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OFFICIAL PAPwR 1* 4 OF PICKENS COUNTY E~t1b1 PICIKENS SENr-I -EIIN _ _ e4 PICKENSs S. C., JUNE 1917 The final examinations were held last week. The entire high school without a single exception passed these exam inations and only a very small per ceni of the grammar grades failed. One of the most eloquent and soul. stirring sermons ever heard in Pickens -was-delivered to -the.graduating class in the Methodist church by Rev. Edwin R. Mason of Greenville. We are loosing three of our efficient lady teachers, Miss Ada Craig and Miss Ruby Baker are soon to take up other walks in life, and the school and the re maining teachers join in wishing them happiness and prosperity for they have done invaluable work during theiryears of labor in the school. Miss Isadorh Williams, as has already been stated, is going into training in a special class at Battle Creek, Mich., (for nursing). -During the two years that Miss Wil liarns has been assistant teacher of the high school her efliciency has always been displayed and she has won the love and respect of both teachers and pupils. Mr. Campbell made an address to the mill school last Saturday at their picnic. The first of the commencement ex ercises of the Pickens High School was the sermon to the graduating clasis, by Rev. Edwin R. Mason of Greenville, Sunday in the Methodist church. It was generally conceded that this was one of the best sermons ever preached here and the entire congregation was fairly lifted by the beauty and earnest ness with which it was delivered. Rev. E. T. Hodges assistpd in the services. Monday evening at 8.30 o'clock the graduating exercises were held in the school auditorium before a large audi ence. After invocation by Rev. E. T. Hodges and music by Bernice Carey, the class history was read by Miss An nie Gravely. This was followed with the class poem by -Joe Frank Freeman. A quartette was then sung by Ethel Stewart, Bertha Cantrell, Steen Loop er and Harrison Edens. Following this was the valedictory by Frank Keith. Each had prepared 'his part with care and.rendered it with ease. After the farewell song by 'the class, Gen. M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, de livered a most forceful address, which in accordance with the times, was very patriotic. Everyone greatly admired this address for Mr. Bonham is a truly great orator. Miss Etheleyne Gantt then plaved a selection on the piano, after which the prizes offered for the best essay by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the local chap ter of the United Daughters of the Con federacy were awarded. The former was presented to Miss Mary Hallum of the seventh grade and the latter to Joe Frank Freeman of the graduating class. The certificates were presented to the finishing class by the high school teach era, Mr. T. H1. Campbell and Miss Isa dora Williams. Those finishing are: Margaret Aiken, Bertha Cantrell, Joe Frank Freeman, Annie Gravely, Ella Lewis, Steen Loop er, Taylor O'D~ell, Ethel Stewart, Flor ence Stewart, Halrrison Edens, Frank SKeiti) and Charlie Yongue. The report of the trustees'hlas been given but no complete information has been received. as to who all of next year's teachers will be. Probably all the lady teachers except Miss Ruby Baker, Miss Ada Craig and Miss Isa dora Williams will be retained. A most successful year has just ended, but we 'y hope next year there wvill be a still greater improvement. TE'NTHr~ GRADE. The iLollowing attendance, punctual - ity, deportment and scholarship recor-ds of Pickens school pup~lils cover- the en tire school year: PERP~ECT ATTENDA NCE First Grade -- Mary Gravley, Elsi( Hester, Virginia Lewis, Eleanor Maul din, Clay Newton. Second Grade - Edith Hlames, 1it Johnson, Irene ,Johnson, Annie Mat Stewart, Ruth Sutherland,DavidGantt, p. Frank Partridge, Claude Seawright. Third Grade-Li [nnie Cantrell, Nar * Newton. Fourth Grade-Ruth Gravley.. Fifth Gr-ade - Daisy Bivens, Neti Belle Johnson. Sixth Grade-Nannip Morris, Katii Cureton, Don Roark. Seventh Grade- -Eula Stewart, Rob er Rark. EihhGrade-Austin Nealy. PERFECT PUNCTUALITY First Grade -Mary Gravley, Frederic .r H allum, Eleanor Mauldin, 'I Second Grade- Francis Cureton, Hele