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Chairman Mann, of the American Red Cross society, is expected to deliver an address. .J. P. Carey, Sr., will also de liver an address, and other short talks will be made. The speaking will begin at 11 o'clock. Dinner will be served about 2 o'clock. The band will play thruout the day. f It is not known now what seventy two young men will leave for the army Wednesday, but they will be present Tuesday. The fathers, mothers, sis ters, brothers and relatives of all draft ed men are especially invited to be pres ent on this occasion, bring well-filled baskets and help make the day pleasant and one long to be remembered. Every loyal citizen is invited to come to Pickens next Tuesday and show the depa ting boys that you appreciate what they are are about to do for their coun try and to bid them Godspeed. Give them a send-off which they will remember for years to come. Work Day for Orphans Announcement }has been made to the effect that the Thornwell Orphan age at Clinton, the Connie-Maxwell Orphanage at Greenwood and the Ep worth - Orphanage at Columbia will ask all the friends in their various constituencies to observe Saturday, October 13, as a Work Day for or phan children. The plan is simple and has been tried for several years with great success. The idea is that on this special day every friend of each institution will devote the income of the day or the proceeds of labor done that day as a contribution to the or phan boys and girls. We are sure the scheme will appeal to many of our people. " Liberty Singing Convention The Liberty township singing conven tion will meet with the Alice Mill church the third Sunday in September, 19)17. All singers andl lovers of music are in vitedl to come and bring song books. .It will begin at 10) a. mu. C. E. Ro;m-m, Pres. You may subs)cribei for The~ Senltinel eight months forn a dlollar. Town Characters THE LIFE OF THE TOWN -1 This busy gent ls a uBooster amnd thme Life of the Town. WVithout him anid n few others, the Old Burg would be as * -Dead as a Doornal;. HIe's Jerry on the Job1 for the Public Good and hIs name hads every subscriptIon paper t R~aIse Money for anythIng. We couldn't p '1 wIthout hIm. Long may lho Wave ! Pay Tribute to Our Departing Soldiers On Tuesday afternoon, September 4, a patriotic meeting was held at the Pickens court house in honor of the young men of the county who have been called to fight for their country, and especially in honor of those who were to leave for Camp Jackson next day and who were present at the meeting. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. E. 'T. Hodges, after which J. P. Carey, Jr., made a few remarks out lining the purpose of the gathering and then introduced Hon. J. A. McCullough of Greenville, who made a fine patriotic address. Said this is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Severely scored slackers, and paid a high tribute to the Red Cross workers. Mr. McCullough's talk was enjoyed and heartily applauded. J. P. Carey, Sr., of Pickens, was next introduced and made of his usually tell ing speeches. He spoke particularly to, the young men who were leaving to light for the rights and defense of their coun try and paid them line tribute. He knew the kind of men they are and was satisfied Pickens county would play its part in this great war. Said if it came to the worst and they had to lay down their lives on the battlefields there was no more glorious death than to die for one's country, and that if they returned home all they would have to do if they wanted office of trust and honor or any thing else would be to ask for it. Told how well Uncle Sam looked after his soldiers and that the mortality risk was not more than one in thirty. He also scored the slackers. Mr. Carey's re marks were well received and cheered. E. P. Mcravey, chairman of the Pickens County Board, made the ;last address and it was a good one. ie cited some illustrations of the patriot ism of the young men when they came before his board for information and and examination. He was liberally ap plauded. After the speaking the young men were presented with comfort bage, each containing useful articles, by the W. C. T. U. ladies, but made by all the ladies of the town. A 'safety razor was pre sented to each one of the young men by the men of the town. The Red