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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15
"a Are Exempted
By Both Boards

Following are the names of eighty
two Pickens county men who were eli
gible for military service, butwho were
exempted by the local board and the
district board:
billiard Walker
Oscar S. Galloway
Charles Benson Atkinson
Furman Eugene Collins
Harper Sidi Collins
Leonard Jay Dunn
Waddie Ernest Ellenburg
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15
PUBLIC SALE.

will sell to the highest bidder for
ed enSh at paes aueti9aa a at the Haynes
23, 1917, beginning at ten o'clock,
the rent corn and fodder from the
farm of the late Annie NJ Haynes
and will also sell part of household
goods and farming tools.
20. w. r. HAYNES, Admr.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15

Will Henry Rome
John Bosemond
Arthur Sloan
Waddy Thomas Stewart
Charles Danna Walker
John Reuben Burgess
David Carlton Cash
Truman Childress
Ray Dolphes Collins
Lalar Ray Crooks
Marion Edwin Summey
Oscar Baker Stewart
Terrell Sweet
Thomas K Durham
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15
I. D. Harris Going Out Business

Read my big advertisement next
week. | intend closing out my entire
stock of merchandise. Also that Of It.
D., Sr., at and below cost. Be sure to
read the ad. have decided to quit the
merchantile business.
Il. y. HARRIS.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15

Clarence Matthew Ellison
Emmett Earle Galbreath
Robert William Hamilton
Henry Carl Howard
William Henry Owens
Claude Edgar Dunn
Youngblood Moore
William Franklin Mullinax
George Washington McAdams
John Patrick Mccoy
Tom Mccoy
Henry Hudson Newton
Ernest Nix
James Henry Price
Mack Sevanie Genital
Joe Turner
John William Wallace
Cleveland Whitfield
Jesse Marcus Bolding
Walter Cannon
James Estus Crawford
Steve Frank Dav
John Duncan
William Alexander Edens
Ernest Mcclellan Ellenburg
Charlie Marble Foster
William Guess
William Oscar Hawkins
Joe Hendricks
Charles Hubert Knox
Claude Moore
Hampton Patterson
Ed Pitts
Domer Reev 5
John David higgins
Marion Thomas Roper
David Edgar Self
Arthur Wyatt Stephens
James Madison Stephens,
John Wesley Patterson
Silas Pinson
James Howard Ramseur
Clifford Lee Reid
Walter Guy Roper
Edgar Eugene Wilson
John Brooks Alexander
Thomas Brown
Samuel Ellenburg
McSwain Attaway Elrod
Robert Lee Evans
L G Lewis Hawkins
John Franklin James
Paul Franklin Kelley
Carl Jefferson King
Calvin Lorenzo Lark
Wix Amos Medlin
John Hascol Medlock
Walter Dickson Nalley
Clyde Lee Ragsdale
Thomas Robinson
John William Rollins
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15
BOYS CLOTHING.

Boys! Our clothes for you are designed in the
very latest style and have that manish appearance
which you like. They will not cost you very much
either
The prices exceptionally low; ranging from
$1.49, $1.98, $2.95, $3.48 and up to $11.5O
MEMS CLOTHING.
Our stock of Mems Clothing is complete. The
style, Workmanship and color is guaranteed. Our
clothes are made by the best concerns in the coun-
try. Men! You will certainly appreciate wearing
one Of our Suits and the price is exceptionally low
for the high quality clothes sell. Prices range
from 1898, $3.50, $9.95, $1248, and up to $3.50.
SHOES SHOES FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST
Now for the one thing that has advanced as much
or more than anything else in line, but what
VIII sound good, Is that we had our contracts in
long ago for our Fall and Winter Shoes, therefore
enabling us to sell them cheaper than You can buy
them elsewhere
Childrens heavy and light Shoes, all solid leath-
er, range IN price from SOC. up to $2.48.
Boys and girls Shoes marked at exceptional-
ly low prices,$l. $1.69 and upto $500.
Mems and Women's Shoes. We have all the new
lasts and certainly sell them at very attractive
prices. See our large showing Of Shoes before you
buy. Prices range from $1.3a $16e. $3.50, $2.ss,
$3.40 and up TO $3.50.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15
The New Suits, Goats Dresses

Are here and you will miss a splendid treat
il you don't come soon and see them The
new fashionable effects are very stunning
and there's ST Wish garment this season to
satisfy all extremes of taste
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-11-15

