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THE SENTINEL 0 RN Eutored April 2a, 1903 at Pickens S 0., as second olass matter under act of Congress of arch 8, 1879. VOL* XXXVII1 PICIaSS, SOU-H CAROLIN, THURSDAY JOSE, , 10 GANDERBONE'S June Forecast. 0 -COPYRIGHT 1908, BY C. I. RIETH. It was the seventeenth of June, And great was the conven tion The vote was coming pretty 0soon, And thrilling was the tension. S'Alabama!" cried the clerk, .And some there were sent daft, When a U. S. marshal showed his head Out in the seething mass, and said: "Count 22 for Taft!" The Cannon men turned pale as I ghosts, And the Hughes men gaspcd for breath The men for Fairbanks clung to posts As colorless as death. "Arkansas!" the clerk ex claimed, And the hall shook fore and aft, When a spry postmaster,. white of hair, 1Hopped to the main deck of his i:hair, And cried "18 for Taft!" 'The Fairbanks men exuded gr)ans, And the Cannon men shed tears And the Hughes men uttered no 1e but moans That once had uttered cheers. "California!" boomed the clerk, And the whole convention laughed When a revenue collector rose And whistled shrilly through his nose, "Count 20 more for Taft!" The Hughes men looked at the Cannon men, And they crawled out of their chairs And the Fairbanks fellows join'd them when - They pulled their Teddy Bears. And they all rushed up on the center stage As men who had made ready And when the din and the tu mult died, And the dust had settled down inside, The candidate was Teddy. - And when Bill Taft discos ers what a mean trick they have played him, he'll shed his coat and go to find the man who has betrayed him. He'll lumber.up the White House, with each junf5growing warmer, and Ted willl hear him coming in, and slip into his armor. They'll spar around the room a bit, and Ted will cry, "Sec hero, Bill! I know The whole affair must look all thunderation queer, Bill; but listen: You'll be named for vice, and when we're both elected, why, I'll resign. You'll get It, 1311-fact is, I suspected Bryan would defeat' you, Bill, which made it necessary for me to head the ticket, lest everything miscarry." And Bill will sink into a chair, aware that he has missedT it, and will exclaim, "I see it now! By Jove, I should have 1i.1 0, most1 ungrateful wretch am I, to think that you who made me-my *benefactor and miy friend-ha ;hamelessly betrayed me!" Whereat they will embrace and hug As lovers reunited, And Ted will rest on William's ,reastr And softly say, "Delighted!" June gets its name from Juno, he Roman goddess of marriage. Funo was supposed to see every )ody happily married. She was Aighly qualified to do this, for ihe herself had married Jupiter, who was a worse runabout than Boni Gould. When the celestial :horus was playing Parnasus, [upier hung around the stage loor like a Pittsburger. He itirred up more scandal than Vom Platt, and was as bold as Ailmanaire Gorey. Juno final y avenged herself upon her ri rals by turning them into cows, which made Jupiter a cattle tng. ['he college graduate will hear The Macedonian cry )f Kansas farmers who must get The wheat cut by July. 1'hey'll rustle out while yet the lark Is chirruping his matin, And chase the binder 'round the field Exuding Greck and Latin. The dinner bell will bring the 3age, the scholar and the cynic md dinner will become a sort of icientific clinic. Astronomers will talk of Mars, of Saturn and >f Venus, and Latinists recall a rew romances of Silenus. The junobug will be mentioned is the genus Lachnsterna, and >ther bugs will speak of land as being terra firma. They'll quar rel, shoot and sometimes swear Ji Arabic and Greek, and now mid then a dainty hand will lasp a damask cheek. And all the while the farmer, full of wondering and doubt, will deep .y marvel what the hotel bill's Bill it's all about. The Anti-Saloon League will. ing, the 21st will be the longest lay of the year. Upon thatl late the sun will reach the Tropic of Cancer in the north >rly declination, and will start 3outh again. On the same day he month will pass out of the influence of Gemini the Twins, and pers; ns born after the 21st need nofj be afraid. They will not have any. Upon the con trary, the stork will fill ev"r sin gle orders under t*od iacpl1 sign of "'ncer