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OFFICIAL PAPERT TE PICKENS NTI Oa Pic 1ns Co47 PLL JANUAR 3LL19A8 Esabise 1 1- Vlm 47 PICKENS. S. C,, eJANUAR 31, 1918 ' Rev. B. Holder Dead Rev. Ben Holderdied at his home nei Pickens early Tuesday morning, Jai uary 29th. Death was due to infirmitii of old age, tho he was in bed only thrn or four days during his last ilnes Mr. Holder was Pickens county's olde citizen and one of the best known ar best loved. He is survived by a wil and several sons and daughters. A: rangemente have been made to hold U funeral at Secona church Wedneede afternoon. On account. of extremely bad roai and telephone lines being, out of ord The Sentinel is unable to secure an ei tended account of Mr. Holder's eventfi life in time for publication in this week issue. We hope to publish a complet account in next issue. Mrs. J. R. Gilliland Dead. Mrs. J. R. Gilliland died at her hor in. Easley on Tuesday, January 22, 1 the 81st year of her life. Funeral se vices were conducted Thursday, 24th, a the residence by Rev. D. W. Iliott, as sisted by ltev C. D. Waller, and inter ment took place in the West View cem etery at Easley. She was among th first settlers at Easley, a member o the First: Baptist church there and we known. Mrs. Gilliland was the mothe of the late br. R. J. Gilliland and i survived by the following children: Dr Will Gilliland of Norfolk, Va.; Mrs Morton Nichols of Atlanta, and Mis Nena gilliland of Easley. Mills-Harrison. Seneca .Journal. William Mills, of South Georgia, wa married in Seneca Sunday, January 13 to Miss Harrison, a charming young la dy of Liberty. Miss Harrison met he fiance here and the ceremony was per formed by Rev. 1. E. Wallace. Mr - Mills is a brother of C.' P. Mills, o Westminster, and a short time ago wa engaged in business at Liberty. Th hride and groom left immediately afte the ceremony for their future home ii Gzeorgia. Married on .January 24, at the homn of the bride's father, Mr. A. M. Maul din, at Easley, Miss Eliga Mauldin t Mr Z'eb H, Wolfe of Campobello, S. C Msny friends wish for this happy coupl much bappindas. . AUC i S. 0 WESTMh UTOUTSIDi JUighway, is son, which ha tract as you wc T IH EEfarms being located so {{ leal convenient for eutting t: brning an enormous price, it sel $70 o$10.00) per cordl. -Westminster is close enough t< one of the best schools in the St Westmrinster~ hias one of the fir ,'~REM1 Celebrated Au - 11Eterms of this sale is one mFnonthis. .If these terms do ground on (lay of AUCTION, terms would suit you, so bve cai ranged. lBetter do this ahead o DESCRIPTION ( TRACT 12 has 62 1-4 acres. I About 5 acres of bottom land V ~SALLE WII i C(NDUICT] Questionnaires Undelived. ir Questionaires mailed to the following ni- named persons have been returned to s the Pickens Local Board undelivered. e Any one knowing present address of a. any of these parties should notify the at local board at the edurt house: id Williiam E. Alexander, Pickens. 'e Sam Abel Bearden, Central, route 3. r- 13. D. Bowen, Easley e John Bowen, Pickens, route 4. y D. Baker, Easley. Eugene Gary Burgess, Easley. Is Isadore Clinckscales, Pickens route 6. r Jim Crowder, Easley. Eugene Davis, Easley, route 2. 21 Zebulan V'ance Featherston, Hender- I a sonville, N. C. e Elijah Fofeman, Calhoun. Ailley Eugene Gabrele, Easley. lrice Garris, Calhoun. Clarence Glover, Easley, e .Tuck Ilallums, Easley. n 'Thomas Elsie Greeherry Hawkins, Porterdale, Ga. ' t John Ed Holcombe, Liberty George Jones, Easley. Chester Kirksey, Easley. Sam Lelon, Emi orium, Penn, e Alonzo Long, Easley, route 1. f Avery Mansell, Pickens. II Lowell Mauldin, Easley. r| Monroe McCollough. Calhoun. s Luther Columbus Miller. Egsley. . ,John Dawson Oliver, Easley. . Abe Owens, Easley, route 2. s Gus Pillow, Central. Osbin Whitner Powers, Central. Homer Reeves, Greenville. . Jesse Reynolds. Calhoun. Isaac Ross, Easley. Dover Richardson, Easley William Ahner Stansell, Chester. . Isaac Stephens, Baltimore. r; William Melean Smith, Central. i - j Henry Sullivan, (colt), Calhoun.' Raymond Thomas, (col.), Liberty. .John Thomas, Pickens. sI Herbert Truit. Central. I Samuel Walker. Hazard, Ky. rI Oliver Williams, Central. - Send Big Army to France i Secretary of War Baker stated in r 1- Washington Monday that the United ( o States would have 50,00 soldiers in France "early this year," with 1,000,- 1 '(000 more equipped and ready to follow I C as quickly as. ships can be secured to transport them. - TION ub-divide STER, S. C., E of the thriving Cit> that large body of lan is been sub-divided ini >uld like, or just as lar c-lose to town makes4 it of capital and willi he wood, which is now Westminster is o ling in Greenville from way and is one of State. send your children to TIhe quality of 11 ate. Carolina and any est banks, with plenty lands and develola EMBER THE DATE ictioneer, W. H. MA -half c-ash, balance l'.? thirds of land cat not suit you, be on the little rough. Tlrai :)r write us just what same and a magni see if they can he atr- tract. f the sale. TlRACT1 51 has :1 - under cultivation. ~FR SOnly a little wvork is lar-g' road frontage. TlRACT 50 ha 75 in c ultivation. Two- cultivation. Ilala JLBE.T RD BY TRA Announcement New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. 87 Milk Street Boston, Massachusetts January 2, 1918. WE announce the appointment of Mn. louAcJA: J. MGmi, of Anderson. South Carolina, as General Agent for the State of South Carolina, suc ceeding Mr. Theodore W. Bethea, who has resigned from our service. General agency offices will be established at An derson, and for the convenience of our Charleston policyholders a 1istrict Agency will be retained at Charleston, at our present offices No. 56 Broad St., with Mr. William B. Mitchell, for many years closely identified with our Charleston General A genev, in charge as District Manager. Al r. McGee has hail Ibrom li ife insurance experi ence in oflice and field, and is well equipped to meet, the requirements of the position to the satisfaction of the Company and its Members. He will assume charge on February 1, 1918, and the prestige of vour t interest and influence will be appreciated. Very truly, 1). F. APPEL, \ice-President 1J Farmers who wish to buy nitrate of soda from the overnment at cost must place their orders before Feb uary 4th. The price is $75 a ton and the freight from harleston. Orders may be placed with any of the fol wing gentlemen: T. A. Bowen, county agent; W. W.' tobinson, Easley; T. R. O'Dell, Liberty; E. W. Tate, Nor is; Earl Seaborn, Central; A. M. Morris, Pickens. SALE OF 6 Into Seven Cli 12 O'Clock, TUESDAY of Westminster, S. C., located on Cha d known as The Water P6wer Tract, f to 7 tracts, ranging from 37 3-4 acres~ ge tract as you would like. ng to finance legitimate enterprises. (UtVt~i ri the main line of the southern Rail- Patfteanwilbfodtob the most enterprisiug cities in the ikowpoungpldders.' is land cannot be bettered in South nprfthsroetisidady xperienced farmer can take these rtrn ilihtePrerutiti( it into a highly profitable state of equal to any in the country. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5TH, 191 THEWS, of Greensboro, N. C. ( Don't Miss the Sale be easily cultivated. Blalance is a c~~ e1~tP te so uhWr~~ et has a good dleal of onk wood on t u uhn pt i savlal licent spring. One small cabin on TRC'I iddO -1 Alot i3- acres. Only a couple of acres wol nidlfamitrihpry lialance of land in scrub oaks. If tibr'fth.tatto uld oo os u of this tract can be cultivated easily. TAThs6 - ce.Iismg necessary to make very desirable. puicr:l.'hietr tatiti 1-2 acres. A bout 20 acres nlowtundler- gm'go a ibru ela nce in ~~~~vood, btvate if cleared. l fi lirl i' l'~O)( ipndido aeedf RwRE Ld hEST va ArmwT Iay Central Items Prof. J. Wm. Wallace has purchased the home of Ralph Ramseur. Mr. p Ramtuseur has moved into the old Raup seur home. p Mr. J. T. King slipped up on the ice I last week and hurt himself very badly. l Those who live out of town must not' c forget that the stores all close on Mon- v day afternoon. There is some talk ib among the business men of closing all day Monday. Dr. H. C. Bedford left one night last week for New York where he will be' gone for a few lays on business. Some of the oldest citizens here say t they never saw the roads in as biad a shape as they are now. The mayor and fuel administrator here are to be highly praised for getting a car of coal for this town. It greatly relieved the condition of those who were badly in need of fuel. E. L. Anderson has accepted a po ;ition with the Central Mercantile Co. und( be glad to have his friends call on aim. No more "blue Mondays" for clerics n town now since aif Monday's are aolidays. The first quarterly meeting for this 'harge was held at the Methodist church sere last Sunday. The new presiding ?lder was here and did the preaching. Aunt Hester Pelfry was buried at fit. Zion last Sunday afternoon. 