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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
From Marietta Route No. 2.

lear Mr.. Editor: AS it has
been a long. long time since ]
gave the Dear Sentinel a call,
[ will ask for room for nv little
chair n this corner.
Health is reported very good
at this writing.
On the 25th ult., the stork
visited the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. James H, Hughes and left
a bouncing boy.
Miss Jennie Hendricks, of
Pickens, visited her sister, Mrs.
H. L. Jones, of the Mt. Tabor
section, last Saturday and Sun.
day. Jennie reports a joyous
visit.
Dee Lynch spent last Satur.
day night with his sister, Mrs.
Beulah McJunkin.
Miss Anna Hughes, of Dacus-
vile route l, spent several days
with her friend, Mrs. H. L.
Jones, recently.
Claridine Chapman, Of Easley
route l, visited his parents last
week.
Mrs. w. NJ. Jones, of this
community, spent the weekend
with her daughter, Mrs. Lille
Hughes, of Dacusville route l.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R, Hicks,
who have purchased Il farm in
this section, will move to it as
soon as their crop is gathered.
DR.. and Mrs. j. Vi. Crenshaw
accompanied by their little
daughter, Miss Lois, spent last
week with friends in North
Carolina. They relort q fine
time.
Mr.. Daniel McJunkin and
wife passed here this morning
on their way to Pickens.
The little baby daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stansell is re-
ported to be suffering greatly
with white swelling. We hope
she will soon be we'll again.
Thomas Hughes, of Dacusville
visited Frank Chapman last
Sunday night.
Misses Matte, Biddie and
Mona Hester, visited their sister
Mrs. Mona Clark, last week.
Henry Williams, who had the
misfortuneto get his arm broken
while starting his car, is report
ed to be much better.
I will, for fear of that dread
full waste basket, close. hoping
to hear from all the correspond
ents in the next issue. Bye bye.
Dismal Turkey.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
All Day Singing at Antioch

There will be an all day sing
ing at Antioch Baptist church
the third Sunday in October,
conducted by Prof. Med. Weems
of Simpsonville, a lgraduate of
the Ruebush- -Kiefer school Of
Dayton, Va, also principal of
the Simpsonville school of inu-
sic. Come, everybody. with
S )ng books and we'll filled bask-
cts, If you fail to hear him you
will miss a grand treat indeed,
as this is near the close of the
all day singing season. Let
everybody come and have a
glorious feast in song service.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03

Editor Sentinel: | notice in
The Sentinel a communication
over the signature of Fair
Play on The School Tax Prob
lem, which I have read with
some interest. | heartily agree
with him that something ought
to be done to better our rural
schools and insure a better edu-
cation for our children. But, is
his method the best to raise a
sufficiency of money to carry
out this purpose.
He recommends a change in
the constitution so as to make it
the duty Of the commissioners
of each county of the State to
levy a tax of six mills on the
dollar on all taxable property in
their respective counties for
school purposes, instead of three
mills as now provided by the
constitution.
I agree with Mr.. Fair Play
that this method would give us
a sufficiency of money and make
our schools better. But is it ad-
yisable to do so! He seems to
forget that the negro is still in
the woodpile.
With his method the people
pay the tax and with the pres
ent method of special tax by
school districts the people of the
district pay the tax. So we see
but little difference in regard to
who is paying the tax in either
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
TO DETERMINE
YIELD OF CORN
Clemson College Tells How to
Correctly Measure Land
and Corn

Each year about time to gath
er corn, quite a number of tn,
boys of the boys corn clul
write to this office for informa
ton as to the method to be use6
in measuring their land anG
corn. Many boys who do moi
write 20 ahead and gather theil
corn, but make very inaccurate
measurements of both corn anC
land.
The method us5d is as fol.
lows: Weigh every bit of the
corn in the shuck. After the
total weight is found, weigh
two lots of 100 pounds each
from different parts of the to-
tai. Shuck and shell these two
lots and weigh the shelled corn
in order to find the average per-
centage Of shelled corn. Multi
ply the total weight by this per-
centage and divide by 56 in or
der to get the total number Of
bushels.
All the above should be done
bv two disinterested witnesses.
1t is not necessary to have the
| nd surveyed by a regular sur
Yeyor, but simply measured by
the two witnesses, who may use
an ordinary tape. The acre
should contain only 1910 square
yards.
Where the yield goes above
100 bushels per acre an addition
al rule will be necessary: On
the day of weighing take a fair
sample of one-half gallon of
shelled corn and mail the same
in a moisture-tight package to
t h e Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Office, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. O., together with a GER
tiicate of the total weight and
the percentage of shelled corn.
The Department will have a
a moisture test made of the
sample and the weight, moisture
test, and percentage of shelled
corn, determine the official
yield. The moisture-tight pack
age or vessel will be furnished
by applying to the Extension
Div sion of Clemson College.
They can be mailed under frank
thus using no postage. Any
yield of 100 bushels or more will
not be recognized unless the
above rules are strictly carried
out. Blanks for making report
of the crop will be furnished by
boys. Any boy who has not
yet received the blank may OBJ
tain one by writing to the
Special Agent Boys Corn Club,
Clemson College, S. G.
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DOTS FROM OOLENOY.
School Closes-Good Sunday
School-Other Locals.

