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County Taxes Slow
About Coming In
UTp until Saturday, Novembei
21, there had been only 221 tay
receipts issued in this county,
representing $1965.94. To thE
same date last year $4081.72 hac
ttn paid tothecounty treasurer,
difference between
tbhis an last year of $2115.78.
The number of receits to-b
issued and issued in each towh
ship,- is as follows:
Tobeissued Issued
Easley towns - 1,621 28
Liberty township ------ 999 26
Central township ----- 1,287 30
Hurricane township ----. '616 43
Pickens township---.-- 923 62
Dacusville township--- 484 15
Pumpkintown township 273 8
Sastatoe township---...-257 9
These, together with 19 re
ceipts to be issued to corpora
tions, shows a total of 6,479 re
ceipts to be issued by the coun
ty treasurer with only 221 issued
up to date.
After January 1st a penalty
-f one per cent will be imposed
linquent tax payers, Feb
s to March 1st, two per
cent will be added.
March 1st to 15tl4 7 per cent
penalty isimposed, after which
date the books will be closed.
Joel Whith..e Dead
Last Saturday the grim angel
of death entered the home of
Mr. B.H. Whitmire and claimed
his eldest son, Joel. The young
man was in his seventeenth
year and was loved by all who
knew him. He was a mepiber
of Cross Roads Baptist church,
having joined about two years
ago. Several members of this
family have been sick recently
and Joel had been suffering for
several weeks. A sad incident
at the fueral was the absence
of the mother on account of ill
ness.
The funeral was preached and
the bod v interred at Cedar Rock
church, th-e services being con
aucted by Rev. B. E. Grandy.
The Sentinel joins the many
friends in this county in extend
ing to Mr. Whitmire and his
family heartfelt sympathy in
their sore bereavement.
- Death of Mrs. JuliaC. Gassaway
On October 14, the spirit of
Mrs. Julia C. Gassaway took its
flight to the world beyond. She
had been a sufferer for many
years, being confined to her bed
most of the time.
She was born March 1834, and
had been a faithful member of
Mt. Zion Methodist church al
Central since childhood. Her
Christian character was as beau
tiful as peace, patience and long
suffering could make. She told
her pastor and others she was
ready to go a long time before
the end came. Her loved ones
-knew where to find her.
The heartfelt sympathies of
the community go to her family
and relatives.
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Over a Million Bales
Increase in Cotton
The fifth cotton ginning re.
port issued by the Census bureau
last Saturday shows that 11,
624,708 bales of cotton had been
ginned prior to November 14 of
this year, against 10,444,52E
ginned prior to November 14
last year. This shows an in
crease over last year of 1,180,
179. There has been an increase
in the amount of cotton raised
in every cotton growing state.
In . South Carolina 1,091,28
bales had been ginned prior tc
November 14, 1914, against 995,
398 bales to the same date last
year, an increase of 95,891 bales.
Up until November 21, 1914, the
Pickens ginnery had ginned 194C
bales of cotton. Up to the same
date last year they had ginned
1530, an increase this year of
410 bales.
Six Mile News
Miss Brown, member of the
faculty, is visiting homefolks in
Asheville, N. C. for a few days.
Among the dormitory students
who visited home Friday were
Messrs. J D. Vickery, Willie
Murphree and Miss Irene Bold
ing.
We are sorry Miss Pearl Mur
phree has been called to the bed
side of her sick father, Mr. J. L.
Murphree. We hope for him a
sneedv recovery and for her a
I speedy return to her school du
ties.
The academy here is doing a
noble work along literary lines.
We have two literary societies
which, we believe, are as good
as the county affords. The
Walker literary society has as
its president and secretary J. D.
Vickery and Miss Pearl Mur
phree; the Mitchell society has
for its president and secretary
Messrs. Jack Stansell and Earle
Alewine, respectively.
One of the most enjoyable
events of school life was enjoyed
by some of our students last
week, when Profs. Garner and
Mitchell and Miss Jones consent
ed for them to take an outing to
Table Rock, a famous resort
about 19 miles north of Pickens.