Cross society served a very nice supper to the young men after the speaking, and as a whole the departing of the boys was made very pleasing.for them in the way in which they :were treated, and they in no uncertain terms expressed their appreciation. The names of the soldier boys 'who left Pickens last Wednesday morning were published in last week's Sentinel. The Boys Are Grateful Mr. Editor: We, the first pine men called to the colors under the .le ctive draft from Pickens county, de'sire in part to express our sincere appreciation to the ladies of Pickens who so cordially and splendidly entertained us on Sep tember 4 last. e shall never he un mind ful of~ thir k indlness andl generosity, whether in the camp or upon the battle front. 'The happy mnemories of this occasion will l ingr' with us. Sintcrely, Li:wis J. Gonb as, MAncrsi EvANs Ill.:s'ian, SA~uI:I. El~Au.:n 11 ENmuch'~.s Hle Liked Them Tlhe following paragraph was acei dentally left off of "Mountain Sprout's"' letter in The Sentinel last week: We had the pleasure of attending the speaking at Pickens a recent Saturday and it was real line from start to finish, and the best of' order prevailed, lon. Fred D~ominiek and ex-Governor Cole L. Blease made two of the best speeches. we ever listened to, and wve are frank to say without fear of successful contra diction that they were the two best speeches ever made in P'ickens county. MOUNTAIN SPROUT. Tent Meeting at Capip Ground Rev. Frank Far 5eor, formerly of this county, and his co-laborer, Rev.CGlarence Tener, with thyir band of singers, con sisting of Mrs. F~armer, pianist'anid soloist; Mrsi. TIene'r, alto singer, and~ Mr. Knox Jones, guitar picker and tenor singer, all of Tlexas, will begin a tent meeting at the o11 ld welve Mile I camp groundl Wednesday night, Sep-1 tomber 12, to which ever'ybody is in vitedl. Everybody mvii Pickens Next Ti ber 18, and Atte triotic Celebrati< Pickens County Are Going Out t< tamn the Rights Addresses by prc Patriotic Music I Picnic Dinner in c Patriotic Celebra Come and bring v Let the boys know Court Will Convene Here September 24 The fall term of court for I'ickens county will convene September 24, which is the fourth Monday. Judge T. Ii. Spain is slated to preside and the following is a list of petit jurors drawn to serve: C A Few John Chapman W W Williams, Sr. B F Murphree B N Glazener Lee W Stansell O R Doyle Fred F Williams W T Hughey H D Singleton DM Newton E L Hamilton Roscoe F Lesley W T Dorr' J A Jones F S Hendricks C T Hutchins W D Sitton L Jerome Connelly G M Roberson B W Ramey T T Arnold E O S'mith John A Roper D E Garrett B H Whitmire Btnnett H Powers J R Keith Sidney B Edens W T Chastain John Neal T A Bowen P O Wilson J A Pickle James F Parsons Robert S Porter Pickens Union Meeting The union meeting of the Pickens As sociation will meet with Cross Roads church September 29 and 30. Following is the program: Saturday, 10 a. in.-D-)evotional ser vices by S. M. looper. Organize. 10.30 a. m.--Church linanices; the best method to meet al' church obligations. Opened by .1. H. Fendley. General dis Il a. mn. -- Ilow ca~n we bes;t meet our. iaciat ional obligations? Openedl by J1. P. R-obinsoan. G eneral discussion. :2 p. mi.- - D iscussioun of Luke 6:8. Opened by Rev. I . (. l'ield.Gera dliscussioan. :3 p. m. Shall the union menieting be discontinued': Opene.d lby Reav. W. 1'. Nelson. Gtn'eral d Iiscussio~an. Sunday, 9.3 :a :. ma. - D evotional ser vices by Re.v. W. E:. Nelson. 10i a. ' . - Disckussion of the ifour th coammianent, Exds2n:X. Opened by Rev. .1. E. Foster. G eneral discus Loan. I1(. .15 a m.- Six Alile Academy-- Its claiims upon01 us and our obligations to it. )pened by ('. E. RobInson. General discussion. 11 .1.5 a. n. -Sermon by Rev. .J. L. Willis. The afternoon be devoted to song ser vice, and the D~acusville Trownship Sing ing association is invited to be present and( take charge of the music.