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4 ' w.~ -T OFFIcrAL PAPER SBCIrO RC Estahli-sheld 1871-V\olunip, 4 PICKENS. S. C., M1ARCHI 1. 1917Nubc*4 Summary of the News in this Edition of The Sentinel Plan for industrial mobilizat. .n. German legation explains. Four killed in big wreck. Universal service bill provides big army. San Francisco honors Funston. Villa men near Jaurez. Free of leak on peace note. Women ordered to withnraw from parade. National bill is "bone dry." Colve menace of submarine. Vote for big naval bill. Happenings around the state capitol. Farm Ii - bank ready for work. Tri-Sta. doctors select Spartan burg. Elloree boy dies at El Paso. Women welcomed by Fair Society. Stevenson succeeds Finley. Short state news items. Farm loan act explained. PICKl#NS COUNTY NEWS. SPECIAL NOTICES Notleos inserted Nri tis coluonn for one eenti a word for first insertioi i u t nie-hialf v e it word for each Mst10 (<tient finertir. We Iave have a new cotton seed cleaner. Let us clean your seed. We handle everything in the feed line. See I us before you buy. Central Roller Mill r Co. J. H-. Ramseur, Sec'y, Central. 44r 1.Gi1espie'NJ .lc will be found at his home three miles south of Pick- b ens throughout the season. 44 4Wanted-Good milk cow, fresh. Mrs. W. R. Garrett, Pickens R 2. LoI4t-From exl)ressofliceatCent.al, b two hound dogs, one red, the other black ir back with ring around neck, white breast si and belly, yellow ears and head. Any V information appreciated. R. G. Gaines, c Central. 47 P ir For Mae-100 bushels good corn. P' W. IH. Field, Pickens R 3. 44 p - Ial SWhile Iwas in town Saturday some body put a bundle of clothes in my buggy by mistake. Owner may get same by r: calling for them and paying for this h notice. Al Bowen, Pickens R 4. 44 5. For' %i ie-Barron strain S. C. White ti Leghorn eggs for hatching, $1.50 per 15; g also rooted roses, several varieties, 10 tI and 15 cents each. See or write Mrs. J. N. Hallum, or Pickens Drug Co., Pickens. 43tf al Waivnted, 2000 cords sweet and c black gum, poplar, chestnut and pine al wood. See W. H1. Chastain and M. C. el Smith for specifications and prices. Ip Linwood Land & Investment Co., 1 Pickens. tf .IuEst ltcei ved-- Car of mules and s horses. Will sell for cash or good paper. 9g Also have a nice line of buggies and wagonF. See me beforo you buy. J.T. t G;assaway, Central, S. C. 413 01 or All Perso s who have entered the contest for prizes offered by us for wheat growing will please send us in their names and postoflice addresses by March TI 1. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Company, al Anderson, S. C. ' a Few thousand dollars to loan on real estate, if interested please call at once. McSwain & Craig, attorneys, Pickens. i ---- ___ . cI S Notice ci All who are entitled to pension under k the Supply Bill of Pickens county and sl have not applied heretofore will send in s, their applications on or before the first Monday in March or they will be debar red for this time. The pension board h will not meet any more after the first s Monday in March this year, 1917. Ch'm. ension B. C. .JOHINSON, Ch'm PenionBoard of Pickens Counmty. Notice dI Notice is hereby given that a meet in b of the stockholders of the Pickens Oi ,i Mill Company will be held in the office of the Company at Pickens, South Carolina, on Friday, the 30th day of t March, 1917, at 2:00 o'clock p.* m., at c wchmeeting the matter of liquidating, I windin upthe affairs, anlld issolvingc the sai Com any, a corporation under the laws of t e State of South Carolina, ~ will be considered and voted on. Stock- c holders may attend in person or be rep- r~ resented by proxy but it is dlesired that all stockholders who can do so attend in } person. This meeting is called in-pur- i. suance of Sections 2812 and. 2818 of the y Code of L~aws of South Qarolina, Vol-.I Th, obrary 24,. 1917w - , W 3KU~,pwi . 