle11 roilroad. 'Pit 'ant -trdidt coflft for two'dys had wdrk h put In Waiting foir it trifi.Pu A tfre ble* down the other day just 00 YdM ims imi sed under it. This tegtttb1h' to always travel slow in tde Coluibu~s Alsop has. a new bow for his bass fiddle. After losing the other one he missed it very much every, time he went to play a tune. A balloon ascension is advertised for Tickville next Saturday afternoon, pro vided there are no clouds in the way. The Excelsior Fiddling Band, after playing for the Ladies' Aid entertain ment at Tickville Saturday night, wrote itself a nice note complimenting the nice and sweet music it had rendered. Miss Gondola Henstep thinks it would be just. heavenly to have her picture taken with a lot of real clouds floating at the back of her. For Clerk of Court 0. S. STEWART is hereby announce as a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Pickens county, subject to th( rules and regulations of the Democrati party in the primary election of 1916. I am a candidate for the office o Clerk of Court of Pickens county, sub ject to the rules of tho Democrati party. .1. L. Boir. i ah. h candidate for Olerk of Cour .of Pickens county and pledge myself t, abide the result of the Democratic pri mary and support the nominees of same B. T. McDANIEL. For Sheriff At the solicitation of a few friends I hereby announce myself a candidat for the office of Sheriff of Pickens coun ty, subject to the rules of the Demo. cratic primary. W. ANDERSON LOOPER. For Auditor H ENRY A. TOWNES is hereby announe ed as a candidate for Auditor of Pickenm county, subject to the rules of thej.em. ocratic primary. For Treasurer. I am a candidate for Treasurer of Pickens county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. OIAnt T. HINTON. For Superintendent of Education I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Superintendent of Educa tion of Pickens county, subjcedt to the rules of the Democratie primary. I ~F. VAN CLAY'roN. Ii hereb~y announce myself a caida~ilte for Superimtende~nt of Education 'of Piens .county, subject to the Demo. eratie primary. C. L. CnlAIa. W. S'. Rltinjounc~ is hereby announced as a candidate for the oflice of Superin tendent of Education o f Pickens County, subject to the rules of the Democratie primary. Ernest PorterC has a1ceptedI a p)osition with A. C. Gravley. Mr. A. - Yes, Razi, oild boy, I sure4* have been busy looking after the inte ests of mny constituents; buisiei- lately thani ever before-, 1 believe. a Raz-I- heard Poke Eazley say i~ho other day that you shore was getthig b~usy here lately, Hie sid as soon'as he readI that piece in the pnper about your' jeans clothes that he knowed you was going to run again; said he'd been read ing that piece every election year- ever simce his mule .Jnsoun was born twelve Mr. A.-Well. have- you heard any body isay anything ahout the hills I've been iroducing? lRaz-.I heard Fletcher- Henstej, say ih- notied~ that you introduced that Corbin pension bill again for the 'steenth time, and that it s'eemedi to him like you imtroducedl that bill every election year and it hadn't got nowhere yet. Mr. A.- Have you been over in Pick ens lately? Rz1was over~ there last week. Mr. A.-The peo ple of Pickens~ county wdil be- pleased, tho, when they learn that I am going tt6 have an artillery park and rifle range esablished1 on the government-.owned motmtain hitnd in their county, won't 'thoy? Raz-a-Why, Mr'. 'Aikeni, don't you know thayth government doesn't own any land in Plkens county'? Mr/ A.-I never thotught of that! Dots From Ambler I The farriere of this section are beginning to feel, blue over the continued dry spell. The crops aie nearly all'planted but haven't come up. Some are vlanting their cotton over, We still have a live Sunday school hero and on vesterday af ternoon there was a larger crowd than usual. Some predicted that the May meetings would Orlpple it but It seems to get bet ter. Quite a number of visitors Ore present each Sunday. Mr. S. P. Freeman, a noted singer of nbar Pickens,comes occasion liy and is a great help in both insting and class work. Mr. and Mrs. T. Trotter were ,itling tt Mr. A. C. Smith's Baturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith and son Ivy have recently visited their daughter and sister, Mrs. 1e3ss Watsbn of near Clements mill, whose daughter has been suffering for some weeks with white swelling. We are glad to know that she is itVpoy.ing some. The smail son of Mr ai Mrs. Sethy Pace is still veir. de, but under the watchful-care ouzrs. Valley and - Bolt it ls0-oped he will soon recover. Little Milton Pace, who has been making such a hard fight against disease for the last tvo weeks, is able to be out sonic, tho is .still unable to walk. Mr. Frank Day and children htave been sick for some time are Improving some. Bertran Day, son of J. E. Day, is also on the sick list. Little Lucilo Craig has been suffering for the past three weeks with pneumonia, and ca tarrhal fever. Miss Susie Smith is right sich with )roncoxtis and whooping C cough. With one or two excep tions every family In the com munity has whooping cough. Mr. Jeff Arnold of near Cros well 8pent several days last weelh with relatives around Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Brown vis. Ited at Mr. Craig's last Thurs. day. Mr. John Anthony and fai ily spent Sunday at Mr. Arthur Jones'. