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tt ....- .. s I~itablished 1871- Volutne 47 i'J(JKENS, ,.. J UAI' 3, 1918 WRITES OF MEE' The following article by Rqv Liifus 13. Compton, editor of the Iew Teata nent Christian, appeared' in . the O tober number of th'at paper and will doubtless be of interest to our readers: At the. elose of Eliada On hanage Camp-meeting the editor, Rev. .. M. - SUkeleather, and Prof. Durham; the singing evangelist, went t9 Pickens for a two weeks' meeting. We rented a large tent whihh seated fourteen hun dired people, and came to this place, by the invitation of a number of the laymen and eltizons of this country, to proclaim the Full Gospel. - I was permitted to spend only ten - days with these people last year and promised them, God willing, I would re turn again. Pickens, the county seat of Pickens county, is located among the beautiful foot-hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is inhabited by as noble-hearted people as ever lived. Many of them have not had the advantages that others have had; but the marys of nobility can be seen upon them in almost every home. From the very first service, the at tondance averaged from 800 to 2,000 people at night, and at a number of day services, ' especially when special sub jects were announced, the tent was fAirly well filled. From the beginning, the Presence of the Lord was mani fested in bringing deep conviction. The people would sit and listen for an hour or an hour and a half to the songs and messages. -and then seem to be disap pointed when the speaker would stop. Most of the denominations, of that ' part of the country were represented in the meetings; although very few of the preachers attended. In fact, there are not very many living in that section. 1 do not remember having ministered to a more .appreciative, hungry-hearted audience. The behavior was the best I have ever known for a tabernacle meet ing. The people came to hear the Word. Many professed faith in Christ, and a large number of Christians bowed at the altar of prayer for consecration and to receive the Holy Spirit. We ditj not count the number of professions, but each evening, the front f the tent around the altar was crowded, and we believe the meeting meant as much to the Lord's children in seeing their priv ideges in Christ, and the possibilities of the Gospel as any other one thing. I have had quite a test for three months with my throat and an unnatural hiinreness. Part of the t ime it seemed ! would be compelled to give up speak ing; but this hungry hearted people got hold of G;od for me, and at the close of " the meeting, muy voice was much better than when I began. The roan lIairgely responsible for this meeu.ting;- is 8ro. It. ". larsons, a mer chant, anai a1; lin ul the BIaptist church; hug. some of Ihi:, ardent support ers are Met hist., Wesleyan Method ists, Presbyterians as well as Bpptists. aTheir testimony was We ha aved to death mor the want of God's Word," iangd thaeny felt. myra r enibiit ingh God'sth mesags . the made1 frd o them"Js," fort oe thae seried in AIUSC nobe manneer wolived thar bac. Pans. niottis whole hllt anowd thelir mumtin the ok.ee ast as queenly bywifngwho entervidoall tEvmners ands helpr, toatoeno womn, cubdbage doneet mtaoea apeeul and more will intey that Mrs. Parsons heir toaugh tril ifthws t the porno keady te pfofrm herpirin before itervaicon munie. IT pole wharived fard backr -gnteountahearnd holl thne theirun nubesr of thumeeing just and townl -by igingto iv prtion every day thsey broh min thicen eetin apouce toe kee corn wimthemy tu rpcabae, tiee p ayote myplestu and datedl lit daeriyeifs freysuto the ord.pth sund alIst wohiul of hdtfind. a mot atnerou hearte iep ega ly coun A11 number ofbuiesmnadtw p se, ho brough the m~ieen atiuces T 0ja ile'swiIid my teyyistevngelpisti whe I an meetlings but o. this Chrnis-, W ilertot busb nte, ig shef'o tev -- e( ny o l h ising nlm n i alotuha'Iothn.H o n atten thd serices reulrlVwt WIG AT PICKENS kuowa-a plaeiefore Where they brought the prisoners from