4. as Seoretal-y. ~ a -L'AWYERS Practice in~ State anid Federal: Courts. ~ . itenil Office Phond '210 . ekens OftePo~ 9 Mr. J. B. Pace had the Ilucky a number - auf received a. $4.0Q ~ Atkins Silver? StedA Hand Swp 0 given away by us. Pickens t Hardware' Groery gg. PICKENS. COUNI $250,000 BON] The Pickens county delegation has recommended C. L. Cureton of Pickens, R. F. Lenhardt of near Easley and J. F. Banister of Liberty as members of the Aiglhway commission of Pickens county. As soon as the governor appoints them t :hese gentlemen will organize and take . )reliminary steps toward issuing $250, 00 worth of bonds for permanent road work in this county. a The most important act passed at the " ecent session of the legislature, so far t s Pickens county is concerned, was the C 'ne authorizing this county to issue g 250,000 in bonds for good roads. c Every citizen is interested in the bill P nd we are printing it in full below as t was originally introduced. p Before it finally passed it was k mended by striking out Section 9 en- el irely and fixing the compensation of t< nembers of the highway commission at a 3.00 each for every day's service, not si o exceed $100 a year for each member. ei 3y striking out Section 9 it is left to the a] visdom of the commission to use the b< noney so that it will benefit the most pl Ieople. ai Following is a complete copy of the tt ill: ft "A bill to authorize the county of s 'ickens to issue bonds for permanent h< >ad and highway improvements and to cc rovide for the expenditure of the same. "Be it enacted by the General Assem- h< ly of the State of South Caroiina: s "Section 1. That Pickens county shall fu sue two hundred and fifty thousand ar p250,000) dollars in registered or coupon tR mnds for permanent road or highway ar riprovement in said county. Said bonds th iall be of such denominations as the tr >mmissionerr hereinafter to be ap- cc )inted may determine, and shall draw n" terest at a rate not exceeding five (5) I ir cent. per annum, payable semi- in inually. tii "Sec. 2. That for the purpose of car ring out the provisions of this act, a a ghway commission for Pickens county uiI hereby created, to be composed of vi tree members to be appointed by the Sa )vernor upon the recommendation of hi te delegation, or a majority thereof, bt om Pickens county. Said commission Pi tall have the right to contract, and be ar intracted with, sue and be sued, plead su id be imlpleaded, in all courts in refer- ve ice to the matter embraced within the fo -ovisions of this act, and in case of a he tcancy on said commission by death, of signation, or otherwise, such vacancy de all be filled by appointment by the be >vernor, upon the recommendation of e members of General Assembly, an a majority thereof, for Pick- se s county. Said commission to sa Id office until the provisions of sit is act are completely carried out. of 1e said commission shall meet ns soon ar 'ter this act goes into effect us prac- qu ,able, and organize by electin~g one of sa eir members chairman, who may be pa easurer; also by the election of a du erk, who may not be a member of said ti< inmmission, and who shall be book- arl seper for the commission. Said clerk se mall receive as compensation for his w< irvices such sum as may be fixed by ni me commission, payable from the funds ti< erein provided for. The commission pl iali give a joint bond in some good ne ]rety companyv in the sum of twveitnty- wi ye thousand ($25,000) dollars, except at the treasurer shall give an addi- Iin; onal bond of ten thousand ($10,000) sa ollars, which bonds shall be approved er y the clerk of court for Pickens county. co he clerk of said commission shall give vi ond in sonme good surety company in t me sum of five thousand ($5,000)) dollars, vi anditionedi for the faith ful performance f his duties, to he approved by the thi ammission. The premiums on the si 0onds of the commission, treasurer and sii lerk shall be paid from the funds (Ie ived from the tax levy herein provided. a "Sec. 3. The cbmrnission provided( fort ti i section 2 of this act shall oifer said e onds for sale after..iidvertising for at i ast thirty dlays in* th~e Manufacturers' T ~ecord andl~ .01ne. or omore rewspapers p ulished in- Pickens county, in,blocks al f not Jass titan Live thopusand ($5,000) Ld ollars, or in their discretion, may sell' fi de wh~ole. issue in a block, as the same c lay be needed for the purpose of this et, to the highest bidder, reserving the ii Ight to rejent an~y arid alt bIds. Said If onds shall 'rhmtue in wenty years frorn i dme date of issup. Said bonds shall be e Igned by the chairman and treasurer t f the said commission and counter Igned by the. clerk;. provided, Trhat the Ignature of such oflicers may .be litho- t rapihed or engraved upon the coupons bt f said bonds, Said bonds are to be a iade payable at such place or places as t lie commisbion shall 'dstermine. The t roce'eds from' te saleo sai bnd .. 