Prof. J. l. Reece and wife
nee Miss Bertha Hendricks, lef1
for Clearwater, Fla. the Oath
where they will teach this ses'
sion. Mr.. and Mrs. Reece spent
their vacation wi h Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Hendricks. Mrs. Reece's
pa ents. We Oolenoy people
regretted to have them leave.
Mr.. A. G. Sutherland is hav-
ing his house remodeled. When
finished it will be very beautiful.
The Sunday school at Oolenov
is progressing nicely. The
Junior Band had a picnic one
Saturday recently. Refresh
ments were served. All the
children had jolly time.
Mr.. Vernon Jones, who has
been teaching the Martin school
has returned home to spend his
vacation.
The Oolenoy school closed
Friday, SEPTEMBER 9th. after a
very successful term under the
management of Prof. Geo. E.
Boddiford as principal and Mr..
Earle Keith, assistant. They
will teach the winter term here.
Mr.. Boddiford has returned to
his home in Sylvania. Ca, to
spend his vacation,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Morris, of
Pickens, visited homefolks last
Sunday.
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Town Creek School Closes.

The summer, session of the
Town Greek school closed last
Friday after a very successful
session, with Prof, Fulton Chill.
dress as principal. Severa.
prizes were offered during the
term. In the spelling contest
Miss Pearl Childs won first prize
while the recitation prize was
won by Miss Nora Hudson.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
BULL MOOSES IN THIS STATE
@ention Will Be Held in Co.
1 lunbia October 4

The Bull Moose" will meet
in Columbia on Friday, October
4, to organize the J party in
South Carolina, name the cleo
toral ticket, which will be placed
in the field and consider the ad-
visibility of nominating a full
State ticket to contest with the
Democratic nominees in the
general election in November,
and to do such other things as
are necessary to launch a full
grown Bull Moose movement
for the Palmetto State.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
IS
LARED
NOMINEE
Committee Met Tuesday---Con.
vention Will Be Held Next
Year to Change Our
Primary System

Cole l.. Blease was at a meet
ing in Columbia Tuesday after
noon declared the nominee for
governor by the Democratic
state committee and B. R. Till
man declared the nominee fo1
United States senator. 4 second
primary to decide between Lyon
and Peoples for attorney general
was ordered for October Is.
Senator Tillman attended the
session of the committee.
The subcommittee investigat-
ing the alleged frauds and irreg-
ularities of the primary made
their report this afternoon to
to the full state committee, rec
ommending that the state con-
vention of the party be called in
August of next year to make a
new constitution and rules for
primary elections and safe
guard the primary. The COM
mittee also recommended legis-
lative action along the same
line and severe punishment for
any one violating the election
laws of the primary. They also
recommended vigorous prosecu-
tion for violators of the election
laws.
The report showed that not
enough votes had been brought
into question to effect the result
and recommended that the in
yestigation be dropped. The re-
port goes into detail and presents
many charges of irregularities,
such as repeating, voting Of
minors, non-residents, aliens
and in some cases negroes.
The matter of calling a state
convention next year to amend
the rules of the party was dis
cussed at length, but was not
adopted. A motion to request
the general assembly TO pass
laws restricting the right to vote
in the primary to qualified elect
ors was voted down. 4 sub
committee to suggest tn e
changes in the constitution and
rules and to report to full state
committee before January l.,
1914. was appointed and perfect
harmony prevailed today.
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Store Burned.

