The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, February 21, 1918, Image 1
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Established 1871-Volume 47 PICKENS. S. C., FEBRUARY 21, 1918 Number 42
An Ordinance
To raise supplies for the City of Pickens
for the if seal year commencing the
26th day of February, A. D., 1918, and
ending the 25th day of February, A.
D., 1919.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Al
dermen of the City of Pickens, S. C., in
council assembled, and by the authority
of the same, that from and after the
passage of this ordinance a license fee
for the purpose of raising funds to de
fray the current expenses of said city
shall be due and payable annually from
all persons, firmsand corporations doing
business within the incorporate limitsof
the said City of Pickens, as follows:,
to-wit:
Section 1 All persons, firms and cor
porations, whether idiv 'dual, merenn
tile, manufacturing or otherwise, own
ing, operating or conducting any occu
1 ation or colling, or following any occu
pation, means of livelihood or business
for the purpose of profit or gain, here
inafter scheduled or designated, shall
pay into :the treasury of said City 'of
Pickens a -license fee each, as follows:
For -- Per Annum
Each street peddler or hawker,
any kind, $50 per day or ..$250 00
Each crosstie dealer- 2 50
Each agent selling selling rights
or patents, per day, $25, or -250 00
Each corn mill - ...7- 2 50
Each hotel keeper .. 10 00
Each restaurant keeper - .. 5 00
Eaci boarding house (public)
keeper.. .5 00
Each Wood shop ... 2 50
Each 'blacksmith shop, per forge 5 00
Each livery and feed stable... 10 00
Each sale and exchange stable 10 00
Each two horse hack or buggy 5 00
Each one-horse hack or buggy 2 50
Each two-horse dray wagon 5 00
4Each one-horse dray wagon 2 50
Each picture agent selling pic
tures and picture frames other
than by sample -----. ... 10 00
Each clothes cleaning shop .. - 5 00
Each clothes cleaner not main
taiing a shop who.solicits busi
ness in the city of Pickens 5 00
Each barber..---... . . ... . ---3 00
Each photographer whose busi
ness does not exceed two hun
dred dollars per year 2 50
And over two hundred dollars :3 (0
Each express company or railroad
company doing express business 5 (10
Each telegraph company 5 00
Eace telephone company 25 00
Each dentist....... 6 00
Each physician (resident) 7 50
Each printing offlie and job office
combined.... .6....5 00
Each fertilizer dealer.. 7 50
Each warehouse other than for
private use.. .........5 00
Each money lender 5 00
Each pa'Wnbroker or money lend
er..--- 20 00
Each boot and shoemending shop 3 00
Each bottling works..--..-- ... 5 00
Each ice dealer other than meat
,market. ........5..... 5 00
Each life or fire insurance cern
pany............ . 10 C
Each insurance agent of any kind 5 (0
Each tinner . . 2 50
Each shoe shiner 1 00
Each beet or fresh meat market 5 00
Each ish and ovster dealer... 5 00
Each sewing matchine agent 10 00
Each agent selling iogans, pianos
or other musical, instru fmetts
-not by sample Io Il)
Each bani . i. t
Each post'er ind distribiu tor of
bills and advertising matter .10 i0
Each resident lawyer. - J( 1.0
Each person mainali taiining an office
for purpuse (if drawi ng legal
documents 5 ki
Each contraetor 5 I nU
Each real estate broker or dealer
in stocks and bonds. .......5 00
Each p~ublic service auto, one seat 5 10
Each publlic ser i'Vce ?uto, 2 seats 10 00O
Eacher dealer in autos and auto
sup~plies . - 10 00)
Each person. lirm or corporation
selling gasoline or kerosine oil
off' wagons or trucks of any kind 15 00
Eaen gasoline tilling station . 5 00
Each person or firm selling fruits
or mteats from wagtm or other
vehicle..... . .......... 00
Each pharmacist other thanm drug
gist . . . . . 100
Each person or firm selling drinks
from wagon and other vehicles 10 0011
Each railroad company .. _- 15 00)
Each surveyor e' civil enginieor 5 00
Each architest aid designer 5 01)
Each electric I'gh t and power
company ., 201 00
Each cottonl seed' oil mill 15 0i0
Each dealer in buying and selling
cotton seed or hulls and mecal 5 U))
Each dealer in lumbier, shingles
anti lath and other building mat
terial pertaining to the busi
ness commonly known as lumi
ber yardl not in connection with
what is known as lumber liants
or planing mill.......- 15 100
Each planing mill business or
mill andI lunmher yard combined 15 4t0
Each dealer in manufactured
builders' material, such as sash
doors and blinds, other tihan
merchant . 10 01)
Each undertaker. . . 5 00
Each auctioneer, $5 pter day 25 00
Each laundry .. . 5 lii
Each person selling fresh meats
frohn wagon or otherwise, ex
cept as allowed by state Iaw
perday................. I)00
Each peanut, candy, fruit or
drink stand other than regular
merchants in establishe.j busi
ness, $5 per day........ 25 100
Each non-resident dealer in live
stock per (lay..........5 00
lach slot machine other than
owned by merchants in connec
tion wilbthter Iliceinsed busi -
ness .._......... - 2 (0
Each hotel cigar r igatrette
stand . . .
