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OFFICIAL TAPEPIE STINrI Of Pickens County ilL FIU flLEIIN JANIIARY$150A9EA E....b.i..hed 181-Volumie 47 DICKENS, S. C,, JANUARY 10. 1918 " MARRIAGES MCJUNKIN-RAINES-Married, on Sun. day, December 30, 1917, by and at the residence of Rev. H. K. Williams in Easley, Mr. J. Raines and Miss Leitha McJuikii. - All of near Easley. . DAVia-PERRY--Married on Sunday, January 6th, near Cateechee, Mr. W. A. Perry to Miss Christine Davis, both of Cateechee, J. Alonzo Brown, N. P., at the throttle. Many congratulations. -B LOOPER-NIMMONS - Married, Thurs day, December 27, 1917, Mr. W. Reese Nimmons and Miss Lena Looper. G. W. Bowen, N. P., officiated. All are of the Cross Roads section and have n large circle of friends. WILLIAMs-THOMAs-Married, on De cember 31, 1917, at the residence of and by J. B. Prince, N. P., Mr. Julius Thomas and M iss Grace Williams. Both parties are well known and highly re apected by their many friends in the Croswell and Lathem- communities. - Easley Progress. HENDERSON-BATES.-A wedding whic1 was quite a surprise to their many friends was that of Miss Annie Belle Henderson and Mr. Clive Bates, whici took place Sunday, December, 23, al residence of the officiating minister, Rev. Mr. Holroyd, at Easley. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs John D. Henderson, of Liberty and the groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Bates, of Pickens. WOODWARD-HENDRICKS-Married, or Sunday, December 30, 1917, at the resi dence of and by R. M. Hill, N. P., in th< Cross Roads section, Mr. Sim Hendriclk and Miss Donie Woodward. Also at same time and place and by same otlicer, Mr. John Willis and Miss Mattie Hol combe, daughter of Mr. B. C. Holcombe, of near Easlev. After the ceremony the couples repaired to the home of Mr Will Willis of nmear Pickens where r splendid wedding supper was giver them. All are of Pickens county anc have the best wishes of their friends. CIssoN-KING--Married, on Thursday December 27, 1917, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Terrell Cisson, o: near Easley, her daughter, Miss Beulah and Mr. Ernest King. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D, W. Hiott immediately after the marriage the guests were invited into the dining roon where a splendid wedding supper wa; Aerved. The bride is a young lady o: many excellent traits, and has man friend:, while the groom is the son o: Mr. and Mrs. J. Monroe King, andi prosperous young farmer. The happy couple have the best wishes of a hos of f'ienmds. Sco'r'r- VoEL'Fma.*- Married, on Wed nesday, Iecember 26, 1917, at the mresi deuce of the bride's parents, Mr. anc Mrs. V. C. Scott, of the Pisgah section of Anderson county, their younugest daughter, Miss Alvin, and Mr. Eidwar< Rt. Woefel, of Birmingham, Ala. Rev D). W. Hiott officiated. The bride is ar accomplished young lady and numbers her friends by her acquaintances, being very p~opular in her section, while th< groonm is a prominent young businesj man of the Alabama city. They im mediately left for the home of the groom, carrying with them the best wises of large circle of friends for a long anm -useful life. -*Easley Progress. WY'rr-MoHLmEY-A marriage of mor< than usual interest took place at the horm of the bride in Easley on New Year's day, when Miss Eva, eldest daughter of hfrs. Charles N. Wyatt, became the bride o Lieut. Henry Ganson Mlobley', of Iheat Springs, S. (C. Young Mobley gradua ted at thte University of Southt Carolini in the, elass of '16 and is now a lieuten ant in the regular army and stationed al Fort Oglethorpe, Gn. Miss Wyatt is graduate of Columbia College in the class of '16 and has been a very populal teacher-lstI year at Fountain Inn an< this year at Easley --until she resigne< to unite her career for the future witl )the dashing young cavalry officer. Th< wedding march was beautifully render ed by Mrs. Harold Barr andl the mart riage ceromnony w~as performed by Rev D. W. H iott, a l-ifelong friend of the family, the beautiful and impressive ring ceremony being used. The brid< was becomingly dressed in a traveling suit of blue witht hat and accessories t< match. The only ornament worn by hel was a diam'mnd brooch, a gift of tht groom. The groom was dressed in fuli uniform. Only the immediate familie: atnd a fewv intimate friends were pres ent. Imtnediately after the ceremong the young couple lef t for Fort Ogle thorpe, carrying with themithe love ami Central Itemss Walter Gassaway of Greenville was here last Friday looking after business interests. R. G. Gaines went to Greenville last Friday on business. R. 