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p' ' % ~ ' "'' -' "'.' &" F T OFICAs Ct THE PICKENS SENTI Er I IILSJ H~stb~ihed 871Volme 4 PIKEN. S.C..JA~A11Y17,191 With Pickens County Boys - Under the Flag (Under this head The Sentinel ex pacts to publish from time to time in teresting items and letters from Pick ens county soldiers. We now have sev eral letters on hand and would be glad to have others which will be 'of- interest to the public.) Letter From Corporal Riggins Dear Editor: I am going to take ad vantage of a few idle moments and write a line to The Sentinel At pres ent there is no snow upon the ground, the clouds have all vanished and every soldier seems to be enjoying the latest dope from France. This dope is offered us by the British and French officers that have just arrived from the western front. All of these officers have as sisted in some of the great battles that have been fought in France. They are a bunch of excellent fellows, fond of sports and all other pleasures which a soldier has. Among them is the cham pion boxer of the British army and navy. I will now give you an idea of the size and location of Chicamauga Park. It contains seven thousand acres of land and is located nine miles south of Chat tanooga. It is supposed to be the best located camp in the United States. We soldiers can go to Chattanooga every night if we feel so disposed. Drills are not very hard at the present time, mostly hiking a few miles in the morn ing to get us warm; then the remainder of the day is spent in athletics. The health at this park is good. Some have- mumps and measles, but they do not amount to much. The doc tors say that, we have less sickness here than any other camp in the south. The enjoyments at this camp are also great. The "Y" puts on a good program every night and the people show their appre ciation in every respect. The house is always packed. The park now has about thirty thousand soldiers, so you can see that we don't get lonesome. Anyone wishing to drop a line to me will find my address as follows: CPL. SAM RIOGINS, Co.. C. 18th M. G. Bat . Mty. Branch, Chattanooga, ,Tenn. Homer Thompson of Camp Sevier is on a five days visit to his parents in Pickens. - The following Pickens county boys enlisted in the navy last week: Henry Jones and Joel Chastain of Pickens, Joe Alexan ter of Liberty, and Ernest Miller of E bley enlisted in the aviation branch. W. Angus Aiken, a member of the national army who has been in the hos pital at Camp Sevier for -two months suffering from meningitis, is on a two weeks visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Aiken, in Pki'kens. He is rap idly recovering. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mayo, of St. Anthony, Idaho, are guests of Mr. . N, Li gon of the Maynard section at present. Mrs. Mayo is a sister of Mr. Ligon. She wviil be remembered as Miss Jiessie Ligon of near Pickens. She was first married to Mr. Tfhos. Lynch some ten or twelve years ago, and they wvent to Idaho, later- Ar. Lynch died and she married Mr. Mayo, an Englishman from London, England, who has been in this country about twelve years. *--Easley Progress. Wood's Seeds --For 1918 The patriotic duty of farmers and gardeners everywhere is to Increase crop and food production. mIen sive farmIng and gardeping, and withproer otaionof crops, so as to Increase and Improve the fer tilIty and productiveness of the land, are all vital and necessary conslderatIons at the present time. Wood's Descriptive Catalog For 1918 gIves the fullest and most up-to-dato information In regard to all > Farm and Garden Seeds -And tells about the best crops to grow, both for profit and home use. Write for Catalog and prices of Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, or any Farm Seeds Required. Catalog Xailea Ire, On Request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSME~N, ichemond, Va. Comoc to Pickeim' Io (to (103,0r tr'ading. Ouri mer-chants II hayo thle goods A'nd I hey w ill I ront 25 Questionaires Remain Unanswered Questionaires addressed to the fol lowing named registrants have been returned undelived to the local. Any 1 one knowing present address of any of 1 these registrants should