We learn as we 90 to press
that Mr.. j. R. Keily's store at
Central was destroyed by fire
Tuesday night, but we are un-
able to learn any particulars.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03

This morning seated by my
ireside, my mind wandels back
over many years and [ am q
little boy again, playing arounc
in the yard with the larger
children, hunting birds with
the other boys, laughing, talk:
ing, crying like a real little boy,
After the hunt is over, we came
home for dinner and never was
a little fellow hungrier than l.
How delicious everything tasted,
it may have been only baked
potatoes, fried meat, boiled peas
or it may have been molasses
and bread. So long ago you
must not expect me to tell from
memory just exactly what it
was, but one thing / can truth,
fully say it surely was good, the
best I ever ate. AS Bill Arr
used to say we don't have any
ginger cakes now like the old
negro woman sold at the gen,
eral muster ground before the
| war. So [ have meyer tasted
anything quite so good as the
things [ used to have when
was little boy. Oh, to &c
back and be a child again to en-
Joy the frolic and fun, to eat
and run and play as in the days
gone by,
Another picture in childhood S
memory. Seated around the
fresidr some cold winter night,
father would tell about the first
settlement of this country when
it was inhabited by the Indians
How the white people drove
them from this country, took
their lands, etc. He would tell
us about the Indian warriors:
how they would kill the whites,
scalp them and carry the women
and children into captivity. AS
a child | felt so sorry for the
mothers and little children thus
treated. Then perhaps he would
give us a chapter, not from a
book, but :hings his father, my
Grand father, Vino was in the
Revolutionary war. had told
him about the war 1t was in
tensely interesting to me as a
child. How Francis Marion,
the Swamp Fox would sur.
round the British or Tory camp,
kill and capture nearly the en-
tire company. He would tell
how Sumter, the 'Gamecock, :
would outwit and defeat in bat
tie two or three times as many
as he had under his command
| So Marion and Sumter became
my ideal warriors.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
J. Barker of This County An,
nounces His Candidacy

The Pickens County Messen-
r. of last week says:
@ J. S. Barker, of Calhoun, is
le first man in this state to
Inter the general election as a
candidate against a successful
'canidate in the primary cleo
tions. He is trying to get the
voters to send him to Congress
instead of Hon. Wyatt Aiken.
Mr.. Barker has had his an
nouncement placed in several
papers in the 3rd district and is
now canvassing the territory
from which he expects to draw
votes. Mr.. Barker was former
ly postmaster at Calhoun and is
we'll known in Pickens county.
His announcement. made in
Seneca last THURSDAY, caused
much surprise,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03
CEDAR ROCK LETTER
All-Day Singing---kNew Store
Newsy Locals

lures recently was an all day
singing at Cedar Rock on the
fifth Sunday. The noted lead
ers present were Professors John
Leslie, Alexander, Earl Julian,
Claude Leslie, Ed Cisson, L. F.
Smith, Abe Leslie, Guess, and
Elihu Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will D. Miller
of Mobile, Ala, have returned
home, after a pleasant stay of
two weeks with the former S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joel H.
Miller.
Miss Beulah Smith made a
brief visit to relatives at Cal
houn recently.
Rev. and Mrs. B. E. GrandY,
of Pickens, and daughter, Miss
Nellie, were among those who
enjoyed the singing at Cedar
Rock Sunday.
Miss Lula Julian left last
Monday for Saluda, NC, where
she will re-enter school at the
Seminary.
Mr.. J. D. Robbins of Prince
ton spent the weekend with
his sister, Mrs. John W. Stew
art.
The new store of T. J. Julian
near Cross Roads is now COM
pleted and he will soon open up
a nice stock of fall and winter
goods.
Miss Grace Jones of Greenville
IS the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Jones.
Messrs, a. W. Singleton and
H. Grayson Miller made a busi-
ness trip to Pickens last week.
Mr.. Edward n. Robbins of
GreenviAe was visiting relatives
in this burg recently.
Mrs. Bette F. Robinson and
daughter, Kate, have returned
to their home at Princeton. af-
ter a pleasant stay with friends
and relatives in this communi-
ty.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Burdine were
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Pace of the Croswell Sec
ton last week.
Mr.. nock Hester and wife
were the guests of Mr.. Bill Hes
ter and wife Sunday.
The churches composing the
cooperation of Baptist churches
of Pickens county (known as
the gospel missionary churches)
will meet with the Cedar Rock
church on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, October II, l2 and 13.
It is desired that all churches
send messengers to this associa-
ton. The public cordially in
vited.
Messrs. Ernest and Hosea
Miller of the Enon section at
tended the picnic given by the
Mauldin school, near Ariail
mountain, Saturday.
Mrs. WaddY Porter is very i'll
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reid Wood.
Mrs. Martin Barr and sister,
Mrs. Beulah Smith, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Joel H.
Miller last Tuesday.
Mrs. CYNTHIA Ellis, formerly
of this section but now living at
Charlotte, n. c., is visiting
friends and relatives in and near
Easley at present.
Get busy, correspondents, and
let's have good paper.
Rexie.
! Anenf the s. T. p
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Reunion of Orr's Regiment

