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Pickens Sentim PICKEN9, S. C. V L B UH D W IC KX L MAY 10, 1917 D1toredt at Pickens 'oatoffiew am Second Cli Madl Matter. 51.50 A YEAR, INVARIABLV IN ADVANC GARY HoirO , Manager. Obitnary notIees had trirtuWe of reonsp ( :0ot norp on0 h ii ,id red wotiEN wvi be printe of enarge. All over that number anuet bn for at te rate of one cent a wvord. cata aCComipai)y manucript Ga rds of thanks Pub .shed for one-huilf cent a worni. 19 aiI Design of button to be distributed in South Carolina by banks, chambers of commerce, business firms anti others. The badge has been adopted by the South Carolina Preparedness Conmis sion. Any farmer should bie proud to wear one of these badges. WITH us now i.4 the Sunday school icieC. SWEET girl graduates will soon be "in 'ur midst," bless 'em! GIVE the tater bug a swat while you are after the fly. SPARE the birds. and in doing so you may save the cotton crop from the boll weevil. WE : hope the war will soon he settled, even if we have to leaive it to the high school debaters. ANY man who tends his garden and his own business at the same time has a job on his hands. THl cabbage snake scare has bobbed up once more. Is that the forerunner of high prices for sauer kraut? WHAT has become of the old-time country weekly that charged only one dollar for a year's subscription? FITNESS of things: A man named Alms has made application to the gov ernment for an increase of pension. CUCUususare selling for ten cents apiece. We unever did like those green things with warts on them, anyway. No MAN acknowledges a mistake 'luicker or more unwittingly than the 'ne who puts the lighted endl of a cigar in his mlouth. SOMETIMES it is a hard matter to fill up a small space in a column of rot ike this, but it has to be done; so that .s the reason of thia p~aragraph. lP all the potatoes are planted that have been advised, there will be mnore liuds in this country than Carter. had eats; and 'tis said lhe had 'em to burn. Nonony in Spartatnburg has been sick enough to call on the probate judge sinlce the qluart-a-month likker law wvent into elfect. Perhaps the Spartans pave taken Booker's advice and are drinking buttermilk. MANY newspapers are telling how the prices are soaring on foodstuffs, and ~ay that the housewives ale up against it to get rations for the family. But how about "'the old1 man,'' who has to pay for it? WATsoN Bl:E. or the Lancaster News hnakes out lhe has two shirts. Listen to him: "This is the season when base hall players hold out for more money. I f one of them will tell us how it's done he can have our other shirt.'' Plute! A Tatus and devotedl wife will stand by her husband in shame and disgrace aind infamy, and share with him all the agony and torture that bitterest pe0r8e cution can inflict; but that husband could not induce or piersuade or force that same devoted and true wife to wear a hat or dress that was Out of style war or no war. 'That's one of the things that "can't he dlid." And if you don't believe it, try it on the madlam .some fine spring morning. Oun WEEKLY IomE. -Why are po. tatoes andl corn like certain sinners o, Because having eyes they see not, an< having ears they hear not. Tul.Sa spring days Are simplg grand, And the rattle of the Fordl Is abroad in the land. Ladies desire that irre siitible charm-a good Yr complexion. Of course they do not wish others has been used so they buy a bottle of Magnolia Balm LQUID FACE POWDER and use a 9ording to simple dion. Impre snont a~ 0oce ciOnce. Sothnaoin e01ndX frshniX. Heals Sunburn, stops an. Pnk. WMte. Rose.Re. S 75C. at DsVsis er by mail AMCe. Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp. Lyon MI.Co.. 40 South Fifth St., Brookly.,N.Y. A FRIEND OF MINE A friend of mine Is Ezra Feather; He never talks About the weather. -Luke McLuke. A friend of mine Is Hiram Delf; He never talks About himself. -Detroit Free Press. A friend of mine Is Abner Lee; - He always lets Me talk to me. -Newark Advocate. A friend of mine Is Lucius Lime; He lets me talk All the time. -Commercial Appeal. A friend of mine Is Jim McPhiz; lie admits my corns Are worse than his. I -Richmond Virginian. A friend of mine Is William Bates; He doesn'n knock The United States. -Spartanburg Journal. A friend of mine Is Boozer Crews; He never asks "What's th' war News?" -Greenville News. A friend of mine Is Simon Crane; He