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OTHE P Pickens CountSE Established 1871-Volume 47 PICKENS. S. C., JANUARY 24, 1918 With Pickens County Boys Under the - " .Flag (Under this head The Sentinel ex pects to publish from time to time in teresting items and letters from Pick ens county soldiers. We now have sev era! letters on hand and would be gla to have others which will be of interes to the public.) Another Letter from Lieut. Smit1 To His Wife Field Hospital No. 13, A. E. F. France, Nov. 23, 1917 My Dear Leila: Jiow are you doing 1 would give anything to know if yoi are well as I am. I almost get ashame' of myself for doing so well. You woulb sure be surprised to see what a wallop ing big husky ruffian I have grown t< be. "I don't hardly know myself .some times. I feel almost like a real veteram now since my recent experiences o. which I have long fireside stories to tel when I get home. Doubtless Feltz wil not have to beg for stories for quit awhile. I wish I could tell you what have been into but I will have to wait Now don't worry about my safety, fo that is now past and since my transfe: I am sitting up in a good safe place an having plenty to eat and a good old be< to sleep in. I weigh nearly one hundret and seventy pounds. In other word you have never seen me grown up lik< n ow, and I can hardly remember eve: having had indigestion. Say! I met up with Lieut. Marret the other day when least expecting bu 1 know not where he is now. We hav both moved since then. I am more that a hundred miles from the place I wa when I wrote you last. Ve moved ii big motor trucks and just for fun drove one of them about fifteen mile of the trip. Lieut. Marett was in fairly goo shape. He doesn't know whether hi wife and baby ire in South Carolina o where and is worried about that. speak of his worries as if I had none I am crazy to know if you are getting all of my letters by this time. Nov last Sunday I got three of your letter dated up to October 7th and in the sam mail got one from Dr. Hunter date October 5th and one from mother date October 28th. You see any mail jus comes in batches. The one from mothe was the first I have gotten in answer t any letter mailed since I left New York Say! I've forgotten all along to tel you about my luck coming over. I los my bedding goll which cost inc abou fifty dollars ($50.00) in New York, an as a result I had to sleep in the col many nights, but since then I hay gathered together enough to keep mi warm when campaigning. J bought big French comforter fur 100 frank and got a blanket and shelter half t roll it in, but now I am billeted in room as good as any we had at boi -with a good old feather bed. Leila, send me your measure an< when I get a chance to go to Paris agai I will send yo. a real P'aris gown, am measure Feltz, up and down and I wil leave him a Prench or American uniforn ais he chooses made. I think, however that hie would like the French best. -don't know when I can get this stuff bu the dirst time I can get a pass. With barrels of love to you and Feltz I am al ways yours, W ALES SMJTi. WV. E. Looper, mnembeir of Uncla Sam's army and stationed at Chatta niooga, has been (on a two week's visi to homnefolks near' Pickens. lie is look ing well and says he' likes ar'my life tine A letter from Casey Porter, writter Christmas day, has just been re(ceive<~ by his parents in Pickens. Caseyi ~>with the engineering corps in Frane< Sand tells about the sumptuous Christ mas dlinner Uncle Sam gave the boy Christmas. Resides turkey and every thing that goes with it they had ever~y thing else to eat that mind could thin of and stomach could desire. Married Miss Maud King and Mir. .lohn Chuas tain, both of Alice Mill. were muarrie by Rev. D). W. Hiott at his residencei IEasley Sunday afternoon. Married by Rev. D). W. Hliott at th -home of the bride's parents, four miki - northwest of Nasley, January .10, M: W Nicholas Stansell and Miss Essie, ek est daughter of Mr. and Mr's. Trhome I .ooper. -To those young people we exten wvarmecst congrautulations. Advertisers''' ..jglease get. copy ft advertisements mf 'I ne.' ~tinl (oilice 1 Monday to insure publicamui in the fo. lowing issue of the paper. Income Tax Officer Here S. B. Jones, agent for the govern ment, arrived in Pickens Monday to as sist the people of this section in mak ing income tax returns He may