Ricp eninIle1 Jourua Feisim., 3nvmar 11RIUA The.gentine14wna1 Qomppa lie. sonftOWAda1*~u TV0WPWN Wafty,Bromi J. L. 0. THOMPSON. ETrol. Subscription 61.00 Per Annum. Advertising Bates Beasonable. iltei*d at Pickeni Fstofface 5 3eoon0cam Mail Mauer PICKENS, 8. C. : BJESDAT. DECEMBER 10, 1908. ANOTHER MISSTATEMENT. -n its WatisU0e Easley Pro zress nisrepregentg the action of. .e town wunceJ1 of Pickens. rhat paper says that a special neeting of ouk cpuncil w" P.All, d and a tax of V per 44y W#0 010.n Mr: Q'D?911fgr9 doing bi= iness here; but, that paper dai. Inued, Mr. O'Dell is still doing iusiness there and has not paid he tax-thus insinuating that te was defying our town author ties, and who did not dare en pree an ordinance they had en cted. Now this is absolutely untrue, ,nd it places both Mr. O'Dell and jur town authorities in a fale Lnd unenviable light-the one ts defiantly disobeying the laws >f a municipality in which place -t was (loing business, and the uthorities with being too timid ;o enforce their statutes. Here are the facts, and had Vhe :gress editor first seen Xr. O'Del he would doubtless ha"e I so informed him: Our munici pal authoritie havc n1evor (Ies tioned Ihe right of Mr. O'Dil to sll out the stock of goods he bought of Mr. Roark in Pickens,', just as he saw fit and proper. It was simply a change in ner ship in. aii established and repn table bisiness, and an court of justice would have-o hedd. What our town colicil hitends.to do and what, too, the Sentinel Journal has denounced, -and will continue to denounce-is that scheme to defraud the public by having so-called "cost sales" with marked-up prices, and then too often giving short weights and measures, and the dumping in our town and palming off on the tradling public, the hard stock and the refuse and merchantile drift-wood from stores in other places. In other words, that Pickens shall 'maintain its high reputation for selling only first class goods, and not only the i'eputation of our towvn maintain ed bit the people who trade here be protected from aliens and imn posters. Neither did our town council nor the editor .of this pa per place Mr. O'Dell, when he bought out the Roark stock of goods,in any such category, and no attempt has been mnade, or will be made, to assess upon or collect from that gentleman any special tax. Were one of those "cost sales," as shown up by this paper, attempted in his own town of Easley, we doubt not but Mr. O'Dell would favor his town council enacting a similar ordinance. HIere are the facts about the sale that Mr. O'Dell conducted in Pickens: Mr. O'Dell was not at first announced as its mnana. ger, but another party, not a citizen of this county, and wh< has the reputation of engineer tig "cost sales" wherever h( *can induce a merchant to turr over to him his stock of goods t< manipulate, It i'as to suppress such sales that ourdown counci asasessed that tax of $5 per day .said " was such sales that ou p ~aper criticised. We hadn thought' th ,our.county mrCV(amWt,5 was c.on Fucftng tha1t s1;e tIt the J. 1 I a%vertised ' Its mang vam of the stok., And '1'tu this th4 Sntinel-,Tournal dete rined to make no further reference to the matter, for oui editorial was general in its character, and not personal. But. the editor Of,'ji4 Easley Progress, in,. order to" assail and prejudice the public against our paelr dregged in the nanle and business of Wle fellow-towns man Mr.. O'Dell;'and it appeared to us that he fathered or endorsed that false and uicalled-for at tack on the Sentinel-Journal and its editor when he had distrib: ted over our town and aniorg our friends and patrons many 'goples of the Easley Progess con Wing the offensive article, and which we could but consider an attempt to estiny pUblic confi dence in our integrity and injure a business on which we depend for a support for our family. It was then, and not till then, that Mr. O'Dell's name appearedV in our columns, for it was nec essary to mention him in order to make proper reply to the Progress; and those who read our editorial of last week will see that our reference to Mr. O'Dell was more in a spirit of humor than resentment. There was neither call nor occasion for the Progress editor dragooning in the naie of Mr. O'Dell or any other Individual, asourcrit icisis of cost sales we:e general in their character and not perso nal; and as the S. -J. has already 3tated, no one need wear that 3hoe unless it fits, or yelp unless a fragient from that "cost sale" beick-hatsg -uc hinv; rsul ijilni Mr. O'Deil's standhig as a busi, ness man we do not thipk it was necessary for him to even dodge as We had not' -him in view nor diLd we aim in his direction. If Mr. O'Dell's sales were not up to his. expectations he must place the blame where it prop erfy belongs, viz.: at the door of the editor of the Easley Progress and who most unnecessarily set him up as the target at; whichg the Sentinel- Journal aimed wvhen we were firing at random. It would be far too great a compliment to our little paper to assert that it has such power and influence to control and di rect the trade of the great coun ty of Pickens and all surround ing country, and that to insert an advertisement in the Easley Progess is like tying the notice of a bargain sale on a sticks and throwing it into a dry well. So far from desiring to injure Mr. O'Dell or his business we would be delighted to have him, and many more such merchants, permanently locate in Pickens. Since writing the above we are told "that Mr. O'Dell appeared befoi-e the town council of Pick ens, at the meeting that assess ed a special tax of $5 per day on itinerant merchants opera ting cut- rate sales in our town; and Mr. O'Dell not only express ed himself as endorsing said or dinance, but rema,rked thgt he Iwas a member of the coundil of Easleyr and would introduce a similar ordinance for his own town.. So it will be seen there was no more foundation for dragging Mr. O'Dell's name In that spe cial tax matter, than when the Progress editor attempted 'to m aake him the target at which our general (riticismn on cost 'sales were aimed. Mr. 0'iDell 'might plead, "Oh! Save nyle frQo k friends!"