The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, September 21, 1916, Image 1
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Pleasant Grove News
This section was visited by a fine rain
Septeinber 14. It was badly needed or
sweet potatoes and turnips and of e6tirse
it waf good for other crops as well,
Fodder pulling is the order of thq.day
here, but will be over in a few da,
as the crop was very short at best.
W. L. Green of this place killed g, rat
tlesnake a few days ago tlat Steasured
4 1-2 feet long and had thirteen rattles.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Moody of this
section left about two weeks ago for
Dayton, Va., where Mr. Moody will at-.
tend a normal singihg institute. We
are sorry to have them leave us. Grov
er is a good organizer and singer. We
extend good luck to ttiem while away
and wish them a safe return.
" Re . J. E. Foster baptized ten con
verts'at this place Sunday, Septembek
10-nine young men and one young lady.
Thirteen were addea to the church dur
ing the recent series of meetings. Bro
ther Foster has been pastor at this
church about nine years and has done a
great work.
It is rumored that John T. Woodside
of Greenville is contemplating building
a hike and a big hotel on the land he
owns in this section. There is no douht
19ut that this would be a good invest
ment for Mr. Woodside as he now owns
the highest point for a hotel and the
deepest hollow for a' lake. You can
view Greenville very plainly from the
mountain where the hotel would be
built and down in the valley below is
where the lake would be built. We hope
'the report Is true and would like to talk
to Mr. Woodside about it
Mr. Editor, the writer heard a man
say the other day that a certain candi
date was one of the rottenest men in
the state. We believe the man Is not
as rotten as politics and politics is not
as rotten as some men who vote. A
man cannot vote for his choice without
someone commenting about who he vot
ed for, nor can he go to the polls with
out some rascal trying to change his
mind and get him to vote for some
other fellow's choice, and unless he can
read the poor fellow cannot tell who he
voted for. Will someone please tell the
writer whether this is honest or fraud?
Gentlemen, I say it Is dishonest, and
who can dispute the facts?
A FARMER. I
Griffin News
Messrs. J. R.- J. Anthony, Henry and
George Leslie, Mrs. Caroline Harbin
and Miss Lizzie Anthony visited Mrs.
Harbin's daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Cope',
in Barnwell county last Week. They
made the trip in Mr. Anthony's car.
. A large crowd of Griffin people spent
Saturday at Table Rock and the day was
enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Ada Craig and children, S. H.
Brown and W. E. Hendricks visited
relatives in Spartanburg county Satur
day and Sunday.
Glassy Mountain school will close
Friday.
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.
W. F. FARMER, Secy.
ERTILJZER isn't as high as
youherdit was. You can
goods for the same money you
When it is all the same price,
get the b~est. Get the Fish and
Blood goods.
See
M. C. SMITH
and
JOHN C. CAREY,
AtKeowee Bank,
Pickens, S. C.
Waihalla, S. C
Tuesday, Septe
Hunter's Phari
For the Pun
When Louis Copel' Thought
the Devil Had- m
DID you ever hear Louis Copel tU
about the first time he ever sa
ihegro? Most everybody around hei
cnoWs Louis. He has 'been conductir
k store here for many years and id t]
finly Jew in Pickens, 'except. his b<
Faob.1 Louis was born in Ruia at
ived there until he was about 19 yea
>ld,.When he came across the ocean ai
aided at New York, where he work
I;vIral weeks in a section of the ci
116Vhi there are no negroes. 'Ae nev
ia.w. a negro in his life until he went
Wtlanta, Ga.
',Oince he could remember Louis sa
ik' mother had taught him that if I
ore not a good boy the devil wou
ret him. She - described the devil i
>eIng a big black fellgw with kin
ialt, big black mouth and white, shii
;eeth. While he had a picture of ti
6Vil firmly fixed in his mind, Lou
wasn't thinking about him when he g
;o Atlanta. Bt when he walked out
;he depot there the first thing he sa
Nas a long string of negro hackme
md when two of them rushed up
Luissand each grabbed his suitcases I
:hought he was a goner and the dev]
iad him sure. At this time he couldn
ipeak a word of English, but a hundr<
'houghts flew thru his mind in a secon
[n this second Louis says he decidi
;hat he had spent too much money cot
ng over here to let the devil get him i
oon, and besides, he was too young
go to hell, anyway.
