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Or FICIAL PPRSbcito rc THE PICKENS SENTINEL ___c E lished C1o u ET. $. 5e 51 Y Established 1871- Volume 47 PICKENS, S, C., APiL 25," 1918Nmbr1 With Pickens County Boys Under the .. Flag (Under this head The Sentinel ex pects to publish from time to time in teresting items and letters from Pick ens county soldiers. We now have sev eral letters on hand and would. be glad to have others which will be of interest to the public.) Letter From Camp Jackson Dear Gary: As "A Reader of The Sentinel" is interested in Pickens F county soldiers and has thrown a bou quet at me (it went over my head to Preacher Hiott), I will try to give you a few more news notes that I have picked up. Believe I failed to mention that I met Bristow Christopher when I first came to camp. He is in the office at the Base Hospital. Another Pickens county boy, B. F. Hendrix, whose home is in Pumpkintown, is doing ward work at the - Base Hospital. I met him on the street in Columbia and he looked so well I hardly knew him. Corporal Frank Rogers, of Easley, is another line soldier from Pickens county. He is in the 318th Field Artillery, Bat tery B. Last Sunday I rode up to the Depot Brigade and located fout men who came down in the last draft from Pickens. They were Ed Lollis, Perry Barton and Trayloe from Liberty, and T. J. Patton from above Pumpkintown. So far their opinion of war seems to be some thing like Sherman's. But they did not have their uniforms and they will feel more comfortable when they do. The army is no place for pink-striped shirts and starched collars. We soon forget these things when we become accustomed to wearing the regulation army clothes and we think of becoming soldiers and walloping the kaiser. Sergt Eugene Elrod, who came down from Easley last fall and has been in a machine gun battallion, is now mess sergeant and will feed food to the men of his country instead of bullets to the Iuns. A great number of letters from peo ple on the farm are being received asking that their sons be given a fur lough to help make a crop. But this would delay the war program, Some of the letters contain such as this: "Please let Bennie come home as soon as you can. His father is very poorly and has a pair of young mules to break. I am anxious about him and worried almost to death." The tender-hearted officer in charge replies: "Dear Madam: It is very unfortunate but thousads of families in the country are in the same condition. But when we can spare any of the boys to go home Bennie will be among the first to go.'" This good woman also wrote that if it was not convenient to let him of' that it would be all right. That's the spirit. Some people don't seem to realize that a big struggle is on and we have got to lick hell out of Germany. Now I had better close this letter here. But I would like to tell the folk that Colie Seaborn has been the star baseball player at Carolina this season as well as the best liked student at that institution. He has prepared a "cork ing" good speech and won with it over five other men the distinction of repre senting Carolina at the State Oratorical Association held in Greenwood April 19th. This would be a good speech for some patriotic or oublic place in Pick ens this summer. Colie was last Sat urday night elected president of the Clarisophic Society. Now if, who ever the kind reader of The Sentinel is, will visit Columbia and come out to Camp Jackson, I will be glad to show him some of the interest ing features of the camp; or if any one else from Pickens county who visits P Columbia will call me at telephone No. 87, Camp Jackson, I will give you any infor'mation that I can about the camp. Was glad to see in last week's paper that Pickens people are rallying so loy ally for patriotic causes--buying Lib erty Bonds, Saving Stamps, making bandages, etc. We are proud of the folks back home that stand behind the government and army. We are glad we have you to fight for and we must all follow our leadera and victory will be ours. Very sincerely, H. W. HIOTT, Quartermaster Dept., Bl-4, Camp Jackson. P. S.