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TheSentineWournal CoFA5 TuOMPsoN & Ricnr. PAoj& J. L. 0. THOMPSON, EDn-pa Subsoriptiou $1.00 PerAnnum. Advertising Bites Reasonable. Entered at Pifkens Fustomee as Sooond ojau6 Mal Matter PICKENS, S. C.: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1908. Facing a Crisis. There comes a time in the life of an individual, a community, a state, a nation, when they are "up against it," to use the com mon vernacular. They are fac ing a crisis, It is met and the outcome is success or defeat. Sometimes this crisis is brought about by mismanage ment, and sometimes circum stances beyond control cause it. In a great many instances mier chants a-M manufacturing con cerns are bankrupt several years before they make an assign ment. They are running along in the vain hope of averting the crisis. Pickens C. H. as a school dis trict is now facing a crisis. Fri (lay night the trustees calied a meeting of the patrons and in formed them that the crisis in the history of the school had arrived, and they were out of funds and unable to run the school any longer. This was a pretty hard bIow to the )atrons. They had been letting niatters rock along, trust ing to the trustees to -%wise, an judiciolisly expend the fids, never for a mllomlent looking to see whether the taxes wer*le in Creasin;g oir'ecreasing. It de-1 velops that the town i; develop ing aid improving and the tax decreasig and the school grow - ing ALL- TOO FAST, for the amount of )oney' that is raised to C011duct It. 1 The trailsfersi have bICof ed ?4out o'f nmpo'ri to -amount of-taxes that sholda be roind in the district'-and by TvejAon of said transfers and as a ,ebbsequence the chQ91 has bee gktdtil*If 0 i ,14nh ,"h behind for thie d tThiv .years, and now it 0W1 Itself in debt and no means Af continuing unless the patrons are willing to pay tuition. In 1906 the amount of money raised by the taxes was $164 more than in 1905. In 1907 the taxes wvere $6.00 less than in 1906, while the present year's taxes will be $2(6.00 less--yet the town is growing all the time and the same per cent. applies. The first step toward this defi ciency was when bonds were voted to .erect the building enough money was nlot included in the issue to equip the school house. .This the trustees had to do and have beenimeet ing the payments year by year, as best *they could from the available funds. The enrollment has, in the past four years, increased to such an extent that it now *takes six teachers where only three were required then. The school has been over-run with transfers of pupils, regard less of whether they could be properly taken care of or, not, -this 'being a privilege of the school law, and there was no recourse. Under all the circumstances the trustees have done about as well as any one could do, prob ably, who were placed in similar circumstances, and we do not think there is a patron who cen sures or blames them for the present condition of affairs--it is .just simply one of those un 0o1eseen errors that could have been avoided, probably, by the school building being thoroughly equipped with furniture at the Qutset and starting entirely free from debt and the taxable prop. erty increasing in proportion) ic the-increase in school attend But the question that no'w ( faces the people of Pickens Is, * ill we have a school or noti ~ liswe pay a tVtition fee, as set the school, or will we clul, ether and hire a 1rivate er?" This is- the situation ~ re I,fa r1A uitt aid so e ore u me e law d42an4f us a cerain tax, anC in e this tax we are ' gli % 0 school, and that theschol ad better step if it cannot fulfill Its part of the obligation; others'say that if tuition knust be paidtot the patrons to club together ap2d hire a teacher, as this c? .be done cheaper; others say f the district to vote bonds and pAy off this past indebtedness, and start the school off from debt. The superintendent of education in forms that the district can, and has the right to, vote these bonds. What will be done? The school should not stop-it must I e k&pt going-and our ad,vice, (unsouht) after carefully looking at the situation, whethcr it is acted upon or not. is to vote enough 6 to 10 year bonds to pay off this indebtedneas; vote the extra tmo mill levy that we are allowed to put on; go down in our jeans and pay a nominal tuition for a while and,thus create a r. serve fund for futute use. The district Is too small and the bur den