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THE PICKENS SENTIEUJORNA THE PICKENS SENTINEL, Established. 191. PIOK ENS, S. C., MAY, 28, 1903. VOL. XXXIII. NO TlE PEOPLES' JOURNAL, Estblished, 1891 m'nROrTlATric) 1903. 2 - ROAD CONSTRUCTION. The Improvement and staintenane of Dirt Highways. It is a comparatively simple matter to take care of the surface water on a farm or neighborhood road, and with a road machine several lindred feet of good roadbed suitable for neighborhood trafc can be shaped in a day of ten hours. If the road is suitably crowned so as to shed water into the ditches and the surface is compacted with a h'avy roller, a useful neighborhood road can be produced at wonderfully small cost. On a dirt road of this character a wide tire will consolidate the surface and steadily improve the road, reduc ing the cost of maintenance to a mini mun, said E. L. Tessier, Jr., in an ad dress before a South Carolina good roads convention. If, however, narrow tired vehicles are driven over a dirt road the roadbed will be cut up in a m:IXED BY NARROW TIRES. sh- rt -ime, the water will lie in the made by the wheels, and the labor expe&ied on the road will be practi cally thrown away. If the road under consideration is in a sandy section, a top dressing of clay from two to three inches in depth should be evenly spread and harrowed. Then ,the whole surface of the road bed shbuld be plowed up to a depth of four inches so as to bring about two inches of the sandy soil to the top. This plowing should be followed by a thorough harrowing so as to intimate ly mix the sand and the clay, after which the road should be carefully scraped, so as to preserve a proper cross section, and then the roller should be put on, gradually increasing the weight until the whole surface is com pacted into a solid mass. After the cost of building any road comes the cost of its maintenance; but, - hf the roadbed has been properly pre p and the surfacing well done, the t r can be kept in good order at com tively small cost. The cost of tenance will be in inverse propor tio to the width of tires used on the e method of making dirt roads hv summed up as follows: Clear road of_ all roots and vegetable er, drain all damp places, provide he rapid removal of surface water, _lingon t-the su * a o t44e top dressing, as case may be, mix the sand and clay th~roughly, roll the surface to a hard, evn bearing, and last, but not least, kep on Improving the roadbed by us i broad tired vehicles. \ Good and Bad Roads ' oallties where good roads have b~.vbuilt are becoming richer, more pDs erous and more thickly settled, .whil th-ose which do not possess these ages in transportation are either at a standstill or are becoming poorer and ~ore sparsely settled, says the as sis t director of road Inquiries. If these conditions continue, fruitful fa may be abandoned and rich lan4. go to waste. Life on a farm of ten omes as a result of "bottomless roa " isolated and barren of social en jo ents and pleasures, and country peop in some communities suffer such gre .disadvantage that ambition is c . ,energy weakened and indus ~fryp' ralyzed. e"Tiiiprovemenlt of Hithwayu. t the national good roads conven held in Chicago recently It was de red that the improvement of roads s~ the greatest industrial problem In country. Besides effecting a saving of more than $900,000,000 annually It s said that good roads would solve e problem of congestion in the cities enabling more persons to live In the untry.__ _ _ Good Roads In India. ie streets of Bombay are excellent, ~ eare generally the main roads bughout India. They are thorough -.iacadamized or metaled and made ~th by heavy rollers. Good Rload Notes Missoari two-thirds of the reve nfrom dramshops is set aside for a Streets are to be paved with straw In Poland, the substance having been chemically treated and pressed as hard as wood. It costs the farmers of the United States nearly three times more than those of Europe to market an equal tonnage of farm products over primary roads. Judging from the published reports, the application of petroleum on roads seems to be growing more general. Many hundreds of miles of roadway are reported to have been successfully treated in California alone. A new method of doing away with street dust being tried In France con sists in applying to the streets and roads a very thin layer of fluid tar. The tarred surface thus