Langston, Annie Mae Stewart, Margn ret Valley, Connie Finney, David Gant . Fr& nk Partridge, Fant TVhornley. T1 Ird Grade--Margaret Richey,. He ter ~ongue, Webb Yongue. Fourth Grade-Margaret Bivens, Ruth Gravley. Fifth Grade-Lois Hames, Louise Hutchings, Athalie Hallum, Helen Grif fin, Roy Herde, Mable Finney. Sixth Grade--Edna Willis, Nannie 5lorris, Don Roark, Katie Cureton, Joe Robinson. Seventh Grade-Eleanor McDaniel, Norman Yongue, Bonnie Henderson, Robert Roark, Fannie Finney, Mary Hallum, Emily Thornley, Sara Mae Freeman. Eighth Grade-Ethelyne Gantt, Nita Hmes, Melenee Thornley. PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTU ALITY First Grade-Mary Gravley, Eleanor Mauldin. Second Grade-Annie Mae Stewart, David Gantt, Frank Partridge. Fourth Grade-Ruth Gravley. Fifth Grade-Daisy Bivens. Sixth Grade-Katie Cureton, Don Roark, Nannie Morris. - Seventh Grade-Robert Roark. PERFECT DEPORTMENT First Grade--Marjory Allen, Ottis Cauly, Ora Hughes, Eisie Hester, Fred erica Hallum, Mary Looper, 'Virginia Lewis, Frances 'McFall, Elednor Maul din, Charlie Craig, Clay Newton. . Second Grade-Mildred Baker, Fran cis Cureton, Ila Johnson, Irene Johnson, Amy Porter, Annie Mae Stewart, David Gantt, Oliver Hughes, Claude Sea wright, Pant Thornley. Third Grade--Wyatt Stewart, Nan Newton, Margaret Richey. Fourth Grade- Marshall H ughes, Ruth Gravley, Lucile Hallum. Sixth Grade- Mary Mor-is. E'ighth Grade-Neta Ifames. Tenth Grade-Margaret Aiken. HIGHEST SCHOLARSHIP Pirst Grade-Frederica Hallum, Vir ginia Lewis; tied. Second Grade -Annie Mae Stewart, Fant Thornley; tied. Third Grade-Wyatt Stewart. 4 Fourth Grade-Ruth Gravley. Fifth Grade-Essie Stewart, Athalie llallum; tied. Sixth Grade-Edna Willis. Seventh Grade-Eula Stewart. Eighth Grade- Melenee Thornley. Ninth Grade- Ellen Finley. Tenth Grade-Joe Frank Freeman. I PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY The following essay won the first prize of $5.00 given by the Pickens W. C. T. U. for the best essay on "Alcohol and the Human Body," and competed for by members - of the seventh and eighth grades of the Pickens high school. The essay was written by Miss Mary Hallum, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Hallum of Pickens. The Senti nel hopes to print the other two prize winning papers in early issues: ALCOHOL AND THE HUMAN BODY. Alcohol is a subject which may well engage our earnest attention because of the wave of protest ngainst it that is now swveeping over the wvhole world. We first want to know wvhat alco hol is. Its 'friends say that it is a stimulant and a liquid food. We sub mit that alcohol is the grentest men ace of the race. Modern science dleclares that it has yet to be proved that the heart muscle can be stimulated by alco hol, that alcohol is a narcotic, wvater absorbing antesthetic drug-a poison. It must be classed with opium, co caine, mlorp~hine and other appetite forming poison drugs. It cannot be taken with any dlegree of frequency without dleteriormtion to the human tissue and it affects maliciously all cell life. One dIrink of intoxicating liquor dIisturbs the disease-germ-de stroying white blond cells of the body-they stagger. With the germs of typhiod striking in on the bowels with tuberculosis ger'ms striking in on the lungs, the sluggish, impover. ished white corpuscles of the drink. er's blood( are insufficient for then task and fail in the hour of physica. cr-isis. Thus it is that pneumonii has a death mortgage on the dIrunk. ard! Thus it. is that the so-callet moderate drninker has but one chanc< in two for recovery from (isease an< for long life as c-omparedl with th< total abstainer. .Just let us glance for a moment a the physiological action of alcohol It causes lowering of the body tem perature of from one to three de -grees. At tirst it increases the hear action, but lowers the blood pressur through the dilation of the bloo< vessels. It affects the nervous sys tenm directly through the blood. 1 has been found present in the bloo stream fifteen inuates after taking It causes a' tremendous flowv of bloo to the eapillaries and small bloo vessels that supply the stomach. 