the jail into a re l giousservice; but this man hus the respect of all his prisoners, and he told me he could trust them to go to church and ceme back even if he was not with theme .I said to some of the authorities of the city'that if I am ever so unfor tunate as to get in jail, I want them to send me to Pickens, South Carolina, where my jailer will let me go to church and have the privilege of divine worship. I dftust say God did bless Pickens in a special way through our humble minis try and several hundreds manifested their interest an(d acknowledgement of the truth, by accepting Jesus Christ as their Saviour, and equally as many Christians yielded themselves to God for consecration. Prof. Durham played a great part in this meeting through his proficiency in song and by his spirituai life. My old time friend S. M. Stikeleather who went with me as my assistant was used of the Lord in\ a special way both in prayer, song, preaching and caring for the tent. Our dear Bro. D. J. Fant, the railroad engineer that God has so marvelously used throughout the coun try when he is not on his engine, came from Atlanta for three days, and preach ed for us several times. Bro. Pant was the man who first started these special meetings in Pickens, and we were de lighted to have him and his good wife with us for the latter part of the meet ing. The people of this town are plinning for another meeting next year; but it will require a larger tabernacle, one that will at least seat two thousand pebple, and even this will not be large enough. It is a delight and a privilege to preach to a people so hungry for the truth that they are willing to listen to the Word both day and night . some came from fifteen and twenty miles away, and I am sure there will he verified in their lives the promise of Gqd. "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after right cousness for they shall be flied." Let the New Testament Christian family pray for tlhe people at Pickens, I because God has begun a noble work in that country, and when we all meet in the air at the I arriage Supper, I am confident we will meet some people from Pickens that our Lord brought to Himself through this meeting. This is the hope of our ministry that among all, we might save some. Central Local Items 'The coal dealers here are forced to notify the people t lat they will sell no more coal. F. 1. Morgan, our ful ad ninistrator, hats a 1arge sign in 1 u' post office giving the people fair waruing to get in a good supply of wood. C. I). Ilodges, o' Easley, Wa- in (ven tral on business one day last w. The Leioy boys of Anderson, visited their nephew. W. P. Hyde, here la.t week. MIr. Lawrence and Dra. J1. lH. FallI sons5 ofi Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. FallIs, werme here last week visiting their parents. They have returnfedl to their camps Lee and Gorndon. Mr. S. Ji. Barker, a long time c'lerk( for J1. HI. Morgan, wvent to Seneca. JTar. 1st to wvork for Mr. R. L. Malrre*tt. Mr. Barker's many ;friends wvish him much success in his new plosition. Mr. Louis Nicholson, of Calhoun, be gan work with the Central Mercantile Co. here January 1st. Mr. Fred G;arrett, formerly a clerk with Central Mercantile Co., goes to the farm the first of the year. J. S. Hyde sold his place to Mr. Smith recently. Mr. Smith cornes from South Geogia here .to make this his home. Mrsi. Mary .Carson liatton end her' husband, D)r. Hhatton, spent Christmas with Mrs. fHatton's parents here, Mr. and Mr's. J1. L. Carson. They left last Friday morning for their home in At lan ta. Hurrah for' unitral Redi Cross chap ter! In the big Churistmnas dr'ive for new members our nuinber' was swelled to 866. Trhis increase is largely due to the planning and unI tiring work of Ralph Ramacurn, our mols t ('fficienit charman), Prof. .J. W. Wallace, Misses Ruth Ucs sie Gassawvay, Helen and Edna Clay ton, Amianda Patterson, Watts Clay ton, Join now aind help your "'hit."' Theodore Martin, the oldest son of. Mr. and Mr's. Hower' Martmn, formerly of this county', buit inow of' Greenville, has