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n ' f \ ', 4,I S ", ' ' , f y ( { , t~ i p ' A. { t ' t - ' ' , I . . 4 Y ti , 1 l i " r A r;? r~ ; ? - ' 0 /" OFFICIAL, PAPER T1 7mT1 SNIE Of Pickens County r ~ ~ d~$.0AYA Y H FiESSN stablished l87-Volume 48 DICKENS, S. C., JULY 4,1918 Nme Central Personal And News Items I There was a patriotic rally at the school house last Friday night gotten up by H. E. Seaborn, chairman af this district on War Savings Stamps. Mr. Seaborn was greatly assisted by some of the young ladies of Central, yvho did a good work in advertising it. We were honored in having with us lion. J. P. Carey, Jr., of Pickens; Joe Sparks, state organizer of the War Savings Stamp drive; Mr. Harris of Greenville, a naval recruiting officer, and a French officer from Camp Sevier. After a few remarks by H. E. Seaborn1 the meeting was turned over to Mr. Carey, who delivered one of his stirr ing and patriotic addresses. Mr. Har ris was then introduced to the audience and made some very convincing re marks. Mr. Sparks was then intro duced and opened fire immediately on the slackers and profiteers, and in no uncertain words made clear to every one their duty to the government. The audience sat in breathless silence while the French officer was being intro duced. He was interrupted by ap plause as he told how the French, less in number than the Germans, often beat the Germans back. He closed with the statement that if the Ger mans ever got to Paris it would be when all of France was buried in the 4 valley of Marne. There was prolonged applause. Capt. Harry Adams was in town last Saturday shaking hands with his friends and acquaintances. Miss Helen Shirley, who is taking a business course in Greenville, visited her mother, Mrs. L. T. Shirley, the week end. Rev. B. M. Robertson, who has beenl visiting his parents at Sumter, has re turned. tev. Mr. Jones, pastor of the Second Baptist church, has just closed a very successful meeting- 22 candidates for baptism. Miss Caroline Brock left last Thurs day for Gainesville, Ga., where she will take a special course at Brenau college. There was one real estate transfer in town last week-F. B. Morgan to E. C. Cobb. Wedding Announcement Mr. and Mrs. David D. Gibson announce the marriage of their daughter Julia Melville to Mr. Allison Perkins Dul3ose on Saturday, ,June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eighteen. Red Springs, North Carolina. The above announcement will be read with interest m Pickens county, where Mr. DuBose is well known. Upon his gradluation from the law school of the University of South Carolina he and Lloyd H. Smith of Easley began the practice of law in Pickens, later mov ing to Easley. Mr. D~ufose recently went to Greenville to take charge of the practice of J. J. McSwain, who en 0 tered the army. Prayer Services The entire community is respectfully and earnestly requested to attend a special prayer service at Grace Metho dist church Wednesday night. It will commence about dark. Thue service will be of the nature of areligious commemoration of the national (day of liberty wvith special reference to "America in the Society of Nations." We want to pray that I the American spirit extend to the other' - nations. When we consider the world wide conditions surely eyeryone will re 0 spond to this call to prayer. This is the testing time in the history of the world. Freedom or slavery-which? E. T. HonESs. Gone To Training Camp Four young men left Pickens Tuesday 'morning for the special training camp at the University of South Caeolina, to be trained in special work of the army. Those who went: Paul Jackson Garrison, Clemson Col lege. Norman Merritt Powers, Central. Roy Freeman Boggs, Liberty. * IDr. James Douglas Yongue. Pickens. Stores to Close July 4 We, the undersigned merchants of the town of Pickens, agree to close our stores on July 4th, same being legal. holjday: Folger, Thornley & Co., Mor ris & Co., Pickens Hardware and Gro cery Co., Craig Bros. Co., Bivens & CJo, Dan Adams. Pickens Co. Men Meet In a French Hospital J. S. H. Price of Seneca has re ceived word that his son Dewey, who was recently wounded while fighting ir L'rance, is not seriously hurt. The let ter containing the news was written by Dr. C. W. Smith of Liberty. It is luite a coincidence that out of a million American soldiers in France this Pick ma county boy should have his wounds iressed by a Pickens county physician. Following is Dr. Smith's letter to llr. Price: Field Hospital No. 13. 