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. TIEPICKENS SENTINE PUBLiHiED WiEK jY OFICIAL PAPER OF PICKENS COUNTY SUBSCIPTI Volume 46 PIKENS, S. C., AUGNumber 14 Hon. Cole L. Blease Will deliver a political adddress at Pickens Monday, August 21, All Candidates for Congress are in vited to be present. Speaking will begin at 11 o'clock. Music by the Easley Brass Band. From Matthew Hendricks talk about macadamizing roads, but I remember one hill ot about 150 yards of Recently I have been studying the the worst roads we had was fixed by road question and from past experience the presentsupervisorin aboutsix hours I know it is a hard problm. I seived with a rock crusher, six hands and two two years as county commissiorer when teams. That has been about three years only four days' work had to be done by ago and it is good now with all these each hand of road age Then we were rains. I believe it would be economy to relocating all our roads to get thaem on put a set of hand~s out with a crusher a better gra-le. In some places the labor and have them run it all the year at was so scarce we had to cut the timber Jdifferent places over the county where out; in others, the most leading roads, Ithere is hard rock. When the scrapes we could sdig up the timber. But that are not running keep the teams hauling was the beginning of better roads with- rock to the crusher until the wvorst out means. Then I came in as super- places are made good, and from year to . visor with three commissioners in each 1year we will improve until there will be township. During that time the work Inothing like we have now. And to was hreedaysor $.50.Withsuc better conditions and to meet some of means no one could expect nny improve- iths te es ou cosir. oin aa mnentson roads more than the relocation vtthconyomisne.Lta to have better grades. At that time supervisor run the business. As it is our assessment was two million, and~ we h1ave a scrape for two townships and dollars were had to ras.Tecut two hands to run it, a boss to boss it was in debt for claims past due to the andi a commissioner to boss him, and a amount of about $10,000, with $35,000' cook for all-about $1,000 for all three outstanding railroad bonds due in three nmen, and what the cook dloes is the big years. A claim on the county was wvorth gest jobi of work of all. TIhen, too often about 60 cents on the dollar. First of is the case when a road is worked, the badI all, the business'I had and did arrange iplaces are left and sonme one is Paid to wvas to pay off all claims against the (do what the scrap~e hands walked over county and arranged to pay cash for all unnoticed. These things ought not to work (lone, which was (lone for about he. It will be cheaper to have hands hal th prce aidbefre.Thi wa aenough with the scrape to do all such alfn tin pl rideor. Durin theseII work, repair and build all small bridges years I had built seven of our largest and wthen oan chare oft the river bridges on rock piers. One of wVaterY hnIto hreo h them was washed off the piers and one buiesthe county owed the amount of them had to be moved on account of1 mentionedl and $10,000 for the court water washing through the bottom. All house. 1 paidl all this off' but the rail. othes ae god et.Sine tat imeroadl debt, and had a levS' annually as a nearly all our business has been run on ear" after it fellrde. tht aebteinmone a cash basis and nearly all our large of the cut smr hntiewa bridges are covered, With these im- it was thent ind ore tan twevrat provements our bridge accounts are higher. Wec ought to improve faster. ~, , lowered, but our' road expenses are NlATTHu~Aw II KNDRiICKS. heavy andl the great question is how to~ We are requested to announce that change it. We are doing no'pei-manent W. E. F'indley will lead the prayer wvork-only such as I have mentioned-- meeting service at the Methodist church and I can hear on all sides complaint Thursday evening at 8.30O. TVhe pastor', about what work is done and how it is Rev. L,. E. Wiggins, is away in a pro-. done, or rather not done. We are spend- tracted meeting at Nine ty-Six. ing lots of money. I believe it would-___ be best for us to change our system and *B. P'. Kelly and son, \Villie, of Cen spen som moe. Al poplenowthat tral were business visitors at the coun a contyi so wak fino neednn not ty seat last ..~.s. Local and Mrs. Tom Starke of Elberton is visit ing Mrs. C. B. Hagood. Mrs. J. W. Sheriff of Orangeburg is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. C. Smith, in Pickens. The Daughters of Confederacy will meet at Mrs. Melvin Holder's Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Pickens Hiardware & Grocery Co. have an inferesting advertisement in this issue of The Sentinel. Mr. and Mrs. Guy McFall and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Partridge spent Sunday with the family of W. G. Hall in An derson. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hill, and children, Miss Louiseoni, Jr., and James, of Greer. