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THoPICIENS SENTINEL
Esatablished 1871--Volumne 47 ~IKE~ -.Cl.1RI 111
First Presentment of
the 1918Grand Jury
.We, the grand jury, have passed upon
all bills handed us by the solicitor, and
beg leave to make this, our final pre
sentment for the February term of
court, 1918.
There has been considerable complaint
concerning roads, bridges, etc. We re
commend that the supervisor get busy
with all the mules and scrapes which he
has at command. We suggest that our
supervisor and board of commissioners
give more of their attention to the per
sonal supervision of the work entrusted
to them by the voters of our county.
We further suggest that they employ
competent help and keep in touch with
the work from day to day.
Owing to the scarcity of food we
especially advise that the board use all
possible economy in feeding stock, etc.
We have visited the poor farm and
find the inmates well cared for and
premises in sanitary condition. We re
commend that the sum of $100 be ap
Iropriated for and used to employ help
for steward's wife. We also recom
mend that the steward give his full
time to the farm and not to building
bridges. From complaints which have
reached us from the county at large we
think that some of our schools both in
rural districts and in towns are not
coming up to the standard for which
they are intended. We recommend that
our trustees select teachers who are
conpetent and willing to co-operate in
all the work which is necessary to build
up a community and fit our hoys and
girls to fill responsible positions of life.
We have received the report of the
rural police and commend it to the
county as work well done and profitable.
They have turned in the county treas
ury $1,826.50 since the September term
of court, 1917.
We recommend that the police guard
against the evils which are prevalent
around the cotton mills, especially
against the transportation to and fro of
immoral women, on Saturdays and Sun
da received the report of the high
way commission and passed upon it as I
information.
We have appointed the following con
1.m1ittees:
Committees on schools, one from each
township-L W. O'Dell, Liberty: .1. L.
Murphree, Hurricane; Frank McFall,
Pickens; Leigh llunt, Daeusville; 13. T.
McDaniel, Eastatoe; W. W. Robinson,
Easley; W. If. Chastain, Pumpkintown;
I C. Gaines, Central.
Poor Farm-W. It. Chastain, E. C.
McWhorter, .1. H1. Chapman.
Public Officers---W. W. Robinson, T.
A. Gary, Frank McFall.
Committees to visit chaingang monith
ly-Jar. A. Robinson, Leigh Hunt, T.
11. Arial, .1. L. Murphee, D. E. Garrett.
There has heretofore been some com
plaint as to there commendations of the
grand jury being ignored and we re
kpectfully ask that the bourt stress the
importance of and ask that the forego.
ing recommendations be carried out.
We wish to thank the court and .Judge
J. S. Wilson for their kindness shown
us during this term of court.
Respect fully submitted.
G. It. GAINES,
Foreman.
Along Pickens Route Six
The health o' this c(mmuitn11ity is very
good e.xcept a few cases of me'asles.
NI iss; Emma Herd, a tealer In Pleas
ant. Grove school, spnt tle last week
end with ho-,ef,lks at l'ickens.
Mlr. anid Mrs. INosoue Burgess of near
IPicken, sipnwt. last Satuirday' with the
former's mother, Mrs. E. I rg.ess.
J. M. Wel burn and .son, M. C. of
Pickens, lpent one day rec en tiy withI
their sn andI bro ther, J1. F. We(lborn.
Warren ID. I lendricks, Sr , made ai
buisiness tripi to l'ircns oine dlay last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J1. 1). Vickery visited at
the home of \V. ID. IIlendrick s, .Jr..* one
(lay recently.
J1. F. andl M. C. Welhorn made a busi
ness trip to Murphy, N. C., looking
after the interest of their farm out
there.
Mliss Lily Smith and Emma Herd.
teachers in Pleasant Grove school, sp~ent
one night recently at the home of Mr.
and( MIrs. Warren I) H endr-icks, Sr.
A. C. Sutherland made a business trip
to Easley last Saturday.
The ehbidren of Mrs. William Masters
ar reported to lbe very ill wi th measles.
Their many friends wish them a spieedv
recovery.
