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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-16
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True Loves Course Ed Not
Run Sr-5oth VIA Him.

Some years & II was quite the
thing for young men who had inherit
ed means to go west and start a ranch.
Arnold Tucker. after Icing graduated
at one of the principal eastern univer-
sites, finding himself in possession of
a fortune. concluded to follow ranch
ing as an occupation and proceeded
westward to carry out his purpose. He
found a ranch for sale without any
trouble. The business was not prov
ing profitable, and those who had put
money into it were anxious to get 1t
out. However, they did not communi-
cate this to Tucker, and he bought n
of the best ranches. well stocked. for
what he considered a low price.
Young men have a good deal to learn.
and Tucker was no exception. He was
an energetic man, full of pluck and de-
termination, attended faithfully to all
his stock required and had it not been
for one stumbling block In his way
might have succeeded. That stumbling
block was a woman.
One day while he was riding over
his broad acres he suddenly felt his
horse sinking down under him. Real
izing at once that he had struck a
quicksand. he made an effort to ex-
tricate himself, but his horse struggled
so that he did not succeed. Then he
saw a woman, mounted, galloping to-
ward him. A lasso whirled, and a
moose fell on his shoulders. This he
fixed under his arms. and the woman.
tying the other end of the rope to the
pommel of her saddle, spurred her
horse away from the quicksand and
pulled him out.
Madge Hardesry was the woman
who kept Tucker from being swallow
ed up with his horse, the natural con-
sequence Of which was that he should
be swallowed up by the woman, espe-
cially as she vas young and in her
wild western way fascinating. She
was certainly beloved by the men of
the region in which she lived and
would have been by the women had
there been enough women of her class
for her to associate with instead of
men. She had gained the respect of
all by running a ranch her father had
left her, and running it successfully.
was not a man within fifty miles
to whom she was not known and not
one of them, from the most unfortu-
nate ranchman to the toughest cow
puucher, who would not have risked
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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-29

Saa, ltnnsieii and ,ibian i'ar
sons were fat stock shil4as i
wllom wis failed io mention last
week.
Mrs. Joseph lansssn anl elil1
rem of Norw way township visited
over Sunday Iii Genterxille with
Mrs, Jensons = mother, Mrs. j..
Il. Johnson
Mrs. Naomi Christensen aa1
Mrs C'ha~ Sinclair. were in Dav,
is Yesterday. with Il display Of
millinery from the Hurley shop
which they had on exhibition
ut the MOTEL there.
N. r Noad, wl1o has been at
Huron for the past ten days on
business matters, came down
Friday last wcelf returning again
the next dav he held 4 sale Of
registered horses there Tuesday
this week.
Rev Vincint has sufficiently
recovered from his recent Illness
TO be around town again, thougI
he is still looking FAR from well
The other sick ones in the fam,
lily are still kept to the house bot
are improving.
Hugh Hershey arrived home
Wednesday from q business trip
TO fIarrold He brought back
shipment Of spuds which he is
having no trouble in disposing
.of at S3 80 per bushel. They are
Early 0hio.s and some of the
best we have seen here this year,
Fl. Martinson g. Son are I'D.
vertising their White Goods
Sale this week They have a
splendid showing Of goods and
the prices are marked down for
the sale during this week aud
next.
Old timers have always referr-
ed to 1894 as dry year, but We
perdict that after July fst, 1917,
South Dakota is going to ex,
perience drouta which will
make the summer Of "a leoE
like the deluge Of Noah's time.
At least, that's the way things
are going 10 look to some OF the
states citizens. IBeresford Re
public.
The appointment Of John
Shanlys Of Parker to the Office of
state sheriff was officially given
Eout Monday This will necessi
tate his resignation as county
sheriff, and the vacancy will be
filled by appointment Of the
commissioners. Mr.. Shanks had
Just started nlsis fourth term as
sheriff of Turner county, and he
has always taken care of the
duties of that Office in a most
satisfactory manner. His Hnr
ley frieads congratulate him up
on being the governors choice
for the new job. There is no
doubt but that he ill give it the.
strictest attention.
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present 4 luncheon yas served
and the membership enYovaa a
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Pickens County Boy
Likes u. S. Army