made is so hard that horses' hoofs leave no visI ble trace upon It, rainstorms do no damage to It and It lasts for many weeks without renewal. Mr. Joseph Pominville. of Stillwater, Minr., after having spent over $2,000 with the best doctors for stomach trouble without relief, was advised by his drug gist, Mr. Alex. Richard, to try a box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets. Hie did so, and is a well man to day. If troubled with indigestion, bad taste in the mouth, lack of appetite or constipation, give these Tablets a trial, and you are certain to be more than pleased with the result. For sale at 25 cents per box by Dr. G. W. Earle, Pick ens, and Dr. E. F. Smith, Eauley, IUARY:RLT REFORY Ofthe Commissioners of Pick- I ens County for January, 3 February and March, 1903. Approved and Most All Paid. Name aId Natol' of Clall kit. I Armour & Co. conv't sup. $ 57 51 y Alexander J P " " 312 I Anthony J R J, Bridge 10 00 1 Armour & Co, conv't sup. 61 881 F Anthony James, conv't sup. 2 50 Brown James A. Bridge 5 16 j Brazeale J M, wood for C H 3 00 i Boggs J Frank, Road 42 00 j Baker B 0, mule, poor farm 106 00 y Bolt J L, ex. lunatic 5 00 E Baker RA'H, Road 60011 Boggs A J C C P, stationery 5 50 1 Boggs W M, road 957 P Boggs W M, bridge 7 28 ] Bolt & Webb-med. service 25 00 ] Bruce J McD, in't on claim 81 85 y Bowen A G, bridge 1 78 ] Burdine Annie, Conv't sup 157 50 ] Chappell E C conv't sup 29 36 ] Creishaw W E, road 35 00 ] Clayton L G, ex. lunatic 5 50 13 Chapman S D salary 1875 F Chapman S D, pay certifics 18 20 ] Chapman S D, stationery 5 76 s Crenshaw J A, bridge 600 s Chapman S D, salary 1875 S Childress R S lumber 485 S Clayton J H bridge 2301s Craig T E bridge 2 30 S Chastain W H salary 1000 .g Davis W W constable 3 10 g Day Elias, road 5 50 S Dickson W P conv't sup. 7 65 S Davis W W bridge 3 55 S Davis W W, constable 3 65 1 Durham J A wood for C H 300 S Durham L R bridge 100 s Earle G W, med. for paupers 1 15 S Ellenbnrg B P blasting ro-k 23 62 S Easley Groc'y Co conv sup 4 19 Folger & Thornley conv sup 240 00 S S 9 "6 "f 8 70 g Farmer B F bridge 2 00 s Fennell J T bldg jail barn 168 00 g Griffin Peter, digging grave 1 00 S Griffith D J, convict hire 61 08 T Griffith D J conv supplies 32 40 T Good Roads Ma. Co ma m'l 11180 T Greenville Tel. Co rAnt 1 67 T Grantt W M wood for C H 575 T Gravley W I road 100 T Gassaway T H bridge 10 00~ T1 Grandy B E, building jail 500 00 T Grumbles G B bridge 3 00 T Grumbles G B road 3 50 g Garrett C W conv supplies 14 35 Griffin Pete cleaning out C H 1 00 W Griffith D J convict hire 60 00 Galloway J B road 1 25 drady buhdingjaH-1227 83- e Griffith D J convict hire 60 00 W Garrett C WV convict sup 6 89 Giillespie J E road 50 00 Grumbles G B road 75 Gilstrap John, road 5 00 Good Roads Machine Co Liberty for machine 31 32 Good Roads Machine Co X Easley for machine 31 32v Good Roads Machine Co Dacusville for machine 31 31 Gravley A M N convt sup. 6 10 Gantt W Nwoodfor CH 6 87 Greenville Tel Co rent. 3 34 Grant Thos L salary 10 00 Gillespie J E bridge 69 75 Holder J D, conv't sup 2 65 fo Hopkins J W constable 2 00 ct Hendricks David, road 2 00 Holder B Lroad 20 00 Heath Bruce Morrow Co iE convict supplies 152 10 nlE Harris Oscar, conv'e lun'tic 20 07 ca Holder M Mwood for CH 500 w Hendricks S D bridge 10 12 a Holder Mv M road 6 08 Holder J D hauling wood 1100 ac Holliday T H convicts sup 24 75 Cei Hunt WE salary 2 35 sc Harris T D convict supplies 12 45 Pi Hammond W W conv't sup 6 50 Howard W E bridge 1 95 Hendricks W A conv't sup 6 85 Hallum R -T salary 73 47 ft Holder D S road 6000 m Hendricks D E road 15 00 ge Jones F~ W lumber, nails 1 10 Jenkins W L salary 12 (0o bi Jennigs RHIns on CH 119 16 A Jones W D bridge 19 06 gi Jones W D road 53 77 la Jennings R H returned to p sinking fund 3100 00 Jones Q T convict supplies 6 50 ai Johnson B C, equalizing.Bd 7 60 T Keith E F salary 18 75 af Keith E F salary 20 10 Keith E F salary 18 75 is Knight J M lumber 3 30. Looper Joseph, road 350 Looper E F convict supplies 6 00 tI Lewis W J road 1 00 h2 Lewis John, bridge 50 gi Looper J Li, bridge 1 20 ni Looper J Tpoorfarm sup 1 000 Looper E F road290 Lewis John, bridge 1 00 bI Looper J T conv't supphies 7 35 bi Lathem J K Equalizing 1Bd. 8 40 v~ Martin T W conv't supplies 2 00 ol McDaniel J H G con lunatic 36 15 h Murphree F B poor farm sup 1 40 h McDonald J C conv't sup 1 65 Mosee Robt, hogs poor f'rm 