1st Division, A. E. F. June 1, 1918. Dear Mr. Price: You will probably be surprised to get this letter, but I hope t will be a pleasant surprise. I had ;he pleasure last night of meeting your ;on, Dewey, for the first time. I had ead in Farm and Factory of his being )ver here, but I had no idea he was in ny division before. Dewey is looking Ine and is doing well. He came into he hospital last night with a shell wound in the lower left jaw, but it is got at all serious. He was up at )reakfast this morning and feeling fine. Dewey has been in the thick of it over sere and is a fine soldier and as brave is a lion-in other words, is a son to be )roud of by the way he conducted him. telf, and to date he has given the Hum i goodly part of what is due them. I am mailing you under separate :over a piece of the high explosive shel which was taken out of Dewey's face, md I assure you that he will not have in ugly scar left. I wish I could tel you mere of the heroism of your boy, dong with that the rest of the good Americans are displaying over here, ut 1 mu't keep within the limits of he censor's orders, and then too yot Nill probably get a better account of il n the newspapers than 1 could possibly lescribe to you in a letter. Give my kindest regards to my friends in and around Seneca and take are of your old self and grow a big :rop of food. With best wishes for you and yours [ am as ever, your friend, 1st Lieut. C. W. Smith, M.R. C. Soldiers' Testaments No more appropriate gift could be made to a soldier than a New Testa nent, and believing that many Picken: ounty parents would like to make suel present to their boys, The Sentine las secured a number of copies of the fNew Testament which will make par icularly pleasing presents for the boys These testaments are emphasized with the words of Christ printed in bok race type Strongly and neatly boun< n khaki colored Morocco grained water >roof Keratol---flexible limp cover, em )ossed back bands, round corners chaki edges, gold title. beautiful em )ossed American flag in colors on th< >utside cover. Printed on speciall3 itrong Bible paper. Only 3x44 inches md half an inch thick. Type is plair md clear-self-pronouncing. The foui treat American hymns are p)rinted an< ound with this sailors -and soldieri ~estament. These testaments are mad< especially for boys in the military ser As we have only a limited supply we( ~an only let subscribers of TIhe Sentine anve them at present. The price is 4! ~ents each. Dacusville Singing Convention The Dacusville Singing Conventior vill meet with Peters' Creek churcl iext Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, ~rofs. John Leslie, Chapman, Hogge md others wvill be with us. All invited, S. C. CHAPMAN, Pres. At Rice's Creek Church Rev. H1. [K. Williams will preach al R~ice's Creek church the first Sundaj n Jluly at 3:30 o'clock p. mn. Everybody rivited. -Engineer D). J1. Fant will preach al the Pickens school auditorium Sundas afternoon, July '7, at 41 o'clock. Every. body invited to attend, as dlecision wil be made at this meeting whether Rev L. B. Compton will be invited to hold r tent meeting in Pickens (luring Septem ber. Mr. F'ant will also preach in the Pickens Mill church Sunday night at D'clock. -Carson Hodges of Columbia i: spending some time with his parents Rev, and Mrs. E. T. Hodges. in Pick ens, lie recently underwent an opera tion in order that he might enter th army. Rend the Special Notice column. Senator B. R. Tillman Is at Death's Door Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, United States senator from South Carolina, suffered a stroke of paralysis Saturday and now lies at the point of death in Washington, D. C. No hope is held out for his recovery. Notice to Registrants All persons registered under the se lective service law will take notice that after July 1, 1918, it is the intention of the government to require as nearly as possible that you engage in some pro ductive occupation, and all registrants unemployed or engaged in any of the following occupations, or in any other non-essetial occupations, will forfeit de ferred classification and order number, and will be inducted into army service; Persons engaged in serving food and drinks, or either, in public places, in cluding hotels, social clubs, restaurants; domestic servants, hotel porters, sales clerks and other clerks employed in stores and other mercantile establish ments. The above does not apply to store ex ecutives, superintenents or heads of such departments as accounting, finan cial, advertising, credit, purchasing, shipping, and does not include register ed pharmacists, nor any employee doing heavy work outside of the usual duties of clerk. The word sales-clerk and oth er clerks in paragraph K, section 121, governing this service, includes clerical force in the office and in all depart ments of stores and mercantile estab lishments, and this rule applies to all stores and other mercantile establish ments, both wholesale and retail. All registrants coming under the heading described above shall be expec ted to proceed immediately to seek oth er occupations. Respectfully, E. P. McCRAvEY, Chairman