2:achi Ipoo tabb)I 15 00
Each resident machinist--------5 00
Each non-resident machinist-.. - 10 00
Each garage and repair shop
(with privilege of working any
where in city)------.--.. 5 00
Each jeweler---.----.....--& 00
Each resident optician 7 50
Each trav. optician, per day. $5 26 00
Each wood or coal dealer or both 5 00.
Each merchant doing business
under $2,500- ... . 5-0
Each merchant doing business
over $2,500 to $5,000......- - - - 7 50
Each merchant doing business
over $5,000 to $7,000 - - -. -. - 10 00
Each merchant doing business
over $7,000 to $10,00 0.--.. -12 50
Each merchant doing business
over $10,000 to $15,000 -_- . 1 0
Each merchant doing business
over $16,000 to $20,000 - - 17 00
Each merchant doing business
over $20,000 to $25,000. - .. 20 00
Each merchant doing l)usincss
over $25,000 to $30,000. - - . 25 00
Each merchant doing business
amounting to $3,000 ...... 30 00
And for each additional $1,000
over $30,00o ... 60
Sec. 2 Saidlicense fee shall be due
anid payable on the 25th day of Febru
ary, A. D., 1918. and upon payment to
the treasurer of said city he shall issue
to the person or persons, firm or corpor
ation so paying the same license cer
tilicate signed by the treasurer and
countersigned by the mayor of the city,
which certificate shall operate as a re
eeipt for the sum or sums so paid, and
which certificate shall designate the
amount so paid, by whom, and the char
uieter of oecupation or business for
which the same is intended to operate
as license.
Sec. 3. No bills or other signs shall be
posted on any telegraph or telephone
pole or on any wall on Main street or
any,street crossing Mnin street or run
ning into Main street without the con
sent of the mayor of said city-of Pick
ens shall first have been obtained, and
then only at such place or places as may
be designited by said mayor, and upon
payment of such license therefor as he
nay determinie pppropriate in each case,
such license nut to exceed the sum of
twenty-five and t) noe-hundredth dollars
($25.00) in eaci ease.
Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corpo.ia
Lion failing or refusing to pay his, tier,
>r its license as provided in this ordi
lance shall, upon conviction thereof, be
required to pay into the treasury of said
ity a sum not exce-eding one hundred
lollars or to serve a sentence of not
more than thirty (0) days for each and
3very such offense hereunder.
Done and ratified in council assembled
ind by authority of the same and cor
)orate seal affixed, this 2.5th day of
February, 1918.
M. C. Spirrn. Mayor.
E. F. ALEXANJIm.U, Clerk.
M r. Frank .M c Eal.1 spent last Friday
n Greenville.
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Report of the County Supervisor
For Month of January 1918
Amount of money ou hand January lst 1918J $37,626. 15
EXP8NDITURES: i
Nancy Gillam, aid to poor..-....................-$ 6.00 ]
