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Six Mile News Health in this community' is good at this writing, exco(t an epidemic of colds. The preginary oratorical contest of the grammar schools of the fourth dis trict of Pickens county will come' off al MileCreek school April 5th, 10 a. !m. All schools are requested to enter the -contest. 'We are having a good Sunday school at Six Mile church under the manage ment of our superintendent, Waco.Hol. liday, and teachers. Prof. J. M. Lang. stoii is the greatest Sunday school worker we ever had and we. invite all the community to come out and take a .part. J. A. Roper has his dwelling house -nlmost completed and will move into it in a few days. Dee Mann of Columbia spent a few days with homefolks last week. Rev. C. R. Abercrombie of Salem was in this section one day last week. le said he liked Salem fine but con fessed the Six Mile section was the place to farm. It was said Mr. G. N. Garrett was seen at work last week, but there will no charge be made until further inves ligation. A SuascainaRt. Summons for Relief State of South Carolina, County of Pickens---In Common Pleas Court. Andrew Kirksey and Henry Kirksey, Isaiah Kirksey, Elzara Kirksey, Azzie Kirksey, Pearl Kirksey and Gladdis Kirksey, infants, by their guardian ad litem, G. R. Hendricks, plaintiffs, against J. W. Hendricks in his own right and as administrator with the will an nexed of the estate of Anthohy Grifflin, deceased, and Lula Griffin, and all other per.,ons answering the description or claiming to be heirs at law of Anthony Griffin, deceased, whose names, ages and number are unknown to the plaintiffs, defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re ei>ired to arswer the complaint in this auction, wkich was this day filed in the office of the clerk of the court at 'ick *ns, S. C., and to serve a copy of yir answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at I'iekens, S C., within twenty days after the ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if . ou fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will applv to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 18th day of March, 1918. O. S. STEWART, Clerk C. (. P. C. E. Robinsen, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the dcfendant, lula Griflin, non resident of this state, and to all other persons answering the description or claiming to he heirs at law of Anthony Griflin, deceased, whose names, ages " and number are unknown to the plain tiffs: Take notice that the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, and the complaint in the above entitled action, was on the 18th day of March, 1918, tiled in the office of the clerk of the court at Pickens, S. C., and is now on file in said office. This 18th day of March, 1918. C. E. ROBINSON, Plaintiff's Attorney. Notice to Debtors and Creditors * laims against the *McWhorter, must ,duly proven, on .y of April, 1918, or be debarred payment; and all per' isons indebted to said estate must make * ' payment on or before the above date to the undersigned. - . L. McW~onwrER. 13. WN. McWuorRm, 47-3t Executors. Notice -of Final Settlement and Discharge Notice is hereby given that I will make tipplication to J. B. Newvbery, Esq., * Judge of Probate for Pickens county, i the state of South Carolina, on the 12th day of April, 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as saidl application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the estate of isham Simpson, deceased, and obtain dis charge as executor of said estate. 48 ,J. B. SIMPnSON, Executor. Notice To Debtors and Creditors All persons having claims against the -estate of the late ,J. V. Griflin, must present the same, dluly proven, on or before the 20th day of April, 1918, or be debarred payment; andl all persons indebted to saidl estate must make pay went on or before the above date to the undersigned. R. M. GRmFimN, R. A. GmtRIFFN, 47.3t Executtors. 'School Trustee Notice T1he voters of all school districts of the county are hereby apthorized to meet at their respective voting places ~" '~ \ in their school districts Saturday, April ~t 6, 1918, for the purpose of nominating ,three trustees to serve for the next two years. Rules governing a primary elec.. tion shall govern this one. Polls to open at 1 o'clock and close at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The managers may open the polls earlier if they find it necessary. The trustees are appointed managers of saidl election, with the power of appoint - ing a substitute. The result of the election to be forwarded to the County Board of Education within five days after election.