In order to avoid conflicting
with the Pendleton fair, which
is set for October Sth, the re-
union of Orr's regiment, to be
held at Anderson, is changed
from that date to the 10th and
18th of October.
All veterans are cordially in,
vited to meet with US on this
occasion. The city of Anderson
will give us a hearty welcome,
and homes will be provided fo1
all veterans.
W. T. Magill,
For Committee.
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Tent Meeting.

There will be a tent IL
held at the cross roa& 8. n
Nalley's place, beginnii ISL
day, September an. J. r. gqs|
will conduct thg eeting and %
invites all people to come and
help fight sin and the devil.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03

The Third Term candidates favor
tie reply to the telling. unanswerable
arguments Of Gov. Wilson is that the
,atter's opinions are based mot on &C.
tual knowledge and experience but by
reading musty books on political
economy" The Colonel himself at a
tender age was put at hard labor!
Il Is not often that a man whose whole
life has been given up to politics and
Iofice-holding gets as horny-handed as
Mr. Roosevelt in the ranks Of labor
Sn6 htsa Ssas4
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03

Well it is time to close, so /
give this picture. Seated around
the freside, father sits in one
corner, mother in the other
corner, the children sit around.
All are sad. The oldest sister
has been carried away to the
grave yard that day, and one
link in the chain is broken.
The old home can never be what
it once was. Years pass by.
One after another the children
grow up, get married apd move
out to themselves. After
awhile father and motherhood
bless their memorY-are both
laid under the old oak tree near
the place we once called home,
home, sweet sweet, home. y
But there is no home there now.
Where the house stood. corn
and cotton now grow each year,
and in the branches of the old
oak tree, underneath whose
branches my dear ones sleep,
the birds sing as cheerfully as if
death had never brought sorrow
ing relatives to the peaceful
shades to lav their dead away
to rest till the resurrection
morning. Granddaddy.
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NEGRO ACCI.
DENTALLY SHOT
But They Won't Have to Bury
Him---Change in Easley
Business Firm---Locals
Easley. October

; Business Firm---Locals
Easley, October l.
| The many friends of Mr.. A
5 Jamison will be sorry to learn
, that he is very i'll. Mr.. Jamison
recently accepted a positionains
Charlotte, N. e. andswas there
when taken sick, He returned
to his homA here last Friday.
We all hope fpr him a speedy
recovery.
}, Mr.. Ralph Robinson is also
very i'll. His many friends here
and elsewhere are hoping that
he will soon be entirely we'll.
Mr.. Goodlett Thornton is
spending this week with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. R. T:
Thornton. He has been Viii
mington NC, where he holds "a
responsible position with a bank,
for nearly a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. Going
of Columbia and Mrs. Going's
sister, Miss Ethel Mack, a stu
dent Of the Greenville Female
college, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. W. M. Hagood, Jr.
Rev. G. D. Waller and W. C..
Smith attended the meeting of
the Piedmont Presbytery at
Walhalla last week.
Mr.. John Myers and wife of
Seneca were the guests of their
son, DR.. ]. Il. Myers, last week.
| Mr., Comp Johnson returned
home last Saturday, after stay
of two weeks in Statesville, N.
IC. --
Mesdames S. W. Thornton
and A. B. Matthews spent last
Wednesday in Spartanburg.
The hearts of the children
were made glad last week by an
invitation to attend the birth
day party of Master Earle Rus
|sell on last Saturday. There
was a large crowd present to
celebrate this his fifth birthday.
and after many games had been
played a delicious ice course
was served.
Mr.. J. E. Hagood and wife
and son, Ben, and Miss Mildred
Folger spent last Wednesday in
Greenyille.
Miss Mandeline Pickens of
Anderson county is spending
this week with her niece, Mrs.
G. n. Wyatt.
Rev. E. V. Babb and wife are
visiting relatives in Laurens.
Many hearts here were sad
dened last Friday when Miss
Mildred and Messrs. Jack. Ted
and James Folger left for Otta-
wa, Canada, where they will
make their future hohe.-
The members of the Ergata-
kin club met last Friday at the
hospitable home of Mrs. J. E.
Robinson. Before beginning
their embroidery, the guests
were served with delicious
punch. After about an hour
spent very proftably with their
work, many books were ex-
changed and discussed. Late
in the afternoon an ice course
was served.
Joe Robinson. colored, was
shot in the leg last Sunday
morning by another negro
named Parks. The shooting
was accidental and took place
on Charles Hendricks place, 3
miles below Easley. DR.. Gill
land was called and the negro
was carried to Greenyille to a
hospital, where his leg was am
putated. So much for the care
less way in which firearms are
handled.
V. M. Fleming of Fredericks-
burg, Va, will deliver an ad-
dress in the school auditorium
October 26, at II a. m., on the
Second Battle of Manassas. He
is a fluent speaker and knows
perhaps as much about
Jackson, and The famoq
of Virginia as any liv #
O. T. Hinton has
Mr.. Wkitmire, whs
associated with him
for several years.
n Hinton now. ca 81 81
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You should send The Sentinel
TO your boy or girl who is away
from home. It would be to
them like letter from home
every week. We send it
nine months for 75' IS cents.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03

