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oil . m. I. I~ * -1 Coton Seed, $60.00 ~ H IC I(N ETN ofnWif I PUBLISHED WEEKLY OFFICIAL PAPER oF PICKENS COUNTY SUBSCRIPTIONPIEO3DLARERY R Established 1871-Volumne 46 PICKENS# S. C.9 NOVEMBER 9,11916Nubr2 A telegram Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock says Wilson is re-elected- on the face of returns then in, but returns were'incomplete. On account- of the extreme closeness of the, presidential election it is impos sible to tell at this time who is elected president. From early returns it ap peared that Hughes was elected, but later returns reduced his lead, and as we go to press Wednesday morning Wilson is leading. by a few electoral votes. 231 votes were cast at the Pickens precinct. The Democratic electors recAved 206 and the combined Republican vote was 25. Manning received 221 and Blease 9 votes. Three votes were cast for Smoak for solicitor. One voter did not vote for anybody for governor. GOOD VALUES IN ME R C HAN D ISE!: C. D. STRADLEY & CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. Gloves Sweaters White Kid Gloves, $1.25, Children's Sweaters, red, $1.50, $1.65 and $2.00. navy and white, $1.50, Black Kid Gloves, $1.25, $1.98 and $2.50. $1.50, $1.65 and $2.00. Plain black gloves with white embroiderv. Plain white gloves with black embroidered back. $2.50, $2.98, $3.98 to $10.00. Grpay gloves, $2.00, New shades in tan and SwaeSitfoch l~rown, $1251.981 a1d0.$2.50. All MailOrders Filled Promptly . Fall Announcement! ! * This I House of .Ietter Clothes now ani - . nounces its readliness to serve its p)atrons . withi the highest griad1e Readyv-for' Ser- -' .- vice Garments for Menu, Boys and little - Men that thte country prodluces. The Best' Makers' Hats and the most . Choice H-aborda4shery.\ can also be found * here. The Best at Any Prsiice. 'Your' con siderationi is earn-iestly solicited. Strictly One Price andl your money back --i anything g'oes wrong. SMITH & BRISTOW, GRENVL &+++-H-M-H-H- z-z-z++!+ I !-Ma+M++!-+. News From Little Eastatoe As I haven't seen anything from thi: section in some time will try to givo you all the news I know of. The wea ther has been excellent for fall farn work and crops are turning out muel better than predicted. Gathering peas cotton and corn and sowing grain is th< order of the day. Mrs. Daniel Winchester is able to b out again to the delight of her man, friends. She has been sick for thre, months with typhoid fever followed b. an abcess on the cheek bone, neck ano ear, which had to be lanced in tw< places. She was under the special car< of Dr. R. Kirksey and a private nurse Mr. Daniel Winchester has bpen con fined to his bed for several da ys with j severe case of grip, but is able to bi out again. The Antioch Baptist church have call ed Rev. H. F. Wright to serve it ai pastor for the year 1917 and he and hi: excellent family have moved from Si> Mile into our midst where he can giv4 his church more and better service We are more than glad to have then with us. It is rumored that M. 1B. (Whit) Gar rett of Six Mile is about to buy the J S. Parrott home place and settle there on. We trust the rumor will come true We welcome all good citizens into oui community. Walter Meece of Greenville, accom panied by his friend Mr. Taylor, visite( relatives and friends here last Saturdal and Sunday. The Antioch school will begin ifts fal term November 15 with Miss Mae Gar rett as teacher. She is a graduate o: Six Mile Baptist academy and taugh the summer term here. We are mor than glad to have her come back an< teach for us and we are glad to plac4 our children under the influence of sucl a high-toned Christian lady as Miss Gar rett. MOUNTAIN SPROUT. Dots From Ambler Dear Sentinel: We are still havinl good weather and the farmers are doing a lot of plowing and sowing a good dea of small grain. The roads are line and the automobi owners seem to be enjoy ing them to th< fullest, especially on Sundays. SomE passed through this settlement yester day, going at a dangerous speed, no only for the occupants of the car bu for other people who happened to be oi the public roads. Surely these fas drivers do not read of the many peopl, who have lost their lives in huto wreckq They are recorded in almostevery pape you pick up. Tom Freeman has bouglitJ. 