Pickens Local Board. Easley Items Easley Progress. Mr. Walter Robinson, who has been employed in the office of Mr. A. B. Taylor in this city as bookkeeper for some time, has resigned and accepted the responsible position of Teller in the Fourth National Bank of Greenville. He will enter upon his new duties July 1st. We are proud of his success as he I is a capable young man, ard with his experience will no doubt prove a valua ble asset to that institution. Mrs. E. C. Owens has rented the I Mountain View Hotel from the new l purchasers and will take charge July 1. I Her husband, Dr. E. C. Owens, is a veterinary surgeon of Easley. They recently came here from Owens, S. C. Mrs. Owens has a wide reputation as a hotel keeper and no doubt, the public will continue to receive the same excel lent accommodations under her manage ment as those of her predecessors. We understand that Larry C. Gilstrap, formerly of this county, who was re cently indicted in the U. S. court char ged with violatting the espionage lawv, is now the County Demonstration Agent for Putman county, Georgia, which po sition he has held since the 1st of Janu ary, 1918. It is said that he ir doing good work there and has taken a very active interest in the sale of Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps and other patriotic measures for the success of' our country. Rev. S. W. DuBose was installed as pastor of the Easley Presbyterian church last Sunday the 23(d instant. A commiission consisting of Rev. W. 11. Mills, of Clemson College, Rev. .1. C. Bailey, of Liberty, and Elder .1. W. Todd, of Seneca, did the wvork. Rev. Mills presided and propounded the con stitutional questions, Rev. Bailey charg ed the pastor and Elder TIodld charged the congregation. 'rhe installation ser vices followed a very able sermon being preached by Rev. Mills, and as usual on such occasions were very interesting andl impressive. At the conclusion of the service the new pastor was given a very hearty wvelcome by the entire con gregation. Rev. J. T., Mann's Appointments Rev. John TI. Mann, the blind evan gelist, will preach at the following places the third Sunday in Julv: Secona at 11 o'clock, a. m. Mountain Grove at -l o'clock in the afternoon. Pickens Baptist church 8:30 p. im. Prof. Holding will have charge of the singing at each service and he wouldl like to meet the singers awhile before Important Notice to Pickens Co. Voters It is necessary this year for all electors to get their names on their precinct club roll in order to vote in the Democratic prima ries, and, besides this, al so get a registration certi ficate in order to vote in the general and other elec tions. The books are now open every day. The books of registration will be open during July and August. The club rolls will close July 30. Don't forget that a registration certificate does not entitle one to vote in the primaries. Cely-Carpenter A wedding of much surprise to the friends of the contracting parties was that of Mr. John F. Carpenter and Miss Lucia Cely which was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cely, in Anderson county, on the evening of the 20th instant, Rev. ;R. E. rurnipseed, of Greenville, performing the ceremony. Only a few intimate friends and rela tives witr.essed the ceremony. Mrs. Carpenter as Miss Cely is a beautiful young lady and has many noble traits, numbering her friends by the score. Mr. Carpenter is a son of lion. C. H. Carpenter, of the Vineland section of the county, and is the popular R. F. Dl. carrier on No. 2 from Easley. He has a large circle of friends, and is a straight-forward, capable young man. We extend hearty congratulations to this happy couple and wish them a long and useful life.-Progress. Wheels Within Wheels Greenville News. In a late issue of the Pickens Senti nel appeared the following communica tion, addressed to the "'readers of the United States and the Allied Nations:" "That the entire minds of the world may be cast in with mine, God has made me to believe that there is a power in the upper space above the earth. We can see how it burns and how powerful it is. Would it be possi ble to reach up in the upper space by the balloon with a hose pipe and by means of a pump bring down the upper AIR or GAS? It might be used to the winning of the great battle of the wvorld! Open your minds and look up from wvhence all powers come and see if there isn't something in the u)Pper space that would be of great value to the world, and if this power can be ob tained, give God the honor first, then J. R. Meece." A citizen of Greenville who read the novel theory thus advanced clipped it from the Pickens Sentinel and sent it to the lHon. Newvton D). Baker, secre tary of war, with the following nota tion: "No dloubt you are overburdened with suggestions as to methods by