notify the local i board at once,. as the government con siders them notified when the qestion aire is sent to address given at time of registration:, William E. Alexander, Pickens, S. C. John Butler, Greenville, S. C. Thomas Carter, Pickens, S. C. John Harvey Duncan, Easley, S. C. James R. Edens, Pickens. S. C. George Jones, Easley, S. C. Monroe McCollough, Calhoun, S. C. Abe Owens, Easley, S. C., R. 1. Martin Rice, Pickens, S. C. Alonzo Long, Easley R. 1. ] Claude DeWitt Stephens, Greenville. D. Baker, Easley. ] Walter lines, Easley. < William Abner Stansell, Chester, S. C.I John Thomas, Pickens, S. C. I Henry Sloan, Pickens, S. C., R 2. John Bowen (col.) Pickens, S. C. Jim Bowen. Pickens S. C. I Charley Clifton Byrant, Pickens, S. C. z Isadore Clinkscales, Pickens, S. C., I HO. Elijah Torman, Calhoun, S. C. 1 Avery Mansel, Pickens, S. C. Abe Gaston, Pickens, S. C. I Mickler Huse, Pickens, S. C., R 5. t James Heardman, Pickens, S. C. t The Pickens local board has completed r its task of sending out questionaires s and is now busy tinishing the work of c classification. Salesday at Pickens. A large crowd attended the public a sales at Pickens first Monday. The day t was very raw and cold so the sales were d held in the court room. Several very desirable tracts of land were sold and brought good p.ices. The J. M. Thomas place near Easley, containing 77 acres, sold by the Probate Cotrt for division, was bid off by John A. Robinson for $4,675. The J. M. Thomas home place near Glenwood was cut into eight lots. Lot No. 1, contain ing a very nice 6-room residence, was purchased by A F. Day for $1,050. No. 2 was purchased by Sam Thomas for $105. Nos. 3, 4, 5, 5, and 7, by P. C. Cartee for $410 for the five lots. No. 8 was bid off by A. F. Day for $82.50. T'homas H Ariail Executor of the es tate of W. H. H Ariail, sold a couple I of tracts situated near Enon church. d Tract No. 1, containing 88 acres was bid off by F. V. O'Dell at $75 per acre. Tract No. 2, containing 38 acres, was purchased by I). M. Mauldin at $50.00 t per acre. $ The Trotter lands, near Liberty, con- t taining 55 acres, was bid in by C. E a Robinson, Esq., fir Ii. M. li": ter, for $1,400. The Paln r place of 531 acre:, in the Six Mile section, was sold to Leslie $j Morgan for $1,000. The Mary Ann Smith place wvas sold to M. C. Smith for $500. Another tract of 60 acres situated ~ near Table Rock,- was sold by the Pro.. t bate Judge of Greenville county. Mr. t Whitmire was the purchaser for $655. r Messrs. E.- P. McCravey and J. T. Langston were the auctioneers. Enjoyable Birthday Dinner. v~ Thursday morning. Jlanuary 10, while 1 D. E. Garrett, of Pickens route 2, was sitting by the fire enjoying the fruitsof a his labor he noticed cars and buggies a coming from every direction and head- ~ ed toward his house. Each vehicle was , loaded wimth people and large boxes and baskets. Mr. Garrett discovered that ' some of his neighbors and relatives had I gathered to celebrate his fiftieth birth- I dlay. About 12 o'clock the baskets and I houxes wvere openedl and their contents ~ sp~readl upon a large table in the front' yard. It certainly did not look like war times to see what the good ladies had I preparedl to cat. A fter dinner all gath- 1 ered in the house where talks were made by Mesasrs. W. N. Holding, W. R.i Garrett and others, aind singing ardd j pray'er wvas enjoyed until time for de pn\rture. So we baid each other good-I bye, hoping to meet at manny more birthday celebratians of Mr. Garrett. Besides the children andi grand-children there were about seventy-five present. We wish the editor couldl have been jwith us. I We wish so, too. . Emi'on. 1 Rosebud. jMr. V. A. lV-rguson of Heltoni route four, is moving next week to Central, wvhere he will en gage in farming. IIle sold his farm near town a few (lays ago LETTER FROM These are times that put our last < summer's religion to a test-when the t Alizzard reigns supreme outside and the u dddies must play indoors and every- t thing in the house is turned upside t Town, our hat is lost,. our gloves are p misplaced, our collar and tie are found >n the floor, the paper is torn up before 1 we find time to read it, and everything r