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The Advertisements in.TeSnil This Week ae Not the OriayKn-Tey areEcpinlyItr~ii TE.. PCKENS SENTIE PU ~lWEE1KLY .:.: OFFICIAL PAP ER OF PICK E'NS COUNTY 1'UB1SCRIPTLIONIC NEDLA Established l871-Volunie 45 . PICKEN+:S, S, C,, OCTOEl'.+] 21, 1915 ^ Numbr_2 Concerning Pick< From the county auditor's books we have been able to se cure some information which we believe will prove of interest to the tax payers of Pickens county, and we give it in the table below. An increase of $24,083 is noted in the taxable property of Pick ens county this year over last year and the amount of taxes to be collected this year is. $12, 927.21 more than last year, practically all of this increase coming from the corporations doing business in the county. The total tax to be collected is $131,952.86, of which $30,852.25 is for state purposes and $101, 600.61 is for county and other purposes. $43,402.65, or about one-third of the total tax, is for school purposes. Corporations pay about 65 per cent of the taxes of Pickens county. This year the levy for state purposes is 7 mills. . Last year it was 6 mills. This year the levy for county purposes, includ ing the one mill special pension tax, is 12 1-4 mills. Last year it was 9 1-4 mills, which with the constitutional three mills school TOWNSHIPS Acres Total of Land able Eaeley .................... 37 A 41 }Liberty...........'133. 21 Central ............44454 :1, hurricane ................... 34 I Pickens 1 . Inacusvlle . ...........337 u usplll own............347. *easetoe.....................493 1 hanks and idg. Loan Aso.it Cotton Mis ith t c ht 011 Mills & ertolzer Co18 and cn t'elepone. Express Cos, ey. Southern Power Co.... Ivy Vater, Light Powr. ro. SothernRacl Road.opni..er P kens It. w ........ ...... 'l'otBI, 1915. .. . .. :.1Ei9" 43 TIotal, 1914 ... .............. :"'S Increase................. *Ilecreamp The. Pickens Association The Pickens Baptist assbcla tion met with the church at Pe ters Creek October 13 and con tinued in ssion three days. 0. E.Robinson, Esq., who was mod erator last year, called the meet ing to order and intoduced Dr. A. E. Brown of Asheville, NC., who preached the opening ser mon. It was a powerful dis + course. The body was orga nized by the election of Rev. J. E. Fostor as moderator, . A. RobIDm son as clerk and R. T. Mr.allu as treas uSe rr. Visiting ministers who took part il the iscussions were Dr. A.E. Brown, Dr. Z.T. Cody, Dr. t A. T. Jameson, Rev. W. E. Wil Creek people cover-ed themselves with glory in their- lavish ente tainment of the association. It was an honor to Brother Foster to be elected moderator of the asseciation at his home church, where he was converted, ordained and where he was pas tor' for more than twenty year-s. Peters Creekc is fast coming to the front. They have just comn 'pleted one of the very best school buildings in the county. The Six Mile Baptist academy was reported as being in the b)est condition It has ever been. Prof. Willis, who has just gone to Six Mile to assist Prof. Garner, is a fine man, a good preacher and a Slive wire. He and his good wife added much to the Interest of the association by their singing. Which was greatly enjoyed by all. We were delightfully enter tained in the homes of Bro. J.E. Singleton and Bro. J.P. Robinson. SThese good people brought us under many obllgrtions to them for their kindness. Capt. Taylor and the writer will niot soon for get Bro. R. A. Hester, who car ried us in his handsome Over land, and Brothers Allgood and Medlin, who helped us on our way home. SThe next meeting of the ass~o clation will be held with Pleas -ant . Grove church Wednesday, Thursday and Friday befor-e thc third Sund Ay In October. 1916. D).W.H. ins County Taxes tax makes a -total levy of 22 1-4 mills. This seems a pretty high levy, but study of the auditor's books shows that individuals re turn their taxable property at a very low valuation. The largest single taxpayer is the Southern railroad, which pays $23,759.80. Pickens coun ty voted $100,000 in bonds to get this road thru the county and now the railroad more than pays the county this amount every five years. The following table shows the amount of taxes collected on all levies: State....................$30,352.25 County ..... ..... 48,763.91 Pension ........... 4,334.57 Pickens R. R. Bonds 1,590.98 Constitutional 3-mill school.................. 13,003.70 Special local school... 25,800.45 Polls....................... 