Those who enjoyed this occasion
were Prof. and Mrs. S. E. Gar
ner and little son, Edward, Mr.
and Mrs. P. M. Durham and lit
tle daughter, Eglah, Piofessor
Mitchell, Rev. T. E. Durham,
disses Mattie Bell.Jones, Nellie
Crawford, Ina Lay, Irene Bald
win. Iantha Casey, Ollie Mur
phree, Dena Powell, Messrs.
Jackson Stansell, H.E.Alewine,
Clarence Hodlingsworth, Walter
Mann, Lebon Baldwin and Mr.
Will Mann. We passed through
Pickens and saw Mr. Bruce
about the hotel. He was nice
and kind to let us have it and
we thank him for his kindness.
Everybod'had a nice time and
were so full of fun and joy we
hardly knew it was raining. We
returned home Sunday to take
up'the duties of the new week.
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AUSTRIANS DEFEAT
ARMY OF RUSSIA
TAKE 15,000 SOLD.ERS IN EN
GAGEMENT IN POLAND IS THE
REPORT.
BIG BATTLE IN PROGRESS
Turks Meet Russians Near Beturn
and Win Fight With Heavy Dam
age to Enemy.
The greatest activity of the warring
factions still appears to be centered
along the front in Russian Poland be
tween the Vistula and Warthe Rivers,
where the Germans are endeavoring
to press back the Russians to War
sa*. What the exact situation there
is, however, has not been divulged.
Both Berlin and Petrograd admit that
violent fightidg- -continues. Berlin
says there is no change in the situa
tion while Petrograd declares the Rus
sians have obtained "some partial suc
cesses."
In the contests farther south in
Poland and in Galcia a similar. state
of -afairs apparently exists. Vienna
declares the Austrian troops have cap
tured 15,000 prisoners in lower Po
land and that an important battle is
proceeding near Donales, Galicia, and
in the Carpathians.
It is claimed also that two Russian
battalions surrendered northwest of
Czenstochowa and that the Austriasn
have resumed the offensive on the
Cracow Przemysl line, Petrograd says
that on the front of Czenstochowa
lent of these was upon Ypres where
the German guns knocked down the
city hall and the market place. An
official Paris report says the Allies
demolished many lines of German
trenches.
Turkey, according to Berlin, has in
flicted heavy losses on the Russians
near Batum, Asiatic Russia. The Tur
kish cruiser Hamidieh and torpedo
boats bombarded Tuapse. The Ootto
man forces on the Shat-el-Arab River
declare they have defeated a British
force and that a shot from a Turkish
cruiser caused an explosion on a
British gunboat.
Vienna reports the Servians resist
ing the Austrians in well-chosen po
eitions near the Kelubara River which
Craoi*r no iskitial changes have ta
ken place but that in Galicia the Aus
trains have evacuated Novy-Sandez.
In the west there has been com
parative quiet so far as infantry at
tacks are concerned but heavy ar
tillery duels continue. The most vio
lent Austrians have crossed. Nish
says the Servian retirement before
the Austrians is "for strategic rea
sons."
Russia has mined the Russian lit
toral of the Black Sea in many places
six miles out from the coast
A news agency dispatch from Hol
land quotes fishermen as declaring
that the German fleet is preparing for
a decisive action in the North Sea
Brtsh aviators have made a daring
attempt to blow up the Zeppelin bal
loon works at Friedrichshaten by
dropping bombs. One Brritish aero
plane was brought down by the Ger
man guns and an aviator captured.
A Petoria dispatch announces that
the rebel general de Wet's force in
South Africa again has been defeated.
A German steamer has arrived' in
Buenos Aires with the passengers and
crew of a British steamer and the
crew of a French ship It. is pos
sible the German commerce destroy
ing cruisers again have been active.
S'lCRECY IS MAINTAINED.
German Advance Apparently Pene
trates Great Distance Into Poland
London.-The veil of secrecy has
been drawn over the battles between
the Russians and the Austro-Germanf
forces. Headquarters of both armies
confine themselves to briefest state
ments, saying merely that fighting
continued.
News from unofficial sources, how
ever, shows the German advance has
penetrated farther into Poland than
previously disclosed. Warsaw is
threatened for a second time- Gen
eral von Hindeburg's army has ad
vanced as far as the Lowicz-Skier
niewice line.