Six Mile News
This community is nowv enjoying thei
finest weather we have ever witnessed
for the time of year-. and the farmers
are beginning to till the soil.
The grain crop in this community once
looked as if it was killed but is now
looking fine.
J. Harvey Chapman of Six Mile, has
sold his farm to XV. F. Dillard of North
Carolina. Mr. D)illard is locating here
to school his children. Mr. Chapman
will not give p)ossession until January
1, 1919. We welcome Mr. Dillard in
our midst but Six Mile will have lost one
of its best citiz~ens when we part with
Mr. Chapman.
Coroner J. E. Medlin of Six Mile,
m'ade a business trip to Greenville last
Saturday.
J. F. Dillard and wvife spent last Sun
day wvith I. Merck, the latter's parents.
1). C. Mann and wvife spent the after
noon with J. 1i. Chapman last Sunday.
Six Mile lost one of its hest citizehs
last Wednesday evening, F'ebruary 27th,
when the decath angel took from our
midst W. WV. Smith. lie wvas buried
he day following at Six MIile church.
A SuIsnimr.:u
Earle Jennings Dead.
The people of Pickens were shocke<
and saddened Sunday morning whe1
they learned that W. 1 arle (Pat) Jen
nings had been found dead in Greenvill<
Saturday night. A coroner's inques
was held over his body Sunday morning
and the verdict was th at death was du4
to natural causes. Mr. Jennings wai
found in an unconscious condition abou
11:30 o'clock Saturday night near where
the street ca' and Southern railwa3
trucks cross just this side of Greenville
He was immediately carried to a near
by drug store, but never regained con
sciousess and lived only a few minute.
after being found. le had been feeling
unwell for a week and had been com
plairing of his heart. The body waE
brought to Pickens Sunday and funeral
services were conducted at the home of
his parents Tuesday morning by Rev.
E. '1. Hodges. Burial took place in the
Pickens cemetery. The following gen.
tlemen acted as pallbearers: Mr. Mor
gan, member of Greenville Fire Depart
ment; J. T. Richey, A. C. Gravley, J.
T. Partridge', Sheriff R. R. Roark and
Norman Holder.
"Pat" was a son of Mr. and Mrs. .1.
Calvin Jennings and was born in Pick
ens October 17, 1885. He was well
known and popular all over the county
and wherever he was known. le was
a most likeable fellow and a man of
good heart and jovial manner, making
friends of all who met him. Ile lived
in Pickens all his life until about fifteen
months ago when he went to Greenville
to work. lie had been a member of
the Greenville Fire Department for the
past twelve monthi and was a good fire
man. Ie is survived by his parents,
one sister, Mrs. G. C. Dodson of Pick
ens, and five brothers, as follows: Jes
se Jennings, Hardeeville, S. C.; Frank
Jennings, Missouri; 1I. A. (Dick) Jer
nings, Greenville; Wyatt Jennings, in
the army at Camp Sevier, and luonnie
Jennings, in the army in the Phillippine
Islands.
This untimely death has cast unusual
surrow upon our people and the sympa
thy of the emie comiiunity is extended
the bereaved fami.
W. W. Smith Dead
Brother W. W. Smith, of Six Mile,
departed this life the 27th day of Feb
ruary, 1918. Uhe funeral was conduct
ed by Rev. B. F. Murphree, pastor of
Six Mile Baptist church.
Brother Smith was born in 1847, be
ing in his 71st year at the time of his
death. lie was in the civil war and
during his absence in said war, his fa
ther died, leaving him to care for his
widowed mother and two sisters.
December 16th, 1866, he was married
to Miss Rebecca Ray, and to this union
were born seven children: BensonSmith,
Easley; M. A. Smith, Westminster;
Mattie Riggins, Six Mile; MaryT. Nich
ols, Oconee county; Joab Smith, Six
Mile. Two children preceded him into
the great beyond.
He joined the Methodist church eight
years ago, and ever since proved him
self to be a devout-Christian, loved and
respected for bis beautiful Christian
character. In all of his dealings with
his fellow-man he ever proved himself
to be truthful and reliable.
To the devotetl family, we tender our
heartfelt sympathy in this their sad be
reavement, aind may they ever prove
loyal to the precious mneinory of their
dJear depar-ted one.
