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OFFICIAL PAPER Of Pickens County Established 1871-Volume 47 1ICKE NS. S. C., APIllL 18, 1918 Number 50 County Oratorical Contest At the county oratorical contest for the primary and intermediates grades, held at Pickens April 12, the following schools were represented. Below is a list of the speakers with their subjects. The figures before the names designate the relative places, as decided by the judges: PRIMARY DEPARTMENT FOR THE. GIRLS. 1. Liberty: Annie Laurie Bush, "Betty Baker." 2. Pickens: Vivian Smith. "Con scious Ignorance." 3. Crosswell: Varina Garrison, "The Elf Child." Mica: Nathilee Jones, "The Flag." Six Mile: Tama Tompkins, "The Bachelor's Sale." PRIMARY DEPARTMENT FOR THE BOYS. 1. Easley: James Myers, "Little Jimmie's Hearing.'-' 2. Roanoke: Billie Bowen, "A Boy and His Stomach." 3. Calhoun: Sam Earle, "A Boy." Peters' Creek: Norman Dacus, "Come Along, Boys." Mile Creek: Thomas Nix, "A Boy's Promise." INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT FOR TIE GIRLS. 1. Calhoun: Evelyn Daniel, "The Golden Arms." 2. Pickens: Sara Ada Keith, "A Kentucky Watermillion." 3. Six Mile: Ressie Dillard, "Little Orphan Annie's Graphic Tale of the War." Oolenoy: Lucile Sutherland: "A Mother of a Soldier." Easley: Mae Sellers: "The Raggedy Man." 1NTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT FOR Till: BOYS. 1. Calhoun: Ben Martin, "Wash ington's Address." 2. Easley: Earle Russell, "Going Back Down to Granddaddy's." 3. Gates: LeRoy Griflin, "Horrors of War." Ambler: henry )ay, "Home and Country." Roanoke: Otis O'Dell, "The Second Table." Monument Unveiled The Pickens Camp W. O. W. partici pated in the unveiling of a monument at Peters' Creek last Sunday to Sover eign Tillman E. Hendricks, son of Minor Hendricks, of Marietta, S. C. The camp at Peters' Creek being a new one, the Pickens camp purchased the monument and conducted the unveiling the same as if Mr. Hendricks had been a member of this camp. Quite a num ber of Woodmen from other camps as well as from Pickens were present. Lawyer Elbert Finley was master of : ceremonies and made the unveiling ad dress. A large crowd witnessed the ceremormies. Mrs. J. T. Chastain Dead Mrs. Nancy Ann Chastain, wife of J. TI. Chastain, died at the home of her -husband near the Pickens mill on last Saturday night. She was a sufferer for many years with stomach trouble, but at the time of her demise was appar ently as woll as usual, eating supper and remaing up until after her usual bed-time. After retiring she complain -ed of a smothering sensation, and get ting up for relief, soon expired. Mrs. Chastain was the daughter of .J. M. Galloway of the French Broad section of Transylvania county, North Carolina, and was first married to a Mr. Jarrett to which union five children were born, four of whom are living. About 30 years ago she was married to Jodie.T. Chastain and to this union three children were born, all living. She was a good Christian woman, a good neighbor, a sympathizing friend, a loving mother and a kind wife. She will be greatly missed in the home and comnmunity. Mrs. Chastain was about 68 years old and a member for many years of Holly Springs Baptist church. The interment took place at the cem etery in Pickens on Sunday afternoon, tbe funeral services being conducted by Rev. E. T. Hodges, the obsequies being witnessed by a large concourse of rela tives, friends and neighbors, drawn to. gether to pay their last tribute of love and respect to a good woman. The sympathy of many friends is ex tended the stricken husband and chil dren in this their hour of sorrow. Refreshments at Cedar Rock The Boy Scoujts will serve ice crean and other refreshments 'at Cadar Roeli school house on Saturday night, Apri 20th. Mdusic by local string band. The public cordially invited. No admission. Mrs. Eliza Miles Dead Mrs. Eliza M. Miles, a venerable an beloved lady, the widow of the late Di F. A. Miles, died at the home of he niece, Mrs. T. J. Mauldin, in Pickem last Sunday night. This sad announce ment will cause sorrow to a host c relati' and friends. The ceased was widely known i: Greenville, and at Caesar's Head, wher for a generation' she and her husban conducted this famous hotel, and wher every summer afterward she spenL 's season. It was her husband who gay the Cesar's Head property to Furmai University, for Dr. Miles, like Mrs Miles, was a devoted member of the First Baptist church of Greenville. Before her marriage Mrs. Miles wa Miss Eliza Hugood. She was born am reared a few miles above Pickens. A the time of her death she was eighty two years of age. She and her hus band owned and operated the Cmnsar' Head Hotel from about 1872 until some fifteen years ago, when age and declin ing health caused them to give up th management