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Tho SMnUR0140Ur&II' ftoay Tuoxnsor & l4ount ou. J. L. 0. TUOMPSpN. 0*"*, Buboription $1.00 P'e Ann. Advertising Bit" Beaovable. futered at Ploken Fostom1ee as Boond olas Mail Matter PICKE1IS, S. C. z TAIJSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1908. FIVE-DOLLAR- PER-WEEK AUTOCRAT. We hereby tender the editor of the Easley Progress an hum ble and most contrite apology, and grovel in the very dust of humility, for having the brazen audacity to publish an editorial in the Sentinel-Journal without first submitting a proof-sheet to that autocrat of the Piedmont press for his approval or con demnation. The fact had entire ly escaped our mind, when the article entitled "Humbuggery of Cost Sales" was published, that we had in our midst a Pelf-ap pointed press censor-a jqt of pin-hook plagiarism on the gov ernment of Russia-and in our hurry not to miss the mail dump ed the thing into our forms and thought no more about it until the last issue of the Easley Pro gress reached us with its broad-; side of editorial wrath. It wasj then that we realized our error, for the motto of the ink-slinger attached to the Progress seems to be: No pet-u*p Ensiq contract" our powers 'The WhOle bot311idles state Ill ovir*,.11 It was indeed a thoughtful act of kindness on the part of that I power-behind-the-press at Eas Iey to so generously lend his $5 per- week intellect to supervising the colius of our little paper and keeping ye editor in the right path. We meekly bow to his reproof, and pronii,e to go and sin no more-until the next time that Easloy, or any other burg, tries to pahn off on Pickens and tiUItarv country its refuse or any sort, kind or .g that indignant the pen of the Pro the conundrum flashed through our addled brain (1 %% hlat Ile"t doll, that I-'nsley cwsr feed, 'I'lmat fie Mhould be mo great? The answer was wafted back that he was fed upon the prince ly salary of $5 per week; and it cannot be expected that the holder-down of such a lucrative job could be content with ink dlaubing on a weekly paper, but that his brain and talent should expimnd, like unto the wings of a sett'mg hen, so as to take in and cover all neighbering journals. But in order to palliate our our trangression as much as pos sible, we will just here state: Firstly, wvhen the "Humbug gery" editorial wvas penned we had not Mr. O'Dell in our mind1's eye, as is proven by the fact that in the same issue appeared a lo cal stating that Mr. O'Dell, of Easley, had bought the Roarke stock of goods, and we under stood he would move them to a town in Georgia. So that edito rial was general in its meaning, and not directed at any one ini particular. Sam Jones says the hit dog always yelps; and if a fragment from our editorial brick-bat "lit" in Easley, and the shoe fits any one there, why we have no objection to their wearing it. Secondly, so far from it being any case of sour grapes with us, we will state to that $5-per-weelk self-*elected press censor that a a page advertisement was ten dered this paper by the party conducting that sale, but he ob jected that our rates were far in excess of what the Easley Pro gress charged for its space. Now, we do content that we would have been equally as jus tified in criticising the Progress for accepting advertising at such ruinously low rates, to the detri ment of all ne!ghborin~g papers, as had the ?rogress editor to critigise this paper for the opin ion,of its editor apre n u si ad loal e were p~~tat three ,t mpta Were inad4in he tat - &ln& Sertn the. et but*e are not seici o Isuch patronage at any pric W BUt we are. quite d4wihat J never, we)l, hardy ever cg4in 2 will a sale be attempted' our ( town by adveMsing in, thelas- t 1ey paper. ,Frokia that mu 11de W of eager and p6verty-stJcken* buyers who failed'to atten.'that F sale, Mr. O'Dell will have th, patriotic