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PIQKEu.NS S. C. P'U B LI8H E D WEEKLY MAY 9, 1918 tntcred at 'ckLIenN Postoifce as Second Clara Mail Matter. 1.50 A YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE GALY IIrori'. Mauager. "My Country 'Tie of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty." K MOONSHINE COLUMN On a recent iar k and rainy night 1 started out to go iromn 'iekens to Eas Iey. I wyas going to be(' conveyed by a John whose surname is Henry. (t w:s " colicky-looking old John lien ry, but you know those things are not muIch on looks, but have the reputation of not only taking you where you want to go but of bringing you back also. And, anyway, you can't always tell how much anything is worth by the way it looks. I remember that my fa ther once owned the ugliest frizzled chicken I ever saw, but she was the best laying hen in the yard. But speaking of that trip, the night was dark, the road was muddy, the rain was falling and the wind was blowing as the driver and I started out. 'This .John Henry was evidently a "trusty. " for he had on no chains and after getting out a little' way.; we be gan to feel ourselves a-slipping and a sliding. We hadn't gone far when we discovered that. old .1. 11. was sulfering from some nervous trouble like general debility andl in a lil to while his lights wient out.' We decide(d to try ( t make it without lights and kept on slipping and sliding. We had gone prohahly three miles when all at once I nearly .jumped out of my seat, for just as there was a blind ing flash of lightning I heard a noise which sounded to tme like the Germans had begun a bombardment of Pickens. In a minute we discovered that it Was not the Germans, but old John Henry giving a good imitation of a big machine gun in action. The driver said there was something wrong with the exhaust pipe, and there must have been. lie got out to fix it and he evidenty fixed it, fot when he shot the gas to old John again we moved about six inches and stopped--dead still in the middle of the road. The driver did not know what to do lie put his foot on the go-speeder but John henry didn't know it. 1 couldn't help a bit, for I know about as much about automoibiles as Watson Bell dloes about the liible. There we were, three miles from town and not a house in sight. As we may have said before, the mught was (lark, the roadl was muddy, the rain was falling and the wind was blowing. The driver decidedl to waulk to the nearest telephone and asik for an automobile. I was down there in the middle of th< road when it began to rain some more And, believe mue, it was raining. 11 was no infant rain but a full-siz'e adult Forty (lays and nights of that rain wouk have made old Noah's flood look like fish pond. And there I was, with the lightning playing hide and seek with some ghosta in the clouds and the winds whistlinj "Nearer My God to Thee" thru the branches of the budding trees. Ever., mean thing I had ever done flashed thri my mind as the rain fell harder and th< lightning flashed brighter. The wind was blowing the rain in on< sidle of the thing I was sitting in an< out the other side - that is, all 1 didn' stop). Then all at once it quit. 1 decided that I would not get caugh there again and started up the roa thru the nice juicy mud hunting for shelter. After awhile I came to a house an started toward it when a hound dog r'a out to greet me with his growl. Now, I always have been afraid o dogs and snakes, but I've never seei the ''Ace" that could have stopped mi that night. When I got to the porch I found tha this was a darky house but it lookel like the White House to me, and waited there until I saw a csr comin down the road and went out and flagge< it. . It proved to be [he relief ship witl a jitney doctor'and the owner. We rode down to where we had 1sf .the said late and deceased John Henry when we discovered that on its wa: down the relief ship had a puncture anm couldn't make the trip. It looked like we had about as muel chance of getting to Easley that night as von Hindenburg has of getting t< Paris. But the doctor got busy aud aftet bringing old J. II. half back to life wv began our journey again, and with thc aid of a good deal of downa-grade we __Fi CKiIE SAYS _ SAIW, F0.KS ! wnen YOu warre PIECES f6r 1%e PAPER, - FEI '"E L.OVE OP M 4Q SGN YOVQ NAWE 'O'EtM $O '?HE 6OSS WON-C 'r o'N f0 ON 1NE PLOOR Y c.M 'o P\CK uP. Me SANS AN UNSGNEO I,.E'tbf6R AM' 89'*-z9, -''AN AN 4JN80t4V.D CGt4.C'W~ a* j succeeded in c(asting a(mI sliding nearly to the Easley depot. We were even glh l to get, to Easley and I wouldn't have minded So much the fact that m0y only decent suit of clothes was wringing wet and muddy if I hadn't been on my way to see a young lady-my wife--who was then at my mother-in-law's However, I was going to stay in Eas ley that night. and catch an early train next morning and would see if I could n't do something for myself in the meantime But when I got to the well-known Mountain View it looked like everybody had gone away and my hopes tell to three below zero. lowever. I went upstairs and there was made joyful, for I discovered B. Lewis. the good-hearted and genial Prop. & Mgr., taking his Saturday night bath a'nd he showed me a room in which I soon deite.