of this famous hostelry. For many years Mrs. Miles was resident of Greenville, living on Bun combo street. Some days ago she cam to Pickens to visit relatives and to at tend the Liberty Loan celebration, an< was stricken- with pneumonia while a the home of her niece, Mrs. T. J Mauldin, and there she died. The funeral took place in Greenvill Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Miles is survived by one brother John Hagood, several nephews an nieces, among them being Mesdames J McD. Bruce and T. J. Mauldin, o1 Pickens, and her nephews, Messrs. W. M. Iagood, of Easley, and B. A. Iagood. of Charleston. This bclovcd Christian lady was lick in high esteem by the many who knew her because ol her Christian character and deep devotion to her friends. Truly a remarkable and good Christiar woman has gone to her just reward. Death at Peters' Creek Mr. Editor:-The election of trustee; for Peters' Creek school passed ofi quietly. The board is composed of the following gentlemen: Rev. J. E. Fos ter, Thomas S. Sammons and J. M. Looper. These are all worthy gentle men and we feel sure that the school will progress under their care. L. E. Morgan of Camp Sevier, Green. ville, was called home by telegram on Thursday, the 4th of April, on account of the sudden death of his mother, Mrs. W. P. Morgan. He being her only child it was sad indeed to find his dear mother cold in death. Mrs. Morgan is survived by her husband, W. P. Mor gan, who is G0 years of age, and one son, 1. E. Morgan, who is with the colors. Mrs. Morgan was reared ir Transylvania county, North CaXrolina, and was a Wilson before her mar riage. She was buried the day follow ing at Mt. Tabor church, the Re:. .J. E. Foster conducting the funeral services. Truly a good wvoman has gone tr hei reward. Central Items Henry Gaines of Clemson colleg< visited his parents here last week, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gaines. Postmaster C. G. Rowland recentl' received a medal from the Southeri Railway which wvas given him for hi. loyal service for 28 years. Carl Morgan of Seneca was in towi one day last week on business. Rev. Eugene Pendleton filled hi: regular appointment at the First Bap tist church here Sunday night. A company of Clemson boys came t< Central on a hike one day Inst week. There was a rousing Liberty Bon< meeting at the high school here las Thursday night. Dr. Daniels of Clem~ son College, and Lawyer Price of Green ville were the sp)eakers for the evening F. B. Morgan has recently purchase< the old Brown lot on West Main Stree and will erect a modern bungalo on it i the near future. if any one in this section has passe a gold coin for a silver coin througn mistake, E. L. Henderson of Centri Mercantile Co., might be able to giv~ some information about it. If you want to reach the people Pickens county advertise in The Sent nel-it brings results. E. L. Henderson boasts that he ca sell any piece of real estate in Pickei county-if it is priced right. J. T. Long of Anderson county, w: here last week on business. F. B. Morgan and Elbert Browvn we in Pickens last Monday on business. Mr. J. C. Cook's sisler from Norri Ivisited him last Sunday. .F. Van Clayton and two of the M iss Morris were Central visitors Sundlay. Better Farmin r KTe Ka Wil Th America] . Chas. A. Whittle, Editorial Manager The farmer can win this war. Only by famine does the Kaiser hope to conquer-famine by force of the sub marine. If the submarine brings Eng land and France to their knees, beg ging bread in the humiliation of de ' feat, the Kaiser will then turn upon the United States. England and France can be savedI Wfron famine by the farmers of thei United .States and Canada in spite of the submarine, if they will. The sub marine will sink food that England and France so sorely needs but the submarine can not sink enough to starve our allies, if the farmer of the United States will raise maximum crops, raise every pound and save ev ery pound of foods he possibly can. It's a fight, therefore, between the farmer of the United States on the one hand and the gaunt wolf of the Kaiser, famine, on the other hand. If the American .farmer can raise| enough to allow for th submarine toll and enough more food to place "over there" to feed those who are fighting, then victory is ours. But it's a narrow margin. The whole aorld is on the verge of star vation. if even a normal cron is pro duced in this country it is not going to aford enough to feed everybody fTgtheitr ickers h a r rThe Td lied in Pckes countryiy.no on Officalen ou t fee d ctybd Pi e Picke othe p e e Has Pilares Senidnsu otlihed two Pickens county S Is1 ppernly lised ant theicialtcounce readiont Pusritiores.en Morges andplesin Pick< -senie tan arge other s s"The oles paper, inut The susrptosrpin.rc 50cefor evryoths fair M reeepl . ik