-Since I wrote about the Pick ens boys I learned that Ed Lollis and 'Trayloe have received discharges. Bar ton is working at the Base Hospital [Ford McJunkin of the Pleasant Grove section, Hal Willard, a former Picliens county boy, and - - Hughes of Dacus ville, aresamong the recent arrivals in Fran ce. Death of A. W. Gravley A. W. Gravley, a prominent farmer of the upper section of Pickens county, died at his home five miles from Pick ens on April 17th, after an illness of two weeks. On the 4th of April he fell from his wagon and received severe in juries, but the immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. He leaves a wife, five children, fath er, mother, two brothers and two sisters in this county and four brothers in Tex as to mourn his death. Mr. Gravley was born in 1866, and was in the 53d year of his life. His early educational advantages were lim ited, but by hard work and application, he became a well-informed man. He took an active part in everything that went for the betterment of the commu nity in which he lived, and was an ardent advocate of better schools. In the church of his choice, he was a lead er for more than thirty years, and it is there that the greatest of his work was done. Mr. Gravley was a successful farmer. He had by his own efforts bought, paid for, and improved his farm until he was independent. He liked for his friends to visit him in the home and partake of his hospitality, and he liked to help any one in need. He will be greatly missed. His body was laid to rest in the cem etery at Porter's Chapel church, the funeral services, attended by a large congregation, were conducted by Rev. W. H. Lewis. assisted by Rev. S. M. Jones and Rev. S. C. Dunlap. Mrs. Elizabeth Porter Dead Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, widow (,f the late .1. M. (.Jim Gip) Porter, was called to her final resting place on Wednes day. April 17, being 85 years and eight months old. Funeral services were conducted Thursday by Rev. B. G. Field at Mountain Grove church and her body was laid to rest by that of her husband who departed this life Febru ary 1, 1912. For many years she was a faithful member of the Holly Springs Baptist church. Mrs. Porter was the eldest daughter of Old Uncle Jackie Lewis, one of the pioneers of this county. She leaves a host of relatives to mourn her de parture. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Dock Parsons of Pickens and Mrs. R. A. Stephens'b'f Bourbon, Mo.; and one brother, Anthony Lewis of this county. She is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. A. A. Pace, Mrs. S. A. S. Porter, Mrs. Julius Garren of Pick ens county, and Mrs. 11. V. Hunter of Knoxville, Tenn., Messrs. S. G. Porter, J. C. Porter, John T. Porter and W. A. Porter, all of this county. She leaves 38 grand-children and 22 great-grand children. Since the death of her husband she has made her home at her daughter's, Mrs. A. A. Pace, where she w;as com forted in.her last days. During this time she was in very ill health. May God reward them for the tener care shown here in her last days. While we mourn her departure, we rejoice be cause of her hope of eternal life. Death of Young Man Paul Herd, son of D. A. Herd of the Mile Creek section, died on Saturday, April 20, after an illness of several months of tuberculosis. Interment was at Secona Sunday and the funeral ser vices were conducten by Rev. W. C. Seaborn. The deceased was twenty-eight years old and a young man of good and indus trious habits. At the time he was tak en sick and'forced to return home, he was working ini Piedmont endeavoring to earn enough to finish a business edu cation which be had begun. He is sur vived by a father, step-mother, one sis ter, Mi-s. W. W. Seaborn, of this coun ty, land four brothers, Lem, of Pied mont; Walter, of Columbus, Ga.; Frank, of Greenville. and 'Edd, whose address is unknown. He was a nephew of R. F. IHerd of Pickens. His mother, who preceded him to the grave several years, was Miss Nettie Thomas before her marriage and a sister of John W. and JToe I . Thomas of Murphy. Peace to his ashes. Mr. John Mauldin Dead Mr. John Mauldin, who died in a Greenville hospital late last Wednesday nIght and whose body was buried at Enon church Friday, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Mauldin, of Easley. lie was an emplloyee of the Southern ranil road and his death was dlue to pneumo na. lie