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mii HE PICES 1OUm4>KENS SE OF~~ ENCSEN COUTY$150AEA Ek 'stablished 1871-Volumne 46 PLOKENS S. C., FEBRUARY 1!, 1917 Nme*4 Summary of the News in this Edition of The Sentinel Statistics concerning United States preparedness. Germany has little hope of avoiding war with the United States. Four million dollar fire loss near Pittsburgh. Democratic senators caucus. Wilson determines course to pursue. Red Cross is preparing for work. Big passenger liner sunk without warning. Senate approves Wilson's decision. Speed up work on big ships. Immigration bill is passed over the President's veto. Resume of the work of the lawmak ers during the past week. Weevil expert is secured. Houston is appointed treasurer of Columbia farm loan bank. Many British vessels at Charleston. Home demonstration work extended. Tobacco growers suffer loss. Short news items. PICKENS COUNTY NEWS. New Grocery! HAVE opened a new grocery store in the old Harve Richey stand and will carry a con plete and fresh line bf Groceries, which I will sell at prices that will make you forget about the high cost of liying. I have also moved my meat market and restaurant to my new stand and am better pro pared than ever to serve the people. Come to see me. I want your trade and will treat you right. Remember, everything I have in stock is absolutely fresh. Give me a trial. T. D. BATES, Pickens. OVERSTOCKED On a few staples, such as Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Flour and Feed. Will make special prices on the above till January 1. Car Cotton Seed Meal, car of Shorts., ear of Feed Oats, car of Sweet Feoid and a car of Hay, and ainother,car of Salt on the way. Come in and see if we have got, what yon want, or call Phone No. 36. Morris & Company, Old Postoffice Building. P')hone No. 36 . Porter's Pressing Club Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing, Al tering, Etc. Suits are sent for. and delivered when promised and the worl- is (lone by an expert. Work guaranteed. Suits pressed at 25c per suit; cleaning and pressing, 50e suit; dry cleaning, $1 suit. Special attention given to ladies' suits. We appreciate your patronage. B. B. PORTER, Proprietor, At Porter's Barber Shop. Tlelephone No.38 Free Flower Seed 4 Hastings' Catalogue Tells You About It No matter whether you farm on a& large scale or only plant vegetablos or flowers in a small waiy, you need Hastings' 1917 Seed Catalog. It's ready now and we have a copy for you absolutely free, if you ask for it. mentioning the name o$ this paper. In addition to showing you about all the varieties of vegetables, farm grass, clover and flower seeds, this catalog tells how you can get free flve splendid varieties of easily grown, yet } beautiful flowers, with which to beau tify your home surroundings. " Good seeds of almost every kind are scarce this season, and you can't afford to take chances in your seed supply. Hastings' Seeds are depend * able seeds, the kind you can always *depend on having "good luck" with. You are going to garden or farm * this spring. Why not insure success 3o far as possible by starting with te right seed'? Don't take chances that you do not have to. Write today for Hastings' 1917 Catalog4 It's free and will both inter est and help you to succeed in 1917. S -H. 0. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.-.-Advt. Items From Central Route 4 People in this community are having a good time these cold days with noth ing to do but make fires and try to keep warm. There are several cases of measles in D. T. Alexander's family, but none have proven to be severe yet. R. E. Childress spent several days in Easley and Greenville recently visit ing relatives and friends. Mrs. Essie Garrett and chil-Iren ar rived from Iuka, Miss., a few days ago and spent the latter part of last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Alexander. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Haynes has been seriously sick but is much better. Mrs. J. L. Murphree is recovering from a severe case of a complication of diseases, and her many friends join in hoping that she will soon be restored to her natural health. Mr. and Mrs. Grover laynes spent the week-end in Greenville visiting the latter's father. T. L. Smith. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stewart hag been quite sick. Mrs. B. F. Murphree has been very low with pneumonia fever and measles, but is much better now. On that ac count Mr. Murphree was unable to fill his appointment at Keowee the first Sunday. Ellis Dodson, who lives near Gap Hill, is very low and not expected to live very long. 