'G. Galpes,:. jr.. is here spending. e his vacation 'with his parents and friends. He goes back to Clemson the 16th to take up his school work. st T. M. Gantt is moving his stock of , furniture into the vacant store next to ac Central Mercantile Co. F. V. Clayton spent Friday night here to with home folds. sp Paul Clayton spent Friday in Green- ta ville on busiuess. de Miss Lola Smith left last week to re- Tc sume her work at Due West College. Mr. Edgar Martin left Sunday for his place of business in the north, after spending some time here with his par- m ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Martin. ur Dr. L. G. Clayton attended the Pick- e1 ens County Medical Society last week fe at Easley. Use your county paper in 1918 more th than you ever have. If you have any- of thing to sell, advertise it, for there are ha some one who want to buy just re what you have to sell. Make every th Sentinel reader your prospective buyer- as If you want to buy something, put your yoo want ad. in The Sentinel, for some one sh wants to sell just what you want to th buy. Ask every Sentinel reader (by bo an ad.) if he has what you want. Ad- b vertising is a great medium of getting or the seller and the buyer together. Ad- of vertise! Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Pace of Green- ta vyle, spent Christmas holidays with pa the latter's lare nt, Mr. and Mrs. 13. th P. Kelley. of (entral route 3. Moved to Salem. t1 er Mr. Editor: Please change my paper oa from Central route 2 to Salem, as I re have accepted the pastorate of the Sa- ed lem field and moved here. The breth- hii ren have been bringing me Br'er Rab. lie bit, cabbage, wood and such things to th make us comfortable and happy. tu C. it. Abercrombie. to or Echoes From The Past ply - er The present long cold spell reminds th our older citizens of the continued and extremely cold weather of January, vs 1886. On looking over some of The to Sentinel's files we find that on January as 8, 1886, the thermometer was two de- as grees below zero in Pickens. We also 1o notice an account of the freezing to th f death of Cling Aiken on the Sassafras Tl: turnpike road January :, 1886. He was Bc a son of William Aiken. th, t Following arce some more interesting Ich items taken from The Sentinel of 1886: to July 1: "Frank G. Mauldin has safely es passed the examinations at W tst Point th and has been accepted as a cadet ra I from the Third district, lie is a son of whom the Piedmont Institute should be proud."' (Mr. Mauldin is nowv a briga- fa dier-general in the UJ. S. army and in l command at Camp C'ody, New Mexico.t th July 15: "IH. B. Hendricks has manu- st factured eighty gallons of wine from l blackberriea.'' ot Sept. 16: "Business is looking up R. A. Bowen and I). C. Durham swap ped horses last week." The Sentinel job department turns out printing in the right way and turus it out right away. HAAs-WA'raaNs. --Mr. and Mris. Phil lip Haas, of Greenville, announce the marriage of their daughter, Lucretia Christina, to William Homer Watkins, of Liberty, Saturday, D~ecember 29th. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins will be at home after .January 6, at Winnsboro. BRlowN-EvANS --Miss Pauline Brown, the beautiful and attractive daughter Pof Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown of Lib e rty, was on last Friday united in mar riage with Ward Rt. Evans, formerly of Charlotte, nowv with the Hospital De a tatchment, Coast Artillery Corps, sta tionedi at Fort Caswell, N. C. The cer'e -mony was pserformed by Rtev. Hi. K. Williams, of Easley, at his residence, only a few friends and relatives being present. The bride is quiite accomnplishedl and number her friends by hosts. The Sgroom is in the service of his country having been called in from the merchant marine service to take his place with his comp~any. Thel wedding is the culmina ti on of a sweet romance beginning when the groomii wasII engaged inl railroad con struction wvork near Greenville atbout am year ago. Th'le happy couple will be at home in Liberty for a few days after which the groom will rejoinc his comn mand. - I Jlberty Gaze.tte. LUST RETURN Pl FULL VALUE F Tax payers in Pickens county and or ery. other county in South Carolina, th sat' hereafter return their' property na r taxation at its full actual value, ac- ot rding to a recent ruling made by the as ate tax commission. All property of iII be assessed at fifty per cent of its vs tual market value and the new ruling ta now in effect. On account ofits in- fe rest to the people The Sentinel gives cih ace below for the entire letter of the qu x commission explaining the new or- re r: an the County Auditor and the Town- as ship Board of Assessors for Pickens ke County. an in view of the Constitutional require- sh mnt that all property shall be assessed sh on a uniform basis, and in order to va event inequalities arising from differ- vs t standards of assessment ii