was about thiirty-five years of age- and is survived by a wife and~ one child. Theiy had been maiking their home in Greenville, BendI advertisement of Easley L um her Co. in this isue. LL women of Picker ral community wh of patriotic work j ent crisis are asked to me THURSDAY AFTERNOO for discussion of different many ways in which any c can do much or little,' you come to this meeting. If to help, telephone No. 40, UNCLE OSCI I was waiting for a friend at a busy street corner in a nearby town; it was in the afternoon, many people were passing. Soon I noticed that another was waiting at that corner. It was only a little dog. lie seemed very tir ed, sofnetimes he would lie down, some times he would stand, but ever eagerly watching each one that passed. Ever and anon.he would run to meet someone only to be disappointed in finding that it was not his master. Then he would take up his vigil at the corner again. A lady passed; spoke a kind word; the little dog seemed to appreciate the kindness but he was looking for some one else-some one he knew, some one who cared for him. A thoughtless boy passed and kicked the dog into the street; he sneaked around and when the boy had gone he shiveringly took his stand on the corner again. Yes, little dog, I can read your story: you are only a dog, but we are only humans. Once I stood on a college campus while hundreds of uniformed cadets marched by. An elderly couple stood near. "Is that him yonder?" asked the man; "no, that's not him." "Surely he will be in the next company," said the woman. The next company march ed by, and the next, then from .the moving line a young man smiled, the old couple smiled too; not a word was spoken but a story was told. Then a slender girl was watching the passing line eagerly but silently. A crimson glow came over her face as one from all those hundreds lifted his cap. Yes, I could read their story, too. A bride of a few months was waiting by the the roadside for the mail. "Is there a letter for me," she asks. There is a great stack of letters; as we shift them the blue eyes of the girl-bride scans each one closely; at last, we turn up one with the stars and stripes on one corner. Quickly the girl takes it and returns to the house. Just another -+++-M? ?il+M+!+'s M+i"? -- +--I.-t+--i--' The Pickei The. Peop The Pickens Sentinel lished in Pickens county. Only paper published a iOfficial county and city Largest and best print Prints more Pickens other paper. IHas a larger paid si other two Pickens count) Is the only paper in ti the postoffice regulation subscriptions. *Treatseverybody fair, SMore p~eople in Pick< Sentinel than any other The best advertising n "The oldestipaper, bul The'subscription price year, $1.00 for eight mol 50c for four months, 40c a single copy. Tjihe Sentinel apprecia gnn(ive fu11tualue fo Is and the surrounding ru o are willing to do any kind or their country in its pres et in the court house' next N, ARPIL 25, at 4 o'clock, phases of work. There are ne can help. Whether you are needed and invited to you cannot come, but want Picken s. BR'S LETTER1 story of the human heart. On a cold rainy day a wretched couple, evidently hoboes, were trudging along the muddy road followed ly a small child in rags and shivering with cold. We had not eaten all of our lunch and as we drove by we offered the remain ing bread to the pale, starved, child. Did it take it? No! It ran to the wretched mother and clung to the tat tered skirts. Oh! the fathomless depth of love that binds us to the object of our affections. A child will refuse en tertainment in a palace and cling to an outcast mother. A wife will racrifice home, wealth and friends and cling to a drunken, gambling, husband. just as the little dog, poor, tired and hungry waits on the street corner for one word, one look, from his master. - My friend arrives. As our car rolls away I almost feel like taking oil' my hat to the little dog. Only a dog! but he teaches a les son of loyalty aid that every one we meet is somebody's friend, somebody's child. Here's hoping that the little (log found his master. Often called the basest creature Reference of disgrace and shame; Yet he's willing to protect you Day or night, he's just the same. On the frozen fields of Iceland, Where chilling arctic breezes blow, There he carries man in safety Oe'r the treacherous ice and snow. And when nations meet in combat, And the battle rages high, There he meekly braves the tumult, Seeking wounded, ere they die. And when poverty o'ertakes you, Near he lies on barren floor. Chilled and hungry, brave and loyal. Guarding danger from your door. Reader, you have guessed my riddle Ah! 