privilege of carrying r back to Easley his almostunbro ken stock, to distribute among the poor of that section, When it conies to such "bargian sales," the people.2who trade in Pickens heartily endo4so that old adage, "Charity should begin at home." In fact, as the crowd began to thin out after a distribution,of free soap and like stuff, those C deserving lady salesmen were 6 discharged, and the old phono graph chartered to enthuse the ' crowd, squeaked out that dole-' ful wail, 'Home, Sweet Home."1 We suggest that the editor of Easley Progress read the narra- 0 tive of the fellow who got Inde pendently rich minding his own affairs and letting other people's' business alone. But if he can't contain himself within the nar row cofifines of Easley, hemight migrate to New York and get a job from Wm. R. Hearst to over see and keep straight his five ti daily papers and act as wet nurse for his new party. Such b talent as possessed by the Pro- h gress editor ought to command Ci something like one dollar per day in the metropolis. This will t be a promotion over horn-tooter for hard-stock sales. The Progress editor (?) was in h Pickens nosing around before he - published that tirade in his pa per; and as a matter of history we would like to ask how much hle begged Mr. O'Dell to give him P for the roast (?) he thought he le was giving the Sentinel-Journal? How cheap did he sell the extra 0 copies of his paper to Mr. O'Dell d, and with which he flooded oir town? This gentleman had a good many extra .copies of his hi paper giving them away to who- d ever would take one. He also J, has out a lot of hand bills saying 01 the sale would continue for ten t( days longer. di Evidently there is an "INFLU- E ENCE" at work onewhere and C somebody is working devilish o, hard to offset it. We expressed ol our private opinion on so-called R R1 "cost sales" in general, and, as d4 we never heard of the Progress in editor haVing one of any kind, o he needn't throw a fit over what 1 we said. The highest proroga-, tive of a free and unpurchasea- - ble press, is to expose what its editor believes to be wrong, and this our paper ever has done and 0f w~ill continue to do so long as J. L. 0. Thompson is at its helm. c< By the way, a piece of advice to that Easley editor: If he has ry any business (?) of his own to at- 2 tend to he will make- a blamed- pr sight more by minding it and c" letting other people's affairs alone; adthen hewillnotmake ta such a "dam phule" of himself ' (to quote Josh Billings), as he s does when he tackles things that is doth not concern him, or that he th does not know anything about. a' He had better look closely after 2 that which he is paid to do; oth- '2 erwise he may be a statesman Li out of a job; and jobs are hard to i' find that would suit such as our Li friend who holds down the -tri- ta pod on the Easley Progress He Li might again be forced to flee to the Mountains of Hepsi-dam (we don't mean that final 'dam' as cuss word, please bear in mind), ji to -act as gauger at Some moon-- a shine still. Pickens Bottling Works R. L. DAvis, Prot.'r. Main Street, PICKENS, S. C. Manufacturers of All Kinds Soft Drinks t T ie Whoilesale Trade Supple d Promptly LET U S KNOW YOUR W AETS. f Also hkodles, at retail, Soft Z)ink~s, Olgaru. Tobaocdos, ('anned Ggsos, d Fancy anid Sbelt Oroees ., Etc., 15tc. Your patronage solice( 31n 0 red. haE it - usti e Jew#l rhags Ine a on cr.l tht ity,. he the maMliUss;t6Ie- a ract he said, about the - ewS'an. ake avfrit apolo *y. W6 mend course t) 6the t, whoh4s quite 8 ecently 6nde sorne;ill-advised t< Iatemenlts NSURANE When you need insurance n your Dwellings, Barn and tock, Cotton Gin, Store-house r the Best Life Insurance Ix n the market, it will pay you get it fixd up by th. VC B. ANTHONY of Greenville, 5. C. He knows his business Q toroughly, and when you urn out, or die, he makes it '* ani is