16 00 cI McDanliel, J H G salary 50 00 bl McDaniel, 3 H G dieting 21 00 g Miller J S constable 11 35 Miller J S constable 7 90~ Miller 3 S constable - 10 50 Miller 3 S constable 11 30 de Massingill James road 4 05 g Mahon & Arnold conv sup 57 90 fo Mauldin J S conv supplies 4 50 in McDonald 0 H bridge 2 75 y McDaniel J H G salary 50 00 sa McDaniel 3 H G Dieting 17 10 at McDaniel P P constable 10 40 of McKeeW|P road 2 00 K Mauldin J B road 16 25 at Miller J S constable 7 70 w Miller J S constable 13 25 et Miller J S constable 10 15 e ulun n M road 4 50 Tr fauldin Kirk, constabe 12 10 IaUly J D bridge 1 44 fanly J D road 40 foon L F road 3 00 IcDaniel J H G dieting 12 50 IcKee J A convict sup. 70 furphree F B poor frm. sup. 1 00 IcDaniel J H G dieting 4 90 TcDaniel J H G salary 50 00 ,ewbery J B, J P ex lunatic 12 00 rewbery, J B, J P ex lunatic 12 00 ralley P B, road 7 00 rewbery J B, stationery 3 11 orter P H, convict supplies 10 00 ickens R R Co frglght 8 65 larrot A P conv't supplies 4 60 ickle JA conv't supplies 1 50 rince & Neeley con. sup. 18 40 eople's Journal adv'g 14 00 ace A A, bridge 1 50 ickens Drug store med pan 12 45 'ace D F, bridge 1 60 orter P H, p'r f'm sup 1 00 ickens F E, conv't sup 2 00 erry E E, equaliz'g board 8 40 orter E R, conv't supplies 6 75 rice Floyd, road 35 ice J D, convict supplies 15 60 >wland C G, salary 25 00 igdon L M, lumber 9 04 ark C F, constable 5 65 oper S A, road 2 50 ampey J M, road 9 00 oe J T, salary 50 00 ussell Dr H E,,med conv't 3 00 obinson C E, attorney 30 00 teele Jno E, conv't sup 15 00 teele C M, conv't supplies 2 70 tephens L D, d 2000 tewart Robt, spe com &c 30 31 tphens W E, conv't sup 22 35 iirley Dr L T, ex lunatic 5 00 Lephens L D, haulIg com 7 11 mith Nathan, bridge 2 75 tewart J M, stamps &c 4 30 tephens L D, exp road con. 37 55 tephens W E, conv't sup 6 35 bewart J M, conv't sup 4 47 ephens W E, guard'g con 40 00 aaborn W C, road 9 25 mmons Robt, lumber 2 70 aborn W C, con supplies 3 75 tephens L D, salary 62 50 )aborn W C, road 117 10 ewart J C & Bro, road 1 00 tephens W E, guard'g con 20 00 ngleton J E, road 4 00 mpkina D C, road 3 00 ompson J L 0 printing 2 00 mpkins W F, bridge 60 00 ompson J L 0, printing 30 00 iylor T F, damages 11 00 rainu'n W M, bridge 2 25 2omas J L, work poor farm 1 90 illey A B, salary 62 50 illey A B, spe corn &c 28 95 illiams 0 P, hogs pr I'm 19 00 elburn A J, spc com &c 24 00 'inchester A T, con sup 12 00 elborn A J, ex good road construction 11 30 inchester A T, pr F'm sup 2 00 yatt A G & Son, con sup 3 00 hitlock S H, dig cow pit 5 50 illiamns Elliott, bridge 21 00 ebb E B, ex lunatic 5 50 elborn A J, spe corn 26 00 ~inchester A T, bridge 50 illiams M F, road 3 25 elborn A J, salary ' 62 50 aldrop E R, bridge 4 50 hitlock S H, bridge 4 50 inchester A T, Innmber 10 25 L. D. STEPHENS, Supaervisor. M. STEWART, Clerk. HowM Thus? We orfer One Hundred Dollars Reward e any case of catarrh that cannot be red by Hall's Catarrh cure. F. J. CH EEY & Co.,Toledo,0. We, the undersigned, have known F. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be ye him perfectly honorable in all bisi ss transactions and financially able to rry out any obligations made by their ading, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale -uggists, Toledo. 0. Hal's Catarrh Cure is taken internally ting directly upon the blood and mu us surfaces of the system. Testimo ls sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. d by all Druggists. Hall's Family lls are the best. A Sad Accident. A very sad accident occurred at e l'hornwell Orphanage Tuesday orning, May 19th. The centr, gal wringer in the stei m laundry rat, a portion of it striking Miss nna-Anderson, one of the orphan ne, who had just come into the undry to speak to some one. The ece of steel broke both her arms id dreadfully mangled her body. ie cild died in a few minutes ter the accident. She was a Swedish girl of prom,~ s. She was especially talented music and served as organist in e chapel service. The accident s cast the entire community into oom. Dr. Jacobs, president of e Orphanage left Monday for lifornia and it will be impossi e for him to return before the rial. The accident will be a se re blow to him, as the children 'the orphanage are very dear to At the time of the accident other tildren were busy in the laundry, it no one else was injured.