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x N I I b . C . P U B L U E D E8 WE EK L AUGUST 1, 1918 gutured at Pi'ckeuns iost ofliCO as Second C asi 1.50 A YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE GAuRY Hio-ri. Manager. tMy Country 'Tie of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty." Letter to Gen. Pershing Ge;n. . ohn J. I'ersshin, Somewhere in France. Dl) nI I.';sti :- I see by (he ppers that you have got old aide de camp in the army and it gives me both pain and anti pain to acluir e knowledge of this news informations. lie will make you a mity good man but it shorely greeves me most greatly to lern that the olh man has gone to putting on airs amd changed the spelling way of his name Over nere when he was printing pub lishing and & issuing the Gafiney Led. ger and Grit & Steel and being pronmo tor of publicity and bill poster &c in (Gaf'ney Cherokee county S. C. he spell ed his name plain Ed 11. DeCamp and it were by that name that he made many friends much fame and money for himself and acquiredi a ford & it shure ly nearly brings the salty tears of sor ror to my heart that after all thape ., . more or less religious life he ehuld want to change the spelling way of a onered name for I am afeard he don't want his old friends any more. guess you are <iite well known acquain ted with the produce of his printing presses in the shape of the Ledge which is published(3) time a week a 2.00$ a year per ann un in advance & he was sued for several thousand dol lars($) by a Bleasite onet and also hi: Grit & Steel paper which tells about al kinds of chickens both male and femal( and circulates all over the world ani Mexico and is the favorite family jurna of Mr. Villy a prominent Mexican citi zen who I guess you have heard o as he use to be in the generaling busi ness the same as you yourself Thi mentioning of Mr. Villy also makes m mention that aide de camp (Ed H DeCamp is his unadulterated name mI;,.Gesembles and looks like Vill ibout the face .and nushtash accordin to them that are friends of both tho a I am only a friend of the party of tli first part of my own personal knowin and information to the best of mv abi ity I culd not positively say for shur but it is my opinion that they both do I forgot to tell you at the beginnin -of this letter that you wuld be sur prisedl to hear fronm nme as me and *yo have never been formerly introduce but in times like this when bleedin * ~ Belgium is being tromnied upon by th hobnail boots of the brutish Hun an * christianity is being bitterly assaile by the unspeakablo Tlurks and the sul tan in his harumr and democracy an baseball hangs in the balance I say wi shuld not let such little things bother ui and it is on Ed D~eCamps acet that take my feeble pen in hand to drop yor these few lines I shure am greeven that he has changed hris spelling nam< amnd I hope lie has changed his wayr You will find him a nice man in ever) particular if lhe thought he culd fool m< by spelling his name just aide de camr he is mistaking arid he ort to have mad< a bigger change if lie wanted to foo: such fellows as know as much as whal 1 do tho of course there is not nmany of that kind at the present writing But the important part I want to give you intelligence about was his looking like Villy and what a big scheme you and me could work out by letting the Ger man Hluns see him amnd make out like he was Villy over there in your army and fighting we shiuro culd lix up a good trick on this Persh old boy but dont forget he is not V'illy shuro enough but Ed DeCamp (disguised as aide de camp) aind the only part that puzzles me is hwwe culd get him to fight but as this letter is getting too much in longi tude I will have to leave that part out and let you know about it when I am not so busy. I wishit he hiadnit changed his name tho for it would a been not sc complicated to fix up our trick, but I dont think it will have much affect on the election which will transpire next .Aug when Cole Blease and Nat Dial will contend for the senatorial toga in the grand and glorious old Palmetto state (which Is g, C.) Gussa you heard that Ben Tillmian was buried last month and Is dead, yes old Bien Is gone and I trust he isin a better place than Wash. mngton, Candidates is not coming oui fast in Pickens co & nobiody is taking much interest in politics but them whra s running which is not many but cours its no use to write you the ne~ws who you can see it all in The Sentinel, road that you had -lots of Sentinelsi your army Persh old1 boy and right the I knew you were all right Okeh for thi " se '4 .t0' (or you t'ri :he 3 lv i s miii.y t O) I'Lrsh atid w setn it is foJ yod' who can be against you? But a: the longer I write the more lengther this letter gets and as I must soon quil I will close for this time and we will fib up that trick about making out like Ec Do Camp is Villy and scare the dickens outen them devilish Huns and bring this here war to a speedy and victorious close. This leaves me well considering the prohibition sentiment in these parts and I hope it finds you the same. Yours for victory, Cicero Scipio Pluto Smith. P. S. also N. B.