business to see that the aim is paid promptly. Ak' iose who know him. Write him at Greenville and - a will see you. aug'3-18t LAND SALE. We will sell to the highest bidder for ish. on sales?ay in December next,,at ekens court-house, S. C., during the gal hours of sale, the following lands: 1. All that tract of land, containing ro hundred and twenty-five acres more ' less, in Pickpns county, described in ,ed or G. W. Rankin, R. A. Thompson J. W. Grant, in office of the clerk of ourt of -said county, in Book K, page 9. saving and excepting a tract of one indred and fifty acres more or less, 100 !eded to J.- McD. Bruce by Thomas M. )hnson. 2. All that tract of Land, 'containing YC io hundred acres, moro or leFs. deeded 'Thomas Johnson by J. W. Hunter by ed recorded in office of Register of csne- and Conveyance for Pickens unty. in Book M, page 8. 3. All that tract of land, containitig 10 hundred and sixty-two acres more ' less, deeded to Thomas M. Johnson by becca Clardy.- A. G. Dilworth' Mary . Hudson and S. E. DjIwortli, said ,ea recorded in Book E page 616, s%v g and excepting eiglity-one acres more less, sold .to W. C. Crenshaw by Tho@. Johnson. B. F. MARTIN, Trustee. F.A. DANIELS. Tax Notice. lice of Coun*y Treasurer. Pickens County. Pickeus, 8. C., September 28th 1908. rhe books for the collectii of State and unty taxes will be open (ross October 15th 1908 to December 81st 1908. rhose who prefer to do so can pay in .Janua 1607, with I per cent additional TJhose so prefer paying in February 1909, can so with 2 per cent additional. Those who efer paying in talarch 1909, to the 16th of said nth, can do ny paving an additional 7 per nt. A fter said date the books will close S. 1H.-Tax payers owning property or payin a for others, will please ask for tax receip each township or specIal school district in tich he or they may own property. This is ry important as -there nre so man:y s peial bool districts,. Those who do not wish to me to ihe olilee cann write me, not later than cember 20th, and I will furnish them with B amoun't dlte and they can remit me b eck, money order or registered 'letter, I unps are sent do not send above the two (2) nt ones, as I caninot use them. P'leare do not nd me ch without registering sanme, as it is Lble to get lost; if sent otherwI s it must be sender's risk. ,. ivy'for State.tax ...... ..... ....5%j hutlls svy for Constitutional School tax . 8 mills1 ivy for Ordinary-County tax. ...4 mills ivy for steking Fund........1~ mills 3 ivy for Past Indebtedness.......... .. - mills ivy for Chain'GOang.--. ........ 2mill svy for State Constable ?.,... ,.....4M mill Total * 17mills SCHJOOL TAX. ealLevy for SchooL District No. 2,.. .2 mills' obial Leyfor School District No. 3.. ..2 mills e0ial Levy for School -District No. 4.. ..2mis 001*1 Levy for School instrict No. 8,...2 mills K 'ecial ..evy for School District No. 9,. .8 mIlls le eyfrSchool J.istrict No. 10,14 mills moI Lk4 for BehOol,mstriot No. 11,53 mill. 'eCial Lev.y for School District No. 18,. . miiis secial Levy for Behool DI)strict No. 14, ..4 mills secial Levy for School Disatrict No. 18...2 mills >ecial Levy for School District No. 17,. .4 mills >ocIal ,e'v (or School DIstrict No. 18,.-,2 mills social Levy for ~cheol IDistrict No. 19,; .2 thills #ecial Levy for Bhool hiHstrlct No. 22,. .2 mills leoial Levy foy Shool D)iatrict No, 28...2 mills >ecial Levy for School Dlistriot No. 27,. .2 rmills aecial Levy for Schooi D)istrict No.831.6% mills >ectal 'evy for School Distric't No. 42,.. 