The battle in East Prussia seems
to have died down but the Russians
continue to advance in Galicia and
still are fighting on the Czenstochowa
Cracow front.
The battle in Poland in the direc
tion of Lowicz is the most critical one
and the Germans have the greatest
confidence in the outcome but Petro
grad military observerS declare Rus
sta's overwhelming superiority in
numbers again must tell, as when the
IGermans made their first attack on
Warsaw. In Flanders and. in France
the armies seem to be enjoying a long
deserved rest.
An eye-witness with British head
quarters in a statement made public
gives confirmation of heavy German
loses at Ypres. He speaks of de
cimated battallions, of hundreds of
dead left before the trenches and of
batches of bodies found mn farm
houses. Casulty lists show that the
British forces also have suffered.
The Sei-ylans are makig a stand
against the" Austrians in weRl-choseA
fortified positions on the Kolubara
River, but as the Austrians command
superior forces it seems apparent that
unless Baflan EStates come into the
war Servia is f'acing defeat.
The Picken~s township singing
convention ynet a.t the Pickens
Mill churcly- last S3unday after
noon and was attended by a
l ar ge crowd& Messrs. R. C.
Robinson, C. E4 Rogers and R.
H. Crane of Li erty were pres
ent and led t inging. The
next convention .1 meet. with
the Pick ens Ba t church on
the fourth Sunda in December
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
London.-Two big battles, both Of
which may have decisive results, are
raging in Poland, and a third of al
most equal importance is progressing
in East Prussia.
Of the three battles that are now at
its height between the Vistula and
Warta rivers, and in which the Rus
sians are claiming partial success, is
exciting the most interest. Th'e Ger
mans, it is believed, have brought up
by their lines of strategic railways in
Posen and Silesia at least hialf a miil
lion men in an effort to break ,the
Russian line here. * Weather condi
:fons, the frozen- ground and the* sit
.ation of the battlefield favor a battle
decisive to a degree not equalled on
mny other field in the present war.
The other battle in Poland is taking
place on the - Cracow-Czenstochowa
front, and Russians and Germans each
claim it is proceeding satisfactorily.
In East Prussia the Russian advance
Is moving slowly through the wild
,untry surrounding the Mazurian
lakes. In Galicia the Russians are
noving westward and at the same
:ime are seizing the passes of the Car
pathians.
There now is almost a complete ab
sence of infantry attacks in the west
ern arena and the artillery fighting is
much less violent. All that region
about Dixmude through which the
Yser canal passes Is inundated and the
mnly serious fighting appears to be
:aking place south of Yser, where
:annonading is in progress..
Bad weather, which necessarily
hampers operations, has been experi
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ORPHANS
Defense Of Berlin
London.-The Morning Post's Petro
grad correspondent says: "In the new
invasion of Poland, the Germans are
using their finest troops and depend
ing cii manhood instead of machinery.
As .far as we know thd Russians will
continue to retire until the plan chos
e by Grand Duke Nicholas for the
fi effort is reached. Meanwhile the
ns are engaged upon enormous
m tary engineering works to defend
Berlin, fifty miles east of the capital
at Kustrin, where the Warthe flows
into the Oder."
Reports Contradictory
h abscriptions to the war loan con
ti 'e, and it was reported unofficially
i that applications aggregate between
three and three and one-half billion
dollars. The loan calls for only $1,
750,000,000. Berlin declares that a
concentric attack is being made on the
Russian center, the German armies
coming from the west and the north
west, while Austria is sending a force
north from the Cracow region. Petro
grad, however, states that the offen
sive in western Galicia, is still un
i der way and that Cracow is believed
to be invested on three sides, leaving
only one line of rail communication.
German Attacks Fail
London.-The latest official commu
nications regarding operations on the
western battlefields are much the
same as those of preceding days.
There has been fighting virtually all
along the front, but without apprecia
ble change in the situation.
From the coast of Flanders to the
river Lys, on the Franco-Belgian bor
der, much of which has been flooded
by the allies to hinder German at
tacks there has been a repetition on a
somewhat smaller scale of the bom
bardment which the invaders invaria
bly resort to In the hope of breaking
down the allies' resistance before the
infantry attacks atnd in isolated spots
attacks in force, but according to thle
French and British reports, all these
have been repulsed.