3,740.00 Dogs...................... 858.50 Road Tax............... 3,508.50 To'rAL.................. $131,952.86 The table below giving size of each township, taxes paid by each township and a comparison of this year's taxes with last year, will prove interesting: Aggregate No. Tax- of Taxes Polls Dog Road( ['rop. For all Amid. c Ta ~ Taex Purposes 37 79: * 1. 81:3.61 91: 227 1113. 5 0139 W )1 247 12 2.10 I 21 107. 462 1 10 00t 9 871 .4 70' 957 128.5( 634 50 19 35. 4 939.31 401 401.. 492 5 79" 8 613.9 04 3211 160 576 00 63 951 4 505.C 301 23: 116. 375 00 116.91) 2 499.1 141 84 43.1 171 00 16 41( 3 161 44 13; 141 70.51 159 00l 7 15: 6 426.7C 38 814 :12. 0: 24 08. 1 050. * ')1 40 1 480.52 . c 7 8c 1 8.5 2 200 59.9. the a i23 759.8 15 4 4'26.7 34 57 $ 1238415.8 $ 374 1715 $858.' 53508 50 10 4 . 11) 835.f :3781 1044 82.2. 3 587 00 24 08. 1:1010.91 + $41 7, 303 51 9850 I. Dacusville Route 1 I Cotton picking is the order of ,the day in this section. The fields are whitening very fast since the recent frost.. The crop will be about half the size it was last year. J. E. Singleton has so much improved in health that he was able to attend the association. He thanks hs many friends for the kindness shown him during his recent illness. J. M. Robinson is all smiles these days. The stork has vis ited has visited his home again and left another babe. The Peters Creek two-room school building is now complerd and as soon as the seats arrive the school will open. We are proud of such a comm-odious building, which is an honor and credit to the Peters Creek com munity. Tlhe fifth annual birthday re union of Mrs. H. A. Freeman will take place at her residence Wednesday, October 27, 1915. All relatives by blood or mar riage, neighbhors and friends are cordially invited~ to come and 'celebrate her eightieth birthday. Come and bring well-filled has kents and enjoy the day. UNCLE JOSH. The Pickens Drug Co. ranked fifth among the Rexall drug stores ini S o ui t h Carolina In amount of Riexall remedies sold during the last fiscal year. The four stores ahead of the Pickens store are located in much larger places, being Columbia, Spar tan burg, Greer and Greenville in the order named. This is a won derful showing for the local s tore. Mrs. W.T M. Sherard, wife of the superintendent of the Wil llamaton cotton mill, attempted to commit suicide last Thursday morning by shooting herself with a pistol, but was unsuccess ful In the attempt and it is like ly that she will recover from the self-Inflicted w o u n d . . It is thought that her continued bad health has impaired her mind. Mr. and Mrs. Sherard formerly lived at Cateechee and Easley in Pickens county. Ayers, "Where thousan~ds buy their hats." now has two stores in Greenville. Read ad1 in this paper.. Mrs. Moseley Dead Mrs. Naomi S. Moseley, widow of the late J ,O. Moseley, who preceded her to the grave about 25 years, died at her home in the Holly Springs section of Pickens cuunty Tuesday morning, after a lingering illness patiently borne. She was about 70 years of age at the time of her death and was a member of the Bap tist church. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday and the body was laid tQ rest in the family burying ground near her home. Mrs. Moseley leaves seven chil dren, as follows: J.O. and Rob ere Mseley, who lived with her; Earl Moseley of Montana, Talley Moseley of Arizona, Mrs. R. T. Lewis of Lincolnton, Ga., Mrs. J. Z. Tate of Spartanburg and Mrs. J. E. Silver of Horseshoe, N. C. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Hallum of near Liberty and Mrs. Louisa Alexander of Old Pickens, this county. She was an aunt of Prof. R. T. and Dr. J.N.Hallum of Pickens. Mrs. Moseley was a daughter of the late Ezekiel Madden and was born and raised at Norris. She was probably as well known Less T Per l)id you even stop t( newspaper costs you les: -a small fraction of one to youIr home regularly sleet, with news of the state and~ your county, ati oftentimes save you mn year's subscription? You ennh get mlore spenit for a year's subs) paper)C thani for' a dollar. except food andI cloth i about it. Just think about ho (verytlhing has increase years, bult your 01(d coun at the same( old1 prIice, at comes more regularly au: You are not doing yol tice if you do not take the I The Pickens Sentinel visitor in your home every eral and Pickens county ne is published at the county county, largest paper in thi dollar's worth you can buy The Pickens