The loving chain is broken,
The precious link is gonv,
(4h! the sorrowful wo(rds un- pok.'len,
M) 1 us who f-eel Fo sad ard al-no.
By a Firiend.
W. A. Masters Dead.
WVill iam Abhneri Matsters dlied Wednes
day, February 20), 1918, about 9 o'c-lock,
a. mi., after :in illness of several dayu.
from pneuimnia, liIe was borna Oe'to
ber 30, 18h1, and was 7a years old at
the time of his death. lHe enatered the
Confederate army at t he age of 22 and
served four years. lHe joinedl the IBa;
tist chur-ch when a young man and1( has
been a faithful member of the Saluda
lill Baptist chur-ch for- a number- of
years. On his death bed he said, "Then
Lord is with men"
lie was married twice and~ r-ear-ed twc
families. The fir-st children are Lenorm
Chastain and Savannah Chastain, living,
and1 Mar-y McGill, Martha Clark anm
William Alexander Masters, dlead. Thle
last children are L aura Williams, Lui
Hiamby, Abner Master-s, D)ora Simpson
Bertha Chastain, Cuma Clark, D~ewey
Masters, Sunie Masters, E-asley MIas
ters, Bleulah Masters, living, and Cy
press Master-.A lFoster- Masters, Missou
ri Masters, alnd Lunie Masters, dead.
H le was buried at Saluda lill the dla,
following his deatn in the pr1esence of
large congr-egation. Tlhe funeral wa:
conucltedC~ by Rev. 12. L,. Criaig.
Mrs. Bfuce CThristophler Dead
Ea-ley l'rogr-ess.
Mr is. E-stelle Chist opher, wifCe of Mr i
Br-uce Christopheur, ied at their homa
at Glenwood maill village on Februar
23d, Age 29 years She is survived br
her husband andl four small chiildreni
the two youngest are twins about thre<
weeks old. The funeral condlucted hb
Rev. lull was held at 11 o'clock Sunda;
morning in the Glenwvood Baptist churci
and the body was laid to r-est in Wes
Viewv cemetery.
Before marriage Mrs. Chriistop he
wn-; MIiss Estelle Edens, a dhaughteri
Mir. and~ Mirs. Sam E-dens, of(;1-w
"The WorbI Aft'ter The Wara," a p
ula lecture by 1'rof. I-. L. I ughes..
the sahtool houise Thui-sday evenino :
3 O'clock. T he lettire will be citt
t ain , irsing. i c' t14, tad instrtia iv<
I 'rice lI eI nu Z.. -. Thle pr1oceeds; t I
used fo,. thc b, na (r te ~.hoa
Interesting Cases
Tried Last Week
t Probably the most interesting case
tried in court at Pickens last week was
that of the State against W. A. Edens,
Jr., charged with breach of trust with
fraudulent intent and grand larceny.
Judge Wilson directed a verdict of not
guilty as to the grand lareny charge,
and after being out twenty minutes the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty on
the other count. Mr. Edens was a clerk
in the county treasurer's office two and
a half years when his father-in-law,
Taylor IH. Stewart, was treasurer. He
admitted using $1,350 of the county's
money, but stated that he expected to
remain in the treasurer's office until
July 1st, last, and make arrangements
to replace the money before that time;
but as he did not remain in the office
after the shortage was discovered he
did not have time to make the shortage
good as lie intended. Ile further swore
that he had reimbursed the bondsmen
to the extent of $1,350. Carey & Carey
and Sam B. Craig represented Mr.
Eldens. and Solicitor Martin represented
the state.
The case of the State against ex
Treasurer Stewart was continued.
Another interesting case was that of
A. .1. Sentell against Norris Cotton
Mills. Mr. Sentell entered suit against
the mi'l for $20,000 on account of in
juries, received in February, 1917, while
lie was employed in the card room of
defendant, and which injuries made it
necessary11* to halve! his- h-ft ar am11
tated between elbowv and1 -.bol11d-..
A fter being out Feveral hours the jtry
returned a verdict olf $:,001) in favor of
the plaintiff.
