The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, May 09, 1918, Image 4
PIQKEu.NS S. C.
P'U B LI8H E D WEEKLY
MAY 9, 1918
tntcred at 'ckLIenN Postoifce as Second Clara
Mail Matter.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.