-Clin n hronicle. A sure Thing. It is said that nothing is sure except ath and taxes, but that is not alto ther true- Dr. Kings New Discovery r Consumption is a sure cure for all rg and throat troubles. Mrs. C. B. mMetre of Shepherdtown, W. Va., ys "I had a severe case of Bronchitis d for a year tried everything I heard but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. n~s New Discovery then cured me *solut~l." It is infallible for Croup, h oping Cough.arip, Pneumt'onia and insumpton. Tr.: it. It'sin ~unted b e Pickens, Drug, Co., Druggist. nat bottl free. Reg. size We at.0 Bill Arp. . HE bantam hen has batched and three little grand chil dren are happy. They can't talk fast enough to tell me about them. There are little things in our domestic life and there are big things, but I believe the little things are the biggest. For a month or more these chil dren have been watching and wait in-g for the bantam hen to lay her litter and hatch her little brood and this morning the telephone bell rang furiously and it said: "Our bantam hen has hatched," and soon they came running to tell us about them, but they didn't stay five minutes. They had to go back and look after tie bantams. Well, there is noth'ng prettier ia all nature than a little brood of bantam chickens and my faith is they were created specially to make little children happy. It seems that they originated in a lit tle town of that name on the island of Java and have been transplant ed to other countries. They are a 17.0r2idr an'd a b~~nfam rooster will attack and whip an ordin9 game cock of five timee its weight. These little children come to see me every day and t3 comfort me while I am sick and their presence c is the best medicine I have found. r The happiness of our children is d the biggest thing in life and my desire to live is mainly for their r sake. The papers are fuli of big 't things, but they won't compare a with the little ones. x Clark Howell went a thousand ' E miles to make a big speech about E Grant. That was all right. I have more respect for General Grant's memory than for any big man who was on that side, but I a still fail to understand how Lin coln came to appoint a slave hold- e er as general of the army. But f time keeps rolling on and Grant's attitude on the race prob!em seems t to be the popular one now amoig it our northern brethren. The census an& the result of negro edu,:ation has at last convinced the negro e lovers of their mistake, I couldn't imagine what Booker Wasington was to do with that a $600,000 of Carnegie's last gif t, but v I see by Booker's late card he is going to expend it in manufactur ing tooth brushes and he says he p an reform the whole race by sup-t plying them with tooth brushes. That is all right-anything to get rid of the money that keeps on e piling up. He might add a sides factory for toothpicks.p But, speaking about General f Grant, reminds me of his magnifi ent tomb at Grant park, and that ti reminds me of a good thing on one la of my boys who, when in New a York, not long ago, was invited by a some congenial friends to take a ride with them and see the tomb. They stopped in front and my boy heaved a sigh and said, "Yes, that's y old Bob Lee-the greatest soldier te who ever lived, and there's what ~ he said at Appomatox when he V gave Grant back his sword, 'Let E us have peace.'" When informed as of his mistake he said: "WVell, I ti wasn't there, of course, but myE father was, and that~s what hap pened-so he told me General aa Grant surrendered his sword to 5( General Lee and old Bob gave it - back to him and said; "Let us2 have peace" But we want no mistake made about the negroes down hero in Dixie . We want no more slaves.W We wouldn't have one as a free gift- We are ready to give them awry to anybody who wants them. 'l'ha last census report says the negro is much the most criminal of our population and is increasing in crime with fearful rapidity. The negroes who can read and da write are far more criminal than those who cannot. ']he negro is ej four and one-half times as criminalR in New England, where he is edu- b cated. What is to be done about 0 this. "Tooth brushes," says Booker it, w Washington. Surely the man was joking, but that's the way it read di over his signature. Reform the d race with tooth brushes! If there re is anything in the world that a negro does not want it is a tooth bi brush. There is Sam Henderson working in my garden now and I ai envy him his mouth