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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
PLOT TO DESTROY CROPS

Sioux Falls. 8. D.-Regular army of.
ficers In South Dakota claim to have
reliable Information that Industrial
Workers OF the World leaders in the
state have maps OF the agricultural
districts Of the state, and have mon
stationed throughout the state who
will make simultaneous attempts to
burn this seasons crops.
Federal officers have been an.
praised of the plot, and every effort
will be made to apprehend those con.
nected with It, 1t was said. The reve-
lations were made public as q warn
ing to the farmers Of the state to
guard against the activities Of the plot
ters.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
TROOPS ARE SAFE IN FRANCE
GERMAN UNDERSEA BOATS MADE
ATTACK ON THE TRANS.
PORTS.
Last Units Of the American Expcdi.
tionary Forces Have Arrived In
France.--Not Life Was Lost Dur.
Ing the Transportation.

Washington.-Ame destroyers
conveying transports with troops for
France fought OFF two submarine at.
tacks. The first news OF the fights
was given out by the committee on
public information, with formal an
nouncement of the safe arrival Of the
last OF the transports with their con-
voys.
At least one submarine was sunk
Both of the attacks wore made in
force, showing that the Germans had
information OF the coming Of the
transports and planned to get them.
This announcement was issued:
THE navy department at fiv,
o'clock this afternoon received wore
OF the safe arrival at a French por
OF the last contingent OF Genera
Pershing's expeditionary force. At tn,
| same time information was released
that the transports were twice attack
ed by submarines on the way across.
NO ship was hit, not an American
life was lost, and while the navy gun.
ners report the sinking of one sub
marine only there Is reason to believe
that others were destroyed in the first
night attack"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
WORKING OF sPIEs
DISCLOSED BY NORTHcLlFFE

Washington.-Lord Northcliffe, head
Of the British mission in this country,
authorized publication Of parts OF a
confidential speech on spies and cen
sorship made to the National Press
club July 4. He described the work
Of spies in England and the flood OF
fatal information tina, pours over the
cables through neutral countries to
Germany, and spoke Of the dangers Of
any except technical military and
naval censorship of the press.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
CELEBRATES FOURTH OF JULY.
United States Soldiers Center of Cele.
bration in France.

United States Soldiers Center of Cele.
bration in France.
American Independence day was eel.
ebrated enthusiastically in England
and France as we'll as on the battle
fronts. In Paris, a battalion of the
first American expeditionary force on
Its way to the front was the center
or the celebration. The soldiers OF
revolutionary Russia maintained their
attempts to break through the Aus.
tro-German lines in eastern Galicia.
Cheered by the results OF the fghting
curing the first three days OF July.
General Brussiloff's men continue their
efforts. especially in the region Of
brzezany and are throwing fresh forces
against the Teuton positions.
During Sunday ana Monday the
nrst two days OF the new drive, the
Russians captured 800 officers and
$4,000 men, and on Tuesday and Wed.
nesday probably added several more
thousands to the total. Twenty.nine
guns and thirty.three machine guns
were taken from the Austro- G Germans.
Violent artillery duels have been In
progress on the Koniuchk-Ziochoff
sector, on the Stokhod, in Volhynia
and at Brody, on the Galician-Vol-
hynian border.
In the Champagne on the western
front the German crown prince has
made another desperate and fruit
less effort to break the French lines
northwest OF Rheims. Attacking in
force along an eleven-mile front, the
Germans made especially strong et.
forts around Cerny and Allies and
against the -Plateou The
French repulsed all attacks with
losses
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
OFFICIAL REPORT SHOWS THAT
THlRTY-sEvEh WERE KILLED
AND 141 WOUNDED.
THREE RAIDERS SHOT DOWN
Most Daring Raid Yet Made by Ger
man Alrmen-Contingent Larger
and Descended Lower Than on Any
Previous Raid.

