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-t *. OF,.atiCIAL PAPER SlN~ I~ II. USR1rO R~ OF PICH)ENS COUNTY$IOAER ' PICKEN SENTSNCLF-URY2I97N P Establis~hed 1871-Volumie46. P ICKENS, 8. C., FEBRUARY 22, 1917. Sdmmary of the News in this Edition of The Sentinel Sixty-fourth congress is nearing end. All guardsmen ordered home from border. Troops operate against rebels in Cuba. Effect of U-boat campaign on U. S. Frohibition takes forward step, Neutral vessels resume trips.' Revolt in Cuba arouses U. S. Bernslorff leaves for home. Will not discuss situation with Ger many. German sailors released. Officers Columbia Farm Loan Bank named. Fifth district election returns. Troops welcomed home. Red Cross organized at Aiken. Short state news items. Colleges join for state's good. Erecting school buildings. General assembly nearing end of session. PICKENS COUNTY NEWS. From Pickens Route 3 Miss~Lennie Lewis, daughter of the late Robin Lewis, returned last week from a visit of several months to rela tiv.es in. Georgia, and spent a few days in the Mountain Grove section with friends. She intends to make her home in Greenville. Colds have had a grip on several fam ilies in this section. Roark Powell, progressive young far mer and merchant of route 3, purchased a brand new Chase City buggy last week. Prince Cannon did it, too. Look out, girls! Robert Welborn of route 3 recently made a trip to Williamston after his car, which has been in winter quarters there. A. B. Walker and Mrs. P. J. Gillespie visited relatives in Piedmont last week. I From Central Route 2 There has been a lot of moving around here lately. C E. M. Garrett has moved itito his new house which he recently built on 'his farm near Six Mile. Rev. E. M. Bolding has moved into his new home. Claud Mann has also moved into his new home at Six Mile. C. E. M. Garrett has moved his shop just across the road from his old one. J. E. Merek who has been very low with pneumonia, is somewhat better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Roper were guests of Mr. 1. Merk one night last week. There was a big wedding on Central Rqute 3 last Sunday, when Mrs. Lola Flet'her was married to Mr. Jess Jul ian. J. G. Dillard & Son have moved their stock of goods into their new buildirig. BIRD HUNTER. New Grocery! + HAVE opened a new grocery I store in the old Harve Richey stand and will carry a com plete and fresh line of Groceries, which I will sell at prices that will make you forget about th.e high cost of living. I have also moved my meat market and restaurant to my new stand and am better pre-l pared than ever to serve the people. Come to see me. I want your trade and will treat you right. 'Remember, ever'ything I have in stock is absolutely fresh. - Give me a trial. T. D. BATES, Pickens. OVER STOCKED On a few staples, such as Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Flouts and Feed., Will make special prices on theI above till January 1. Car Cotton Seed Meal, car of Shorts, car of. Feed Oats, car of Sweet Feed and a car of Hay, and another car of Salt on the way. Come in and see If we have got what you want, or call Phone No. 36. Morris & Company, Old'Postoff ice Building. - Phone No. 36 Greenville, 8. C. . Pickens, S. C. I, McSwain & Craig LAWYERS Practice in State antd Federal Courts IGreenville Offce Phorne 210 Pickens Offiee Phone 89 ., An Ordinance To raise supplies for the City of Picken for the fiscal year commencing the 26th day of February, A. D., 1917, an< ending the 25th day of February, A D., 1918. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Pickens, S. C., it council assembled, and by the authorit of the same, that from and after thi passage of this ordinance a license fef for the purpose of raising funds to de fray the current expenses of said cit shall be due and payable annually fron all persons,firms and corporations doins business w'thin the incorporate limits o: the said City of Pickens, as follows to-wit: Sectioi 1. All persons, firms and cor porations, whether individual, mercan tile, manufacturing or otherwise, own ing, operating or conducting any occu pation or calling, or following any occu pation, means of livelihood or busines: for the purpose of profit or gain, here inafter scheduled Qr designated, shal paf into the treasury of said City o Pickens a license fee each, as follows For- Per Annun Each street peddler or hawker, any kind, $50 per day or...