'PossuMi EATER. From Pickens Route 5 The cold wave hit us very hard last week" The small grain looks like 'it is badly injured. Rev. Sam Jones preached a very im pressive sermon at Mt. Bethel, Sunday, to a large congregation. Mrs. Ralph Garrett of the Mountain View section and Mrs. Ed Martin and children of the'Pickens Mill village vis ited Mr. and Mrs-, W. M. Martin last week. W. M. Benjamin and family also visited Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sunday. Misses Floy and Bessie Few visited M-isses Jessie and Estell Martin Sunday. Six children of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Cantrell of Crow Creek have measles. From Easley Route 1 After all the wet, cold and freezing weather of the past two or three months, we farmers are thinking of starting Old BecK again to freshen up old mother earth. The wheat and oat crops are badly damaged, oats especially. Some report oats all killed, or they will be so fewleft it will not pay. If we could have a few warm days maybe we would find them better than we expect. All the turnip patches are kiiled, and there is nothing left but a few peas and canned goods. Several had set out cabbage plants, but they are all killed, too. Several from this section attended the singing at the first Baptist church .at Easley yesterday evening and en joyed some fine singing by Prof. Gres ham of Greenville, and others. Sim Hendricks has purchased a John Henry Ford and says he wants to have a good time before he has to go in the U. S. army to fight the Germans. Supervisor Craig let the contract to JIim Garrick to build a new bridge at the Hiolcombe old mill place. Los'r HOY. Pumpkintown "Deadhead" Stuff If Mr. Groundhog ventured out at all on the second, we'll bet that he went back mighty qluickly. The man who used to tell us that to people were too far advanced to fight each other, and that there wvould never be any more great wars-what has be come of him? Will there b~e any gern) left in Ger' many except a German moustache germ? Mr. Editor,'you say "If wve have war we want~to stand right behind our pres ident." And we want to stand right behind you, Mr. Editor; but first we want to besure that the presidlent is behind something that is bullet-proof. If theyidon't quit joshing us so much about the "gals," we're going to stop saying anything about it-if they all marry. These pumpkins love to joke, and we're the goat always. IHint to photographers: If you want to make a pretty photograph, you've got to have so/nhething pretty in front of the camera while the shutter 18 open, We thinklt lsitime for us to 'stop, because wethaven't [anything to tell, anyhow. CDrICw Pitiful Case at Oole noy-Other Items Home demonstrator Miss Elizabeth Mauldin was here the latter part of the week in the interest of her work. The tomato club was reorganized with an enrollment of 12 members-double that of last year. The success of that club has paved the way for even more en thusiastic efforts this year. One of its members, Miss Merle Hendrix, led Pick ens county in her yield of tomatoes. Another member, Miss Cleo Hendrix, won second prize on her record of the work. Miss Frances Jones spent a part of last week with her sister, Mrs. Norman Freeman. Miss Mayfield and Miss Frances Maul din teachers here, spent the week-end at their resIective homes. Misses Jessie H. Edens and Miss Mary Roper were Saturday guests of Mrs. W. I'. Anderson. The condition of Mrs. J. 1). M. Keith, who has been ill some time, is still quite grave. All of her children were hastily sumnmonled to her bedside on last Satur day. A peculiarly )itiful and regretable case of human suflering is on record here. On last Tuesday Cora, the wife of Claude Hlagood, colored, left her home. So far as can be learned [she told no one of her intention:. As she did not return, search was begun. Some other negoes had seen her with a Bible in her hand going in the direction of Table Rock Cove. Traces of her led to a vacant house, where she was supposed to have spent the night without fire, food or any extra cover. Altho search ing parties are still out, the body, sup posed to be frozen, has not been found. For some time her mind has been slight ly deranged on the subject of religion. Floyd Masters, whose home is in the Table Rock Cove, while