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l The Pickens Sentinel PICKENS, S. C. PUJ3L1Sl(It;) WEEKLY NOVEMIEt8, 1917 Dntored at Plickns l'ttir e , sic it. 'lass Mail Matet. 1.50 A YEAR, INVAIABLV IN ADVANCE GARY HIoT',' Manager. Obituary notices s.at riu tea of respe ct of no o"'rone hundtred 'oas will te praintel tree of Cnarge. All over font number muist he pil for at the rate of one cent a wor,. t'uh to acnomliany manuis'ript at ruis of tbintiks bi. siehed forone-half cent a word. "My Country 'Tis of Theo, Sweo. Land of Liberty." FOR THE LADIES. For the especial benefit of our lady Ytaders The Sentinel has arranged to print, for several weeks, suggestions for making useful and valuable Christmas presents. These articles are .lso illustrated and we believe they will be interesting and helpful to the mother, the wife or girl who prefers } o make with her own harids the re nembr~anees she will give to friends a nd loved ones at Christmas time. The first installment appeared in last veek's paper and others. will appear siring the next two or three weeks. Oolenoy News Notes Oolenoy October 28. Sergeant U. W. McClanahan, of the U. S. army, Chick amauga Park, and Miss Il'la and I.ueile McClanahan, of near I,iberty, were guests of their sister, Mrs. W. 1";. Ed ns, .Jr., Saturday night. Mrs. W. I". Ilendrix visited her daugh :ers in I'iclens Saturday She also at :ended the meeting of the Red Cross. Miss Cleo Hendrix, of Central High School of Greenville, spent last week c nd with homefolks. Mrs. A. K. Edens visited her sister, Mrs. ,Josephine Williams, of' the l'eter's Creek section, last week. Miss lone Iendrix and tootiter Ru dolph, attended church at. (Cross Roads doph last Sunday. Vernon Jones, of Greenville, spent 'ast week-end with homefolks. Private Walter C. Edens, of Camp Sevier, of Greenville, spent Saturday -ight with homefolka. lion, and Mrs. M. Ilendrix spent last sunday with their son Jan. A. Ilendrix. Mr. and Mrs. ,1. P. Smith, Mr. and i Nirs. Warren Smith, of Liberty, were recent guests of Mrs. Dr. C. W. Smith T. O. Southerland, of Calhoun. (a., Isited in this section last week. Our oldest citizens wer'e indieed p~roiud to see a son of John.-Southerland, formerly of this place. Many pleasant mlemorie's of him have been revived by, this visit. On last Wednesday Mr's. W. F. lien.. dr'ix entertained the four G;oldsmnith chil dren for the (lay. it will be recalledI that the mother of the children died recently andI a few wveeks ago they suff'ered the death of a sister. Miss Nellie Wyatt, of Eaasley, has been electedl principal (If the graded school. Miss Wyatt is a graduate of Chicora College andI has had several year's experience. There is a general r'ejoicing at the *transfer to Greenville of our soldier hoys. Among those visiting there from this upper section of the county are: S. B. Edens, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Chas tain, Mr. andI Mrs. A. It. Cha:4tain and son Willie, Mrs. A. ('. Southei'land. Marriage. Married by llev. C. it. Abercombie at his home, Sunday, November Ith, Mr'. tIer Merek of Six Mile and Mis.s Tlirzah Dobson of Gap Hiill, both very poapular. * A most enjoyable family reunion w.as held at the home of Mr's. Flor -ece Giilin in Pickens Sundlay and the following v'isitors were present: Mr'. and Mits. D). lF. Sutherland and children of Dactisville, Mr. and Mr's. WilCox andl son of .Belton, W. H. Griflin of Greenville andI B. M. GArif fin.'of Pickens. The gasoline famine wvhich hit this section last week has passed for the time being. For a day or so there was no gasoline for sale in Greenville, Easley or Pickens and many automo hiles were idle on account of it. TVhe shortage wvas caused by the railroads having more business than they could handle and were -unable to deliver gasoline which had been ordered. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured bay local applicationis, as they csaanot reach -the dIseased portion of the car. There Is only one way to cure ceatarritat afnesa, nn that is by a conutltutionai remedy. (Catarrhal Deafnesa Is caused by an in flamed condition of thei mucous lining of the Eustachlan Trube. When $his tube is inflamed you have a rumnbling sound or Im perpfect hearIng. and whlent it is entIrely ilosed, Deafness Is the result. Uiniess the inflammatlon can be reduced and this tube restored to Its normal conditlon, hearIng wIll be' destroyed forever. Many cases of deafness aro caused by catarrh. which is a~n Inflamed condition of (ho muacous suir inceo. Halt's Catarrh MedicIne acts thru t ho blood on the mucous surfaces of the a.ystemf. Wo will givo One Hundred Dollars for any case of Ctarrhai Deafne'ss that cannot. be cured by il al~ Catarrh Medicine. Cir culare free. A ruluists. '75c. F'. .T, C NlET & CO., Toledo, 0. Pickens County Fr By Miss MAI efore the Revolutionary \War this section was inhabited mostly by Indians, the Cherokees being the dominant tribe. Their capital was called Keowee, and was situated on the west bank of Keowee river, in the present Oconee county. The Keowee river is now the dividing line between Oconee and Pickens coun ties. In 1 773 Governor (lenn built a fort, on the east bank of the river, just op posite the Indian village Keowee, and called it Fort Prince George, in honor of the king of England. There were several battles between the Indians and soldiers, as well as the citizens generally. Most of us remet her having heard the story of the girl, who left Fort George, to inform her lover at Ninety-Six, that the Indians were planning an attack on that fort, and how in her long and faithful jour ney she named the streams on the way One Mile. Six Mile, Twelve Mile, Eight een Mile, etc. Of course this heroic event had a happy ending. The soldiers and oflicers of Revolu tionarv fane came here early. About 1781 Gen. Andrew Pickens mine a treaty with the Indians at Ilopewell, on the banks of the Seneca river near Cherrys Crossing, by which Greenville, Pickens, Oconee and Anderson were reded to the state. This territory was called Washington District. It was ahout one hundred miles sqearc. The court house and jail were located at I'ickensville, near the present town of Easley, in Pickens county. P'ickensville was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Pickens, as is also the county and town of I'ickens. The old stone church now in Oconee county, near Clemson College, was erected in 1790. The Rev. Thomas Reese, a native of Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Princeton College, was the first pastor. lie died early, and was the first person buried at this famous spot. The church's organization was of IPres byterian faith. The first building was of wood, but was burned by accident, and the present stone church was built by John Rusk, a Revolutionary soldier. Gen'ral Andrew I'icke ns and other per sons of distinctton are buried there. I mention with pleasure the names of some of the notable men of this section. Col. Andrew Pickens, a son of General Pickens, was a brave soldier, lie was also governor of South Carolina. The lion. John ('. Calhoun, who lived at Fort 1ill- for many years, was vice president of the United States, and also held other high Federal positions. In a few years the .ail and court house at Pickensville were accidentally burned, and were never rebuilt. It was then decided that Washington District was too large, and in 17,9 the legislature divided it, and made Greenville and Pendleton Districts. Ini 12t lPendletont I ist rict was di vided, and Anderson and P'ickens l)is triets wvere created. P'ickens (Court liouse wvas located on Keowee river near old Fort Prince George. (Communication byv water with 1lam burg and Augusta was consid,.red fa vorable. lloats were constructed and cotton was sent down the Savannah river. For years produce had been0 hauled to C harleston by hor-se power. The railroad from (Charleston to A\ugust a changed the market, and we sent pro dluce to 11 amburg and A ugusta, a dis - tance er on tie hundr-ed an ud t wen tv imiles' instead 01f the longer Itrip to ('hatrleston. Latter the Gr e(envilIle and t olumelii Itailway brought the mnarket still nearer home. Ily this time most of the Indians bad gone wvest, except a few friendly' tr-ibes, who had se ttledl in Noth Carolina. They madle good