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h PickeB Sneiti e PICKENS, S. C. PU B L I 8 H E ) W E E K L W. L. MATHENY, Editor and Mainagc *otereal at I'lckek ix 'ontnllwve 4 0 0111EI 6 I Mafil Matter 1.50 A YEAR, INVARIA6I.) IN ADVANCI NOVEMHII R 1.1. ntis THE BIG DRIVE. Seven organizations are united ii the great war-fund drive, which wil be upon us almost as soon as we ge the pending Liberty Loan efrort oul of the way. These seven organizations hav< proved their right to our support b) certain very definite work for thi American troops at hone and abroad Some of these we know quite well. The Y. M. C. A., Knights of Coluim bus, and the Salvation Army are per haps the best known of the lot. Their very (lefinite and tremendously jim portant work for our boys is known to ill of us. The Y. M. C. .\. Is don a great work for girls w%'ho are affected by war-conditions, and for the boys, too, through the establishment of Ilostess Houses at the great canton ments. The work of the Y. M. C. A. dieserves Careful study. The Jewish War Relief Association oceupies the samie )osition relatively as the Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus. It is doing ani excellent work amonig, our soldiers of Jewish faith anl works in utmost harmony with the two organizations just men tionedl. The American Library Association has unlertaken to furnish books and periodicals for our soldiers in train ing, on shipboard, and overseas. This is a huge task, as anyone can readily e', aid every cent, this organization receives will be well spent. Good books and mnagazinles help wonderful ly towa r(d keeping up a man's morale. The War Camp Community Ser vice helps to ke--p comimun ities clean near wht ich our great canton men ts are located, aril this, too, is an im portanitt wvork. Tlhe govern In en t is fightig: with all its strentgtlh against venereal disease and the Community S-trvice is a poteit ally in this strug gle. ,very ole of thtese associations are nie'essary. Thre is no overilap 1inig of elfot't wvhatever, and the idea of havin ,g a uit it ed drive for funds to tinane . their work is one that ha,1s met with the approval of tie thinkers of the tnation. t)nring the days that, precede the drive, study the work of the seveni great associationts, and when the comm iii itt. oe calls, he ready with a do lation ini proportioti to the great work they are doing:.1, so well. COLUMBIA HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, S. C. Owing to the great dletimanid for liutrses, dute to the war, the Coluimbia Hlospital of (Colutmbia, S. C.X, has made provision Cotr i fteetn additionial tnur.. ses to etnt etrt trainn at th1' institut t ion, amn is oent fotr app))leants. The Columbia llospital is equipped to offer'I a thorough course of training it al bratnches of nursing and has an able statff of instructors. The young ladies are itnstructed in sev eral studies byv tIh' Direct ress of .Nutrses whto has chare-c't of the Train ing School. A gradunate dietitin is in charge of the kitchent and teaches both prac tical and thIteoretical diet ities. Tlhere is an opentitng for ot.- pupil (dietitian whto is a D~omtest ic Scienice graduate. Any youne: lady' of good iuoral chatracter, b~etweent the ages of 1 t andt 30 y'ear's, andl who has had at least or'a year itn the high school is eligible. to enter the nurses Training School. Any younig lady of this com muinity who desires to take tip the ntoble ptrofessioni of' nursing wouldl do well to wr'ite the Directressq of Nurses, Columbia IHospital, Colum bia, S. C., for' apptlication blanks andio TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. MARY. B. BRADLEY. 1t seems fittinig that a tribute to the miemory. of Mrts. Mary Brazecale Bradley hie pulilshe.d in The P'ickens Setintel, which was once so ably ed itedl by hier dist inguishedo husband, Ifont. I). F. Bradley. Hecr girlhood anid ear'ly married life was spe'nt in Pickens county-a ntumber' of yearis in the town of Pick enis. From there she moved1 to Colum bia where Maj. Bradley held a gov ernnment potsitionl for several years. T'he last few years of his life, they spent in Easley, where she continued to resid.e after his deoath. Hecr last years were peculiarly sad and lonely, as she never ceased to mourn the (death of her husband, to whom she had clumnr with more than ordinary dhevotion. Books and travel helped in a umeasure to fill up the void in her life. Faithful and true to the friends she loved, her going away 3qill make her presence sadly missed by them. It is generally deplored that her. death came. in so tragic a man ner, A&nd grieve .that her passing was so Aintimely, but we know there was a. wise'fpurpose in it, for "God doeth nll things well." A. .