be - found at the Pickens Bank and will be here until 3 o'clock next Saturday. - All unmarried persons with an income of more than $1,000 and married per t eons with incomes of more than $2,000 in 1917 are subject to pay income tax and must make returns before March lst. Very few people know how to fill out the blanks properly and the govern ment has sent Mr. Jones here to assist all who call on him. However, if you do not see him it in no way relieves you of liability. If you do not see him it 1 in no way relieves you of liability. If I you do not know exactly what your in come was last year and have an idea it was anywhere near taxable you had better see Mr. Jones and he will help you. All money received for produce sold last year is considered by the gov ernment as income for that year, no matter when the produce was raised. There is a heavy penalty for not mak ing out returns in time and we give this notice that all may know. Curtis Hendrix Died in Greenville Curtis Hendrix died last Sunday night at the base hospital at Camp Sevier, of meningitis. Young Hendrix held a po sition in the wholesale department of the Hobbs-Henderson Co. He boarded at a house on West McBee avenue, but when the dread malady took hold of him he was moved to thc hospital that he might be isolated. lie was the oldest son of Mr:. JLsse llendrix, of the Mt. Tabor section of upper Pickens county. On Tuesday :f t' no on his remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Tabor cemetery [ by the side of his father who died some two years ago. The heartbroken mother and other relatives have the sympathy I of the entire corm:nunity. In speaking a of his death the Greenville I)aily News r says in part: "lie was well liked by [ those who knew him and made many friends during his residence here." Mrs. W. T. Spencer Dead ' Mrs. Wm. '1'. spencer died at her I home near the city of Greenville on the i 20th inst., and was buried at George's t Creek church the day following her r death, after funeral services conducted > by Rev. 1). W. Hiiott. Mrs. Spencer was about seventy years I old and at one time lived in Easley, t where she is still pleasantly remem bered. She was an upright christian I woman and a member o' the I',ranwood I Baptist church at the tine of her death. She leaves a husband and four children, as follows: One ;a, Fred Spencer, of i l" lorida.; Mrs. N. 1. Taylor of Elherton, Ga.; Mrs. W. (G. Trotter and M iss Nona > Spencer of Greenville.. Mrs. Spencer 1 was, befoIe her marriage, :a .\lis; Wil son. For the paSt two year: :,he had been a great sulerer. Now ler suffer ings are over and The rests in t he sweet 1 felds of Eden, where the tree of life is b loomiing~ and where there is rest for e2vermIfore. HI. TIook Poison by Mistake t Sopme ten days ago Mrs C'ooter Gantt, of Liberty, thro mistake took a bichlo ride of mercury tablet instead of an aspirin tablet. Physicians wvere hastily called and for a while no hope wams held for her recovery. However at last ae -count she was somiewhat implroved, tho her physicians state that she is still not out of danger from the p~owerful ef feets of the drug. Mrs. Gantt is the mother of a large family of children iand is one of Liberty's mlost estimable Prominent Visitors 5 Coli. Gairtland and Capt. Ehrngart. - director of music and member of the -band at C:amp~ Wadsworth. New York k friends of TI. ) il[arris, visited him at the Iliawatha a fe'w daya last week. Thes gentleimen exp~. ressed much pleas ure at their visit anid the magnificent scenery around our beautiful little city -and said that they would come again il with several members of the band and a furnishu some 510 munie. Col. Gartland iis a well known miusic leader of New York and. is no0 stranger to the South, Shaving visited ,Jacksonville and several other southern cities. This is Capt. Ehrngart's first visit to this section. lie says he came South for the winter and certainly found it. GlentIlemen, come to1 see u agai n and bring your dfriends ande in strumients; perhaps the weather wvihl e more decent and we all proiseI3 you awarmnl1 greeting and cor r1dial receptioin. ro1l'iin cmnn get The Senitirsel S moniths f'r $1 .fl Annual Statement of the Supervisor. The following statement shows the totals of all claims tiled and approved by the County Commissioners for the year 1917. Salary of County Auditor---------------------.....