joined t he aia~ ~ tion cor'ps and is nowv at Pensacola. la. , for' (raining. Youing Martin is a grandlson of Hlon. \l. Holn. drix, or this \lunt~y, and( ias manny friends who wi'h htim suces. in hi. undertaking. g in the South CROPS. rCg 1y x ARMERS )NE QF WS DEFENDANTS tprovement Committee, Atlanta, Ga. One of your most pressing prob lems and one to be acted upon without delay, is the matter of obtaining your fertilizer. In spite of the best efforts of the - manufacturers and the Government, - materials for making fertilizers are scarce and high in price. Therefore, it is all the more necessary that what fertilizers are to be distributed, should be used upon soil that has received the very best preparations the fr.rmer is capable of giving. 'rhe mobilization of our al'my, re <(iuiring a maximum movement of troap trains and supply trains, has ov er-taxed the capacity of our railroads as never before, -and in order for fer. tilizers to be distriulated this season, the movement musi of necessity, be gin early and the unloading of cars at destination be done' with utmost despatch. livery car must h' loaded to capacity. Today fertilizers are cheaper than frmtni crops or farm labor. A bale of cotton, a bushel of corn, oats or wheat, will buy more pounds of fertil izers pow than ever before, hence to assure the performance of a patriotic duty, with great profit to yourself, or dcr your fertilizers promptly so that you may be sure to get then. And when uti get them, use them with the greatest. degree of intelligence. Satisfactory results are bound to fol. j low-both to you and to the (overn. I ment. rtilizer Situation Service Bureau, Atlanta, Georgia. ltaide iot a., however, is juti as val. :'able as the piotash salls that wer' Srme mi y obtainedi fronit ceraany. Aeid p1ho) Shat e is scaeee, ilue to Ihi act Ihat; thrt' is a shotaeilw of stil hur tic acid --. n( ces.Satry comiapound in iIe mtanuf.ctu'rie of teid phopilt phate. I ulph ur ic acid is scarce, er cause py it(s, from which tmtost of it is mdate, ises been coning front pain atnl shit. are not now available with wh!ch to ! anIlspor t it.1 The' feriliiizr mauf acturr halPl5 itvi baeen comnpeliled to tutn to) theii domes-' tic pyri tes, and1( readijus t t hcit manuilfte tutrinug 1lat to the productilon of sutl pihuiei atcid fromt bhim st one obt a inle from Lou~emisiana and Texas. The gov erlnmenlt is intu iinjg of till fortilizut mannutfactutrers suilp huriic ateid in lar'g amuoutnts to be used ini the muanufnetut-e of ox plosives. Theni, too, t here is consider-abb- dif lcultly iniii bt ainintg supp11les of roes luhosphaiite, lwea use of thle trmansporta-i ion shoritage. The sutly of nitrat tes has also been curtailed because large amounts of 'tul phate of ammonia area being taken for fact ure or inoitltionls. Cot toin seed Imeal, a valutatble sourceO of nitruogen, is Ibeing uis-d more a nil moro for feeding live sto(ck. Tlankage, another- splendid 1 isouirce of tnit iogeni is also being uts-dil for- th lit 541 urlltpose: eonisequently cot toti sceud mea l d lankage arme high tn Nitrate( of sotiht 25is~mo expensive at t.he (Chile tmines, and shippinig ratesi have ince(atsedl enormously, and miuni-a ion requiruntnts acre heavy. TIhe fertil izer- ttnanufacturers find ii huard to secutrc- bags for- shipping, since t-r is a tri-mnendous shortage of huir lap. Thtus it enni be easily seetn that it wvill lbe very difilcult to obtain necessary featilker- matterials, anil the farmer mtist take dlue nuoticio and act accord igly if he would miake' sure of getting his plant food. Order At Once Th'e fattmer must not overiOloo the faict that transportation d ifficulties are increasing daily. 