citizens, and servedl faithfully in the c'ivil wvar. A t this time our coun try was torni and dhivided by the war- Most of the mnen and boys were a way fromi home ~LA gol cre of A to 1 cm a c 4.w~...,,,US doE Tile Luzianne Guarantee : yoe If, after using the contents m of. a an,you are not eatisfied lit every respect, your gro- q cor will refund your mnoney, a The Reily Taylor C om Colonial Times . GARU'1 AIKEN and the'wonien and children were hav ing a hard time. ly an act of the legislature in 1868 Picke 1)i. trict was divided into Pik- 4 ens at:d Oeonee counties. T[her'e were four cn :1i sineri appointed to select Y the count y tat for Piekens. They were as follovs: Cal J. E. Ilagood, Mr. 'T'oi AJnthonty, Mr. .1. Lewis and Dr. W. T. Fiiehls. They selected the site of Q the present town of Pickens, and lots 4 werc sold at public auction. The first court was held at Pickens by " .1 udge Orr, in October, 1868, in a small I law oflice, built by Col. liagood. Judge Orr was ex-governor of South Carolina, and was afterwards sent as 4 minister to Russia, where he died. The first court house was built by " Mr. Samuel RIeed from Old Pickens, and Mr. Wilson From Anderson, who burnt and nade their own brick. 4 The county oflicers were, Mr. lt. A. O Bowen, clerk of court; Mr. J. 11. Phil pot. pItrobate judge; Mr. Joab Mauldin, shetrit; Mr. Alonzo Folger, auditor;t ' r A ndlerson I esl ie, treasurer. The board of county commissioners were, Mr. I:. E. Ilolcombe, Mr. John Single tt ani Mr. I evi Robins. Mr. J. E. I I:giuf was representative and Mr. T. A. Uogers, senator. Mr. lIowen still lives at Pickens, and > ,1ilr. I'olger at E'asley, where he served1 as 'ostnaster for several years. ;ilreath and Burgess from Green ville, put up the first store in Pickens. 4 Miss Mlary 1lagood was postmistress. being the only eligible person to take the oath of oflice. The newspaper, The Pickens Sentinel. was established in 1871 and edited by Maj. 1). F. Bradley, who was also s'L o l commissioner.+, Mr. McKayitaught the first scloi in 1 '71. Religious services of all denmiina tions had been held in the court house until the Methodist church.was built in 187n. The 'resbyterian church was or ganized in 187-1, but was not built until about 1880, and the Baptist church sometime later. 1 he Southern Railway then known as. the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line was begun in 1870 and completed in 1S7h. Towns began to spring up along the railroad. I y an act of the legislature, Easlev, Liberty and Central were in- dre orporated in 1874. These towns have pro rown rapidly. Easley now has three y otton mills, and a population of 2,983. mot Liberty has two mills, and a population honl of I,058, and Central has one mill and a you population of 88 you Cell Later the towns of Calhoun and Nor- Piel ris were built. Cateechee cotton mill is near Norris. Six Nlile, I)acusville and other flourishing schools and conrnuni ties have sprung up throughout the county Trhe P'ickens Iailway. a branc-h line from Ea~sley- to P'icken-, wa~s built about 4 1891. lPickens has one- cottonl mill aind4 a popiuhition of -897. The population of Pick ens county has metrea&sedl wonoerfuly. We are ,well supltlied with free schools, churches, oil 4 mills, banks and cotton mills. We are 4 pr-oud of our re.sources, and hope to 4 show ai greater incere-ase in beneficient e'nterprIisesM in the year:; to conme. TH'fE SENTINEI,'S WOE The. inellicient service~ of ex press com panie's and ra i lroads, upon which we greatly depe-nd, the searcity of printers andl other things, almost has us headed toward the bughouse. The Sentinel is late again this week on aent of the -xtremne lack of service of the Southern I'- !.ttss Co. We regret it rar- more thnany subscriber possibly can, but we cannot help ourselv-es. If this thing f9-el3 up much longer- we are going to J'in t he army' and go to F-rance in order I" ge t alittle peace and rest. ~risp, crunchy toast done to a len brown, spread with rich, amy butter--that and a cup good, old Luzianne. There's reakcfast in itself that's hard- 4 >eat-migh ty hard, You buy + an of Luzianne today. If it 4 ~sn't go better