assisting in the search for the above mentioned woman, remarked that he was not feeling well and that he would return to his home nearby. A few hours later the party returned by way of where they had left hiin and fdund him dead. He was an honest and respected man and is surviv ed by a wife and several children. An inquest .as held Monday and after an examination of the body by Dr. Cren shaw the jury announced that death was due to apoplexy. Burial took place at Saluda Hill Monday. Mrs. Jane Crenshaw, who has been quite ill, is improving. Deaths Near Easley From The Progress. Mr. Lewis P. Vickory, an operative at Glenwood mills, died at his home in the village on Monday, the 29th ultimo, from a relapse of measles. He was about 55 years of age and is survived by his wife and five children. The body was carried to Fort Madison Tuesday for interment at Tugaloo church in Stephens county, Georgia, near his former home. Mr. Vickory had been living at Glenwood for the past two years and had made many friends who are grievedl on account of his death. Mr. .Jno. E. Mullinix, one of the old est and best known citizens of the Zion section, died at his home one mile south of old Pickensville, Tuesday, February 6, at 8 o'clock from the infirmaties of age, in the 82d'year of his life. He is survived by twvo sons, Z. N. and Loring Mullinix, and three dlaughters, M~rs. J. H. Ballentine, Mr's. Walter Ballentine and Mrs. Clarence Ellison, all ot this county. Tfhe dleceased wvas a, member of Fair View Methodist Protestant church. The funeral conductedl by Rev. W. La mar, was held at Z/ion church at 11 a. m. Wednesday and the body laid to rest in the church cenmeterv. Mrs. Kate Powell Walker dlied at her home in Easley Tuesdlay morning, Feb' ruary 6, after an illness of only a few (lays. She was the wife of Dr. ,J. C. Walker, a well-known dlentist of Easley, andl was 38 years of age. Besides a father' and mother, several brothers and sisters she is survived by her hus bandl~, thr~ee sons and three daughters. She was a useful member of the Metho (list church and a most estimable lady. Funeral services were conductedl Wed nesdlay by her pastor, Rev. R. L. Hol roydl, and the body laid to rest in the Easley cemetery by the side of her two infants wVho preceded her to the grave. Liberty Singing Conveetion Trhe Liberty township singing conven tion will meet with Rice's Creek church on the third Sunday evening at i o'clock, Everybody invited to come and bring songbooks. A. M. JnES, Se PICKENS SCHOOL NEWS Miss Viola Hendricks of the ninth grade was absent a few days last week on account of illness. Martin Yongue is in school again, af ter being absent several weeks. The superintendents of the schools belonging to the Pickens County Ora torical and Athletic association met here Saturday and decided upon the places and dates for the different events to be held. The boys' oratorical con test will be held at Liberty, Friday evening, March 30, and the girls' ex pression contest P t Easley on Friday evening, April 6. On the following day, April 7, the several track teams of the association will contest at Clem son. The high school will be very busy for the rest of the term on account of so many essays and contests. The preliminary for the boys' orator ical contest will be held in the school auditorium next Monday afternoon, and the preliminary for the girls' contest the following Thursday afternoon. The entertainment given by the high school glee club last Friday evening was heartily enjoyed by a large audi ence. A r.-at sum was realized and will be spent for athletic purposes. TENTH GRAnH. HONOR ROLL FOR JANUARY First Grade-Mary Gravley, Frederica Hallum, Virginia Lewis, Frances Mc Fall, Eleanor Mauldin. Second Grade- Helen Langston, Eliza both Roark, Annie Mae Stewart, Ruth Sutherland, Margaret Valley, David Gantt, Fant Thornley, Claude Seawright. Third Grade-Wyatt Stewart, Linnie Cattrell, Nan Newton. Fourth Grade-Ruth Gravley, Mary Helen Nealey, Ethel Porter. Fifth Grade-Lucille Harris, Athalie Hallum, Dahy Bivens, Essie Stewart, Neta Belle .lohnson, Ellen Freeman, Ansel Nealey. Sixth Grade-Nannie Morris, Frances CQx, Edna Willis, Bessie Stewart, Don Roark. Seventh Grade-Mary Hallum, Eula Stewart. Eighth Grade- Merle Hendricks,Janie Holder, Ivy Mauldin, Melenee Thornley. Tenth Grade-Margaret Aiken, Bertha Cantrell, Joe Frank Freeman, Annie Gravley, Frank Keith. Pickens Mill News The severe winter weather has had very