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q' ! PICKENSe S. C. 1 P U B LFI S H D WE E KL JUN19 7, 1917 steretd at Pickens PotIoiee its Second Clai %fail Matter. $1.50 A YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANC GARY HoroTT, Manager. )bituary notices altd Irioutei of respect o not o-'r one hundred words will be printed fre of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Uauh tC a'con)paRlly Imaunscript. cards of thanks pub lished for one-half cent a word r WA17 Design of button to be distributed in Sauth Carolina by banks, chambers of commerce. business firms and others. The badge has been adopted by the South Carolina Preparedness Commis sion. Any farmer should be proud to wear one of these badges. Nt'xr stop: Fourth of July. SPRING fever is in "our midst." A coon foot rule -wash 'em occasion ally. TiltE perfectly contented man is also useless PICKENS is "all broke out'' with gar den sass. JUNE brides ire the most popular things we know of. TAKE it from us, the heart cannot be light while the head is heavy. WE. reckon the best people in the kvorld live right here in Pickers county. REMEMBiER this: the cork-screw has sunk more than the cork-jacket will ever float. HEADIANE says there is "Room for Roosevelt." Yep. Over among the patent medicine ads. WELL, girls, We're all right now. 'rhe gov'ment says there ain't gwine to be no tax on chewing gum! TiE school is the electric light plant of life. It is in the schoolhouse that darkness is turned into light. JUNE is with us once more, and sh( brought with her, besides the sweel ' girl graduate, the lovely June bride. WE'n feel ungrateful if we failed t< mention the fact that June, flower' .June, brought five paydays with her. WE hear a lot abo~ut this Gienera Haig. But what we want to know is what has become of the firm of H~ai & Hlaig. Goon business men are adver'tisin more than ever right now, because the know it will do more than anything elat to keep business good. '"OIO MINISTRr PECANH-AOf Bril .vil declares there is no neessity for wa with Germany," aya an Associate Press dispatch. Another sound Briazil 3ut. MosT every citizen with nothing els to do has a scheme to do -away with t~h submarine menace. We hope all o them will succeed. But Dr'. Earl Lewi says there is only one way to do it .A'minister' one of his pills. ''rRAW hats can be easily cleane 'with dampened corn tmega," says an ex 'change. Maybe so; but it would b 'cheaper to buy a new straw hat in thee times of high-priced rations. AFTER we get up the local news fo The Sentinel, put it in type (by hand) 1print the papei's, mail them, wvash th forms, distribute the type for the nex issue of the only paper in Pickens, d some j. printing and b. binding whiec we promised a month ago, sweep ou the office so that visitors can mov around'without falling down--we say afger all these little chores are dispose of, weouse our leisure time in filling u this hero; colyum. From Toccoa's "dewy" mountains From Georgia's bone-dry strand 'They are drying up the fountains Of the "irrigated" land. -Toccoa (Ga.) Record. Ditto South Caholina; But we get ouir share From the hills of Carolina It's in the mountains everywhert QUR WEEKLY RIDDLE-Who alwaiy enjoys poor health? The doctor I .1 4.~vi 1)1vjq~ "Fulill your works, your daily tasks."-Exodus v, 13. Whenewer trouble .eemj to be Too plenty in ibis life qf mine I mind th* hint that come to me From one .smart mornin' glory wine. It .started jrobln' in b* yard Three feet abvayfrom an ol' .stump; I .si to it: ".Your luck'.s plumb hard. "au.se mornin' glorv wines can't Jump." Well, sir. it didn't hesitate Jest .tarted right aWav to climbs It fkund a aveed that bore its Weight An' kept a boostin* all the time. Vntil at lait it struckt th* top: It seemed to jet some Worried there. .se: "Old man.you'll hawe to drop You can't climb. nohote. through th' 060 -4 Looted like *, right ; it .saged and drooped An' tiwisted half a dozen tways Till it wa.s Anotted. 2Wrapped and looped It .ept this up for four -fl dayi. An' I vas ticAled: I says I: "I've often felt the same a.s you Found out I couldn't jet up high 'Ithoutno repe to drip on to/"' Seem' like that mornin* jloryp AlloWgedg That I vas weabin' it QWith doubtg It sent out feeler. till It .eho1wed It knebt Jest twhat It a.s aboutg At last it struck th' .stumpi An' then It seemed to laugh at me all day An' sort o' chuckle notW an' then: "You .see. I got here. anywvael'* A moral goes with thi., I juesj: It i.i that almost any man Won't climb so W.ery much. une.s.s He grab. to somethin' awhere he can. Them plucky morn in' jlorie.s, nobu. All they ask is for elbot room An' they'll keep golng up. .somehob.. Until they laugh them.selue. to bloom. (Copyright. 1911. by AV. U. 6bap"an) NICK CUILEN, writing in the Toctoa Old Soldiers' Reunion (Ga) Record, says he doesn't understand this negro exodus business-doesn't see Saturday. morning bright and early why a nigger wants to leave the Cracker people began togather in Pickens for State. The answer is easy, Nick- the fifteenth annual reunion of the Georgia. IConfederate Veterans of Pickens county. "WILI. tax sugar, coffee and tea," Before noon a large crowd had assem says a Washington dispatch. Uncle bled in-and about the court house and a Sami may neced th moe all r'ight, but serious spirit of patr iotism prevaild, he had bietter go a little slowv on that and quiet order was maintained thruout ten tax piroposition. TUhat's what caused the day. that big rueus in BoIston harbor a f'ewvi At 10 o'clock the Veterans, fif ty-seven years ago. innumber, commanded by the "old re - --liable" Capt. W. B3. Allgood, assembled Mrs. Eliza Davis Dead on Lewis street and marched to the Mrs.