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L. "" m W411;' P I Be 'hw YuWl1kW QfiinPknS Next Saur ,Ji- ome-Tk A rDaOff and'En y~ihYuFied U L81DWj~O-j~LY OFFICIAL PAPER OF..PIOKCENS COUNTY SUJBSO)RIPTIONPIEO~DL4 E ~~~ Established 1871I-Voluin 46 PICKENS, S, "C*, JUNE 19' 1916 GREAT HAT VALUES One lot of Ladies' Hats, all this sea son's styles, in small shapes, with a good range of colors to select from. Values up to $5. Your choice, 98c. Don't fail to see these Hats. See our other shapes at 98c, $1.48 and $1.98. HOBBS-HENDERSON CO., Pickens, S. C. TIES DELIVERED ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY For the' benefit of those wishing to sell ties delivered on right of way of Southern Railway, if they will notify me I will take up and pay cash for lots of fifty or more. For further information write 'A. B. Taylor, Phone 43* EASLEV, 5. C. Eat and Drink With Me! When you are in Pickens take your meals and lunches -and get your ice cold drinks at my restaurant. Can serve you at any hour and will always treativou right. Have just installed a large McCray Refrigerator and am better prepared than ever to. serve my customers fresh Groceries of all kinds. Your patronage appreciated. J. C. ALEXANDER, Pickens, S. C.' S4ibscribers of The Pickenis Sentiniel are getting more thant their. money's worth in the paper these days, and we are glad they are. No other weekly paper in this section is giving its read ers the newvs service and special features The Sentinel subscribers get. We are working hardl T to give Pickens county~ the best niewspaper *possible. Will you not encourage us by renew ing your sub~scriptionl promptly or getting your neighbor to subscribe? The more subscribers we have the better paper we can publish, and~ wewa.1 all -benefit' thereby. -Read the p~aper . hru 1 ~ you will agree ivith~ us that no good 'hncan wel affor& to evwithout it for the Enrollment Books Open Next Tues. Books of Enrollment for the Demo cratic voters of Pickens county will be opened at the following places on June 6, Each voter desiring to enroll will personally write upon the club roll his full name, and immediately thereafter his age, occupation and post office ad dress. In the event of the inability of the applicant to write his own name, he may make his mark upon the roll, which shall be witnessed by the secre tary of the club, or by a member of the enrollment committee then having the book in charge. The qualifications for membership in any club of the party in this State, and for voting at a primaty, shall be as fol lows; viz: The applicant for member ship, or voter, shall be 21 years of age, or shall become so before succeeding general election, and be a white Demo crat. He shalj be a citizen of the Unit ed States and of this state. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the state two years and in the county six months prior to the succeeding general election' and in the club district 60 days prior to the first primary following hit offer to enroll: Provided, That public school teachers and ministers of the gospel in charge of a regular organized church shall be exempt from the pro visions of this section as to residence, if otherwise qualified. The committees on enrollment and place of enrollment are as follows: Antioch-E M Gilstrap, W R McKin ney, John W Thomas. Place, W R McKinney's residence. Alice Mill-Jno. S King, Roy R Smith, W E Hill. Place, mill office. Cateechee-J F Williams, R W Hutch inson, C'D Gaillard. Place: Company Store. Central- F B Morgan, J R Falls, E B Stephens. Place: Central Mere. Co. Calhoun-E H Brown, 0 R Doyle, R M Holden. Place: Sou Ry Depot. Cross Plains-H P Haley, S M Hes ter, M W Hester. Place: Hester's store. Crosswell-U S Hughey, J O Hughey, J T Kay. Place: J 0 Hughey's resi dence. Dacusville-N-B Williams, J R Lath em, J P Jones. Place-. Jones' Store. Easley-A P DuBose, J E Leach, J A Jones, C J Ellison. Easley mill No. -Jerome Connelly, G W Russell, P P McDaniel. Place: mill office, Easley mill No 2-F F Williams, H A Kennemore, J 0 Spake. Place: mill office. Flat Rock--0 M McKinney, J C Mc Kinney, M J Boggs. Place: McKin ney's shop. Glenwood-J J Simms, M E Garrison, W E Mays. Place: mill office. Holly Springs--W R Price, Ed Stew art, Willie Price. Place: W R Price's residence. Issaqueena-R Ramseur, CJ Tarrant, J A Pace. Place: mill office. Julian's Store-W D Freeman, J M Childress, B H Whitmire. Place: Jul ian's