never takes God's name in vain. Forty-two applicants stood the county teacher's examination at the court house last Friday. Supt. R. T. Hallum was assisted in holding the examination bPy Prof. Coggins of Easley. This test was not as difficult as the average ex aniination. L.ot- Between Pendleton, and Tabor church, Pickens County, a bunch of keys. Reward if returned to The Sen tinel office. Pays 25c a Month for Perfect Health For 15 year.. E. A. Littlo. Bessemer, Ala. has laid 25c a rnonth to kceep in per fect health Read what he sayst tem sator. Iha'e not usedian other or cmplan. re w il enrs any case ot ndtgeeson stnrws. We I fr coemmenced to tok yor oudnot be without it for anything." Granger Liver . Reguator hadhe, Indigestion, bllluaesa--and all stomaeh and liver comnplainta. Your drug. glat can supply you--25c a box. 9 Grasier Medicine Co., Chattanoeds. Teas. I -- - -*~-~--**--- cup ~A. your pily: alil 5IwO~A,~ u~Ataste as ai The Luzianne Guarantee: go gi |If, after using the contents --ge of a can, you are not eatified ia in every respect, your gro ca 1wl refund your money. Ask The Reily--Taylork " ersuant to; resolution s al at a Ioint meetin'g of the directors an stock. holders of the Pickens Oil Mill Co., held ,on the 80th day of March, 1917. we as trustees of said Company will sell to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the court house door, on SALESDAY IN MAY, 1917, the same being the 7th day of May, 1917, during the usual hours of sale, the plant of the Pickens Oil Mill Co., con sisting of machinery, buildings and real estate. At-such public sale the bid of no bid der shall be considered except such as shall deposit before the sale with the President of osid Company a certified check of $1000 as guarantee of good faith. J. McD, BRUCE, It. E. BRUCE, I. M. MAULDIN, W. F. MAULDIN, L. N. GEER, J. S. WILSON, B. T. MCDANIEL, March 30, 1917. Trustees Citation State of South Carolina, County of Pickens. By J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge: Whereas, L. C. Hart made suit to me to grant him letters of administra tion of the estate and effects of James L. Barrett. These are, therefore, to cite and a(d monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said James L. Bar rett, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of Pro bate, to be held at Pickens, S. C., on the 11th day of May, 1917, next after publication hereof, at 10 o'clock in the Forenoon, to show cause, if any they iave, why said administration should ,iot be granted. Given under my hand and seal this !4th day of April, Anno Domini, 1917. J. B. NEWBERY, (Seal) 52 J.P.P.C. lotice to Increase Capital Stock Pursuant to a resolution passed at a ecent meeting of the Directors of the '4orris Cotton Mills Company, a meet ng of the Stockholders of the Norris Idotton Mills Company is hereby called ; meet at the Company's office, Ca :eechee, S. C., at 10 o'clock a. M., Vlay 31st, 1917, for the purpose of totng upon the proposition to increase :he Capital Stock of the Company from 'wo Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars to Three Hundred md Twelve Thousand Five Hundred ($312,500) Dollars. NORRIS COTTON MILLS CO. T. M. NORRIS, Pres. and Treas. Cateechee, S. C. April 30, 1917. 3 Notice to Debtors and Creditors All persons holding claims against the estate of the late W. A. Watkins must present the same, duly proven, on or before the 10th day of June, 1917, or be debarred payment; and all per sons indebted to said estate must make payment on or before the above date to the undersigned. MRS. W. A. WATKINS, , H. L. WATKINS, 7 Executors. Notice of Election Whereas, a petition from the free holders and electors of Garvin School District No. 24 has been filed with the County Board of Education asking that an election be held todetermine whether an additional levy of 1 1-2 mills shall be levied on said district for school pur poses Therefore, it is ordered that the trus tees of the above-named district do hold an election in said district on the 19th day of May, 1917, at the school house. The trustees are hereby appointed man agers, the election to be conducted in accordance with section 1742 of the gen eral statutes. By order of the Count~y Board of Ed ucation. R. T. HALLU, Secy. and Chairman. 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 expert. 