Pickens. Seutine-Joural
LOCAL BREYITIES
Some Things You Know and Some
You Don't Know About Our
Towns, County & People
-Born on the 18th instant to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Anthony,
of Pickens, R. 1, a boy.
-Mr. Julius Duckworth of
Anderson was a business visitor
to Pickens last week.
-We call attention to the ad
of the Pickens Drug Co. in this
issue.
-N. D. Taylor, photographer
will be in his studio in Pickens,
Saturday the 27th inst.
-Dr. L. 0. Mauldin, A. B.
Taylor and Earle Seaborn were
among those from Greenville
in Pickens Sunday.
-Lloyd Grandy has been
spending a time with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Grandy.
He returned to Bamberg Wed
nesday.
-Don't forget the Millinery
Opening of Miss Partridge, Fri
day and Saturday of this week.
Everything brand new and up
to-now.
-Mrs. J. B. R. Freeman, of
Pickens, returned last week
from a very pleasant visit to the
family of W. B. Freeman, of
Chester, S. C.
-The Keowee School Closed
last Wednesday, the 17th inst.
There was a good average atten
dance, and the patrons are well
pleased. H. A. Townes was,
principal of the school this year.
-Bolt & Co., have had the
thei2 ^tore painted
which ads materiallto the ap
pearance. Drs. Bolt ad Valley
have also had their office 4ooms
painted and a new and lateim
proved operating~ table installed.
being made to
al Route fromI
gh by the May
up Saluda river
* Rock postoffice
iver and back to
?acusville. vv e trust their ef
forts will be successful.
-Mathias Richardson, of An
4. derson county, sent seven teams
to Pickens Monday to get 600
black locust post, (having al
ready bought and hauled 400)
which he bought from H. A.
Richey and 440 rods of wire fenc
ing bought from the Pickens
Hardware Co. Come to Pickens
for what you want.
-Messrs. Folger, Thornley &
Co. have had printed a large fol
der which they are mailing their
patrons and prospective custo
mers, it being an announcement
of their spring stock of goods
and inviting you to call and in
spect the same. Did you receive
one of them?
-Miss Bessie Partridge who
has opened up Millinery Parlors
at Folger, Thornley & Co.'s
store, in Pickens, will have her
opening on Friday and Satur
day, March 26th and 27th, and
extends a cordial invitation to
'uall our readers to pay her a visit
opn those days and inspect her
lirierof pattern hats and milli
nery just from fashion's center.
See her ad elsewhere on this
page.
-Don't fail to read the spring
announcement of Buchanan
Scott Co. on last page of this
-paper. They are receiving the;
latest creations in ready-to-wear
garments, hats, shoes dry goods
and notions from the fashion
centres and can please yui
both quality and price of any
thing in their line that you
*want. Don't fail to pay their
bre a visit before buying your
~aster outfit.
4-Mr. J. W. (Jim Pass) Suth
erland, mention of whose ex
o0 emne illness was made in these
Blumns last week, died at his
me above Pickens on the 17th
mI L-st. aged about 80 years. The
E Amediate cause of Mr. Suther -
8"d's death was paralysis. He
'g buried the day following at
~whamily burying ground near
Tome. Beside his wife and
~ral children, Mr. Sutherland
es a host of relatives and
ras to mourn his death.
-D. G. Moore was in Bafti
more last week buying goods.
-Mrs. L. F. Robinson and lit:
tle daughters, Mary and Bess,
spent last week with her father,
Mr. John Roper of Easley.
-The "city dads" of Pickens
are widening and fixing up the
sidewalks and putting a coating
of cinders over the streets. This
work adds much to the appear
ance of our little city and makes
travel, especially walking, so
much nicer.
-The merchants all over the
county are beginning to receive
their stocks of spring goods and I
are opening up and displaying
them for the benefit of their
customers. They say the spring S
trade will be the best for many
seasons. -
-Married Sunday afternoon f
at the residence of A. A. Jones t
Notary Public, Miss Rubie Hayes
daughter of D. T. Hayes and
Oscar Anthony, son of J. R. J. s
Anthony. 'the young couple
have the best wishes of their C
many friends for a long and t
happy life. 1
-We call the attention of the
dealers in and the consumers of
soft drinks, to the ad of R. L.
Davis, proprietor of the Pickens
Bottling Works in this issue.