--....-... $433.33 Salary of County Treasurer--48----------...............- 433.33 Salary of County Clerk of Court........................... . -- -- . 5650.00 Salary of County Sheriff . . . . . ......................:.........- - 1,2Q0.00 Salary of County Probate Judge................................ ...400.00 Salary of County Supervisor ....------------------------------ . . . . 1,100.00 Salary of Two County Commissioners and Clerk ...........................-1,300.00 Salary of County Attorney__. ..-----5---------- 0.00 Salary County Superintendent of Education..------------------------ 1,10000 Salary of County Coroner --------...-.-....................-... 125.00 Sheriff:-Dieting and other expenses ----------------- --373.65 Board of Equalization ------------------------------------------- 288.65 Chain Gang:-Maintainance------------------------------------ 3,475.86 Poor Farm, including conveying and Examining Lunatics ...--.-.. -. 3,539.87 Pension Fund, 1917_....------------------------------------------- 4,234.80 Roads and Bridges --- --- ------------------------------------- 26,570.05 Public Buildings, including Insurance ------------------------ 1,464.37 Premiums on County Officials' Bonds................... .. .------ . 279 00 Books, Printing, Advertising and Postage ------------------------- 1,299.96 Magistrates and Constables, including two rural police.- ----------4,910.66 Court Expenses- . ------ -------- ------- 1,676.00 home Demonstration Agent-Tomato Club..-- -------------------- 675 00 Special Attorney Fee-------.-- -..-----------------------.. . -- .-.. 125.00 Interest ------------ ---------- --------------------... 2,500 00 Boys' Corn and Pig Club--------.... -------------------------- 68.35 Regis trars of Vital Statistics------ -..,.....-- .--- ----- - 357.0 Boord of Education---------------..------------------------- . 52.25 'Taxes Greenville-Carolina Power Co. -- ---------- -- . . 992.38 Total . . . .... .$61,525.01 I have not published all the checks issued this year as requested by the Leg islature, but have omitted it simply as a matter of economy. The books of the Supervisor's oflice are not locked from the people and will say that if any person or persons are in doubt about any claim or claims filed in the Supervisor's office, I will appreciate them mentioning the matter to me, or to Mr. W. Matheny, the clerk of the Board, and we will have the records examined and if there is a wrong we will see if it can be made right. FINANCIA L:s The County owed on January 1st 1918: f Outstanding Notes and Unpaid Claims......... $58, 108.22 Less Cash on Hand and uncollected and unspent t axesot 1917 ........ --- $41,777.31 Leaves'a balance of ................- $16,331.88 :..The above balance of $16,331.88 is the past indebtedness of the County. Very much against my wishes, but not my expectations, this past indebtedness has again increased and it will require renewed eff'ort on the part of the Legisla ture and myself with the full co-operation of the people if we are to take care of the County's finances in these times when the cost of operation has so much increased. Respectfully, .JAMES B. CRAIG, Supervisor. Fish and Blood and Potash Fertilizer Labor will be scarce this year unless there is a deided change, and that makes it necessary for you to fertilize heavily so YoU can mnak full crops onl the land i out get cultivated Farm pro ducts will bring good pr-ices this year, prices that will justify you ill fertilizing liberally, and while Potash is high it will pay you to uise someW. You want good crops while prices are good. TPhree (:101s have b~een made w'ithout Potash and now gray lands are needing it and one per cent of Potash will hellp the (rops on red P otashi is a mnedicine; it w~ards off diseases antd kee'ps the planits health y and strong, and whlen aI plant is healt hy and strong it wvillI growv and blossom and fruit and .you'Jl have abundant crop. Ther~le is as muitch difference b~etween a healthy plant and a sickly plnt as there is between a healthy ))iY anid a sickly pig. so far as P ol ash keeps your cr(ops healthy anid he,d th v c rops are thle on ly ones5 that I.ay 3. Keep. the crops hieal th y whlile the pirices are good. Make good crops whien ero'cps are wvorth 's)inEthing, Strike wvhile the ironi is hot. W\t have the Potashi an d11~ on't you I orget ii. o have the Vish ande Blood Fort iliz(r. When you get t he 1Fish: and1( llood anld Potash goods you ge't the best to be h dini i ril izer. If voln don't make a crop with that it will unot he' t he fault of the fertil zer--for there is nothing better. And njow, filially,. when labor is scarce and htigh anrd prIicesfo farmi products are Ii ne, don't 4 it the fert ilizer--inake all you possibl))y cain on the land you enitiv~ate. Fishi and Blood and P~otash goods ma y be t he solution of youri flauiiniz troles t his year. W.