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TPOFFICIAL PAPRICD SENL r O f P i c k e n syEl s t a b l i sh e d 1 8 7 1 - V o l u m e 4 8 DI C K E N S , S . ,, S E5 , 1 9 1 8 N u m b e r 1 8 45 More Went to the .Army Tuesday Following is a list of Pickens county men who left for Camp Jackson Tues day nmorning, September 3: John Miles Taylor, Easley. ,Edgar Washington McQueen, Easley. Walker L. Mull, Easley. Ernest Walker Cartee, Easley. Furman D. Waldrop, Pickens. George W. Farr, Dacueville R-2. Herbert Hayward Reese, Easley R-I. Greeley Holcombe, Eastatoe. Edward Harrison Gravlpy, Pickens R-3. Bob Maddox, Central R-3. Clinton Dobson, Central. Boon Carey, Pickens. William Bruce Lewis, Pickens R-3. Walter Reese, Pickens R-3. James McCombs, Dacusville R-1. Preston Bolding, Liberty R-1. Morris Frank Knox, Easley. Frank Wakester, Easley R-1. Forest Edwards Dodgens, Pickens R-1. Millard Martin, Pickens R-5. Walter Posey, Liberty R-2. Raleigh Latimer Cleor, Easley. Prue Bryan Hendricks, Marietta R-2. Lawrence Arther Boggs, Liberty R-2. Roy B. Sanders, Easley. Flen Anderson Gilstrap, Sunset. Samuel R. Brown, Pickens R-4. James Verner Norris, Liberty. Will Liles, Central. William H. Phillips, Easley R-3. Ephriam Gilstrap, Pickens R-2. Ernest L. Looper, Easley. Robert Beck, Central. William Adams, Easley. William Bryant Clark, Easley. Charley D. Seaborn, Central R-2. John Allen Roper, Pickens R-4. Thomas Edwin Stansell, Pickens R-4. Thomas Alexander Folger, Central, Ed. Reeves, Pickens R-3. ' ~ Freeman IHenson Masters, Liberty R-3. Lawrence Albert Pi:(, Central. Elyhue Holbert Sutherland, Easley. Thomas Adam Evatt, Central R.:3. Allen Edens. Central. Jesse Gillespie Not Dead Corporal Jesse D. Gillespie, of Pick ens county, who was recently reported killed in France, is still living according to the following letter received by The Sentinel from Mrh. Hester Pinson of Central route 2: "Editor The Sentinel: I received a' message from the war department that Corporal Jesse I). Gillespie, 28th Inf.. Co. K, who was reported killed May 27, 1918, is now reported by his division commander as being wounded May 27, and not killed. I also received a letter from his nurse stating that he was do ing-as well as could be expected with his leg broken and hand badly wound Silas Hinkle, Sr., Dead Mr. Silas Hinkle, Sr., died at the home of his son-in-law. J. W. Lang ston, in Pickens, Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock after an illness of about five months. Dropsy was the cause of death. 4) Mr. Hinkle was a pioneer citizen of Pickens county. He was born and reared in this county and was eighty four years old at the time of his death. He is survived by eight children as foll~ws: Mrs. C. E. Thomas, Mrs. J. W. Langston, Mrs. P. G. Bowie, .J. T. and S. D. Hinkle, Misses Florida and 4Lula Hinkle, all of Pickens county, and Mrs. WV. 11. Langston of Greenville. Funeral services were held at Mt. Carmel in Oconee county and the body laid to rest beside that of Mrs. Hinkle who preceded her husband to the grave about a year. 4) County Singing Convention The Pickens County Township Sing ing convention will meet with Mount Tabor church, nine miles north of Eas hey, the fourth Saturday and Sunday in September, 21 and 22. P'rofessors McD. Weams, of Rome, Ga.; Geo. W. Sea born, of Asheville, N. C.; R. N. Grisham and wife, and E,. L. Faircloth, of Greenville; Geo. B. Wigington, of Anderson, and others have promisedl to be with us. Every church and Sunday school is requested to send two delegates and take a special collection to' help defray expenses of this association. Everybody has an invitation to at U ~ tend and especially to bring wvell-filled baskets. R. M. Bolding, Pres. S. C. Chapman, Sec. and Treas. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. McDaniel of Ens ley have a sery sick baby. Many friends hope it will soon he well again. 