Louis had a suitcase in each hand ai
i negro had hold of each one trying
ret him to go in their hack'. Beir
ifraid to turn his possessions loos
bouis says he raised his foot and kick<
me devil in the stomach and he doubb
ap and wilted like the last rose of sur
ner, but he was not quite so fragran
Nith one hand now loose he hit the oth<
levil under the chin as hard as he coil
mnd from what happened to that neg
kufs , must have outshone Jess Wille
n those days. About this time a thi
levil saw what was going on and grabb
Louis by the back of the neck, but
io . sooner did it than a white . m
cnocked him loose from the grouri
rhe police arrived on the sepne abo
his time for an explanation, but
Louis.couldn't speak English he couldr
xplain. It looked. like a gloomy tir
or the recent arrival and he was abo
o )3e take to the police station wh
omeone th ight about getting an f
erpreter, w..o succeeded in understan
ng Louis' tale and explained it to ti
rowd. All laughed and Louis was
tero. He then showed the officers
etter-of introduction which he had ar
hey directed him to the party to whic
t was addressed. It proved'all rigl
ind Louis breathed a sigh of relief i
is release from the devils.
We expect the sure-enough':'old boy
would have had a'hard time takir
.ouis that day.
For Canning Club Girls
Following is a list of the products f<
vhich the canning club girls of Picker
ounty will be awarded premiums:
1. The two best all-round records.
2. Best written history.
3. Greatest number of No. 3. cans.
4. Best boook of recipes.
5. Best and neatest record book.
6. Best cap and apron.
7. Best collection of tomatoesi
lass.
8. Best collectiqn of tomatoes in tini
9. Best collection of tomato pickl
sour).
10. Best collection of tomato, pickl
sweet). - '
11. Best collection of tomato ketchui
12. Best collection chili sauce.
13. Best collection of tomato pure<
14. Best collection of chow-chow.
16. Best collection of tomato jelly.
16. Best collection of tomato pre
erves.
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A. ODO
, at Dr. Barton's I
mber 26; Cent
nacy, Friday, Sepi
pose of Examining I
jj~jjjjjjjjj
A Dangerous Preednt
Mr. Editor: I would like to comment
some 'on the last primary,if 'you will
dl permit me to. do so. I first want to
w quote to your readers a portion of Rule
re 11.
ig "Each applicant for enrollmenit eball
je in person write upon the club roll hii
>y full name and immediately thereafter
id his age, occupation and postoffice ad.
ra dress, and if in a city or town shall
id write the name of the street and the
d I number of the house in which he ke
Ly sides if such designations exist in said
Bk- city or town. If the name' be illegible
to the sepretary shall write the name be
neati the signature of the applicant.
In the event of the inability of the ap
le plicant to write he may make his mark
Id on the roll, which shall be witnessed by
as the secretary or other person then hav
:y ing the custody thereof and the secre
ly tary shall fill in the other requirements.
le I ask this question: Why go to all
is this trouble of having these books of
At enrollment and make all these require
3f ments of the individual voter and at the
w same time have another law to Iupset
n, the whole thing? That is what I saw
to take place 'the 12th of this month at
ie Easley, S. C. Men who had not en
ls rolled on the club roll according to the
't rules of the democratic club were no
3d 'tified to be there and were given ordere
d. from a circuit judge which gave them
Bd the right to vote. I am informed that
n- there were seventeen who did not en
so roll on the club book who voted at Eas
to i ley. These men, I am informed, were
anti-Blease. Now you can see why R.
id: . Manning was nominated or was lead
to ing Blease.by 4,000 votes. '
ig It is claimed there are 1600, boxes in
e, tile state. Well, say three, or an aver
ad age of three, voted at each box. ThAt
d gives over 4,000 votes for Manning. I
- am confident this trick was secretly
t. planned and carried out. How easy it
er was for anyone to get a batch of orders,
d, get a judge to sign them, get out or
ro the streets and highways and tell these
rd men who hadn't enrolled to be on the
rd spot the 12th and he would see to il
ed that they could vote, the card still ul
he his sleeve. When the time came hf
an could take out his order, signed by i
Ld. judge, write their names thereon, takt
ut them to the voting box and vote them.
as Nice trick, isn't it?
i't I am no prophet, but suppose Blease
le and his advisers learn these tricks
It from the anti-Bleasites (knowing also
"n ;the different men under indictment all
over the state for buying votes) con
ie lude to get an order from some judge
to ignore the primary and the demo.
a cratic rules. What then?
a It would be launched through the
id press that Blease has bolted the pri
t mary and appealed to the negro, for
t votes. Would you blame the negro for
voting for him? Blease will have a
better chance at the negro vote than
PAlex Haskell did. That is what the
g anti-Tilmanites did. It would be treason
to do it now. Hence the heading of
this communiation-A dangerous pre
These same anti-Tillmanites, anti-re
rformers, anti-Bleasites set that prece
adent. Was it right then, Brother Anti;
would it be right now? That is the
great question at the present time.
