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2166 Persons Reg istered in Pickens Co. According to the official figures as compiled, 2166 persons-1761 whites, including one alien, and 404 negroes registered in Pickens county June 5, under the conscription act of congress. Easley led in the registration with 317. More white people registered at Pickens then at any other precinct. Below we give in tabulated form the number reg istered by precincts: Precinct. White. Colored. Total. Easley ...........1197 Liberty- 161 51 202 Central -... 116 68 174 Pickens- ------ 229 62 281 Pickens MilL . 48 3 51 Dacuville.-... 1 4 4 Pumpkintown ..6 2 Peters Creek- 16 - Mile Creek .. . 35 1 36 Praters -.. 49 49 Six Mile.-.. . 122 2 124 Calhoun ------ 3 41 94 Holly Springs 34 -- 34 Shady Grove.- 21 -21 Cateechee.... 61 2 63 -Julians Store._. 22 7 29 Alice Mill ....37 4 41 Crosswell . 18 15 33 Pleasant Grove 19 22 Easley Mill. 92 2 94 Glenwood -- 83 8 91 Flat Rock. 42 42 Antiech-... - 2 20 20 Loopers Gin 25 5 30 Norris . 28 10 38 Cross Plains. 44 9 53 1saqueenaMill. 72 d 76 EasleyMillNo.2 36 2 38 Total---1761 .104 2166 *Includes one alien. Below we give the total number reg istered, by ages: White. Col. Total. 21 years of age _260 105 365 22 -- .20 656 26 23 _-.193 55 248 24 8 34 202 25 __18 37' 219 26 -. 100 24 184 27 _159 24 183 2 4 15 1 30 180 30 G 46 27 173 Total..... 1762 .104 2166 Increased Tax On Horses and Mules The South Carolina Tax Commission, one of Gov. Manning's boards, has or dere d the present assessment on horses and mules -in Pickens county raised 76 per cent, and owners will be required to pay the increased assessment at nex~t tax-paying time. As stated in The Sentinel some time ago, the Tax Comn mission reCently asked Auditor Townes to furnish it with a statement of the 1pumber of horses and mules and their assessed valjue in this county, and it was thought at the time that the informa .V~on was wanted with a view to raising the assessn~ents. The county auditor's books now show there are 1458 horses in Pickens county assessed at $38,000, and 3128 mules as sessed at$984,000. Theincreased assess ment wvill adid about $28,000 to horses and $63,000 to mules, making a. total incrase assssmnt o $9,000 T9 asesedvlu o bt hossan 1ue as ad i te etrn thsyarw3 3 nrudnmes 1200 an 22e n cresewil akeit$23,00 Foloin i te 8a Comsso' letertoudiorTo .e orein2h iEase:~l~. 6 - 2 3 *adIniueorm asssen ftehre Bnes yowe dirtetea byumber reg Cis siond toicreyh ages:rnt for Pyes ountywil 260 $160 forth 24hossn $48.34 forth muls. As Auio 182'e 37rad hashi Tot ames . Daiel andO Mr I6W.0G SIrneaso.GeedvlT ame onPckn latFidyaoresanda auliar ofThe Sothreevlina Red Comssionter drThe apuiryestassmet wit hrey medmes an Pchenhsiasm.y raie7 pear cntand owrs. willN.eHaeuiredito tax-paying Patie MAor setadinTh ASeeting ome tme aoilia willm heldion retsy orkomer dthe Kownes Ban funishxt witha atoaten oloce mumberofhors and es ad thtirl ' adese ofale ton thill con. eni wae aloghttd the join. Thahe worma-th oniwas wanthdsp it h appiew ors ring the asrn. ns lip*.~-~'-~< UYICIAL PAPERR U DSRININ 1RC"PIkES.S*C. JNE14I9' umer( Moves to Pickens 0. T. Hinton will move this week t Pickens from his home in Easley, wher he has resided nearly all of his life. Th people of Easley regret very much t give up Mr. and Mrs. Hinton, for the, have meant much to the social and re ligious life of our town. Last Suilda: the Sunday school of the First Baptis shurch, where Mr. Hinton has been th4 afficient superintendent for the pas ;even years, presented him with i 3eautiful silver service as a token o ;heir love and esteem. Pickenk is t< )e congratulated on having these goo( )eople as citizens. Mr. Hinton goes t( ake charge of the county treasurer'i office. H. Going If you shou home remembei boys who go to Liberty War Bo When you ING your mone