He makes a mighty fine grade
of soft drinks and you cannot
do better than sell and drink
this line of goods, which is pure s
and wholesome. t
-There is considerable guano a
hauling now taking place over v
the county, but from the best r
reports obtainable, the agents h
are not selling quite as much as I
in former years, the local farm- t
ers unions clubbing in and buy
ing in car lots direct from head
quarters. f
-The Pickens Lumber Co. is C
erecting a large and commodious I
house on their lot which will be '
used for racking and keeping S
dressed lumber for rush orders. (
This company is continually '
making improvements in their t
plant, is handling the very best
grade of lumber and is filling all 3
orders promptly and is doing a
good business.
-The many friends of Hon.
George E. Prince, of Anderson, t
will be sorry to learn that while iJ
dressing for breakfast last Sun
day morning he was stricken a
with paralysis which affected v
his entire right side. At last re
ports he wvas some better and
could articulate slightly and also a
barely move his arm and leg.
His many friends in Pickens
hope that he may soon recover.
-Ed Hunter, "cutter of whis- t
kers," who formerly worked in r
Pickens, but now located at t
Tryon, N. C., has been in
Pickens this week on a visit, 1
and shows that time is dealing f
gently with him and from his d
appearance the people are treat- t
hag gently, He is a good barber y
and is in a good town, and there i:
is no reason why he should not'
do well and accumulate some of a
this worlds goods.
Mrs. F. C. Parsons Dead. r
Pickens was again saddened s
on last Thursday morning when C
the news spread that the Death IJ
Angel had again visited our r
town and laid his cold, icy, fin- t
gers upon Mrs. F. C. Parsons,
and bade herarise and go unto e
Him who doth all things well. 1\
Mrs. Parsons was, before her t
marriage, Miss Mary Jane All
good, a daughter of the late la- C
mented Alexander Allgood, of 1
this county, and was a sister of i
Mesdames W. S. Craig and W. i
T. Bowen and to Messrs. Win. i.
B. and D. A. Allgood, of Pick
ens county and E. F. Allgood of t
Anderson county. She was
happily married to the late F. t
C. Parsons on July 27th 1878, i
and was in the 64th year of i:
her age at the time of her *y
death, and was only sick a few I
days. She survived her hus
band only about four years.
Mrs. Parsons was a consecra
ted Christian woman and was a *
charter member of Mile Creek .,
church at which place she was E
buried the day following her
death, Rev. J. E. Foster conduc- t
ting the funeral service.
Mrs. Parsons leaves many rel
atives and friends who deeply ~
sympathise with the grief -strick
en brothers and sisters in their
sad bereavement. 1
-Are you reading the mag
;ines. All the current numbe
ncluding "Teddy's", The Oi
ook, at Pickens Drug Co.
-The Heath-Bruce-Morrc
,o. will hold their Spring Ope
ng next Friday and Saturd;
he 26 and "27. The Milline
)ept. this season is in charge
diss Pearl Digges, and you m;
,xpect a showing of all t:
atst styles in headwear.
-The Pickens Drug Co. h
nstalled a carbonater to supp
heir fountain with soda watt
Nith this attachment the su
ly is inexhaustible and it e
bles them to supply their i
reasing patronage in a mc
atisfactory manner.
-Dick Freeman, Jack Lew
nd Willie Boggs, left Mond;
or Chickasha, Okla., -whe
hey will try their hand at ma
ng a fortune. They are
ood, steady boys, and shou
ucceed wherever they local
Ve wish them an abundan
>f this world's goods, wherev
hey may decide to cast thE
>t, and heartily commend the
o the people with whom th<
ome in contact.
Irs. Elizabeth Thompson Dea
Mrs. Ann Elizabeth For
cott Thompson, died at h
Lome in Pickens on the 24
ast. after a lingering illness
everal weeks from a complic
ion of diseases. She was bo
nd raised in Charleston ai
ras in her 79th year. She leav
0o immediate relatives except
talf brother, a resident of Cha
?ston. She was the widow
he late James C. Thompso
7ho with Maj. D. F. Bradl
>ublished the Pickens Sentin
or many years. She was
onsecrated christian, a mer
er of the Methodist church,fro
rhich place, after appropria
ervices by her pastor, Rev. I
f. Ballenger, her body was co:
-eyed to the cemetery and i:
erred by the side of her hu
and who predeased her mar
ears.
Liberty News Items.
March nearly gone and pra
tcally no plowing clone yet, o'
1g to continued rainy weathe
There has been an unus
mount of thunder storms th~
rinter.
The windiest winter on reco
The fruit trees are bloomir
long by degrees. Peach tre
een bloomning all this month.