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 Shqp. Tlelenhione No. 38 oTop-off Fine Meal hat could be better than a (or two) of good, old anne? The aroma will tickle nose; the taste will tickle palate; the price will please purse; and all will live hap sver after. Luzianne tastes ie way down. If it doesn't better and go twice as far my other coffee at the price, at your money back. NOW t a can of Luzianne and a it do what we say. Do that. for profit-sharing catalog. N)Ecoffee rmpanv,. NemOrian NEW SPG NO The season is right here for New liens, And H~tistes for waists and dress Spring Goods, and we are well supplied ea. and a 6l' line ofWhite Piques and to fill your wants, and the best of all Gabardln;e foi sldrB.2 is we are happy to say that we can sell you our entire line at vractically the our Remnant Table, for You will al sane riesaslast season, nowt- ways finld' 86te diry goods In short same prices as natsa oDtWith standing the big advance in prices oi lengths tit We are, 0031ng out at less all dry goods, and the reason of this is, than half price. wo bought a large part of our stock On thin this table now you will find last fall. some wah silks worth 50c which we aro offering-at We can 0how you as pretty a line of Dress and Apron Ginghams, every yard guaranteed to be fast colors, at, 121e yard onist f French Gind aes, est and Yarbde o hare offering a Muslis, Vi Gabardines andPr A largehsnock ofrPsrcreesoLawnsail2to sar Sfxactly the same price as last sea-h he i ath w e ar clos ingouates We believe Oe can show you the will cause a big demand for l i ndht sum prettiest line of White Goods in Pickens mer goods; so come early before the County. White Voils, Flaxons, Lyke- best of our stock Is gone. Yours truly, FOLGER,p THORNLEY &00.. Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Gent's Furnishing Goods a Specialty Sole Agentfor Walk-Overand Queen Quality Shoes, New Home sewing Machines, Iron ~1King Stoves, Chase City Buggies, Mitc5ell Wagons, Carhart Overalls. Call for Butter ick Patterns. Muslins, ~~~~~~+ VolGaadne n opis.Z 7 [ TO Y U Who have been borrowing your neigh bor's copy of The Sentinel every week; don't you think it would be better for you to subscribe for the paper, so it would reach you every week? Your neighbor doesn't like it-we know because some of them told us so. Come on and subscribe this week. We'll NA vb'-l'i to have you. LATEST STORE NEWS FROMBOLTS Below we wish to quote you a few prices on some Special Bargains we will have on sale this week. It will pay you to come and look them over and supply your wants for at once and future use, as we.. believe prices are much lower today than they can possibly be later: Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Our Millinery Department Department Is Complete Ladies' Silk Waists. $1.50 value. With everything that's new in Ladies' Special, 98c. Ieadweat We are showing a full line Children'sWhite E mbroidery Dresses. of ladis' medium price Hats, ranging $1.50 value. Special, 98c. in price from $1.00 up as high as you ANant to go. Be sure and visit this (de- . Ladies' White Skirts, Gabardine and partment-up stairs. Middy Twill, $1.50 to $2 00 value. Special,1 $125. Shoes and Oxfords Ladies House Dresses, made of good quality Ginghams and Percale, $15 hae good news from this d v~ltie. rtmen t. We bought our spring Shoes Special,before the avance in price and have Kpecil, 9c. narked them at old prices. You will only find a few numnbers with advanced price. You will find here the most corn Men's and Boys' Clothinglineof Shoe and Oxfords to be Men' andBoys Clohing found in this part of the countrv. You A ful lie o Mons Suts,$6.5 to will find our Shoe Department a store A full line of Men's Suits, $6.50 to vtiisef $15.00. We sell the best All Wool wtnisl Blue Serge Men's Suits for $10.00. 1 1 Come in and see this suit. We believe Dry Goods Department you will find it equal to anything you have seen at $12.50; and remember, Here you will find anythiuir in the ou r price.is only $10.000. Cloth line from the finest silks to the A full line ofi Boys' Suits in Serges cheapest calico. You will also find the and Worsteds, sizes 5 to 20 years. prices ery reasonable. Come an see We shall be glad to show you whether' Piced $2m50 to $pr.ic. or not $o 1 may wish to buy. Edwin L. Bot & Co. The Store Thatons Always Busy a Easley, S. C. marked themI- - *atu.old prices.* * You* will 5 -E -u -E *only findUa fe wu numbers withE advanced