4' The materia medica says, alcohi wvhen first applied to the skin giv Sa cool sensation, but afterward evnnoration be interfeved with causes irritation and heat and if con tinued, produces inflammation. It has the same effect upon the mucu our membranes. If taken in large puantities, appetite is lost and nau sea appears, and the digestive power is suspended. Sir William Osler, lute of Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Medicine at Oxford, McGill and Pennsylvania Universities and one one of the worlds greatest physi-I cians. says of alcohol that it produ ces acute inflanmation of the stom ach, hemorrhage of the pancreas, heart disease, cancer of the stomach, brights disease, fatty liver, harden ing of the arteries, and a multitude of other afilictions of the body. It is reasonable to presume that where a vital organ like the stomach has its delicate tissues constantly irritated, as is done by the steady use of alco hol, that the way .is opened for what ever pathological change may take place wherein diseases are given a chance to manifest themselvec. The researches of Beebe of Cor. nell Medical College, New York, show that alcohol may not only break down the defences of the body against disease but really causes dis ease by its interference with the functions of the liver. The liver burns up and destroys much pois onous waste matter generated in the system. When alcohol is in the blood the livet appears to attack it first as a poison easily burned, consequent ly waste matter is left undone as the oxidating power of the liver is lim ited. Thus poisonous waste matter returns into the circulation and ren-1 der the blood impure. One of the more recent discover ies of science is that alcohol, like ether and chloroform, has a tendency to dissolve lipoid material of the blood cells. There is more of this del icate lipoid material in the brains than in any part of the body, hence the brain is very easily disturbed by alcohol. In hot weather the alcoholi drink er invites sunstrokes. Dr. J. Wallace Beveridge, of the Cornell Medical College, says: The heat center is located in the fourth ventricle in the brain. By arti ficially stimulating this, we can low er or raise an animals temperature. Alcohol through the blood, by virtue of its toxic effect has a direct action on this center. Alcohol has been found a direct, unquestionable cause of mental dis You and get anynem but The Pickens E paper that prints important Picken: sides. By readin than The Sentinel with the news aw news at home at and for the same Read The Sentinel for a] Don't let your subscripti It's the county paper. The Pickens Sentinel is at the county seat of Pick< - If is the oldest paper ir Official lpaper of the cou Largest paper in the coi Prints more news than county. Has a larger circulation the county. The Sentinel prints all t war and state news, and r ens county news. It is the people's paper. Every good citizen of subscribe for The Sentir we have the better paper more benefit we can be to Get your neighbor to suj You help us and we wil Subscription price is $1 ieight months, 50 cents foi THE PICKE] f ~PICKE! eases in fro'n ten to forty per cent. T of all cases of insanity. Science proves by delicate instru ments of precisions that a person un der the influence of alcohol thinks, u sees, hears and acts more slowly tv than the one who doesn't use. alcohol, a Before the recent disturbance a which called large numbers of our young men to the border, recruiting f stations were turning back sixty- il five per cent. of all applicants as physically unfit, the vast majority of 0 them as the result of diseases for e which alcohol is directly or indirect- P' ly responsible. 