'Te railroads aire lit orally overwhelmed. They have, t here fore, been compelled -to ruto that fei illizers and freight In general mUst move In full car load lots, wvhich means cars' must.hie loaded to their maximumi -1 capacity, Thierefore, Mr. F-armer-, order your fri t~ilcrs NOW, ordter PLE~NTY of Stem, use thtemi liber ally and judicious- I ly, and t hu.; 'ece ma itxhum yields of cr1op'4, andi to do0 yourt part to suplply the crinlg nee dst of the world, while at th Isamie t im~ yo(u ierease yoi 'Better Farinin 'I THE FARMER-( UNCLE SAl By D. B. Osborne, Chairman Soil in Mr. Farmer: The above picture ex(emnlifles t h i vitail importmic( of your poilon h the World War The fight of free dom and democra ey against Germar au'ttocr~acy. Upon you i ' ' placed the grave O ;)responsibility 1 o producing abund D. B. OSBORNE ant crops wits which to feed and clothe our airm) and navy; the armies and navies of our Allies-our own o1)001)10 t home and Ilie p00ples of our Allies in Eu rope. Failure would bring; disaster to ou army and an11 untimely and unneces vary death to many of our boys whc have gone forth to bt tle in defensE of our liberty. But, Mir. Farmer, we know that un der the great. responsibility placed on you by our Gove'nmCnt, that there is no such word as "fail" in your vo eabulary and that nothing short of in surmountable prov'dential CaUSCS coulh prevent your answering fully to thi. responsibility. However, maximum crops can onl be had, by the judicious and intensiv( use otffertilizers, good seed, thorougl cultivaton, and labor-saving machiln ery. The Present Fe By J. N. Harper, Director Farm . No class of people is more red-blood Sed a ni d pat riot i( thain the farier, S..... and eeryb)ody is .M looking to him to - (10 his bes1. In ...'" r?? view of the fact t 11 a t the whole world Is dem1an1d - i n g agiicultural 1products, now is his golden oppor~i "MEEMEMEN tuniity no0t only to J. N. HARPERt show his patriOt ISml bu1 an-i opp)ort unity to a(cquir'e w~ealt.hi at the( same1 tinme. Offsetting Labor Shortage, In view' of the fact that farm hlbor la s~carc an(Od high, eve cry efot't shiould be bent tow'ards1 secur'ing maxtimum yield1s per' acre, with fertilizer, wvhich~ is onie of tihe best1 ways to coniser've manif powuer'. Unfiiortunautely, no industr 1halos been more dir'eclly aff'ected by3 th lwar~'l1 thani the fertilizer industry. Tihe govern. ment is commnudeering mlater'ials im portant to Ithis industr'y for tile pur P05e of ma18nuf'actuing munitioiis of war' and~ hence has1 greatly r'educedI the possible tonnaige to he used in fer tilizAerit. In other' words, wh'lile the nation is calling foir tihe lar'gest pos-. Bible criop yields, there't is, at. tile same11 time, a gr'eat demand11( for' gunl iowdei. Somne 01ne hacs aptly said, "Plants ant! LDannons1l eat tho same1( food." 0f course, Lunder preCsCnt condit ions, thle cainnona tmuslt be fed llirst. There is a conalderaballe shor1tage cf !ertiilzer' ingiredients, n'nd the pr'ices of these ingredlients ar'e corr'espondling. ly high. Fertilizers RelatIvely Cheaper In consequlence of high pices of ma terI'al.4, (111 to their scarcity, a'nd be anse of higher labor and tiransporta. 101n costs, fortilizers will b)e hlgher this spring than1 eiver before. While tihe prices of fertilizers hlave idvanced, foit una tely for' the fa rmei, he prices or crops have advnced still ligher, so that fertllizersi are relative, y chbeaper thani before the war. A b~ale of cotton with its seed wvill buy no fertilizer today than ever before Tho same Is true of a bushel of corn; n, bushel of wheat; a bushel of pea mais; a bushel of potatoes, etc. -Why Fertilizers Are Scarce The' causes of the shortago of fertil. ier' malirial s lay be summ~llarized as followvs: Pre'vious to the war ~'l, most51 of our~ pot ash cano~ fr'om Germany. T1heo pot ash1 n1ow~ 1.n the market Is produced largely inl hii country, but it is far short ofI thi - eman11d8. T his' Amrinn~. Ao UNCLE OSctAR's c] [T has been a year since ny last letter to The Sentinel. I have been trying to write something for weeks past, but somehow there are so many elements that to into a rural carrier's daily ex perience that he cannot keep in one mood long enough to write on any given subject. Only a few days ago, the sun had come out, the snow was melting, Christ mas was near at hand and I had twenty five cents left from last month's check, and was feeling fairly good, so