~ -*court house. The court r-oom had been Mrsl' . Flint 'hvi wife of the late beautifully decorated with flags and Gerg W avis, died on the 2d1 inst. flowers by the U. D. C's. Judge T. J. fat her hlome near Farr 's bridge from Mauldin presided, and after the open the imfrmities of old age, beinig between ing prayer by Rev. E. T. Hodges, in 86 and 90 years old. The funeral and troduceed Rev. W. H-. Mills of Clemson itren took place at Mt. Carmiel, on College, who made the address of the t henord int., of which chiurch she wa an occasion. He took for'his suoject the .hnrdand consistent member for matchless character of Robert E. Lee, inany years. She Ieaves~ six sons~ and whose memory is an inspiration to the two daughters and a large number of younger generation as well as to. the granchildren and great grandchildren~ to) veteranis mourn her death The family has the A'fter the speaking the veterans en - sympahune a hoi~st of frndund. 'ioyed a good and bountiful dinner, pre her pastor, llev. W. L. (Coker, ther~e 'me n aevdbn tePcen hp being a very large congregation pres- tar, U3. 1D. C., ad other loving hands. peat e wai oer hr at resting M use was furnished by the Pickens * -t0 Tpi-off 1aFine Meal What could be better than a cup (or two) of good, old LuzinneThe aroma willitickle t A your nose; the taste will tickle t your palate; the price will please , *, your purse; and all will live hap pily ever after. Luzianne tastes p SN~1J~. ~NStastehbetter and go twicedmana - ~ as any other coffee at the price, The Luzianne Guarantee: go get your money back. NOW if, after using the contents --getacnofL ia ead of a can, you are not aatialled . cno Lzan n in evr epeyour gr. mak e it do what we say. Do that. cer wi rf n y u m n.. A sk for profit-sharing catalog. 1 The Reily-Taylor Comnm, .wO..en J US RE Another Car of t Mitchell All sizes, from the ligI heaviest three-horse. Th no introduction in PickE see them.on every road ir ever you see a Mitchell V will see a man more t . . wagon. We have sold them for we have yet to find a disk A little higher in price, p age wagon, but remembE Just ask the man who om Yours t FOLGER, THQ Clothing, Shoes, Hais and Gent's Sole Agents for Walk-Over and Queen Qualit King Stoves, Chase City Buggies, Mitchell W ick Patterns. THE MAN WHO READS 1. Says Mr. Clarence Poe, one of Nor The Pickens county men who read THE PICKI those who do not. The Sentinel is primarily a < of Pickeris cautity, irrespective of class or politics Fern Shirt Waist We are agents for the celebrated Fern Waist. New ship ment received ev ery . Monday, The best waist in the wrdfor only $1 w Children's White L awn and Embroid ery Dresses, 3 to 13 ~ 1 year size, 48 and 98c Ladies' Silk Skirts Bl ' in Poplins, Taffetas and Satins, made in plain and .sport stripes. $3.50 for for the sport stripe. . Business is moving Ladies White Skirts befoe t~he War. We ar mad ofgoo quli-our Busmness is showing ty white twill, val- mnhoe orsod ue $1.50 for only 98c yas. - We think it is the Pai Men's genuine pah one to keel) business mi be~ich suits. A a American Dollars turnmr it ofr paternR to Remember you.will one and keep coo. goods here. Our imme: $6.98 and $7.30 with everything in th< Shoes, Hats & Milliner Ladles Palmi Beach goods coming in Daily. Suits $3.98 to $6.98. keep in touch with this __-store news each week a Men's all-wool blue when in Easley. serge suits. On to. Remember we will day's market they and show you through ' a r e easily ,worth may wsto buy. $12.50 to $15. Our ws special price $10.00. Please note the spe - goods listed in this adv Ladies white can- member that this is onl: vass rubber sole ox- hundreds of such values Su r' speialyprie We are sure we cara this week only 98c terest to do your tradin Edwin L. . The Store Thath UEasley, he Old 'Reliable Waggns itest one-horse to the e Mitchell Wagon needs + mns. County, as yo.u will i the county; and wher (agon,. right there you + han satisfied with his over fifteen years and satisfied customer. erhaps, than the aver r there is a reason. rns a Mitchell. ruly. RNLEY & 00. Furnishing GQods a Specialty y Shoes, New Home Sewing Machines, Iron agons, Carhart Overalls. Call for Butter THE MAN WHO LEADS th Carolina's foremost, citizens. NS SENTINEL have the advantage over ,ounty paper and purposes to serve the people $1.50-a yr...$1 for 8 months, 50c for 4 mos. Overalls Speclal Made of best quali ty Indigo Blue Den ims, sizes run to 44. this week $1.19. tead Store thsliems gonneustpteWsamera e glad to advise that .5 an increase every ig periods of formerApo Gihas ;rotic dut of every eoeteavne ving and keep tega'ite oos g over,.pca c find no:',scarciy ofMatnRuSpc rise stock is complete a.lresz2x3 a Dry Goods line,2c 7r, and bright, new It will paY you to MtigAtSur store and read our pet einsz nd visit out' Store 91 et 50 be glad to see you $4 vheter or not you eial prices quoted on Crflyfle n ertisemnent and re-shpeprmty4 7 a few of the many W a otg x make it to your in--cntcme re her.2 biall pun bofte& CetoDA MaAl ysBs lk os neesiteCha gone up We ar