-Being as how I tak en a great intrust in you it mite be just as well to mention that if you have the above mentioned and aforesaid party over to your tent to play a little social game of poker it wouldn't hurt none to keep 'our eye peeled. C. S. P. S. , . With Pickens County Boys Under the Flag From a Liberty Boy Editor Pickens Sentinel: !'lease al low mei spaeO in your paper for a few lines as I am a Pieaens county boy. Hlave just returned from a twenty-four hour visit to New York city and it sure is some town. But oh! you Coney Island! There is anything there which is to be seen. God must be merciful to let such things go on. It's nothing to see men and women walking around hugged up and kissing and sitting in saloons and drinking, and most of the women didn't have on clothes enough to wad a shot gun. Had much rather be back in dear old Liberty, for that is where I left my dear little wife nA kin.! " -' .u parents. But we must wir this war regardless of home. I hope some day to return to (lear old Picken: county, but had rather die in defense o0 my country than be a slacker at home Guess we will be going over soon and want to get one glimpse at the Kaiser for I have a good rifle, believe me. Will close with best regards to al the Pickens county people and editor o this good paper. With a long good-bye and luck to yoi all. Pierce F. McCall, Camp Miller, 323d Inf., Co. C, Long Island, N. Y. Notice to Old Soldiers r Notice to the Surviving Confederat Soldiers and Sailors of Picken County: You are requested to meet at yot ) places of election in your township c y the first Saturday in August, 1918, ar g elect by ballot one that is not drawir ,s a state pension to represent your tows e ship at Pickens court house on the fir g Monday in September, 1918, to elect County Pension Board for the followi e year: B. C. JOHNSON. Chairman Pension Board of Picker County. -All the money you lend Uncle Sal when you buy W. S. S. is spentc things for our soldiers. South Caroli Taken P. M. Rca, vtce~director of War savings, has made the following' Itatement in refer e. to the Jun. intensIve W. . S. 5 ampagn: "Wtth reports incomplete, it now seem. lkely that as a reeglt et the June inten. ei~ W S.8.caanpaign near. 17 $15,000,000 worth of War *'aige Etatape have been purchased and pledged. 'The war saving. movemaent wilt, of course, be ptebd ,igor ous1y until1 December 31, by which time the state's quota for the year will have been purchased. In the meantime, we wioh to acquaint the veo. pbe of South Carolina with the shlendid restts effected by the cal~p~Sgn and whieb do not plainly show in the-. 'Oevrl huadred thous. ande ot men' and womea. uore tha hase been reaeb. * d in ay previene war p eam~almgn.bave v*etatsiy 9ledged to help wia the war their savtag, to the gevera ttast; tbaga4. e men, wo. men, see l6rsa 649 start. Ida iag bb asyg cavag betere; the $5046 ettrf has been emeaed in a way *at will have a perMa meat efeoti a epleadid feun, for wetek blood sa4 Ltly o V/I H i RE'CIEN1 A Pup For a Pig Anderson Daily Mail. A Pickens county man advertises that he he will swap a nice pair of pups for a pair of pigs, but doesn't say how much boot he wants. Somebody Evidenty Shoved It Tugaloo Tribune. "Watch Dial" would be a good slo gan for the Laurens candidate. -Pick ens Sentinel. "Shove the Lever" might be a good slogan for one of the other candidates for United States Senate. Best In The World Gaffney Ledger. Gary liott must have married a most amiab e woman, else she would never stand for a paragraph like this one, ta ken from The Pickens Sentinel: "The woman who make$h a good pudding in silence is better than she who maketh a tart reply. " Safety First Greenville News. From The Pickens Septinel it is noted that the family of Editor Hiott is visit ing in North Carolina, which may ac count for his pulling off such stuff as this: " 'Merely a matter of form,' re marked the young lady as she put on har corset." "Important" Is Correct Spartanburg Journal. The South Carolina Press association is to convene on September 15 and it would not surprise us in any respect to learn that Col. Rion McKissick, of the Greenville News, and Gary Hiott of The Pickens Sentinel, had to make an im portant business trip to Baltimore about September 12. A friend of ours Is Walker Coke ..