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Before spring comes said q recent
telegram from Portland. Me. cabbage
Will be selling at SfQ9 a ton Whole
sale dealers ia produce are now paying
$50 q ton for this vegetable and even
IT that figure are not able to set ali
they need. Potatoes went up to 10
cents peck, in Boston the other daE
All sorts OF garden produce is ar the
top notch, because the supply IS low
The supply is low not because produc-
tion last spring and summer was not
ample. but because distribution a us
ual. was inadequate In many OF the
agricultural states garden crops were
left 70 decay in the fields. because the
price offered in the season w0uld not
compensate the farmers for gathering
them. The price lis often made Tow
by commission and storage men for
the purpose Of SO discouraeing farm
ers and gardeners that they viii leave
their vegetables in the ground. Ihs
smaller the gathered crop 1he easier st
is TO control and corner thg output
Not long ago this newspaper called
attention TO a vegetable shortage. ana
consequently high prices for table me-
cessaries, throughout one Of he ereat-
est agricultural states in the Union
namely. Georgia. It was shown that
in one corner Of southern Georgia.
NeAst%abteS enough %oAlN re I;AAaed IN q
single season to supply more than tae
whole state for year The reason
the farms of this corner are uat cult
waited 70 their capacity IS thar. after
the vegetables are raised and gathered
they are shut ont from Iru6t-coutroIle1
markets, and are, therefore, 1aft on the
hands of The producer. The story IL
that Georgia corner is typical Of all the
corners IN Georgia, save. perhaps,
those in which populous towns ana
cities. and. therefore. accessible mar
kets, are situated. And whaT has hap
pened IN Georgia for years. and is
likely TO continue % happen SO long 8
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

/ I entered upon a literary career with
misgiviugs Having formed my taste
from reading classic authors who
wrote in the English language,
thought that ia order to succeed my
work must be up 10 their standard.
and I had sense enough to believe that
this was beyond the bounds of prob
ability
{ After spending several years writing
novels, into which ] put my best ef-
forts, and having failed 10 secure a
publisher 70 rany one Of them it oc-
Cured TO me that the public taste re-
quired something with less literary
merit and more calculated TO excite the
curiosity and other similar human att
tributes therefore turned my atten-
tion 10 detective stories and eXtrava-
ganzas.
The fate unsuccessful authors is
usually that they are condemned to
judge Of the works of others strug-
Cling for literary fame In other
words, they sink into positions of
editors Their own failure fills them
with a natural prejudice against the
works Of those who are endeayOring
to come I'D behind them I was con-
scientious enough TO struggle against
this feeling. but ] soon learned that, so
literary merit had little to do with the
matter, and I sought for sellers
From the editorial chair I sank into
the position of furuisher OF that lit
erary fodder on which the public feeds
as q horse eats corn or hay. Iu this
way I managed to keep body and soul
together for ten years. One morning
when I had become somewhat indie
pendent from having received prompt
pay for grinding out copy the mail
brought noe a letter from a publisher
asking me If I had anything ON hand
in which he would be interested. Sup
posing that the letter was "a catch for
printing that / would be expected TO
pay for, I returned his letter 20 him
with the Endorsement that / never
paid the expenses for publication OF
my works. He replied that he would
publish anything Of mine, if st All, on
a royalty.
Now, il had achieved literary fame
this would not have been surprising
AS 10 was I could have been knocked
down with a feather Unfortunately
the opportunity If such ii would prove
to be, came too late I had fallen heir
to a small property. and the income
together with what ] made G. pr0duc-
ing literary fodder, supplied nay wants
/ was not disposed TO write anything
more taking the risk of it's being de-
CIiued by the publisher and 7 was SAT-
listed that nothing I had on hand
would meet the public demand
My grandmother on my father's side
had become q chronic invalid and was
confined TO her room with nothing TO
occupy her. She had never shown amy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
Selected by Tavenner