dollar you inve: Treasury gold,I yearly rate of. twice a year. Liberty War Bonds rr They will mature in 30 .They are absolutely ex registered in multiples ( Should the Goverhmei bonds at a higher rate Bonds may be exchange The last great govern 110"/ in 1900. So valua of the Treasury could sE offered redemption. Every cent of the Tw< Sert War Bonds will be Sand American wvages. -. This great flood of.we cranny of our business a dependent on American as your duty in buying Send into Service from your home Bv Liberty War Buy them becaus< bear. Buy them .prosperity. Above all, buy Li give you the cc bit for liberty, an to the tyranny peace of the worl There is no "red tape erty War Bonds. Just of any bank. Pick 'Mrs. Joseph Price' Dead - D Mrs. Joseph Price died at the hone of a her son-in-law, W. Taylor Stewart, 6 near Pickens last Fridaty, aged. about 80 1 years. Death was due to infirmities of i old age. The body was buried at Crow - Creek Saturday after funeral services , by Rev. Mr. Bryant. She leaves three t children: J. S. H. Price of Seneca;Mrs. W. If. Cox of Central and Mrs. W.'T. t Stewart of near Pickens. Mrs. Price was a good and noble woman and many friends grieve over her deith. The Pickens W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. J. M. Gantt Thursday after- r noon at 5 o'clock. hat Par to Play ider a gun, you can d - that you are person the front. You can rr nds. buy Liberty War Bon y to your country. I t is secured by the mnd bears interest at 3 1-2 per cent, payr Lay be purchased in multiples oi years and are redeemable in 1 empt from income, tax, and )f $100.00. . ,t, before the end of the war, i% of interest than 3%%, Liber d for them. ment bond issue sold for par in ] ,ble were these bonds that the Si cure only one-tenth of theni v Billion Dollar Loan made throi spent in America for Americal aith will be poured into every ni ctivity. You, as an American prosperity, can see your 'reward Liberty War Bonds. every dollar that can be spare -your savmngs-your wage. Bonds because they are secur< a of the 3%2 per cent interest the because they make for America berty War Bonds because it wi nsciousness of having done yoi d have helped strike a dahbo that hangs like a pall over t} di. "connected with the purchase apply at the Liberty Loan wee Bank ens Bank Death of Mrs. Hughes Mrs. Annie Hughes died at the hom )f her brother-in-law, Mr. Harry Dick ird, near Liberty, June 6, at 11 p. m. ifter an illness of over five months 3he was a daughter of the late John H White. She was twice married-first t F. W. Hyde and second to C.Y. Hughes The is survived by one son of the firs narriage.- She was aged 54. Th 'uneral was conducted at Enon churcl on the day following at 4 p. in., con lucted by Rev. J. C. Bailey. Mrs. L. C. Craig and little son, Law ence, of Greenwood. have been visit ng relatives in Pickens and Walhalla. t are in th( o no greater duty; dly responsible for teet this obligatioi ds you are not GI avery U. S. the tble $50.00. 5 years. may be ,sue any ty War .898 and scretary rhen he igh Lib 1 goods ook and citizen, as well d 11 Ir of Lib Window. Death of Mrs. Goldsmith e Mrs. C. S. Goldsmith died at her home - on Pickens route 4 last Thursday and was buried at Holly Springe Friday. She leaves a husband and several chil dren to mourn her death. This family D only recently moved to Piekens county . from Pisgah Forest, N. C. We extend t sympathy to the bereaved ones. hi F. Van Clayton of Central was in - Pickens on business last week. Mr. 1 Clayton was elected superintendent of education for Pickens county last year r - and will take up the duties of that of - fAce about the first of July, After that time he will make Pickens is home. War?r but if you stay at the success of the ,i through buying VING but LEND d Pickens Court in Session Two Days The June term of