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TI1E SENTINEL:JOURNAL. Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, S. C., as seoond olaseematter, under aot of Congress of March 8, 1879. VOL. XZXVIIS PICE~IR, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURS~DAY, OCTO11 24 1907 ________________NO 22 Te The Gatherer. The Comings and Goings of People Some you know, some you don't. 1 BY M1188 GUSS1B HUDDAR D Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Richey and lt tle daughter, Margaret, have return ed from a pleasant visit to Mrs. Mar garet Morrison in Columbia. Mrs. Swittenbur.: and Misses Ola Richey and - Cogburn spent Satur day in Greenville. Misses Bessie and Gladys Maul. din, of Easley, are the guests of Mrs. A. i. Morris. Miss Ida Hendricks, of Oclenoy, visited friends here Friday. Misses Nellie Urandy, Maka Boggs, JRilleen and Lorena Taylor, oi the (. F. U., spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Pickens. Miss Florence Bowen has returned from an agreeable visit to relatives in Cateechee. j. H. Morgan. of Greenville, spent Saturday and Sunday here with relatives. Mrs. H. C. Griffin visited her daughter, Mrs, \Vill Bruce, Satur day. Mrs. J. J. Chastain and daughter, Miss Miume, are visiting Mrs. Ma son L mper. The many friends of Mrs. John Boggs will be wrry to know that she has been se ioi'ly ill for several days. The Auf Weiderschen club met at the home of Miss Helen Boggs, Wed nesday, and reorgatized for the win ter with the following officers: Miss Helen Boggs, president: Miss Lucia Folger, 1st vice president; Bruce Boggs, 2d vice president; Ernest Fol ger, secretary and treasurer, and Jas Carey, corresponding secretary. An elegant supper was served and 12 new members were voted un and' re ceived. Miss Maggie Ferguson, of Easley, is the guest of Miss Eva CI.ristey. Miss Intz Keith is visititg her aunt, Mrs. Hamp Craig. Mrs, Will E White and her littl. -daughter, Evelyn, of Anderson. are the guests of Mrs Evie Thornley. Geo, A. Alderman, of Columbia, is the guest of D. B. Cooper. Mrs J. A. Almond, ot Elbeiton, eTA., is visiting Mrs. C. B Hagool. Miss Bess Ashmore went to Green will., Saturday, to attend the fair. jMrs. E B We bb is visiting her ~ parents In Atlanta. W. A Thonas and family havo re ;. turned from a visit to Louis Vaughn > in Cateechee. Mrs. Trolbert, ntee Miss Cora Lool - er, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs E F. Looper. Mrs. M. A. Loioper is reqorted -quite sick. Her friends hope shje may sooni be up ag.un ~,Echoes ifrom Winthrop College. H ving partially recovered from the. shock of again going under rule anitithere has been added a formida ~ ble number of n sw phases which fairly 8truckc as dumib, at first -the "Little Girl in Blue" will try 'kee,. tmee rules, and it may be we'll ~.'.learn to love them almost as well as Swe love the old bell which calls us to cecti-.ms, in time. In addition to the new rules we have several other new features this year. There are 12 new officers an teachers, We have a new oversee of the grounds, and some improv< ments have been made. We at pleased to note that the sidewall have been paved between the colleg and city. The mile-walk is uow little consequence to us, For amusement we have as yo had nothing in which the public hi shared, except the first number < our Sta:: course, which was given laI Friday evening. It consisted of lecture on Russia. The subject wi very disagreeable to some who has no relish for history, but Dr. M, Arthur soon had us so interested thi we listened with eager interest to tb close, and we even drew him out I say more on the subject when w met him after the lecture. We were permitted to visit th carnival in Rock Hill one evening r cently. This was a viry unusul privilege which we greatly enjoye< Some of us have been called upo to do extra work for the Winthro College exhibit at the state fair, an we have been hoping that some con sideration of the fact might secui our permission to visit the fair, bt no official notice has yet been give to that effect. We are enjoying the base-ball sei son now. The last game of the seaso is usually played on Thanksgivin Day -one of our greatest days. might be interesting to most of yc to see the great loads of exprei brought to Winthrop the day befoi Thanksgiving. It is as truly a fea d.) for us as any who enjov ti gre t privilege of being at b 6no, at "grandfather's house" on that do Our literary societiss are vei active organizations this year. Ne members are being initiated at evei meetiag, and we are having, in add tion to the fun, some remarkab good literary work. We expect give a public joint celebratitfn of ti "Curry" and "Winthrop" societi early in November. The Pickens Association. In going from the Pickene side I uO.s Roads the delegates and visi -. had to pass through Wolf Cre4 valley. All that nature and the di could do was done to please- to mal happy. October takes the palm f such da s. This charming landocase of Pic ens county is one of the most pictu esque as well as one of the mo productive. Through it from ti Pickenis Railroad to Cross Roads rut a smooth, well-graded public highwE that has a few wrinkles made by ti waters from the hillsides trying1 get to the creek below. 