13. Jone. farm and is moving to it. Mr. Jone has bought the Ellison place near Easle and is moving to it. Mr. Jones is on of our very best farmers and we fee sure he will do well in his new home We are glad to know that Mr. Freemai has bought in this community and wil stay with us. Wash Leslie has bought a tract o land from W. T. Day and is having th< material laid down for the erection of j nice dwelling, which will be occupie4 by Carl Childs and family. Frank Day and family and J. E. Dal and family visited their father Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Wash Leslie and tw< boys spent Sunday at the home of th4 latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs A. A.Jones W. C. Keith spent yesterday with hii uncle, Capt. J. A. Griffin, who will in i very short time move from this state t< be with some of his children. Ed Griffin has just returned from Souti Georgia, where he went on a prospect ing tour. Tommie Trotter and family speni Sunday at the home of C. C. Smith. Ben Cantrell Is on the sick list, aut he and his good wife were missed al Sunday school yesterday. *W. E. Hendricks and family are spending a few days at the home of J. A. Brown, near Pelzer. Mrs. EN. M. Craig and M~r. and Mrs. Bam B. Craig have been visiting at the 'iome of C. L. Craig. S. H. Brown spent Tuesday in oui urg. Rev. C. L. Craig will preach at the Ambler school house next Sunday after. ioon at 3 o'clock. Public cordially in. Oolenoy News Notes Mrs. J. D. M. Keith returned Friday from Greenville, where she has been~ for treatment. Her many friends rejoice that her condition is much improved. Miss Cleo Hendrix spent the week. and with her aunt, Mrs. S. F. Keith, of 3reenville. Miss Carey Calhoun, the efticieni principal of the graded school, spent the week-end at .her home, the Caihour mansion, Clemson College. S. B3. Edens, Mr. and Mrs. 'W. D., Hlendrix and son, 13. F., motoredl t( Asheville Friday. Misses Viola and Merle Hendrix anm brother, Rudolph. of the Pickeps grader school, were here Sunday. Misses .Jessie H. Edens and Mary 11o per wvere in Pickenis Saturday. We regret to ireport the death of Mist Clovie, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. anc Mrs. George Birazeale, who live at th< old Twelve Mile camp groundl in Pickem~ county. She died Sunday morning, No. vember 5, about 11 o clock, aifter only few days' illness of congestion of th< bowels. Funeral services were conduct ed at Griffin church Monday afternoor by Rev. D. W. Hiott. The Sentine joins with many other friends in ex tending to the bereaved parents sincer< and heartfelt sympathy. Norris News Notes 3 Mips Louise Rhodes, a charming lady of Swance, Ga., is on an indefinite stay at the home of her brother, depot agent SM. C. Rhodes. Mesdames J. R. Falls and James Hall of Central were in Norris for a short while Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. R. M. Baker spent Friday after noon in Greenville on a shopping expe dition. Misses Dunn of near Norris and Mas sey of Easley accompanied by Willie and Robert Maddox attended the sing ing at Mountain View Sunday, making the trip by motor. Robert Abbot, a prominent young business man of Seneca, was in town on business Saturday. Misses Nettie Mullinax, Mabel Maul din and Mrs. Tom T. Whitten of Easley, were Greenville shoppers last week. Miss Minnie Sherrifr leaves shortly to take up a school in Anderson county for the winter. Miss Eva Rice and Homer Rice were recent visitors at the home of their uncle, Mr. .1. 1). Littleton, of Seneca. Miss Mary Billingsly has returned 1 home from a week's stay spent in Pel zer, Piedmont and Greenville. Miss Jane Burroughs is slowly recov ering from a recent fall by which she sustained a broken arm. The friends of this venerable, good lady wish for her a complete restoration to health. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Young and Alton Young were in Greenville Saturday vis- 1 iting the former's brother, Mr. Sam Young. Mr. Montgomery is doing the carpen ter work on the new residence of Mr James Whitten which will soon be ready for occupancy. It is understood from a reliable source that Norris is to have a new postoffice. James Powers and G. V. Smith of Central spent a short while on Liberty route 3 Sunday. This being leap year, Mr. Powers is prospering and making good for an old widower. C. I. Billingsly spent the week-end in Greenville on business. Furman Robinson of Toccoa, Ga., spent Sunday here with Mrs. Robinson and baby. Mr. and Mrs. James Howe were the guests of relatives in Central Saturday and Sunday. L. G. Phillips was in Williamston last week on a business trip. NEwsY. Rices Creek News Rev. Ben Field will preach at this place next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. I Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Roper had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. John Atkin I son and children and Homer Roger and sisters, Misses Lake and Ila. Mr. and Mrs. C L. Gantt visited the