ldecided to write some love-lyrics and just a I got myself fixed and got my thinkel tuned up and had written somethin about the flower-laden dells of loveland that old "gray'' slipped in the meltin snow and down he went. The wago dtopped abruptly and I stuck my hea about three feet further through th front window than I had intended i trying to see what happened Ther lay the old "hoSs," his head in the mu and his southern extremities cocked n over the shafts at an angle of forty five degrees and staring up at me wit his blind eye (the other one was full o mud). After 1 had waded around i the mud and helped him to pick himseli up, then with the first muddy No. 8 tha I could get into the wagon, I stompe the bloomin love-lyric into rmitherinm for by this time I had decided that th world would have to make out wit J anes Whitcombe Uiley''s works a littl longer. But ' it's an ill wind that blows n one, good. " When the old gray got u out of the mud he was gray no longe, he was "camouflaged." Then the kit dies could not see him coming so far m'l I got by without hearing, "Christ nas ,gifl, Mr. Mailman." God bles the little ones! We would like to hay rememb'erecl them all, but S0-cent cotto has lit the salaried man right where cent cotton put the farmer. Howeve we had the privilege of making on little gift for which we shall ever b thankful. 'T'his is my lirthdny; what are yui going to give me?'' asked a little gii as she stood in the door and watched u. ilrop the mail in the box. It was just few days before Christmas. The chil looked pale and ill. We had nothing then. The next day the birthday ha passed and we thought to wait and mak t a Christmas present, but somethin Pickens Red Cross Notes 'lihe I'icken; County ('haptci- of tit \'nericn a Hed (Cross is mouch grat LifIet vi th the success of the recent canm)paigt e new nemlbes, 250 having been ai 1 led, Ihus surpass-ing its qluota by a large oml.er. Owing to the excessive colil, t ilo has been done in the rural dirt rie i'ol it has been ilmossible to obtain aiO l'tiaite information trom several of the mIin ries. ''he auxiliary of (lored otpIll(' in Pickeas did splendid wor k mial uw Ias a memnbership ofl fifty. The rale of ited Cross Christmas .els v~al moFt ituccessfl, $20) being realized I 0 the Sale( in this irmmnediate com unity. 'lb his money goes to the'relief t' t rbkerlocOsii5s utl'erers and is one of he most b~eau tiful aind helpful of the dl C'ross chaities. Thew servieces of M iss lFdith 1<yle of \ tlan Ia have bee'n securedaus ins truc tot fa class in suringical dreessinlg. Ther 'loss will beg in .lanar 81e th. anfd fot hbree hours each day during one week ?e members wiit -giv their ti'oe ir Coarning htow. to, imake handages, mneumnia jaceke(ts and1( a scorec ol' other teedled dressings to relieve the sufie' igs of our boys at the front. Th'e himnis anaxious to have ans many tenlbers of the chapter as possih akhe adlvantage of this course which i~s ubsolutely free and only demands a a rtitice o f time. Siacrifices must be mnadt () win this war. Will you not help' Irs. T1. .J. Mauldlin is chairman of thi omnmittee' on surgical dressings an< vill gladly supiply all necesai'y in for nat ion. OJfdInterest to W. 0. W. The oflicers of the Woodamen of ti< Vor-ld of Olive Camp No. 585 and1( of Ii era of the Woodmen ('ircle of O)liv< srove No. 1456 will have a joint installa. onat the W. 0. WV. hall lnear Crs. toads Saturday, January 5th, biegin. ding at 2 g,'clock(. F'ollowing that th< W1. O. \V. will have a free oyster sup. ~er. The public is cordially invited te Lttnd-especially all members of th< A. dif W. and WV. (2. M trilunto Mr. und Mrs. Hi. A, Steph fi iniyroteDci e f fhi h'n (: a uip, - LJRISTMAS LETTE, said, don't 'Wait, so we, packbe1 lit box of candiee, fruits andd nuts; R.ll$t1 ' girl friend pot in a (oll apd andtlIT friend a book of fairy Stories ird whe: we $ent the package somehow ,' couldn'tarefrain ibom sending this -mes'- f" sage:' "These tittle gifts can be butt )%, the tokens of our .friendship; we comi mend you to Jesus, the great