we look for has been moved from its 1 accustomed place, and instead we find c iolls, broken tin horns, a wrecked auto i )r some dirty building blocks. r Only a short time ago I was hurrying I to get ready for Sunday school. A clean i shirt couldn't he found; the drawer s where my collars were kept was filled s with dolls and other toys. In my hurry L [ran over a chair and prematurely re- i :ited my Sunday school lesson. Finally s [got together enough things to make t >ut with and as I started out I ran by a :he box where clean handkerchiefs were cept and rammed one in my pocket. h 'he teacher was absent that day and I I was asked to take his place. Just as I c iad gotten up before the school I felt t in, urgent need for my handkerchief, p Lnd when I had taken it out and unf rled I t, lo and behold it was a large foil's A >etticoat! Now the kids don't mean any harm, t( >ut they can always be depended upon a: o say or do the least unthought of hing and at the wrong time. This re- g ninds me of when I was a young man w ad "kinder sprucin" around, I called ti a a young lady who had just been en- ir aged in dressing her little sister's doll. to 1 complete outfit had been made, in- bE luding a becoming little hat of which he little girl was very proud. Shortly ti fter my arrival the little tot came into al he parlor carrying the newly dressed oil with the neat little lace hat. "What Fish am FERTI We have our old well establish( md Blood Fertilizer to offer you a )rice than it has been, but there i being higher. The bags, for insta L'SS than 7 1.2c a piece, they cost ifferece of about $2.75 a ton rig ack a ton of fertilizer. We get P ought it for $8.00 a ton landed al on landed at Charleston now. \V 3.00 a unit, the last we bought, c here are ten units of PhospholivI ud t wo-units of Potash. 'T'hat is he same as per cent. Labor costs us $1.75 a day. A 1.00 a day. While fertilizer is hi 'a y for niore fertilizer now than al 'his iieans fertilizer has not adva t these higher prices there isi here was a (couple1 of years 'ago. he price (10 wn as much as possibl< age. That is where they expect bigger toninage. W\e believe it will pa you1 to 1' rhile we (d0 not care to go 0on reccC 'redicting t he price of cotton nex I >oks now like it will bring a good1 big demand for it and that meat fin Price for several yeCars after robablly be a big demand for it a f fter t hat. The ho011 weevil and 1 vil Il)Irobabl y preven t a bum er r ot bendI mte enough all over thi oil wee.vil en tirmely', Th'le price of me good for some time. A goodl i 10,000) on his cotton cropj last yea if f ertilIi zOr to thle acre th is year',I ext fall will .justify it. When ym ~lood good(s we have it for y'ou. Youj canlh't do better thani use0 o sni't any bett er. WVe have plen ~otash anid onie per cent of Potash n'd. It. will cost somlethinig, bm mirices of cottIon, it Is well w orth it The 0car si tuait ioni is b)ad andi vill not make amwy mistake to goi 10om1. We have them readly for Anderson F oil Co, WV. F. FARMER, Secretary. UNCLE OSCAR id sister make for your doll?" asked he young lady. The little girl tirned ne tWe across the other foot, stuck one humb in her mouth and slowly turned he doll upside down as she cutely re lied, "ittle bwitches." Seriously now, I am not finding fault vith the little fellows for the l)redica nents they get us into or the little roubles and worries they sometimes au.e us, but if you will find a quiet >lace by the fireside after the 'little nischiei makers have been tucked in >ed, then put this in your pipe and smoke t, and as the smoke begins to circle ground and above you I think you will ee somewhere an aged couple seated >y the hearth, the gray haired woman s looking into the lire and talking, out ide all is dark the wind moans around he old chimney top, you listen closely t what the woman is saying 'I wonder where Bill is tonight? we av'nt heard from him in two months. 