-er telts us A stale joke. -Greenwood Index. A better frriend Is William Powers, Who always laughs At all ours. -Greenville Piedmont. Our best friend Is Timothy Wrenn lie always says "And Here's That Ten." --Spartanburg Journal. A friend of ours Is old John Digh 1 lie never told To us a lie. Millers' Certificates The Sentinel office has a small supply of Millers' Certificates in stock which are being sold at '4Oe per hundred. e When ordering by mail add 5 cents pei s hundred for postage. r Registration Falls Off n d Not as many voters registered it g Pickens county this year as in 1916 . According to the club rolls turned ove it to the county chairman 2665 voters ar( a registered. This does not include the g precincts of Easley Mill, Norris, Loop er's Gin, Liberty, Central, Calhou: s and Pleasant Grove, the club rolls o which have not yet been received b the county chairman. At the sam rn boxes which report the above enrolJ n ment this year 27641 votes wvere casti 1916. na Has The Offensive. to the people of the Palmetto State. Fbr these result., aside from the millions of dollar, loaned to the govern muent, the June campaign was Sully worth the effort. The people now realize that when they do without nongeseen tlal articles and lend the money thus eaved to the government, they are reteas tng labor anid material need ed in prosecuting the war. "The great popular success of the camipaign is due to several causes: to the win-* the-war spirit which ai antes the people of South Carolina; to the loyal and un tiring efforts of thousands of dovyeted workere; to the pa tiotic zeal which lambuss the ounty chairmen and their effolent 'co-worker.: to the eplendtid co-operation of the press, the pulpit, and the pab. lie forum in enveyng the Wlar Savings message so eb ad foreetuly; asd to the many patriotic sttS. ere who donated their adve tUsing space for presenting the W. 6, 8, eauase. "All classes of people have been brought togetherser .o the commnon good in a way that practlcqjly inenese the eventual suoees of the 'W. 8. 8. campaIgn, and we are oonfl4eat that whem the yea 1s over' Soeth Carolina will have done it. full duty in this W~ measue as it has in all ohr.The good woric of Jtte will be kept up. South C4?lina, in co1mon With g ICklser." Another Shipmen of - . P Shirt Waists and Skirts Just Received At Exactly the Same Price As Formerly Our business on Ladies' Ready-to-Wear this spring and summer has been much larger than ever before, and on account of the great scarcity of merchan dise of all kinds it has been very hard for us to keep oUr stock complete, but we think we can show you, even this late in the season, the most complete stock in. the county. - Our line of Shirtwaists range in price from $1.00 up, and Skirts in all the m different styles and colors from $1.25 to $8.50, and the price of these Waists and Skirts are cheaper than the goods would cost. We call your special attention for the month of July and August to our remnant counter. On this counter you will find some splendid values in _Dry Goods, consisting of colored Lawns, White Goods, Poplins, Voiles and Silks, from one to twenty yards to the piece, at. 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c yard, and when this lot is sold up we will Buy Them And have no more. Take into consideration the fact Help Win The War that the cheapest cloth made today by any mill * ~casts from 25c yard u, you can easil see what H0a SALE EVERYWHERE bargains you will fin on this bar's n smnn+at Yours truly, 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 there are no better lines sold. - - - -- - - --- - --- + 4+-- - - - - - - THE MAN WHO READS IS THE MAN WHO LEADS 0 Says Mr. Clarence Poe, one of North Carolina's foremost citizens. The Pickens county men who read THE PICKENS SENTINEL have the advantage over those who do not. The Sentinel is primarily a county paper and purposes to serve the people of Pickens county, irrespective of class or politics. $1.50 a yr., $1 for 8 months, S0c for 4 mos. Mid-Summer Specials. || AT BOLT'S DEPARTMENT STORE We have gone through the different departments of our store and picked out a lot of special bargains for July and August selling, and you will find a few of them listed below. You can save a lot of money by doing your early shopping now as the goods we have on hand now we can sell you much cheaper than thenew goods that are coming in for fall. For instance we are selling calico,[apron and dredd ginghams-and in fact most all kinds of cloth at less than we can buy the same goods to-day at wholesale. Our buyer has just re turned from the northern markets' and he picked up a good many special bar-g gains for mid-summer selling. Shirt Waist Special-L adies' fine Organ- GodHayCeithrtn-da' die and Vile Waists, S1 and $1.25. prcabu cyrd Orseilpie Ladies' fine Silk Waists, made of wash duigJuy2cya. silk, crepe.-de-chine and georgette crepe, $1.98 to $6.Oelto aioan arwwdhpr Ladies' White Lineni Skirts-150 ladies' lcyad tine white skirts that sold from $1 to $1.25 (in good condition, not soiled), YadieBlchnergodrd. July~close out price, 59c each. ' ~ lO~h hs oossm ieao Delmar Apron CheckjGinghams, guarain teed colors, value about 25c yard, our JinhPjaaChcsJuypce2c July price, 15c yard.yad Beautiful line Dredd Ginghams in plaids, i~otalorMnsSr~ as bu checks and striped, our July prIce, 25c 10lf. agn npiefo 8.t yard.$20.Cmaid.fdyorsean F'igured Volles in a pretty line of dress gtoefr2c patterns, just the material for your MnsCo lt n amBahSis mid-summer dress. Price reduced to $70to1.0vae;Jlcosou The nd 0c yrd.price abou 35oc.$39 y ard urspcia8pic Edwin LoBolof Ciompd arrwwiy pr "T eStr T a' bougtatse B os sm tm ao EASLEY, aS Juypic2. ad *- au~~I ..a. a. 3p *.* E.36-l. inch P.. ajN.amaCekJlypie 5 13U liii 3331yrd.. Me'.trwHt pcalW recer