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Interesting Masonic Meetiog Pursuant to call. Keowee Lodge No. 79, F. & A. M., met Saturday night in regular communication, to witness the presentation of a service flag to the lodge in honor of the following me n bers who are now in the service of..their country: Guy Keith, James Edens, ,J. C Carey, Hovey A Seaborn, Robt. M. Welborn and Casey Porter. The flag was presented to the Ic.;ge by Hon. George T. Bryan, of Greenville, whose remarks were timely and ' well-chosen and all that could be desired. The res ponse was made by Prof. R. T. Hallum, after which the flag was most appro priately spoken to by A.:M. Morris, W. M. Feeling remarks were also made by '1'. ). Harris, M. C. Smith, Jas. P. Carey, Jr., J. R. Connelly, J. H. J. An thony, N. A. Christopher and others. We understand it was a most enjoyable occasion and those members who were not present missed an intellectual feast. Hurricane Singing Convention The 11urricane Township Singing Convention will meet with Prater's Creek Baptist church on the first Sun day afternoon in May at 2:30 o'clock. Everybody i:v:ted to come and bring song bhooks. 11. '1'. (ilirT', I. C. F'Kw, \V. R. DALTON, Committee. 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 Kirkacy, 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 Griffin, deceased, and Lula Griffin, and all other persons 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 rc quired to answer the complaint in this action, wkich was this day filed in the office of the clerk of the court at Pick t'n, S. C., and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complant on the subscriber at his office at Pickens, S. C., within twenty days after the ser vice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, " the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 18th day of March, 1918. O. S. STEWART, Clerk C. C. P. C. E. Robinson, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the defendant, Lula Griffin, rion e:;ident of this state, and to all other persons answering the description or claiming to be heirs at law of Anthony Griffin, 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, filed in the office of the clerk of the court at Pickens, S. C., nftd is now on file in said office. This 18th day of March, 1918. C. E. ROBINSON, Plaintiff's Attorney. Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge Notice is hereby giv'en that I will make application to J. B. Newbery, Esq., Judge of Probate for Pickens county, mn the state of South Carolina, on the 4th dlay of May, 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the estate of Thomas Duke, deceased, and obtain dis - charge as adlministrator of said estate. 52 'A. G. BOwEN, Adminstrator. Notice-Teachers' Examination The next teachers' examination will be held at Pickens court house, Friday, I would like to urge that all the teachers in the county look after their 0 ~ certificates and see that they .do not, expire. If they will expire soon it might be well for you to prepare to stand the examination in May. On account of there being such a shortage of labor, I would like to urge that those who are thinking of teach ing sometime in the future to be sure and stand this examination. It might become a patriotic duty to hellp out in V "i'?the school wvork. 62 F. V. CLAYTON. Eye Sufferers Who Need Glasses Railroad fare paid one way to our Pickens Connty Patients Who Purchase Glasses. Eyes examined byspecialists lmd glasses made while you wait. Kodak Films Developed by ODOM-SCHADE A; A ODM, . H SdofiA6Ei, Presden, Sc'y& Treas. ConultngOptometrists, MsncTemple. Cow~vl1S.. C, RED CROSS TO COLLECT CLOTHING FOR BELGIUM Hoover Asks Davison's Aid In Work Of Relief Beginning Mari 18 and ending March 25, a seve day, nation-wide Campaign will be carried on by the American Red Cross and the Commission for Relief in 1l3 glum to secure a minimum quantity of 5,000 tons of clothes for the destitute people of Belgium and the occupied portions of Northern France. At the request of Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Commission foe Relief in Belgium, Henry P. Davi son, chairman of the Red Cross War Council, has granted the use of the na tional Red Cross organization for col lecting the needed clothing. As the oommission has allowed most of its local committees to disband be cause of the financial arrangements made last June with the government, it has turned to .the Red Cross for help. Where the local committ ees of the Relief ('onim ission are still intact, they will work side by side with the Red Cross Chapters. The practically entire exhaustion of clothing, shoes, and leat her in occupied Belgium and Northern l"rance and the shortagto of these necessities in the world's markets are making it in creasingly difficult for the Commission to keep clothed and shod the unfortun ate people in these territories. In ad (lition to new material, gifts of used and surplus clothing, shoes, blankets, flannel