the C ot. Chil Iren b4 under this sign will crawl ba\ yard and cry for crab apple jellj. T'he smiling heavens will inspire The skylark and the lin net, And the busy parsons will turn out A new bride every minute A few friends will throw shoes and rice And taste the wedding cake, And then make bets among themselves. On whether it will take. Mr. Bryan will complete his wall around Denver about the 30th, and will set a deadfall at the gate for Governor Johnson. In the course of the month all Democrats who have fought fist-fights on the floor of Con gress, or in any other way dis tinguished themselves, will be honorably mentioned for vice president. The boys will seek the swim-, ming hole In quite excited packs, And paddle in it till the sun Puts blisters oi their backs; And when the disobedients Come wet-haired back to town, They'll get a few more blisters raised A little lower down. Commencements will come in' again -and knowing well this bore, the wily.parelit will take up a seat quite near the door; and when his own child has do claimed, and shown its skill and pluck, he'll-lead the plaudits for a time, and iw politely duck. The hungry boy will stow a few green apples in his tum, and his ma will lay him belly up out in the blazing sun; and after while the pain will cease, the agony and gripe, because, by virtue of the sun, the once greon fruit is ripe. And then the fourth will come again, With death and lockjaw from it, And Pike's Peak in the public eye, With Bryan on the summit. The Anti-Spitting Crusade. Everybody should help stop the public spitting habit, by sending a two-cent stamp today for our attractime, unique hang er card, which warns ag ainst spitting nuisances. People will take notice of this card and once seen, never forgotten. Address DomsNoCAnns Co., 1807 Choteau, St. Louis, Mo. Trouble for the Editor. "I can't keep the visitors from coming up," said the office boy, dejectedly. "When I say you're out they don't believe me. They' say they must see you." "Well," said the editor, "just tell them that's what they all say. I don't care if you check' them, but I must have quiet ness. That afternoon there called at the office a lady with hard fea-' tures and an acid expression. She wanted to see the editor, and the boy assured her thai it was impossible. ",.But I. must see him,'' she protested. "I'm his wife.'' "That's what they all say," ~eplied the lboy. That's why he -found himself on the floor, with the lady sit ting on his neck and smacking his head with a ruler, and that is why there is a new boy want ed there.-[Oolden Age. From a Georgiai Veteran. ED. JOUJRAL:-I learn from your paper that the veterans an'd their families of Plckenks county are to have a meeting speaking, big dinner, and a big time generally-at the court house, June 3(d. It would be one of the great-' est pleasures of my life if it was possible for me to be there and meet my friends generally, and especially to meet my old gray haired comrades, Capt. Steele, Maj. Stewart, Lieut. J. T. Lewis and others. Such a pleasure as they wvill enjoy on that occasion will be cheering and helpful to them on thnir way through the labors and toils of life. Capt. Steele was my captain ] a portion of the time during the war. I would like to hear him on the coming occasion. I suppose I am amongst the , oldest survivors of Co. F, 23d 3. C. V., being 72 years and 5 months old. T I am not enjoying good health )r I would join my Pickens t Friends on that happy occasion -eat with them, chat with bhem, give them a hearty hand- 1 3hake, and look upon their 1 3hanged features wrought by bhe "wear of time" in the 24 years since I met them, having r ioved from Pickens county in t L884. r To all participants a joyful " )ccasion. W. G. FINLD. t Elberton, Ga., May 25. A Letter From Liberty. The merchants at this place ue profiting so by the mistakes f some other businessimen that hier people are beginning to hold their heads a trifle higher. I am Y no exception, and as all rich.