little effect on the school attend ance. Our little folks brave the cold with smiling faces. Cedric McCall had a fall at school last Thursday and sustained a broken arm. The little fellow is a plucky invalid and is doing well. - The friends of Dewey Abercrombie will be glad to learn that he is rapidly recovering from his recent illness. Mr. Wesley Julian's condition is im proving. Mrs. Frank Pace is quite ill at her home on Woodrow street. CORRERPONDENT. Honor Roll Pickens Mill School First Grade. ---Rosier Ballew, Edgar Reaves, George Rodgers, .Jim Rodgers, Homer Gilstrap, J. B. Holland, Leona Holcombe, Annette Heard, Shirlie Mc Neely, Crofford McNeely. ThirdI Grade.-Oscar Adams, Mable Ballew, Aaron Gilstrap, George McCall, Bernice Rogers, Bessie Whitmire. Fourth Grade. -Florence Parker, Le andler' Holder, Harold Adams, Mae Bra zeale, Berry Green. Fifth Grade. -Winnie (lark, Ethel Adams, Ilomer l'owell. Sixth Grade. IEstelle I leard. Obed .\lorrell. Rural Carrier Examination The Uniited States Civil Ser'vice Com mission hais announced an examination for the county of' Pickens, S. C., to be held at Pickens, S. C., onI March 10, 1917, to (ill the position of carrier at Pickens, S. C., and v'acancies that may occur on rural routes from other post offices in this c'ounty. The examination wvill be openi only to male citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a postoflice in the county and who meet the other reqluirements set forth in Form No. 1977. This form and ap) plication blanks may be obtained from the United States Civil Service Commis sion at Washington, D. (I. Applica tions should be forwarded to the com mission at Washington at the earliest practicable (late. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bagwell of the Pickens Mill village, February 12, a sdaughter. Pickens Co. Teachers Met Here Saturday The Pickens County Teachers' asso .iation met in the Pickens graded school muilding last Saturday. There was a good attendance, considering the weath r. An excellent program was carried )ut and the discussions of the several mubjects were interesting. Prof. T. H. Dampbell, principal of the Pickens high ichool, and his teachers served lunch to the visitors in the building, and this act was appreciated by all present. The issociation has excellent officers-- Prof. 3. W. Coggin, of Easley, president, and Miss Edna Earle, of the Calhoun 4raded school, secretary. The follow ng teachers were present at the meet ng Saturday: Geo. W. Coggin, superintendent, Eas ey; Florence M. Reid, Easley; Hart Sheridan, Easley, Sallie M. Lay, Ensley; J. W. Wallace, superintendent, Cen tral; Ruth Gassaway, Central; Vivian Rowland, Central; 13. C. Givens, super intendent, Liberty; T. II. Campbell, muperintondent, Pickens; Isadora Wil iams, Pickens; Ada Craig, Pickens; Nellie Grandy, Pickens; Hell Yongue, Pickens; Elinor Knight, Pickens; Edna M. Earle, Calhoun; L. E. Kirby, princi p)nl, Norris; E. Kate Pickens, Catee 2hee; W. F. Welborn, Gates; H1. Q. Seaborn, Gates; It. G. Field, principal, Martin; Sadie Nealy, Martin; E L. Givens, principal, Roanoke; Stacey Shir ley, Roanoke; Gladys Parsons, Roanoke; Queen Johnson, principal, Easley Mill; Virginia Ligon, principal, Pickens Mill; Esther Edens, Pickens Mill; Louise Gravicy, Hampton; M. J. Stansell, proxy for Six Mile; Mary McCall, principal, Dacusville; Clare Fern Ritter, Dacus ville; Mae Gilstrap, Wolf Creek: Ruth Cannon, Montvale. Pickens Man Elected Mayor Greer In an election full of surprises so fai as results were concerned G. G. Chris topher, a well-known young attorney o this city, was elected mayor by thenar row margin of three votes over hi nearest competitor, E. D. Green. I was a three-cornered fight for th mayoralty, and attorney Christopher the youngest man in the race, won ove his two competitors after a strenuou campaign. Mr. Christopher is a wel: known young barrister who came her from Pickens several years ago. He i a young man of liberal and progressiv tendencies and will give the city a wis administration. His two opponents Messrs. W. F. Holtzclaw and E.D. Green are well-known business men of thi city. Christopher received 98 votes Green 95, Holtzclaw 44 -Greer Observer Mr. Christopher is a son of Auditoi and MIrs. N. A. Christopher of Pickens. Greenville Gets Good Citizen The Greenville Daily Piedmont says G. Furman Norris of Cateechee, Pickens county, secretary and treasurer of thc Norris cotton mills, and a wil-knowr business