merce between the several states or
betwe cen a state and any of the terri
tories Of the United States, or between
a state or the territory Of Alaska and
any Of the insuIar possessions or the
United States or any foreign country.
In ali statutes, orders. rules and
regulations relating TO the time Of per
Torrance OF any act by any officer or
department OF the United states,
whether iu the legislative. executive,
or judicial branches Of the govern
meut, or relating to the time WITHIN
which any rights shall accrue or de-
termine. or within which any act shall
or shall not be performed by any per
son subject To the jurisdiction Of the
United States. ST shall be understood
and intended that the time shalF be
the United States standard time Of the
zone within which the act is to be
performed.
Section g. That at 2 O'Clock ante
meridian Of the last Sunday II april
Of each year the standard time OF
each zone shall be advanced one hour.
ana az 2 O'Clock autemertdiau of the
last Sunday in Sept sm5er in each year
the standard time Of each zone shall
by the retsrding Of one hour, be re-
turned 20 the mean Astronomical tine
OF tb% degree q. gDIBlAUaE gov ct ming
said zone. SO that between the last
Sunday ia April at o'clock ante
meridian and the first Sunday ia Sep
TENDER at O'Clock autemeridian in
each year the standard time in each
zone shall be one hour in advance Of
the mean astronomical time Of the de
gree of longitude governing each zone,
respectively.
Section 4. That the standard time
Of the first zone shall be known and
designated as United States standard
eastern time, that Of the second zone
shall be known and designated as Uni
ted States standard central time tina
Of the third zone shall be known and
designated as United States standard
mountain time. that of the fourth zone
shall be known and designated as Uni
ted states standard Pacific time, and
that Of the fifth zone shall be known
and designated as United States stand
ard Alaska time
Section s.. That all acts and parts
OF acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
The Daily Story
Confessions of SuccessfuIAuthor-W William Chandler

literary taste, though she had been A.
Volumiuous reader OF cheap novels
Some one suggested 10 the Old lady
quite likely 10 relieve those about her
I Of the task Of keeping up her spirits
that she try her hand az scribblina
She listened 10 the suggestion. and
I the result was novel In manuscript
One day when I visited the old LADY
she suggested that I, being q man OF
helles-lettres II objected % the term
and suggested literary hack instead -
might end a publisher for her novel
IT happened that this request came
day or two after 1 had been asked by
Dowley & Co., publishers, for some on
nay work I told my grandmother that
would submit her novel for her and
took IL away with me- and without
reading DC ! sent 10 to the DowIeya as
chat IL would be returned with thanks
and an explanation why &c was not
exactly what the firm was looking FOR
Within a week 7 received notice that
my novel "ArabelIa's W0oing" was ac-
cepted, and 7 was offered e 10 per
cent royalty Like a fool ] ran of 90
my grandmother with the news. That
fixed nae as the author OF "Arabella's
Wooing" The old lady would have
disOwned me and I was down Ia her
viii for 10000 had 7 spoiled the op-
portuuity by coufessing my imposition
on the publisher.
+ felt obliged 10 consent no the pub
location oi my grandmother work un-
der my own name without having read
it, il was issued ia du time and T
opened a copy OF it, I confess, with
dread But / was not prepared for
what found fu If Great NnavaHef
Was this maudliu effort or Woman
i'm her dutage this hideous effort AZ
sentiment, to go forth as my workg
Rather would ] offend nay grandmoth-
er, rather would I fOrego the legacy.
I teiephOued Bowling a 90. 90 know
If the book had been issued, intending.
il 10 had not been, to urge its suppress
sion Too late, a first edition OF TO-
600 copies was on the stands.
BY 81 few friends I had been regard
ed as real literary man. and they had
great respect for my opinion on books
When these met me after the publica
tiou Of "Arabella's Wooing" they tried
10 dodge me What surprised me was
that some who I supposed had good
literary taste congratulated me on my
very interesting story"
But this was not all "Ar8beIia s.
Wooiug' turned out TO be "a best SELL
err, and the royalty paid on it was
small fortune My grandmother got
the fortune. and j the modification of
being responsible for the most ridfcu-
l0us piece OF story telling that was
ever published
MY grandmother has recently deter
TO leave all her property t8
charity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
Garranza Again.