store. Liberty-John T Boggs, W BI Glenn, C H Strickland. Place: W B Glenn s stoe. Looper's Gin-E L Jones, J L Loop er, B L Hendricks. Place: Jones' store. Mile Creek-W R Dalton, J E Nix, S B Dalton Place: S B Dalton's store. Norris-C C Burroughs, Rt W Bur roughs, E C McWhorter. Place: Bur roughs' store.. Pickens-N A Christopher, T H Stew art, R T Hallum. Place: Auditor's of fice. Pickens mill-J N Jewell, H E Jones, T S Campbell. Place: mill office. Peter's' Creek-J E Singleton, .J E Friddle, J T Foster. Place: J E Single ton's r-es. Pumpkintown-A C Sutherland, J A Hendricks, W T Anderson, Place: Sutherland's store. Praters-C G Lewis, C L Gillespie, Joe Pilgrim, Jr. Place: C G Lewis' res, Six Mile-J A Dillard, W B Mann, G N Garrett. Place: Dillard's store. Shady Grove- B F Murphr-ee, JM Wood, J L, Thomas. Place: J M Wood res. Pleasant Grove-J F Rigdon, D L Barker, W L Green. Place: Barker's store. -*The books will reuntain open until July 25, but all voters are urged to enroll early. G. F Nonnis, County Chairman. State Candidates Here June 22 The schedule of the county-to-county eanivass by the canrdidateshas been ar ranged. The first nieeting will be held Rt Spartanburg Tuesday,June20; giren. 4111e, June 21; Plekkons, .June 22; Wa1 lla. Jne 23. Andens Jutt 24n Program For Third of June Following is the program of the four-. teenth annual reunion of the Confeder ate veterans of Pickenq county, which will be held at Pickens next Saturday, June 3: 10 a. m.--Assembling of veterans on Lewis street. 10.30-March to court house. Call to order. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Seaborn. Music. Introduction of the speaker by Judge T. J. Mauldin. Address by Hon. A. H. Dagnall of Anderson. Music. Talks by veterans. Benediction. 12.30-Dinner. Commander W. B. Allgood, assisted by Captain James A. Griffin, will be ir charge of the veterans on June 3. The Pickens Chapter, U. D. -C., cor dially invites the house-keepers of Pick ens county to unite with them in the picnic dinner to be given the veteran at Pickens on June 3. If you cannol attend send your- contribution. Graduating Exercises An audience that filled all the avail able space in the school auditorium wit nessed the graduating exercises of thi Pickens high school graduating class o: 1916 Monday night. This class consist of nine girls and six boys, being thi largest graduating class in the histor: of the Pickens school. The following program was well ren dered: Invocation by Rev. L. E. Wig gins; Class History by Miss Salli, Griffin; Essay by Miss Bessie Robert son; Oration by Vaughan Inabinet Music by Miss Ina McFadden; Clas Will by Miss Emma Herde; Clas Prophecy by A. J. Boggs, Jr.; Val( dictory by Charles Curtis; Class Sonf Literary Address by Dr. W. S..Currel Duet by Mrs. W. M. Melton and Mit Mildred Cox; Delivery of CertificatA by Prof. R. T. Hallum; Presentati< of U. D. C. prize by W. E. Findley, Es, The U. D. C. prize is given each year I the Pickens chapter to the member < the high school classes who writes tU best essay, and it was won this year b Miss Emma Herde. The address of Dr. Currell, Presiden of the University of South Carolina was the feature of the evening and wa greatly enjoyed by the large audience It would be useless to try to give evei a synopsis of the speech here as w, could not do it justice. It was, how ever, full of meat and well seasone4 with wit and we feel sure made a deel and good impression not only upon th< members of the graduating class, bu others as well. Death of Good Old Lady Monday morning the death ange came to the home of Miss Susan Trot ter near Griffin church and carried thii blessed soul to the better home above "Aunt Susan" as she was familiarla called was about 94 years of age, an< up to four years ago supported hersell by her own work. When her strength failed the members of Griffin churci and kind neighbors aided her. She wai a good, conscientious christian wvomar and had been a member of Griffin churcl: for a number of years. She is surviv ed by one brother, George Trotter ol Anderson county, and one sister, Mrs. Caroline Harbin, of the Griffin section. Funeral services were condupted by Rev. D. W. Hiott Tuesday morning at Griffin church wvhere the burial took place. Pickens Co. News 40 Years Ago From The Sentinel, June 1, 1876. Immigration Society. - A goodly num. of the citizens of this place met in the court house last Saturday and organized an immigration society. The followingl gentlemen were chosen officers: Presi dent, D. F. Bradley; vice-presidents, T. W. Russell, .J. R. Hlolcombe, J. J. Lewis, R. E, Steele, W. A. Lesley,--B. F. Morgan, G. M. Lynch, John T. Lewis; secretary and treasurer, W. M. H-agood; executive committee, G. W.' Taylor, J. HI. Carlisle, I. H. Philpot, J. F. Folger, S. D. Keith. Press Meeting.