2 mills sOcial Levy for 8ehool Distict No. 49,..2 mills avy for interest on Piokens R. 1R, honda evy for initeret on Pi'ckens I. R5. Bondsmil3 i'astattoe townseip_..,r .....2%4 miis av or interest onl'ickeps 1l5 11. Bonds Poll Tax, One al vSymale citisep !om 21 to to 60 years I in , except Confeder tea bywh idoso,tji pfgr.5 years, anid eeii pay this tag for 19091 in lieu ffv ayesqt on the xoad, san do so before Maf h zox by la.tI4~es~ n ~sAtl~D;T* *d,IAi~~% AA W Do you ever it - ause you are J at as s.uaft as we' we co d~ You are po'le'of nd judg 10 6id ou WO uo bait, ahd tehard btock we were n eto .h you would be let alone and we money Weprefero do a straight, legitimate busines, and for it er reason we never .i0slead our utomers: with "Cost es,Bargain Sales," aid,ny sdh tommy-rot. We are here do besness for the norzey we can make, but we try and figu* ar bronts as lo*, or Just at little lower, than the other fellow a if we didn't make something on our sales we would soon.have cldose our doors, "There is no -line of business but that -it is rked for a profit-doctors, farmers, merchants and even preach s look Out for the "profits." Theeason of tYae year is at hadwlnyou will need certain >ods-.tese goods we bought early in the season, and we closed ie deal only when we got the price rig Wewait only's'A: 'ofit, and we, ow offer you:h- - . - j Heavy F -e'-LinedOUnder-Garments (for Men) per suit, 85 Extra-Heay Close-Wove per suit, 95c. Ladies' Underwear, medium weiglit, Fleece-Lined per solt,. 45c Extra-Heavy Close-Wove LadiOs' Underwear, Ffeece-Lined-,, >r suit, 95c. Heavy Knit Brown Balbriggan Men's Underwear, /er fit'A 4, Above goods in Children's sizes from 20c, to 50c. We have a nice line of above goods in separate pieces at, per trment, 25c. to 50c. In Dress Goods we have a line that can't beat. To see this line is to buy. Ou' line of Shoes has been e wonder of the people and manyfolks in this county are now earing them in comfort and satisfation. If - we have your imber you will save mone, worri and corns by puttinF on a' ir from this stock. That $1.25 "Mule-Skin" Woman s Shoe Ls some been a seller, and we have- just gotton in a new lot. )me and see us before the stock is broken. . ppr*elace or toade. ad W4W1 1E*io'l he tonuatwa 6j snd irepiia4 Boll you t VURY BUST GOODS VCOUB RM LRAST MONIM. We are motn ~ rowing oatlit-we wro not ftero' tect%r to get voor sn-ner* and goneo toapinorrow. that yuoonot got an# besoureo, but we rro bemw all the time. Try the inarkes, d then try us. and you will aswsaarado wit V. E. FREEMAN & CO... 6-At the O0ld StaL d." Still giving Coupons. Fresh lot of Pictures just in. Have yot otten your's? FOR SAFE KEEPING ir DEPOSIT YOUR MON:1 --- IN THE LIBERTY BANK. Their Safe has been tried and -found Burglar Proof. rhis Bank has Burglar Insurance, Fire Insurance, Cashier Bonded, so you can't. e your money. Liberal Interest allowed on Time Depcsits. See H. 0. Shirley and he will fix u up satisfactorily, THE LIBERTV BANK. El. C. SHIRLEY. Cashier. Rubber 'oods. 'ountain Syringes, Bottle Syringes, Rubber Tubing, Rubber Bands, Hot Water Bottles. A Complete Line of these Goods always on hand.. BOLT & CO., Pickens, S. C. Lib Ety,IN O.,iknsCuny sepsCalwaysfonohand alcom MathewA,erstock olintff A fullline f aheFAMOU Libert S. C Ema A.orth aomm ne arett James L. Ambler, Rober tL. Am-. bIer, William E. Ambler, Sunie epalasohadacr- Dick'en, Defendants. - pl stok ofSummons for Relief. (Complaint, GENERAL.To the Defendants above named: Yuare hereby summoned and re MER HAN ISE quired to answer the comiplaintlanthis -eto.of which acopyishewh served upon you, ad to serve a copy of A ful lie o theFAMOS Iyour answer to the said complaint on ~'jthe4 oueriber, at his offBce in Picker s,. ~' T A iSouth Carolina, within twenty day a. PENITERTIARY after the service hereof, exclusive ofth day. oer suh service{ and it you fai to aforesaid the plaintiff. In this action will.a to the Court for the relief' SH E 'b damRnin the emlit HE MOST and BEST GOODS A' Je OOGC*C P. BG FOR THE JUIU E.e BGo . OKBOne7.Barretth andSuned Den, etakei notice - that the complaint in this action is for partition of a tract of land 'described in * ~~said cr aint, a copy w~khich is filed a, of ttheae cur for