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thornley. .Jesse Morris nd Arthur Reese spent several days last week at Lake Toxa way, They made the trip across Gauley on foot, but came back by rail. Homer Edens left Thursday for Nor folk, Va., where he joined his brother, .James, and they will together visit the larger cities of the North. Mrs. F. L. Clement and two sons and daughter. Sarah Bess, and Miss Harriet Noyce of Atlanta are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hendricks. MessrA. Smith Griffin and Ernest Freeman and family of Greenville pass ed through Pickens Monday en route to Browns hotel. They were joined here by Mrs. W. B. Freeman. Homer Sutherland, manager of the United Cigar company's store in Char lotte, has returned to his duties there after spending his vacation with home folks in Pickens county. R. L. Hames returned to Pickens Monday afternoon after spending his vacation in Habersham county, Georgia. There are various rumors afloat as to why Bob went to Habersham. Miss Bessie Robertson, who has been spending several weeks in Charlotte, N. C., lys returned to Pickens. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Cor rinne, who will spend sometime here. The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Pickens Asso ciation will meet with the Pickens Bap tist church August 29-30, beginning at 10 o'clock. Everybody is invited to be present. The members of the class of 1915 of the Pickens high school enjoyed a pic nic last Wednesday evening at the pow er plant. The class consisted of Misses Frances Bruce, Clovie Gilstrap, Sadie Nealey, Gertrude Aiken, Mildred Cox, Johnnie Attaway, Sara Attaway, and Messrs. Colie Seaborn, Homer- Edens, Ralph Gilstrap, Oliver Bloggs and Har ry Robinson. I Newsy Letter Fi Mr. and Mrs. Remus Henderson off Anderson motored to Mrs. Henderson's parents, Mr. andl Mrs. M~cD. Farmer's Sunday. Mr. Velmon F'endley visited relatives in Dacusville Sunday. Mr. McD. Farmer purchased a Ford car last wveek. Watch Cedar Rock come to the front! Prof. and Mrs. Myers motored to West Union last week to visit Mr. and Mrs. Hunnicutt. After spending several weeks very pleasantly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. 9. 'Turner, Miss Thuryston Myers has retnrned to her home at St. Steph ens. Miss Vivian H-endrix is spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Lawrence Lathem of Greenville. Mrs. Z. T1. Jones andl Miss Lucia Jones were the guests of Mrs. H. R. Jones last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stewart were the week-end guests of Mrs. B. F. Robin son in Greenville. Mrs. T. S. Turner and Mrs. Evan Myers visited at G. H. Hendlrix's last week. Messrs. Loyd ,Jones and Ned Williams arc at Clemson attending the summer agricultural course. Mr. L~. I". Smith and children attend. edI the singing at Peters Creek Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. .Jones and family were the guests of Mr. Thos.. Ilughes of Greenville Sunday. Personal We are requested to announce that all persons interested in cleaning off the graveyard at Cross Roads are re quested to meet Tuesday morning, Au gust 16, 1916. Mr. Robert Alexander, aged 24, died from tuberculosis at the home of his father-in-law, T. J. Mullinax, at the Easley mill village on the 30th ult. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Anthony Simmons, of Easley. His wife preceded him to the grave. The funeral services were conducte( from the residence by Revs. J. 1). Iloller and 1). 0. Powers and the body was laid to rest in the nill cemetery on the 31st ultimo. -- Easley Progress. The young people of this section en joyed a delightful lawn party at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. lester, near Pickens, last Friday eve ning, which was given by their charm ing daughters, Misses Perla, L ois and Susie. in honor of their house guests, Miss Smith of Greenville and Miss Birchfield of Atlanta. Quite a number of young people enjoyed this delightful occasion. Delicious punch was served during the evening. John Joe McFall (,f Pickens and John W. Weeks of Aiken have been award ed the Peabody scholarships of the Un iversity of South Carolina for the ses sion of 1916-17. These are valuable scholarships and are given every year to two young men graduates of some recognized, college who have shown qualitier of sdholarship. It is quite an honor to receive one and Mr. McFall's many friends here are pleased to know that one has been so worthily bestowed upon him. Prof. J. C. Rogers, dean of Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga., is in Pickens county this week in company with other representatives in the interest of the college. Prof. Rogers says that he has been traveling through many states in the south and middle west during the past six years and that he has found the country schools of this state above the average. He spoke very highly of the appearance of the rural schools of Pick ens county. He is enthusiastic over the future of Piedmont College. Read their adAertisement ir this issue of The Sentinel. The election for cotton weigher at Pickens will be held Saturday, August 19, and the polls will be open from 10 o'clock a. m. to 5 p. m. Each voter who wants to vote in this election must get a certificate from the clerk of the city council. Certificates may be secur ed from the clerk at his office at the Pickens Oil Mill between ten and six o'clock any day from August 9 up to and including August 16. No one can secure a certificate after August16 and no one can vote who hasn't got a cer tificate. The candidates announced for this office are Frank G. Allgood, N. D). Parsons and Fred N. .Jones. 