46 New Men Regis tered August 24t1 Following is a list of young men i Pickens county who became 21 years ol since last June 5 and who registere August 24 as liable for military service WHITE MEN Barnet Osborne Williams, Easley R A. Foster Crumpton, Pickens Quicee L. Burgess, Pickens R6 Stephen Robert Keith, Pickens R4 Howard Pressley McKee, Easley RI Mathew M. Looper, Dacueville RI William F. Kelly, Central R3 Hovey Pack, Central R3 Homer Davis, Pickens Frank Nalley, Easley R2 Lawrence W. Hendricks, Marietta R' Willie Henry Clayton, Central Lee Hudson, Easley R5 Andrew Kerr, Calhoun R1 Robert F. Earley, Easley Ri Lee Sunnerall, Liberty R3 William Coke Grant. Central R2' Roy Alexander Finley, Central R4 Ossie C. Holder, Pickens R4 Forace W. Chandler, Pickens R4 . Henry Joe Stephens, Central Columbus Argus Looper, Easley RI John Adrin Watkins, Liberty Warren Asbery Palmer, Calhoun Ben Tillman Patterson, Pickens R3 Davis Vivian Taylor, Calhoun RI Holbert Edens, Easley Walton Haynes, Pickens R5 James Bruce Stewart, Central R4 Ernest H. Mullinax, Central 1er Merck, Central R2 Walter I)ickson Bowing, Liberty 11 Thomas Richard Powell, Pickens Jay Butler, Pickens \v. A. llendrick:s, Pickens R:2 COLORED: Walter Ferguson, Pickens Furman Blyth, Pickens Grover Terrell, P'ickens Henry Wetherall, Central Burkley Wakefield, Easley Gus Edwards, Jr., Clemson College Edgar Austin, Central R1 Henry Wise, Central .John Butler Cannon, Pickens 112 Jesse Cannon, Pickens Bedfert Banks, Calhoun Maynard School Honor Roll First Grade-Pay Folger, Sara Brock, Sallie Childress, Mary Brumley, T. M. Looper, Minnie Brock, Florine -Fendley, Nathaniel Smith, Edna Brum ley, Ruby Hendricks, B. F. Jennings. Advanced First Grade-Ben Ligon, Clyde Looper, Waco Freemen, Ralph Smith, Attice Jennings, Montez Smith, George Williams. Second Grade-Pearl Williams, Iola Freeman, Floyd Julian, James Looper, Luther Jennings, Ernest Ward. Third Grade-I ouie Wood, Bristow Eanks, Clifton Smith, Harrison Wil liams. Fourth Grade-Viola Chilhre:., Lil lian Looper, Ruth Whitmire, Frank Clark, Pleas Julian, Bill Brumley, Kate Looper, Herman Ligon, Milton Ligon. Fifth Grade.-Rupert Freeman, Fay Williams, Ressie Chappell. Sixth Grade-Mary Folger, Wesley Mattie Childress, Sunie Brock, Etta Conley. Seventh Grade-Olpha Childress, 01 ive Childress, Clarence Looper, Claude Looper, Anna Belle Looper, Floyd Banks, Walter Folger, Mary Lee Wood, Ethel Chappell. Eighth Grade-Ruth Looper. Mattie Bowen, Principal. Eva Farmer, Assistant. In The Second Race The following candidates will be ir the second race for state oflicers: For United States Senate, short tern -y Pee ples and Pollock. A ttorney-General-~Sapp) and Wolfe Commissioner of Agriculture-Garri son and Harris. Railroad Commissioner- Richardsoi andl Arnold. Over Greenville Way Congressman Nichols and Horace L Bomar. both of Spartanburg, will mak Ia secondl race for congress in the fourt district. D). B. Traxler, the Greenvili candidate, came in third and last. Greenville county voted to abolish th rural police system., Revival Meeting. A revival meeting wvi Creek church Friday third Sunday in Septen at the pool Sunday. IThe Pickens Mill schoob nex t session Septembler 1. Ed.(ens4 andl Cannon teacher, REGIS TR/ To all male persons who A eighteenth birthday and shall i ty-sixth birthday on or befort by the President must regist< (a) Persons who, prior to ti the President, have registere+ approved May 18, 1917, or ur resolution of Congress appr called for service or not. Th< 12th 1918, 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. to Register. Chairman Local B( Sept. 2, 1918. \Ve must ra for our Ar for our. Q i 011' AsaGreat( -- D. B. Osborne, Ch - ment Committ (I Wheat is the moc Until its production is there will not be enot ger of a Food Shorta Of twelve most impor country gained in planted acres 1914-26,124,000 acres. Of this gain the Southern acres or 57 per cent of the v Of the individual crops t] In Wheat.--1,976,000 acre In Corn-6,582,000 acres, In Other Food Crops-6,4 of the whole. - Of the Fall wheat acreag crease of 3,067,000 acres, of ? 000 acres, or 76 per cent. But we can do still betteri Let's back up Our Boys ir duty to furnish them and our duty to fight. We are raising t1 to clothe and provide edible f us raise a big grain crop next s It can be done. The labo tively small, and the acre yield seed, a well prepared seed bed a proper fertilizers. Limited Service Men To Camp Greenleaf list of' limited service men who are cajiled to go to Camp G'reenleaf, Ga., on September 5th: George Herman Werner, Central. Ervin smith Griffin. jr., Spartanburg. Andrew Vincent Hamilton, Eanley. Clarence L. O'Dell, Easley. R~alph Boggs Hester, Pickens. To Reduce Tax Levy Action is expected to be taken by the legislative delegation of Pickens county at an early date to have the county tax levy reduced. On account of the in creasedl assessment the present levy will raise more money than it in thought .'