~e have the Fish andl Blood an td Pot ash goods-Ithey are for salie-come to se'( 11s. You know~ whlere Cd ind ui. Anderson Phosphate & OnJI Company . WV. F. FARMER, Secreary M. C, SM!TIH, Agent. Pickens wV T. RAR IJE Agent, Contrnl From Pickens Route 2 Cutting wood and building fires is the order of the day in this sectian. Mr. Ephriam Gilatrap accidentally got two of his fingers cut off one day last week at the shingle mill on Philip Robinson's place. Mr. William Smith of Six Mile is re ported very iii at this writing. Mr. Dave Stephens had a fine milk cow to die one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Garrett of Six Mile visited his father, W. R. Garrett, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J Rampey visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 1i. S. Rampey last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Garrett visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunnicutt last week. R. A. Hudson failed to fill his regular appointment at Mountain View Sunday. Two DEATHS .1. E. Robinson of Salem was a vfsitor in this section last Sunday and reported the death of Mrs. Hattie Abercrombie, which occurred Saturday night. She was the wife of Bluford Abercrombie end sister of Rev. C. R. Abercrombie. 1'he body was buried at Salem Sunday. James 'T. Stansell died at the home of us brother Jeff Stansell, near the camp ;round, January 12, after a long illness >f catarrh and rheumatism. .Ilis death vas not unexpected. He was fifty 'ight years and three months of age. uis remains were laid to rest in the blountain View cemetery the day fol owing his death, after funeral services onducted by Rev. H. A. Jludson. le ides his relatives he leaves a host of riends to mourn his death. Say, what has become of all the old orrespondents? BHumEunI. Oolenoy News Letter Miss .losie Chastain, an eflicient sales lady at the Rivens Co., of Pickens, is spending this month at the home of her mother, Mrs. Malinda Sutherland. Miss Olive Williams, of Greenville, who was detained for some time after the holidays on account of the illness of her 'mother, has resumed her work in the graded school here. W. B. Jones had the misfortune to fall and very painfully injure his foot recently. On that account he is confin ed to his room. Misses Merle and Viola Ilendrix, of the Pickens graded school, spent last week with their parents here. They are recuperating from from an attack of measles. Jlohn Chastain, of Camp Sevier, spent the week-end with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Chastain, of upper Oolenov. Mr. and Mrs. \Vill Stewart, of Cal houn. Ga.. were recent guests of their daughter, Mrs. .1. ). Vickery. From what we are able to learn very few oI' the rural mail routes in this county have had regular mail service dluring the past week of exstremie w(eath er. Oolenoy scores another point here. We not only have had uninterrupted service, but have been getting our mail from two to two and one-half hours ear lier each day thian formerly. Still this is not enough to make us like fthw wveat her-. Central items M'tr. M. M l. IHichey wvent to G reenville M~onda~y on bumsiness. W. TP. Earl-e made a buisinmess trip to A nderson and~ Gre(nville lasti. wee4k. Mr. Jamesi( SumIithi bugh1lt a farm near iere fromi I. A-~. C ollinls, of Easley. E. I. endel'rson put the deal t hru last We are glad to k now t hat Miss A man Ia P'atter'son is to be one oft our teach .