full of big, sound teeth. Never had one pulled A or plugged or to achei I love to see him mouthing a watermelon. No, it seems to be now admitted Snorthern philanthropists that l Lhe southern ugro has been pretty well ruined by their blunder of rorty years ago, when there was aot a criminal negro in Georgia, and now there are near 5,000 in our chaingangs. Bring on the tooth brushes! Dr. Seale Harris, of Alabama, published not long ago in The Constitution the unanimous opinion of the medical profession that the negro was rapidly degen Lrating as a race, both morally and physically, and was destined to 3xtinction as sure as the North American Indians. Old Dr. Cal troun, of our town, a man of large ind long experience, told me that efore the war he had an extensive practice on the negro plantations ind never had a case of tuberculo sis or consumption, but now they ,ere common and as for other dis, )ases, not to be mentianed, they ere found in most families and in >oth sexes. I am constrained to mention this ts a warning to those who have to iire nurses and chambermaids. [he time is near at hand when very one will have to go before an xamining board and get a certifi. bate. But I see my little children *ming up thl winding way and he race problem must take a back eat., BILL ARP, In almost every neiglAtood some ne has died from anbttack c lic r cholera morbusoften before medicine ould be procured or a physician sum ioned. A reliable remedy for these iseases should be kept at hand. The sk is tOo great for anyone to take. hamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar oea Remedy has undoubtedly saved ie lives of more people and relieved iore pain and suffering than any other edicine in use. It can always be de ended upon. For sale by Dr. G. W. arle, Pickens, and Dr R. F. Smith, asley. FOREIGN FACTS. Glasgow corporation has refused to How blind men to travel free on the iunicipal tramway cars. Certain suspected cereals that were xained in Paris some time ago were ohnd to contain 40 per cent of fine wdust. Greece is going to count Its popula on next October. At the last census, 13896. there were 1,266,816 males and 166,90 females. Preparations are being made for tak g a census of the Transvaal at the rid of the year in connection with a msus scheme for the whole of South .frica. In commemoration of the Tiity 'ears' war the battle field of Lutzen, here King Gustav Adolf of Sweden et his death, is to be turned into a ublic park. The sterilization of meat is much racticed in Belgium. It returns to ie trade, under the form of a whole yme product, meat which otherwise 'ould be unfit for consumption. The mixing~ of aqua fortis, which )ts but a few cents a quart. with es mece of lemon has reduced the price Sthe essence in Italy to 23 esaits per :und, while the pure essence Is worth >ur or five times that much. Sweden's success In dealing with the roblem of temperance i' attested by ie fact that the consumption of liquors now only four quarts per head per aum, or one-sixth of what it was in 130, whereas in Gerulany it Is 11.2 uarts per head. Startling Test. To save a life, Dr. '1. G. Merritt, of o. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling st resulting in a wonderful cnre. He rites, "a patient was attacked with olent hemorrhages, caused by ulcerra > of the stomach. I had cf ten found Lectric Eitters excellent for acute stom ih and liver troubles so I prescribed tem. The patient gained from the first, id has not had an attack in 14 mont hs. Lectric Bitters are positively guaranteed r Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Constipation id Kidney troubles. Try them. Only c at the Pickens Drug Co. hotsands Have Kidney Tfrotable and Don't Know it. How To Pind Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your ter and let It stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or set tling indicates an unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; if it stains your linen it Is *evidence of kid ney trouble; too -frequent desire to pass it or pain in ~""the back is also nvincing proof that the kidneys and blad r are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so ten expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp oot, the great kidney remedy fulfills every Ish in curing rheumatism, pain in the Ck, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part the urinary passage. it corrects inability