Editor Pickens Sentinel:
1T was early in May when decided to
discard my overals for the khaki of
Uncle Sans soldiers and took trip
to Greenville, where | took my exami-
nation. had no trouble in passing the
somewhat rigid examination and was
given three meals provisions and some
change for coffee. was then put on a
train bound for TT. Scriven, Ga, and
after continuous ride of "a hours
and my five companions arrived at our
destination, We were assigned to tents
and given recruit kit and two blank
cts. My mess kit consisted of tin
pan (the lid of which is used as sau-
cer), tin cup, knife and fork. A few
hours later we were marched to the
hospital, where we received a thorough
examination, after passing which was
confident of living to be hundred years
old. Every scratch on my body was
noted and listed, my finger prints taken
and finally we were vaccinated and in
oculatcd. This concluded my first day.
and with Il sore arm and weary body |
made my way to my tent.
1T seemed | had Just fallen asleep
when the buglc sounded revillc at 5 a.
! m, and more asleep than awake
stepped out and formed in line, where |
was curtly told to throw back my shoul-
ders and assume the position Of a sol
der. stayed at Ft Scriven for four
weeks and found that army life was far
superior to farming.
Then one day Il list of names was
posted on the bulletin board of recruits
assigned to the Sixth infantry ut Chick
amauga Park, Ga. and there was my
name heading the SIS. We left Fort
Scalven June and after another monot-
ohous train ride arrived at Chattanooga,
Tenn, where was quartercd with the
rest of the boys in hotel. We stayed
there three days and then put us on the
cars for the fort. We finally reached
the park and found Il very pretty place.
We were given quarters, assigned tC
companies and with pride realized
was at last full-hedged soldier Of the
U. S. We will be stationed here unit
) we leave for France, and may all tn,
. good people of Pickens county neve
. Know the privations Of war and ma
. they think of their sons who have vol
. unteered to do or die for the U.S.A.
Forever a loyal devotee of Picken
: county, am
Yours truly,
WILLIAM A. STANSELL.
Private 9th U. S. Infantry, Fort Ogle
thorpe, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Draft System Approved

At citizens mass meeting held in
Easley last week the following resou-
tions were adopted:
Whereas, 1t is being published to
the world that the people of Pickens
county were not in sympathy with the
government of the United States in the
method it has adopted to raise an army,
viz: The Selective Draft be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens Of
said county, in mass meeting assembled,
DO most heartily approve of the Select
i've Draft system and all other plans
and arrangements our government is
making to resist her enemies, and we
further denounce as unpatriotic any
move that is being made by any citizens
OF the. county meant to in any way ham
per or obstruct said plans
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
ce-McNeely

Married, at tie residence of Mr.. Frank
Pace on July %. Miss Letha Pace and
Mr. Roy McNeely, both of Pickons Mill
village After the marriage the bride
and bridegroom and guests were ushered
into the dining-room, where the table
was laden with many good things which
hisIgood lady knows how to fix, and
even IL man is not hungry he will get
hungry to see what she had prepared
there. The ceremony was performed
by NJ f. Hester, N. P, in his usual
way.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Fine Peaches

A. NJ. Simmons, a good citizen and
planter of near Pickens, presented The
Sentinel last week with dozen of the
largest and finest favored Elberta
peaches it has been our good fortune to
sample. One would not think such fine
peaches could be grown in Pickens
county, but it only shows what can be
done by trying. Asked how he man
aged to raise them, Mr.. Simmons said:
II first prune the tree according to the
Clemson College plan, and then about
the first of February take off all buds
except those wish to make fruit, TAX
ing care not to leave too many buds to
the tree have tried this plan on three
varieties - Elberta, Carmen ana Heath
Cling and it has proven successful.
Many people have been to my orchard
to see the fruit and examine it for
themselves and they all say it is the
finest they have ever seen -
The peaches mentioned above were
the finest we had seen until Mrs. r. l..
Henderson, wife of our mail carrier on
route 8, sent us some of the same va
riety and just about the same size. You
could not tell them apart No finer
fruit could be found anywhere and we
are beginning to think that Pickens
ought to be fruit raising county We
are under many obligations to these
friends for their rcmembranaes.
We are also indebted to Tom e. Porter
for some fine peaches of the Carmen
variety, brought us since the above was
put in type.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Piedmont ASSOcia-
ton Held at Easley

Inc PIEDMONT Baptist association met
with the first Baptist church at Easlev
Thursday, August 2, and closed August
3. The meeting was well attended
Rev d. Weston Hiott, who was the
frst moderator when the association
was organized at Easley 38 years ago
was elected moderator at this meeting.
II. u. Singleton was reelected clerk
and l.. l.. Smith was reelected assist
ant clerk and treasurer. Many promi-
nent speakers from other associations
were present and addressed the associ-
tion.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Bessie Patterson

Bessie, the only daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Waddy Paterson, died at her home
at the Easley Millagc July 90 and was
buried the next day at Mountain Grove
church. Bessie was fifteen years and
one month old and was bright and in
telligent child, loved by all who knew
her. She joined the Baptist church
shortly before she was taken sick. but
was never baptized. She said, however.
that she was ready to go and that where
she was gong the streets were of pure
gold. The heartbroken parents have
the sympathy of all May God comfort
and bless them.
ONE VINO KNEW HER,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Bonds Sold