the dif- of rent counties of the state, the Tax sti >mmission, after a conference with an e County Auditors and the Chairmen th; the County Boards of Equalization, pa s adopted fifty per cent of the true, cri asonable market value of property as e common standard upon which all in sessmepts of property for the pur- a ses of taxation, regardless of classes, mi all be made throughout the state in "" e year 1918. This standard will apply thi th to the assessments originally made er the Tax Commission and to those p iginally made by the Township Boards Assesesors. ev You are, therefore, instructed, in Ti king the tax returns, to have the tax F? ye- state in the column calling for ta. e "value by the taxpayer" the true irket value of the property in ques- the n, which, in his opinion, represents as full 100 per cent value of the prop- na ;y. This is in accordance with the va th printed at the bottom of the tax as' turn in which the tax payer is requir to say that the property returned by f n is listed at what he honestly be- he yes to be its market value. WVhen a e returns are so-taken they are to be f rned over to and passed upon by the by wnship or other local boards of assess- au s, who shall inquire into the value th aced upon the property by the taxpay- C and verify the value so stated by as e tax payer. After ascertaining what is the market m lue of the property in question, the wnship local boards of assessors shall pr lses 50 per cent, or one-half thereof, the the value of the property for pur ses of taxation, and write same in e column value by the township board. II e column for value by the County va ards will be left blank to be used by the e County. Bnards in equalizing, or be anging the assessments made by the wnship boards, where they find it nec sary in order to remove inequalities at may occur in passing on the sepa- of to pieces of property. In assessing real estate each lot, ly rm, plantation or separate p~arcel of Tj' id is to be separately returned with a to itemnent as to the number of buildings se ereon, with the v'alue of tihe buildings cc ited separately from the value of the I ; ida, and so described as to be identi- du d b~y thle local Board of Assessors and rier tax officers. In assessing real estate, tihe tax paly 21 Mor On account of the large nu told us and sent us word tha1 advantage of The Sentinel's a tion offer, but were unable to bad weather, we have dlecide month. So during January~ subscriptions at $2.50. Ti subcriersalike. More st taken advantage of this offer we want all to have the sam< This Is Cami And of course you will want you are interested in the w~el: can't afford to do without want to keep up as much as county boys in the army. The Legislature And we expect to keep yo does, especially that which al (In account of tile bad weathler, we ho'. our sulbscription list for several weeks: i up to .1 anuary 1, 1918, w'.ill not receive a1 The Pickemv OPERTY AT OR TAXATION is not required to state the value srpof. ; Tp true value, is to beorigi fly ascertained by the township or her local boarde of assessors, and in certaining the value, the township or her local boards should not apply one lue per acre to all lands in the same x district without regard to locality, rtility, or other local conditions espe illy affecting the piece of property in estion, but should ascertain the true, asonable market value of the lands d buildings separately, an' after so certaining the true, reasonable mar t value of the several pieces of lands d of the buildings thereon, the town ip or other local boards of assessors all take 50 per cent of the market lue so ascertained by them as the lue of such property for the purposes taxation If the tax payer has ated what he deems the true value, d the property is assessed for more mn 60 per cent of value stated by tax yer he shall be notified of the in ase. ['he same standard is to be pursued taxing all classes of property, such bank shares, textile industries, oil uls, cotton mills, railroads, horses and iles, and other property throughout state, to the end that each tax pay shall pay taxes upon the same pro rtionate part of the real value of the >perty owned by him as is paid by sry other tax payer in the state, is is required by the Constitution. r this reason it is necessary that the { payer make true returns of the rket values; that they be verified by township or other local boards of essors and that the same percentage, nely, 50 per cent of all such market ues, shall be taken as the basis for 'easment of all classes of property. 