hold water and scalding pain in passing or bad effects following use of liquor, ne or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant >cessity of being compelled to go often ring the day, and to get up many times ring the night. The mild and the extra dinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon alized. It stands the highest for its won rful cures of the most distressing cases. you need a medicine you should have the st. Sold by druggists in 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this onderful discovery id a book that tells ore about it, both sent >soutely free by mail., ddress Dr. Kilmner & I ome orswangs3oo. o., Binghamton. N.Y. When writing men m reading this generous offer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember e name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's vamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, .Y. on every bottle Plunkett, On May Meetings. HE second Sunday in May is the "big meeting" Sabbath of the "Hardshells" at old Hardeman church, and I wish that all of Georgia could be there. Hardeman church is among the oldest churches in our county and being located in a typical "Hard. shell" settlement, it has never be come tainted with any of the new fangled ideas -5nr departed from the primitive customs that were so c )mmon with our fathers and under which sociability flourished, a rev. erence for age was the rule and a dependence on God was the prop to sustain. a Me and my folks and Brown and f his folks are prepating for the day. The second Sunday in May and t the second Sunday in August are the two Fundays of every year, t from time immemorial, that these people have held their big meeting days, and the occasion never grows less with those who are raised in that faith and who have been so successful iu preventing the en croachments of progress within P IdI their fold. Just as it has been for B years, on this sbcond Sunday peo- a le will flock there from r 1 rection, .' . many in wagons, some on horsds and some afoot. They will begin to arrive at u the church full two hours before 0 meeting time and as they arrive a they will gather in groups, tha men w on one side under-the trees and the U ladies on the other, and there is where the great sociability of the t occasion is rade manifest. Saunt- W er around from group to group and you will soon know of everything that is passing in each settlement. If any have died you will soon of learn it, and you may learn of all the characteristics of the departed ' one. If any are sick you will miss I them and soon know what doctor ii is attending them, what kiAd of b medicine is being used, how the . doctor compares with other doctors is and, certain, you will hear of many ty remedies that cured others affected *l with the same disease. All the es marriages will be made known, and if there are any new babies you f will learn whether they are girls or boys and which side of the house a. the baby favors. Such as this will frnish a pleasant pastime until sn the preacher arrives and a song is w started by some c' the old brothers and sisters which calls the congre gation inside the church. Thus it 81 has been for years and so it will be sp on this second Sabbath, and we are a~ all anxious for the coming who hi ave felt the deligh ts and hope that eli the same old ctistoms may always If attend the meetings at Harde- ar man.a There is nothing strange in all P~ these customs to old people, for all II ld people, whether of town or to ountry, have seen just such, but T that a church should retaim them bc in such purity within 10 miles of et tbe greatest city of the south ist rather a wonder and may strike ti some young and "progressive'' st folks as not being the best condi. ki tions to be desired, but the people st of Hardeman are satisfied with it si all, and if they are pleased who oX should object? The very squat- e' ting around in groups and everyb Eyllow whittling as they do whittle, tb has a charm for us, and the song, bi n perhaps- c "All hail the power of Jesus'name, di Let angels prostrate fall, Bring forth the royal diadem ] And crown Him Lord of All"-h hich calls the crow d in4side is b3 sweeter to me than all tbe music 't of the opera and takes us back a through all the years to feast on to memories that seem so dear down ol, to the grave. As already stated, the second ci Sunday is an extra occasion. It is ci