't is well that you should know, Ere you aim a blow unthoughted At the humble dog, you know. Central, S. C. S .. le's Paper is the oldest paper pub ,t the county seat. paper. ed paper in the county. county news than any ibscription list than any i apers .combined. ie county that abides by s regarding payment of :1 and1 alike. ans county borrow The >aper. Lediumi in Pickens county. ; pr'ints the latest news." of The Sentinel is $1.50 a fths, '75c for six months, : for' three months, and 5c tes- all patronage and( al monovlC received. 33 More Selectmen Going to the Army list of white men who have been selected for immedate military servi-e to appear at the 'lice of the Local Board at Pickens on the 25th day of April, at 2 p. in., to be -entrained to leave for Camp Jackson on the morning of the 2tth day of April: John Franklin Childs, Cateechee. John Marvin Hutchings, Liberty. George Ernest Gantt, Liberty. John Archie Drake, Easley. James Fred Cole, Easley. Charley Gantt, Easley. Stephens Henry Lackey, Williamaton. William John Maw, Central. Charlie Edward Hamilton, Easley. I)agnalI Frank Folger, Central. 8 men to go; 2 alternates. List of colored men who have been selected for immediate military service to appear at the office of the Local Board at Pickens on the 28th day of April, at 5 p. in. to be entrained to leave for Camp Jackson on the morn ing of the 29th day of April: John Chapman, Liberty. henry Sloan, Travelers Rest. L~allie Ellis, Easley. Lawyer Reese, Central. Arthur Ford, Easley. John ''. Davis, Easley. harry Lee Jones, Pickens. Willie Wallace, Central. George 111l, Pickens. Rufus Griffin, Central. Lawrence Wakefield, Easley. John B3owen, Pickens. Sam Lacey. Liberty. Henry Brown, Calhoun. Elmer Oscar Orr, Easley. Lawrence Ellis Williams, Calhoun. Bunch Carl Austin, Easley. e Harvey Brown, Liberty. Itainey Wayman .1ohnson, Easley. Mack Jamison, Norris. Sai McGowan Ilunter, Liberty. Elbert )onalson, Libbrty. John Itosmand, Liberty. James Scott, Central. G. B. llagood, Easley. George Area, Liberty. Jap Dupree, Calhoun. Sylvester Hamilton, Easley. lohn Davis, Calhoun. 25 men to go; 5 alternates. Soldier Boy at Home Grover H. Galloway, of Camp Sevier, has been visiting his father in the Mile (reek section, and we were glad to have him with us. lie has been in the service six months and this was his first furlough, We hope he enjoyed the trip and that he will. kill every German in gun distance when he gets to France. A FI.:ND). Piedmont Presbytery 'T'he spring meeting of 'iedIont Prosbytery, which embraces Pickens, Oconee and Anderson counties, will convene at Pendleton on Tuesday night of this week. Two nmew pastors have recently been securedl. Rev. A. N. Lit tlejohn has been called to Clemson Col lege and Rev. W. Emmett Davis to Westminster. Both will graduate from the seminary in Columbia in May. Dr. J. E. T1hacker has just closed fine meet ings at the First church and Central church in Andlerson. Messrs. I,. C. Boggs, It. E. Yongue of P'ickens, J. T1. McAllister of Carmel and J1. S. liall of Central will represent Rev. .1. C. Ihai Iey's group of c'hurches. D~r. J. B. Gecorge Dead Dri. .J. IH. Ge;orge, whlo died at. his home in Gainesville. Ga., on A pril 5th, was well known in P'ickens county, hav' ing spent several years of his life in young manhood at Easley, where he he was in business with the late Dr. J. W. Quillain, whose eldest. (laughter, Miss Lalla, he married, and who, with two sons and a (laughter, survives him. Mrs. Rt. T. Stewart. of Liberty is a sis ter of the deceasedl. Two other broth ers and sisters also survive him. D)r. George was born in Walhalla fif ty-seven years ago. ie was an elder in the Presbyterian church and one of the most prominent citizens of Gaines ville. The body of Eugene Snead, a yonnig married man about 25 years of age, an) operative of Glenwood cotton mills, who died on