-....$250 0 Each crosstie dealer----------- 2 51 Each agent selling selling rights or patents, per day, $25, or. - 250 01 Each corn mill. . ..--------------- 2 51 Each hotel keeper.------------ 10 0 Each restaurant keeper -------- 5 01 Each boarding house (public) - keeper------.------------- 5 01 Euch wood shop--------.. ------ 2 51 Each blacksmith shop, per forge 5 01 Each livery and feed stable-.........10 01 Each sale and exchange stable - 10 01 Each two-horse hack or buggy - 5 01 Each one-horse-hack or buggy. . 2 51 Each two-horse dray wagon.-.... 5 01 Each one-horse dray wagon........ 2 51 Each picture agent selling pic tures and picture frames other than by sample . ..------------ 10 01 Each clothes cleaning shop - - . - 5 01 Each clothes cleaner not main taining a shop who solicits busi ness in the city of Pickens.-.-.- 5 0( Each barber shop, per chair - - - - 3 of Each photographer whose busi ness does not exceed two hun dred dollars per year ---------2 5 And over two hundred dollars.. - 3 0( Each express company or railroad company doing express business 5 04 Each telegraph company-------- 5 04 Each telephone company------- 25 04 Each dentist. . ..----------------- 5 01 Each physician (resident) ------ 51 Each printing office and job office combined ....----------------- 5 0 Each fertilizer dealer other than merchant ----------------- 5 0 'E ach warehouse other than for private - -se.---------------- 5 0 Each pawnbroker or moneylender 20 0 Each boot and shoemending shop 3 0 Each bottling works.----------- 5 0 Each ice dealer other than meat market ....------------------- 0 Each life or fire insurance con pany -... . . . . . . . 10 0 Each insurance agent of any kind 5 0 Each tinner . . ..----------------- 2 5 Each shoe shiner. ..------------- 1 0 Each beef or fresh meat market 5 0 Each fish and oyster dealer.-.. 5 0 Each sewing machine agent --- 10 0 Each agent selling organs, pianos or other musical instruments. not by sample.....------------- 10 04 Each bank . . ..----------------- 25 0( Each poster and distributor of bills and advertising. matter . 10 0( Each resident lawyer- -. ------.. 10 0( Each contractor......---------- 5 0( Each real estate broker ordealee in stocks and bonds -. .....- -. - - 5 0( Each public service auto, one seat-....--.---------------- 5 0( Each public service auto, two seats---------------------- 10 04 Each dealer in autos and auto supplies-.................... ........ 10 04 Each person, firm or corporation selling gasoline or kerosene oil off - wagons or trucks of any kind . .... .... . ..... . .. 5 0 Each person or firm selling fruits or meats from wagon or other vehicle- .............. .... ......... 0( Each pharmacist other than drug gist-............-........-.........---5 0 Each person or firm selling drinks from wagon and other vehicles 10 04 Each railroad company-........... 15 0( Each surveyor or civil engineer. 5 0( Each architect and designer ....... 5 0( Each electric light and power company-................. ...-....20 04 Each cotton seed oil mill...........15 0( Each dealer in buying and selling. cotton seed or hulls and meal...- 5\0( Each dealer in .lumber, shingles and lath and other building ma terial pertaining to the busi ness commonly known as lum ber yard not in connection with what is known as lumber plants or planing mill-.................... 15 0' Each planing mill business or mill and lumber yard combined 15 0 Each dealer in manufactured builders' material,such as sash, doors and blinds, other than m erchant-...................... .,10 0 Each undertaker---- ---5 0 Each auctioneer, $5 per day -...... 25 0 Each laundry......................... 5 0 Each person selling fresh meats from wagon or otherwise, ex cept as allowed by state law, per day ..- - ..........$1 Each poaniut, candy, fruit or drink stand other than regular merchants in established busi ness, $5 per day................. 26 0 Each non-resident dealer In live Stock, pek day..................$5 Each slot machine other than owned by merchants in connec tion with other licensed 'busi ness-- -----------................2 6 Each hotel cigar or cigarette stand------...........---....-2 Each pool table... . .... ............ 