11er 1 >astor, Rev. M. H. Roberson, conducted he funeral. t C. G. Rowland is having his house wired to put in the I)elco electric light ag system. Come around, Mr. Row qid, and tell us how you like it. A Vicious Rumor 1 "Among the many absurd and vicious umors put into circulation these days, )robably through pro-Ger.rnan influences, n one that the United States proposes to confiscate money on deposit in banks. rhe absurdity of the statement is oh vious on its face. These rumors are wholly without foundation and probably circulated for an evil purpose. TILE GOVERNMIENT llAS NO POWER TO CONFISCATE THE MONEY OF DE POSITORS IN BANKS." W. G. McAdoo, Sec'y. U. S. Treasury. 25A( uice Fa, FEBRUAR .uga Creek and faci: ormerly owned by M to 327. -You can bi ndler cultivat Iion I on- h e a rt~em'. a he bottomnalands farm and own your rIeding splendlid )ouind, when do you e, n, t hey will be opportuanityV for yo t big A UCT ION '-A 12 8, AT 12:00 O'CI rand Prizes to B, and has a bewai- der cuiltivat ionr jus-t ai raet. haoughat for $35.0 per his tract is in T'R A(CTR rtio has 3: II could be cul h~y branch and for saw mill :and som nit. Enough fraom this tract. Ilia. oundi~4''ericltivattion. MI dlence. This aereago ifleentI frontage A ll the above hands ibiered andl hasr soil with dark loam t< nod. Could he Splendid for allikinus arm.! Landl uni- zo.Ol E CO. GR News From Pleasant Grove Mr. klitor: I will try to give your <sper a few dots from this section. Your writer has been confined for the . ast two.weeks to his room with meas 's, but is able to be out again. Mrs. Lizzie Fortner, who has been unlined to her room for the past two - reeks with a complication of diseases, t very much improved at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rigdon has six hildren confined with measles. Mr. and Mrs. James Phillips of Green ille, spent several days with Mrs. 'hillips' mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Fort ier, at this place last week. D. L. Barker is taking tax returns it his store here and it sure is a great accommodation to the people, as the weather has been so rough one could hardly get to Pickens. The writer sure can sympathize with our mail carrier, lr. Vickery. on route six this bad weather. There has been much ice and about half of his route is very rough in good weather, but he has not missed a mail day yet. Grover Fort tier, son of Mr. and Mrs' A. 'T'. Fortner of this place, is attencline. sehool at Six Mile academy. Lawrence Elrod of Greenville, brought everal passengers in his car to stations n this section one sleety day last week. Miss lla Fortner is spending several 'ays with her sister, Mrs. James Phil ips, in Greenville. There is a right smartof cracked cot on iu the field yet. and if the weather oesn't get better looks like it will have o stay there until spring before it can e picked. Some farmers have as much s 1,)00 pounds in the field. Work on the artillery range at Cleve uind is almost at a standstill on account f so much bad weather. 1'. G. S. .1 ames Ferguson, a former resident af Pickens county. slipped on the ice at his home in Calera, Oklahoma. January 11 and broke his hip. Three days later he died. Mr. Ferguson was about 84 years of age and moved from this coun ty about thirty years ago. Mrs. Ma linda Freeman of this county is his. daughter and Mrs. Thomas Welborn is. his sister. He also has a daughter in Greenville and one in Alabama. llis wife preceded him to the grave about three years. RES i the 5th. rng on the Main a [r. W. P. Ander iy just as small $2010.00) PEit BALEl.. ny longer. I.f you can't buy your home with cottoni at 30) cents a er expect to own it? This is the mak~e the effort. A t tend t hi~s and select you a good farm. "I 0CK e Giveni Away croxs from thIiis tract. 'oul not be i 1-2 acres. is splendid sitting e good timbers could he gotten 25 to ;i0 acres fine bottom lands a gn ificenit buildling site for resi - m is s plendid water-power site. S well ats t.his, have redl clay sub >l' soil and1( aro very productive. of crops that nre grown in this ~ENVILLE tih Carolina