If you will permit me, Mr. Editor, I
will write later on Ben Tillman, Mc
Laurin, W. J. Talbert, Cole Blease and
others. JOEL H. MILLER.
n There is molasses and there are mo
lasses, but Pickens county sorghum is
-. the best of all. Tom E. Porter, who
Le lives a few miles above Pickens, last
week presented us with some of the
e finest we ever tasted. They say Mr.
Porter has a wide reputation for making
- good molasses and we are here to tell
you he deserves it. This he gave us
-had just been made and it was cooked
to a queen's taste. Mr. Porter will
make about six hundred gallons 'this
-year, besides what he will make for his
Ineighbors.
M, The W<
B3Y SPECIAL REQ
)rug Store, Monday,
~ral, S. C., at Central
ember 29; Picken
yes and Fitting Eyeglas:
"B." Ruminates Some
Sunday, the 17th inst., about 10.30 a.
m., the grinder of the old matrimonial
mill near Cateechee was basking in the
sunlight and his toes had got cold and
he had no wood to make a fire, watch
ing the autos as they ran up and- down
the road, which put our thinking appa
ratus to revolving and brought many
past events to our 'mind, to-wit:
Something like forty years ago the
writer remembers his father and his
mother carrying him to Six Mile church,
a distance of fifteen miles, in a "fiat and
skull" wagon and it drawn by two old
flop-eared mules. When we got there
we found a log building with an old-time
boxed-up pulpit, which looked very
much like a horse stall. Directly the
congregation began to gather, the most
of whom came in ox-carts and- the
women with split bonnets on and the
men with brogan shoes.
But when the hour arrived for preach
ing Rev. Jacob Chapman, who we feel
is now interceding on the right hand of
God, preached a sermon that went
straight to the heart and made one's
hair rise on his or her head, The old
women would shout till their bonnets
fell off; and sometimes the old family
dog which had came along would run in
to take part in the disturbance.
But now we can't go to church unless
we can go in a Ford, a Maxwell or some
other kind of a stylish way. Of course
our dressing has got to be up to date,
the pews we sit in have got to be paint
ed and the preacher must be a cultured
speaker. If everything is not exactly
as we think it ought to be we will go
home and make game. Half of us can't
tell what the preacher's text was when
we leave the church.
Well, these were only a few thoughts
that rolled through 'bur mind as the
autos ran up and down the road, when
one rolled up in our yard contain
ing five passengers, two of whom were
the handsomest and pleasingest looking
little couple we ever met. They just
naturally had the appearance of little
angels. They looked so innocent until
the officiating officer thought they ought
to be standing in some pool waiting for
the ordinance of baptism instead of
having a marriage ceremony performed.
However, feeling that they loved each
other and being armed with the proper
authority, J. Alonzo Brown, N. P., de
cided that Mr. Edgar Nelson and Miss
Nellie Sheppard of Liberty shall here
after be man and wife.
Many congratulations to this happy
little couple. B.
, Walter Cantrell ofroute 3 was in town
on business Monday.
.Official Vote in Pick
PRECINCTS
Dacusville..
Easley Mill.
Pickens Mill--- -----
Mile Creek.
Glenwood
Easley Mill No. 2
Alice Mill---- ----
Flat Rock.
Norris---....
Holly Springs
Loers Gm
Crosswell---. .'
Pumpkintown
Pickens------.
Six Mile.
Liberty.
Cnral ........
Peters Creek
Issaqueena .
Easley---...
Praters------.
Cateechee.......-.
Cross Plains~.....
Julians Store
Cahoun...
Pleasant Grove
A ntioch .......- ____________
TOTAL.
dl Known (
UEST WILL BE IN
September 25; WE
Hotel, Thursday, S
3, S. C., at Keowee 1
ses, Spectacles and Arti
'M
The Vote in Pickens County
As tabulated last Thursday tlheoffilj 1
Aote of Pickens county in thesecos d
- kimary election, held SeptemberiZ
kesulted as follows:
Blease received a majority of 781
votes over Mannijg.
FV. Pant received 2296 and .Cansler 1382,
Wmajority of 914 for Fant.
Dominick received a majority of 900
6yer Aiken.
Ma rtin received a majority of 567over
$noak.
. E. Findlei is elected to the house
of representatives over W.- C. Mann' by
a najority of 452. -
.. S. Stewart is elected clerk of court
over P. T. McDaniel by a majority ofo
Olar T. Hinton iselected treasurer
ofer2Bennett H. Powers by a majority
of 1034.
F. Van Clayton is elected superintend
ent of education over R. T. Hallum by/
majority of 22.
$ Congressional Vote
Following is the vote in the second
primary in the race for congress In the
Third district. This vote Is official with
the exception of Oconee and McCormick
counties, which are practically correct.
It will be seen that Dominick won by a
majority of 2749 votes:
Counties. Aiken Dominick
Anderson ---------- 2964 4368.