'Y TO ISSUE )S FOR ROADS hall be deposited in the chartered banks f the county and draw interest at not !ss than three per cent. for the aver ge time said money shall remain in aid banks, and shall be held subject to ,ie warrant of the commission named i this act. Said warrants to be signed y the members of the commission and Duntersigned by the clerk, to be drawn s required to pay for the permanent !ork of building and improvement of ie public roads and highways in the )unty of Pickens as the said work pro resses and is approved by the said mmission and the engineer hereinafter rovided for. "Sec. 4. The said commission herein rovided for is hereby authorized to vy an annual tax on all taxable prop ty in said county sufficient to pay the in rest on the said bonds herebyand herein Athorized to be issued by said commis on as said interest accrues, and to eate a sinking fund, to be set aside inually, sufficient to retire the said )nds at maturity. Said tax to be aced on the county duplicate by the iditor of said county, and collected by ie treasurer, as now provided by law r the collection of other taxes, which id tax, when so collected, shall ne 4d by the county treasurer of said unty of Pickens and used by him in yment of the interest on the bonds 'rein authorized to be issued as the me matures and to create the sinking nd herein proviaed for. Said funds ising from the collection of the annual x to pay the interest on said bonds d to create the sinking fund to retire, e same, shall be kept by the said easurer in the chartered banks of said unty, and bear interest at a rate of It less than three per cent. per annum r the average time they shall remain the said banks; provided, the average ne will be as much as three months. "Sec. 5. Said commission is hereby ithorized, empowered and directed, >on the sale of the bonds herein pro ded for, to use the proceeds of said le in constructing new public roads or ghways, or otherwise, in permanently ilding the public roads or highways of ckens county; provided. Thst before y of the said monvy is so expended, ch roads and higiways shall be sur yed, located and otherwise laid out r the permanent improvement as reinafter provided]. For the purpose this act, any highway laid out or signated by the said commission shall deemed a public road. "Sec. 6. Said commission shall employ engineer, who shall also be skilled in entifie road construction, at such lary as may be fixed by said commis in, payable monthly from the proceeds the sale of bonds herein provided for, d such assistant engineers, with like alifications as they may deem neces ry, whose salary shall be fixed and id in like manner. It shall be the ty of the engineer, under the direc >n of the commission, to survey, locate d relocate, wvhen necessary, every etion of' roadi before any permanent >rk shall be done thereon, fur shing complete maps, showing loca in, grade, together with complete mns and specifications for the perma nt construction of such road or high iy. "Sec. 7. For the purpose of relocat I any road, and when deemed neces ry, the commission is hereby empow ed( to acquire by grant, purchase or ndlemnation, all necessary lands; p~ro lied, That where lands are condemned, e damage shall be fixed as now pro. Liedl by law in like cases. "Sec. 8. Saidl commission shall, upon e conmpletion of the survey, plans and ecifications. for the construction of id1 public roadls or highways, advertise r~ hida for the building of said sections cordling to saidl plans arnd specifica min, and shall let the same to the low *t resp'onsible bidder, reserving the. ght to .reject any or all bids; provided, hat nothi~ng herein contained shall. 