latter's mother, Mra. N. E. Hughes, L Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Nelson visited relatives in the Mountain View section Saturday and Sunday. Misses May and Cleo Waldrop were the guests of their cousin, Miss Ada Waldrop, Sunday. Mrs. S. A. Roper has been quite sick, but is better at this writing. Messrs. John Hughes and Homer Rogers have purchased a new buggy. (Too Late for Last Week.) Cotton is opening very rapidly in this section. Some farmers say they are about thru picking. Rev. W. F. M~urphree has been elect-< ed as pastor at this place for the corn-' ing year. Preaching day has been changed to the third Sunday morning. Sunday school is progressing at this y place, with P. '1'. Nelson as superin tendent. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Roper v'isited their son, H. WV. Roper, Sunday. Wash and Ernest Waldrop visited at the home of Bud Ellenburg last Sunday. Rev. T. F. Nelson and daughter Aura of Pendleton visited the latter's sone P. T. Nelson, Thursday.' John Waldrop, who has been very ill with rheumatism, is rep~ortedl much ( better. Miss Lake Roper had as her guest Sunday Miss Belle Roper. .Rev. R. W. Nelson of Anderson vis- ' ited his brother, P. T. Nelson, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. ,J. S. Roper visited with 1 J. C. Carpenter last Sunday. X. From Route 3 The health of this community is very good at this wvriting and the farmers are busy gathering up and sowving grain. .Mrs. Esther Hendrix of Easley is vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Gravley, of this community. We are sorry to learn that Hovey G;ravley has been seriously ill with measles, but has much improved. .Mrs. Bob Craig of P'ickens visited her sister, Mrs. W. A. Price, Saturday. Rev, Bill Holcombe filled his regular appointment at Mon tvale Sunday after noon, with a large attendance. A. Cannon and family visited Table Rock Saturday. Miss Mamie Stewart of Pickens is visiting in Rosman, N. C., for a few dlays. .Eugene Gillespie of North Carolina is visitng his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gillespie, of Mountain.Grove see-I tion. n1mu Eyn:. B. Raminates Some Cotton-picking time will soon be ove And hog-killing time will commence While the poor old farmer has had t, "sop" lightly this year, owing to th, bi price of meat, he can grease notl ides, of his bread for a while ,then a east. Then what about that "cracklin bread and buttermilk?" Such luxriel as that and the love of a good wife ar All the pleasures a poor man has, for i 2otton is high it takes it to pay off th lebts, and if is low it takes it. The only two times in a year that i poor farmer sees any satisfaction ii After he gets thru laying by, watermel >ns are ripe, chickens a bout half growi And preachers are praying for sinners rhe other time is when the creditor hai Agreed to carry the balance over an ther year and allow the farmer to keel iis meat and corn. They tell us that it is a mighty nar *ow gate we've - to go thru to reacd leaven, and w :e we fear a greal nany poor farners are going to gel tung on the gateposts on accodnt 01 heir rags, there will be several ried nen halted at the same gate end aske low come the poor men hanging there, Did you ever read that part of thc scripture about the rich man keeping )ack a part of the poor man's wagesi f not, we hope any reader of this paper hat has not read it will look it up and ead it. Then how about the peck neasure, the scales and the extortioner? f I have got the money and I know rou have got to borrow some, and you :an't get around it, I will charge you an inlawful interest and then charge you L big sum for fixing the papers, yet I Lm a member of the church, stand well n my community, and when I die the :ounty aper will say a good man has gone to his reward. I am glad I am neither an editor of a >aper nor a preacher of the gospel. I night be called upon to preach a funeral or write up a death. Both professions ire a grand calling and an honor to hose who fill either place, but we only peak of what an awkward position hey ire sometimes placed in. B. Six Mile News Married, by Rev. 13. C. Atkinson, at )is residence, Sunday, October 22, Miss day Revis of near Liberty to Mr. Claud 3mith. Rev. Jackson Stansell filled the ap )ointment of Rev. W. M. Walker at N4ewry last Saturday and Sunday. A. T. Winchester of Sunset was a .velcome visitor here one day last week. A large crowd attended the unior meeting atL Camp Creek, near here, Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29, Mr. Ed Garrett of the Mountain Viem section has recently purchased a nice home near this place and will move to il in the early future. Rev. T. E. Durham is back in school, after a few days' visit to Walhalla. GRAY EYES. Evangelistic Meeting An evangelistic meeting will begin at :he Presbyterian church on next Mon lay night, November 13, at 7. 