Sunday morning last in the Greenville hospital after an operation for appendicitis, was brought to this city and interredl in West View cemewte ry on Monday afternoon last. le is survived by his wife andI three small children, also two youngl; sisters and1( a brother, wvhho ve been making their~ home with him sinc t ho death of~ their parents abht n year. ago. Easley 1lnross I Central Local and Personal News Items Rev. A. E. Belk, of Asheville, N. C., preached here at the Wesleyan College last Sunday morning and night. Phillip Morgan, of Seneca, who is stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y., in the navy, was here last Saturday visiting relatives. T. M. Norris,. T. A. Robinson and F. B. Morgan went fishing one after noon last week. They report good luck. There are a few guns in Central that ought to be in the front lines in France. These guns were on display one day last week when Chief Pace ran a mad dog under a house and called for help. The big guns began to arrive from various quarters. Soon the dog was resting quietly and the big guns re treated. This is the time for every good man to come to the aid of his country. Trains No. 12 and 39, which have been taking dinner here will not do so any more. The trains only stop long enough to let passengers off and on. Some one broke into Mr. Moody's restaurant last Saturday night and stole some hams and tobacco. Any one who will loaf around and steal now, as badly as every one is needed to work and help the boys in the trenches, ought to be dealt with severely. S. W. Kelley, of Calhoun, was a Cen tral visitor last Sunday. K. G. Gaines, Jr., visited his parents here last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gaines. J1. It. Falls, cashier of the Bank of Central, is on the sick list at this writ ing. Toi Rowland, of Charlotte, N. C.. visited his brother, 1... G. Rowland, here last Sunday. Miss Vivian Rowland, of Liberty, was a Central visitor last Sunday. Mr. Dagnall Folger, who is stationed at Camp Sevier, was in Central last Sunday. If you keep your money in your pocket you help the Kaiser. Buy Lib erty Bonds and you fight the Kaiser. Which do you think is the better, to loan your money to your government and help defeat the Kaiser, or keep your money in your pocket and help the Kaiser win the war, that he may confiscate your property and money and take from the country its freedom and liberty for which our fathers fought, bled and died? There is enough money in this great country of ours to crush the life out of Germany. Why not let our dollars go thundering into Washing ton that our sons at. the front may have everything necessary to defeat the Ger mans? Good Oolenoy Letter lion. Matthew liendrix, who has been totally blind for more than a year, has returned from a two weeks' stay in a hospital in Atlanta, wvhere he under went a slipht operation on his eyes wvhich has resulted in his regaining his eyesight to the exNtent that he can walk without assistance and is able to recog nize faces. A host of close friend s besides aL wide circle of acqluaintances are rejoicing wvith him. II. F. Ilenidrix has recently purchased a Maxwell touring car. H. F. liendrix, of the N. A. of Cami p .Jackson, Columbin, was a welcome visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. ID. Hendrix, Sr , last week. 'The Sunday school is progressing nicely under the management of J. I). Vickery. On last Sunday letters were written all soldier b)oys who formerly attended here. At. an early date a ser vice flag will be. presented. Democratic Club Meetings Members of the respective demo cratic clubs of 'ickens county wvill meet at their polling places Saturday, April 27, 1918, for the purpose of reorganiz ing. election of oflicers, and appoint mnent of delega tes to the county con vention which mewets at Piekens on May t. IFach club is entitled to one delegate for each 5 members or majority frac tion thereOf. Thel president and secretary of each club shall certify the list of delegates to the county chairman on or before May -1. 0. IF. Nommtms, County Chairman. Eastatoe Democratic Club) 'P'he Fdastaitoe D e , ocr atie cluib will mecet at t he Antioch school house next Saturd.' ay afrternioon at 2 o'clock for the nurno'w of reorganiz/a tion.