The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, August 29, 1918, Image 4
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iPICKENS, S. C.
PU B L y HE D WEEKLY
AUGUST 29, 1918
goored tat Picket ii o o t io n ar Second C lass
t Mtall Matnor.
1.50 AMYEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
GAY o H'ror. Manager.
With Pickens
County Boys
Under the .
Flag
From Robert M. Welborn
The following l er was raCe eU by
M r. and M1r:. )M artin J. V 'li",31 f oi"
their son Robert
Dear llomaefolks. Will write you all
a letter today to lot. you hear from tile,
and the news tfro (ianp Joseph C.
Johnstone.
We a'rived at camt p Friday, August
2d, after havma) a very pleasant trip.
We stopped in Atlanta from 5 p. in. un
til 12 o'clock. enjoyed our stay in the
city; we spent most of our time at the
Y. M. C. A., and we also spent a while
in Gainesville and Macon. 'T'here is
some pretty country down through
South Georgia.
Well, I shall have to say something
about the ladies of l"lorida, The Red
Cross ladies met us at the station in
Jacksonville and gave the boys post
cards, cigarettes, chewing gum, and
wished for us all kinds of good
luck on our journey. I shall always
praise the Red Cross work; it is one of
the greatost works that can be started
for the soldiers at the front.
All of our boys from Camp Sevier
seem to be well pleased with the camp
and country. I lite the camp and coun
try line. The land is perfectly level
and sandy; there are no rock and red
mud to contend with.
Canap Joseph E. .1ohnstons is about
ten miles from .Jacksonville and is loca
ted along the banks of the St. John's
river. Any one can go to the city by
boat, railway. street car, or walk-any
way you choose. lBut to our sorrow we
have been under quarantine since we
arrived. It will last fourteen days.
Many of the boys dodge the guards on
the line and go right ahead. Camp
Johnstone is a mobilization camp for
men only of the quartermaster's te
partment. It is a large camp, and we
have boys here from every camp in the
union.
I thought when I left Camp Sevier I
would he lonesome, but it is not quite
so. Well, I dt miss seeing my friends
in cana and in Greenville, and going
homae on may twenty-four hour passes,
and also calhng home over the tele
phone. We have sol many things here
to paass off' the. time.. that we did not
have at Sevier'. We are dlividedl into
sqjuadirons; I am in the: 3%th sqluadr~on,
antd all of us will Is mnoun ted1 when wve
go acraoss. We have already had issued
to) us all of our baridlles, saddles and guns.
WVe will have only twenty- live rifles to
the company for guarad aduty. We will
carry pistots. anal we have already re
ceivead the most of our eqluipment. We'
tare numbering anad packing them every
day. When we cross we will be fully
equipped with our number of men and
equipment aind will dIraw our horses
when we get there. Our work will be
the supplying of animals for the army
and carrying woundead ones back to the
hospitals. It will be known as "The
Field Remount Squadrons."' Well, I
guess I have said enough about camp
life.
I receivedj a copy of T'he Pickens Sen
tinel todlay, and believe me, it was ap
preciated. I enjoyed reading every
word of it. Any one away from home
cannot afl'ordl to do without his county
Iaper. I noticed that thirty-eight more
* men had left for the camps. I can see
the road that they have to travel, andI
* ~hope to meet them some tinme and all
the rest of my friends who have gone
on ahead. 1 wish for them much suc
cess.
I noticed in T1he Florida Metropolis, a
paper printed in Jacksonville, that Ser
geant John Gardner, one of my friends
and comrades of Co. L. 118th Infantry,
Camp Sevier, of which I was a memn
ber, was shot while serving in France.
I hope he will recover.
From what the papers state 1 (1o not
think it will be very long until aill of
us boys will return to our homes and be
with our people and friends. It kindly
- feels like home here in a way, since
there are several boys here from near
home, and also, the boys from Sevier
with whom I was so well* acquainted.
There are three Welborns here-W. J.
Welborn who was with me at Green
vile, J1. G. Welborn fronr Texas, and 1I
Well, 1 could write more, but It is al
most time for mess, so I guess I had
- spds.lemember meto all of my
fredand especially the ladies. I
salbepleased to hear from all of my
fred.Write me a long letter soon,
Much love from your son,
RonmnT M. W EnolRN,
A. R. D. 333. F. R. R. 335.
Camp Josep~h EeaJ ohnistone,
Jacksonville, Fila
Following letter is from a Pickens
county boy who volunteered April 4
and was in France June 7:
Camp Coetquidan, France,
July 20, 1918.