16 C Each electricIan, wiring, etc..... 6 ( Each -tailor............. .... ........3 ( Each resident mwehinist-...........-5( Each hon-resident machinist...... 10( Each garage and repair shop (with privilege of working any where in city) --........----- 5 0 Each jeweler.------------------... 6 .J Each resident optician---------- 7 50 Each trav. optician, per day $5. 25 00 Each wood or coal dealer or both 6 00 Each merchant doing business under $1,000-------------.. ..... 2 50 Each merchant doing business over $1,000 to $2,500.---------- 5 00 Each merchant doing business over $2,600 to $5,000--.------ 7 50 Each merchant doing business over $6,000 to $7,000-....... 10 00 Each 'merchant doin business k over $7,000 to $10 000 ....... 12 60 r Each merchant doing business over $10,000 to $16,000-------- 15 00 Each merchant Iing business over $15,000 t , 000...--------. 17 00 . Each merchant .ing business over $20,000 to *25,000-------- 20 00 Each merchant doing business over $25,000 to $30,000.----.-..25 00 . Each merchant doing business amounting to $30,000 - -..... - 30 00 And for each additional $1,000 over $30,000 --------25 cents f Sec. 2. Said license fee shall be due and payable on the 25th day of Febru ary, A. D., 1917, 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 a license cer tificate signed by the treasurer and ) countersigned by the mayor of the city, ) which certificate shall operate as a re ) ceipt for the sum or sums so paid, and which certificate shall designate the amount so paid, by whom, and the char ) acter of occupation or business for ) which the same is intended to operate as license. Sec. S. 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 Main street or running into Main street without the consent of the mayor of said city of Pickens shall first have been obtained, and then only at such place or places as may be designated by said mayor, and upon payment of such license therefor as he may determine appropriate in each case, such license not to exceed the sum i of twenty-five and no one-hundredth ) dollars ($26.00) in each case. Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corpora tion failing or refusing to pay his, her, ) or its license as provided in this ordi I nance shall, upon conviction thereof, be required to pay into the treasury of said city a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or to serve a sentence of not I more than thirty (30) days for each and every such offense hereunder. Done and ratified in council assembled and by authority of the same and cor ) porate seal affixed, this 25th day of February, 1917. ) G. R. HENDRICKS, Mayor. W. F. MAULDIN, Clerk. i D.W. Hiott to Speak at Montvale D Rev. D. Weston Hiott will speak at 9 Montvale school house next Thursday afternoon February 22 at 3 o'clock, D and preach at Mountain Urove church at D 7 o'clock, provided the weather is favor able. Patrons and friends of the school 3 have a cordial invitation to hear the talk at the school house and everybody is in vited to the preaching service. Farm. Loan Ac1 a Governm Six Arti Frank R. Wilson of Loan Bureau, CONGRESS recently e Federal Farm Loan / lutionary. Few peop~ reaching effect this law w Act contains provisions of farmer in the United Sta who hopes to own a farm to become a land owner; country who has money t The Farm Loan Act is R. Wilson of the Fede1 Washington, D. C., has v ticl es, expl aining the ir Act, which we are going beginning with this issue, only prove interesting, have secured them for ou that they will prove enjoa' sure to read the first two the paper* today. The I ) appear in following issues The subjects of the six at The Co-Operative Banking 1 the Farm Loan Act. What the Farmer or Prospec the Benefits of the Far m I. Amortization-What It Meat Federal Farm Loan Act. The Faram Loan Act from the Effect of the Farm Loan Acd terest of the Farmer Is Sa 0 Effect of the Farm Loan A< - stabilizer. 