giver of' ' adll gifts that are good and lasting.'' , Three days later was Christmas. We ''" were making. or trip when we mte y hearse bearing in a little white 'casket, ythe bodyf our little friend. We trus" that tho,,simple gifte helped to'clieer ithe 'ost earthly birthday and that 'thi written messagd gave at least sorri; comfort on t""anigo'teg - new birthday, where fairy stor, i3 ma tcerialire and friendship shall he conson 'nated in perfect love. There are other and variedexrience".: (' for 11 in these great history-matltkin' r times, b)ut what gets "Your Unc's'' I. onUt. is theso girls that ull(lght to he at 'm ' e111 with their mothers and earing .lin-a-fores, are trotting around with heir "soldier boy." Now I am nui ' :nockin .the real grown -up sweethenrt. >f our soldier lade, for love, real lovl" t 's born of Cod htimse'lf, andi l have na nuch sy"npathy for the sweetheart or 'trothed whd must give up her lover t;.o her country's call, as for the wife o: nother who inust ,acrifice hushmnd o. on for her nation's honot'. " Bunt nowv at soldie r boy is but al mah. : -md of like passions as other men, ;r. .-irls of tenderinges shouhl no'it go (,,, with them alote, for boys in khanki seem to think they.Can take much more lhib erties4 with tie girls thant can a civilian. an(d girls will let ti soldier hug and his them who wouldn't allow ot' her bioys t' e hold their ,hands; and s;ome mo t her n permit and even encourage it ; and som oth. rwise perfectly modest wives wi. r not hesitate'to flirt with a man in uni e form. Our brave boys thalt must soon e'go "ver there" nceed all the chcer aid1 comfort that we can1 give ther, but i they do not reed to be tempted with l worianly irtuc. 13P Fter oe the ''cause' s than gain rthe whole world andl lose t the nation's! soi Then while wet are "'wing t !e world for democracy" -' fur (od's -ake let us keep American - 1 womanhood ure and undefiled. UJNe.: OscAn. (Cntrl'2, S. (C. Golenoy News Lettc, (olenoy D )ccendt-er .31. --Among the stulents f'rcnm various sebools oand col. leges, who are speinditg the holidays with homefk'Il -e: Prue I(end rix, of F'urin: Mis I 1: 'outherlano, of C. W. C., of (eeinvill'; iss('s litallie a-nd Per ir) .111n1 . :, / ' atlud:, Nr. ('.; M iss; .ltory Ii.per, 'f Mars llill, N. C.; Iiss d1essie i- IX!. its of Eatsley gradedl sc hooils and Mis ks ('leo l.'"urix, of Cetl-.. tral liigh School o)f' lreenvil.le. 1,. 'rnen .1oner, of (reenville, spent - a part o.f the wveek with his parenty, Mr. and Mrs. 8. M. ,Jones. liere for a few days th e plt week. Quite ai iIopular visitor, for the holi. days was Rlyan K(eith, of U1.'S, R. irmy, ~ .~~ M.adMrs. M. F. eith. luidoflph liendrix is at hcnko& eeuper ating freon an attack of meables.. For the pait fewv maonths lie has; hgen w~y img nm astinthe) at Greenville. Mr:s. It. N. McCollum:, of near Easley, spent a few dlays oflt odweek with ht' pairentIs here. Walter Edens, 'f Camp So'bier, spont last wveek-endi with homefolks. .rhte.raded d~'ux)) -N ihtjmork on ne'xt Vi ediuaday. *.'* . Pumpkintown News Theii chool at Plens:nnit Grov e rd su med its work tis omorning after o bhort va cation durmog t h~e ho)1iliv, yr. ut a h Misses i~llie Smliith, (it' Salem, Ptrincipaol, and Emma Herd, of Piekens, 'ossistant. We hope the paotrons will take interest and see that, their children: will at-tend regular during t he term, and that much goodI will be nil iled into th1eir minds. Mr. and M i.x Launren~ce Efrod, of Greenville, spenot one nigh t o'f last week with the latter'.), parents, Mr'. and Mrs. .1. S. White. C. Il. Welhorn a .nd Chester JKuseI-, ol' 1Piekens, were the aujnits of ~r. and Mrs. .1. F. Weiborn, ong night recently. WV. D). Hendrieks, .Jrj and soO)g Julius and1( lUen T., maode a trioytoh )ie5nn one (lay last week in t heir 0Ovet:I1d car. .. I1 .Hendricks, who 143 osition at Greenville, epe'nt. t ldy wt homnefolks. Mrs. C. W. Smnitr, fOblenoyr atd one (liy recently wlV her sisted Beni Ellenburg, d~jlo had the d tuneO of gettil ieg hurt vhiI Heondriceks hatd for thet no~ *Littli (t4 Ehtod t~1o