London.-The second descent upon
London by squadron Of airplanes
was made between nine and ten
o'clock In the morning, when the
business section Of the metropolis was
most crowded 1t was officially an.
nounced that thirty.seven persons
were killed and 141 injured by tho
raiders
Although the German contingent
was larger, more daring, more delib.
erative in its methods and descended
much lower than on the visit Of June
13. the number OF killed and wounded
was, according to the first official roll
roughly, onc-third the previous casual.
ty list. This destruction OF property
may have been greater, but that 1t is
impossible to estimate.
The flight Of the Germans over Lon.
don lasted about twenty minutes. Eng.
lish airmen engaged the enemy for
several minutes over the metropolis.
and anti-aircraft guns were firing
briskly but without destroying any of
the twenty or more invading machines.
Tho admiralty was able to report
however, that naval airmen who fol.
lowed them to sea brought down three
machines. British squadron sent up
from Dunkirk to intercept the return.
Ing raiders did not encounter them
because they had taken more north
erly route. but the British airmen met
and destroyed seven other German
machines.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
INVESTIGATION OF RACE
RIOTS IN EAST ST. LOUIS.

East ST. Louis. Ill..A federal inves.
tigauon OF race riots here in which
thirty.three negroes and four whites
we're killed and approximately 80
negro homes were burned was begun
by Col. George II. Hunter, chief quar-.
termaster OF the central division OF the
United States army. Colonel Hunter
Is under instructions to make a full
report OF the trouble to Maj. Con.
Thomas II. Barry at Chicago, com.
mandant OF the central department.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
GERMAN DOES NOT
KNOW WHERE TO GO

Richmond. Ya.--Asserting that he
does not know where to go. and that
he does not want to go to Mexico. F..
X. Victor. erstwhile German consul
here, could not tell what he would
do as result OF the report from
Washington, requesting those who
were in charge OF German consulates
IN this country to leave the United
States. He recently disposed OF his
tobacco warehouse property for sloO.
600.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
Tax Books Closed juno 80.

Columbia-Th fiscal year of II,
tax department ends on June 80 -
each year and Comptroller Gene q.
Sawyer has instructed all county or
cials to close their books on tha'
date SO ajs to check up and have a
settlemen&3of the taxes of 1915. 70.
the next three months the office ~
comptrolle5r9 general will be busy
making thBase settlements. Mr.. Saw
yer returnEedSto Columbia a few daya
ago, after Anying made the sottlemonts
during the AWsek at Lexington. Aike7
and Bamba fR.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
CIoudburst at OIanta.

Olanta.-There was q cloudburst II
the section from two to Ave mil
south and southeast OF Oalnta, pats
Ing through the Central communit.
towards Lake City. Fortunatel,
there was little wind and no hail, s,
that no great damage was done. TIL,
roads and rolling lands were baf /,
washed, some dwellings struck D,
lightning and some damage to CROP
especially young corn and tobac q
Unless some disaster comes la
this section will make record cor
and tobacco crops.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
SAMUEL GoMPERs AND
ROOSEVELT IN TILT

New York.--Denial by Samuel Com.
pers president OF the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor, that trades unions
had had any share In the East ST.
Louis riots, which was met by ve.
hement denunciation by Theodore
roosevelt OF the murder OF helpless
negroes. precipitatcd tumultuous de.
monstration at q nass meeting held
IN Carnegie hall here in honor OF tho
Russian mission to the United States
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
CHINESE REPUBLIC IS
REPORTED RE-ESTABLlSHED.

Washington.-Offi dispatches to
the Chinese legation here said the
republic had been firmly re.established
Mt Marking with Feng Kue Chang, the
former vice president, as president Of
tho new provisional government. Re-
publican troops were reported con.
verged toward Peking to drive out the
Manchu forces remaining in posses.
sion there in the name OF tho imper.
ialists.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
GREEK DESTROYER LOST
IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Paris.-The Greek destroyer Doxa
manned by French officers and crew
has been blown up in the Mediterran.
can sea. Twenty-nine men including
all the officers were lost. The Off.
cial announcement Of the Doxa saws
that the destroyer sang as the result OF
double explosion on June 28. The
Doxa was then within one hundred
yards OF merchant vessel which she
was conveying.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
ksRENSkY LEADS RUSSIAN
TROOPS IN BRILLIANT VICTORY
'housands Of Prisoners Taken and
Many Guns.

