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to OFFICIAL PAPER" OfTHEPICKENS SENTINEL Established 1871-Volume 47 PICKENS. S. C., FEBRUARY 21, 1918 Number 42 An Ordinance To raise supplies for the City of Pickens for the if seal year commencing the 26th day of February, A. D., 1918, and ending the 25th day of February, A. D., 1919. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Pickens, S. C., in council assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this ordinance a license fee for the purpose of raising funds to de fray the current expenses of said city shall be due and payable annually from all persons, firmsand corporations doing business within the incorporate limitsof the said City of Pickens, as follows:, to-wit: Section 1 All persons, firms and cor porations, whether idiv 'dual, merenn tile, manufacturing or otherwise, own ing, operating or conducting any occu 1 ation or colling, or following any occu pation, means of livelihood or business for the purpose of profit or gain, here inafter scheduled or designated, shall pay into :the treasury of said City 'of Pickens a -license fee each, as follows: For -- Per Annum Each street peddler or hawker, any kind, $50 per day or ..$250 00 Each crosstie dealer- 2 50 Each agent selling selling rights or patents, per day, $25, or -250 00 Each corn mill - ...7- 2 50 Each hotel keeper .. 10 00 Each restaurant keeper - .. 5 00 Eaci boarding house (public) keeper.. .5 00 Each Wood shop ... 2 50 Each 'blacksmith shop, per forge 5 00 Each livery and feed stable... 10 00 Each sale and exchange stable 10 00 Each two horse hack or buggy 5 00 Each one-horse hack or buggy 2 50 Each two-horse dray wagon 5 00 4Each one-horse dray wagon 2 50 Each picture agent selling pic tures and picture frames other than by sample -----. ... 10 00 Each clothes cleaning shop .. - 5 00 Each clothes cleaner not main taiing a shop who.solicits busi ness in the city of Pickens 5 00 Each barber..---... . . ... . ---3 00 Each photographer whose busi ness does not exceed two hun dred dollars per year 2 50 And over two hundred dollars :3 (0 Each express company or railroad company doing express business 5 (10 Each telegraph company 5 00 Eace telephone company 25 00 Each dentist....... 6 00 Each physician (resident) 7 50 Each printing offlie and job office combined.... .6....5 00 Each fertilizer dealer.. 7 50 Each warehouse other than for private use.. .........5 00 Each money lender 5 00 Each pa'Wnbroker or money lend er..--- 20 00 Each boot and shoemending shop 3 00 Each bottling works..--..-- ... 5 00 Each ice dealer other than meat ,market. ........5..... 5 00 Each life or fire insurance cern pany............ . 10 C Each insurance agent of any kind 5 (0 Each tinner . . 2 50 Each shoe shiner 1 00 Each beet or fresh meat market 5 00 Each ish and ovster dealer... 5 00 Each sewing matchine agent 10 00 Each agent selling iogans, pianos or other musical, instru fmetts -not by sample Io Il) Each bani . i. t Each post'er ind distribiu tor of bills and advertising matter .10 i0 Each resident lawyer. - J( 1.0 Each person mainali taiining an office for purpuse (if drawi ng legal documents 5 ki Each contraetor 5 I nU Each real estate broker or dealer in stocks and bonds. .......5 00 Each p~ublic service auto, one seat 5 10 Each publlic ser i'Vce ?uto, 2 seats 10 00O Eacher dealer in autos and auto sup~plies . - 10 00) Each person. lirm or corporation selling gasoline or kerosine oil off' wagons or trucks of any kind 15 00 Eaen gasoline tilling station . 5 00 Each person or firm selling fruits or mteats from wagtm or other vehicle..... . .......... 00 Each pharmacist other thanm drug gist . . . . . 100 Each person or firm selling drinks from wagon and other vehicles 10 0011 Each railroad company .. _- 15 00) Each surveyor e' civil enginieor 5 00 Each architest aid designer 5 01) Each electric I'gh t and power company ., 201 00 Each cottonl seed' oil mill 15 0i0 Each dealer in buying and selling cotton seed or hulls and mecal 5 U)) Each dealer in lumbier, shingles anti lath and other building mat terial pertaining to the busi ness commonly known as lumi ber yardl not in connection with what is known as lumber liants or planing mill.......