(?) people have a name for their b -ountry homes, I began hunting c For one for ours and decided on "Bonny View," when one of s the "kids" said "'Ma, what is it 'V % bonny view of? I replied of r the public road of course. t Clevie, I have a very poor9 miemory aid don't exactly re mem111ber what "Daisies" sug-f geste(d, but )elieve it was some- f thing about girls associating with men who drink. You can guess what my ideas are when I tell you that I believe in the same standards of morals for boys as for girls. I have heard soie mothers say, "I am so glad my children are all boys, for boys, you know, don't have to be so particular about their s conduct and are not talked about a ike girls if they haPpen to (10 wrong." I say, poor boys, just so the world don't scorn you it doesn't matter if you go down to perdition. I fail to find in the Bible where the decalogue means orle thing for the boy and another for the girl. Now, girls, if you think a boy would i keep your con ipany if you drank ] intoxicants, why I suppose it would be right to go with him too, but I don't think I would try it to find out. Some say, yes, but I just want to try to reform him. Very nice of you, I am sure, but pray tell me, did you ever hear of a young man trying to reform a young lady? (0, yes, some girls need reform ing, too.) No, dears, there are men moan enough to drag you down to the lowest depths of degradation, and believe me, girls, he'll leave you there. Yes, it is very commendable of a girl to try to influence a young man to quit drinking, but let me beg of you not to try it if it takes frequent association to do it, for "Vice is a monster of such hide ouis mien That to be hated, needs but to be seen, But seen too oft familiar wvith her face, We first endure, then. pity, then embrace." Isn't that the truth in a nut shell? Whether I have quoted the poem correctly or not, the girls will understand it. I love all the girls, especialky the 5-J girls and T want younn b care u1 lest you "embrace" vice. qow, Clevie, I have said my )iece and you didn't applaud. How generous "Mamma's 3aby" aid "Crab Apple" are to fer me peaches; let me thank 'ou. I was only going to divide eaches- with the preacher, not nake him a pie. I am too poor o get up an elaborate meal for he preacher, so when one comes set them down to plain fare ,id talk about people living- so igh and say 1 believe in "plain Ling and high thinking." The Editor, in speaking of the ecent baptising at Pickens, said hey failed to have the pool (7 Dpedoff. Don't you know that rill do no .good until parents 3ach their children that bag, sm is a symbol of burial; buried with Christ in baptism" what the Bible says. I have een some mothers push their kids" under the rope and say rith a sneer, "go up and see im duck 'em." I heard of a oung lady once who turned er back when the females were eing immersed and said she Duldn't look at the sight, it was 'too indecent." The narrator' aid they had seen the same oung lady sitting on the front orch with her feet propped. up >o high for decency. False iodesty, wasn't it? I would uggest that the Pickens Bap ists encirchl the 'pool with two - oot wire fencing- and impose a ne on all caught on the inside, xcept the catdidates and their ssistants. Every preacher who omes to our town speaks of the pod behavior of our young elks. DREAMER. Hazel Mrs. W. A. Davis has returhed ome from another six days' bay at Dr. Black's sanitarium t Greenville. She is slowly but teadily improving in health. he is now able to take short isiting trips. Elijah Winchester and family isitod his brother James, of hady Grove, Sunday. Rev. S. P. McCarty filled his egular appointment at New 'riendship, Sunday evening. The bridge letting near Mrs. 1arah Alexander's, Saturday. vas 'well attended. It was Lwarded to Rev. .D. C. Mills or $178. One of A. T. Winchester's nules got badly cut in the breast md left side on the 3d inst. with m barbed wire fence, disabling t for work until the 23d inst. Mr. and Mrs. 'J. A. Wilson 1ave returned from a visit to he former's father in Ocone :ounty, and report the old gen' Jleman much better. Farm work is progressing icely since the heavy rains have ceased. Bloor' out, can~ Idates. MOUN7/ AIN SPROUT. According to the N. Y. World, Los Angeles has Leen separating some of our bluejackets from their money at the rate of $12 a day for a room, 50 cents for a bottle of beer, and 10 cents for a piece of pie. Now we begin to understand why Californians are so enthusiastically in favor of a biger navy\