Petrograd.-The brilliant Rpas,on
aaVance' the news Of which has sent
wave OF rejoicing through the en-.
.ire country, was led by War Minis.
Ter kerensky in person.
FOR the last four days the war min.
.s'er mas been continuously at the
'front.' spending every effort to urco
'he troops to advance. He finally
iooe 10 the front line trenches and
p'acihg himself at the head OF the
troops gave the order to advance
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
Egge Bring Good Prices.

Columbia.-Prices for eggs hold /,
reasonably profitable range, despite tn
great bulk Of vegetables now bein,
orered. Quotations throughout tn
state are rs and 30 cents dozen. Blu,
ter continues to sell at 35 and 40 cents
The creamery product is somewh.
higher.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12

New York.-The Orleans, a vessel
or Z'SoS tons gross, left here June IS
with a cargo for France, commanded
by Capt. Allen D. Tucker. OF her
crew OF thirty-six, ten were American
citizens.
After Germany announced unre-
strlcted submarine warfare, the Or
leans was the first American steam
ship to reach France from an Ameri-
can port. She was formerly the Avel-
laneda and later the Menaptha, under
the Argentine flag.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-07-12
FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CREW
WERE LOST WHEN THE SHIP
WENT DOWN.
ARMED NAVAL GUARD SAVED
the State Department Announced tho
Sinking Of the U. s. Steamship
Orleans, But Withheld the place
and Time of Attack.

Washington.-The American steam
snip Orleans. Of the Oriental Naviga-
tion company, has been torpedoed and
sunk by submarine. -Four of the
crew were drowned but all members
OF the armed naval guard were saved.
The state department., announcing
the sinking, withheld the place and
the time Of the attack.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
WAR USES FOR FACTORIES
Manufacturers Surprised to Find What
Can Be Made in Their Plants in
Case Of Emergency.

Here is paragraph, shipped out OF
an article by George Creel in Every
body's Magazine, which shows the war
uses to which various peaceful manu-
factories can be subjected:
"a manufacturing jeweler was sur
prised to learn that his plant, with
few changes, could turn out peri
scopes; sash-chain maker found
that his machines were adapted
to the production of cartridge clips
for rifles and machine guns; phOnO-
graph concern was discovered to be
we'll fitted for the manufacture of GER
tain delicate shell parts; makers Of
underwear may be relied on for ban
dages; q manufacturer of music-rOlls
for gauges cream-separator plant for
shell-primers; sewing machine COM
pany for gaines; recording and COM
puting machine plant for fuses; an
infants food concern for shell plugs /;
drug manufacturers and dye works for
high explosives; finished shells may be
expected from candle-makers, -four
millers, tobacco manufacturers, and
siphon-makers; silversiniths can make
cartidge-cases, bullet jackets, and
caps; while shrapnel can be made In
gas enpine works, car factories, cleo
trio elevator works. locomotive works,
stove foundries and machine ships"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21

AS a sidelight upon the economic
suffering caused by the sugar order In
the Old country. many babies, says the
medical officer of health at Luton, Bed
fordshire, were suffering from the lack
Of that fattening ingredient. The In
ability Of the mothers In poor circum-
stances to make purchases of a char
acter to procure a ten-pound parcel OF
sugar has suggested to the officer re-
ferred to that the council should pur-
chase large quantities Of sugar and
sell them to such mothers through
baby clinics. The suggestion has been
put into effect and proved the solution
of a problem that was assuming seri-
GUS proportions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
will apply on the corn a few drops of
freezone, says Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get small bot
tie of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet Of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger of infection.
This new drug Is an ether compound.
and dries the moment 1t Is applied and
does not infame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think! You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without bit Of pain or soreness.
II your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house.-ady.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
CALOMEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO! STOP!
ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE ON LIVER
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone" viii Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever HadDoesn Make You ScJ