-At the recent meet. ing of the Press Association at Spar. tanburg the following new membert were added to the associatioxs: J. I, Bonner, of the Associate Reformec Presbyterian, and -Messrs. James T. Bacon, Edgefld Advertiser; John S. Reynolds, Wlnnsboro News; A. M. Speights, Greenville News; D. F. Brad tey, Pickens Sentinell , PM. Trimmier, Carolina Spartani, anid J. W. Drwn, Charleston Jouirnrl of Comnmerg. Dots From Ambler May 29.-The farmers are all Its fihe spirits since the good rain of last week. Some are "gathering in 'the golden grain," while others are plowing ahd hoeing to be ready for theirs a little. a little later on. The Pickens Township Singing con vention met at the school house here yesterday and did some splendid sing Ing. The following leaders were pies ent: S. P. Freeman, J. R. Connelly, T. H. Stewart, B. F. Hendricks, R. L. Henderson, L. P. Simmons, Mr. Clark, Oscar Baker, Ed Cisson and Claradine Chapman. I Rev. M. L. Jones of North Carolina is spending a while with his son, J. B. Jones. - He has been sick for several weeks and thought it would be better for his health on this side of the Blue Ridge. Mr. Jones is very much at tached to his friends over there and I daresay will go back before very long. Mr. and Mrs. Mose Simmons and son Lawrence spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.. W. T. Day. Among others who partook of their hospitality were Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Day and son, Elford Clark and family and Rev. M. L. Jones. M.. and Mrs. Will Hendrix and daugh ter spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Monta Skelton. Mrs. Charlotte Anthony, a former resident of this section but now of Greenville, is expected to live but a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown and two children spent Sunday at the home of the latter's brother, Irvin Hayes. Will Anthony is visiting his mother in Greenville. 3 W. E. Hendricks and Missel Ernest - ine Hendricks and Verona Mae Anthony and Ivy Hendricks and Bertran Anthony a spent a couple of hours Sunday after s noon at the home of Mrs. Anthony in Greenville. Mrs. Sallie Chapman spent a day last week with her daughter, Mrs. Elijah Hayes. '81 n Several candidates attended the sing Iing yesterday. Some were for countj , I offices, but a goodly number were foi o matrimony. It has been said that it il e not wise for two candidates to visit a y place together, especially when they are running for different offees. T. H. t Stewart can say amen to thig, for he was left afoot (for a while) yesterday when another candidate drove off with a pretty girl in the buggy. X. Y. Z. Pumpkintown "Deadhead" Stuff Pumpkintown, May 29.-,Well, dear readers, I am back again with some more "stuff". I have been wrestling t with sickness, and haven't written any thing in a long time, at least it has seemed long to me. We were very, very thankful to see the rain which came last week, as things, including people's faces, were beginning to look rather gloomy here before it came. Very little cotton in this section is Sup well enough to be wvorked, but it is I coming since the rain, seed that has been planted since April. "General Green" is getting a foothold here, too, believe me. The dry weather hasn't injured our corn much, if any. B. F. Hendricks has been s'ick with grip for the past. wveek, but is much better at the time of this writing. J1. D. Crittenden has just recoverell from an attack of grip. Ci~innic. Pleasant Grove News This section wats visited by a good rain last Monday and Tuesday and the farmers are thankful to see it bring their cotton up. Syd Moody was b~adly injured last wveek by a log falling on him while he was helping to load a wagon. Medical aid was at once summoned and'he is getting along very wvell at this writing. W. D). Hendricks, .Jr., is on the sick list at this writing. W. La. Green andl son Charlie wvent to Greenville last week on business. G. B. Fortner has a very sick child at this writing. Leon White of Bristol, TIenn., paid' his parehts a short visit last Sunday, returning Monday morning. He is