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Reins of 1 Local and Personl Nature. --Miss E, ula Cox, of Cox's Bridge, is Visiting relatives at Chattanooga, -Dr. V. F. Anstin. dentist, will be in his office at Easley September 15th and 1&th. --r. Wardlaw has so much work on hand that he has decided to stay another week in Picki ns --The paper is delayed this week ni.-acceunt of our shipment of paper not reaching us on time. -Liberty beught her first bale of new cotton ;m the 8th inst., from Wyatt O'Dell, paying 12 cents therefor. -It. C. Carter, Liberty, hs re ceived a lot of the celebrated "Thorn. bill" wagons which he will sell at the right price. -~Misses Bessie and Annie Shank lin, of Easley, spent several daJs in Pichen.i hast week, the guest of Mil. C. E. Robinson. - Joherry Hester, of the Dacns ville section, was stricken with par alysis last Saturday evening and died Monday night. -We have o1e second hanld, 0one. horse buggy for Ri h,. Been run very little. Any reasonable price will buy it. Oraig Bros. --School teachers and trustees will do well to buy their crayons from us. T1en cents a box, and they are all good. Pickens Drug Co. --The merchants of Liberty are putting in big stocks of goods and are expecting the biggest trado this fall inl th0 history of that iustling townI. -Lety. Rosamond, colored, left last week for i'uskegee, Ala , to enter Booker Washington's school. Loim is a good negro and iill do well at anything he goes at. -Rov. J. E. Foster was elected pastor of Secona last Saturdaoy. This is the tenth year lie has served and the church is progressing wonderful ly under hie ministry. -The second planting of corn on Keowee and Seneca rivers, is very tine, and the farmers will not lose much by the destro3 mg of their crops by the June cloud burst. S--Give us your order for job print. ing. Our line of stationery is com plete and we can do your work with neatness and despatch. Call and get our prices. We can save you money. --Capt. R. E. Steele, of the Crow Creek section, had the Imisfortimr1e to lose a very tine and valuable mulo Naturday from' getting its log broken and was in such a condition it had to be killed. -Ben Fisher, of Jocassee, says lie can stand on a mountain, near his bonse, anad count where seventy' water sp.oauts had waushed large rocks and immense timber- leaving the land as clean as a road. --Clinton Barker and Misses Lizzie, Lettie and Minnie Baaiker, of Oconee, M iss Ada M auldin, Leslie Morgan and Misses Elsie and Ola Morgan, of Prafers, atteanded ser-vices at the Methodist chIurch Iast week. -R. C. Carter is conlnected with two o)tlihr very large stores and they buy13 their goods in sucb quantities that it enables him to save you mnoney on mxost everything you buy from hm. See his change in ad. -The supply of peach see l being1 so much greater than tihe buyers ex peCcted, we are unable to handle any maore at $1.C per buishel, but want fifty' bushels at 60 cents. Craig Bros. -N. D). Taylor, photographer, will be in his stndlio at Packens, in the Carey old1 building, next Tuesday and Wednesday', September 15th and 10th If youi want first class work call on him, and rest assured you will get it. -Now is your chance. They must go regardless of price. I still have a few sec-ond-hand sewinig machines left which will be sold at some price. Come and get one before they are all gone. They all do good sewing. W. H. Johnson, Pickens, S. C. --The followving are arrivals at the Ambler House: Mesdames WV. P. Smith, Georgetown, D. T. Smith, Georgetown; L. D. Melton, Colum b~ia; Misses Francis Smith, George ~%.to wn; Florence Mciton, Columbia; Eva 'ch win~g Greenville, Ida Sch wing Greenville; and Beufort Smith, Georgetowin. -Mrs. 'Nancy Wilson, .iwho re sides two mniles belowv Central, and wvho is 97 years old, hoed a corn patch this season. In her 95th year she carded, spun and wove the cotton into extra heavy cloth and made it into meal sacks. She presenited 0one to M r. Aaron Boggs, who immedi ately fille 1 it with corn and present od to her. --Prof. iR. K. M .on and wife have been re elected to teach the colored gradle 4 schoolA at this place. That is the best thing the board could have alone for the colored people and their school. He is now teaching tha Rock school near Table -Rick, and will he there until the 25th inst. Announcement will he made hater as to the ope.ning of the school here. - Isaac Langston, a good cit iznn1 and Confederate soldier, died at tile home of his son-inm-law, Charles Child ress, on the0 7tha instant, at the