* All Day Singing at Praters There will be an all day singing at Prateras Creek church the fourth Sunday n September. Prominent singers from 3reenville expected. Everybody in.. /ited. 2(1 Tfhe bread you get from the flour* you nake from the wheat you growv is better mdI purerCl than any you get from the lour~ you buy:'.JThere is very little ap >Oendicitis in sections of the country vhich prodIuces its own corn and wvheat 111( ment. And thmr~n isa ,.aso. :ed to Come to uesday, Septem ind the Big Pa )n in Honor of Soldiers Who ) Battle to Main of Our Country minent speakers. >y a Brass Band. ourt house grove. tion and Rally. Tell-filled baskets. you are with them News Items Along Marietta Route 2 The fall session of the Peters Creek graded school began on the 20th of Au gust with Miss Bigby of Columbia and Miss Nannie Porter of Pickens as teachers. The outlook for a successful school this session seems to be very bright. Our people are experiencing some dis appointments as regards the procuring of school books this time. Get busy, gentlemen, and have them for us when we come for them. Miss Estelle McConnell of Belton has been visiting her brothers, C. C. and J. D. McConnell of this place recently. Eugene Edens and sister, of Oolenoy, were visiting at the home of W. -A. Edens last Sunday. ' Misses Lena and Ruby Turner and Miss Zoa McCombs were visitors at L. S. Edens, recently. Oscar A. Crenshaw with his best girl worshipped at Dacusville M. E. church last Sabbath. Miss Christine Edens was visiting her grandmother, Mrs Mira Turner of Dacusville last week. Master .1. E. Edens who has been real sick, is improving some now. The ladies of the Mt. Tahor Sabbath school delighted the children of the school by giving them an ice cream and cake dinner on t he thbird Suinday' in August. A large andI attentive crowd was presenlt to wit ness the ordinance of hap tim at. Mt. Tabor the fourthI Sunday. The erop of sorghrumu cane seems to be not only a large, but1 :i Rooad crop in) this section this season and JIohn i. Friuddle is on the job maunufacth uring~ this pcrodluct inte thos, good "oldI fashioned homue-ma~de moclasse..' 'iwn:sv.. and see us theI next time you are in -need of good printing We are special ists in the kind of work that pleases. Atrial is all we ask. Central Local and Personal News Items NoTIcE-Those who are coming to the Sunday School convention which is to be held here September 15-10, will be de lighted when they learn who the com mittee on entertainment is. They all believe in good things to eat and plenty of it. Notify them of your coming and get your name in ahead of time. Write to either of them: lion. B. J. Johnston, Postmaster C. C. Rowland, W. E. Pin son, Mrs. Dr. Folger. Little Milton Spann, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Spann of Greenville, visited hon. and Mrs. i. .J. Johnston of this city recently. A train load of New .Jersey soldiers spent a few minutes here last Wednes day on their way to Anniston, Ala.. They all seemed to he in the best. of spirits. Conductor J. Ii. Rowland spenta few hours here, one day last week shaking hands with his many friends. Central is always brighter when Capt. Rowland arrives. Mrs. W. I). Correll of Spartanburg is visiting her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meredith. Mr. John Burnett of Spartanburg county visited the college at its opening and left one of his daughters in school here. W. L. Mullinix, the oldest carrier in the county and the oldest in the service, is now serving his route with a Ford. "Things do change." Mr. Seaborn, she new manager at Hobbs - lIenderson's, is making some changes in the arrangements of the store. Farmers of this section are busy this week pulling fodder. They are busy getting other things out of the way so they can gather that big crop of cotton. What farmer was that who said he dreamed every night of the new ginning arrangement here? H. G. Powers can tell you. Joq Brown of Liberty was in town one day last week. Mr. Lawrence Falls hasrecently been transferred from Ft. Oglethorpe tc Petersburg, Va. Mr. Falls' friends wishing to write him can address him Camp Lee, 22d Field Hospital Corps. Dr. J. B. Falls is now at Ft. Mc; Pherson, Atlanta, Ga., with the med ical corps. Mrs. Boyce Hopkins, who has recent ly undergone an operation at a Green ville hospital, is out now, but she will spend a few days with her'cousin, Mrs. Lee Falls, on Washington street before coming home. Revival services are being held at the Second Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. C. A. Kirby. lie reports good success. Walter Ramseur, private secretary to Congressman Fred Dominick, and one of Central's most popular young men, arrived last. Thursday morning with his mother from \Vashington. ie will spend a short time wvith relatives here, aftter wvhich hc returns to W\ash ngton, to maske final preparatIionsw to be oil to France in the near fusture, where he goes as lield clerk. .' r. Ram seur's miany friends wi.'h him mucit success. G. M. I atwrCee, J1. 