0 0 OThe Pickei Easley Local Items Easley, Feb. 19. -A national farm loan association was organized here last riday with fifteen members, and over $30,000 stock was subrcribed. The fol lowing officers were elected: R. L. Perry, president; J. Andrew Williams, vice president; Henry W. Hamilton, secretary and treasurer; Directors-R. L. Perry, R. B. Byars, G. N. Wyatt, Henry.W. Hamilton, J. Andrew Wil liams, C. J. Ellison. The famous quartet known as the Vaughn quartet sang to the delight of a good sized congregation in the Bap tist church Sunday night. Pastor H. K. Williams preached fine sermons mrorn ing and evening. A great treat is in store for the peo ple of Easley and surrounding country. Beginning March 4 and closing March 9 a series of meetings will be held in the Baptist church morning and evening with the following speakers: Dr. John E. White of Anderson, Dr. E. M. Poteat of Greenville, Dr. D. M. Rtamsay of Greenville, Dr. Z. T. Cody of Green ville, and Dr. W. T. Derieux, Dr. C. C. Brown and Dr. T. J. Watts, of Colum bia. On Friday night, March 9, in the school auditorium, ex-Governor Patter son of Tennessee will deliver an address on prohibition. Let everybody who can, come to hear these distinguished men. Miss Floride Carey of Pickens visited the family of D. W. Hiott last week. The special sale at Edwin L. Bolt & Co's. is a splendid success and attract ing large crowds. Cross Roads Items Born unto Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Julian, Februaryd3, a fine girl. Mrs. A. F. Balentine and little daugh ter Elizabeth, of Greenville. are visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Findley. Mesars. MeD. and Paul Farmer visit ed at the home of B. Frank Farmer Sunday. Mr. John Julian visited his son, T. A. Julian, last week; thi latter being con. fined to his room wit,. grip. Miss"Eva Farmer .visited her sisters in Easley one day last week. On account of the bad weather onlv a few people attended preaching al Cross Roads Sunday. Mrs. James Clark has been confined to her bed for several days, but we ar glad to say she is much improved a this writing. Mrs. W. D. Freeman visited Mrs. B Frank Farmer a short time last week Mr. and Mrs. William McWhorte visited their daughter, Mrs. W. D Freeman recently. Bible Conference at Six Mile There will be a Bible Conference hel at Six Mile. beginning Friday nigh Feb. 23rd and continuing Sunday nigh the 25th. Rev. J. Dean Crain, Rev W. M. Whiteside and others will be oy the program. A large attendance o1 church cle ks, treasurers, deacons an( pastors is rged. Explained By ent Expert les by the Federal Farm Washington nacted a law called the ect which is almost revo le yet appreciate the far 'ill have. The Farm Loan intense interest to every bes; every town resident every tenant who wants, very resident of town or, invest, little understood. Frank 'al Farm Loan Bureau, rritten a series of six ar ~portant features of this o publish in The Sentinel, These articles will not ut instructive, and we 'readers with the hope able and beneficial. Be articles which appear in alance of the series will ticles are: 4achinery Established Under tive Farmer Must Do to Get ean Act. is and How Applied in the Point of view of the Investor. on Tenantry-- How the In eguarded. ~t as a social and Financial is Sentinel Pleasant Grove Item& Well, I will give your excellent papo a few dots from the northeastern see tion of Pickens county, as my father always said this is the garden spot of the world. The cold weather about two weeks ago almost ruined the small grain crop in this section.. Some say it will come again from the roots and some say it will not; so if we live we will see. John Cisson has moved his family from here to Brevard, N. C., where he is en gaged at work in a big machinery plant. Ben Masters lost by death a fine cow about two weeks ago. W. L. Green is still confined to his room with sickness. Many friends wish him a speedy recovery. W. F. Hendricks, who has had his sawmill in this section about 18 months, has moved it to near Griffin church. W. F. sure knows how to cut fine lumber. Rev. J. E. Foster filled his regular appointment at Pleasant Grove last Sat urday and Snnday. Married, by Rev. J. E. Foster, at the home of the bride's parents on Sunday, February 11, at 3 o'clock, Miss Willie Mayfield and Mr. Eugene Talley. Mr. Talley is a son A. B. Talley of this sec tion and is well known thruout Pickens county, while the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Mayfield, well known in Greenville county. The writer wishes this couple a prosperou and happy journey thru life. The writer has in his possession an acorn that is 52 years old and came from under a shade tree that