court of general essions for Pickens county adjourned ast Wedr --sday morning after being in ession ab- it two days. The most important case and one which attracted most attention was t1h'at f the State against Jess Hughes, a ehite man, charged with carnal knovP edge of a woman child under 14 years f age. Hughes was found guilty with ecommendation to mercy and was sen.. enced to serve two and one half yehrs a the chaingang or penitentiary. The ffense occured near Cateechee in May. Other cases were disposed of as fol Dws: State vs. Arnold Shirley, charged vith housebreaking and larceny. Not 'uilty. State vs. Thomas Carter, burglary, ound guilty with recommendation to nerey and sentenced to serve live years n chaingang or penitentiary. State vs. Aaron Barrett, violation of irohibition law. After being out over 'ight hours the jury was unable to de ide on a verdict and the judge ordered mistrial. Case agains Rtobt. Craig, carrying on iusiness of emigration agent; was nol )rossed. Many true bills were found and cases :ontinued. Grand Jury Presentment ['o His Honor, T. J. Mauldin, Presiding Judge: We, the grand jury, beg leave to nake this our final presentment for this ;erm of court: First--The rural policemen have made ;heir report and shows from the 26th lay of February, 1917, to June 4, 1917,. they have sent to the chaingang 128.1 lays and have collected in lines and for feitures $1,009.70, and seized 34 1-2 gallons of whiskey and destroyed five stills. (See report attached.) Second-We again ask .the supervisor and commissioners to have all water ways cleared of obstructions, mentioned in presentment of September term of court. Third-We specially recommend that all magistrates make a report and turn in all fines collected by them at the end of eath month, as is required by law. Fourth - We recommend that the bondsmen of the present county treas urer make good the shontage in this of ice as shown by the report of bank xaminer of May 7, or any other short ige that may be fouhd. before the reasurer-elect assumes the duties of his office. Having discharged our duties as best Ve know, we beg to be excused from urther attendance at this term of. ourt. We wish to thank His Honor, Fudge T. J. Mauldin, and all court of icials for their kindness and courtesies. Respectfully submitted, G. R. HENDRICKS, Foreman of Grand Jury. Pickents, S. C., June 4, 1917. Death of Mrs. Silas Hlinkel Mrs. Silas Ilinkel died at her home in ocassee, just across the Oconee line rom Pickens county, last Wednesday, tune 6, aged 59 years. She had been erlously ill for- some time and death &as not unexpec-ted. Before her marriaig- M r-s. Illinkel was W1iss Winnie Nic-holson, andI she is sur rived b~y an aged husband, eight chil. ' lreni and nineteen grandlchildrIen, besides nany other- i-elat ives and friends. She ,as aimetmber- of the Methodist church mdI ia line woman. Jusnt before her Jeath she said she was readly to go) and wrv lst words wer-e: "Oh1! I'm so mpy' She was buried at M t. Carmel inptist chur-ch, necar wher-e she lived. F~or- the past three years Mrs. Hinkel mad conducted the ''Brown Hotel'' at, ocassee ande made it one of the most lopular summer resorts in the state. Followving are the surviving children: vlrs. E'. C. Thomas of Liberty, Mrs. W. I. 1,angston of Greenville, Mrs. J. W. ,angston of Pickens, Mrs. P. G. Bowie >f Eastatoe, T. J., Dover and Misses ,uha aind Florida Hinkel- of Jocassee. We join with many other frienda in ympa)thizing with the bereaved ones. All-Day Singings The Liberty Townslhup Singing con 'ention will meet with the Flat Rock , laptist church the third Sunday morn ng at 10 o'clock. Everybody invited to ome and bring your songbooks and velhlilldd dinner baskets. *. There will be an nallay singing at U, Tabor church, two milen south of enti-al, on the fourth Sqpday In June, - he 24th,