II the world frowns, you
smile.
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Memories Of Childhood Days
Fair play No. 2.

Another picture in memories
gallery. My mother with her
well-worn Bible reading Gods
blessed word, or telling Bible
stories, or oftener she would
sing some good old song. :'Oh,
how I love Jesus "a was her
flyorite. Another one she loved
was I'm going home to die no
more. But the most VIVID
picture | have of my mother is
on her knees engaged in prayer
every night and morning it i'm
pressed my child life that re-
liSion was, and is the most i'm
port;nt thing on earth.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-10-03

Another picture was the old
school house that stood on the
hill and the lads and lasses
gathered around the dear old
teacher, reading, writing cipher
ing, etc. We had our sweet
hearts as children, and we really
thought we loved them, We
would write little notes to each
other, and look love looks across
the benches, when school turn
ed OUT on Friday, often the
boys would try to cut each other
out of his girl on the way home.
1t was a sad time when the
closing day came. We bade
each other goodbye and many
of Us have never met since and
never will in this old world,
Such is life.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-05

LIVE, ENERGETIC Statesmen TO
sell direct to consumer; staple goods !;
good commission. e2s West 1st So. Call
to D. m. f3060
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WANTED-AGENTS

A LARGE, WE'LL KNOWN COMPANY
about to spend 100000 on a tremen-
services of bright man or woman In
each town and city. The work is easy,
pleasant and highly respectable, and no
previous experience is necessary, We
will pay a good salary and offer an Un-
usual opportunity for advancement to the
person who can furnish good references.
In addition to this salary we offer a
Maxwell automobile, g. Ford automobile
and over $4,000 in prizes to tho repre-
scntatives doing the best work up to
December 81 In your letter give age
and references, Address Ira &. Robin
son. Advertising Manager. 1922 Beverly
ST., Boston, Mass. 1858
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-05
Eureka Schools Open.

Special to The Tribune
EUREKA. Sept. A-The Eureka public
schools opened this morning with an en-
rollment OF about 1000 pupils. The tea CHI
ers for the coming term nre as follows:
l. J.. Williamson, superintendent: /:
eighth grade. Miss Maude Layton; sew
enth grade, Mrs. c. G. Norwood; sixth
grade Miss Belle Lasley: NTH grade
Miss Minnie Roundy and Miss GenevieYe
Sullivan. fourth grade. Miss Helen Nc
Carthy and Miss Annie Adams; third
grade. Miss Leois Lasley and Miss Anna
Sullivan; second grade, Miss Hazel irwin
and Miss May IIilhouse first grade.
Miss Anabel Mooney. Miss Lou Murphy
and Miss Vera Craney; kindergarten. Miss
Boulah Bacon; KnightviIlc school. Miss
Clara Camp and Miss Iona Gates.
Tho public school at Mammoth will
open next week with tho following corps
OF teachers:
r. Fl. Towers. principal. seventh grade.
II, 8. Smith; sixth grade. Miss Kate
Harzar; NTH grade. Miss Katherine
Creighton. third grade Miss Hattie Nes-
bit; second grade, Miss Eliza Bonner,
first grade. Miss Fay Rrenton: beginners,
Miss Florence johnson and Mrs. c, II,
Ristner.
The school located At Gallo. Fish
Springs which has twenty eight pu-
pills, Will be under the charge Of Miss
Pearl Wcstlake OF Mammoth.