man of that section, is coming to Greenville to live, and has bought ii lot here and intends to erect a niec home, according to a letter received b.3 the Chamber of Commerce from T1. A. Gary, a well-known merchant of Lib erty, wvho expresses the hop~e that th< Chamber of Commerce wvill be able t< get Mr. Norris identified wvith business interests of Greenville, and recommiend ing him as a very desirable citizien. From the Trugaloo Tribune Rev. J: H. F'armerI of Cenit ral route1 was visiting hris son, ,J. D). Farmer, o1 Westminster, and relatives and fr'iend: in the Return section' last week. Mr. 1' ar'mer has been living in P'ickem, county since last D~ecemnber and is highly pleased with his newv home.. (. Hf. Williams, a nrative of D ar'us. ville, Pickens county, has accepted ii position in the wveaving department o1 the Oconee Mills at Westminster. ite began wvork two wveeks ago. Mr. Wjl liams is a good cotton mill man andt i. connected with P'ickens county's oldest and most prominent families. We gladly welcome him to our midst. The Sentinel's Honor Roll New subscribers: WV. .1. Gaillard, I). C. Barker, Norman llder', J. H. P'ace, George E. Williams, ,J. .J. Gravley, .R. Gravley. Renewals: ID. L. Barker', J. Il.Chrap man, W. A. Price, S. ,1. Crane, TI. A. Seawright, B. M. Williams, G. W. Blake (eol). We thank you. Superintendent of Education Hlallun, was in Columbia last week in the inter. ent of our ommon schools. Much Interest In Farm Loan Ass'ns. The meeting held at Liberty last Sat urday, for the purpose of discussing the new farm loan act, was largely attended and much interest was manifested. Af ter an addresA by Hon. J. J. McSwain steps were taken to organize a national farm loan association among those farm era present, and in a few minutes more than enough names were secured apd money subscribed to insure the organi zation which will be perfected at an early date. Farmers all over the coun try are enthusiastic over the new law and beyond doubt it will prove to be the greatest thing the government has done for the farmers in many years. A farmers' meeting to be held at Cen tral on Saturday, the 2.1th of February, at i o'clock 1). i. for the purposie of or ganizing a Farm Ioan Association. lon. .1. J. MIcSwain of Greenville will be present to explain the farm loan act andI tell us how to borrow money at a low rate of interest and en a long term. All farmers are invited to attend this meeting. Farmers from near Anderson and Oconee counties are invited to join us, as there is no county line under this act. All farmers are revuired to join nearest association. A FARM Ea. Mr. MeSwain will also address a meet ing of farmers at Easley next Friday a'fternoon, February 16, at 3:30 o'clock. A meeting of farmers will be held at Pickens some time (luring next court week for the purpose of organizing a national farm loan association. Date of meeting and other particulars will be announced in next week's paper. Nalley-Welborn Married, Sunday morning at the Wes leyan Methodist parsonage at Easley,. Miss Eula Nalley and Mr. Arthur Wei born, Rev. James George officiating. The bride is the fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. T. Nalley, and the lbridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Thomas Welborn, all of Pickens county. After the ceremony they were invited to the home of the'bride's parents, r where a dinner was served and enjoyed. s The bride was beautifully gowned in - midnight blue. This happy young couple B have the best wishes of many friends. for a long and happy life. xx 3 Gentlemen of the Jury Below is a corrected list of Pickens county grand jurer!: drawn to serve (luring 1917, and petit jurors for the spring term of court, which will con vene the fourth Monday in February: GHAND J tJROs G R lendricks Geo W Bowere IJ Byrd Looper T A Ga1rv |1 L Davis das A Robinson 'J A Smith S Wyatt O'Dell W E1 Hyde A L Edens R P Prmee Jefl I) Holder B F Farmer W 11 Chastain T S Ramsay .1 L Murphree I) Wyatt Roper W I Gravley W L, Reeves . nhn L D) Gravley C1 tgl Earl B Pryor iAFne G;eo H1 Reeve APRie D) C Garrett . sa ae W TI Fdens Lwec mt J 1ames Harrison . do I N Williams I 'nrl,,1 B F Alexander V'onIre n II G Powers .011I ri Juliuns M MIart in .11'' ogr J E Watson 'II'lttro T G LynchF rrl Lee Bagwell AEMl Tlhomps 1F Lesley Toa I" L ee Burgess .1AlnJurm Stanly Morgan AA.oe .1 ' lgdo 1Junosid onges.~u~n-J('T. 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