The Anglo-French forces, which have
been holding territory around Ypres,
again have been subjected to deter
mined attacks, fresh German troops
having attempted to force the allies
out of thleir trenches.
As was the case with the Prussian
Guard, the Germans, who made the
latest effort, appear to have taken the
first line of trenches, but, like the
guards, were compelled to give back
the ground after holding it for 4
short time.
Germans Encounter Russians
Petrograd. - The following official
communication was issued from gen
Ieral headquarters:
"Between the Vistula and Warta
our advance guards in an engagement
with the Germans, who took the of
fensive, fell back in the directions of
Bzure. The enemy succeeded in gain
Iing a footing in the region of Lent
chitga (Lenczyca) and Orloff, throw
ing out advance guards in the direc
tion of Piontek
"In East Prussia our troops contin
ie to make progress and fighting is
goinlg on near the Gumblnnen-Anger
burg front
Enormous War Cost
London.-David Lloyd-George, chan
cellor of the exchequer, in the house
of comumons, estimated that one year
of war would cost England 450,000,O0
pounds ($2,250,000,000), the largest
amount Great Britain ever has spent,
and more than twice whlat was spent
in tile four years' conflict in South
Africa. To pay thlis enormous bill the
government has decided, he said, tc
raise a loan of 350,000,000 pounds ($1,
750,000,000), which would be issued
at 95, bear intek'st at the rate of 3 1-2
per cent and be redeemable at par
Berlin Views Optimistic
Berlin-A general review of the situ
ation in the western arena, given out
in Berlin, indicates that the latest
German victories are suchl that the
advance of the Russians has been men
dered more difficult: This -success
lowever, must not be overestimated
for the Russian losses, although se
vere, do not mean that the Russian
movement has collapsed. Considering
the enormous numbers of availablE
soldiers, it does not even mean thE
discontinuationl of the Russian offem
sive.-- -
in the first grade of the Pickens
school and was a very bright
child-a favorite with all who
knew her. Her sweet, smiling
little face will be missed. not
only in the home, where she wyas
an idol, but in the school roorm
and by all who knew her.
The bereaved parents have e
sympathy of the entire com
munity in their sad. hinr of be
r~avenen
TUETONIC HOSTS
MEET RUSSIANS
Germans And Austrians Throw Strengtt
Against The Invading Slavs
In East
THREE BIG BATTLES RAGING
Czar's Invasion of Russia Checked
Austria Invades Servia-French
Claim Successes
Alarmed by the rapid advancement
of the Russians in the east and the
peril to which Berlin is Threatened,
the kaiser has thrown the strength of
his east German army and a large
portion of the Austrian troops on the
czar's forces to check their inva
sion. That the Germans have been
successful in impeding the enemy's
progress - is admitted In Petrograd.
However, the Russians are optimistic
and point to the hasty defense that
is being made at Kustrin to protect
Berlin as one of the telling points of
their achievements. Kustrin is only
fifty miles away from the capital,
which has been seriously threatened
in the last few days by the army of
Grand Duke Nicholas.
Austrian troops have started anoth
er attack on Servia, much to the alarm
of Bulgaria and the other Balkan
states. Petrograd advices state that
the Turkish fort at the entrance of
the port of Khopa in Armenia has
been destroyed by the Russian army of
the Caucasus. The Russian Black sea
fleet, on the other hand, is said to
have been seriously worsted by Turk
ish ships in the harbor of Sebastopol.
The French lines claim successes
in Argonne. The Italian government
is deeply concerned over the Austrian
invasion of Servia, and the govern
ment at Rome has called home all her
ambassadors to European capitals to
confer with the Italian cabinet.
Inclement weather conditions
throughout the war zone prevented
fig'hting to any considerable extent
during the past week, but the attacks
are beginning to be renewed on both
sides of the empire.
Little significance is being attached
by the official's at Washington to the
firing on a naval launch from the Unit
ed States cruiser Tennessee in the
gulf of Smyrna by Turkish guns. The
navy department is inclined to the
belief that the shot was but a friend
ly warning against the mined area
of the gulf. President Wilson is de
termined that the United States shall
not 'ngage in war with Turkey, par
ticularly at this time of the European
crisis.