foot-washing day with the Hard- ha shells, and this only occurs twice th in the year. Whoever may attend gr one of these meetings on the idea is of seeing them wash feet will be ia disappointed if they expect to find ti anything in the ordinance of a light tL or frivolous nature . It is the :tc Hardshell's sacramental 'occasion iw and is serious all the n ay through, las and is n-ore calculated to bring s< tears than to create fun for the idle w and thoughtless who may attend tl through curiosity to see the "wash- ir ing of feet.'' w There is certain to be a good old- 1 fshioned sermon, with several ir goor1 sngsa bhe h whole cngea- j g tio 1 before the sacrament begins, mnd these are lible to touch any ,ensible person with the impress on that it is no place for fun be ore the rite of washing feet begins; )ut if it does not, then when" feet vashing does begin the veriest fool vill discover that it is not -at all :unny. The ladies gather on one side md the men on the other when iacrament begins. A cloth is taken rom the table and the bread and rine partaken of just about as in )ther churches, and with which I iope there are none so heathenish s to not be familiar. Then feet vashing begins, and it is just as mpressive as the taking of bread ,nd wine. The men wash each thers' feet, the ladies wash the adies'. A 'man pulls off his coat, olls up his sleeve, puts a towel ound his waist, and them humbly neeling he washes the brother's )ot that sits next to him. In turn bis passes till all are washed, and be whole is so serious as to put the coffer to shame and to draw nearer 3 God the most thoughtless youth f the land. No stranger is allowed to depart rom the Hardeman settlemett ithout their dinner. Brown an cipates this with the greatest leasure, and at dinner is another >ciable- hour. The truth is that I the day is a feast of'sociability. he people grow up in socialibili Babes are carried to the biurch a ver meeting, they grow p together and 1 + love each :her, and they love the old u ch id the trees around and the spring here they saunter to quench their iirst or to court and be with each her. All these things pertain at te old church of Hardeman and e rejoice that the day is at hand at calls us there once more. There D will meet old friends, hear of tose who have passed away, learn the sick and the new-born. Not be least of the pleasures we antic ate is to see the babes in their others' arms. They are a pro lc people theteabout, and the lly person I expect to see happier .an the young mother with a babe the one with two bsbes. A pret babe in its mother's arms at an i-fashioned church is the sweet thing this side of heaven, a re-~ Lke to "fashion" arnd a promise e the future .that can never be pected from children raised up nost strangers to mothers, away >m the church and partaking of ch things as the servant upon itch it leans may choose to ins 11. The socialability of such occa )ns Ia a help to r~eligion, an in iration to neighborly affection, d charms the hearthstone of the Lmblest cabin to surpass all the agancies of the modern mansion. such settlements as Hardeman B behind on culture, they are ead on reverency, ahead on a de ndence in God, ahead on that eside socialability that lent charms home and love between kindred. iey may not have the charming oks to read that thrills with ries so pleasing to the taste of e cultures, but this gives them ne at night around the hearth ne to entertain each other, to .0w each other better, and 'to ore up in their hearts a love so reet that it remains a happy mem y wherever they may go or what. !er they may do. They may never fascinated by travel nor feel the rills of fashionable dissipation, it this only makes them like the ore the meetings at the old urch and soothes the spirit of scontent to a better relish of eir country picnics and winter .rties. At last, when "fashion" s went all the gates purchasable wealth or demanded by the loads," there is nothing in it eeter nor better than the cus ms of the good people around i Hardeman. When I conitemplate the great urches soon to be erected in the by and think of these customs I vye written, I can but conclude at Nt would be wise for these eat churches to study why it so easy to "draw" these people the country together. One ing I will venture to suggest is at a mother is in a state of mind en joy the services if her babe is ith her. She is anxious if it is