(aithful member of the Presby - ternan church, she died in that faith and is now sleeping the "sleep of thn' Just." "Rlequiescat in pace-" *M. Central, S. C. F 9EA a AI 6,i Its tooting well ftblihed east the Mouse, the' AmerOlsa army ha forced its way al4 o both .-Wks the river until It 1 t0 5ik spip of Sedan. - -Notwithstandiog thefacet .tbat t6 Germans have put in fresh divisione Bthe American nd French troppe c1 tinue their grim advance. Murvaux north of the Freya line and. .9ast,-o -Dun. was reached and operation about the heights to the east of Sedaz are well underway. The crossing of river Meuse ain the capture of the town of Dun by the Americans. when its full details are known, will rank as ono of the most gallant feats of the entire operation northwest of Verdun. The troops who t accomplished it will be entitled to rank as heroes for their work in- mili tartly crossing the stream was a stra tegic move of unusual daring. OHIO VOTES PROHIBITION BY DECISIVE MAJORITY Columbus, O.-Ohio entered the fast growing column of states whore intox ilnting liquors cannot be sold or pur chased. With the reports from rural count ies returned showing such a marked tendency toward the dry amendmon.t, it beenme evident early that the 30.000 load that the wets haa obtained, would he overcome. With slightly less 'than 500 precincts out. the prohibition forces have as sunied a load of 5.851, and their lead ers confidently predict that the final majority will ho closo to 15,000. The vote: With 5,148 precincts out of 5,756, prohibl'tion polled 396,436, while the voters opposed to prolhibition poll. ed 390,586. SOUTH CAROLINIAN WINS CROSS FOR GREAT GALLANTRY General Pershing, commander in chief, in the name of the President, has awarded the distinguished ser vice cross to the following officers and soldiers for the acts of extraor dinary heroism (escribed after their names: Second Lieutenant Herbert E. Wal. lace, 168th Infantry, for extraordi. nary heroism in action near Mariboik farm, north of Beney, France, Sep. tember 16-22, 1918. On September id, 1918, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, without regard tc his personal safety, he led a raiding party from our lines and attacked the Germans at Maribois farm and in severe hand-to-hand fighting inflicted severe loss upon the enemy, captured numerous prisoners and obtained the information for which he was sent, On September 22, 1918, he volun. tarily led a second raiding party intc Maribois farm, inflicted great lost upon the enemy in hand-to-hand figh. ting, captured many prisoners anc obtained the desiredt information Home address: Mrs. M. T. Ingram mother, Hartsville, S. C. Card of Thanks * -' wish to thank thei people who sc lihesily contributed t heir .services an< sy nmathyi to us .in the tiukness ant deLathi of cur little daughter Pearl. whc was laid to rest att M L. Bethel cemetery Sunday aftiernaoon. I) ierciqe and Annie Hudson. I 'iek e p. S. C. , R-.5. SUFFF.A~~~ -* -- DEFEAT;..') V' K.,s New Orleans.-Wi Ih ret urns from only ohout one-fourth of the state out side of New Orlcons rece'ved, taken with a majority of 9.00fl against in the city of New Orleans, the woman suffrage amondmftent to the Louisiana state constitution was defeasted by a mijerity of ove:- 7.000 in Tuesdy's elec tIon. C'orrplete returns will probably reduce tfne majority against amend mont, bt cann-ot overcome It, it Ig Ihought. W]ZIA? - THEN VVbringi can tell befo Luzianne--st: steaming in t "When It lt's the co Pours, ~ and you han Pour, It cup. Reign8"Luzianne 4 put up in tint breakfast. I get your mor Luzianne Tr i 5PIOKEN8OI0 rR RED C0O$S NOT. S. m ontainrfe r Christmnas ( ebois :veriaa have 'arri d t dquarttrs o6.the Pickeus. ,chpt.These. will be sent outto t 6 branghes.is -quickly as possible, 1p ; yo,baye received your label from overl reAs, presentit.at..i)ce to your.nearavi Red Cross and get a box. The commit tee ,at s.each branch .,will furnish -you with all.neeessary fpf.ormation. These packages must be in the post office November 20. The local unit, Pickens county chap ter, held its regular monthly meeting Thursday. The election of offlicers for i the ensuing year was held: Mrs. J.