German pluck and determination
was marked to a hi'gh degree during
the last week when, despite their
many setbacks, they persisted in theiri
attacks on the Anglo-French lines.
Each time they were repulsed.
The Russian invasion of East Prus
sia has caused some alarm and divert
ed the attention to that direction. For
more than four days' hard fighting has
been reported around Soldau. The
Austrains have also turned their forc
es on the Russians north and east of
Cracow,. ,the Galician capital which
the czar's forces- recently captured
and burned.
Despite the severity of the weather
in all sections of Europe and' in
face of overwhelming obstacles the
Germans have persisted in 'thelr at
tacks on the allies, both to the east
and west.
Gradually, however, they have been'
beaten back and have lost ground on
both sides. On the Franco-Belgian
frontier, the allies have driven them
back across the Yser, and in the east
they have been repulsed by the invad
ing Russians, who now advise their
war chiefs at Petrograd that they are,
withing 189 miles of Berlin.
It has been a week of German ad
versities, but the Teutonic spirit is in
domitable and the kaiser's forces have
shown the greatest contempt for death
in their unsuccessful onslaughts made
on the British and French. French
successes have been reported south
of Verdun.
The first check upon the various
campaigns along the different battle
lines since the opening of the war
was marked by the blizzards which
swept down from western Poland
across the entire northern portion of
the German empire and far into Bel
gum and northern France.
British Lose In Egypt
Berlin.-The following information
was given out in official quarters: :
"Advices from Rome are to the effect
that in the fighting at El Arish, a for
tified Egyptian town on the Mediterra
nean, the British suffered heavy loss
es. The Italian colony in Egypt is
suffering from the prostration of all
lines of trade. Maj. Gen. Sir John
Maxwell, commander of the British
forces in Egypt, declared that it was
only her treaties with the allies which
led England to fight against Turkey.
Germans Check Russians
Petrograd.-The following official
statement from the Russian general
staff has been issued here: "The ef
forts of the Germans seem to be aim
ed at trying to break down our front
between the Vistula and the Warta.
Northwest of Lodz we-captured- a bat
tery of heavy artillery, ten machine
guns and several hundred prisoners.
Etubborn fights on the Czenstochowa
and Cracow fronts are developing nor
mally. On November 17-18 wve took
3,000 Austrian prisoners."
Card of Thanks
Editor Sentinel: Please allow
me space to thank the Wood
men of Six Mile Camp No. 607
for the timely aid. tendered me
in thie hereavemoent which befell
me by iny husband's death in
Sepemibe. Though he was not
a' member their. .camp came
nobly -r my ass3istanJc3 with
thi am-ES
Revenue Officers
-Capture Five Stills
During the past three weeks
Revenue Officers B. B. LaBoon,
"Sweet" Alexander and W. F.
Christopher, with C. L. Cureton,
special employee of the U. S.
Revenue department. h a v e
raided five moonshine stills and
captured seven men, together
with a quantity of booze and
beer.
Two of the stills were found
on Oolenoy and two men cap
tured. Two were found on
Eastatoe and two men captured
there. While the fifth still was
found in a cove just at the foot
of Table Rock mountain. Quite
an experience was had by the
officers in raiding this still. It
was raided- just at midnight
Saturday night and three men
wei e at work when the officers
came upon them. They were
enabled to get close enough to
the moonshiners to hear their:
conversation while,- at work.
They were discussing what
would happen if the officers
were to show up. One big.
burly moonshiner making the
remark that he wouldn't do a
thing but pick 'em up and throw
'em into that big pot, when.
suddenly a stick that one of the
officers was standing or broke
and popped like a pistol. The
officers stated that the moon
shiner didn't wait to throw any
body into the pot, but said what
the little rabbit 'said when the
dog got after him-"Gone from
here." The officers remained
perfectly quiet, and the moon
shiners hearing no further noise
presently returned to their work.
The officers then pounced upon
them, caipturing one, the other
two escaping :in the darkness,
but were recognized and war
rants have been issued for their
arrest. The still-was destroyed
and a quantity of booze and
beer was captured.'