'he tax payer, when - he makes his urn, is required to swear to what honestly believes is the market lue of his property. and the oath ist be administered to the taxpayer County Auditor or uther officer thorized to administer an oath; and is information is to be used by the unty Boards when they undertake to :ertain the market value, and to take per cent thereof as the taxable value. w returns must be made in 1918. A re reference to former returns will be allowed. In case of personal perty not listed or returned in 1918, penalties by law will attach. f the adoption of this common stand I results, as it probably will, in an in ase of the aggregate assessed uc of property throughout the state danger of excessive taxation will avoided by the action of the General sembly in authorizing a reduction of iatever levy may be fixed by it to :h a rate as will only raise the amount appropriations made and authorized law. The levying of taxes is entire within the control of the Legislature ie assessment of taxes is e'ntrustedl the County Auditors, Boards of As ssors, Boards of Equalization, the Tlax mmission and the Tax Board of Re w. If the tax oflicers fail to (10 their ty injustice must follow. Respectfully yours, Sou th Carol ina Tax Commission, A. WV. Jones, Chairman. Days hrof people wvho have thev inltended1 to take pecial two-year subscrip see us5 on account of the (d to (extendl the offer one we will accept two-year is is open to old and new ibscriber's have already than we expected, but a chance. >aign Year your county p~aper. if rar'e of your county you it. T1hen of course you p)ossile with Pickens Is In Session a posted on the things it fects Pickens county. debavy'd cutting any na~mes off of ~mt su bscribersi who are noti pail papier next week. Winners in Boys' Corn Club Following is the result of the boys' :orn club show held at Pickens Decem. ner 29th: Leon Hendricks, of Easley route 6, won first prize for best yield on one acre: 87 bushels. Ralph McCollum, Easley route 6, won second prize. Wes ley Riggins, Liberty route 8, won third prize. The first and second prize win ners get scholarships to Clemson Col lege short course, and the third prize winner gets $5.00. B. R. Edens, Marietta route 2, won $10 prize for best ten ears. All members of pig club are requested to send in record books properly filled out, by January 15th, to Supt. F. V. Clayton or T. A. Bowen, county agent, Pickens. Woodall News After a week's vacation for Christ mans the teachers and students of Mar tin graded school made a resolution t< do some of the hardest work possible ii the new year. Misses Pearl Murphree, Gertie Aiker and Sadie Nealey spent the holidays al their respective homes. Miss Willie Mae Benjamin had a her guests last week Misses Lola Mac Ram pey and Christine Caulev. Mr. Obie Bolding made his regulau call at the home of his ''lleart's De sire'' Sunday afternoon. Colie Seaborn who is attending th< University of South Carolina was the guest of W. M. Benjamin during th< holiday season. We are very sorry to hav Rev. Law rence Kelly leave our community. II is moving to Central. Mr. Claude Bol ling now occupies the house that Mr Kelley vacated. Miss Beulah Bolding, one of Six Mile' students, spent a part of her vacatio: in Spartanburg. Mr. Frank Brazeale and family visit ed in the Martin section Sunday. Mr John Few was seen hunting nea the school house recently. We did no learn whether it was rabbits or ''dear' he was after. We are sorry to have Mr. Levi Chap el move from our midst to Cross Roads Miss Eunice Kelley who is attending W. M. C. at Central spent her holiday it home. Misses Annie Laurie Newton and Sa lie Nealey spent last week-end with diss Pearl Murphree. Mr. Jake Lewis braved the snow Sat 'day and went to town. Mr. Monk Winchester has purchased t home near Dr. Kirksey's and will nove to it as soon as possible. Miss Maude Parrott spent New Year': lay with Mrs. Marshal Martin. Mrs Della Hunter and Mrs. Essit lulding visited at Mr. D)ave Parrott's ecently. Miss Jessie Martin is spending the ~veek with her sister. Mrs. Italph Gar ett. B. G. Nealey of1 o~ur sect ion is movi ng o0 Pickens. Miss D~essie Pewv spient her haolidays with her1 Parents Mr. anld Mrts. C. A. ?ew. Mrs. .lane Winchetr visited Mrs. W. M. Benjamin last week. Mr. Walter Murphree woul he gladl tomec one wouldl send a remedy for rnule that's afraid of ai Ford; also rem. ady lor' a girl that is a fraid of a tmule. Mrt. .lohnt Pew and sisters, M issei D~e.ssie and Maude, spentt Christmaas da) vi th Mi is Pearl Murttphtree. "MIar'tingale.' Tanks Ia Tanks. .heenv ~ille Newvs. Prohibition activity in Picke'n ounty seems to be on the creseen lo. The Rev. Dr. George Stuart 1et Lured there lately on "Good-byt John Harleycorn," the exercises pre muma bly having been priesidled ove by the Ili. Gary lliott of the Pich4 ens Sentinel, w~ho says in the lates issue ''Since Pickens coutnty offic'er have begunt to shoot atomt~obil Litires andit build fences ac'ross th public r'oads to