look. ing well and says he likes 'entessee fine. A F ARMER. Tries to Commit Suicide lioy Jameson, eldest 'son of Mrs.'A.S. Jameson of Easley, attempted to com mit suicide Friday af ternoon-by takcing poison. His purpose was iramediately discovered and promnpt medical ajd sav'ed his life. The young nan has sufferEd from a mental 40 h~t recep3 and is not acco ~ fr hs Atog Along Marietta Route 2 .Farming is progressing vey this section now.; Oscar Crenshaw who has been suffe, ing with rheumatism isimproving some at this writing. Dr. John M. Cren ahaw Is the attending physician. * Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Looper of Dacusville route 1, visited at the home Of L S. Edens last Sunday. Mrs. Samuel Edens and daughter, Miss Della, of Easley, were visitors at the home of Mr. W. A. Edens last week. Messrs. J. D. and C. C. McConnell made a business trip to Greenville last week. Miss Sarah Attaway.of Pickens, Who has been on an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. J. D. McConnell, returned to her home last week. Miss Ella Belle McConnell, who has been attending school at Pickens, is at home now during vacation. A new arrival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy McWhite, a fine boy. All to the good, Roy. Uncle Sam may need an increase in the army some day. Nannie May, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Edens, who has been quite sick, is much improved in health now. Dr. W. M. Ponder was the attending physician. Commissiener Bowen is having the roads worked out in this section just now. In consulting the candidate's column in The Sentinel we find a good crop, but room for several more. Come on out, boys, we voters will give you the proper thinning outsometime in August. Well, since writing the above, the beautiful, refreshing showers have come which put a pleasant look on our old farmers. After all, nature always does her part, we only must do ours and all is well. Only a few more days until the W. 0. W.'s will begin to decorate the graves of the deceased sovereigns with the beautiful flowers of spring, as is the usual custom of this noble fraternal or der and so mote it be. PROGRESSIVE. Former Pickens Co. Boy Dead On the evening of May 17 the death angel callel from the home of Mr. and Mrs.,0. P. Williams their third son, L. Burt Williams. Budt was about 12 years old when he left this county with parents some nine years ago. His body was laid to rekt,in the Oak City ceme tery in Bainbridge;' Ga.,. the presept. home of his parents.. le was ' brother of Mrs. W. H. Field of this county. Even though a boy when he left this county, he left many friends to deplore the sad news of his death. Burt had grown into manhood, characterized by deeds of honesty and love, and tho his departure brings sadness, the hope he indicated is sufficient to bring joy to those of his loved ones whom he beck oned to come on. A Surprise Marriage Married, by J. B. Newbery, N. P., at his residence, May 27, Miss Mary Hien derson and Mr. Frank Herd, both of Pickens. The marriage was quite a surprise to the friends of the. young couple. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. IL. Henderson 6f near Pickens, b~ut she has been boarding in Pick ens and attending the' high school. Mr. Hlerd is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Herd of the Roanoke section and.-has made his home in Pickens several months, being employed by the Pickens Mercantile Co. They p1ave the best wishes of many friends for a long and useful life. Save Your Crimson Vlover Seed A week from now all the crimson clover will be all nmaturedi and fartiers who have ;ny should take steps at to have a stripper made so they cl save the seed. Farmers Bulletin No. 646 gives detailed information agout making the stripper andl gathering the seed. Tliose who wish to save the seed should write to the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D). C., and get a copy of this bulletin. It is free on request. D~o not let any of the seed get lost, for the price of crimison clover will probably be high again next fall Dacusville Singing Convention The Dacusville singing convention will meet in an all- (lay service at Nine Forks on the 1st Sunday in June. The regular preaching service will be at ii o'clock. There will be dinner on the ground anc the eonvention will meet in ther aft roon. Al singers and the 1ublica~ A nvited~t be with us. ..~ 4 .,~V4(6R SO45N, PrTe