Stop using calomel! It makes you
sick. Don't lose a days work. II you
feel lazy. sluggish. bilious or consti-
pated, listen to me!
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel. when 1t comes into contact
with sour bile, crashes into 1t. breaking
1t up. This Is when you feel that aw-
full nausea and cramping. II you feel
"all knocked out" II your liver Ii tor
pid and bowels constipated or you
have headache, dizziness. coated
tongue, II breath Is bad or stomach
sour Just try q spoonful Of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go TO any
drug store or dealer and get . 60-cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21

spoonful and II 1t doesn't straighten
you right up and make you feel fine
and vigorous ! want you to go back to
the store and get your money. Dod-
sons Liver Tone In destroying the
sale Of calomel because 1t Is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable. therefore
1t cannot salivate or make you sick.
/ guarantee that one spoonful OK
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels OF that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
guarantee that bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
lily feeling fine for months. Give IL to
your children. II Is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant taste.
ADV.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Back to Earth.

We had friend who had been pref.
ty prosperous, but who came upon evil
days. We met him one day and he
said that he was pretty close to be-
ing busted, but he was still hoping.
Then he honked his horn, mOurnfully,
and drove away, and we didn't see
him again till the other day when we
bumped into him on the street, says
the Cleveland Plaindealer.
Hello, old scout !" we said. "How
are things breaking now?'
"Fine!" he answered. "rm on my
feet again"
Bully" we exclaimed. "HOw did
you do it2"
"SOld my car"
The joke was so obvious that we
didn't see 1t till after he had gone.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
A Panama.

The straw hats temperance led
Barclay Warburton, the Philadelphia
newspaper owner, to say:
Before the war l often golfed at
Biarritz, at the Chambre d'Amour
golf links, looking out over the Bay
Of Biscay.
Sometimes had for caddie an old
ScOtchman. / said to the old Scotch
man one day:
GLORIOUS viewl Glorious view, eh 2
eyes, Mr.. Warburton,' said he. It's
what you might call very fine
panama."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21

George AIDE said at wedding
breakfast at st. Joseph:
"Once, in putting on new play of
mine, the manager refused to have a
young married couple In the cast.
"Ill take on one or the other,
George he said, but not BOTH
"'Why not both7' said /. They're
both clver.'
"'That may be- said he, but the
public, George, don't care to see a
man making love to his own wife
"Looks too much like acting, eh?'
said l."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
The Desired Effect.

NASSAU! l sho is in a phudlcky.
munt, sah," whined Brother Slewfoot.
''Muh children has done got de
humps. and got 'em so pow'ful POM
pous dat yo' kin her 'em cla'r acrost
de street. And 1 wisht you'd please
gimme bout haffer dollah. sa, to buy
some medicine for 'em. When all dem
eight childen gifts mumpln' at once,
de sound"
"Pshaw! You can't hear the mumps,
Slewfoot, you are an abominable
liar!"
"Yassah! And won't yo' please
gimme dat haffer dollah for bein' de
most 'bomable liar yo' has met dis
bright mawnin', sab? Uh-yaw! Haw
haw Judge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Fire Marshal Gets Conviction.

The department of fire prevention
reports the conviction of Earl Stilwell
for arson in Sewer county. Stilwell
was sentenced to the penitentiary on
two counts. This case was hard
fought. There are many cases, scat
tered over the state where indictments
have been delayed from time to time
where courts did not convene on ac-
count of high water, and later where
court was postponed so as not to inter-
fere with farming and the planting OF
grain.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
First Needs Several Recruits.