cloth, etc., are needed in large quantities from the peoplo of the Unit ed States. The donations will be shipped at once to the Atlantic seaboard and sent 'verseas for distribution. CANTEEN SERVICE FOR SAMMIES IN FRANCE Red Cross To Serve Doys In The Front Line T cnches The American F I Cross has just arranged to pstahl .1 with the Ameri can troops in Fran. a front ling can teen service similar to that through which they have served more than a million poilus with hot drinks during the last. six months, according to a cable just, received by the War Coun cil from Major James H. Perkin:, Red Cross Commissioner to France. This will consist. of rolling canteens atationed close behind the front. line trenches. There are now fifteen of these operating behind the French lines, from which fifty or more large receptacles of hot drinks are sent for ward daily, usually in the small hours of the morning. These drinks are served free to the men going on or coming off duty. This service has proven of such value to the French that the Ameri can army has asked the Red Cross to have this service directly in touch with the medical relief stations near est the front. The work is often done under heavy shell fire and requires men of great bravery and sympathy. The American army officers are man ifesting a keen Interest in having this serv'ice at the disposal of the AmerIcan troopis and have asked the Red Cross to enlist a substantial number of men of the highest caliber to undertake this work. It will be performed at the point nearest the firinig line at which civilians are permitted. NURSES NEEDED IN MLlITARlY HOSPITALS Surgeon General Asks Red Cross To Supply 5,000 Nurses Surgeon General G'orgas of the United States army has called upon the American Red Cross to supply to the Army Nurse Corps five thousand nurses between now and the first of June. These nurses are needled for service in the military hospitals both in this country andl abroad. Although the Red Croas has already supplied nearly 7,000 murses as a reserve, for the Army and Navy Nurse Corps since the beginning of the wvar, the impera tive need for a greater army of nurses grows daily as the wvar progresses. According to a statement made by Surgeon General Gorgas, it is estimat edl that there are between eighty and ninety thousand registered nurses in the Unit ed States, and that approxi mately thirty thousand will be need ed for service in army hospitals during the present year. The immediate needl for five thousand of these is empha sized. Miss Jane A. Delano, Director of the Department of Nursing of the Ameri can Red Cross said: "Not only are we appealing to the nurses to volunteer for this service,! but we also appeal to the public and to Ithe pihysicians employing these nurses to aid in making it possible for them, wvithouit too great financial sacrifiee on their part, to hold themselves in readhiness to respond to the call of theIr couintry. Wd wish also to bring to the attention of nurses the unusual opportunity offered by the insurance law enacted for the protection of our army aind navy, which applies equally to nurses assigned to duty as members of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. "A great responsibility rests upon the nurses of tihe coutntry. They are the only group of women recognized as a part'of the military establishment, and should be looked upon as the rep resentatIves of the womanhood of America at the front. "Not only should the other womi:n of the country encourage nuirses to volunteer~ for service, but they shouldt make every effort poRsile to protect the rlhunes holding themselves re-idy . or service and share with them thle re spnnibil t y s nd sacrifices necessary." URGEO TO PLANT SWEETPOTATOES Is Practically a Sure Crop And Especially Attractive Owing To Labor Shortage. Columbia, S. C.-There never has been any doubt as to the raising of sweet potatoes in South Carolina. It is practically a sure crop and in view of the labor situation it is one of the very best crops that can be planted. Every sweet potato that is grown in this State is growing to help in the food flight to win the war. In addition, potatoes in the present market con ditions are a wonderfully profitable crop. At the request of the Chairman of the food production campaign in this State, Prof. George P. Hoffman has prepared a series of articles in con nection with the planting and gather ing of seed potatoes, and will be pub lished from time to time. The imme diate urgency is in securing seed stock for the satisfactory planting. The real shortage of seed potatoes is perhaps not realizcd, and those interested in the planting of seed potatoes should at once arrange to get their seed. Professor Hoffman has this to say: "With an increase of nearly three times the normal selling price com bined with a wanton loss of more than 75 per cent of South Carolna's sweet potato crop of the past season, it is obvious that the necessary seed for planting this year's crop will be far