r'ay, and, further, a heap more cial commingling and less starch, ith einging by the congregation, iat gives folks something to do stead of sitting like statutes, ould do much toward filling the inches that are now about empty city~churches and the tendency -owing to keep away. The "ad Shylock was the man wb wanted a pound of human flesh. There are man Shylocks now, the convals; cent, the consumptive, tie sickly child, the pale young woman, all want human flesh, and they can get it-take Scott's Emulsion. Scott's Emulsion is flesh and lood, bone and muscle. it feeds ervs stre the digestiveTthay feed the whole body. For nearly thirty years - Scott's Emulsion has been the great giver of human flesh. We wil send you a couple of ounces free. SCOTT & BOWNE. ChemlstS. 409-415 Pearl Street. New.Your . junets," where people are .lassed and a strain that impresses asaf' feetaion is made toward .-Sociala bility does not fBl the :bill-people - feel more like resenting this "id-. junct" socialability than partaking of it. SARGE PLUNKETT. "A man living on a farm near here came in a short time ago completely doubled up with rheumatism. I handed him a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and told him to use it freely and if not satisfied after using it he need not-pay a t for it," says C. P. Rayder, of Pat t' Is, N Y. "A few days later he as straight as a string and haned give me another bottleambrlai Pain Balm. I want it in the house all the time for it cured me." For sale by Dr. G.W Earle, Pickens and Dr. I. F. Smith, Easley. HORSES AND Two hundred additional stalls are to be built at Windsor, Ont., before the season opens. Will Bray, Sheldon, Ia., has sold the bay stallion Little King (Baby King), 2:16%. by King of the West, to Frank Wirick, Sioux City,- Ia. The little mare Vanzandt, 2.12 who showed up so well last fall, after se ral years' retirement, will be prepared t Poughkeepsle, N. Y. W. L. Snow is trying to mend the] anners of the swift but uncertain1 acing mare Donna McGrego 2:11% and is entering her on the ndci ult. George Saunders, who wintered in eorgia, Is home at Glenvlle, 0., get ing ready for the campaign.. He will race Greenline, 2:Fl%, on the grand cir uit again. There Is a two-year-od colt in Ken tucky by the dead yearling champion Adbell, 2:23, out of Bonna Allerton, 219%, that is said to have trotted a uarter as a yearling in thirty-nine seconds. Mlade Young Agalu. "One of Dr. King's New Life Fills ach night for two weeks has put me i ny 'teens' again" writes D. HL. Turner f Dempseytown,Pa. They're the best in he world for Liver, Stomach and Bow-: 'Is. Purely vegetable. Never gripe. nly 25c dt the Pickens Drug Co's., rug Store. MODES OF THE MOMENT. Entire. hats of chiffon or nmalines in hite, cream and colors will be wr gain. The white castor- glove will be worn ith duck, pique and ,ther utility day owns. The corselet skirt Is still used exten ively for traveling, outing and beach estumes. The hats from Paris are bright and ay in effect. 'They are of silk straw, is light as it Is possible to make them, strous and gracefully braided ,or slted. Beautiful rose tints, shading from ameo, seashell and tea rose .to dam ik, orchid and geranium, appear mong the importations for summe vening dress. The new grenadines are more like - ets than anything else, they are so lky and transparent They are striped tnd barred to gvethem body, and the net expensive weaves are in broche The stiff dead white piques of other lays are replaced each season by Im. roved grades and colorings. This yea nany of their surfaces are glossed, so hat they look like bengaline silks iew York Post GREATLY ALARMED By a Persistent Cough, but Pernha. nently Cured by chamberiain** Cough Reonedy. Mr. H. P. Burbage, a student at law, nu Greenville. S. C., had been troubled for four or five years with a continuous ough which he says. "greatly alarmed me, causing me to fear that I was inthe first stage of consumption." Mr. But bage, having seen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertised, con::luded to try it. Now read what he says of it: " soon elt a remarkable change and afterUsi two bottles of the twenty-five cenit was permanently cured." Sold by Dr. - W. Earle, Pickens. and Dr. ft. P. asley, When you want a pleasant pyfe!7 hamberlain's stomach and lvrTb lets. They are easy to ta end ea s effect. For sale by Dr.G.W. E sser mickn and Dr. B. F.8310'sth le'