30 o'clock. Phe services will he conducted by the )astor, Rev. J. C. Bailey, assisted by ,he Sunday school missionary, Mr. J.S. Iobinson. There will be two services -ach day-11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. At he morning service Mr. Bailey will de iver a series of sermons on the book of irst Corinthians. All are cordially in rited to attend. Georges- Creek Oyster Supper .The ladies of George's Creek church vill have an oyster and chicken supper it thie home Berry Holcombe, one mile orth of the church and two and a half niles east of Easley, next Saturday vening, November I1, commencing at ,o'clock. Everybody is cordially in ited to attend and assist in a worthy hurch cause. Good music will be fur iished to make all enjoy themselves. Everybody invited. X. "Bill" Folger, a Pickeng county boy, ormnerly of Easley, is playing great ootball with the University of North 'arolina this season. He is playing alfback and has starred in every game layed by his team this year. Playing gainst such teams as Princeton and I arvard, his work hats attracted wide ttention, andl ini the game against 1.eorgia Tlech recently he was the indi idual star, and his playing was highly raised by the sporting writers. 'The Jniversity of North Carolina plays the Jniversity of Virginia in Richmond on 'hanksgiving (lay andI the result of this ~ame will be watched with interest by is friends not only in Pickens county, ut all over the state. haebeen shipping thir~ entire collecti market prices for your skins by sending th< Createst Raw Fur Market. Write today for our Fre, price list and shipping tagp. We charge no commission.. DAVID BLUSTRINI ,RO.h odoem inserted i tii column for fine cett n word for first insertloi anI ene-half cent a word 3 for pach subsequent insertion. t W an tei -To buy all grades of peas and cane seed. We pay highest market prices. We carry complete stock of . staple groceries, fruits and produce. r Wholesale only. Warehouses a$ P. & N. depot, Greenville. Dixie Flour and Grain Company. 34 Forty 10ollar Edison Phongraph and five dollars' worth of records for sale cheap. Address "Bargain,' care of The Sentinel. 38 Lomt-Between Pickens and Griffin church one Ford automobile crank; also between Pickens and Price's store one automobile number (190). Return to Sentinel office and get reward. For %alle-Good lot of corn, fodder, oats and hay at the George A. Ellis old home place. See B. M. Smith. 29 Lomt - Between my residence and Mountain Grove church, October26, one green winter laprobe. Finder please re turn to T. G. Lynch, Crow Creek, and get reward. 28 For amnle- Fine Berkshire Pigs. A. D. Mann, Pickens, S. C., R.F.D.2. 13tf For Sale or trade for anything of equal value-One two-horsepower kero sene engine, guaranteed as good as the beat E. W. Pickens, Pickens. 27 Strayed from my home-one bull calf. Any information gladly received. Claude Thomas. 27 City Lunch Room We have opened a new lunch room in Pickins, in the L. C. Thornley building opposite Fin ley's meat market and next door to Craig Bros., and solicit your 1 patronage. We also conliduct a shoe repair shop in the rear. Your patron age will be appreciated. NICHOLSON & HAMLIN, Pickens. NEW RESTAURANT AND MEAT MARKET Telephone No. 2 I have just opened in Pickens a new restaurant and meat narktt. Every thing is new, clean, fresh and up-to-date and I invite you to call on me when in 18 need of anything in either line. I will treat you right, both as to quality and price. I want your trade. 11T .D.Bates, Next to Pickens Bank PREPAREDNESS! CORN------ .$ 1.50 FLOUR - ----- $12.50 Not Now, But Soon If you would be prepared you had better sow liberally of wheat and oats. We have a small amount of seed1 yet. T wo cars of Flour and Feed this week. See us for what yo nO feed1. Morris & Company, Old Postoffice Building. I Phone No. 36 Porter's Pressing Club Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing,' Al tering, Etc. Suits are sent for and delivered when promised and the work is done by an ex pert. Work guaranteed. Suits pressed at 25c per suit; cleaning and pressing, 50c suit; dry cleaning, $1 suit. Special attention given to ladies' suits. We appreciate your patronage. B. B. PORTER, Proprietor, At Porter's Barber Shop. Trelephone No.38 n'd Collectors of Raw Furs in your vicinity ons to us. You too, can secure the highest m here-as New York is now the World's Ginseng and Colden Seal Past CetN~Y~