age of eighty-four,.and wase burited on the 8th at Bethlehem, in the presence of a large concourse of friends. He wvas a goiod 'nanl; ha-l beon a member of thle Met (t hodist church for many years. Hie leaves sever-al children, besides a host of relatives and frijends to maourn his death. -F. A. Riobiason, of Charlotte, N. C., represeintinig "Robinson- Br-os, Blleaching CJo," is now in Piokens in troduciing the "'Safe" Washing Fluid" an artice i-eeded in every ho usehold, for cleaning clothes, floors, glass and imwar-e, atove vess, etc., in fact cleans anything that can be oleaned by sap), fo,' which It is an excellernt subalituto It. hs der' a uaran to do aint os ca doa 4 shaonld1)Mt IeM -- James H Powers, son of 'T Powers, of the "Keowee side1 St tending the cornmercial eQur. Converse college. Spartanburg, ant stauds at the head of his clams. 1e will- graduate shortly 10 the busibese course and talso I'd stenography., -Monday * a.aleday but there was nothing to. 3411. Titers were gey. oral people in towOi and a good Uime they had talking of the good crops prospects. . Tuesday severid people were here on account of the degular meeting'of the County Commiseion. -ii? paper is publiwhed to dis. semi-nate tile news,.ad we can only give the news wlwpsvet ive learn of it. We want to give you value re. ceived for your money and all the news we can, so will appreciate very much any items you will send us. While they may pot be news to you, remember that oth'ers will appreciate reading them. Just send us the skeleton on a poital card and we can put tho clothes on it. tf. -Confederate veterans represent. ing the various townships in the county met in the court house Mon. Lday and elected four of their number to constitute the county pension board, which serves for one year. W following gentlehen were ele. . J. B. Newbery, chairman; S. T. Prior, J. J. Herd and B. 0. Johnson. 'his is an excellent set of gentlemen ,omposing this board and. the inter. )ss of the old soldiers areo in safe iands and their interests will be care. ully looke4 after. -Our exchanges have beon for nime time chronicling in glowing erns "our first bale"of 76"tton." it s our pleasure to .eport that Pickens ias received her "first bale." It was rought to town by our enterprising imsthing farmer friend, J. P. Smith, >f Pea Ridge. The bale weighed 551 )ounds and was bought by Heath. 3ruce-Morrow Co. The price paid Vas 12{# cents, thereby netting the )roducer $69.5. This same Pea 1idge section of Pickens county will ave to be christened "Cotton Ridge," or it has become the best cotton -nising section of Pickens'county. - -School opened Monday. morning vith 119 pupils. The enrollment by grades is as follows: First, 16; sec. mid. 18; third, 13; fourth, 9; fifth, 8; iixth, 18; seventh,- 12; eighth, 12; iinth, 13. This is 25 per cent more han any enrollment on the first day since the establishment of the Gradead school thres years ago, and 50 per sent more than the' firbt year. With .he increased enrollment which the 3raded school has, due mainly to the lforts of the efficient superintendent, Prof. W. X Dendy, the present build og will not hold the scholars. We hink it advisable for the trustees of he school property to devise a slan wvhcreby a new and moi e commodious juilding can be had. If they go to work at ik they can have the new 1lmildin*g reaIy by the first of the rear. It can be easily built by the town issuing bonds and it will be paid for so easy that the folks will not know how it is done. What say you, trustees? WVill you begin in time? Contract to Let. WVill let contract to repair piers at Hunt's bridge on Saluda river, on Sept. 25th, at 12 o'clock. L. D. Stephens, Supervisor Pickons Co. J. E. Speogle, Supervisor Greenville Co. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber, make roads, travel through, or in any manner whatever trespass in any way upon any of our lands or any lands in our control, under penalty of the- lawv. Mrs. Alice Cochran, Aaron Boggs, W.F A. IBoggs, J. WV. Smith, 0. M. Watson. Ualhoun, S. C., Sep. 10.m1. Twelve Mile Happenings. We have been having some dry, hot weather with cool iiights. Crops are very good in this section but arc needing rain. Prof. Wyatt O'Dell closed a very Buccess ful ' school at Gates school hcuse the 4th inist. There was an average attendance of nsnety-flve. D. A. Riggins has built a new water wheel at his mill. He is ar ranging to do ginning this coming season. i1 he citizens of this community are going to build a bridge above Gassa way's bridge. Cow