'om Cedar Rock I Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robinson and Mrs. Elvira Robinson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Williams and son and daughter and Miss Lillian Hlendrix attended church at Mt. Car-mel Sunday. Messrs. Charles and Paul Hester and Misses Susie andl Lois Hlester were the attractive guests of Miss Williams re eently. Messrs. Oscar and Walter Turner and Elmer- Hendrix were the guests of Mr. a~nd Mrs. Bob Hendrix Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. H1. Hendrix visited in Greenville Sunday afternoon. Mr. Walter Turner spent Sunday af ternoon ini Easley. Luther Pickens, candidate for the House, and Fred O'D~ell v'isitedl in this vicinity last week. ,Misses Ethel and Nor-a McQueen of Easley were the week-end guests of Miss Lillie Spearman. Mr'. and Mrs. Snow Masters and chil :iren attended the Gilstrap reunion held at the Hardy Gilstrap) place last Satur :lay. Miss Daisy Phillips is visiting in the Mt. Carmel section this week. Prio Is. G;eorge Burrage and D ean R~oger-s and Mr. Scott, a student of the Piedmont College, D~emorest, Ga., call ed on their old student, Ada HI. Miller, wvhile canvassing Pickens county for stundonis Momenay.,.. Clarence L. Craig Candidate For County Superintendent of Education This Is What He Stands For: 1First: I believe in a Summer Teachers' Institute with a faculty and course of study approved by the State Superintendent of Education, from which State certificates may he issued. Second: In the employment of our own teachers to the ex clusion of others where this is possible. Third: The just apportionment of all school funds among the different districts. Fourth: In a just, impartial treatment of all teachers and schools. Fifth: In publicity of apportionment, that all districts may ee what is being done for others. Will Appreciate Vossr Support Oolenoy An Interesting Service Dr. and Mrs. L. F. Crenshaw, " f Rev. L. E. Wiggins delivered the first Greenville, are spending some (lays with of his illustrated lecturesat the Metho. relatives here. list church Sunday night to a large and Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernest Reid, of Dub- I attentive cougregation The subjectof lin, Texas, who are here for some time, the lecture was "The Women oi the spent a part of last week with the lat- Orient." Stereopticon views were used ter's sister, Mrs. S. B. Edens. to illustrate the lecture. This 8ubj~ct Miss Elizabeth Mauldin spent. the is following the line of study of the week-end with Miss lone Hlendrix. msinsuycastkntri h ok D~r. L,. P. Crenshaw, Messrs. M."h igsHgwa. h etr Hendrix, A. L. Edens and A. C. Suth-'unanihpctrdhelvsote erland wvere business visitors in Pickens wmnfle'i gpIda ~ra Monday. Cyo.Cia oe n Jpn h Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Edens, .i'ler.,wsno nyiteetn n spent Sunday with the latter's parentsenevsimrsieadb near Liberty..bruhhoe Jhpiteshwte The graded summer school began itswokoChitnmiinresadd summer term of work last Mondaycainadtegegodhyara morning. In the absence of the p~rinC-ci- lsigadtegra okta.i pal. Prof. Morse of Chicora, Miss JIen- e ol~ oe nie Griflin has charge of the higher Whltiss llaitrefo te grades. Misses Cora Porter of Pickens rglrSna vnn evcs ti and Frances Mauldin of Easley are the hje h1i illrv oua n assistants A successful year's work mc o~ ilb copihd is hoped for. Tepcue udyngtwr n Mr'. and Mirs. .J. 12. Iooper, Mr'. and uulycei n itntadt. a Mi's. lHenttie Williams, of' Dacusville, ciei odOe wvere herie Sunday. Tenxo'tesiiso ~cue Protracted meeting is ini progress wl i ie on here this week. The services are con dutdby the pastor', Rtev. W. C, Sea- Cut apinMeig Pumpkintown "Deadhead" Stuff lbeyatraAust1,2pi. Mir. and Mrs. Laawrence Elrod of u kntwuedyAgst1. Greenville are visiting the latter's pa- Pces hrsaAgs 7 rents, Mr. and Mrs. .J. S. White, ait EalyStudAgst1,2pm their home here.Caddtsfrslctrithsi The little Misses liernice, liessie Leetrc ilasosektthsmeie andi Wilma Hendricks received a lbleaa-anplcsexett se~'whr ant surprise Sunday af'ternoon, when athyavaledspkn motor car bearing their aunt, Miss Lila Harris, andl cousins, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. IvtsteCnia .Jennings, stoppled at their gate for a brief visit. All too soon, however, the W r elet( osaeta h car was buzzing again as it bore the cnl~ae o ''es(oit fie piarties away to their home in Green- aebe nie onllcstevtr A maid dog is i'eported to have been killed by Vestal Blarker in the Pleasant eii~ ''ji'jd11~ucta h Grove section Saturdlay night. Severalconyaiddtsr nitltoli's (logs were bitten, we are told.th 'oi'ofilC'tkoith lth Tlhe pumpkins of Pumpkintown wvill be ''not much punkin" this year. Ms ateJhsno nc''ni CD'.vitng Mis RuthWiggins.vrd his