Sentinel ens county home. The subscription price dollar a year, fifty cents fo cents for thrce months, pa: The longer you put o are losing. You help us and wve'll A Good Place to Buy Last Friday and Saturday were busy days for the merch ants of Pickens. Tho not the largest crowds of the year were here those who were here came on business and trade was brisk and visitors found large stocks of new goods at the different stores. We repeat that no other town its size in the state can show a better variety of season able goods to select from than Pickens can show. If you can't find what you want at one store you will find it at another here. In Pickens you can supply your wants in practically every line, for the farm, for the household, and clothing for men, women and children. One beauty about trading in Pickens is that you don't have to look through a lot of old stuff, but can find what you want in brand new goods. Another beauty about it is that a lot of these goods were bought on a basis of seven and eight cent cotton and will be sold the same way. as any person in the upper sec tion of Pickens county and had unnumbered friends who mourn for her. han 2c Week think that your county a than two cents a week cent a day--yet it comes , rain or shine, snow or1 vorid, your nation, your id adver'tisemnents which ore .than -the c'ost~ of a bl)l~it for~ one dOllar1 3ription to your couinly 1)pent for~ anything else ]ig. The'ire's no) doubt)1 w the l)rice of praflctically 1 dluinig the past twenty ty paper comes to you (lit is bigger andl better', (1 is worth more. irself and your family jus county paper. wants to be a welcome week. It prints more gen ws than any other paper, seat, official paper of the a county, and is the biggest today. s a necessity in every Pick of The Sentinel is one r six months, twenty-five table in advance. ff subscribing the more you help yon. Pickens County Items Look out for the big announce-r ment in next week's issue. See E. L. & &. B. Hamilton's ad in this issue. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Tompkins, of the Dalton settlement, died Monday. The parents have the sympathy of the community. Read the optimistic advertise ment of the Pickens Hardware and Grocery Co. in this paper. You have a special invitation to visit this store when in Pickens. One year ago Tuesday cotton was selling for 6 5-8 cents a pound and cotton seed for about $15 per ton. This Tuesday cot ton is selling for 12 1-4 cents a pound and seed for $40 a ton. The Pickens township singing convention will meet with Beth lehem church next Sunday, Oc tober 24, at 2 o'clock p. m. Everybody invited to come and bring song books of any kind. Our mutual friend, A.K.Park of Greenville, has a new ad in to-day's paper. Mr. Park has been selling goods to Pickens county people for more than 20 years and always treats us right. An 18-year-old son of Mr. Henry Stephens of near Liberty died October 9 after a short ill ness of pneumonia and was buried at Golden Creek. The bereaved ones have the sympa thy of many friends. We regret to learn that B. N. Glazener, a prominent citizen of Cross Roads, is very sick and we hope he will soon be well again. The members of Olive Camp, W.O.W., were to meet Tuesday and pick Mr. Glazener's cotton for him. Bear ye one anothere burdens is a good thing. The county tax books were opened for the .payment of taxes Friday, the 15th, and Van Elli son was the first to pay his taxes. He has been the first to pay for the past four years. Up to 'ues day noon only 28 receipts had been issued. Mr. Burdine Hunt returned to San Antonio, Texas, Monday on No. 39. He spent the past five months in Oconee, Pickens and Greenville counties. In Oconee he was the guest of Mrs. Mary Dilworth the greater part of the time.-Tugaloo Tribune. Indications are that Pickens county will be well represented at the state fair to be held in Columbia next week, beginning Monday, October 25, and ending Friday, 29th. It is expected to be the most largely attended state fair in years. The rail r'oads are offering reduced round trip rates. Sunday, November 7, 1915, at 1;:30..'clock the Bois D. Arc Camp, W. 0. W. will unveil a monument erected to N. 0. Cothraun at Seconja church. All sover'eigns are requeseted to be presenlt and~ ( participa te ini the' ex~ercise's. Pub Ilic c~ord(ialIly in - vited. ,J. J. Onmi, Clerk L. V. Noux. C.C. Thel Rtexall One-Cent Sa le wvill be0 on at the Pickens Driug CJo. store Thursdlay, Friday and Sat