~P. Carey, Jr., Chairman; Mrs. Douglas Yongue, vice chairman; Mrs. John Craig, treasurer; Miss May McFall, secretary; Mrs. J. H. Bruce, supervisor of surgical dressings. Report the Slacker Every man. woman and child in Pick ens county who refuses to GIVE this week to the Y. M. C. A army work will be classed a SLACKER. I want every canvasser or committee in the county to take the name of everyone who refuses to help and send them to me. These will be made known and when our boys come home they will have to move out. Such as these, the SLACKER, should be in Germany.' C. E. Robinson, County Chairman. Pleasant Grove News Everything is moving along nicely and everybody seems to be in good spirits. Mr. Frank Alexander of Pickens, the hustling land agent, was through this section recently looking after his busi ness. He is well known in this section and his friends are always glad to see him. The "flu" is about a thing of the past in this part of the county. The heavy rains some weeks ago did much damage to the roads and- bridgjs in this community. Mr. G. W. Bowen was through this section this week looking after the roads and bridges. Mr. Bowen has made this part of the county a good commissioner. . Mr. 1). L. Barker, who has been on the sick list for some time, is improv ing. Mr. W. D, Hendricks, Jr.. of this place, has sold his farm to -Mr. Frank Alexander of Pickens. We do not know where Mr. Hendricks will locate, but we hope that he will not go very far as he is a good citizen and a good neighbor. Mr. T. L. Burgess has purchased the farm known as the Burgess place, Hie bought this farm from Mr. Frank Alexander of Pickens. '[here are three tracts on this place and Mr. Burgess has already sold one tract to Reuben Burgess for the sum of $1,000. Paul Edens of Oolenoy was in this section last week on business. P.G.S. Card of Thanks Editor Pickens Sentinel: We wish space in your paper to thank our kind neighbors and friends for their kindness and help during the sick ness and death of our d~ear son Mar.. vin, and also to Dr. F. S. Porter for his untiring efforts. All that kind hands could do was done, but to no avail. May God's richest blessinigs rest upon all is our prayer. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Dorr. flEcoffee a and Corn Pone Yum-Yumf you see your mammy, Honey, s' in ther coffee and the pone,.you re you taste it that the coffee's re-nuf-by the whlfs a-streaming, he air, - [fe - Luzianne- you remember ker after it until you get another loffee (your grocer has it) comes .Try it tomorrow morning for it isn't aHi you expect, you c an ~ey back. for aroma, fragrance and snap. IEA Right Styl =oLGEli, Clothing, Shoes Sole Agents for Walk-Ovt Ne He. tewing eachii NObe ies made in m( Suits, Coat! At Bolt's D We are now Goods, including an4ecodal ne4tle n Mili Weepcal MilnryDpr C"Theg Ste (be en ts.$2 tor 35 . c No bett er ur m d n m i De*h depi me "ht Workmi Right P Yours truly, , THORNL. Hats and Gent's Furnishipg Gc r and Godman Shoes, Carhart es, Chase City al Suimmers' rica. Therefore there art no b( s and Milline apartment Store, I showing our ent Ladies' Suits, Coat invite you to cor et our prices. ~ry and y invite you to vi: ment. You will fir te in this section o 11 be glad to show ready to buy. Y< I our prices reasom~ Bolt& ( ore That's Alway EASLEY, S. C. SHIS OFFICE is the place to have your pninting done, no nlatter what kindi a be. mhip nices4 That's All Y& 00. ods a Specialty Dveralls, ir-on King Stoves, Buggies, Mitchell Wagons. .tter lines sold. ry Opening, Casley, S. C. ire line of Fall s and Millinery, ne in and see the ISuits1 sit our Suit and dit to be one of f the State, and you, whether or )U will find our~ ble.I McSwain & Craig LAWYERS Practice in State and Federal Courts, Greenville Office Phone 210i Pickens Ofie Phone 89 See Tho Sentinel for Printing