insufficient. Therefore, it is impera tive that plant dealers and planters make immediate provision for sup plying their needs. Disease-free seed should be bedded as soon as possible. This shortage may he supplemented by a large per cent through early plantings of small areas from which late- plantings may be made by use of vine cuttings. "The Nancy Hall and Porto Rico are the leading and most popular varieties in this State, but these varieties not being available, no time should be lost tn obtaining disease-free seed or plants of other varieties. Every ef fort should be made for the planting of a sufficient. area to supply home consumption with a surplus for the local market. "The planters of South Carolina have been asked to increase by 60 per cent the crop of last year, which was 7,600,000 bushels, produced on 80,000 acres. This necessary increase may be easily obtained by the planting as a mi:imum of one-lbalf acre per plow. "From 8,000 to 10,000 plants will be needed for planting one acre or 8,000 to 10,000 bushels of seed stock. Small potatoes are equally as good and will furnish a greater number of plants per given quantity than will the larger roots, therefore, planters are advised to use the smaller pota toes." TO THE SOLDIERS AT HOME. The two most important things you can do just now to help win the war: Plant a Home Garden. Prepare to plant sweet potatoes. The Value Of The Dollar. The importance of raising food stuffs at home can not perhaps be better accentuated than by quoting figures prepared by Mr. Arthur L. Lee for the New York Times. The dollar on the day the war broke out as com par'ed with the dollar of today in pur chasing c'apacity shows just a little more than fifty-six per cent of its value at that time. 'rhis means that the dollar' the farmer derives from his crop buys for him just fifty-six cents worth of corn, bacon, flour or food-stuffs as compared with the same dollar that he would have had in 1914. Aside from the patriotic duty of helping to raise food crops at home. from a parely selfish standpoint the man who can raise food-stuffs at home ought to realize that his dollar has a purchasing capacity today of only fifty-six cents as compared1 with the same dollar of 1914. Mr. Lee in his article gives these graphic diagrams indicating the reduced value of the dollaar. This applies as fully to every thing that is bought as it does to food stuffs. The diagrams of the dlollar'sI real purchasing capacity are presented by the Food Canservator as he is con vinced they stress an important phase of the campaign for more food. SUGGESTION ON GARDEN PLANT ING. The Chairman of Food Conserva tion, at Columbia, S. C., will be pleased to send any one interested articles and suggestions on garden planting, the raising of chickens or the best way to handle tihe Along Liberty Route 3 - The farmers-of this section are sti actively engaged in doing their bit fo the great world war. The planting o corn and cotton is on foot now and i going to continue for some time. The health of this community is ex ceptionally good at this time. There is going to be peaches enougl for home consumption and some fo Great Britain and France too. J. 13. Powell visited his uncle C. G Gantt Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Waldrop visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Waldroi Saturday and Sunday. Connie Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes attended Mrs. Waldrop's birthday celebration. Miss Myrtle Hughes and niece, Ethel Hudson, attended the girls' contest at Pickens' E. F. Collins of Six Mile visited his brothers D. A. and V. V. Collins of Easley recently. J. S. Roper is nOW occupying his new residence recently built by the Babb construction Coinpany. S. W.. O'Dell attended the boys and girls' contest at Picker.. Miss Lois Roper, a student of the Roanoke high school, spent Thursday night with her friend, Miss Teimpie El lenburg. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gantt visited the latter's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Powell of Easley recently. Mr. Ralph Cartee visited his father in-law, W. M. Gantt. recently. Miss Myrlee Rodgers visited her grand-father, W. M. Gantt recently. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Waldrop were recent visitors to the latter's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Gillespie. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Nelson attende< the funeral of Mr. William Norris in Anderson county recently. Mr. Norris died from the effects of a paralytic stroke. Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Masters visited the former's sister, Mrs. Hopkins, re cently. Senator W. T. O'Dell attended com mencement exercises at the Six Mile Baptist Academy. Gates graded school closed Friday af ter a most successful term. May the war not debar the teachers of this place from carrying on more good work it the future. Roanoke school is progressing nicely The teachers of this place are doing their whole duty. Progressive. "Quality We've just r Frens"The La n Fiedsand Inl I I strangers shee sama price bea1 SIdeal for the Li n1 Boudoir; incomj 9 dispensable for n( The highest ex nMANY NEXW SSome are showr ni Settees, Desks, Sodd pieces. Esj nfact that despit Sour method of I n tities and sellin the 9 We don't have 1 a SOLICITORS9 Setc., therefore t business are NC SEVERYONE KNOWS SCraig-Rus The House of COMPLETE and , COMPETENT Home Furnishing Service Birthday Dinner r The children and descendait of Mrs. f Martha Ann Waldrop met by common consent at her home near Liberty on Saturday last, April 20, it being the seventy-ninth anniversary of her birth. On account of the inclement weather not all the descendants were present, but a large number were on hand. Mrs. Waldrop has nearly a hundred descendants, and four generations were present. She has lived a long and use ful life, and is enjoying good health still. These annual gatherings are very pleasant and tend to family loy alty. It is a great honor to be the founder of a large family. In the afternoon a service of song was held, and an appropriate sermon was deliv ered by Rev. John C. Bailey. A boun tiful dinner was served by the visiting children and grandchildren, which was greatly enjoyed by young and old. County Contests At the girls' expression contest of Pickens county recently held at Easley, Miss Janie Shanklin, representing Cal houn school, won first place and was awarded the gold medal given by The Pickens Sentinel. Miss Bernice Robin son, of Easley, won second place and a medal. At the boys' oratorical contest of Pickens county held at Pickens, Joe Hunt, of Dacusville, won first place and a gold medal given by W. M. Hagood, Sr. Glen Smith, of Easley, won second place and a medal, and Coy Griffin, of Six Mile, won third place. Box Supper I The public is invited to attend a box supper at Dayton school house on Sat urday night, April 27. Refreshments and music. Proceeds for benefit of school. Stop an Have you ever stopped to think hov buildings to keep going down for the price of lumber with that of clothing, increase in the price of lumber is eno Get our prices. They are very low at ! Don't forget we run a wood-shop ii and shall be glad to serve you. hn 12 Easley Lui Successors to Picliens l Fibre Fi eceived and unpacked test Finish" FIBRE FUI 'ich, glossy brown. fly coloring blends itifully with Mahoga my dark-toned woo( v~ing-Room; charmin >arable for the Bret the Sun-Parlor or 3ression of culture DESIGNS TO SI i in complete suites Day-Bed, Chaise Lc 3ecial interest shoul e the high cost of )uying for CASH in: g' for CASH enables most attractive PRI :he EXPENSE OF I DOLLECTORS, BA hese additional EXI >T added to OUR SI I'HAT "Furniture sold for Cl hi Furniture l'he One-Price Cash Sto (AREENVILILE, S. U. uncom be, NorthI an l Iurn S~iii' r8t Out of Town QOrdenare hippe4 ?romp MWE PI1V THE IFREICHT Rheumatism' and Gout 'A convincing fact of the remarkable t power of L-Rheumo as a cure for " Rheumatism and Gout is shown by the "' grateful letters from people that have. 1 taken this famous remedy. I -Rheumo l eliminates poisons by its action on the liver, kidneys and bowels, aids -diges- ' tion and assimilation of food, purifies the blood and builds you up. Don't suffer when L-Rheumo is ready to aid' you. Demand the bottle with big L Price $1.00. For sale by Pickens Drug Co., Pickens, S. C., Central Drug Co., Central, S. C., or write Chapman-Alexander Laborato ries, Greenville, S. C. Money to Loan on Farm Lands. We are in pooition to let you have money on farm lands at 7 per cent in terest; l and 10 years' time. Also short time loans at 8 per cent. See us quick. McSWAIN & CRIAG, 38-tf. Pickens, S. C. .J. .l.McSWAIN\ SAM li.(RAIG (':Jvevilie, S. C. I'Iokeu , S. C. McSwain & Craig LAWYERS Practice in State and Federal Courts Greenville Office Phone 210 Pickens Office Phone 39 CHIGHESTER S PILLS DIAMOND BRAND LADIES I Ask yoar Druggs frCI.CII.TUR SA DIAMOND BR AND PILLS in Rs~n andI~ GOLD metallic boxes, sealed with Du Ribbon. TAKEUN ?OTAA o oa Druggist sadl ak for OII.~S.E 8 DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for twent By! years regarded as Best,Safest, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS SE) EVERYWHERE TwES c Think! much you will lose if you allow your sake of a little repairs? Compare the food, etc. )o you think the small ugh for you to lose the whole building? id the stock is good. connection with our lumber business iiber Company, Lumber Co , Piclens, S. C. irnture. another car of tNITUREM Its Everything most marked ny or plai gures. I. - __ g for the Den or n ikfast Room; in- y Enclosed Porch. LI and good taste. LECT FROM -Tables, Chairs, )( unge and many Q [d attach to the M war-time living, 9 such large quan- n us to still offer CES. ~OOKKEEPERS, D ACCOUNTS, ~ENSES of doing ~ LLING PRICE. S"can be sold for less. ) Company Greenville's home )y esof Karpen,Berkey )y & Gay Furniture )M and other leading makes. j(