which to win the war, but I venture the opinion that the plan outlined in the clipping below is altogether origi nal I do not believe that ai r. Edison would ever have thought of this." TIhe sender felt that when the sqecre tury' of wari read that he might for a moment cast dull care awvay and be en tertainedl at least by the weird inven tion. Not so. It went straight thru the mills of red tape, wheels within wheels. The original, returned to the sender, is scarredi with the impression of oflicial rubber stamps. F'irst: "As sistant and Chief Clerk, War lDept. .June 3." Next "Ofiee Chief of .staff', Rec'd ,June ."' Then it was referred to the Adjutant-General, for it is stampedl "Received A. G. 0. June 4." The adjutant-general promptly refer'red it to another authority -- "Received Mis cellaneous Division, June 4." Then comes the notation: "Answer by form :3;5, .J. L. Ri." Finally, another stamp: Last in the stamped career of the pro posal is this printedl form letter, No. :365 War Misc. Div.: "'Referring to your letter of recent (late, in w.hich you sug gest a method to assis;t in winning the war, you are informed that your- sug gi.siion has received due consideration. The War )enartmen1t wuinhst thnk Writes of the Short Course at Winthrop Mr. Editor: Having obtained a schol scholarship from our Home Denstration club for Short Course at Winthrop Col lege, we started on our journey on the morning of the 6th. Even at the depot we began to meet up with old friends and schoolmates that we had not seen in some time and also to make new friends, and this is the beginning of our very pleasant visit to Winthrop. At about 10:30 o'clock that night we reached our destination. Being at rather a late hour, it did not take very long to assign our rooms. We had breakfast at 7:30 o'clock and then our work began. Each day from 9 until 10 o'clock we had a lecture by Miss South on nutrition which I am sure all the ladies enjoyed very much; 10:30 to 12:00 we had lectures on food production by some of the most efficient men we have, of which we all enjoyed immensely. Must say we especially enjoyed "Grape Culture," by Mr. Dear ing. He put great stress on it as a future crop for our state. From 12:00 o'clock to 1:00 we had chapel exercises in the auditorium, fol lowed by lectures on topics of the day by prominent speakers, such as: Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop College; Miss Mary E. Creswell, U. S. Department of Agriculture; also Miss Ola Powell; Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson College; Clarence Poe, editor Prbgressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C.; Hon. J. E. Swearingen, state su perintendent of education; A. V. Rec tor, professor of agriculture, South Carolina University; William Elliott, state food administrator; Mrs. Leroy Springs, president Federation of Women's clubs, and others we have not mentioned, but all speakers did themselves credit, gave us much needed information, and aroused much patriot ism in all. From 1 :00 to 2:00, dinner; 2:00 to 2:30, food conservation. We had canning and pickling, fancy packs, by Miss Powell, very interesting to those who want to send exhibits to fairs. Next was brining vegetables, l)r. L. H. Rounie; drying fruits and vegetables, Miss' Madge J. Reese; preserving grape products, Mr. Dearing; cottage cheese and its uses, Miss Forney. We had the pleasure of sampling some of these last named dishes, and they were de licious, so ask for this bulletin. 3:30 o'clock to 5:00, household sci ence, in charge of Miss Smith, Easley, and Miss Duncan. Dr. Thomas spoke on 'Care of Household Utensils '' also "Fat Substitutes." lie was so very interesting until seemingly the ladies judged him a "bureau of information." He was ever ready to answer all ques I tions, and they were numerous. Miss Smith and Mliss Duncan demon strated 'Cookery of Fats,'' ''Soup Making. 'They also were very much at ease during their demonstration, and the souffle they made was very good. We enjoyed two very interesting dem onstrations in bread making by Uncle Sam's bread maker, Miss Wenling. We had supper at 6:00 o'clock, and at 8:00 to 9:00 lectures and entertainments, such as a campus party, moving pic tures, vespers, lectures, and swimming and games. So to make a long story shor-t, surely there coubil be no more pleasure, in formation andl recreation c'rowdled into a seven dlays' course. We are very fortunate in having suc(h an ellicient home demn ns'.rator' as Miss Mauldin. And to those who have not already or ganizted clubs, it will be to your advan tage to write her at once and (10 so, as there is no mnore~ patriotic service you can r-ende(r to your country than con serve food at th is er-itical time. Thanking you for the space, Mir-. Editor, Just A Club Member. -June 22, 1918. you for your patriotie