Inc Plckens county road bonds were
sold last week to Breed, Elliott &, Har-
rison of Cincinnati. at par and pre-
MUM of $675. The bonds will draw five
per cent. interest The entire amount
OF money will be turned over to the
county highway commission as soon as
all details are finished. This is the
second time the bonds have been sold q
second sale being necessary because the
bonds were not legally advertised the
first time. The highway commission
considers the second sale more success
full than the first
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Say They Are AS Pa
triOtic AS Anybody

We publish elsewhere in this''issue
some resolutions passed on the 2lst in
stant by meeting of citizens at Cedar
Rock school house, three miles north of
this city. The Progress has known for
some time that there was dissatisfied
element in that section Of the county
dissatisfied with any and everything =
that is done by the present ruling pow
ers both in the state and nation. Wat
sonism seems to have full sway with a
small coterie around Cedar Rock. Their
resolutions will have no further effect
than to point out to officers of the law a
place to keep avigilant eye on during
the time of national peril.
The above paragraph appeared in the
Easley Progress of July 25. At mass
meeting at Cedar Rock on Saturday,
July %, the following reply to the above
article was adopted:
We, the citizens of Cedar Rock and
adjoining communities, desire to place
the seal of disapproval on an article
published in the Easley Progress of the
25th inst, said article being absolutely
false so far as referring to our lawless-
ness and disregard for the law.
AS set forth in the resolutions that
appeared in the Progress of same date,
we consider that we are as loyal and
patriotic as any body Of citizens, our
loyalty and patriotism being for the law
of the land as embodied in the Consti-
tuition, which we consider to be the
basis of all law. We are not disposed
to voluntarily surrender our respect OF
the law to the Progress or to any man
or set Of men. Furthermore, we invite
the officers of the law to "keep vigi-
liant eye' on US; not only officers, but
anyone else. We fear no molestaton
at the hands of the officers of the law
so long as they themselves obey the law
which they are sworn to do.
In regard to the.insinuation that we
were possessed with Watsonism. we
desire to say that we hardly expected
such tribute from such a high source
OF authority. We are proud to be the
accused followers of man who was
instrumental in instituting such sys-
tenn as the rural free delivery and an
advocate Of rural credits, as also the
parcel post, and who is the author of a
History of France. which has been
adopted in that country to the exclusion
of works by their own authors as
national textbook in the public schools
So if this great government of ours is
defending Watsonism in France, shall
we not be allowed to do the same thing
around Cedar Rock?
A. w. SINGLETON,
l.. C. GHsTRAp,,
w. e. BOWEN,
Committee.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Griffin-HoIlis

Last Wednesday afternoon, August !,
promptly at O'Clock, Miss Emily Griffin
of Pickens became the wife of Mr..
Jackson Glenn Hollis of Columbia.
Only the family and few intimate
friends were present. Rev. DIV. Hiott
of Easley officiated, using the beautiful
ring ceremony. The bridal couple en-
tered from the reception hall when the
strains of the wedding march, played
by Miss Media Boggs with MIR. Oliver
Boggs as violin accompanist, pealed
forth. The simplicity of the decorations
made the scene one of rare beauty.
Green foliage, ferns and sunflowers
being used most effectively and grace
fully, and forming a beautiful back
ground before which the couple stood
Quantities of sunflowers were also used
for decorating the nook" from which
Miss Mae Griffin, sister of the bride,
served punch and waters.
The bride wore a lovely travelling
suit of midnight blue taffcta with har-
monizng accessories. Her huge boquet
was Of perfectly beautiful brde's roses,
tied with tulle
The bride is the accomplished daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Griffin of
Pickens and numbers her friends by her
acquaintances. She taught school last
year at Norris, where she met Mr..
Hollis. who holds responsible position
in connection with the double tracking
OF the Southern railroad. They left
Immediately after the ceremony for
ten days stay in Washington and other
northern cities, after which they will
be at home to their friends in Easlcv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09

Well, and Whom have we here?
Why, this is m Enigmatist. He looks
like an Ordinary Man, acts like an
Ordinary Man and talks like an Or
dinary Man, but he Amt no Ordinary
Man, take 1t from U.s. An Enigmatist
is q Man Who can afford an Automo,
bile and hasn't got one.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Old Soldiers, Notice!