The temperature fell to 29 d
rees one morning recently ar
> 20 degrees last week, but ti
eaches are not killed yet, b1
be early strawberries are kille
Garden work is somewh;
ite. Small grain crops lot
ne. Guano hauling is the c
er of the day and don't me
ton the roads, but they are ci
p some in places, sufficient
iterfere with automobile trav(
Dr. W. A. Sheldon is ridir
round town in a new auto.
W. J. Boggs has received n
ce of his appointment as rur
iail carrier for route No. 41
ucceed Wade O'Dell. M1
PDell takes Route 3 succeedin
is brother Ross who recent:
esigned to take a position
be Liberty Bank.
The last series of the Lyceu:
ntertainments was filled I
Earvin Williams. He prove
> be a good entertainer.
The Liberty township S.|
onvention was held here ti
2th as per program and tho:
bat did not attend will nev<
now what they missed. Os
ig to unfavorable weather ti
eople from the country did n
urn out as was expected. The
ere seyeral able and enthusia
l aidresses, that made it plai
bat there is great progress b
ig made in Sunday Scho
ork, especially in the town
ut sorry to say the reports fro:
be country are not so favorabl
Ve would suggest that at lea
be superintendents of eves
. S. attend these convenrio>
rhere they can surely get the
nthusiasm sufficiently fired
un a school six months-un1
he convention. You will flh
b worth the effort.
The remains of Mrs. D. Gri
ere brought here yesterday f
aterment. The family liv
or mnv years in the George
s Guam
Expensive to Was
3LJLARITY is the important feal
Shown Here is the BE
. clog in the hopper.
iys in plain sight of the operator, v
the fertilizer directly under the pl<
mly held in place by flanges and bi
Ad scraper are all attached to one s(
e front of the wheel and jars the 1
bution.
eel. It is impossible for this distri
of this tool will appeal to all users
a from all complicated parts, whici
Du will like it. This is a regular $5
RE & M2
Heavy Fertilizer Sales,
In spite of the resolutions the
ntral and local farmers' unions
ave been adopting for curtail
ient of use of fertilizers, the
.cords show that ovec 132,000
mns more have been put on the
iarket in the state up to this
me than was out up to the
ime time last year, when high
rater mark had been reached.
he tag tax at 25 cents a ton
mounts so far to $140,403.42, as13
gainst $117,017.91 up to March
bh last year. The total tax i
st year amounted to $172,234.
3 as against $112,745.85 in 1907.!
We do not know how the rec
e'd stands in this county.
Mr. L. F. Cantrell, a wvell
flown citizen of Waihalla, has
een appointed deputy mrhl
>succeed the late W. B. F. Cor
in, whose tragic death occured
>me time ago. Mr. Cantrel
as already received his corn- -
lission and will take up his
aties at once.
For Sale.
My farm of forty seven acres,
1e mile north of court house on'
own creek. Fifteen acres fine
>ttom land and thirty acres of
pland, all in high state of cul
vation. Has good house and
irn and one tenent house.
umpkintown r oa d run s
irough the middle of it.
B. E. Grandy,
Pickens, S. C.
i'here to Buy the Best
Polultry ad Egs.
-FOR SALE - Silver Laced
7yandotte eggs. $1.00 per 15.
uarantee a hatch of 8 out ofW
5J. T. PARTRIDGE.
.C.White Leghorn Eggs *
>r the balance of the seasoni I will sell best
hte L ehorn Eg- ;l.O per 15 . set on best
3tr. J N. II.\ LLDI~
S. C. Butt Leghorns 0'
r Ducks Egs fcr Ilatchin~ 1.0 t< to 50 per
.C. Rhode Island Reds
S. C. Buff Orpintons(
r ernleS ~ PolryShow'--.'an. 12-15. '09
n and 1st ad 3rd ulet.n Eggs o15 e r lru
W. E. IIENDRICI{S.
Electric
Bitters
Succeed when everything else fails.
In nervous prostration and fernale
weaknesses they are the supremne
remedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it i th bet mdicne ver sold *
w'
rs
Avery
n
l Fertilizer is too
ry any at all in the next. RE
ofI
ly9
e Avery's
as Reliable
ly
Distributor
p
n -
n- Does Not
re
Waste Your
s,
Fertilizer.
k
fll
d The Distributor
e. Damp Guano will not pack oi
ce The Discharge or Feed is alw
er The Spout or Drop discharges
The wheel is made of steel fir
m The handles, beam, braces, ai
A knocker cam operates on th
fect and even distri
A Steel Scraper cleans the wl
d. The simplicity of constructior
te throughout and fre
er Come in and see this tool. Y
o MOO]
a
rn
es
a Creek section, north of Easley.