-s at the' high schoolihere thle remain Ier oef t he school year. All the stor-es (closed here last Monday fternooin as the fuel administrator or ered. Tlhe W\esleyan (College here op eined St Monday. for the second semester. Chief Pace went to Walhalhila It. veek (on beusiness. Thel farmers had be tter look a fter his ertilizer in time for- the railroads will 'e slow getting It. here this t imie as theyv .re badly congestedl. . Slipped Down andl BrOke Leg Thle many fiendls of. Jos I.. hoeoper, if the Daeusville section, w.ill learn with 'egret that he a(-cidently slipped onl ice md broke his leg last. Thuersday while we was ou t raid t hun:1tiny. P hysicians~ mmedliately at tended lhim mud he is rest ng as comforitabhly as coumld he cx. ected. ..L PICKENS CHAPTER L RED CROSS NOTFS Mrs. Charles Falkenberg, of Xtlanta, an experienced teacher in making surgi cal dressings, spent the past two weeks in Pickens. Mrs. Falkenberg was re quested by this unit to come hero to teach a class to make the standard dressings which are taught in seveni days, requiring three hours each day; but the ladies of the class received Mrs. Falkenberg so enthusiastically and were so interested in the work she stayed over the full two weeks and taught the class to make the special dressings, which required live more lessons. Notwithstanding the severe weather the members of the class came every afternoon and worked most faithfully. I)uring these two weeks the class has made and wrapped for shipment about four hundred dressings, including the standard and special dressings. Mrs. (. R. Hendricks, secretary of the auxiliary at Pickens, accompanied Mrs. Falkenberg to Seneca, where she will aseist in instructing a class there, which qualifies Mrs. lendricks to teach any class the course in surgical dress ings as reqluired by the American Red Ci oss. Mrs. F'lkenberg made many friends here by her charming personality, and this patriotic cause for which she, as well as the other instructors, are giving their time and lahor should be known and aplpreciated ly all. Instructions for mnaking the pajtma have now been received from headquar ters and the material is ready for dis tribution. There are ninety pairs al ready cut and these articles are being called for daily by the hospitals on ac count of the sickness among the sol diers. Pickens School News The school has just linished the 'ex amination war'' the past week, but the battle so far is indecisive. Misses Viola and Merle llendrix are able to attend school after having re covered from the measles. Miss Lucile McClanahan, of the senior class, was unable to attend school Mon day on account of illness. Miss Ellen Nealy was enrolled as a memiiber of the eighthIt grade last week. Mr. I,ein Rohinson gave an interest ing demunstration on the tinaking of coflee (luring t.he Ienth grade recitation on cheimistry IMondav afte rmin. Mr. "'hakespe" t'lIarence) Dow en was unalde t) .treld school Monday oin Icc()tttt of bIng iiowbouiend. It seems that mst c ol t li school cliildrern are jus 1:t erning horw to walk since' the :ioiw :md iee contintu.< to visit us". The I,iterary society elechat"l newV ollieers last Mondiay for hi i xt three months. I oanoke School News lIThe Society eclebrated I Ibrc t E. l~ee's birithdaty TUiesday. p. m., ren d erirng a short program. 'Te followvinig simbnth flI've bioUgh t T'hrif t ir rds: Rosus (3' l)Iel I)athurla Moon,' \J. *ian O'el .) TI . ('ohrad I n, uziei ,dmsWM o .n A\ 8icool Iimprovm nit As.CC toeti Ii habeeni organhized wvith the folln~' g Allgoodi, v'ice-prmesident andi .\lrs T. It. ()'Dell, treasurer. Ta'mylor ('lell has re (ttrne to (Ilem son College. Sotol Reporter. Li Half Your Living Without Money Cost We are all at a (danger point. On the usC of good ommrorn sense ini our 1918 farm and~ garden opcratlins do itends' prosperity or our "going broke." Even at present high prices nio one enni plant all or uiear ly all cotton, buy food arnd grain at present pries from supply merchrant on cr edit and make mtonrey. F'ood arid graina i's higher in proportiotn than arO ptresenit cotton It's a timec above all ot~hers to play safe; to produce all possile food, grain anid forago supplies on your ownt acres; to cut dlowni theo store b)l1. A good piece of garden ground, rIghtly3 planted, rightly tenidled and kept planlted theo year round, can bo miade to pay nearly htalf your livinig. It will savo you moro nroney thran you mnado on the best three acres of cotton you evor grow? 7,astlngs' 1918 Seed B~ook tolis ail about the~ right kind of a money saV ing grrdorn and the vegetables to put in it. It tolls-about thro farm crops as well and shown you thle clear road to real indi reguliar farm prospority. It'd Proe. S~end for' it today to H.. Q'