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-s.r-. - $500. -+--z-.s ~ -
r.-...l,s.s.- rs
+h-t "H mas 40 oHer is tae 9ia plan
70 suspend alt exports E2 the 1a.i1S-
countries. YIN oIf part --l7
"e--A ae ah abandonment or neutral
lt# 1A tafof e me country with which
nave terminated diplomatic Ee-a-
l.eNs as consequence ct committing
ae1 n war upon us
*aaH we sought 10 apply this same
remedy 80 MEXICO itself. g became q
cause INDIGNANT and rzeF ON -a-5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

the United States, the territory Of con
unental United States shall be dr.
riaed into FIVE zones in the manner
hereinafter provided
THE standard time Of the first zone
shall be based on the mean astrouom-
icaI time Of the 10Th degree OF I0ngf-
ru1a west from Greenwich, that of
the second zone on the 18th degree
that Of The third zone on the I05t1
degree; that III the fourth zone on
the l20th degree. and that of The fifth
zone, which shall include only Alaska.
ou the 150td degree. That the limits
81 each zone shah be defined by an
order Of the Interstate commerce. com
mission, having regard for the con
Tenieuce Of commerce and the exist
ing junction points and division points
of common carriers engaged in com
meToe between the several states and
with foreign nations. and such order
may he modified from time to time
section q That within the resuec-
tive zones created under the author
itE hereof the standard time of the
zane shall govern the movement Of
ali common carriers engaged in com
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
AUSTRIA Has IR0N MONEY.

london The manner in which iron
money is made in Austria is thus de-
scrtbed in the annual bullion circular
Of Messrs. Montague e. Co.
The problem Of protecting the
pieces from rust has been solved Inv
super-imposing a slight layer of ziur
The discs Of metal, together with some
zinc powder. are placed in a vessel ana
heated for certain time al a tenn
peTature somewhat below that Of the
melting point Of zinc. wnereupon a
surface is formed upon the discs.
which not only preserves the pieces
from rust. but also enables the die to
be impressed without cracking the
surface OF the metal This zinc-Dlaresl
iron money hardly differs either I'm as
pect OF weight from thar formed OF
nickel %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
Our Best Friends-

In the passing days Of our lives.
when the fires Of passion have been
WelA burned out, when we have come
face to face with the vigissitu5as Of
life and find cut that we have either
Won or lost the battle. let our best
friends be books.
We can commune with thern so long
as we please. and when we are tired
we can shut them zap, This is more
than we can do with our friends or
the human family.
When q man comes home at might
harassed and hECked with the worries
OF life. he wants net only rest for the
BODY he wants rest for his soul for
his heart. for his mind
The wife who hopes 20 develop in
EEe home q perfect atmosphere Of con
tenn. VIII study her husbands moods
When he is worried; when his mild
IS hir d1ztraugbt and he desires men
tai rest. he VIII read. There is 4 won
derful amount Of consolation in ones
books Sometimes ne may yield to
light literature. At other times he
VIII place his thoughts on more sIn-
care and heavy topics
some men bury their thoughts ia
stlmulants Of p more potent kind
Some read without thinking. it is true
but wbeuA a man is physically and
mentally Worn out and picks up ne
ton. even IL Il is unworthy. iii dis
tracts his thoughts, for the time be
ing. from the real problems Of life. He
al least has & moment Of mental rest
Books are 0ur real fritnds. It
does not make BIZ Of difference how
sick man may he. ~ ne VIII have
read to him chapter of two al Pick
WICK Papers, he viii smile. Read
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
Joke on British.

Stockholm informs MS that the Ger
man submarine fresEhter Bremen was
not lost after all It rs claimed that
the report of its failure ta reach Amer
lea was deliberately planned z5r the
purpose of sending entente warshlns
on wild chase. Furthermore. The re-
port has 81, the Bremen never was ia-
tended for trips to the United States.
having been built to serve as supply
ship TO submarines, and gHat tt is now
engaged in that duty This Incident
only tends further to prove chat it
takes the English q long while to see
the point Df a joke
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

your little one just Dsrs or +vvo os
Little Men" or of Little women
and see the rest that viii spread over
the face, that beautiful expression of
sooJhed pain Let anyone who is in
trouble. and who has no friend. gather
himself in solitude with good boo]z
There is much consolation in it, n
has that unexplainable source Of re-
lief Il IS like the tender touch of a
"oman.H hand on a parched and fe-
NeEed brow lt rests the mind. Il
brings for the time being at least sur
cease from sorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
* g MlLLLAn1 BRADY. Ed

claIly the scbooIro0m that knows no
recess when it is not moIlvcoddIe
weather outdoors The overheatad
home is the second factor. Adeaofds
VIII require operations as long SIS pee
pie continue 90 imagine that colds
are caused py exposure" TO any par
lcuiar brand Of weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