stop ~automaobile ;uspec'ted of carr'iying. likker, w ruggest that about the onily way t ret the stuff to Pickents wouIld be t< 'cnt one of those British tanks.' Why not use otne of the domiesti< 'ariety? A Find Inland Priinter'. D~evil- "There 'si at trtamp at thle doo1 MIr. lIfyde, and hue says he HiatItha< rtothin' to eat for rix days,"' Editor ''Fetcht him in. It' we emt L'ind howv he dioes it we can run the paple fi r rothJer .'ak." umboer 36 IMQRTUARY LITTLE LOUISE LONG--Little Louise Long, the three year old child of Mr. and Mrs. . fi. Long, died at their home near Central, Friday morning, Decem ber 21st, at 12:30 o'clock after an illness of three weeks of measles, followed by - pneumonia. The funeral services were held at Pendleton Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Wm. Owings, after which the little body was laid to rest in the church cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Long have the sympathy of their many (t riends in their sore bereavement. MR. J. ". O'DEUL-Mrs J. P. O'Dell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Bressey in Greenville Saturday morning, December 22nid. She had been in declining health for some time but her death was a distinct shock to her many friends. Mrs. O'Dell was the wife of J. P. O'Dell, a prominent farmer of Easley township. She is survived by two brothers, R. V. Bryant, of Asheville, N. C., and II. W. Bryant, of Durham, N. C., and one sister, Mrs. Oscar Prater, of Seneca, S. C., her husband and eleven children. The re mains of Mrs. O'Dell was laid to rest at Flat Rock church, near Liberty Mon day. Mns. ORA LACxSY-- Mrs. Ora Lackey. wife of Mr. L. L. Lackey, died at their home at the Easley mill village on the morning of December 27th, from heart trouble. Age 28 years. She was a member of the Methodist. church, alse of the Woodmen Circle. Besides a hus hand she is survived by three little children, the youngest only about two weeks of age. She had many friends and was a true christian woman and her death is a shock to the community. y The bereaved husband and little chil i dren have the sympathy of the entire commuity. The funeral and interment took place on Friday in West View cemetery, conducted by Rev. R. L. Hol royad. Easley Progress. M Rs. FINI;Y - Mrs. Sunie Finley of the Crow (reek section, passed away at her home November :0th of this year. She left us in the prime of life and was 38 years, 5 months and 23 days old. She loaves toimourn her departure a husband and seven children, besides a host of relatives and friends. Early in life ahe gave her heart to God and for a number of years had beena faithful member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. She had been in declining health for several months. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Olivet church by the pastor, Rev. .1. E. Merck. Herremains were laid away in the Six Mile cemetery which is only a short distance from her gir lhood home. A FniENI>. 1 .I. U. I)UN'AN John David Duncan, . one of the most highly respected young men of this county died on the morning of November 12, 1917, at his home near Six Mile, le was born and reared in this county and wvas thirty-four years andl ten months of age. Besides his grief-strIcken parents he leav'es a wife who was Miss Veda Childress, and two 'on. Hirandon, age ten years, and little D Iavid, wvho is eighteen months old, to mourn his untimely death. He also leaves two brothers, R. HI and Esley Duncan. Trho burial services were conducted at Secona church on the afternoon of the 13ith and he was' laid to rest by the aide ol his children, lHe wvas preceded- to the grave by two infant sons eleven years ago, and just three years ago the little six-year-old daughter, who wams the idol of her father's heart, wvent to live with God. Mr: ".C- ,vas well knowvn in his home commtinlfa,,:. kind adaccommodating disposition. sick. lie went fare andl near' to the sick room and his presence wvas felt by his usefulness while lhere. D~uring hia life he had becen successf'ully engaged in several dift'erent kinds of wvork but for the last three years he had proven him s.elfI to be a model farmer. This com Imunity is in a deep gloom because of the loss of' this map and well it may be so for tr'uly he wds a good neighbor, a djt iful son and a loving husband and father. ONIE Wuo KNEW HiMi. Iilionor Roll for Kings School lFirst Grade --None. Adv. First Gra'de- Zelle A lexander. Scond Grade--Olio llamsey. Calvin ji unnicut, Rteece Hiolladay. Third Grade--Jessie Hlolden, Lila liIunnicutt, Clayton Hlunnicutt. Fourth Grade - Lilli Mac Stewart. Fifth Grade- Drucilla Hlolladay. Six th Grade t'clma Smith, Alex Rtamnsey, Selma 1 Iollidaty. Lillie I Iunni cutt. Seventh Grade -~ Helen Ranmsey,, Sarah Ramsey, Agatha Smith. E. idJNsTace