The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, January 17, 1918, Image 1
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County Boys
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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.
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