and farther than 4 r other coffee at the price, ir grocer will refund your ney, without question Or bble. Ask for profit-sharing alog. ampany~ New Orleans FOLGER LARGES' LITTLE H We haven't hac up a very large f We want to tell our cust< Goods, Notions, Clothing Furniture, and Ladies R We want to also impress best lines of merchandi: We bought the bulk of of selling for almost 28c po We are selling a great n replace them, and not or advance in prices will be Our line of Ladies' Coat E cheaper than last season. entirely sold out, but we ing in price from $10.00 1 See us this fall for what what you want, can get Our house is jam full of BRING YOUR COT THERE IS NO BE FOLGEF Clothing, Shoe; Sole Agents tor' Walk Over King Stoves, Chase City Bu ick Patterns. RHEUMATISM Vhy will you suffer from the most ided disease, when L-Rheumo has ven the greatest remedy for past years. Thousands of people testi to its Wonderful Cures. Th. fa is prescription should be in your ie. Have it ready. Take it when feel that first pain. L-Rheiumo is r friend. Ask-Central )rug Co., tral, S. C.; Pickens Drug Co.. tens, S. C. Hobbs= When you ar< and Winter shop derson Company We have a full and i Men's and Boys' Clothing stock of this class in Picli COME, and bring al lprice for most anything 2 For the past. several in this section of the coul ever this season. So I is assured you. Ladies' R~ Our Ladies' Ready-t< spection. New goods ari Heavy Coats, Coat Suits, Our. has undergone a great ch kets and we are now reat the newest things are to The last and- most in ceries. Regardless of th< this line, we promise you P. S.--Just received Hobbs-lie STHORNLEY & Co. STOCK--PRICES VERY IGHER THAN FORMERLY [time, nor have we the space to get all advertisement, we have been too busy selling goods. : mers however, that ve have the largest stock of Dry Hats, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Buggies Wagons 0 'ady-to-Wear Goods, we have ever brought to Pic ens. the fact upon you, that we handle nothing but the ;e that money can buy, nothing cheap or shoddy. ir goods before the advance in prices, and with cotton and, every line of merchandise is bound to go higher. any lines of goods today for less money than we can ie dollars worth of goods that we bought before the marked up.?f uits, Cloaks, Skirts, Shirt Waists, etc., are as cheap or The first lot of Coat Suits we received have been have others coming by express every few days, rang- + ;o $30. 00.o you need, no matter what your needs are we have + it, or it isn't made. roods from top to bottom, and we are going to unload. 'TON AND COTTONSEED TO PICKENS, FOR TTER COTTON MARKET IN THE COUNTY Yours truly. ?' . THORNLEY & 00. ;, Hats and Gent's Furnishing Goods a Specialty and1 Queen Quality Shoes. Ne- Home SowingMachines ro ggies, Mitchell Wa ons, C!arhart Overalls. Call for BRutter T H E KE OEE BANK . PICKENS, S. C. Bafes Sound and Progressive WVe solicit. voir banki sines and n-il show you eyerv court esy aUdt 3oIv(eie.,,const(bi wiI Ii soniid banking pirincipler lvte per ('F11 . Im t.4j Ipaid o i Sa i. vin I )eposits. J. P. CA R EY, P1residen t .JNO. C. CAREY, Cashier. Henderson Co) Central, 5. C. a looking for a place to do your Fall ~ ping don't forget that Hobbs-Hen ,Central, S. C., is the place. nost complete line of the best Dry Goods, Notions, ', Shoes for the entire family. Decidedly the largest :ens county. I your produce. We will pay you the highest market iou have to sell. - years Central has been one of the best cotton markets atry, therefore we will endeavor to make it better than iring us your cotton and the very highest market price eady-to-Wear Department Wear Department wvill soon be ready for your in a arriving every (day. D~on't fail to look us over for - etc. Millinery Department ange. Our Milliner has just returned from the mar ly with a big line of all New Hats to show you. All be found here. Groceries iportant is our large stock of Staple and Fancy Gro a frequent and large advance in price of everything in the very best price attainable. COME TO SEE US another car load of that GOOD FLOUR.4 nderson Co.,._Central j --/ -__ J 0'000 0 0 00 0 0 <