Boy. Table Mountain Dots. There were six candidaites baptized at Oolenoy Baptist church Sunday by the pastor, Rev. W. 0. Seaborn. Married, on 4th inst, at the real dence of the bride's father, William Massingalo, Miss Roxie Massingale to Mr. Oscar Clark. All of Table Mountain, Piokons county. Married, at Mt. Tabor church on 4th itdet,, Mr. William Medlini to Miss liuliza.Williams. Riev. Loin Freeman affleiated. Little Eula Batson, of Table Moun.. tain, aged three years, died on the 3d inat., from swallowing too much laudanum, accidentally. Her re mnainis were buried the day following ait Crone Roads church. Looker On. Dots From Madden's Bridge, Mrs. A. F. Young and daughter, of Eassley, have been visiting her pa. rents, Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Madden. Miss Gussie Palmer and Miss Flora Grahath;,''of Anderson, have been visiting thesMisses Howell. Job Hendricks and sIster, of Meet, visitod Miss Lola Powers Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Luthaer Kelley, of Cateechee, is spending a few weeks with her mother, Mrs. N. M. Madden. H. 0. Powers, of-Tooo, (a., spenit a few days with his psarenta last week. I think the wedding bells will ing soon. I see he is I oarding at her. house. The oroi B in this section are need. lug rain very badly. Theo meinsbers of Mt. Zion ohutob, rstCen ~a, have greatty Improved 5e$. 4h 1J3. Prt~ttd sneeting oouitiones a he Baptist ohrobh wth much inte .r est Wauifested and forLy accessbons to the church. The meeting' is coil. ducted by Rev. Samples, of *Green. Ville. . Factory wheels no longer turn for want of cotton. The supply is daily Opected. Many of the operatives have moved away. - The annex to cot ton mill is about roid for the'oi. l#nery. The-e are several new bhhildinks nider way. T. N. Hunter baa'let 'the contract .(pr building., his -brick store to Contractor B E. 0 %udj, of Pickens. Material ' be 'jplaced on the ground. J. C. Rankin has purchaed the cornur lot on. which Dr. iollingsworth's old livery stable stood and has begun to roll his store building on it. Crops are suffering for rain now. The S. C. Presbytery convened the 2d int. Several cases of fC Ir in this see lion Setenber on hand- cool and re freehmng alter long protracted hot weather. Now brick station and town court l'ouse about finished up. Offendeis will soon have more corfortable quarters ..when-. lodgitg with...t'.wn Paps. The dust from a ,distressing diouth .was almost suddenly trans.. formed into mud Tuesday mor .jist 4t tdy, l-ealt.. Tih ' Prisbviery closed 13riday evening. after a well attended and harmonious meeting. The bext. meeting will be hold at Hon'ea Path. Protracted meeting at the Bapt'st church closed the 2d inst., with 40 additions to the clurch.* The meet. ing was conducted by Rev.. Samples; of 'Gre'nville. it was a great revival adnd-much good accomplished. Thomas Watkins and Miss Me. Whurter were married at the home of the latters brother, B. W. Me. Whorter, Magistrate S. W. O'Dell officiating. The Baptist brethren have become convinced that the seating capacity of their church is not sufficient and are.tlkirig otbuilding a nlew church. The Graded school opened Mon. day with Pro. 'J. A. Stoddard, of Laurens, as -rinail al. Miss Fyke, of Spartanburg, and Miss Kirkley, from down the country, are assis. tants. The educational rally Saturday night was a very interesting occasion. Addresses were made by Supt. R. T Hallurm, Prof. Johnson, Attorney Me. Swain, of (reenvilla, ind Prof. Mor tison, of Clemson Coll-ge. U Many Sehool Claildrenk are Sickly. Mother Gray's sweet Powders for Children, used by Mothe Gray, a n rse in Child ren's Home gts, . 'Sample maild REE-. Address, A I. Six Mile items. Hello, here I am again, to may that we had a glorious rain Saturday afo ternoon. Crops were nearly parch. ing up for need of rain. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Hendricks, of Walhalla, were the guests of the family of his brother, W. A. Hoen. dricks Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ida Fendley, of Stewart sec tiod visited friends in our section Thursday last. Mr. and Ma's. WV. A. Hendrice are visiting relutives and friends at Eas ley thais week. Don't forget the. baptizing at Six Mile second Sunday in this month. Cotton picking in near at hand. Won't it be hard on we poor little children. Health was never~ better than it is at present writing. Mr. John Stewart,. of Alexander, made a brief visit in our section Thursday last to see his blackeyed girl. Bud Rice. has finished his new residence