'obibit said commissiort from -bpil~ding. iy. section of roado .or -highways -with iy- labor or convict 'abor; provided;. wrther, that it shall be thedblty'of-the >unty suplervisor of said'county to as st andl co-operate with said cormission car'rying on thd work hereid 'provided >rl and to furnish for the use~ of-said com iission' the chaingang and road mnaehi ry of said couuty -whenever-reqjuested > do so by said eonimissioti.' "Sec. 9. Said commissio ghal.l ex endl in each township as nearly as pra'e cale~ an amount whieh shkall not be iss than seventy-five per cent. of such sum as shall bear the same. ratio to wo hundred and fiftythousand dollars, ie total bond -Issue, as- the taxable nIne of the property of-said townshin Farmers to Meet At Pickens Thursda: Everybody who is interested in orgar izing a national farm loan association a Pickens is invited to attend the meetin; to be held at the court house Thursday March 1. Hon. J. J. McSwain of Green ville will address the meeting and ex plain the farm loan act which was re gentlv passed by congress. He is th< best posted man along this line in th, state and will be well worth hearing. Notice to Trustees R. T. Hallum, county superintenden of education, has received a letter fron Hon. J. E. Swearingen, state superin tendent of education, that he will be i Pickens on next Monday, the 5th. Thi trustees of the county are requested t meet him in the court house at 10:30 a.m Items From Central Route 4 This community wats visited by one o the hardest rains last Friday that w< have had this winter. The small grain that was thought t< be completely killed by the freezinj weather is beginning to look green agait with the assistance of the warm sun. shine and frequent showers. Capt. R. E. Steele is very sick al present with a complicated disease. Dr. W. A. Woodruff is the attending physi cian. His many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. Miss Lila Childress went to Seneci last Saturday to have some dental work :lone. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pickens of the Mountain View section spent last Satur lay night and Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and M.s. A. P. Alexander. Miss Jessie Alexander resumed her work as teacher in Six Mile school No. I last Monday. This school closed four weeks ago on account of numerous casek of measles. Ellis Dodson, who was announcedsomt time ago to be critically ill, got muet better, but has taken a relapse and is ir a hopeless condition. Grover Haynes attended court ir Greenville last Monday. Mrs. W. L. LaBoon of Anderson and Miss Georgia Knox of Easley were Xis tors in this community last Saturday And Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Columbus E. Childress 'ecently moved from Easley to the farm >f his father, R. E. Childress. . A wedding of great surprise on this ide the second Sunday was that of Tom Woods and Miss Carrie Jones of the 'row Creek section. We are sorry to announce the death of Uncle Jake Alexander of the Little tiver section of Oconee. lie is father o ). T. Alexander of Keowee. 'PossuM EATEnR. ;hall bear to the taxable property in the !ounty. "Sec 10. No roadl that is permanently mplroved by said commission shall be ess than eighteen (18) feet wide. "Sec. 11. No roadl or section of road shall be paid for in full by said commis mion until the same shall have been passed upon by the engineer in charge, and accepted by the commission. "Sec. 12. Before any warrant or war rants can be drawn against the fund arising from the sale of said bonds, an itemized verified statement shall be presented and approved by the com mission. "'Sec. 13. The said commission shall annually, at the close of each year, make a full rep~ort to the grand jury of Pickens county, of it~s transactions dur ing the year then closed, including an' itemizedl statement of the money re ceived and dlisbursed, and for what pur pose, which saidl rep~ort shall be trans mitted by said grand jury to the circuit judge presiding at the next succeeding term of court for saidl county, after said rep~ort lhas been made .to said granm jury. it shall he. the dluty of the grant jury of-saidl county to make an-annna examination of the bo'oks, )lapers, ac countsrud wotk of aid bommission al tiley' Are iow'required by lasito 'tita of the county .oficers of.said cou)(ty.' "ee. 14. Said commission~hall carb forward the permanent .Worl54 reIl 'provided for as expeditiously As pos *sible, and select ntartijpg pplnts,.ans otherwise dletermine the roasts to bi built, and shall make such selection a Ain