- 15 100 Each planing mill business or mill andI lunmher yard combined 15 4t0 Each dealer in manufactured builders' material, such as sash doors and blinds, other tihan merchant . 10 01) Each undertaker. . . 5 00 Each auctioneer, $5 pter day 25 00 Each laundry .. . 5 lii Each person selling fresh meats frohn wagon or otherwise, ex cept as allowed by state Iaw perday................. I)00 Each peanut, candy, fruit or drink stand other than regular merchants in establishe.j busi ness, $5 per day........ 25 100 Each non-resident dealer in live stock per (lay..........5 00 lach slot machine other than owned by merchants in connec tion wilbthter Iliceinsed busi - ness .._......... - 2 (0 Each hotel cigar r igatrette stand . . . 2:achi Ipoo tabb)I 15 00 Each resident machinist--------5 00 Each non-resident machinist-.. - 10 00 Each garage and repair shop (with privilege of working any where in city)------.--.. 5 00 Each jeweler---.----.....--& 00 Each resident optician 7 50 Each trav. optician, per day. $5 26 00 Each wood or coal dealer or both 5 00. Each merchant doing business under $2,500- ... . 5-0 Each merchant doing business over $2,500 to $5,000......- - - - 7 50 Each merchant doing business over $5,000 to $7,000 - - -. -. - 10 00 Each merchant doing business over $7,000 to $10,00 0.--.. -12 50 Each merchant doing business over $10,000 to $15,000 -_- . 1 0 Each merchant doing business over $16,000 to $20,000 - - 17 00 Each merchant doing business over $20,000 to $25,000. - .. 20 00 Each merchant doing l)usincss over $25,000 to $30,000. - - . 25 00 Each merchant doing business amounting to $3,000 ...... 30 00 And for each additional $1,000 over $30,00o ... 60 Sec. 2 Saidlicense fee shall be due anid payable on the 25th day of Febru ary, A. D., 1918. and upon payment to the treasurer of said city he shall issue to the person or persons, firm or corpor ation so paying the same license cer tilicate signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the mayor of the city, which certificate shall operate as a re eeipt for the sum or sums so paid, and which certificate shall designate the amount so paid, by whom, and the char uieter of oecupation or business for which the same is intended to operate as license. Sec. 3. No bills or other signs shall be posted on any telegraph or telephone pole or on any wall on Main street or any,street crossing Mnin street or run ning into Main street without the con sent of the mayor of said city-of Pick ens shall first have been obtained, and then only at such place or places as may be designited by said mayor, and upon payment of such license therefor as he nay determinie pppropriate in each case, such license nut to exceed the sum of twenty-five and t) noe-hundredth dollars ($25.00) in eaci ease. Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corpo.ia Lion failing or refusing to pay his, tier, >r its license as provided in this ordi lance shall, upon conviction thereof, be required to pay into the treasury of said ity a sum not exce-eding one hundred lollars or to serve a sentence of not more than thirty (0) days for each and 3very such offense hereunder. Done and ratified in council assembled ind by authority of the same and cor )orate seal affixed, this 2.5th day of February, 1918. M. C. Spirrn. Mayor. E. F. ALEXANJIm.U, Clerk. M r. Frank .M c Eal.1 spent last Friday n Greenville. Yo You wi] most in greatly best sei fertilizii SWIF There is a ~WIFT - ERTILIZEH 4YSTG USE T H Report of the County Supervisor For Month of January 1918 Amount of money ou hand January lst 1918J $37,626. 15 EXP8NDITURES: i Nancy Gillam, aid to poor..-....................-$ 6.00 ] K. Holcombe, meat....------------------- -....-.-. . 2.70 - B. F. Griffln, road work ---------------------- 8.00 F. L. Finley, meat. . . .----------------------------- 16.00 W. C. Holcombe, lumber.. .......---------- 63.79 E James B. Craig, salary, December-...-- 91.66 c James B. Craig, supplies-------.-.. --------- 20.00 H. A. Nealey, constable work...... .. 4.40 t Easley Hardware Co., supplies.