The First Tennessee is in need Of
many recruits to bring the regiment
up to the war strength ordered by the
war department. The cooperation in
enlisting men for the historic First"
is asked of everyone, especially of the
Spanish war members of the regiment.
Every Tennessean takes pride in this
regiment, and is expected to see that
it does not need to go a-begging for
men.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Hotel Leased To Hold Germans.

Word has been received at Nashville
that the government has leased the
Mountain Park hotel at Hot Springs,
N. c., as a camp for interned Germans.
The hotel will accommodate 900, and
it is intended to have a number of Ger
mans now held at Ellis Island, N. Y,
sent there Immediately. These prison
ers will be utilized in building up
camps from the surrounding forests,
and it is expected by next January
they will have accommodations for
nearly 1000. The idea Of the govern
ment Is not to give them luxurious
quarters, but to provide a suitable
place where they may be able to con-
struct their own camp.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Temple of Solomon.

The Temple of Solomon was begun
In the fourth year of his reign (B. c.
1922, and completed seven years
later. The whole area was inclosed
by the outer walls and formed n
square of about 900 feet. The front
of the porch was supported by two
great brazen pillars. One of these
was called Joachim and the other Boaz.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Organizing the Young Boys.

Prof O. F. Smith of Lebanon, as.
sistant commissioner of agriculture
for Middle Tennessee, has been ap-
pointed by the national council of de-
Tense to have charge Of the organiza-
ton of the boys of Tennessee into a
state unit of the national boys work
ing reserve. Every boy in the state
under the military age will be regis
tered, organized into an effective or
ganization and put to work in what
ever line Of endeavor they are best
suited. The work of organization will
begin at once.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Started Rlaht in TO Elaht.

"They quarreled Immediately after
the wedding ceremony"
"That so? While the guests were
therep
Eyes, right. In the presence of ev-
erybody. 1t seemed disgraceful
thing TO do until caught the idea"
"What was the idea?"
'.It seemed he wanted to convince
all of US that he was not marrying
her to escape war;"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Camp Andrew Jackson Is Quiet.

Camp Andrew Jackson is a very
much deserted place these days. There
are hardly 200 men in the entire camp
The companies now there are the
headquarters company. Capt. Granbury
in command; the supply company
Capt. Ray S. Reeves in command; the
machine gun company, Capt. Bacon in
command; and the hospital detach-
ment, under the command of Maj. Dun
navant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
The Limit of Patience.

"You seem to take that mans paci-
fist expressions very much to heart"
81 do" replied Senator Sorghum.
"It's bad enough to put up with the
man who won't fight or work for his
country. You can't have the slightest
patience with a man who won't even
talk for his country"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21

Acid Stomach, Heartburn and Nausea
quickly disappear with the use Of Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial box
"a 372 Pearl st.. New York. Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
F RECKLES
New ID the Time to Get Rid Of These
Ugly Spots.

Now ID th0 TIne 20 Oes nku OK 1nes9
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed OF your freckies. az the
prescription othine - double strength - 10
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get ounce OF othine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply q
little Of II night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. II ID seldom
pietely clear the skin and gain . beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine, AZ this 10 sold under guarantee Of
money back II It fails to remove frscklsa-
Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21
Signature Of Nzzz1x.t
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Qidn,t Do II.

"He's always knocking the married
men,"
Eyes, know it."
"Only few years ago he told me he
was just crazy to get married"
That's right, but it seems he wasn't
quite crazy enough"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21

Or. q. r. Jackson, Celebrated Physician,
handed down to posterity his famous
prescription for female troubles. Now
sold under the name Of "Femenina."
Price SOC and $1.0O.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-06-21

ache, when ran on
about q veal" says
w. II. Dent, 22l3
Reynolds s tire ct
Brunswick, Ga. my
back got so / was at
times unable to sleep,
even in a chair. Of
ten the pain bent me
double. / would be
Frustrated and some
one would have to
move me. Uric acid
got into my blood
and I began to break
o,it Thia got an bad