1tb side of the vallev are deeked WJ legai newv homes surrounded' &'h wvel kept farms, white wvith cotton an wutu an abundant corn crop-all in gorgeous setting of autumn forests ii b .th sides --making the dream of t1 landscape painter como trne. Out of the valley, at the east ent you are at Cross Roads, the countr chureb, an ideal place for'the peop] to mieet-end crowds of them ce tainly did meet. There was a fu repreu.ntatio~n of de egates, and was refre'dhing to feel the earnstne~e with whieb they went at their worl and to see the glow of enthusiasmi o the countenanices of rnon who knes they wer e doing good. No sacrifle is too great to get the ly that come from doing good. Whr'n they ge together and began- to talk they sool found that the mission epirit ha' control,. and it certainly set it seal upon- the beginning of a gree work in the Assoeiation. This wa the subject emphasisea o aturday i and it was a good place to get away r from one's self, and be made to feel d s- that he was a part and parcel of a e great work that must be done well, . 8 and done now, e I trust some of toe members will " oi make full report for your paper. It I will do g'.od wherever it goes. I it Kindly say this much for a Is VISITOR. >fu t ADDITIONAL LOCALS. i B Newton & Jamison will open a sales stable in the Richey stable on West Main street. No% is a splendid time to dig and tI c bank sweet potatoes. The crop is 0 said to be unusually good. Capt. 0. P. Field is a "sooner" . man. He would sooner have a tax receipt than carry the money, so he drew tax receipt No. 1. T. L Wat kins was running him a close second. The treasurer collected $ on n the first day. a Iat d W. J. Holden, formerly of this V county, who located at Scaly, N. C., d in the flats of Macon county, has sold bia stock of goods to his brother-iu" di law, E. P. Brown, and has bought flve lots at Dillard, Ga. H e has ulso purchashd an 8-room dwelling and t and two storerooms. and is as well d n fixed as any one in town. Will is a d n g :usl.ler and deserves success. We thank the merchants for the rr u liberal patronage they are giving us. E l They realizo that advertising pays, b it and are buying liberally of space, but X we cannot handle any advertisiLg r copy in this paper unless it is filed N with us, not later than Saturday il morning precoding the date of the ) Y paper in which it is to appear. This it w rule is imperative and will be strictly. y adhered to benceforwsrde a Our correspondents deserve, and il ; have, our thanks, for their communi- e cations, but we want them to write . oftener- -be more regular, and get ti their copy in here on Monday's mail. E Also, we want to impress upon them i the importance of signing their name al to the article-niot for publication, 01 "o but as an evidence of good faith- ti t- that the Stanl I. all right *If your 6, k article doesu't appear in the paper, M 'y don't cuss the editor, stop and think Aj e whether you signed your name to the w >r piece or not. Ul Pickeus is gradually, but slowly F r. and surely coming to the front. The cc business of the town is on the in- bi e crease, the people are building more, til nd better, house, and everybody is 1n ~pulling for the betterment of the m~ etown an d county, both morally and ti financial ly: Tuere is talk of new abusiness bigtated here; another D cotton mill is bring wvhispered, new -equipment for the railroad is an as- V d sured fact, a dummy line to Table M1 Rock is a possibility, and the raising - of the Pickens postolilce into the Spresidential class on the first of the t year is a certainty. Picknus is grew- w ing but not blowing. y D. 0. Mills, who was attending the be e Twelve Mile Association at Keowee ha church, had his horse to run away ve 11 with him. From whait we can learn th ,t Mr. Mills lost control of th~e horse hr e and to save himself and child from cit ,danger jumped fro~m tho' buggy, but ide a thes lines wraijpped around( the child's tu: v hi's and dragg. d it from its father's ide a armn. rThe child wvas dragged a con- to, a siderab'le distance but becamne untait- ha i, gled from tho lines, and, fortunately, he a was tnt setriouisly hurt The horse the j pretty wvell demnolished the buggy ly a and ran throughi thme crowd with the an t shafts attached to him. WVhen he likt * .wis stopped it was found that he was it noit seriously iniured. go Saturday was an unusually busy sy with the Pickens merchants. Miss Gussie Hubbard iq condutc' ig "The Gatherer" column of the ickens SENTINEL-JoURNAL.* She is a )lendid gntirer of items and her >lumn is quite readable.- [Abbe lle Medium. New buildings are constantly going p; the air is pregnant with talk of 3w enterprises, new businesses are iztemplated and everybody is pull ig for Pickens. Each town and ich section of the county has got ie same kind of a move on, and the d county is known far and near as to banner oounty of the state. E. 1 Lawrence, one of Central's dest and most highly-respected cit- a es, died suddenly at his home on t ic. morning of the 17th inst., just V ter a hearty breakfst. le was 84 s hsrs of age and leaves oti brother, v - F. Lawrence, who is 92 years of L ,e, and two other brothers, J. II. t Ad W. B. Lawrence. Mrs. Vandi- t ir, of Walhalla, is a sister of the e CORsed. t Married, at New Hope church, Sun ly, Oct. 13, David H. Kennemur, of ickens county, and Miss Ollie G. elley, of Now Hope; and at the same me, Ola Kelley and Miss Lizzie An irson, both of Newry. The celt ionies were performed by ltov. Ed. Eufl' Mr. and Mrs K-.nem!Lur will ile near Central and Mr. Ia11(t irq. ely at Newry. The Easle 11nd furnished music at the Seneca [ercantilo store last Saturda v. -__ lisq Fanue Harbin, milliner for irs, R. Callaway & Co., Liberty, vis ed her parents here 8unday.