* By ordler of the County Board of Edu tion. F. ~jClayton, 48 Supt. ol Education. Try an advertisement in The Pickens Sonitincl. A PREACHER OF TI-E OLD SCHOOL. (Dr. ). M. Bamsay in Baptist Courier.) The passing of -the Reverend Ben jammn Hfoker, of Pickens* Uounty, South Carolina, at the ripe age of ninety-two, "'hich occurred at his home in l' dens on January 211th, calls attention afresh to the fact that a notable order of preachers will quite soon be no longer among us. Brother Holder is a good repre sentative of his claa. His formal ed ucation,---consisting of learning re ceived in the "old field" school, his field of labor stretching over a county, (his compensation being mainly the opportunity of serving churches while supporting himself and family,) and an old age, much revered and honored, but dependent on his children and beneficence for support, present to us at once a m.st appealing view of an interest ing life. Such men are sometimes called uneducated, but such a description goes far of the mark. To be able to think straight, live righteously, and teach others, both by example and precept, how to attain the best things in two worlds, is a very high type of education. Sometimes such men are said to be men of one book, but they know three books, and then some other books-namely, the Bible, the world of nature, and hu man nature, and al ;o a mastery of a few choice books that have passed into the very warp an(l woof of their being. In a wonderful way they know their Bible, and their sermons possess that rare merit nowadays of much Scripture quoted accurately to substantiate their points. Ofttimes their preaching presents an admira ble example of what is known as ex pository preaching--unfolding wit, great lidelity the meaning of the scriptural context. May I hiere give a simple tribute to those true men of a former day, who under many difficulties preach ed a powerful anu effective gospel, tilling our churches with members. I would give a word of well merited praise to the living and lay a spring of acacia on the grave of the depart ed. Of course there is no disparage ment intended for an educated min istry, for if it be true that God can do without our 1" :ning, he needs our ignorance stil less, and yet af ter all it does nom. matter whether the water be bro ::it to the thity lips in the old sP- *'1 gourd or in a jeweled chalice. ': " main thing is, does it hold good .. casure? The cup of salvation which they pressed to their own lips and, calling upon the name of the Lord, passed along, held good measure and was full. There is an element of good preaching, possessed by Brother holder, which, if I mi ;take not, was more characteristic of the preachers of a former day than of the men of our own times. I refer to that deep feeling and sympathy which permea ted their sermons. Brother Holder toldl me one day as we sat together on a country piazza looking across the beautiful foot hills of the Blue Rtidge Mountains, when the scenery tended to make him reminiscent, that in his early days his style of preaching was cold and unsympa -thetic, and consequently did not reach the hearts of his hearers. lie went alone, so he told me, and pray ed long and earnestly that the Lord would give him a tender and loving heart. The result was that he was frequently so overcome wvith emfo tion that he could not go on with his dliscours3e. I have heard him in pub) lic prayer become so choked with emotion that he wvould sob conv'ul sively. Dr. Broadus tells that immediate ly after his own gradluation at the University of V irginia, he pr~eachedl one Sunday morning in the historic old1 First h1aptist church of Rich mnond. After the congregation had gone out, a brother approached him and1 said: "I am Deacoq1 Thomas. I liked your- sermon, but let an old man say to a young man that your sermon lacked fervor and feeling. You have the feeling, I am sure, but you are unwvilling to show it." Bles sed 01(1 man, what a glorious oulful preacher your frank, loving words gave to the wvorld ! One can undler standl the value of tihe deacon's ad vice to thle great Southern preacher wvhen he knowvs that being asked wvhat wvas the first thing in good preachmng, Dr. Broadus replied, "'Sympathy," and then w"hen asked the second thing, repiiedl, "Sympa thy," and when asked what w~as the third ting, said, ''Sympathy.'' It cannot be out of place in thi connection to advert to the fact that Benjamin llolder, a man of good adl dIress, pleasing plersonal applearance, strongly marked features and native ability gave all his life to serving churches practically without finan cial c'ompensation-certamnly with out receiving any adequate support. It appears that ill the early stages of establishing churches in all ages of tihe wvorld, it is necessary for- the preacher to labor without much fi nancial comipensation. Even P'aul, while teaching thle duty and right of supp)orting tile ministry, himself wvorked withlout pay. Tile Dissenters here in America in thle colonial (lays took no pay for their services, so as to show~ to the wvorld howv they dif feredl from tile "fox hunting par sonis" of tile established church. So in that way our churches got into the bad habit of not paying the lreachers, wvhich bad habit persists Swith a