\ i Officers. Los S ry night L. (t tate Consa ei di t ion thaltheir bLa they", n cOn . nC ation t6 -' K in the ener al directin th their io'ma tion called, it hey soon, over hauled'John Inter, colored, in a wagon and 'a vessel of whis key,' unnJ*1qd Veasuring.pot. Upon the-ne.; ' aoch of thO ocer n comtpand. to him.t.a;tt hn abandoned his teabl. to the "tall timber,! ca a shot gun with him. M. qrbin starte4 in purwA4t, Wh Mr.. Cureton attach *hinself t' the team and w 67, . Corbin pressi ed ha ae e negro, who, seeing he we being.closely pur sued and likely to be caught, wheeled and -,red point-blank at his puisuer at a distance of about- twenty paces. Mr. Cor bin was in- the 'middle of the highway, the moon was shining brly, aid he was a fair tar-7 get for bIwould-be murderer. Perg,iving the daner he was in e swiiik up" considerably. It was a mfiracle that he was not killed outright, but as it was' he was only sliglitly powder burned. Had he not been at such close range he would have very probably been killed. Mr. Corbin . returned the fire with his pistol and John then took t0 the woods. After securing the team and whiskey Mr. Cureton joined in the chase and was also shot at the shot cutting the bark from a sapling right at him, and this slight deflection very prob ably saved his life. The officers returned the fire and John was punctured in the thigh. After bhe officers closed in on him and )rrested him he continued to try 'o fight and succeeded in jerk ng loose from the officers and is he did so he became qntangled ,n the undergrowth and ell reaking his leg. Fr A log A-In jail and -' ' 0~ was lodg given medical at 11tI6. When he gets through serving sentence on all, ,of the charges that will. be proferred against him he will have a more wholesome respect -for the law. and the officers. The Fou:.try Show a Success. The Poultry Show at Pickens last week was all right, aside from the attendance which was small. People who are interest ed, and especially those who are breeding fine chickens who do not attend these exhibitions do not realize how much they are missing nor how much.-inform ation of inestimaible value they are failing to get.. There were about 200 entries, a more varied assortment, and much better birds than were in the show last year, and more of out-of-the-county exhibitors. The judge was Loring Brown, Esq., of Smyrna, Ga., a brdeder and -fancier of high repute, also a very conscientious judge with a national reputation and with al a mighty fine gentleman-a man who knew something and who knew how to tell it interes tingly and entertainingly-one whom it was a real joy and a pleasure to meet. Mr. Brown was delighted with our town and community and spoke very entlhusiastically and encouragingly of this section as a chicken-raising centre. He was greatly surprised at the nice lot of birds on exhibition and at the success attained in breeding them. He was delighted with the exhibit,saying it was the best small show he ever attended and that there were birds here od enough to go in to the Madison Square Garden show. Wherever Mr. Brown goes we feel sure that he will sound the praise of Pickens and her show as we are that the Pickens peo ple will laud him. He is a good and conscientious fjudge, and, whether scoring your birds or selling you his, will always treat you fair and give you what is coming to you. Pickens will have a warm show next year, the boys are' already preparing for it, and If you want some hot competition you can get it here, so begin early to pre pare for it. Mr. Brown wil very likely be the jt.ge ' TUVLAN..f The Ayers Company New tre whon you Come'to & you wig issed something-4"tyoU~ t.I olowt. A Place of Dolls. A Parad'se of Toys THREE STORES: China Store, Millinery Store Toy Store, Visit ali' Buy your Holiday Supplies from us Member of MerchanCs Association. WE PAY YOUR ,RAILROAD FARE. THE AYERS CO. W. Coffee st., in tront of Opera House, Gsa!5JmVIULE, S. C~ John M. Waddi.l& Son I I I West Washington St., GREENVILLE, S. C. '(TH-RT' E8-FROM MAIN STREET.) Deale s in 'Carpets, Art SqUIares Rugs, LAde Curtains, \Vind6* Shades, Upholstery Material . ,a beries, Ma,ttings, W all Papers, Picture Frames and Furniture, Novelties. LARGEST ASSORTNENT IN THE STATE. In the above lines wve carry at all. times: More than one hundred Art Squarew, in all makes. Sixty styles in Lace Curtains, in mediuni and besit grades. Forty styles in Hall Curtains. r3olids and Bagdads. Fifty patterns in Upholstery materials. S iventy-five styles in Drapery materials, colors and white . Large line of Stair Carpet, and fixtured. Ten thousind rolls of Wall Paper, now on hand. We Mianufactre Any Color and Size of Wimlhw Siade' s We make to order, at a .day's notice, aniy 'size H ALL OUYRTAIN, in any eplor-. ing wanted. S9PECIAL.-We are members of the Greenville Merchants' A.ssociation, 'and will refund Railroad fare, to and fro, (within forty mniles.o9 Greenville,) to any buyer of $25.03 worth of merchandisa from us. We carry no "Trash" in St:ck, at any time; -nothing at forty,.rne cents; noth. ing at ninety-nine cents, nothl.ng at a ilollar and ninety-eight cent?.. Our constant effort is to soil the best values at the lowest possible price; to win and hold the confidence and esteem of the tr eding public by fair dealing, the strictest reged for truth, and a due care for the Interests of our customers. Our Pickens nelghbers are resp3actfully invited to- call on us when visiting.the city. Rubber_Goods.. 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