Several liquor casvs were tried and
others continued.
In the case of the State against \V.
N. Cochran of Calhoun, charged with
failure to pay over fines when lie was
magistrate. the juries found him guilty.
Two cases against him were tried and
his sentem.wes amounted to live months
and $600. Notice of appeal to supreme
court was given.
Wesley Jones plead guilty of assault
and battery with intnit to kill and was
sentenced to serve four months or pay
a fine of $100. lie also plead guilty of
larceny and was given one year for that.
Begins In This Issi
Over
Top
By an American Soldier
ARTHUR GUY
When the Lusitania wa
Guy Empey decided that
wait for his country to de
he sailed without orders
and enlisted as a Canadla
He recounts this incid<
THE TOP" in less than
words. In a few thousan
he completes his experien<
-and after that he is ii1
the greater part of the ei
before he was invalided
"Front Line Trenches."
"OVER THE TOP" is
by one of the Americar
went to France, has bee
batant and has seen long
trenches.
Sergeant Empey tells o
means and feels like:
to be wounded seven tim<
to live for a year and a1
and rats and shells;
to be covered with "coot
to get rid of them;
to go "over the top" in a
Ito grasp for your gas I
second's delay mean's
I to capture a Prussian;
to get tangled up in hal
I to lie for thirty-six hou
For a year and a half,
Ssaw more actual fghting
I' abog~t thje war. Ihis exp<
touch of hitthor as origir
We take pleasure in annot
and that it will appear in
IN THIS NEW)
Report of Pickens
Highway Commission
To the Grand Jury of Picken. County:
Pursuant to the requirements of an
act of the general assembly ajproved
March 1, 1917, the undersignedl were
duly appointed by the governor as mem
bers of the highway commission for this
county. Before entering upon the dis
charge of our duties we executed a joint
bond in the sum of $25,000 with the
Royal Indemnity Company of New York
as surety. The commission organized
by electing Mr. C. L. Cureton, chair
man, and Mr. C. E. Robinson, clerk,
and before assuming their duties they
each executed a bond in the sum of
$10,000 and $5,000 respectively wiLl the
lloyal Indemnity Compan of New York
as surety. Allof said bonds are on ree
orI in the ofice of the clerk of court.
Carrying out the requiren.ents of said
act we advertised for bidsL for 2r((,(0(
of bonds of this county, drawing , per
cent semi-annual interest and ,;old the
same to Breed, Elliott & Ilarrison. Cin
cinnnti, Ohio, for a premium of $7500
and the accrued interest on said bond,1S'
to date of delivery which amounted to
$2,847.25. We issued 250 bonds in d. .
nominations of $1,000 each to mato e in
twenty years after their date, 2d dav of
July, 1917. These bonds were delivered
to the purchasers by express on the 2.lth
day of September, 1917, and before the
first day of October, 1917. the chair
man, C. L. Cureton, received remit t an-e
therefor in the funi of $25:.522.25.
This 8253, 52125 was de;witeei in the
several hanks. of, the county and was
apportioned among them as follows:
Pickens 3ank $39.922.25
Keowee Bank 22, 500. [0
Easley IHank :.,.0(00. 00
Ea"sley Loan & Trust Co. 50n,(It0 100
Commercial Bank . . 17,000.00
Liberty Hank 21,000.00
Farmers & Merchants Bank 11. 10(.00
Hank of Central 21.500.00
Farmers Hank of Central 17,500.00
Tota!l $253, 522.25
The above deposits draw interest at.
4 per cent in all the banks, the interest
to be paid quarterly, except the Pickens
Hank which pays mnterest at the same
rate on the daily averag balance, for
the reason that we use the deposit. in
ie of The Sentinels
the
Who Went
EMPEY
s sunk Arthur
he could not
:lare war -so
for England,
n.
mt in "OVER
five hundred
d more words
es in England
France -for
ghteen months
home, in the
the first story
soldiers who
ni a real com
service in the
,hat it actually
ialf with mud
les" and never T e
charge;
ielmet when a
death;
b-wire with that machine gun
rs wounded and unconscious in
until he fell wounded in "No Man's
and real warfare than any war coi
triences are gdim, but they are t
tal as the Soldiers TIhree. And ti
mecing that we have secured serial ri
installments
EPAPE R It Is thE
this bank to check on to meet our ex
penses.