tenacity worthy of a better cause. So it came to pam1 that men like Broth~er loder had to support thlemselves by some line of secular business in order that the churches mighlt have a "free gospel.'' and like mlost other free things, it had severe limitations on its usefulniks. It was an unfortunate consequence1(~( of tihe self-supporting system of' thet ministry that thle preacher was crit - Iisedl while making hlis living, and' charged wvith being secularized by his businesi Occupation, ie was re( <luired to make bricks without straw and1 then blamed for taking steps to parocure Ite needed straw. In the early (Christian century a simdarlii sit,11iln lii)(XIS ted. buit thn nrather received fairer treatment than came 1 to our American preachers. g Hatch says in "The Organization of the Early Christian Churches" that they supplemented their allow ances by farming ot by trade, and that there was no sense of incon gruity in their doing so. The Apos tolical Constitutions repeat with em phasis the apostolical injunction, "if any would not work, neither should he eat." He affirms that there is no early trace of the later idea that buying and selling, handicraft and farming were in themselves incon sistent with the office of a Christian minister. The bishops and presbyters of those early days kept banks, prac ticed metiicine, wrought as silver smith, tended sheep or sold their goods in the open market. Beyond doubt the method of supplying the minister with an adequate support t; scriptural and is also based on common sense, reinforced by exper ience, but in the name of all that is fair and sacred, if the preacher must work for his support in a secular business, he should have praise, not censure and suspicion. Brother Holder had a long and eventful life, extending almost over a century of marvelous progress. It is a surpassingly interesting process to compare the world of 1825, into which Benjamin Holder came, with the snme world in the year 1918, when he passed out to his great re ward. The story of the progress made by the Baptist denomination reads like a fairy tale, yet amid all this tide of new event, Brother Hol der never lost interest in the chang ing times and advancing events, and even while sitting peacefully in the I western porch of life waiting for his sun to set, he was much alive to all that concerned the welfare of his' Lord's kingdom, and was comforted' with the assurance that his redeem ed soul was facing the sunrise of a larger day. Central News Items Mr. Ralph Ramseur is having his house painted this week. Carl Morgan of Seneca spent the week-end with F. B. Morgan here. Mr. and Mrs. B. E.Allen of Lownt'es ville spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Morgan. Felix Hopkins of Pickens spent a a few hours here last Sunday. Central Chapter Red Cross rooms are t open every Tuesday and Thursday after noons and in charge of Miss Adams. Any person wishing to sew for the Red Cress, can obtain sewing from rooms t on these afternoons. The rooms are t located over Hobbs-llenderson Co. P The colored school had quite an inter- a esting closing last Friday night at New as Holly church. P. S. Hicks, the teacher, it presided. After a prayer by Ed Wat- n kins, the pastor of the church gave the 4 address of welcome. He faithfully - warned the colored people to stay in - the South with their best friends. In his closing remarks he said: "I was born in a Southern home, rocked in a Southern cradle, slept in a Southern bed, and when I die 1 want to be buried in a Southern cemetery and burst the ground like a yellow yam potato in the last day.'' A pplause from white and colored. The Seneca Institute band furnished the occasion with excellent The \Vesleyan College has recently furnished two men for the army'. Prof. P. E. \Voolseyv left last week for his] home to spend a few (lays before he1 enters the service. G. E. Bailey left Sunday on No. 29 to become a soldier Monday at, 10 o'clock. We ar e beginning to feel the wveight oft his awful wvar just a little, but the only thing for us to do in this critical time is to obey all orders from the gov ernment and shoulder to shoulder stand until this confligt is over and we have won. We are in this war for a right and good cause, and win we must. If the hundred million here will stand and1 sacrifice as we should, we can p)ut eniough soldier's in France to whip the Germmns, and we can f'eed themn while they do it. If you are called on to eat corn bread do it cheer-fully. If we are wvanted to eat less and raise more do it g'adly. lRemember that though we are not in Fiance, we are in the war just the same. C. G. Rowland ani J. N. Morgan m->toredl to Pickens one day last week. F. B. Morgan was in Pickens last S iturday on business. 