interest in the matter. Very truly yours, J1. W. Riley, A djutasnt-General." So the Meece method of winning the war rests at last in the bosom of the Miscellaneous D)ivision which appears to have jurisdiction of matters apper taining to winning the war by "the upper AIR or GAS." Mayhap It some (lay will he resuscitatedl from the files like the mysterious Gar-abed or the Lewis machine gun. This incident demonstrates how the master minds of war giavely consider the counsel of an humble citizen-and then 'refer it to somebody who refers it to somebody else who refers it to some body else who files it and then sends a form letter of acknowledgment, It runs the gauntlet of rubber stamps and ainon comes out b~y the same dloor whler in it wvent. No matter what the com municationi is, it is relenslessly andl sol emn nnl('n~ma-l with never a sm. Demonstration Meet ings in Pickens Co. County home demonstration meetings will be held as follows: Pickens, Mon. day, July 8; Oolenoy, Tuesday, July 9; Liberty, Wednesday, July 10, Thurs day, July 11. The following program will be car ried out at each place: 11:00 to 11:30-Devotional exercises. 11:30 to 1:00-Talk on winter garden ing. 1:00 to 2:00- Dinner. 2:00 to 3:30-Bread making, using no wheat. 3:30 to 5:00-Canning and preserving. 5:00 to 6:00-Drying. Misses Mauldin and Earle will be as sisted by the following co-workers in these meetings: Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, Miss Christine South, Miss Laura Bai ley, Miss Maggie B. Turner, Mrs. Mar vin W. Williams and Miss Elizabeth Forney. R. T. Hallum, county super intent of education; '1'. A. Bowen, county farm demonstration agent, and G. P. Hoffman, of the extension di vision at Clemson College, will also at tendi and assist in some of the pro grams. Pleasant Grove News Mr. Editor: News is scarce in this community and the writer feels a little indisposed, but I want to say that I am not afraid to back anything I write to your paper. Some of the law-breakers seems to be "nipped" at the writer for mentioning their names in The Sentinel, but they will have to do like the old ! , + hen-scratch for another worm, and probably the next time they will find one they can swallow. Oflicers Scott. Lafloon and McKinney were in this section a week ago Sun day looking after some of the gcod boys and found what. they were looking for. They were also back the following Thursday. Do not know whether they found any of the good boys or not, but if they (lid it would be a violation to say so thru your paper. We are having plenty of apples. and crops are looking good and growing fast. Small grain is not so good in this section. Rust. before harvest we think is the cause. Mr. Tizzie f'oriner, who has been in Greenville some time undergoing treat ment, is slowly improving. Postmaster .Jennings of Pickens and Carrier Langston of route 4 came thru rt -ntly with Carrikr Vickery on rot. e 6. Married, Sunday, .June 16, by Rev. Mr. Mull max at his home near Cleve land, Miss Cora lUigdon and Mr. Adger Moody. Adger is a son of J. W. Moody who lives just across the line in Greenville county, while the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Rigdon of this county. The writer wishes them a long and happy journey thru life. The writer recently had a letter from Ford McJunkin, who is in France. He says France is a pretty country and he is havmng a good time. Ford volun teered nearly twvo years ago. lie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McJunkin of this community. We answered his let ter and told him to be a gi odl boy, do his duty and give the Germans the devil every time lie got a chance. P. G. S. Death of Mrs. Wyatt Mrs. Sallie Wyatt, wife of W. Cam den Wyatt, (lied at her home near Pickens last Thursday, June 27. She had been in badl health for several years andl the end was not unexp~ected. Funeral services and interment took place at Mount Tabor Baptist church, wvhere she was a member, and were conducted by Mr. Marion Locoper. Mrs. Wyatt was a native of Alabama andl had beqen twvice married, first to a Mr. Clements, and in 1882 she was mar ried to Mr. Wyatt. By the first union a son and daughter were born, and the son, James Clements, survives. Of the second union she' is survived only by her husband, no children being born. She also leaves two small grandchildren whom she was rearing, their mother being dead. Mrs. Wyatt wvould have been 74t years old1 the 18th of next month and had lived near Pickens tw~elve years. She was a consistent Christian and1 a most industrious woman. Many friends mourn her de(ath. Card of Thanks We wish to p~ublicly express our heartfelt thanks to the friends and neighbors who were so good and kind to us during the sickness andl death of our dlear wife and( mother. May God bless you all. W. C. Wyatt, .Jime Clements.