stood in the yard at Appomattox when Lee surren dered. It still seems to be sound and looks as if it might be the post oal kind.. P.G.S. Along Little Eastatoe * Farm work is progressing very slowly as there has been so much rain an( other bad, rough weather. Friday February 2, was the coldest, windies day we ever remember. The thermom eter here registered two degrees abov: zero on Saturday morning. We know o: but little damage done by the wind, ex cept that J. R. Meese had about ninet, feet of his front porch blown off an4 carrying it over the house, bending fiv points of the lightning rods flat down oi the body of the house and carrging it ui on the hill above in the field, leaving whole. Mr. Meece is remodeling an building back only nineteen feet of th upper porch this time. No other dan age was done as we have heard of. Mr. and Mrs. James Gravley left th section recently to try their luck 1 Dillon We are very sorry I give them up, but hope our loss is the gain. Mr. Gravley had been there on: before, and we understand a job i superintendent of a ranch awaited hi him at a hadsome salary. We wih them well in the far-away west. R. A. Gravley and family have mov: from W. R. Price's mill to his farn t knowrn as the Alfred McCrary plac4 We welcome him and his good fami into our midst. r Miss Mary Garrett's school at Ant och closed recently. She taught one c the best schools we ever had at thi p lace. She is a high-toned christia lady and we can heartily recommend he to any settlement wanting a first-clas lady teacher. It will be remembere that she taught both our summer mi winter terms. Lois, the 8-year-old child of Mr. an Mrs. A. T. Winchester, was attacke over a month ago with side pleurisy an it (leveloped into progressive pneumonin She was seriously ill for three weekr but under the special care of Dr. Rober Kirksey and Miss Mad Fayssoux, special trained nurse, we are glad to sa; she is improving very much. We suppose our supervisor is talkinm of building a public road avross the Blui Ridge, leading to North Carolina. W< are extremely anxious for this to b, done, but we feel sure this road ough to go by way of Reedy Cove, Rocky Bottom and Little Canebrake, througi the Eastatoc or Martin Gal), and on t< Rosman, N. C., for several reasons. I would develop three sections of farming land and help build up a church an, school. We feel sure it is fully as nea and just as good gande and wvould be a easily built. We ask our honorable su pervisor and county commissioners t, conider- this well before any worki done. We are ready to p~ut our shoulde to the wvheel of road progr'ess every tim we can. Yours for good churches, schook roadls, etc. MOUNTAIN SPROUT. The Campaign Fund Contributions received by Fred li Dominick to $1000 fund for dleficiti the treasury of the National D~ein cratic committee. PICKENS COUNTY Previously acknowledged----$ 65.1 I' M. Mauldin...--........ 10. Through John E.* Craig and 11 Lewis..........--.... 3. Total for Pickens County. $l00.0 TOTAL RECEIPTS nY COUJNU ES Newberry------.--$2 Greenwood ..- - --3J Anderson.. ..........3 Abbeville.---- - -13 Pickens----------OA -Oconee... ---------4. We ned onl $26.85 t makeup.t $1000 from the Third (district. I w| ask of all who have made collectior for this fund or who expect to col trIbute, to forward me their amour so as to reach me at Newberry by ti 24th at the latest, as I expect to Iean for Washington on the 20th and wai the entire fund contributed by tht time. Very respectfully, FRED H. DoMIgrcK. Farmers to Meet at Pickens A meeting of farmers of Pickens county will be held in Pickens court house next Thursday, March 1, for the pittpose of organizig a National Farm Loan association. The meeting will be addressed by J. J. McSwain, of Green ville the best posted man in the state on the farm loan act, and will be held while court is adjourned for dinner. Every farmer is invited to attend this meeting. National farm loan associations have already been organized at Liberty and Easley, and it is expected that one will ' be organized at Pickens Thursday, one at Central next Saturday, and one at Dacusville at an early date. Nobody can belong to these associations except farmers. Bear the date of the Pickens meeting in mind-Thursday, March 1. Singing Convention The Pickens Township Singing