My Dear Father and Mother: I re
ceived your letter of July 1st yester
day. Was sure glad to hear from you.
Tell Nellie that her letter was more
newsy than any I have received yQt.
Tell her to write me who Miss E. .and
Miss M. married. I have received three
letters from you, one from Cousin
Emma and Sarah Cunningham and one
from Cousin Nannie Campbell and one
from C. F. It seems like a very few
in return for as many as I have writ
ten, although the time since I left the
states has been just a few days ago.
Give any one my address that asks of
me and tell them to write some news.
Send me some papers. I certainliy
would like to see The Sentinel. Tell
every one that has sons or friends over
here to write often. Nothing helps
like news from home. A home-sick
soldier might as well he in the hospital.
The girls should write more cheery let
ters. We can't he dependd on to
write regularly as we are so busy.
Speaking of the girls writing reminds
me of a fellow who got a letter from
his girl a few days ago. A fter read
ing a page or two he threw it aside in
disgust. "What-ta-ye know about
this,'' he said. "Beven pages from my
girl and on every page she tells me
what a good time she is having going
to dances with i guy who didn't get
into the army because he had flat feet.
Next thing I know she will be marry
ing that gink. There ought to be a law
against a fellow with flat feet marry
ing.'" I was so busy last night I didn't
get to write as much as I wanted to;
am writing again this p. m. I had a
letter from Andrew McCollum this a.
in.; said he is liking France fine. We
are getting plenty to eat here. I had
chicken and French fried potatoes, let
tuce, biscuits, toasted bread and pie for
supper tonight. Very nice supper,
taking into consideration where I am.
It has been raining this p. m. and is
nice and cool; a fellow sure does sleep
good. 1 sleep with two blankets over
me. We have very good barracks and
good cots and have our bed-sacks filled
with hay. 1 can sleep anywhere, even
on a two-by-four. The railroads here
are certainly funny and a hundred
years behind. All cars are coupled to
gether by chains with no air. Hand
brakes are used where brakes are
needed. The roads are broad gauge.
What branch of service is Homer Suth
erland in? It is taps now and I am
closing the station. I have had a very
busy day; worked until 12:30. Tell J.
B. 1 will be sure to wear my dog tag.
1 had better stop as I am on the switch
board tonight; am on from 5:30 to
12:30 and from 5:00 to 9:15 a. m. I am
feeling fine tonight; have just heard
good news. Write often. Love to all.
R. W. Davidson.
Hqr. Co. 114th F. A.
American E. Forces. France.
Fought at Cantigny
T1he following letter was received by
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Summey, of Lib
erty route 2, parents of the writer:
My Dear Mother: It is with the
greatest of pleasure I sit down this
beautiful afternoon to write you a few
lines to let you hear from me. I am
well and truly hope this will reach and
find you the same.
Well, mother, we are all sad today
for we lost our company commander
this morning, lHe was as fine a man as
I have ever met. Although wounded
twice he refused to go back and led us
on victoriously in the capture of the
small town of Cantigny, and this morn
ing at 3:15 we wvent over the top and
killed and captured many of the enemy.
But we lost our much-loved company
commander which we would not have
given for all the Germans in Germany.
Well, I do not know whether this
will pass the censor or not, but I guess
it will. This morning was the first
time I ever committedl murder, but I
sure did this morning. It was a case
of who could shoot the quickest, soi I
managed to be the first every time.
We certainly are having fine weather
now; it has not rained in a month, but
we do not need much rain in war.
Well, I have been in the war nearly six
months, -have been in the trenches
twice but have not got hurt in the
least yet. Hlope you will make a good
cr0o) this year. Tell Mr. Eppe it takes
a good soldier to do duty in this man's
war.
I could have been with the 54th in
fantry yet if 1 had not wanted to come
to France, so 1 transferred to the 26th
infantry to get to co'me to France. I
don't guess yu care anything about
such junk as this but you know any
thing to filt~uD: a letter. Well I will
close for this tine. Aa ever your son,
ICo. D, 26th U. S. A. mI., A. E. F.
June 29, 1918.