-reul was a most most deli ious bed. I completed the trip without further mishap except that i had to wait three hours for a train in Blacksburg. But the next time I start anywhere on a rainy night in a nauseated Ford I'm going to stay at home. G. H. Craig-Rush Pays The Freight, Pickens Taxpayers, Notice Street tax in the city of Pickens is now past due and all persons liable for this tax must make payment at once to E. F. Aleqander, clerk, or H. A. Nealy or report.for.street duty. M. C. Smith, Mayor. This Is ''he Way Dear Sir: ---I than, you for calling my attention to the fact that my subscripi tion had expired. Certainly I (Ion't want the paper to stop. Find enclosed check for another year. Very truly. S. C. Arnol. Central, S. C , April 30u. ANNOUNCEMENTS Candidates' cards inserted in thi column for Five D.olbarrs each, i nvaria bly in advance. At For State Senator tthe solicitation of friends 1 an nlounfce my candida.-v for the Stat. Senate, subject to the rules andi regri lations which govern the Denmocrati, primary. . 1. II '~ma ;. cll f o eve diflR go tio Luz * and~ '~ftJD~cmoA~~A$you: "When .1 Po With I'ickenls County Boys Under the Flag (Under this head The Sentinel ex. nects 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 wi~l be of interest to the public.) Hal Willard in England England, April 7. Dear Iro.:-Received mother's letter all right. Tell them not to worry about H. O. for he is O. K. Also send George my address and tell him to send me some "Piedmonts." Take care of things and hold the fort, till I get back. With lots of love to all. Hal O. Willnrd. 85th Aero Squdron, A. E. F"., via London. 'I'he writer of the foregoing is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Willard former ly of this county but now of Green ville.' Ile eniisted in California about a year io. From Camp Sevier hear Sentinel: While I am up with my work will (ro) in a few lines. I was born in the state of South Carolina and county of Pickens. I can't forget the good people of South Carolina. I will still remember them when on the firing line in France. I enlisted in Charlotte, N. C., but it was becuse I was there and 1 knew it was all for the same cause. I knew the commanding oflicer and also some of the non-coin's, too. We have a hunch of the nicest men I ever met. They are really good to each other. We are expecting to leave here within the next 30 days, but the people at home have our best regards. We are going to do our part to hold up the old red, white and blue, and we want the prayers of the people who pray to help us. We are not dreading to go in the least, fur we are expecting to come back here and tell you people how we conquerel the Kaiser, and tell you of our wonderful trip to France. We don't want anybody to worry over us; Uncle Sam is going to treat us good. I guess I had better stop as I am detached to the kitchen; the cooks will be wondering where their detail has gone. With best regards, W. II. HEAD, Battery F, 113th F. A., Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. We have the only One-Price Cash Furniture store in the state. Craig-Rush Furniture Co., Green ville, S. C. Rev. J. T. Mann's Appointments Rev. .John T. Mann, the blind preacher so well and favorably known in this county, will preach three times on the fourth Sunday in May as fol lows: A t Concord at 11 o'clock a. mn. At Six Mile at :3.30 p. m. At Mountain View at 7:30 p. mn. Everybody invited to attend these serv'ices and arrangements arec being made for some good singing at each one. You do not have to wait upon the long dlelays of having Furni ture come from the factory when lyou buy from us. We carry it -in stock and can ship immediate ly. Craig-Rush Furniture Co. "The One-Price Cash Store." )rth Wind r the end of a hard day, jxust Bit a down to a cup of Luzianne ee. See how you pick up with ry savory sip. Luzianne is far, far trent from any other coffee. It's something that sall the others seem i. And it's packed in dust-proof, sture-proof cans that bring lanne to your kitchen just the same 'hen it loft the roaster. Buy a can try it for yourself., An iron-clad. ight guarantee says that if you are entirely satisfied with Luzianne, grocer will give you back your ey. And he wil], JNoffee '1ts, I e Mine~ Ladies Ready-to-Wear Just Received Another shipment of Ladies' Reasly-to-Wear, consisting of Skirts in all colors, sizes and prices; Shirt-waists at all prices; Dresses in Wash Ginghams from $1.50 to $3.00, and Silk Poplins and Taffetas from $7.50 to $15.00. 0 Never in the history of our business have we experienced such a heavy 0 trade on Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, and one reason of this is, it is cheaper to buy 0 the garments ready made than to buy the goods and make it yourself. O O We have a few Coat Suits lef ,o close out cheap-three prices: $25.00 to 0 close at $17.50, and a few suits left in Navy Blue worth $16.50 to~close out at 0 $12.50; one lot of Sport Coats, about ten in all, worth $7.50 to $10.00 to close . $4.50. Tbese Coat Suits are heavy enough for Fall and Winter wear, and if you had any idea how W emuch higher they are going to be this fall you 0 1ou 1would not miss the opportunity to get a coat ' 1 r s I suit or a sport coat at a bargain. Our advice to 0 1 I Tanyone needing anything in ladies' or men's wear, is to buy now what you need for fall, if Oyou can find what you want, for woollen goods SHelp W in The W ar are not only going to be higher in price, but O Salmost impossible to get. 4 FOR SALE EVERYWHERE 4 Yours truly, 4 FOLGER, THORNLEY & 00. Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Gent's Furnishing Goods a Specialty Sole Agents for Walk-Over and Godman Shoes, Carhart Overalls, Iron King Stoves, New Home Sewing Machines, Chase City and Summers' Buggies, Mitchell Wagons. No better lines made in America. Therefore thereire no better lines sold. THE MAN WHO READS IS THE MAN WHO LEADS Says Mr. Clarence Poe, one of North Carolina's foremost citizens. Toe Pickens county men who read THE PICKENS SENTIN EL have t he ativantage over those who (do not. Tlw Sentinel is primarily a county paper a PI purposes to serve the people of Pickens county, irrespective of class or politics. $1.50 a vr., $1 for 8 months. 50c for 4 mos. BOLT'S STORENEWS "The Store That's Always Busy" EASLE', s C Phone 55 Are you buying LIBE~RTlY BOND> It' not, rea1 the follow inI t ik n hrm the book of Ofhicial D~ocuments, and y ou will "'lend a handl The German Officers Continued to Drink and Sing p Before you till in .vonr subscription to the 'l'HIRI I LIBE RTY L OAN, 1 aisk <ou to taea look att Malines and Campenhont.' - men .is all wr itten in a hook-just a matter-of-fact little hook-filled with oflicial dlocu Openi it at. the p)ages that (leal w ith Malines and r'ead: In Malines itself the Germans (destroyed 4,500 houses, from first to last, and rc venigedI themselves at rociously on the civil populrtion. A Belgian soldier swte bayonet an old woman in the back, and cut off a young woman's breasts. swt e Another saw them bayonet a woman andl her' sen. They shot a police inspector as he came outl. of his (100. and blew off the head of a 0o(1 woman at a window. a A child of two camne into the street as eight, (lrunlkenl s.olcliers were marching by A nman in the second file steppedl aside andI <Irove his bayonet with both hands into the child's stomach. Hie lifted the chil~l into the air on his bayonet and carried It away he and his companions still singing. 'l'le child scr'eamned when the soldier struck it wit his bayonet, but not afterwards. Another wvoman was found dead with twelve bayonet wvounds between her shoulders and wit. I regret to ask yOU to read unplesant paragraphs like these. 1 dO it because, whe it comes towitn abou IBEIRTY BONDS, I feel like throwing aside all the line wvords and telling you the choe trot asrit And the truth is that I am not buying a nickle's worth of bonds to give Trieste to Italy roesnl added zolony to England or Alsace-Lorraine to France.yorneige Other folks may rally around these battle standards if they find satisfaction in them Iby IBIERTY BONDS because there is a two-year-old boy in my home-as there was in that nameless And because-so small has the world become,\Malinese is only just across the street fro whr- ie ries are high. It is bard these (lays for a man with even a good income to buy food and clothes fo But I ask .myself over and over again, what good to my youngsters are food and clothesi htsii that fired Mahines comes out, of, this war unrebuked'?e htsii What sort of parents are you and I if we take care of the minor matters, such as fodd and cloths n 'sendl our children out into a world where children may still be bayonetted and women ruthlessly slaine, n I hate war. If we were at war with England or France 1 would fill this column so full of cribsfo peace conference that they would put me in jail for doing it. b o But this is not a war of nations; it is a grapple of ideals. The ideal that respects pledges and the lives of women and children btittling -.ith the ideal thacons" pledges and the lives of women and children as mere pawns in the game of empire.a.out "At Campenhout," says the book, "they rifled the wvine cellar and shot the tiitress of the hos incl blood as she entered the room where they were drinking. The German ofilcers continued to drinkounsinm."d nlyn a woman being killed. It was nothing. They did not even look arond. They continued tosdink mS. longas tey wo bayonnetted the child of Malines go singing through the streets of Belgium, there I do not know how it may be with you, but with me this third LIBERTY LOAN cuIta down throg h luxuries into what we used to think were necessities in our household.rogth , And we make the sacrifice gladly, for the sake of the graat necessity. The necessity for establishing safety in the world for little children. For making it clear, once and for all, that while women are being slain, no men can ever again withim p~unity continue to drink and sing..im Buy Liberty Bonds and help win tils war, Ii you are unable to. kWyba'nds, then do the nsext beat thing, buy Thrift and War $Savinga Stamup. EDWIN L. BOLT, llanager Edwin L. B~olt & Cornpany EASLEY, S. C.