'oor boy! he was always so full of mis hief. Maybe we wasn't kind enough him when he was with us. Then oor Nell; she says that .John drinks. wonder if he abuses our little Neil. nd, George, poor boy, was buried a ay out there in the west. If the crops ern out better this year I want to go rid see his grave." Then she raises the corner of the inghams apron to her withered eyes hile the old man hides his face behind ie paper which he pretends to be read g, but you are sure that you see a ar as it trickles down the snow-white " mard. I 'Then your pipe burns low. Poor b ings, you murmur to yourself. They e sighing for the days that were. t UNCLE Oscut. J Central, S. C. . c I Blood IZER d and deservedly popular Fish fain this year. It is higher in s a mighty good reason for it ice, we have bought then for a 3i5c a piece now.' There is a i t there, it takes ten bags to PA yrites from Spain. We have Charleston, it costs $20 00 a. have bought fish for less than a )St us $7.00 a unit. In 10-2-2 k Aci(, two units of Ammonia o what 15 imeant. by units-it is n year or so ago w got it for her now, a bale offott will any time for the last 30 years. icod1 as much as cotton. Even v ot as much p~rofi t in it now as The manufactutirers have kept in or'der' to get a bigger ton.. , to save their hacon -ini getting ie C ertilize liberally this year, for C rd at the pl'rsenlt wvriting inll fall, we will venltlure to say it >rice. Theu w a r seemsi~ to creat~e is a goodi pr'ice --an d it brought our Civil WVar and the(re will ter' this war just as there was he searicity ofI labo om'((ibined ap t his yeari T'he weath<l r has alhl farm producftst pro~ises(~ to r says lhe will iw .( 00 Iounlds )U t hintks the' price of ('(ttoil ri Fishi andi( Blood aflld-thelre' y~, of Potashm-~ ;i ra mands needI wvili help the cropms (in anly it ait PlCeent ;indt Prospec'tiv'e nay' not getl any bat tel. Von your g(ood.s ai l hn i lh101m phosphate & nnpany M1. G. SMI~I'II, Agent, Pickens, S. C Central Items W. T. Earle is making preparation to handle a large amount of guano this time. The high school opened here lest Monday. Prof. Wallace had to prolong the vacation on account of fuel short age.g Mrs. P. W. Smith was here last week visiting per parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Smith. L. L. Day of Walhalla, arrived one day last week to take charge of the Central office and lines of the Oconee Telephone Company. Work on the un(rpass has been re sumed since Uncle Josh has clearer away the snow. The Wesleylan College opens its dor for the second' semester January 21st Dr. Bedford, the president, expects sea eral new students. J. '1'. Gassaway has recently receive a carload of mules. Mr. and Mrs. Reece Long are res tents of Central now. We are glad t ave them in our town. The' ice and frozen ground here las veek made everybody slick walkers. Come to Central for the latest ir ;erything. Advice to bread buyers: If you can't ;et flour eat a little corn bread rather han starve. From Pickens Route 2. One of the heaviest sleety ever seen ere fell last Friday. Mr. Jack Nations and family are con ned to their home with measles at this ri ting. Mrs. J. M. Porter has been very sick ut is improving. Messrs. D. E. Garrett and Doyle Por rr each purchased a Ford last week. ack Garrett has also joined the Ford let). Mr. John Willimon, who has been on n extended visit to relatives in this ounty, has returned to his home in Ok ahona, where he has lived for the past wenty-one yearn. Miss Pearl Childress and sister, Mism dattie, of Oconee, are visiting at th( some of J. M. Porter. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Bolding visited al he home of Rev, and Mrs. E. M. Bold ng at Six Milellast week. Rosebud. Along Piedmont Route One Messrs. Mack Stegall and Will Davis ro visiting friends at Lynchburg, Ga. Miss Beedy Campbell of Easley, and enry Blackstone spent Sunday with liss Azalene Porter. Born unto Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Porter, ecember 15th, a fine girl. We have been reading in The Sentinel bout some of the hogs that have been illed in Pickens county. J. T. Porter r this section recently killed a 17 onth-old hog that weighed 450 pounds. /ho can beat that? Of course Mr. orter is an expert hog-raiser. Singing Convention. The Liberty Township Singing Con. ention will meet with the Easley Mill :urch No. 3, (better known as Maple roft) the 3rd Sunday in Jlanuary 1918, eginning at 2 o'clock. Owing to bad ~eather in