It seems that notwithstanding
the fact that the officers are al
ways on the lookout, that the
moonshiners are pretty busy
just now. With corn at a. low
price, and booze at a high price
and such.a great demand. for it,
they run great risks in the man
ufacture of blockade liquor.
But the qantity of blockade
liquor sdld ik nothing in com
parison to the amount shipped
in by express, and if this could
be stopped the officers would
have the situation well in hand.
Little Child Burned to Death
A very sad accident occurred
at Norris last Saturday about 10
o'clock a.m., when Joe Jackson,
the six-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Smith, fell into
the fire and was fatally burned.
Rt seems that the little child was~
sitting in a rocking chair in
front of the fire, when the moth
er went out of the room to get
some wood. When she came
baick she found the little child
with its face in the ashes.
Life lingered with the precious
little one until about 8 o'clock
Sunday night, when its suffer
ing ceased and the angels took it
to Heaven. The funeral ser
vices were conducted by Rev. E.
V. Babb and the interment took
place at Enon last Tuesday.
These people have sympathy of
a host of friends in their bereave
ment.
W. G. STUBBS S
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WH Y is it we can sell .
(heaper per pair than our
easy- to explain. We sell I
able to sell for Less. :-Ther~
that can sell yon Shoes
store that sells for Cash.
yon don't havc to pay the
dlay you start buying for I
Bank Account. A visit t
vou that we Sell Better Sho
so many styles and prices
them1I. So we will b)e glad
W. G. Stubbs
205 South Main St
Massingale Captured
After Years of Libe
John Massingale, alias Marion',
Wilson, an escaped convict, was
captured by Sheriff Roark in
Monroe county,.Tennessee, last
Tuesday, and was brought back
to Pickens 6ounty after being at
liberty for fourteen years.
The case of Massingale is an -
unusual and interesting one. He
was convicted at the spring term
of court here in 1900 of man
slaughter, and was sentenced by
Judge R. C. Watts, presiding
judge, to serve three years on
chaingang.
He was covicted of killing
Tude Reeves in the upper part of
this county, near Crow Creek
postoffice. The killing occurred
January 31, 1900.
R. A. Bowen was foreman of
the jury that convicted Massin
gale. M. F, Ansel, who wasso
licitor at that time, prosecuted
the case, while J. P. Carey rep
resented the defendant.
After serving six months on
the county chaingang Massin
gale escaped, the camp beingon
the road between Norris and Ca
teechee. He settled in Monroe
county, in the mountains of East
Tennessee, and since that time
has been living a quiet, peace
able life, and was said to be a
goodgjaw-abiding citizen. Dur
ing that time he has accumu
latebd good property, owning a
farm of 130 acres. He is mar
ried and has a family of- eleven
children, one of whom is mar
ried.
When .approached ity Sheriff
Roark he offered no resistance
and readily confesed to being the
man wanted and-agreed to come
back without ti-ouble. He had
assuried the -name of Marion
Wilson and is said to be well
thought of in the section where
he lives. He is a man of 46
years of age and is of good ap
pearance.
Sheriff Roark-has been work
ing on this case for-.six years,
and after- six years of ti'acing
records and nen, spotted the
man last Tuesday and brought
him back to serve the sentencex
that was4mposed- upon.-him by
the court.
Massingale is now on the coun
ty chaingang. He seemed to
take his change of fortune with
a li rht heart and stated that he
was ready and willing to- serve
his sentence and; then go back
to his home and family.
This case is almost identical'
with the famous Stribling case
~in Georgia that was given such
prominence by the newspapers.
This makes six escaped con
victs that Sheriff Roark has car
ried back to the camp since the
March term of court.
Card of Sympathy
We, the members of Oliver
Camp No. 585, W. 0. W., do
hereby extend our sympathy to
our sovereign brother, B. H. :
Whitmire, in . the sickness of
almost his entire family and the
death of his beloved son, Joel.
May the love of God illuminate
the shadow of sorrow that the
dark winged angel of death has
cast over their home.I
Fraternally,
JAS. LIGON,
JoHN CHILDESS, -
AN]). FaniwA.
(Easley Progress please copy.)
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