-. kfster Whitset Hiott, of Easley, was i town Saturday. Ie is only 12 enre l1 and oan bet as much type a the avurage printer. He is work ig on the Eualey Progress.-(S'.R Da Farm & Factory, A telegramn waS rledevJ here yeg-' arday announcing the death of Mrs. [arriet G, Ferguson, widow ef the te John Ferguson, which occurred 10 80 a. in. yesterday it the home her daukhter, Mrs. H. C. Valen no, in Trenton, N. J. Mrs. Fergu on f4d been ill for several weeks. rs. Ferguson before marriage was t iss Harriet Grady. She was for any years a resident of this city, c Ail the family moved to the old erguson limeAtead in Pioke'ne ' iunty. Mrs. Ferguson was a mem- d )r Af the First Baptist church of L is city, and during her residence (ire' nville took an active inteiest I church work. She is survived by I, e following sons and daiughters: a >bn Ferguson, .Tas M. F'erguson, a r. Frank Ferguson and Mrs. A. B. i~ 'ardlaw, of this city; Mrd. H. C. t dlentine, of Trenton, , N, J., and re. Kemble White,of West Virginia. I Greenville News. 18th.t 0 WVe do not know .f many towns in e state that has improved more thin the last few years than Pickens. a 16 by one the old unsi-ghtly wooden ildings on our main bresiness street se disappeared until now on~ly a g ry few remain, and it is to be hoped at in a short while the last one1 will. ve disappeared. Several of our ,izens have purchased desirable res, siee lots, and~ will in the near fut re erect handsome and costly rea' m mnees thereon. Th~e growth of our Va has been sure and steady,' We is ye never had a booms, andit it is ped that we never will have It is 01 3 town that grows slowly but sure anid finally amounts t~o something rt d not the town that sp.ringe up to e a mushroom in a single night as were, and with equal swiftness og as out of existnce. The contractor is rushing the work in the addition to the court house i-id will soon have it ready to turn )ver to the commissioners for their tcceptance. The Easley Comedy Troupe will resent their successful eomody dra no, "A Black Heifer," at the Pickens mditorium, Friday night, Nov. let. Don't MibS it. It will be long time before you.will een better piny thnn "Black Heifer," ['he kind you c'n't help but cheer, cream and whistle at. Come if you an get even standing room. Prices or tickets, 20a and 35c. We are not much on making excus. 's, but we are almost compelled to pologizo for the appearance of our >aper for several weeks. Several ad ertisers are purchasers of large pace and change often, and this xtra work together with the short. iess of bands in the offici (sufficient o handle the paper, but not enough o handle the job work and change de, the way and times we receive ,be copy) aild the execrable mail ser ?ice thaf is now enjoyed in this part if the w:.rld-makes it necessary that ve issue our paper from 24 to 36 biours earlier than it is dated-i. e, ruesdity night, or early Wednesday 'orning, so as to put in postoffice by [0 30 a. in , in order to get mails Icattered over tho county on Thurs lay. Heretofore we have been keep ng our forms open to the very last "inute, puitting in ncws and chang. n.t ads, but hereafter we will change ., ad. that is not in the office by .turday morning preceding date of isue. Our correspontsuta will please get their articles off on Monday's muails so that we can handle them in the same week. We want to give a good, readable paper, but we are ter ribly handicapped, especially as to the mail facilities, and we ask our friendo o l ribs to bear with, and help uO, Io do the VCt1y best Wi 3an under adverse circumstances. We will give all the news we hear of hal is worth printing, Philosophers, or Sheep. In a letter to the Sun the other day curious considerer of "our institu ions" asks this question: "Are wo a nation of philosophers, r of sheep?" The natural answer is, "Sheep.0" 'he American people are (loci e, obe ient-except to law-submissive to heir politicul pastors and masters. What i8 "public opinioan" to-day? t is the collection of opinions put arth by one athletic, commanding nd absorllaug personahty--a Theo urian code. T'he baaing of the flock a little plaintive as the bramloles lar the wool, but it will follow so :ng as it hears the bell. The "elective" officers-bow are day filled? The flock hears the bell r the boss, anzd follows humbly and iankfully. There are many bosses, Dd th re is only one bellwether of pinion; but as to opinions and nom 'ations, the people take what is ivOen themI~. Yet sheep may be philosophers. heir philosopby must be a resigned talism.- [N. Y. Sun. Pointed Paragraphs, P'olitics saves the reputation of en by their not going into it. Iu actual experienc-:, sweet sixteen either a c'hunk~ of fat or a dressful bones. A woman can't get over wantong a mraintic life whenz it's .4arving her dea'fth. The average woman is more afraid hurting her complexion than het putation.