d,: eSentinel a aypphrci ways bies fullvrtsin for g in the South 'I I ri Farmer ser's Wolf-Famine Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. dependent upon this country, a full ration. At best there is going to be lack. The American farmer must awaken to a serious realization that this is no small task, in fact, it is only a fighting chance. If the American farmer will only realize this, then he must recognize that every blow he makes must count for the utmost. Maximum yields must be striven for as never before. This is no time to leave anything unemphasized that. will count for greater yields. Efficiency must oper ate with every act on the farm from breaking the soil deeply to garnering the crops with a saving hand. ''horougli preparation of the seed bed may be accomplished with less labor than is customary, by the use of labor saving farm machinery. Liberal and rational applications of plant food should be made this year. Far'ners who never used commer cial fertilizers before should certain ly do so now for the nation's sake. The same modern, labor saving farm machinery that will enable a farm hand to plow two rows while l)lowing one heretofore-and plow them better-must be made use of. It's a hard fight all spring, summer and fall for the American farmer. Will he win? +;-l-4li-:--1+d-i+:-+ i+!+- ;...il. .j. IS eil'el le's Paper is the oldest paper pub- : bthe county seat. p~aper. d paper in the county. county news than any$ .bscription list than any : p~apers combined. Le county that abides by 1 3 regarding payment of md( alike.j* mns county borrow The >aper.t edium in Pickens county. prints the latest news." of The Sentinel is $1.50 a fths, 'i5c for six months, for three months, and 5c tes all p)atronlage and al mioney~\ received. Progressive Pickens Mill Village Pickens Mill observed the first week in April as clean-up week. The whole community joined in this clean-up cam paign and greatly improved the ap pearance of the village. The week of hard work culminated in a commu nity gathering on Friday night, April 5, in the school auditorium. Exercises were given by the school children on the theme "Community Sanitation and Health," after which we were led in prayer by Rev. Ben Fields, pastor of the Pickens Mill church. The following prizes were given on each street: One dollar for the cleanest yard, fifty cents for the 'second clean est and fifty cents for the largest trash pile. This, however, was not the real incentive. The judges had a hard time deciding whose yards were the cleanest and who had the biggest trash pile. The follow ing list was finally submitted and the prizes were awarded by Supt. Clayton, who made an excellent talk and greatly encouraged the children: Cleanest Yards--Winnie and Ruth Clark, Stella Parker, Myra Reece, Ola Ncbles,$ Roy Green. Mae Brazeale, Gladys Lafoy, Ilarron Rampey, Cleone .1ewell, Pearle Medlin, Mvirs. Robert Ch il en atm. Second Cleanest Yards--- Mrs. Gal brath, Guy and Vernon Hudson, Frank Gilliland, Mrs. Owie Powell, Gertrude Barrett, Croffordl McNeely, Lois Stew art, Lois Hughes, Eula and Beulah Powell, Margaret Oliver, Leander Holder. Trash Piles- Myra and Leona Hlol cornbe, Ilamer Aiken, Frank Cilland, Frank Parker, Coleman Uarrett, Cedric McCall, Aleck Swaynghame, Frank Hlol(ler, .J. B. Holland, Jr. Then last but not least, a most excel lent address was delived by James P. Carey, .Jr, Music wat:; rendered by the Pickens Mill band. Pickens Mill School Honor Roll First Grade- I)ee Lafoy, Loe Pace, Ansel Ellison, .1. C. Gantt, Bernard Holder, Lois Stewart, Paul Medlin, Obie Medlin, Roy Green, Theo. Pace, Inez Pace, Beulah Powell, Eula Powell, Furman Hotcomb, Arthur Aiken, Mar garet Oliver, Dosie Holcomb, Dilla Mc Neely. Second Grade-- -Margaret Reece, Leo na Holcombe, George Rogers, Pearle Medlin, J. H. Holland, Jr., Beckie Powell, Frank Holder, Frank Parker, Edgar Reeves, James Rogers, Homer Gilstrap, H1arron Rampey, Forrest Powell. Third Grade-Ivy Pace, Frank Gil liard, Bertie Medlin, Ola Nobles, Shir ley McNeely. Fourth Grade-- Aaron Gilstrap, Stella Parker, Edna Powell, Gertrude Barrett. Fifth Grade--Leander Holder, Cleone Jewell, Payten Powell. Sixth Grade---Talley Hendrix, Fred Powell, Myra Reese, Winnie Clark. Mrs. Hester Cureton Dead Mrs. Hester A. Cureton, aged 69 yeats, wvidow of the late A. H-. Cure ton, died last Thursday at her home in Greenville after several months of de clining health. Before her marriage Mrs. Cureton was a Miss Hamilton, daughter of Lemnuel Hamilton, a promi nent citizen of Pickens county, and her husband was a brother of the late D~r. J. D). Cureton of Pickens. She is sur vived by one sisteJ, Mrs. .Jane C. Cure ton of A tlanta and one brother, Andrew R. Hamilton of Easley. The following children also survive: Andrew S. Cure ton, Charlestown, W. Va,; Abner 