- --- 79.70 A James A. Brown, road work .. - - - - - .. I.20 B. B. LaBoon, rural police. December-. 90.00 J. T. McKinney, rural police, December - 190-00 H. W. Hamilton, lumber and cement, 1917. 173.99 ti W. E. Pinson, road work. _. ........ 4.65 C Pieken Garage, work and supplies 7.45 t( G. W. Bowen, December ......16.33, a J. T. Holder, road work 8.35; d 1. F. Finley, lumber. 5.701! J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge (Dec.) &c --13.331 National Office Supply Co., supplies--------- .1 851 Southern Bell Telephone Co.. telephones at court house 5.20' J. B. Robinson, road work...... . .............. - 1.0 F. 0. Patterson, road work...-. 15.00 J A. Robinson, terra cotta pipe 5.65 n' J. 1t. J. Anthony, bridge work -.25 h Mary Rowland, aid to poor. -... - ----3.0 W. B. Couch, damages.......... 10.00 e Swisher Manf'g Co., supplies-. - --------- .. 1.25; . Pickens Mill, wood and shop work. - --3.15 1 E. J. Willson, lumber and work ------------ 14.53 \ J. B. lIolliday, lumber &c.,.. 113.28 J Jasper Oates, road work .._.8.75 \ M. 11. Lesley, road work- -.00 W. M. Perry. lumb er and road work 27.25 '1 J. E. Bridges 104.13 J W. T. Earle, road work and supplies 65 00 / J. L. Looper, bridge for 1917 129.71 J. C. Alexander, supplies 16.75 A. .1. Crane, supplies - - .. - 2.8.)( .J. T. Bratcher, supplies 9.00 1 J. W. Julien. constable work -36.30 Charles Sanders, aidAo poor :3.00 \ V. D. Lesley. road work .- _ -.5) i M. A. Boggs, magistrate, &c 107.20 C WV. E. Henderson, aid to poor. 3.00 1 J. M. Lawrence, commissioner, (Dee.) .66 I Isaac Durham, meat- - -- 1.801 Lyston Morgan, road and bridge work 2.00 N ,J. L. Hood, road.work . - .8.00 N T. L. Hearden. bridge work ------ 10.30 N M. F. Williams, road work-. 16.20 A. 11. Hlcaton, wood --- 2.00 1 Garrison Wyatt & Co. * supplies 215.31,. L. L Kay, road work... 4.60 G. N. Garrett, constable . . - 1. W. S. Gantt, road work 2. J. N. Morgan, supplies-----. 10727.1 E. F. Craven Co., road machinery 10.0 I. Brazeale, work at poor farm ---.00 D. L. Barker, aid to poor. . U 00 Bivens & Co., supplies. 16-1.05 Falconer Co., supplies.. 257 Reese Howen, work at poor farm 3.25 A. B. Talley, bridge work 20ou Reid Hardware Co., balance on eiigine. . . . . 00 Obie Mansell, bridge work. -- 0o .50. WR m ak Boggs r-crlw ork2-h .00 u1Ae7aPatio Farmer!0 f.E ods ropsorktton andtob needed by our country. Yc -ve your country and yours 1g each acre liberally with "0RDSTEER r $ BRANDF " IT PA YS TO USE THEM" national car and labor shortage. Delay is dar S SWIFT & CO. FERTILIZER i S ATLANTA, GA. CHARLOTTE Factories: Atlanta, Albany, LaGrange, Moultrie, S WILMINGTON and GREENSBORO, N4 CHESTER and COLUMBIA, S. C. di FOR SALE~ BY F olt-er.Thornley Death of, Mrs. Monroe King leasley Progress. Mrs. Mary Lenhardt King, wife of J. lonroe King, died at her home in the ,enhardt section, three miles north of ,asley, on Sunday afternoon, January 0th, after a short illness from pneu ionia. Mrs King was about eighty bree years of age. She is survived by, er husband and four children: Mrs. W. '. Ariail, of Gadsden, Ala.; Mrs T. K. Lidgens, of Sparitanburg; Miss Hattie :ing and Ernest M. King, of this )unty. Mrs. King was twice married. First Mr. Barrett, of this county, Mrs. nail is a daughter of the first marriage. he was also a sister of the late Richard enhard of this county. She was a woman of many excellent 'aits. A member of the Baptist iurch. The funeral and interment )ok place in Easley Monday afternoon 4 o'clock, Rev. R. J. Williams con icting the services. W. L. Blackerby of Norris, was in >wn on business Monday. Will Banks, a well.knowu citizen of ear Pickens, died last Sunday at the ane of his father. lie had been sick >ur weeks with a complication of dis : ses. Valker, l'vais & Cogswell Co., books. o . T. Skelton, bridge work V. G. Ilunter, blacksmith work V. IR Cantrell, sowing grain at poor far 'exas Co., oil - . A. Jones, road work ustin Bros. scrape S. . MlColuin, magistrate '. Medlin, coroner . Iregon Lumber Co., cement. 'rank itosemond, saw set . 