\D1on't send your printing orders away
from home without giving The Sentinel
a chance. The Sent'mel can do as good
printing as anybody anywhere and will
appreciate your patronage and deliver
. the work on time.
Stae i ouuu i (aroiina,
County of Pickens.
Whereas, the resident freeholders of
the age of 21 years and the qualified
electors residing in Pleasant Hill School
District No. 24, have petitioned the
Board of Trustees of the aforesaid dis
trict to grant an election within said
district for the purpose of voting upon
the question of issuing bonds for the
purpose of erecting a suitable school
house within said district. The peti
tion further asks that the amount to be
raised shall not exceed $2000. After
examining the aforesaid petition the
Board of Trustees are satisfied that the
petition meets the requirements of the
law.
Therefore, an election is hereby or
dered by the Board of Trustees of said
district, to be held at the school house
on August 26, 1918, to determine
whether said bonds shall be issued or
not, and Messrs. C. L.. Dean W. H.
Kelley and F. A. Bell are hereby ap
pointed managers of said election.
The said managers shall declare the re
sult of said election and make return of
same to this board.
It is further ordered that notice of
said election be published in The Pick
ens Ser tinel, the election to be con
ducted in accordance with the law gov
erning school bond elections.
W. J. WrltNIni,
J. \V. STIl'I:N-S,
BEN llOLIDI)AY,
Trustees.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of Soutuh Cairolina,
County of Pickens.
Whereas, the resident freehold
rs ofe the age of 21 years and the
qualified electors residing in Mica
District No. 33, have petitioned the
Board of Trustees of the aforesaid
district to grant an election within
said district for the purpose of vot
ing upon the question of issuing
bonds for the purpose of erecting
a suitable school house within said
district. The petition further asks
that the :(mount to be raised shall
be $1200. After examining the
aforesaid petition the Board of
Trustees are satisfied that the peti
tion meets the requirements of the
law.
Therefore, an election is hereby
ordered by the Board of Trustees
of said district, to be held at the
school house on August 31, 1918,
to determine whether said bonds
shall be issued or not, and Messrs.
G. B. Williams, J. M. Chastain, and
W. O. Turner are hereby appointed
managers of said election. The
said managers shall declare the re
sult of said election and make re
turn of same to this board.
It is further ordered that notice
of said election be published in The
Pickens Sentinel, the election to be
conducted in rbcordance with the
law governing school bond elections
J. I. Williams,
J. J. McCombs,
J. T. Finley.
Trustees.
Millers' Certificates
The Sentinel office has a small supply
of Millers' Certificates in stock which
are being sold at 40c per hundred.
When ordering by mail add 5 cents per
hundred for postage.
College of Charleston
F1OUNDIE) 1785.
A college of highest standard,
open to men alil women. An
intenfionally limited enrollment
insur~es indlividual instruction.
Four year courses leadl to the
Bachelor's'De)gree. The Pre
Medical couirse a special feature.
Mliitary Tr'iaining, established
in 1917 under War Department
regulations: is in charge of U.
S. Army officer. Address
HNRRISON RIINDOLPDI, PresIdent
Cftarleston, S. C.
Prc List
X Prices quoted below hold good t
up toadincluding WednesdayV
September 4:$
Corn .-...--.....$2.00) bushel*
Beeswax ~... .-----......30c lb .
:Wool-- -0l
U nwashed (burry).....4cb
"free from burras50c lb :
T 'ub washed, free of burrs 60c lb
R ioots and Herbs
SGinseng, clean and dry --. .$6 lb
Seneco Root, clean and
/ dry . ..............25clb
Pink Root, clean and dry.10c lb **
Star Root, clean and dry.:8c lb
:Star Grass, clean and dry.15c lb *
Chickens and Eggs
H~ens -----. --... .....20c lb
Roosters --------.......15cdb
Frying Chickens....-30c lb
up to2 lbs?
Ducks, each-......---... 15c lbI
Guineas, each----........-40c
Pigeons-..............20c pair
Eggs, per dozen.-..........40c
Onions
- White Multiplying Onions,
per bushel.--..--......$1.50
Butter
Butter in bulk-......---.27c lb
If you can't reach us with but
ter in nice condition we can han
Idle all we can get in bulk.
Meats
Side Blacon.. -..--.-.-29cdb
Hams-....--.-----......3c lb
We pay the above for produce
in trade at regular cash prices.
~Craig Bros. Co.