BorIaud. Of Mis-
souri,, and Senator
Jacob GaIlIuger. Of
= w Hampshire In
the house it's fl r.
20 499. and in the
senate III is bill
SIS u is now be-
fore the house in
terstate and foreign
commerce commit
tee, and the senate
teFstate com
uercs committee
BE 81 enacted by
the senate and
house If represeu
tatives Of the Uni
ted States Of Amer
ica III congress as
sembIsd, That for
the purpose Of es
bills hing the
standard time OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

In the midst of the war talk an east
eru paper renews that old story about
George Washington eating with his
knife. This is q terrible charge against
the father OF his country. but what
would have happened TO George IL. IN
addition 60 eating with his knife he
drank his coffee out Of a saucer7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

President Wilson could accomplish
no one thluE that would win him more
gratitude from the people than 1y
breaking the hold that the food crooks
have at the public throat He is' 3
pretty busy man these days. with deli
cate and perljous International quez-
rons before aim. bat he has not been
500 occupied TO sense the danger and
the suffering of the food outlook. lie
is pressing congress FOR action and
there ought TO be a probe in progress
shortly. 81 ala of the facts could be had
they would probably show that the
worst enemies of the nation today are
leaders among our own people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
Day in Davenport

two other men alleged TO have been his
bartenders, Louis often and Fritz
Wickhorst, are being held 10 the grand
jury under bonds Of $500 each They
are to be defended by Louis Roddewig
Their preliminary hearing before Po-
lice Magistrate CIausseu was waived
last Thursday after the J0chemH place
had been raided by the Davenport B0-
lice. Four and a half barrels OF beer
and several jugs of whisky were
seized.
Gets Groceries ON False Pretente
Robert Homer, 1113 1-8 Brady street.
was arrested Tuesday evening by tho
Davenport police on a. charge OF ob-
tanning goods under false preteuses
The charge was preferred by a grocer
ar Thirteenth and Brady streets. The
grocer claimed that Homer had been
given credit when he said that he was
employed as am engineer Later the
grocer found that Homer was not on
engineer and swOre out a warrant for
hls arrest. When the man paid h.H
bill le was discharged by Police Mag
lslfala tiausseu without prosecution.
Plan Patriotic Move IN Recruiting
That campaign is likely 20 be start
ed ln lhis section OF the country J1
secure recruits for the United States
army patriotic citizens and patriotiH
societies working I'm conjunction with
the recruiting Officers-came 10 lRht
when communication by direction
OF the adJutaut general of the ID $.
army was received by Captain At O.
Giilem of the Davenport recruiting
station requesting that all such bodies
lend their efforts 70 enlist men iu lus
service. The local g. "a. r.. viii br
approached in regard to the pr0fec.
All citizens VIII be furnished with n.
formation. If they so desire.
Obituary Rec0rd-The death of
Henry burmelster aged 30. occurred
al Mercy hospital lie had been ID
lar some lime
biscuss CeusOring Metfuma-Dis-
eussion OF ceusOring advertising med
lums was the principal business G.
the Davenport AID Mems club al the
meeting iu the Commercial club. THE
rules which win govern the members
OF the club In this work came up for
careful consideration and several
changes in the wording OF tine rules
We're made. This phase OF the clubs
ACTIVITIES ls IN charge of tho charltIe
anu d4h easements board. It's develop
ment this year along larger lines H
expected to save Davenport merchants
many thousands Of dollars annually
through the elimination of WORTHLESS
advertising mediums
-
g, A. r. Convention Heroine of
The largest conventions 10 be held ia
Davenport this year will be the an
nual encampment Of the Iowa G. a R
and Sons OF Veterans. q meeting that
viii have additional significance this
year because 10 viii bring important
communications on national defense
me eucampment dates are June 1921.
development Of the war situation con
fronting the United States has been 40
marked since the last annual enCamp-
IuenJ OF the q. A. II. that a decided ok
preston on the conflicting plans for
national defense Is expected from tine
men who defended the nation ia lbc
stirring days 81 the civil war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Mayor Mitchell Of New > ork IS ask
ing for d 100000 appropriation with
"h}cA ne ply IoOu 10 relieve distress
among the poor The mayor is to be
comm ended Tor his EFFORT but the best
that is 10 be gained from his act viii
he temporary aid The crime of in
daued prices against the consumer con-
-LuueE