1. W, Hester, supplies V. T. Stewart, paid hands at poor farm I. Roark, slerifl and dieting. . S tew t, salary and postage 1917 P. Thomas, road work 'ickens Hardware and Grocery Co., supi 'ickens Lumber Co., lumber 1. 1). and 11. L. Smith, stripes V. L. Pressley, road work V. L. Matheny, clerk and postage 1. 13. Taylor, coal . .Nelson, lumber .l. Gosnell, road work . W. Head, road work 3us lowen, road work knse McKinney, work at poor farm. lyer & Co., note and interast 5i months [C'isha Younglood, work at poor farm 0. A. McAlister, road and bridge work. W. C. Gaines, road work Lentral Drug Co., supplies J. T. Gassaway, house rent for gang George Cannon, bridge sills T'. A. Bowen, boys' pig and corn club 11. A. Townes, auditor 0. T. Hinton, salary and stamps for se! ia its ut :co, all u will elf by lENS gerous. NORKS N. C. avannah, Ga. . C., & Co. Roanoke School News The Carlyle Literary Society will give a public meeting Friday night, February 22d, at 8 p. in. at the school house. Some public speakers will be present. Miss Edna Earle, asistant home dem onstration agent, visited the school Thursday in the interest of the poultry and canning clubs. Mickler Moon of the 7th grade has been-absent from school the past few days on account of sickness. The society has elected new officers for the next term. The following additional students are purchasing thrift stamps: Francis, Sam mie, Otis. Elizabeth and Katherine O'Dell. These make twelve who are purchasing stamps. Cuppie Nix and Helen O'Dell have completed their cards and have exchanged them for war-sav ing certificates. Don't Believe We Said It. Greenville News: Editor Gary Miott. of the Pickens Sen tinel was in our midst yesterday and said that under Government control the Pickens Railroad has been very early of late, although it was sometimes behind before. c., -314.09. 63.009' 5.00. ii 3 .0 0 , - 13. 2.5. 3.50 310.50i - . 25.00 -- 31.25 165.0) 1.75 54.75 - - 107.0(n 5r81.50 - 9.90 60.16. 23.65 67.0(1 5.00 26.44 9.44 4.&S .6;) 9. WA 3.0f 'It 4 2,5rAl at .I" per cent . . 25,3G.80 - - 3.75, - r0,40. 6.0f 3.00. 18.00 . 31,215 311,21 t and J. 8, Newbery 104.95 W, L. MATIENY, Clerk, PICKENS CHAPTER I""RED CROSS NOTES A new shilmnent of wool has iust been received by the leui G ross chapt8tfer here anad those Who desire to kniite ither sox or sweaters will be ible to get the wool it the IRod Cross rooms over Keowee IBan ik. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the r.mnwr.4 are ol'a-t nron 3 p. im. 'til 6 p. I. a"d soneIM-01 will be there on the. e d.,vs to let the wool out. At any other 61110 the onwe who desire wool ann see Mrs. 'T'. .1. Mauldin, chairman of knitting at1 lw-r . A Simiple ptir of socks w , :ho sint and di Iectin- Iolr k iIitting swevaters. (a Tluesday andh lTursdaiy afternoonis as miany ladhes ats enn possibly do so are reilue(sted to cometS to the Red Cross rooms and help with the surgical dress ings. We have an order now for oakum patds and will begin on them this week. It is not necessary to have taken the "t imse im surtgical dretssing to be able to hs':j now'.. so don't stay away on this Tlhe linished pajimas are beginning to eorge in and the ladies who have not hur~shed their's are reijuestedi to have themn in byv the roiddle of~ next week as we want this shipment to go int this montlh with our February shiptmen t. Grand and Petit Jurors lFollowing is a list of t he ptit jurors rwnto serea h ett mo h llas obch wVill conven. :.- ' ken on MIonday, l"ebruary '5>, 191 ,, with Jt.1udge. Jo hnt 8. Wilson presiding. W TI Earle WV Andehrson Looper ID lI K entnmur Il M olding W E~ Stephens -1 IJ 'Williamis lI ( I lloward lI I) I athiem W WV S(eabot-n J.1 Malssengale WN 1 Evait t WV inu Freeman A ' I 'tutanam . Jamtes Winchester TI T lIartont .1 l Ml Steele If t;'Fowleri R. MI lldent .1 N\ ligon I) C Mann .9 Frank (;ilstrap ( Ml Gravley .1J Ellisont Waddy llTomas IC L, lelenderson Johtn 11 Ittrugl C ' I, RC .gsdal' itl I l'errty A' Maubulint .1 Edd I .ooper A1 J I:ttttger J L, ITornley TI TI I .i.ont W~ Ml lttllen'tinet Ge W' ' Howe'r:: W\ II t'has tain TI A\ Gary .1 L Murpr~hree S Wyatt. O'Del; Jamest A Robinson ([he al:.w ''. hlid oiver fromt1917) IC Mi lil A It Adkins JI A~ Iluntic i'r E McIhoruer