~ needed. W. E. Findley. mem e delegation, states that he eing the levy so as to raise funds for county expenses, n of the legislature in con .,I the county commissioners ~-'e the power to act. y was redluced last v.a e:. d a (lIuarter to eight anl a TON NOTICE shall have attained their not have attained their for the day set for registration ,r. The only exceptions Ire: te day set for registration by d under the terms of the act der the terms of the public oved May 20, 1918, whether 3 day for Registration, Sept. Go to your nearest precinct E. P. McCRAVEY, )ard Pickens County, S. C. Ise wheat mies and Allies aranCentre' airman Soil Improve. ee, Atlanta, Ga. t important War Crop. increased still more gh to remove the dan ge from the Front. tant Food Crops, the entire tge in 1917 over acreage of States increased 14,965,000 rhole. he South gained: s, or 56 per cent of the whole. or 41 per cent of the whole. 07,000 acres, or 37 per cent e of 1918 there was an in 'hich the South gained 2,332, n 1919. 1 France. It is no less our allies food than it is their als fall an ample cotton crop, ats and oils for our boys. Let pring to help feed them. r requirements are compara s may be increased with good nd a liberal application of Regulations Regard inig Sale of Flour I'nder the new regulat ions promu! gated1 by the food1 admlinistration re gardinig t he whea'it conservation pro gram, effectivce September 1, which suprsaedes the "50-50" rule and which pecrmits the use of 80 per cent of wheat flour to 20 per cent of rubstitutes, the retail dealer dealing in standard wheat flour is required to carry in stock either barley flour, corn meal or corn flour, and with every sale of wheat flour lie must sell a combination of some one or more of these in the proportion of one poundl of substitutes to each four p~ounids of wheat flour. Nodelr ma oc n other sub sue.andl these substitutes must con form to the standlardJs fixedl by the food administration. There are some localities where other substitutes are available and which re tiesmy wish to carry in ordrt mee(t t his situation. The following Housm.y be sohil ini such comb~lina~tion ino lieu i f the above na medl Ilour', if the custono'r so dnmands, on a ratio of one Ex. Com. Declares Official Results The County Executive Committee met August 29th, 1918, and officially declar ed the election, which was held on Aug. 27th, 1918. Tho following candidates were elected on first ballot: W. Clar ence Mann, for House of Representa tives; J. B. Newbery re-elected Pro bate Judge. The following Magistrates were elected: Calhoun, P. S. McCol lum; Cateechee, George R. Campbell; Central, J. E. Bridges; Easley, J. M. Jamison; Hurricane, W. S. Gantt; Da eusville, L. S. Edens; Pickens, A. S. Porter; Pumpkintown, W. E. Edens, jr. The following named cand'dates will run second race for Magistrate: East atoe township, P. G. Bowie and R. M. Lusk; Liberty township, J. M. Garrett and John P. Smith. For State Senate, Frank E. Alexan ier and J. H. Earle will run second -ace. For House of Representatives, W. E. Findley and J. S. Leopard will be n second race. For County Supervisor, [. F. Looper and J. T. McKinney will be in the recond raco. For County Commissioners, (two to be elected) W. r. Bates, Joe A. Finley, J. A. Hendrix and John F. Lesley, will be in the sec ond race. For Coroner, W. T. Beasley and S. E. Mauldin will run second race. The second primary election will be held on Tuesday, September 10th, 1918. The Managers of the first primary elec tion are requested to act in the same capacity at second primary election. Boxes and tickets will be ready for distribution on Saturday, Septembe' 7th. Respect fully submitted, N. A. (unisToriEn, S tM T. SMI'rii, County Chairman. Acting Secretary. August 29, 1918. Official Vote State Candidates In counting the vote for state candi dates last week the executive commit. tee made a slight mistake of counting the Hlolly Springs box twice and not counting the Central box. The mistake was later discovered, but not in time t< be corrected in the table published it The Sentinel last week. We therefor( give the official total vote for each can didate below. The vote for county candidates pub. lished last week was correct. For U. S. Senate- Long Tern Blease ---------------1313 Dial------------ - -1293 Rice 169 Short Term: Renet 1307 Peeples .....fit: Pollock 637 For (Governor Bethea . - 131 Cooper - - 1445 DesChamps 29 Duncan McLaurin ---3 Rtichards---884 L ieutenantGovernor. C'ohen------- .560 Liles...--..-.-...--- 1040 Wightman--......--1163 Superintenident of Eduicatjin Rtector . . .. --- - 1095 Swearingen--......--.1778 A ttorneyO GeneralI -ap .- -1)58 Searson - . .560 Wolfe ~. . . I15; Co lmissioner1 of A\gricuIltur e, Commerfl('ce and11 Indutstr1ice Glarrison . .. . -1071 IHarris---... ----1116 Morrison....