We elected Mr. P. F. Patton, of
Greenville, S. C., engineer, and about
the first of November, 1917, took over
the chaingang and hired a few hands
and began work. The only work. we.
have attempted waa the grading and
top-soiling a short section of road from 'i
Cateechee to Norris, and from the An- !1
derson county line to Easley, but little 0
progress has been made on account of'
the severe weather.
We have paid out since we received I
the money up to the first day of Jan- 1
uary, 1918, the following:
For material--------------- $ 386.101
For labor, teams, etc--. . .. 676.18 - b
For chaingang supplies. .....2,775.16 8
For tools, machinery, etc ... - 991.74 1
Poribooks, stationery, p't'g. etc 325.30 p
For guards, overseers, etc.. 326.10'
For freight, postage, inciden
tals, etc....... . . 444.69
Total .5. . . . $5, 927.27
i the item for chaingiiig is included t
6,500 hundles of fodder, 1,500 busheld
of oats and 41t bushels of corn, all of t
which was on hand first ,lanuary, 1918, t
except 500 bushels of fodder, 100 bush- i:
els of oats and 25 bushels of corn which i
had been used. This January 1, 1918. 1
flespe--tfully submitted, t
C L. CUmimfTON, Ch1.,
1". .INAnDT, fi
TI. 11. O'DIia,1
Correit: Mem. liig'wy. Com. C
C. 1'. Citems x, (*rk. (
on1or Roll Kings School
February, 191s.
irs;t Grade' Lssie lea llunniitt V
Second G rade-elle Alxon Ier, I e-:
;iv I lenson, Ollie llam.:iv C *alv in lun
nicl tt, Reece Ilullidav
Third Grade- Lillit lluinnicutt, Flora
I Clinon, Jessie Holden, Clayton nni
(ut t.
Foul0rth Grade I :ltoi Smith.
Fifth Grade--G(ertrudel Ramsay, DIru
ilIla Ilolliday, I izzie lle cann, ILillie Mee 1
Stewart.
Sixth Grade Lillie llunmnicutt, Velma
Smith, Selma llolladav, Alex liamsay.
Seventh Grade Sarah lamsay, Helen
Rlamsay, Ina Alexander, Agatha Smith,
Coboy Ilunnieutt, John Stewart.
FEthel Jones, Teacher.
-You Will Like It
w.
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rea test J44ar
Ever Written
&orking a few yards away;
"No Man's Land."
Land"this American soldier
'respondent who has written
hrilling, andi lightened by a
ley are T1rtie,
ghts to this remarkable story
SReal Stuff!
Oratorical Contest
for Grammar Schools
To have a strong school system th e
eBsential thing is unity Where there
9 unity there is strength. As we be
ieve that the school sy.stemn of Pickens
ounty should be made stronger, that
t should always make progress and
ever retrogress, we have cone to the
onclusion tiJ-t one of the best ways to
trengthen ' system is the introduc
ion of a -mmar School Oratorical
'ontcal.
The high school boys and girls have
eon having an oratorical contest for
everal years, and the good that has
omie therefrom n'ed'not be mentioned.
'he only thing that is necessary to say
nd the one thing that has been said, is,
.hy does not the Grammar School be
iven a showing? That is, why cannot
he first seven grades in every school in
'ickens county have a contest similar
9-tf- the High School contest?
We have decided to have such a con
est iml order to give tIl the schools in
I county a fair hance. One school
i just as important, us the oiher, so all
lust fall in line and reap the benefits
hat are to be derivtd from these con
ests.
Pickens County has been divided into
ve districts, as follows; District No.
. Zion, Mauldin, Lenhardt, Dayton.
rosswell, Farr's, Dacusville, Maynard,
edar Rock, Reunior, Eas.ly
District No. 2. Oolenoy. Mica,Grove,
few Town, Rock, Ambler, Peter's
reek, Holl Spring, Rocky Bottom.