their judgment will bestasubserve th. interests of the greatest number of pec ple of Pickens county. "Sec. 15. That all acts. or parts o acts in conflict with the ,pyovisions o this act are hereby repealed, "See. 16., That this act shall take ei feet immediately upon its approval bm the governor." IInterdenominational Th S. S. Association - The Pickens County Interdenomina t tional Sunday School Association is to g hold a meeting in each of the three dis , districts in the county on March 8, 9 and 10, We want every Sunday school to be - represented by the superintendent and D one or more delegates from each Sunday D school in the county at one of the dis trict meetings. We have arranged a good program for the three days. Have some good speakers, and those who do not attend will miss a treat. . t The zirst district composes Central and I Hurricane townships and will hold the - first convention at the Norris Baptist I church on March 8 at 9.30 a. in. There 3 will be three sessions at Norris-morn > ing, afternoon and night. Every school in Central and Hurricane townships please be represented at that meeting. On March 9 at Carmel Presbyterian church, the second district, consisting r of Liberty, Easley and Dacusville town ships, will hold their convention, and we want every school in the three town ships to please be sure and send at least one delegate. A good program has been arranged for that day. There will be two sessions--- morning and afternoon. Then, on March 10, the third district, consisting of Pickens, Pumpkintown and Eastatoe townships, will hold their meeting at Pickens, and we want every Sunday school in the three townships to please send a delegate. We have a I good program for that meeting. Please I bear in mind the dates and do not forget them. If you can not attend the meet ing in your district will be glad to have you attend any of the conventions that you can. We want to get every Sunday I school in the county represented at one : of these meetings. Any information regarding the con- I vention will be furnished by W. A. Matthews, president, Central, or W. B. GIENN, Libertv, S. C., Sec. and Treas. Pickens Co. Along Pickens Route 3 At Montvale school house last Thurs day afternoon Rev. D. W. Hiott deliv ered a practical and humorous speech to the school children and a few friends and patrons. T. A. Howen also made a talk. Rev. Mr. Hiott preached at Moun tain Grove church at night to an atten tive and appreciative congregation. Mr. John Gillespie, a good and es teemned citizen of the Praters section, visited relatives and friends near his old home in the Mountain Grove section this week. Mr. Frank Lewis, who recently moved from the old home place, is peacefully domiciled at the George Ellis home place in the Twelve Mile section. Mr. Lewis was a trustee of H ampton school and his influence and family will be greatly missed in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gillespie, who were recently married, are making their home with Mr. Lewvis. Mr. andl Mrs. Trom Lynch and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Lynch's moth er, Mrs. E. R. Porter. Clayt Porter is moving from the Pick-c ens Mill to J. TP. Cantrell's place near Montvale school house.t Miss Victoria Gillespie, wvho has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wade Townes, has returned to her home in Rosman. The Sunday school at Holly Springs is progressing nicely with Mr. Edd Chas tain) as superintendent. The Montvale school is progressing nicely with Prof. Hal Hiott, principal, andl Miss Ruth Cannon, assistant. There wvas a cotton picking give~n at the home of .: H. IALois last Saturday might. Prince Cannon and sisters, Alisses Ida and Flora, wvere visitors on rout(e 'I one day last week. Mr: and Mrs. Leo Winchester of t his section left last week for Rosmgan. where they wvill make their f'uturre homel(. *'Clyde Samm-ons of Libert v spent last we'ek with Prince Cannon. (Too late for last week) Miss Vic Gillespie of Rosman, N. C., has been spending- some time in this sect,ion with relatives and friends. - Mrs. J. 11. Baker and little (laughter, a Ida Mae, Mr. and Mrs. liowardf .McK'ee a of Easley, spent Sunday. and Monday s -with Mrs. Elbert R. Porter. a Ben T. McDaniel, who 'was thrown from his buggy and