Pickens ----------- 1891 2291
Oconee.------------ 1619 1458
Newberry -.......1450 1781
Greenwood ---------43946
Abbeville ----------- 972 1134
McCormick.. .--.....512 604
Total ----------- 10.347 13,09
Vote For Solicitor
J. Robt. Martin defeate D. W. Smoak
by a majority of 2151votes for sollclt~r "A":
of the Thirteenth Judicial circuit. The %~*.
qffcial Vote iS aR follows:
Martin Smoak
Greenvlle-----------------897 3497
---Pckn --------- - - - 2134 1577
--------------8031 -
tiThis is the first correct vote in this
Jrace that has been published in any J
paper.
and my prayer is that all who are inkit ,
ested in the welfare of the boys ltod
girr, of Pickens county will uniba tt~elrr
strength and energy in this great cause
and endeavor to raise even higher our
standards of morality and love of coun
11a
try P.VANCLAT.4
J.-Ryt MatiSe t d 12, 1916ok
ofe ler Trtee Suiilcupt. d he
Greenville.--- --.-9 697 341
28icken 5 23... 23 12134 17
I' a ..... 10 48 ... 49 33 8 0~
59i 65 the firs corec 32t in6h6
race that 2as 347en7 26ihe in6 an
11p6a 7319er917.2
156 1my praye 262 92a 165 whoar7i
100e 47 167 110ar 104 171 43s
91ry 14 ept.6 7 101 171
40.40 38 41820 41 26
1 6 25 24 36 18 21 28
4 1 0 6 9 68 26 63
1 518 9 84 364 15 272
2831 29 123 24 120 21
17 37 40 33 13283 319
1622 632 20 48 341 866 844
22t1o 43n 5t2032s2
G8l34a29 26 o37 17l4
31er4y S. 48.9 49
59 September2 305
DAY ONL2234Y7725 6
11 6 13 1911 17 2
155 18.5.5 9 6 7
10 716 1 04114
38 3 13 26 6 1 41
From Mr. Dominik '
To the People of the Third Congvois1On
District:
I am deeply grateful to you f
confidence and trust in nomiethlli hie
for congress.
As your congressman, I will gie lik)
1' ' that Is in me to the beat interests
c my district, state and country, and
use my utmost endeavors to fill th of
lice with credit to myself and honor to
the district, and thereby measure up t
the expectations of my frien?
Again thanking you, I am
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) FRED. H. DoMINICK..
Newberry, S. C.
From Mr. -Stewart
To the People of Pickens County:
While words fail me to fully express
my heartfelt thanks to the pebple of
Old Pickens county for the honor shown
me and confidence placed in me by elect
ing me to the responsible position of
Clerk of Court, I want to tell you all
that I appreciate it as much as any than
possibly could. I will show you by my
acts in the office better than I can tell
you that I am grateful.
Now that I am elected I will be clerk
of all the people and will try to treat
everybody fair and with courtesy.
I beg to remain your humble servint,
' 0. S. STEWART.
September 16, 1916.
From Mr. Clayton
Fellow Citizens of Pickens County!
I am deeply grateful to you for. your
support in the past elections and wish
to assure you that the cause of educa
tion in Pickens county will have my
most earnest attention.
I believe with the firm foundation
which has already been laid, and the
newly-awakened- interest being showt
for better schools, that the future foi
Pickens county along educational linet
is indeed very bright; and let us all hoji
that she will continue to make progresi
until we can boast of being among th4
foremost counties in South Carolina..
Again let me thank you for your sup
port and assure you that my treatmen
of -the schools in the county will be im
partial; that prejudice of sect or de
nomination has never swayed me and
never shall; that all money will be justly
apportioned among the different school
districts; that I will carry out the law
in regard to schools as near to the letter
as is possible, and when the office is non
executive I will strive to find the will
of the people and abide by the same;
.ns County, Second Pi
Gov. Congress Solicitor Hot
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81 60 63 77 83 '1 59
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- .59 31 26 62 35 65 72
~121 41 48 111 80 82 60
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- 45 22 21 46 44 23 40
- 74 5 6 72 42 37 9
- 38 44 26 54 53 29 43
-45 10 9 46 24 30 3
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40 17 29 25 20 37 25
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- .-314 283 261 364 350 273 498
- .161 77 56 172 111 127 120
209 138 133 206 226 119 190
--102 111 74 162 149 65 113
34 18 28 25 18 34 14
92 14 8 95 69 37 49
- - ..250 228 229 241 276 203 289
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---49 81 28 50 36 43 26
- 32 13 13 35 17 32 :34
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40 11 9 41 7 43 31
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-2209 1478 1391 2291 2134 1577 274
reenville 0:
stminster, S. C., at
eptember 28; L
mharmacy, Saturday
ficial Eyvs For ONE