urday of this week. TIhose who took adlvantage of the other sale of this kimd at the same store were more than pleased wvit~h their Purchases and those who expect to take advantage of this sale should come early, as pres ent indications are that there will be a rush for the bargains offered. Mack Martin recently sold1 a b)ale of cotton in Pickens which brought him $72.35, and1 the seed out of the bale brought the total amount up to more than $90. Tuesday Walt Griffin, a colored tenant on Mr's. Irvin Hendricks' place, sold a bale for $69.76. T'he seed from this b~ale would have run the total amount up to about $88. At this time last year Mr. Martin's bale and seed would have brought about $45. Pickens Cotton Market (Corrected by Folger, Thorniey & Co.) Thursday--------------- -----12.25 Friday------ ---------------.12.25 Saturdafy -------------------..12.25 onay------------------------.12 371 ---day--------------------..12.25 Wednesday--.---.--.....---12.2 Pickens County Items Work has started on Liberty's power plant at Hunter's mill and the manager says he ex pects to give Liberty 24-hour electric service by January 1. Married, by J. D. Mauldin, N. P., at his residence in Norris, Mr. Clinton M. C. Cole and Miss Ossie Gilstrap, both of Norris. They are receiving congratula tions of many friends. Have you read the big adver tisement of Folger, Thornley & Co? If you haven't you have missed some of the best reading in the paper, and if you will turn to it and read it now you will say so, too. Frank L. Bunker of Easley,. who has been conducting a mov ing picture show at Walhalla, will leave in a few days for Pitts burg, Pa., where he will be em ployed by the Westinghouse company in their large electrical plant. The Pickens association last week passed a resolution calling upon our state senator and mem bers of the legislature to try, at the next meeting of the legisla ture, to do all in their power to have the gallon-a-month law re pealed and give us simple prohi bition. Just a small instance proving that you can't afford to be with out your county paper happened recently when one of our readers lost a pair of spectacles. They were advertised in The Sentinel and the advertisement caused their return to the owner, who said he paid $11 for them. "Uncle Sam" Looperand fam ily desire to express their heart felt thanks to friends and rela tives for their kindness in rebit.. ding for them a home upon the spot where the old house -was burned in August. Nearly- ev erything in the house was de stroyed by fire, but friends have. presented Uncle Sam and his loved ones with many nice thiga to put in the new house. He isa praying daily for every one who contributed in any way to make his last days bright and happy, W. M. Nichols, representing theNicholsContracting company of Atlanta, Ga., who have a con tract in the work of double tracking the Southern railway between Easley and Central. was in the city last week ar ranging the location of their camp and making arrangements to begin work about the 20th of October. They will probably be gin work near the oill mill. The camp will be located on the Hal hum land just wvest of Alice Mill ---Easley tProgress. .A t 9 o'clock Sunday miorning fire of an unknown origin de stroyed1 the largeo two-story brick storeroom owned by John A Robinson and occupied by F. C Folger Grocery Company ini Easley. This store room is situated near the postoffice and has several large stores 01n either side of It, but owing to the heroic work of the men handling the fire hose the flames wer' conftined to this one build ing, It wvas stated1 that the value of the stock of goods was ap proximately $5,000 with $3,f500 insurance. The bnilding, it was stated, was insured for $2,000. A t a recert meeting of the county superintendent of educa tion and the trustees and patrons of Praters school district it wvas decided to move the location of the schoolhouse and biuild a mod ern graded school building near the old site. The contract for the erection of the building will be let October 27 at 2 o'clock. M. 0. Looper gave one act'e. 6f ground for a building site ahd the trustees bought of hire three additional acres for school grounds. The progressive citi zens of this community are to be congratulated upon the perspic acity shown in their school af fairs. Pickens Cotton Seed Market (Corrected Weekly by J. D. Holder.) Cotton seed brought $40 a t~n in Pickens Monday and Tuesday. Meal exchanged for seed pound for pound.