on the people is already heavyj but the future development of the town do. mands that strenuous measures be adopted. If the adjoin-nC districts to Pickens w ild all come in and consoli date with this one, the siuation would be relieved, and that right speedily. t3 no one's hut t. But the question is, Will tht se districts consolidate? If not, then this district must do the best it can, and alone. No use arguing "Stop the school until the accumulated t'IxPs gets it out, of debt.'' Th school MUST RXfN ON. for the children of to-day are the men of to morrow, and without education they are ill cquipped to fight life's battles. Do not, for the sake of a few paltry dollars, starve the minds of yonr children. Since the above artiele was put in type there list been a citizens' meeting held. the sense of which was to petition the t,rustecs t.)ord,r ain election for bond to pay of the indelbtedness. The horids will run for 6 years and will be for $1,000. The truste s pledged themisel vt a to fxer cise strentious measures to keep down e.xpf n4 (sand will try to pi event any one front transferring into thi distr'ict un h ss they trans,fer all of their taxes along w ih I livir hlbilren, and tius stand all the birdens that are borne by the citi zens of the distilct. The train thing. and the one over whiph thle po jtq ar rejo'ci 'g. is that Pickens wil penitinu; to have a good free *chool. 1NSUANGE~ Wlien you need insurance on your Dwellings, Barn and Stock, Cotton Gin, Store-house or the Best Life Insurance on the market, it will pay you to get it fixed up by W. B. ANTHONY of Ureenvllle, S. C. He knows his business thoroughly, and when you burn out, or die, he makes it his business to see that the claim is paid promptly. Ask those who know him. Write him at Greenville and 'he will see you. augi 3-1 8t SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. State of South Carolina, Pickens County. Court of Common Pleas. Matthew A, Brazeale. Plaintiff, against Emma A. <Ollreath, Adal:ne Barrett, James L. Ambler, Rober tL. Am bler, William E. Ambler, Sunle Dicken, Defendants. Summons for Relief. (Complaint serveed.) To the Defendants allove named: 'You are hereb summoned and re quired to answe'r Te complais~t In this action, of which a ,copy is herewith served upon you, and to. serve a copy of your answer to the said com ~iint oun the subscribe~r, at his office In Picker.s, South CarolIna. .within twenty days after the servioe hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the cornplaint wvithin the tune aforesaid, the plintiff in this action wIll app)ly to the Court for she relliei damanded in the enplaint. Dated Oct,. 16. 1908. A. J. BOGGS. C. C. P.. JULIUS E. BOGG08, Plaintiff's Attot uo. To the aLsent defendants, Aeine Barrett and t3unie Dickers, take: Ritice that the complaint iti this dction is for partetion of a tract of land desoribed in said com jaint, a copy of which is filed In the o ce of, the clerk of cour% for Pickens county'. 80 PlainWfrs Attt ,y 7. Our New tall, Su so unusually printed d< do th' The man who gives the matte consideration will do well to pa3 of handsome garments that- we Makers in the world. THE YOUNG CHAP THAT see the showing-the worlc inch a "Winner" with one FAsTIDIOUS DRESSERS who are PA preciate our oxtraordinary 4 lored clothes-priced so re every gentleman to dress : Economicui, too, for our prices ARE RAIN-COATS-The sensible -made of Priestly aqd oft numerous styles, shspes ' suitable for wet or dry weai very handy the year round Men's and Yo ung Men's Furnishinggin new shadcs.. ---every hue that Fashion WccM.'i.CO%E~ -*- C 'iI).. L. ROTHCIF G1REENVILA LE. Handlers of the Famous Scim.oSS BROS. & Co,, L. ADL ESS MF'G Co's line of high-gi Norris Bargai ,WHATWE ' That we haveVonght our Gal (ood can save you Wnoney on, all of your pi We haven't space to say much about right here to families who want a I thing in qur lihe: We are in shape 1 (ome nnd get ybVr four. We want to say to the boys who wa bought 75,000 shells and are selling 1 Our Stock is I Ladies Jackets and Cloaks from $2 Boys Suits at'$1.25 and on up. Dry Goods at a price that will move Our line of Ladies hats are all in. We want to say to parties living at you to come to the Norris Bargain I I want to thank the good people for given me and assure them it is appre to merit u continuance of'same. Come to see me for better goods for goods for less money. 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