01 The verdict of the civilized na tions of the world and of the world's greatest physicians is that alcohol is a terrible destroyer of human life, s efliciency and happiness. It de bauchus character, blights hopes ,cre ates criminals and lunaties. - king alcohol will be banished from our midst. S May young and old profit from the " sa(l plight of Robert Burns, who, h speaking from experience, said: I "Brandy, brandy, bane of life, Source of tumult and of strife; / Could I but half thy sorrows tell, The wise would wish thee, Safe in Hell." MARY IIALLUM. From Ambler Sedion The crops are in very good condition, it tho late. The Sunday school at Ambler is still h in a flourishing condition, with Bro. J. 0 R. Connelly'as superintendent. le is also bne of our best singers, and with ' Miss Susan Connelly at the organ our t music is second to none. We had sev- % eral visitors yesterday. Among them t1 were Messrs. Henry Edens and Dean h Stansell from Oolenoy, L. P. Simmons and Bertran Anthony from Griffin, and Misses Verona Mae Anthony and Ern estine Hendricks, also of Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Beco Watson visited A. r C. Smith and family Sunday afternoon. a Ernest Trotter visited one of the fairer sex of Ambler Sunday, but this has become of his regular Sunday tricks. Mrs. Esley Lynch and little son re- t turned home yesterday, after a few ) days' stay at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ton Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert McJunkinvisited his parents Saturday and Sunday. X. Y.Z. may get the war ieral news in most rspaper these days entinel is the only this and all the 3 county news be g no other paper can you keep up t ay from and the the same time price. Ilithe news. t on expire. the only paper published ans county. the county.i nty. mnty. any other paper in the than any other paper in bie most important general, nlakes a specialty of Pick Pickens county ought to iel. The more subscribers we can give you and the the county. bscribe. 1 help you. .50 for a year, $1.00 for i' four months. iS SENTINEL is, S. C. 0 THE GIRLS AND WOMEN OF, PICKENS COUNTY: It is with an earnest to help wake p the girls and women of our coun- a , and State that I am writing these t ords,. because I know from person experience that few of us realize, hat a crisis our country is facing id what a serious question is be- 1 ore each of us. I want to do my part waking up Pickens county to the t tct that we must work, we must tonomize in every way. We must epare for the future to which every| ic who knows the facts as they iI ally are looks forward to with a mavy heart. England waked up too late to the 3cessity of saving every bit of food uffs possible and today her people 'e hungry. Her little children have t had enough to tat in two years, i id because their little bodies are a poorly nourished, tuberculosis id other diseases are taking their >hl upon them. At the food stations here each day one food card is r ought for a fdmilyj where each ty when the food is distributed id the card is punched for the days t ipplies, perhaps only a hit of bread, te card c; often taken home with it a punch because there is no )od to give, and there is no food tat day and the starving millions go I 3t19g1y.. That is across the ocean au think-but will this be the case i America? Yes, it will be and it is ist ahead of us now and we do not alf realize the situation in its seri usness. The thousands of dollars orth of food stuffs that have annu Lly been shipped into South Carolina re cut off--and authorities tell us tat should anything happen to that hich we are receiving now that lere is only enough inl the State to st ten weeks. Women and girls, we must wake 1), we must wake others up, This is ot a time now to put off until to iorrow-not a time to devote our Ives to pleasures and things that mnlly do not count. We have a great nd necessary work to do. We have s much to do as our soldiers have erhaps more. Our country is need ig us. On us depends the welfare of ur country and our boys. We must aike care of food stuffs in our homes Ve must knit, sew, make pillow slips or our adldiers. The soldiers at the front are need ng pillows. When they are wounded hey have no support for their heads >r wounded limbs and our boys are niong them at the front. South Car alina has been asked to give fifty housand pillow slips made of un ileached cotton 16x24 when finish d. These slipst are sent to the front vhere women fill them with sea weed 'hey are used once, then the sea meed is taken out put in vats where he blood is washed out, the sea weed I dried and used again. Surely, Pick ns county girls and women, we can take these and help that much. The Red Cross takes care of tife ick and wounded. The National Ser ice League for Women takes -!are f their welfare and trains girls and lomen in (1) Social and Welfare Vork; (2) Home Economics; (3) ,griculture; (4) Industry; (5) Mo ,r )riving; (6) Medical and Nur ing; (7) General; (8) Health; (9) ivics; (10) Signalling; (11) Camp 17. This league is recognized by the Inited States Govenmnent. We amust e prepared for all of the~se things u o 30vhen the time comes we will e trained and ready. The wvar is ot nearly over as so many think. 