0. Cureton, Greenville; Lander Cureton, Greenville, Ala.; Miss Louise Cureton andl Richard S. Cureton, Greenville. The late Bob Cureton, who organized the Pickens Oil Mill Co , wvas also her| son. Honor Roll Dayton School F~OR MON'TH OtF MARCH First Grade:-Masle Thompson. Second Grade:-- Queenie Burns, Romna Burns, Elizabeth Couch, Sidney Jones. Third Grade :--Ada Freeman, Nellie Satterfield. Fourth Grade . -Essie Thomnpson, Nel lie Leslie, Helen Couch, Carl Leslie, Milman Satterfield. Grace Freeman. Fifth Grade:-Bessie Burns, Berthai Burns, Hal Leslie, Lewvis Wade, Char lie .Jones, Eva H awkins, Florence ,Jones. Sixth Grade:--,. i-. Freeman. Seventh Grade: ---Mary Wade. Eighth Grade:- Terue Tlhompkins. Ninth G rade: - Vernter I .eslie ; Willie Duncan. Ada If. Milleir. P rincipal. McLaurin for Senate Our old friend John L. McLaurin is talking about running for the United States senate this summer. We doubt if he could be elected, but we have no doubt as to his qualifications. He is perhaps the best posted man in the state, and he has a yearning to serve the people. To send him to the United States senate again would be a righte ous vindication of a scurvey political trick. While we would not tear our shirt in his behalf, we would most will ingly and conscientiously support him. At the time he was denied his rights he was advocating measures that have since become law through the efforts of the democratic party. He was simply years ahead of the party.-Gaffney Ledger. There are a groat many others who think as the Ledger does about Mc Laurin. Hendricks-Simmons On April 14, 1918, the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. 1-endricks was thrown open to near fifty guests who had as sembled there to witness the marriage of Mr. Lawrence P. Simmons and Miss Ernestine Hendricks, the ceremony being performed by their pastor, Rev. Fulton Childress. Precisely at 5 o'clock they entered the parlor which was deco rated with ferns and pink roses. The bride was prettily gowned in white silk, while the gr iom wore a becoming suit of blue. After congratulations the guests were invited to the dining room where a nice wedding supper was served. Many useful and beautiful presents attest the popularity of the young couple. On Monday a reception was held at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Simmons. They will make their home near (riflin. POLLy. Easley Boy Promoted Tihe many rriends of Paul HI. Robin son, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Robinson, of Easley, are delighted to learn of his tecent promotion from the rank of second to that of first. lieuten ant,. Lieutenant Robinson, who gradu ated from the Citadel in 1912, was com missioned in the regular army after at tending the first officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe last year and has since been stationed with a regular army regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn. A brother of Lieutenant. Robinson, W. A. Robinson, also is a first lieutenant and is stationed at Camp Jackson, Columbia. He was commissioned as first lieutenant. immediately after the second officers' training camp, which he attended. Roanoke School News Miss Newton, primary teacher, was absent from school Monday. The boys of the school have organized a baseball team. Hillie Howen of the primary depart ment won second place in the county con test held at Pickens Friday morning. Miss Edna Earle visited the school Wednesduy, in the interest of the can ning and poultry clubs. The society rendered a very interest ing program Thursday afternoon. The school was Elosed Thursday p. m. on account of the primary and inter mediate contests held at Pickens Fridiay morning. Ambler Dots The Sunday School at this place is progressing nicely; has a splendid choir and the attendance is excellent. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Jones visited Easley recently. Mr. and Mrs. Hlenry Edenms of Table Rock, was in our community Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones has pur chased a handsome new carriage. Mr. A. C. Smith's pecople who have been confined to their rooms with mea sles for some time, are convalescent. The young people enjoyed a singing given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Jiones Sunday night. The school at this place which has been doing excellent work under the ef ficient management of Misses Craig and Sutherland, will close April 19th. The young ladies are preparing an in teresting program. There will be a small admisqsion fee of ten and fifteen cents to defray expenses. Everybory cordlially invited. Now is a mighty good time to sub scribe for THEmj. SENTImNEL. You can't kep up with county affairs unless you readi your county paper. It 's worth more than $1.50 a year, but that's all It will ost ou.