THE M ITCHELL*
STANDARDIZED WAGON
+ We have just received a car of the old reliable MITCHELL WAGONS and
? strange to say, they are better built, better ironed, and a better wagon today
than The Mitchell Wagon Company has ever turned out.
The 2 1-8 One-Horse Mitchellat - 65.00
The 2 1-4 One-Horse Mitchell at-------------------- 70.00
The 2 1-2 Two-Horse Mitchell at ------------------ 105.00
The 27-8 Two-Horse Mitchell Wagon at _ _ ------- ------ 115.00
4 Sounds a little high, we'll admit, but not as high as the next car will be
0 nor as high in proportion as cotton and other firm products. *
4 In 1911 The Mitchell Wagon sold for $60 in
the 2 1-2 two-horse, and cotton was 10c lb. tak
Iing 600 lbs. of cotton to pay for a 2 1-2 wagon. "w
SI' Today the 2 1-2 wagon is $105, while 600 lbs.
sA . cotton at 25c. lb. comes to $150, which buys the
UMNED STM=_ same wagon and leaves you $45. No highef in
sovaar price today than other wagons, but bettter by
test. We have sold hundreds of them in Pick
e Buy Them And ens county, and have yet to find one dissatisfied
customer.;.
Help Win The War IW
Q ASK THE MnNI WHO OWNS ONE, r .
4 'OR SALE EVERYWHERE OR VOUR LOCAL BLACKSIuTH
Yours truly,
FOLG ER, THORNLEY & 00.
__ Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Gent's Furnishing Goods a Specialty
Solo Agents for Walk-Over and Godman Shoes, Carhart Overalls, Iron King Stoves
New Home Sewing Machines, Chase City and Sunnuers' Buggies, Mitchell Wagons.
No better lines made in America. 'Therefore there are no better lines sold.
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Citation me, in the Court of Probate, to be held
at Pickens Court House, S. C., on the Notice To Debtors and Credit
State of South Carolina, 29th day of August, 118, next, after
County of Pickens publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the
By J. B. Newbery, Esq., Probate Judge. forenoon, to show cause, if any they
Whereas, Mrs Mary .1. Landreth have, why the said administration should estate of the late Mrs. Mary R
made suit to me to grant her letters of not be granted. must present the same, duly prover
administration of the estate of and Given under my hand and seal, this y August, 1
effects of James L. Landreth deceased. 10th day of August 1918, in the 1 or be debarred payment; and all per:
These are therefore, to cite and ad- year of our Independence. indebted to said estate must maej
monish all and singular the kindred and J. B. NHwIERY, ment on or before the above date to
creditors of the said James L. Landu ith Judge of Probate, Pickens County, undersigned. C. E. Busii,
deceased, that they be and appear before S. C. amn Iit AdministratoR
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 A
than the new 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 i
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
gains for mid-summer selling. I
Shirt Waist Special-Ladies' fine Organ- Good Heavy Cheviot Shirting-Today's
die and Voile Waists, $1 and $1.25. price about 35c yard. Our special price
Ladies' fine Silk Waists, made of wash during July, 25c -yard. j
silk, crepe-de-chine and georgette crepe,
S $1.98 to $(6. yOne lot of 'Calico.and narrow width p~er
cales, value 25c yard. Our July price,
Ladies' White Linen Skirts-150 ladies' 15c yard. ,
fine white skirts that sold from $1 to
$1.25 (in good' condition, not soiled), Yard-wide Bleaching, very good grade. ) *
July close out price, 59c, each. We bought these goods some time ago.
Special July price, 20c yard.
Delmar Apron Check[Ginghams, guarn- 3-ih P
teed colors, value about 25c yard, our yinc ajamra lhecks, July price, 25c
July price, 15c vard.
Men's Straw Hat Special-We are clear
Beautiful line Dredd Ginghams in plaids, ins out all our Men's straw hats; about
checks and striped, our July price, 25c 150 left, ranging in price from 98c. to
yard. $2.00. Come and find your size and
Figured Voiles in a pretty line of dress get one for 25c. -
patterns, just the material for- your Men's Cool Cloth and Palm Beach Suits
mid-summer dress. Price reduced to $7.50 to $10,00 value. July close out
15c and 20c yard. price, your choice, $3.98 and $4.98.
Edwin L. Bolt & Company
"The Store That's Always Busy"
EASLEY, S. C.
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