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones and bab) were at Mr. J. B.Jones' yesterday on their way home from a pleasant visit to relatives ire the Enon section. Mrs. W. E. Hendricks and son IVy visited Lucile Craiv Fri day and oil Sunday Mr. W. M. Brown paid her a visit. Mrs. N. M. Craie of Pickens spent the past week at the hiom4e of C. L. Craig. Mr. andl Mrs. Will Keith and childrenfl visited MIr.J. A.Brown's fam iyn' Peolzer' a fe days Cedar Rock News Mr. and( Mrs. ,Johni Anthony had aIs their ' Id(st5 Siiiday Mir. anid Mr s. Roh,.A Anthon v' of Pic'k ens, and Miss Addle Anthlony of G ~reenille. Mr. ac. 1. I''arme r is spen d.. in afwdyinBirmiinghian M1r. and *Mris. J. W. A . Io1.01 h is sisteri, Mn-rs.Joelii1 M illier, r', ('enitly. were the' gnests of: 13. I I. WVil. lianns anjd famuily Sunilav.' W. . Porter of A\ tihmiIta, spent the.' week-end with h~omei Egiain Noris werei the guiestsof Miss .\ddie Jutlian Stnnda y. M r'. Wyatt'. ()'l)''ll a d famil were'( thn' guests of Mr . and Mrs. HI. i). NSiing l lalst week. iMr. .Jin-k Ilev(es and dauigl. teri, iiss Mande~, worsh i pped1a Cedar Rock Suniday. E~noch C. (Pete) Chapman died at his home im the Salem section on Suhday, April 80, at the age of about 80 years. Mr. Chapman was a -Confederate vet eran. He satw service throughout the war as a member of Company G, 12th S. C. regiment. He was well knfown to many of the older citizens of Oconee, and wvas. a-highly respecte'd citizen ol his cotmnunity. Heois midrvived by sev era) children.--Keowee Courier. Mauldin School Ooit Seventeen contestaits, tWQ' boys and fifteen girls, contesteI,0 for a ring and a medal in-a sieaki ing contest at Mauldin sch6ol. i two miles west of Easley, last Friday. night. . The ting was won by Miss Lois Stansell .and the gold nedal went to Miss Is telle Stanself. These winner4 are sisters. Second place in tho ring contest was won by Miss Beryl Couch and. Miss Bernice Couch won second place In the, contest for -the medal. All the children showed careful training by their teachers and (lid re markably well. Miss Alia Garrett, of Pelzer and Miss Grace Mauldin, of Easley, have had charge of the school this session. The board of trustees is composed of J. B. Robinson, W. T. Dorr and S. W. Stansell. These teachers, with this board of trustees, and the name of the school assures a good sechool. From Glenwood Mill The wedding bells are rinking once more. Mr. Riley Forster and Miss Effie Burns, all of Glen wood were married yesterday at the M. E. parsonage, by Rev. J. D. Holler. The prospects are good for several others. The M. E; church will soon be under construction, and will be a credit to the members of i that church. Quite a number of the young, folks visited Six Mile and Croses Roads yesterday. A. series of meetings will begin the fourth Sunday in May. Rev. Willis of Six Mile will do the preaching. We seem to be blessel this spring with a good crop of "can dy dates," but what will the har vest be? Duke Stneihas 1Qlunred tic) drive his F oftd agai n. How the Money Was Spent Following is an itemized account of' how much money was taken in at the play and how it was spent in each room of the Pickens graded school building for the past session: High School, Prof. Melton and iss Ruby Baker, teachers, amount taken in .. .......$11 is For repairs in the auditorium . 50 Crepe paper.. 1...... .. 10 The $10.58 on hand will he turned over to the next teachers. ? Sixth and Seventh grade room Miss Ada Craig, amount taken in $5 r. Shades...1 26 Room calcimined.2 .0 Calcimine . Passepar toult)( 10 Bucket.. 76 Dipper...6 Soulp0 2600 Amoun on and ,' 50 Calcrnin..................60 Slaoa . ltng 40 Ashoren ainouwntos taenn Clctne .rmd.8 Gre pintli III for dow Class piclure raned mon Shades2 45 Room mleimned2 25 S60 CLinn rte coe 35 taen int r iuos5 Cardcoim.in1( Ppladelo for stoveI'e -.I5 Pa5ssepairtout t. . 10 1irs 5an SecondII, gratil room~ Ufiip.il l4e tYo1 nue aoun t tla y Roome cleim ' inede.ere ihu Caoeiine1wfloii i ennwr Green, aiont or win .dowsmd V J3?~ Piture1 wirl n h irIeRi Cnardbdarctd m 1 hr is.tefl Glass) fowlpicture 10~