11. G. Gaines, jr., visited home folks the week-end. I wonder why Paul Clayton was not in town Sunday?e The Hobbs-Henderson Co. has made sonmc valuables changes in their store. It takes on the appearance of a city store with the electric lights they have installed. A. J1. Crane has pAInted the market he recently purchased which adds much to the looks of the property. S. R. Kelley has recently purchased a Ford car: "No wind is favorable to him who dloes not know the port to which he is srailing. SHIS OFFICE is the place to have your printing done, no matter' what kinr1 it- may be Raise Plev Your "Mone "EARLY I We've just received a Seed direct from Louis bur Put up in even weight, . FORTY CEN' is not an impossible price. Seed and avoid the Dog T< Good eed of all kinds us at once and securing a J _ _ Quarterly Conference The second Quarterly Conference for ;race M. E. church will be next Sun lay night, 7th instant. There will l preaching by the Presiding Elder at :30 p. m., after which he will hold the i uarterly conference. I The public cordially invited to all of E hese services. E. T. Honu.:s, Pastor. n C Services at Grace M. E. Church 1 Sunday School-10:15 a. in. Preaching-11:15 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday afternocn E t 5 p. m. The above schedule is according to ri 'ie new time. E 1'. Honi* , Pastor. School Notice R The patrons and citizens of Pales ne, Keowee and Kings School dis- R -icts are requested to meet at the alestine school house April 13th, 1918, 2:00 p. m. The purpose of this eeting is for the advancement of the :hools of these districts. It is very nportant that every man in the above amed districts be present. F'. V. CLAYTON, ) Superintendent of Education. Spring Brig Those SSpring reserv< 2 deepest measure < a HOMES THAT A a may be one of a SPRING and SU i FURNISHINGS a enough surelIy to We carry the a the State of Sout] YOU CAN SI WHAT YOU WA: a LONG DELAYS < a FROM THE FAC a immediately upor Kraig-Rush TIhe [House of "TI C'OMPLETE and I lome Furnishing Service. v ; I'Rn' 7 , T '7' "Y ty of Thin y Crop" Is Assured If CING" (JOTJ solid car of Highly Improv , N. C. 100 pound sacks, for planti P'RIICE 87.00 PER BAG TS PER POUND FO Naturally, you want the ail, with the $65.00 per bale ire scarce. You won't mal upply of the best. SCOTT 1 NDERSON, 4. C. Gates School Honor Roll FOR MARCH, 1918. First (;rade:- Ralph Boltling, Bessie icholson, Lois Green. Advanced First Grade.-Edith Bold ig, Ethel Ilaynes, Jade Pilgrim, T. 1). ampey. Paul Pilgriin, Adola Cantrell, ertie Riggins, Monroe Revis. Second Grade:-Pauline Farmer, An ie Mae Ilaynes, Ralph Riggins, Bolt antrell, Lois Nations, Ethel Nations, iez Nations. Third Grade:- ILula Alexander, Coda ation, Margie Stansell, Lila Watson, ssie Pilgrim. Fourth Grade:-Docia Turner, Pat ek Shirley, Essie Nicholson, Clara aynes. Fifth Grade: Clifton Uolding, oy ampey. Sixth Grade: -- Mary Shirley, Eunice bertson. Seventh Grade:- Leroy Griflin. Eighth Grade:-- Lizzie Shirley, Rose Lmpey. Ninth Grade:--John Shirley. SalLe L. Duckworth, Annie Cason, E. A. Lewis, Teachers. SWill c htest IJ THAT P ARE as her brightest >f inspiration, joy RE PREPARED. these, we have r MMER FURNITL in variety, and pr please you. BIGGEST STOCK ri Carolina. DE WHAT YOU I N4T. You are not b >f waiting to have TORY. We ship receipt of the ord . Furniture ieOne-Price Cash Stor Lt of Town Qrs im ushippti fromptly WE P(j1/ iti FIE5G HT s to Eat. You Plant LON SEED ed "Early King" Cotton rg five acre patch. R COTTON very best early Cotton. loss. ce a mistake by seeing. 1 &co. Prof. C. Ehrngart and wife, Mrs. Julie M. Ehrngart, of New York city, together with their son, Capt. Chas. Ehrngart, of the 106th Regimant band, Camp Wadsworth, visited their friend, T. D. Harris, at the Hiawatha, the week-end last week. This was the first visit South of Mr. and Mrs. Ehrn gart. They were delighted with much they saw and of especial interest was the cotton fields and growing of cotton. Through the courtesy of the superin tendent they went through the Pickens cotton mills and were shown the pro cesses from the cotton bale to the fin ished cloth. This was of special inter est, being the first time they had seen such. Accompanying them on the visit was Capt. A. C. 1avison of Nova Scotia, who was in command of the steamship Owasco (formerly the Alle msnia, an interned German vessel) which was taken over. Newspaper realers will recall this vessel was tor pedoed in the Mediterranean just after leaving Gibralter a few months ago. The captain, like most commanders, is somewhat reticent about his part in the affair, but facetiously remarked that while such little things are to be ex pe:ted now, but if it is all the same to them he hopes they will, the next time, select a time when the water is not quite so cold. It will be remembered there were only two lives lost on this occasion. Come again friends; always glad to see you. ** Smile r pon pared i smiles and her a~ ind gladness for a4 That your home 24 rovided correct 24 ~RE and HOME 24 ces range wide 4 of Furniture in UY AND BUY >thered with the goods SHIPPED Q from stock, and Q er. Company i of Berkey & Gaiy ( Funture anl