'erhaps it has only begun. The Uni edl States Government is preparing or fronm three to five years at the east. Authorities tell us th- t it may ast for years. Then the colored wvomien must be1 ande to knowv that if they (10 not vake up to facts this coming wvinter hey wvill he hunagry. We insist on heir planting cowv peas and collards mn every inch of ground they have. rhey can't depend on~ the wh'Iite p~eo >de to help them because the wvh ite >eole wvon't haveo it to give The Na ional Service League for Women ilso organize the colored women umd trains thema to beC prepaired. WVomen and girls,. of Pickens and sickens county I appeal to you for he sake of humianity, for the sake >f yuor brothers and friends and all >f those (lear to you, for country's lnke, for your owvn sake :andI that of iour home, line up in this Ssrv'ice League 'or the Red Cross or both. It s as important for you to do0 so as t is foar our boys to enlist. D~on't be a slacker in times like these: We must wvake up to the real situation. We must prepare. In about a week Miss Jane 11. Ev mans, of the National League for Wo man's Service will be in Pickens to organize leagues and speak of these things. Let each of us be thinking about it seriously and when she comes let every woman and girl in i~'ckens county be present to hear her and help organize leagues for service. Pickens county women are coming to the front and do their bit. We do not believe our girls and women can ever be accused of be ing slackers... The day of Miss Evans visit has not as yet been decided on., It wvil: be one na the frsot of next week Along Marietta Route 2 I will give you a few dots from this ection since we have been blessed with he glorious rain and beautiful sunshine. Vhile the rain of the 22d was heavy in his section, yet (we were more than lad to see it come. G. W. Bowen is giving the roads of is section a dressing out which will be iuch appreciated by all of us. Herbert Williams, who has been con nod to his room for some time, is, we re glad to say, ablo to be out again. The 12 months old child of Jas. A. dens, who has been real sick, is con- A5 alescent now. Our section was visited by good rains gain on June 1st. Rev. J. E. Foster filled his regular ppointment at Mt. Tabor on last Sun ay, good attendance an, nice behavior, o evidence of "booze." Miss Snowey Williams os Easley is 'isiting relatives and friends in this sec ion this week. Here's wishing that our own Wood ow Wilson would reduce the prices on lour, corn and so on so that we could read our vegetables. Crops are looking reasonably well ince the copious showers came, al hough the stand of much of the cotton s poor. But we can't eat cotton no Vay. Mrs. L. S, Edens and children visited ter mother, Mrs. Mira Turner, of Da .usville route I last week. Mrs. W. A. Edens and son, Marshall, .isited at Mr. Wn. M.- Edens' last veek. J. P. Robinson visited his sister, Mrs.. 1. 1). M. Keith, of Oolenoy, who is still ieriously sick, on last Wednesday. The contractors will soon have the W. 0. W. Hall for Bula Camp No. 910 :ompleted, which will add much to the. !onvenience of Woodmen of this section. 0. A. Crenshaw made a business trip to Pickens Thursday. Pickens Produce Market Cotton, pound-...-.. - ..... .21j Corn, bushel_ ...... ...$2.00 Peas, busheL. ... ...... 2.50 Cane seed, bushel ------------- 2.00 Hams, pound ------------------ .25 Eggs, dozen. .---------- .30 Butter, pound... -.-- - .. 25 Chickens, pound.. ---..- ----- .12 Notice will try to be sent out ev erywhere, but to be sure that you know the exact date call or see on next Monday June 11th. LORENA TAYLOR. The Home Merchant Is Not a Migratory Bird He is inte on oSTY If HE i prseou(H TOWNi- rseos Iftetoni roprusYU. ARE SUET HR nte. property Whe yo-edyurdla u oftw ouRS T 0DY TRAD AT OME You an tll w o th liv thoe wi he adto iosTA.,