- . 531) I laiIlroad Com is ISoner A rnold ...... -......15 McLaughlin -- -271 Rlichardson-------844 Smith--------- 542 Vowell -.--------.. 183 flour: Kaflir flour, milo flour, rice flour oat flour, peanut , flour, bran flour potato flour, sweet potato flour an buckwheat flour. Pure rye flour or meal may be sold a substitute, but must be sold in pr< portion of at least two pounds of ry flour with three punds of wheat hour. The foregoing rules apply to all em torn andl exchange transactions as we as sales of flour to farmers. Victory mixedl flours, conformineg standards set by the food audministrai tion, may be sold withou t the sub~sti tutes. Yours very ruy fI'rod A dm~ninis t rat or :': I'ilk e " o ca$1. Th00.el6mot Killed By Lightning --Oolenoy Locals Oolenoy.-While mending a roof on his barn Saturday afternod aboutj; 1 o'clock, Mr. Jesse McGill of Table Rpck was struck by lightning, knocked from a partition upon which he was standing and instantly killed. His neck was broken. His nephew, Dewey Masters, who was nearby, was also severely shocked and knocked unconscious by the lightning, but has recovered. Mr. McGill was about sixty years of age and is survived by several children. His body was laid to rest at Saluda q Hill Sunday. - Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hallum, Mrs. Bivens and family and Miss Josie Chas tain spent Sunday at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs, A. C. Sutherland. W. F. Hendricks went to Camp Jack son last week to see his son Rudolph who has been ill in the hospital, but is improving. Miss Pearl Sutherland entertained a mountain party from Peters Creek Sat urday. A play entitled "A Night and a Day" will be given by young ladies of the community at the Oolenoy school house Friday night. The play was got ten up under the supervision of Mrs. J. I. Reece, very talented in this line, and promises to be a treat for those who attend. Proceeds will go to the Red Cross. Central Items re has been a very notable death .G''uth Car<.'ina. I compose the fol. iny' to, its nernory: l'I Oclnek preached the funeral, Rsenet ang the hlvn, l)ial dug the g-irave. TFhe vt4: put hi, in. G.uess who iIe y - The doctors of I'ic.,ns co unty have offered their s;ervires to t h"et govein ment. A young man suppose(d ti be a de serter from the army went into the home of ,J. W. lIollins last 'Thursday evening and stole several things. lie was brought to town and tried before Esquire Bridges. lie plead guilty and - was sent to the gang. His case will be investigated by Federal officers. F. H. Morgan left last Thursday night for Charleston, where he went to the bedside of his brother Carl who was op erated on at the Navy hospital for ap pendicitis. A wire from Mr. Morgan states that his condition is very good. Carl's many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. We are sorry to report that Mrs. 11. Ramseur was on the sick list last week. Miss Christine Clayton, who has been teaching during the summer in Georgia, came home last Saturday. School opens here on T'uesday, Sep tember 3. - Visited Their Old Home Miss Vesta Ashmore returned to her home in Atlanta last week after a pleasant visit to friends in Pickens. Miss Vesta is one of Pickens' former most puopular young ladies and many friends here arte always glad to see her. G;eorge D. t~ureton andl family have returned to their home in Wyoming after a visit to relatives in Pickens county. TPhey made the trip from Wyoming here in an automobile in two weeks time and retuirnedl the same way. Mr. Cureton is a son of Mrs. K. L. Cureton of P'ickens and his old friends here are always pleased to greet him. Miss Nellie Grandy and Charlie Cur. tis have been visiting in Pickens. They made the trip here from their home in .1 amison, Orangeburg county., thru the country in a car andl were welcome~ visitors at their old home. IU. D). Stewart, of Washington, D). C., has been on a visit to his father, Major J. M. Stewart, in Pickens. "Duff'," as he is familiarly called by many friends here, holds a position in ', the treasury department, where lie has , been sin'e 1 901. Winchester- Keesler A beau tiful w ~edinig too(k plae at. e the home of t he bride's parents Sun. day affternoon, August 25, att :3 o'clock, when Mr. P'aul Keesler led to the saicred il altar Miss Mlallie Winchester, second dlaughter oft Mr. and~i Mrs. A. TP. Win chester of Sunset, I and one of Little - tiastatioe'S majo; opular young ladies. Mr. Kee-h-r is t he. third son of Mr. J. lE. 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