K. Holcombe, meat....------------------- -....-.-. . 2.70 -
B. F. Griffln, road work ---------------------- 8.00
F. L. Finley, meat. . . .----------------------------- 16.00
W. C. Holcombe, lumber.. .......---------- 63.79 E
James B. Craig, salary, December-...-- 91.66 c
James B. Craig, supplies-------.-.. --------- 20.00
H. A. Nealey, constable work...... .. 4.40 t
Easley Hardware Co., supplies.- --- 79.70 A
James A. Brown, road work .. - - - - - .. I.20
B. B. LaBoon, rural police. December-. 90.00
J. T. McKinney, rural police, December - 190-00
H. W. Hamilton, lumber and cement, 1917. 173.99 ti
W. E. Pinson, road work. _. ........ 4.65 C
Pieken Garage, work and supplies 7.45 t(
G. W. Bowen, December ......16.33, a
J. T. Holder, road work 8.35; d
1. F. Finley, lumber. 5.701!
J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge (Dec.) &c --13.331
National Office Supply Co., supplies--------- .1 851
Southern Bell Telephone Co.. telephones at court house 5.20'
J. B. Robinson, road work...... . .............. - 1.0
F. 0. Patterson, road work...-. 15.00
J A. Robinson, terra cotta pipe 5.65 n'
J. 1t. J. Anthony, bridge work -.25 h
Mary Rowland, aid to poor. -... - ----3.0
W. B. Couch, damages.......... 10.00 e
Swisher Manf'g Co., supplies-. - --------- .. 1.25; .
Pickens Mill, wood and shop work. - --3.15 1
E. J. Willson, lumber and work ------------ 14.53 \
J. B. lIolliday, lumber &c.,.. 113.28 J
Jasper Oates, road work .._.8.75 \
M. 11. Lesley, road work- -.00
W. M. Perry. lumb er and road work 27.25 '1
J. E. Bridges 104.13 J
W. T. Earle, road work and supplies 65 00 /
J. L. Looper, bridge for 1917 129.71
J. C. Alexander, supplies 16.75
A. .1. Crane, supplies - - .. - 2.8.)(
.J. T. Bratcher, supplies 9.00 1
J. W. Julien. constable work -36.30
Charles Sanders, aidAo poor :3.00 \
V. D. Lesley. road work .- _ -.5) i
M. A. Boggs, magistrate, &c 107.20 C
WV. E. Henderson, aid to poor. 3.00 1
J. M. Lawrence, commissioner, (Dee.) .66 I
Isaac Durham, meat- - -- 1.801
Lyston Morgan, road and bridge work 2.00 N
,J. L. Hood, road.work . - .8.00 N
T. L. Hearden. bridge work ------ 10.30 N
M. F. Williams, road work-. 16.20
A. 11. Hlcaton, wood --- 2.00 1
Garrison Wyatt & Co. * supplies 215.31,.
L. L Kay, road work... 4.60
G. N. Garrett, constable . . - 1.
W. S. Gantt, road work 2.
J. N. Morgan, supplies-----. 10727.1
E. F. Craven Co., road machinery 10.0
I. Brazeale, work at poor farm ---.00
D. L. Barker, aid to poor. . U 00
Bivens & Co., supplies. 16-1.05
Falconer Co., supplies.. 257
Reese Howen, work at poor farm 3.25
A. B. Talley, bridge work 20ou
Reid Hardware Co., balance on eiigine. . . . . 00
Obie Mansell, bridge work. -- 0o
.50.
WR m ak Boggs r-crlw ork2-h .00
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f.E ods ropsorktton andtob
needed by our country. Yc
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Death of, Mrs. Monroe King
leasley Progress.
Mrs. Mary Lenhardt King, wife of J.
lonroe King, died at her home in the
,enhardt section, three miles north of
,asley, on Sunday afternoon, January
0th, after a short illness from pneu
ionia. Mrs King was about eighty
bree years of age. She is survived by,
er husband and four children: Mrs. W.
'. Ariail, of Gadsden, Ala.; Mrs T. K.
Lidgens, of Sparitanburg; Miss Hattie
:ing and Ernest M. King, of this
)unty.
Mrs. King was twice married. First
Mr. Barrett, of this county, Mrs.
nail is a daughter of the first marriage.
he was also a sister of the late Richard
enhard of this county.
She was a woman of many excellent
'aits. A member of the Baptist
iurch. The funeral and interment
)ok place in Easley Monday afternoon
4 o'clock, Rev. R. J. Williams con
icting the services.
W. L. Blackerby of Norris, was in
>wn on business Monday.
Will Banks, a well.knowu citizen of
ear Pickens, died last Sunday at the
ane of his father. lie had been sick
>ur weeks with a complication of dis
: ses.
Valker, l'vais & Cogswell Co., books. o
. T. Skelton, bridge work
V. G. Ilunter, blacksmith work
V. IR Cantrell, sowing grain at poor far
'exas Co., oil -
. A. Jones, road work
ustin Bros. scrape
S. . MlColuin, magistrate
'. Medlin, coroner .
Iregon Lumber Co., cement.
'rank itosemond, saw set .