,r- Later they lived several years
of at Pendleton, S. C. after the
n death of Mr. Grice. -The fami- c
y ly are extensively connected in h
el this section of the county. n
a B. 0. Harris, of Pendleton, r
ai- President of the State Farmers t
m Union, was in town Saturday n
te on his way to address the Ruha- ti
7. mah local union, where they S
n- had a rally day of their own. V
n- They had a good turnout and a
s- very enthusiastic meeting that a
ywe hope will arouse the drowsy a
member .and -they will take a 9
new 'hold on the Union. It l
seems that several members of 7
the union that were once en
C- thusiastic generally, are taking 0
a nap, better wake up boys.
r. Ought not to sleep and let the
al procession go by. Remember
is the Scripture warning "a little k
more sleep---a .little more fold- b
cd ing of the hands, &c." After a t
ig while it may turn out that you b
es have slept away your opportu
nity of your life as well as the
e- welfare of your occupation for
A your posterity. The ,toxin is d
ie awake "ye drowsy sleeper" and
at put your shoulder to the wheel
d. of fate and let's all give a
it mighty heave, all together, and
)k the walls of greed and oppres- 01
r- sion will tumble down and we T
acan walk in and possess the b
2 land. Will you do it, if not u
to why not, or had you rather re- ti
1I main a groveling serf and pass b
the heritage on to your posteri- P
gty. Think of it, as you pull at i
the bell rope over your mule.
aDon't Pull Down.
'o
A great many don't believe it
but it is true nevertheless, that1
when you pull down the town
or country neighborhood in.
which is your home, you are
pulling down yourself. Try and
mbanish from your mind the mis
Itaken idea that all good things
eare away off in some other lo- S
cality. Give your town or
Sneighborhood all the praise they *
1can legitimately bear. It cer- -
s tainly will do you no harm and
3rwill cost you nothing; and above n
V all patronize your home indus
ie tries-including the printing of
t fice. S
re ..
s- The Lurid Glow Of Doom e
nwas seen in the red face, hands and
e-body of the little son of H. M. Adams,
ol of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight from 2
,eczema had, for five years, defied all C
remedies and bafiled the best dociors, -a
rn ted sad the poisoned blood had affec
e.tdhis lungs and nothing could save
st him. "But" writes his mother. "seven
ybottles of Electric Bitters completely
a cured him." For Eruptions, Eczema,
.Salt Rheunm, Sores anid all blood Disor
irders and Rheiamatis -a Electric bitters is
t upreme. Only 50c. Guaranteed by all
bil Druggists.
id - -
FOR SALE - A Phaeton.
Good as new. Rubber tires. Full
ce leather top. Storm cover. First
or check $40.00 takes it. Worth
d $100. See J. A. Peek,
'S ~ Picken Hdw. o.
Distribi
You don't need a Distributor ti
too mu:h in one place or row, a
:ure of a Guano Distributor.
T1
d
$5.
EST for the Following Re
who can always see just how much he i
>w.
aces.
)lid piece of iron.
opper, thus distributing the fertilizer.
butor to CLOG UP IN ANY WAY.
Avery's Knocker Distributor is
makes it a very serviceable tool. I
.00 distributor, but we are making a Si
ULDIN C
Miss Part
(MILLINE
Everything Brand New. I have
Parlors at
Folger, Thornie
and have a select line of pattern hat
shapes and most sought after styles.
Large brims with filower pot cri
Cordays, Pokes, Tricorns, etc.
Don't forget the little folks, Inft
rens Bonnets, Sailors and Tams.
Come and see me, you will find
is new and up-to-date.
MISS PARTR
Backaci
Don't suffer with backache a
ney Trouble.
Hailum's Backach
Kidney Pills.
are guaranteed to relieve yoi
cost you nothing. Only 50<
Five boxes $2.00. See 1.
them.
Pickens Drug
"The Store that has the-G
Aoc Interes1
In First-clas
PERFUMES
Come in and examine
THE VERY BEST M
BOLT & 4
UP-TO-DATE DRUGG]
MErNTION THIS ADT
Litor.
Lat will pour out
,nd maybe not put
te Best on
ie Market
Regular
[0 VALUE
hat We Offer
You For Only
4.50.
asons:
3 putting in.
This insures per
substantially built
ecial of it at $4.50.
.10.0
ridge t
RY)
)pened Millinery
;, all the popnlar
>Wnls, Tub Shapes
.nts Caps, Chiid
everything that
IDGE.
nd Kid
e and
Sor they
:per box
is about
Co.
oods"
~ed?
our Line
LADE.
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