District No. 3. Pickens, Glassy Mt
own Creek, Bethlehem. Twelve Mile,
Volf Creek, llagood, Rhanoke, Mont
ale. Antioch.
District No 4. Six Mile, Praters',
ates, Palestine, Keowee. Mile Creek.
lartin. Bethel, Cane Creek, Eastatoe.
hady Grove..
District No. 5. Norris, Iwiberty, Ru
amah, Central, Tabor, ( ,alhoun, Long
ranch, Garvin, King's, FlatL Rock.
Each district has a district manager.
)istrict No. I will have for its manager
Ir. V. S. RIchbourg, Liberty; District
4o. 3, Miss Nellie Wyatt, Pickens;
)istrict No. 3, G. E. Weltorn, Pickens;
)istrict No. 4, Rev. .1. M. Langston,
;entral; District No. r), L. E. Kirby,
4orris. Should any selicol wish to find
ut more concerning the contest, write
rour manager.
Each school in divided into two de
partmer~t-- the priw ary, whic' includes
the first, second and thirdgrader, and
the grammar school, which includes the
fourth, iflth, sixth ar d seventh grades.
Each department will be allowed to.
have two speakers, one boy and one
girl. The boys will speak against. the
boys and the girls agaiit t the girls This
will give each school four contestants.
No speech can be longer than three
minutes.
After every (hild has selected hi,;
piece and is ready for the contest, each,
district will t old i's own cor.test.
'he details will be arranged by thte
district nanag'ers. This will be knowi
as a preliminary contest. The four
best speakers of the district will I * se
lected and sent to t he fin11I citest
whiehvI wil he he'ld i.t Picke'ns.
The 0nreliminary contests will be held
m each district on April 5th, 191s, at 14)
a. in Tbhe finl conest n ill b' held a
k ater, ill April 12th, 191 , at 1
v!
Eavch -Clcool will b" furnrished with
ent ry sheets % bich thev mnu. t fill in and
return to thir diistric t managers as
son - posibe. Th0 f7rm11 of thiS sheet
is a follows:
Flk tY 8111.:1-;T.
A i'ril F., J918, 10 I. m.
MARNI.\1AA SCi1l1OL ORATORICAL, CoNTi-IST
41" PI'ICKElNS (OtIN1Y.
D)istrict
Namte ofi choo
Teacher's signatulre
'igna turet of )istrict Masnag er.
'lThere will in tho district meets be
~iveni as prizes a blhw ribbon wh~iich sig
ilies the Iirst. place, a red r'ibblon which
igifits the seconid place. and a white
'ibbon i wh ich signilies third place.
in lhe final nimcct. there wvill beh given
ourt gtold medals for~ the tirst lalces, and
omur mtedals for thle secVond pilaces.
lonrable meiit ion w ill be gi von the
hirdS picae.
We wish to 11yp1 eal to every man, wo
:tn :andt , biibl to do their best ini ordler
tzn.a;, t h is a suicess. Tlhen;~ at' revery
rymtig ltuns o ourl schiool., aund interest
xve might nay has begun to decrease to.
Sertaini ex tent.. So owing toNhis, and
to the faict that the schools are the life
>f our nation, we cannot alford to let
this interest lag, but must. thru every
roniceivable chaninel, push forward.
Should anyone, e'specially the teachers
'f lickens counlty, n ot untde'rstantd the
de tails of' this contest, the dlistrict man
aiger's or thle supterintendlent of educa
tion will lbe glad to) giv'e you all the
nece~sary iormatia n.
F. V. CI,AYTON.
Supecrinmtendent of E'duiention.
Central items
The lights are soon to be a reality
here, the contractor says.
Mrs. 1,. 0. Nicholson visited her pa
rents at Seneen last week-end,
Chr'is Hopkins, who is stationed at
Nor folk, Va., wvas home for a few days.
lie let't last Sunday for his post of duty.
There is to be a mock wedding at the
high school building next Friday night.
ICf you have any news for T1he Sen
tiuel call lE. I,. I lenderson at Central
Mercantile C.i.
P'ig. r mi Mam Cbat public auction
at Ea~sley, Th'ursdav, March 7th.