painfully 'hd a few weeks ago, is mending r'apidly, but f It will be some time before hetdan walk. f We heard a tree frog holler the other day, which is a good-sign of rain. -John Wooten, who has been spending y several weeks in this section, made a ttip to Easley last week, Negro Woman, Lost 16 Days, Is Found Oolenoy, Feb. 25. -Cora Hagood, the negro who left her home the 6th inst., and for 16 days had wandered in the mountains of Table Rock Cove, was found last Thursday by a searching party of 17 men. It will be remember ed that she left hQme without telling anyone of her intentions. She was given breakfast on the morning of the 7th by Mrs. Floyd Masters. She statds that this was the last food she had tasted, but for a few acorns, during her entire stay. When found she was in a sitting posture and was able to talk, tho in a rather weak voice, and recognized the entire party and thanked them very fervently for coming to her rescue. She was unable to walk and had it not been for the timely arrival of the party death woul'l no doubt very soon have claimed another victim only a few vards from the spot where Floyd Masters was found (lead two weeks ago. She was carried to her home where Dr. J. M. Crenshaw attended her. He itates that tho her condition is critical ihe will probably recover if given proper food and attention. The affair which sounds like fiction rather than truth, has excited much interest, es pecially so, since that she is alive, for io one thought that human endurance ,ould withstand such exposure, with no "ood, no fire and no covering. She says ,he slept a part, of the time int a rock louse, in a large sfump, and beside it -ock. Oolenoy News Notes Miss Mae Jones, a1 successful teacher, ias recently closed her fourth term of chool near Travelers Rest, and is now Lt the home of her parents, Mr. and drs, W. 13. Jones. Miss Jones wias re dected for another year. Mrs. H. I. Lynch spent Sunday with ier parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Edens. Misses Viola and Merle lendricks of the Pickens graded school spent the wveek-end here. Miss (leo Hendrix, of the Cenitral bigh school of Greenville, and little Miss Vera Keith recently visited rela tives here. Margaret Anne is the name of the ittle daughter who recently came to race ie home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. <eith. Mrs. John 1'. Lewis Dead Mrs. Emalisse Lewis died last Friday ight at the h>me of her daughter, Mrs. i. M. Gillespie, in the Mountain Grove ection of Pickens county. Mrs. Lewis vas about 78 years old and had been in I eeble health f'or several years. She vas the widow of the late lamented ohn T. Lewis. The funeral wias held t Mountain Grove church Sunday, con lucted by Rev. H. C. Atkinson and J. E. illespie, just. two years to a day after he time of the funeral of her husband 'Feb. 25 1915). She was a member of ntioch Baptist churceh and had been or many years. This good woman has tone to her reward. May she wear the rown of life. She did the better part. Three of ber' childt'en preceded her to he grave; the following survive: Mrs. . M. Gillespie, Mrs. Maggie Johnson, dr's. B.T'. Mclaniel, Mt's. Hoy t Townes, At's. Frank Lewis, all of Pickens coun- i y; Mt's. Frank Townes, and Jesse J. Colonel) Lewisi of Ander'son county; N. G. (B) Lewis of' MEley, Mrs. Chil Iress of Gtreenville county, and Rev. Wade Lewis of Laurens. Mrs. Lewis was a daughter of ,Jim Robinson, deceased, and wais r'earedl in Lthe Eastatoe section. One sister, a NIr's. Armnstr'ong of Oconee, sut'vives. vive. Manty friends of' the family attended the funeral andl the body was laid to rest in the grave yard at Mountain [t'ove Baptist church. Dacusville Singing Convention The Dacusville singing convention will meet' on the First Snnday afterrioon in March at' Peter's Creek fot' the' tmum pose of 're-ortanizing. All piarties in- - tet'e'sted and all singers are invited to' attend. J. A. ROBINSON.'Pr'es. Hunters' License --Law Not Changed 'rhe hunters' license law applies to Pickens county now just as it did last year. The law was not changed by the legislature so as to aff'ect Pickena. county. A bill passed the lower house xepngthis county from thie hunters' licese awbut Senator O'D)ell held it up in the senate and it failed to pass.