Notice Confederate soldiers of Pick
ems county, S. c.: You are requested
TO meet at your place of election in your
township, on Saturday, the 18th
inst, and elect by ballot an ex-Confed-
crate soldier or sailor, not holder of
nor an applicant for pension to rep
resent the veterans of said township at
Pickens court house on the first Monday
of September, 1917, to elect pension
board for said county for one year.
B. c. JOHNSON,
Chairman Pension Board Pickens Co
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Baseball Challenge

The Glenwood Second nine" issues a
challenge to any other second nine in
the county to play game of baseball.
The G'enwood team defeated the Con-
estee team last Saturday by score Of
~ TO q, and will play Piedmont at Easley
next Saturday. Any team wishing to
accept this challenge may get more in
formation by calling telephone No. Is
at Easley. Ru1
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Corbin-DayiS

Married at the residence of Nj. T..
Hester, Sunday, August 5, 1917, Mr..
w. w. Davis to Miss Mosora Corbin.
both of near the w. NJ Hagood place.
MIR. Davis is II nephew Of Ed Davis,
who Is manager Of the w. Nj. IIagood
place. After the ceremony the bride
and bridegroom and guests were invited
to Mr.. Davis home, where a nice re-
past was awaiting them. M. f. Hester,
N. p., performed the ceremony.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
Family Reunion

There will be a family reunion at the
old Porter place, four miles above Pick
ems, Monday, August 20. All relatives
OF the late B. S. Porter and friends of
the family are cordially invited to be
pfcsent. A. S. PORTER.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09

WILLIAM A. STANSELL.
Private 9th u. S. Infantry, Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Chickamauga Park, Ga.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-09
StanSell- Porter

Married, by J. b. Newberry, p. j.. at
his residence, August 5, James T.. Porter
and Miss Estclla Stansell, both Of Easlcy
route &.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25
MAGAZINE SECTION for February 25, 1917

and the first thing knew she was out of
the gate and after me. tried to run, but
she cornered me and took me by the hair
and jerked me back and forth. l thought
she was going to jerk my head off. So |
pulled loose and ran, because no girl can
jerk me around by the hair like that. So
all she got for her smarty business was
just a handful of hair or two. And who
cares for handful of hair?
Well, you bet | got even with her, all
right never went past her house alone
after that.
So that's the way she was. She stayed
in her yard, and when boy came along
she would jump out and grab him by the
hair, or slap him, and chase him away
from in front of her house. She was a
tartar, all right. She was like spider
that is always waiting and comes out and
grabs flies; only what she grabbed wasn't
flies-it was boys. So we all got afraid
of her, and we didn't dast go past her
house unless we were two or three to-
gether. And then we generally went
round some other way. Except Ting
Because one day Ting he went past her
house, and she come out and was going
to pull his hair, like she did the rest of us;
and when she came at him he backed up
against the fence, and when she reached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

they couldn't help it, because if they
didn't let him me and Eddie would go
where Ting went.
Well, one time when Miss Goosey
kept Ting in school to have the prin-
cipal lick him. she went out to get the
principal and locked Ting in the room
and he climbed out of the window onto
a maple tree branch and got away. So
the principal licked him the next day
Anyway, the trees darkened the room all
up, so when it came vacation time the
janitor cut down the two trees and they
fell down the bank back of the school
house.
so that day the leaves were only begin
ming to wither, and the branches of
the trees made a bully place to play in.
So Mamie Little and my sister and me
and Eddie went right out there after
dinner and played house; and when Ting
had been licked, or whatever he had been
kept home for, he came there too. We
made houses among the branches and
leaves, and were fathers and mothers; and
Ting had lair and was 'rangatang,
and hung by his knees and swang from
branch to branch
1t was pretty good fun, even if it was
playing with girls, because it was jungle,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-25

and me and Eddie hunted the wild 'ranga-
tang between meals; and we were playing
along all right when | saw my sister stand
ing and looking. | guess you know how
a girl stands and looks-the way a COW
does-when she don't like something. So
l looked, and out in the street was the
girl in the red and black check wooden
dress. She was just standing and looking
back at my sister. 1t made my sister
mighty mad. | guess girls can look the
things boys generally holler at each other
So my sister said:
eddie, | don't want that girl to look
at mel"
So Eddie looked, and when he saw who
was looking he said:
Jaw! let her look! Let her look. if she
wants to. She amt hurting anybody!'
So then my sister got awful mad. She
stamped her foot.
~ 'front.' let her look at me that way J"
So she started on a run for the girl.
She didn't get quite up to her. Before
she got quite to her, the girl sort of flashed
up to my sister. That was about all
could see. The next saw, she was stand
ing just where she had always been, and
my sister was Topped down on the ground
with her arms over her head, yelling blood
and murder. So jumped out of the tree