1. W, Hester, supplies
V. T. Stewart, paid hands at poor farm
I. Roark, slerifl and dieting.
. S tew t, salary and postage 1917
P. Thomas, road work
'ickens Hardware and Grocery Co., supi
'ickens Lumber Co., lumber
1. 1). and 11. L. Smith, stripes
V. L. Pressley, road work
V. L. Matheny, clerk and postage
1. 13. Taylor, coal
. .Nelson, lumber
.l. Gosnell, road work
. W. Head, road work
3us lowen, road work
knse McKinney, work at poor farm.
lyer & Co., note and interast 5i months
[C'isha Younglood, work at poor farm
0. A. McAlister, road and bridge work.
W. C. Gaines, road work
Lentral Drug Co., supplies
J. T. Gassaway, house rent for gang
George Cannon, bridge sills
T'. A. Bowen, boys' pig and corn club
11. A. Townes, auditor
0. T. Hinton, salary and stamps for se!
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Roanoke School News
The Carlyle Literary Society will give
a public meeting Friday night, February
22d, at 8 p. in. at the school house.
Some public speakers will be present.
Miss Edna Earle, asistant home dem
onstration agent, visited the school
Thursday in the interest of the poultry
and canning clubs.
Mickler Moon of the 7th grade has
been-absent from school the past few
days on account of sickness.
The society has elected new officers
for the next term.
The following additional students are
purchasing thrift stamps: Francis, Sam
mie, Otis. Elizabeth and Katherine
O'Dell. These make twelve who are
purchasing stamps. Cuppie Nix and
Helen O'Dell have completed their cards
and have exchanged them for war-sav
ing certificates.
Don't Believe We Said It.
Greenville News:
Editor Gary Miott. of the Pickens Sen
tinel was in our midst yesterday and
said that under Government control the
Pickens Railroad has been very early of
late, although it was sometimes behind
before.
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W, L. MATIENY, Clerk,
PICKENS CHAPTER
I""RED CROSS NOTES
A new shilmnent of wool has iust been
received by the leui G ross chapt8tfer here
anad those Who desire to kniite ither sox
or sweaters will be ible to get the wool
it the IRod Cross rooms over Keowee
IBan ik. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the
r.mnwr.4 are ol'a-t nron 3 p. im. 'til 6 p.
I. a"d soneIM-01 will be there on the. e
d.,vs to let the wool out. At any other
61110 the onwe who desire wool ann see
Mrs. 'T'. .1. Mauldin, chairman of knitting
at1 lw-r . A Simiple ptir of socks
w , :ho sint and di Iectin- Iolr k iIitting
swevaters.
(a Tluesday andh lTursdaiy afternoonis
as miany ladhes ats enn possibly do so are
reilue(sted to cometS to the Red Cross
rooms and help with the surgical dress
ings. We have an order now for oakum
patds and will begin on them this week.
It is not necessary to have taken the
"t imse im surtgical dretssing to be able to
hs':j now'.. so don't stay away on this
Tlhe linished pajimas are beginning to
eorge in and the ladies who have not
hur~shed their's are reijuestedi to have
themn in byv the roiddle of~ next week as
we want this shipment to go int this
montlh with our February shiptmen t.
Grand and Petit Jurors
lFollowing is a list of t he ptit jurors
rwnto serea h ett mo h
llas obch wVill conven. :.- ' ken on
MIonday, l"ebruary '5>, 191 ,, with Jt.1udge.
Jo hnt 8. Wilson presiding.
W TI Earle WV Andehrson Looper
ID lI K entnmur Il M olding
W E~ Stephens -1 IJ 'Williamis
lI ( I lloward lI I) I athiem
W WV S(eabot-n J.1 Malssengale
WN 1 Evait t WV inu Freeman
A ' I 'tutanam . Jamtes Winchester
TI T lIartont .1 l Ml Steele
If t;'Fowleri R. MI lldent
.1 N\ ligon I) C Mann
.9 Frank (;ilstrap ( Ml Gravley
.1J Ellisont Waddy llTomas
IC L, lelenderson Johtn 11 Ittrugl
C ' I, RC .gsdal' itl I l'errty
A' Maubulint .1 Edd I .ooper
A1 J I:ttttger J L, ITornley
TI TI I .i.ont W~ Ml lttllen'tinet
Ge W' ' Howe'r:: W\ II t'has tain
TI A\ Gary .1 L Murpr~hree
S Wyatt. O'Del; Jamest A Robinson
([he al:.w ''. hlid oiver fromt1917)
IC Mi lil A It Adkins
JI A~ Iluntic i'r E McIhoruer