11. [:a i:. and Oscar Arnold nmotored(( to ( ampih :e-arr rcenI1tlIy. dayv night u ith h'omefolk!s hen- I. is zens) of that. (community. There wias a very inte'rest ing recep-. tioun given at the Wesleyan c"ollege lastI Friday nightI for the students fromn 7. :0 to P. ~t. E'very attendant re';' .ts good time'. M. M. Richey he f lahst Satuniiay moa ing for Atlanta, to lhe with his wile Sunday and Monday, who is in the P'ied mont sanitarium there. Mrts. Hlticy' many fric nds wish her a spieedy recovery. ,J. N. Sims, agent for the Southern railroad, who has been taking at fifteen dlays' vacation, returnedl Tuesday to his post of duty. W. E. Pinson has recently purchased the old home place of J1. 1). Aiken. .Joe Watson of' Atlanta, visited Mr'. and Mrs. .J. S. Hlall a few days last week. Misqs M~ollie I'pps oh Kingstr'ee, ie turnedl home Monday at ter visi ting at month with Mr. and Mrs. 0. 1). Epps, her nephew and niece. T. J1. Norris, of Honen P'ath, is visit ing Chief Police J. II. Pace this week. Arthur McClellan is on the sick list this week. ilis friends wish him an early recovery. John J . Butts has typhoid' lever, but it is hoped he will s9oon lie out again. Bailus Powell of Cnteeche~e has ac eeptedl a piosition with the C'erjtral Gro cery Company. Mr. and Mrs. E. 11. Ramsey "visited Mr. and Mrs. J1. 1?. Falls Sunday aftr. An Interesting Mar riage Announcement On Sunday, August 26, about 2:30 p. m., while the officiating officer, J. Alonzo Brown, was keeping house in the absence of his better half and had just got thru dinner, fed the pigs and was sitting on the back porch with the broom in his hand trying to keep the chickens out of the kitchen, he heard some one speak on the front side of the house. On being told to come in, he was confronted by two young men and two fair females. Upon being invited to have seats, one of the young men replied that they never had time as he had a "prescription" he wanted filled very hurriedly. The officiating officer realizing that he was not a licensed pharmacist and very likely never had the drugs that the prescription called for, he began to think fast. A fter being handed the "prescription" we very readily saw that the bearer was laboring under a misapprehension. Instead of a "prescription" for' "love- , sick," as he no doubt thought it was, it was a mandate for a certain portion of his earnings when he got to France, provided he complied with the oath he was to take before some officiating of ficer. On being sworn by the officiating of ficer to forsake all other sweathearts for the one he then held by the han and to love, nourish apd cherish her so long as they both lived, Mr. Hovey Barkley consented that, inasmuch as Uncle Sam bore all expenses of his soldiers in France and paid them wages, he could send enough money back to keep a wife. Miss Mollie Pilgrim then decided that inasmuch as it would be better to marry and enjoy some of the fruits of Hovey's labor while in the army as to wait until after the war to marry and then maybe Hovey had spent it all. All parties present agreed that the above ideas were well conceived and after a few preliminary remarks and and questions asked by the officiating officer, which were answered satigfac torily 1y the contracting parties, Mr. Hovey Barkley of Liberty route 3 and Miss Mollie Pilgrim of Pickens route 2. were pronounced man and wife. The happy couple have the congratu lations of their mimy friends. I. Graham-Barnum Married, Sunday, September 9, Mr. Harry Biarmm and Miss H asty Graham, both of near .,alhoun, W. S. Gantt, magistrate, ofliciating. The happy couple have the best wishes of many friends. G. Sentell-Howard .larried, on the 9th instant, at the residence of the officiating oflicer, Mr. Samuel I loward to Miss Rosa Sentell, both of Liberty, J. .A lonzo Brown, N. P., at the throttle. .Join the Home Trade Life Guard e I D ]o youi wishi to PRESERVE +' THE iTr:: ci ymr home town? If yc': <'O -trade with your SBE N (~I BORLY. You work for' COMMUNITY S .. INTEREST when you DEAL 'AT HbOME. 'Don't F'ull a Prop From 4 the Town You Live In by Spendi'ng Your Mf.oney Eswhre ,