con ventiop will meet next Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 o'clock, with Pickens View church. The Vaughan quartet, com posed of Profs. Pace, Allen, Walbert and their alto- singer (I don't know his nate) is ex pected to be with us. So everybody that likes to hear good sing ing come and bring your song book, "Praise Divine., If you want to get a seat in the house better come about 1:30 o'clock p. m. Very respectfully, R. L. HIENDEDRSON, President. The Parent-Teachers Association The meeting of the Parent-Teachers at the school house last Wednesday was very well httended. There are twenty one enrollments and all seem quite en thusiastic as to the work. Mrs. Vesta McFall is the very efficient president, Miss Isadora Williams, vice president, and Mrs. C. E. Robinson, secretary. One of the noticeable effects of this organization is the marked change in the behavior of the boys in the audi torium on the occasion of a lyceum or any other entertainment. Beautiful behavior has been noticeable recently. It was agreed that a prize be given the room in the school that has most parents at the next meeting.. The co-operation of parents and teachers is an important thing and t every one who has a child in school should belong to this organization. It meets the second Wednesday in each month at 3 o'clock. Si.C. is Morgan-Farmer . Last Wednesday, Februpry 8, the mar rt rage of Miss Ola Morgan and John Stanley Farmer was quietly solemnized at the home df the bride's parents. m The bride's pastor, Rev. G. R. Hodges, omeilating. The ceremony was per formed i the parlor, which was beaut ifully decorated for the occasion. The !d bride, alwaya beautiful, was becomingly 1, dressed in a tailored soit of midnight - blue, and the groom, who never ap l peared more handsome, also wore a suit of blue. Immediately after the i- ceremony a sweet course luncheon was f served. Only the immediate family a and a few relatives wdre present to n witness the naptials, and to bid God's r speed to the happy young couple. Mr. B Farmer is not only a farmer by name, j but is also a prosperous farmer by , trade. He is a young man of steady habits and is to be congratulated on I winning the hand and heart of so noble :1 young woman for his life companion. I The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morgan of near Pick ens, and is deservedly popular where t ever she is known. Mr. and Mrs. A F'armer left immediately after refresh ments were served for his home. They wvill reside in his new home wvhich has recently heen constructed on his farm near Pickens. Hosts of friends in Piecens and elsewhere wvish them all Shappiness through life. xxx Massey-Rogers Married, on Saturday, Febmuary 10, I 1917, at the home of the bride's parents , in~ Greer, Miss Maude Massey and Mr. } T hrman M. Rogers, Rlev. Rtose oflici r ating. T1he bride is the popular and a charming dlaughter of Mr'. and Mrs. . Massey, of Greer, and has many friends. 3 The groom is the wvell known son of s Mr. and Mrs. Lahan Rogers, of Easley, r a quiet, straight-forward young man. e Tihe happy couple will make their home in Easley wvher'e thme groom is employed by the (City Water and Light Plant. - Progress. Appointments for Pickens Co. Incnormaing with the wishes of the -peopmle as expressed at thd6 ballot box, fl Governor Manning last week made the following appointments for Pickens county: ICounty Treasuror-Olar T. Hinton, Easley. o County Auditor--Henry A. Townes, Eickens. Magistrates-Easley, J. M. Jameson; .liberty, M. A. Boggs; Pickens, A. S. (j Porter; Pumpkintown, W. E. Edens; Cateechee, George B. Campbell; Cent ral, .J. E. Bridges; Dacusvillc, W. H. 0 Willhams; Eastatoe, W. HI. Grant; o Hurricane, W. S. Gantt; Calhoun, W. H I. Cochran. 6 Greer Election Thrown Out 0 A special from Greer to the Green 'ville News says: At a rueeting of the city council of Greer the protest of E. e Dallas Green, defeated candidate for II mayor was up>held and a new election 5 ordered for lFebruary 27. 1- In the election a lhttle ever a week te ago, Mr. ADreen received 95 votes while te G. G. Christopher received 98. Mr. 'e Green chairged that illegal votes had lt been cast in the last election. Council at upheld the protest and ordered a now election for mayor, the aldermen elected being allowed to take their offices.