last month there was no lection so there will be an election of icers for the year 1918. Everybody omne and e'lec't your ofiice'rs for the ear. (2. E. Rogers, P'res. 14 Mor On account of the large toldl us andl sent uIs wvord ti advantage of The Sen tinel' tion offer, but wvere unable b)ad weather, we have deci month. So (luring ~Januw subscriptions at $2.50. subscribers a like. More taken advantage of this of we want all to have the st This Is Car And of course you will wai you are interested1 in the v can't afford1 to do wvithi, want to keep) up as much county boys in the ar'my. The Legislatur And we expect to kee~p does, especially thaht whicl The Picke Income Tax Expert Be Here Next Week In a communication received by this paper ). C. Heyward, collector of in ternal revenue, Columbia, s. C., an nounces that a federal income tax officer will be sent into this county on January ,21, 1918, and will be here until January 26, 1918. Information as to where this officer will have his headquarters can be obtained from the postmaster or any of the bankers, lie will be willing to help persons subject to the income tax make out their returns without any cost' l to them for his services. Returns of income for the year 1917 s must be made on forms provided for the purpose before March 1, 1918. B'-. cause a good many people do not under stand the law, and wont know how to i make out their returns, the government is sending in this expert to do it for - them. But the duty is on the tax-payer to make himself known to the govern ment, if a person does not make re t turn on or before March 1, 191I, penal ties as provided by law will be incurred. If you are not sure about being subject to the tax you had better see the in- . come tax man while he is here, and make sure. Whether you see the income tax man or not you must make return if subject to the tax. Persons resident in other counties may, if they want to, come and see the in come tax man who will be here. 1). C. Heyward, collector of internal revenue, suggests that everybody start figuring up at once his income and ex penses so as to be ready with the figures when the expert arrives. Expenses. however, do not mean family expensei. n'oney used to pay off the principal of a debt, new machinery, buildings, or anything like that. They mean what you spend in making your money--in terest, taxes paid, hired help, amount paid for goods sold, stock bought for feeding, rent (except f'or your dwelling), etc. Income includes about every dol lar you get. Every unmarried man whose income is $1,000 or more a year is subject to - income tax, and every married man with an income of $2,000 or more a year, is subject to it. Looper-Nimmons A beautiful wedding took place at the home of Mrs. Mary Looper, eight miles north of Easley, on the evening of De cember 28th, when her youngest daugh ter. Miss Lena, was united in marriage to Mr. W. Reece Nimmons, Rev. .. E. Foster olliciating. The parlor was beautifully decorated with Christmas evergreens. Shortly after the core mony all were invited into the dining room where the table was loaded with good things to eat and you may rest as sured that we (lid justice to ourselves and the splendid dinner. On Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. Nimmons left for the home of his father where a re ception vas tendered them. We wish themia long and happy life. Mr. and Mr's. Nimmons wvill be at home to their many friends after .January 15th. J. E. F. The aver'age wveight of hen eggs is two ounces, but Dr. T1. A. Seawright of Pickens, owns a Ithode Island fled hen '. thiat laiys e'ggs which ave rage three OUnicts ini weight. lie brought one to The Sentinel iflieo inst week that weigh ed three and( a half ounces. eube ays u brof people who have uat they intended to take s special two-year' subhscr'ip to see us on account of the ded to extend the offer one xyve il accept two-year Thisis openi to 0o(1 and new subscrbers )ave already Ior than weC expJectedl, but LIme chanee. npaign Year nt your' (count~ y paperC1. If ielf'are of: your county you ut it. Then of course you as possible with Pi~jkens e is In Session ,you posted on the things it affects Pickens county. ns Sentinel