and moved into it. A. P. Alexander,-of Stewart, visit ed his daughter, Mrs. 0. L. Willi mlonl Saturday last. Mrs. P. W. Willimon, who has been on the sick list' for some time, am glad to say is much imp.oved. Miss Sophia Mauldin visited Miss Lucy Mauldin,. a charming young lady, of Stewart, Sunday. We witnessed the death of our de ceased friend, Richard Arnold, whoa died at his home at Norris. His death occurred on. the"5th inst., and he was 88 years of age, and a con sistent member of the -Methodist church. He was kind and benevo. lent to every one that he met, and gained a host of friends. His re nlains were interred the day follow. ing at Mt. Zion cemetery, Rev. L. G. Clayton conducting the funeral ser vices. He leaves a dear dompanion and five children to bewail his deatti and a host of relatives and friends who sympathize with them in their bereavehnent. 8amuel Smith and sister, Miss Leilo, of Anderson, spent a few days with relatives and f riends in our sec. tion last week. While H. Ii. fluwen, Norris, was pass. ing through this section last week, his niule became frightened and. threw him out of the buggy, but he was not hurt. W. B Noris s mkin molasses O'd Riddle. Tirere will be an examInatIon for teachers at this place on Friday Sep. 18. This examination will. be the last one until the third F~iday in May 1904; Yours truly, 8sw8. Co. Supt. 7F d. We have on our shelves mieny reume dIes for constipatIon and billoqioness, but the never-faling, comamon.sepse cure is found only in Ramzon's iveir Pills and Tonto Pellets., This Treatme'nt cures-by relieving' the cause of the truble; the Pink Pill arouses the liver, while thet Tonic Pellets tone up the orgiiws d In. srre natutal and healthy cendit. (bmplete Treatment--two tEetdioines M dose"full diaedliosn -nt .al ?8 ents ig Reduction Sale Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Pants, Overalls, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Saddles, Blankets, Laprobes -. e nd All Kinds Of HARDWARTI4V RE,STAPLE AND.FANCY GROCERIES. th y buy. *ill leave for New York about Aug. 28th to buy one of the most complete ines of General Merchandise ever kept in ethis country and will be sold at the right price. I AM AGENT FOR TIW CELEBRATED LANO MOWERS and RAKES. They are the most simple in con struction and lighest running and most lasting mowers ever made. 684091 AND LIT M1 TELL 70 140UT T1IM., THE CASH MERCHANT, Re Ce (arter Liberty, S. C. To Cure a Cold in One Day e::a,. Ta Laxative Brome Qini TaTts. n ey SWm m" booes in Pae o mv.tb. Tr% box256. J. L. BOLT, M. ). J. N. IHALLiM, Ph 4j. Pickens 0 Drug 0 Company. I E now have the most complete line of Spec tacles that we have ever had (4L wPRICE :z o cents and up. 7r ~ Plenty of H-arness Oil at j o cent a pint. Mrs.Fre Uneth SO P }WE HAVE ALL KINDS {(SOAP. Mrs. Fred Unrath, residet c ury Club, Benton If you vant nice perfumery we have it. After my first baby was born I did not seem to regain my strength although the Pickens Drug Company doctor gave me a tonic which he consid ered very superior, but instead cettn better I qrew weaker every dyMyus. band insited that I take Wiec adul- - _ for a week and see what it would do for me. I did take the medicine and was ver gratelul to find my strength and healt slowl returning.,I two weeks I was out of bed and in a month~ I was able to take eati In ts praise." -. Wineoof Cardui reinforces the organs of generation for the ordeal of preg nancy and childbirth. It pevents mis carri a. No woman wh takes Wiane ~L PR of Ca ui need fear the coiin of her child. If Mrs. Unrath had taken Wine of Cardui before her baby camne s) e wvould not have been weakened as sa was. Her rapid recovery should 3 commend this great remiedy to everyT iEX iVUST CC expectanit mother. Wine of Cardui reglatsh mnstualfo. Ear now ofering mour coetie tofSe otaclesu Shatoe ave GOerUICK WIN O CAR UIpenty Tak arnesoik at o cn arg pint Copaitno re.IUfWyo wan nicepefuer w Ihve t Pickens DrugiCkmpan Courtof.-mmonIPeP.ERS JohnuD.aRes. e eul. flos. ate B. os. bMa AlidLii ~aenowoferin ournimest unMugie err an JshuBaker oftharecellTe aFlotok atritswek B a lso YouarHeyummon ed anelef. Curdt nse h omplaint innotan serfvtcked.meae pleVnea twe ntyd ty fe Ph rices. efc ofCourt of PCoemmsonty alnd sra cop Rof yor Halsier tos tyheri oonIaot ouh aroinawihi JohnD.DRse. ade . RosaJtne ifued to answer the coiplaint ith.s ain whic time aIedain the Pintiof in serve acopy wil ayras to the rsaidE VEtTIIU teomi leai ne tuber eat. FuniuesStvsTrnsIrnBesen Date icebs , A.uth 1903in, wti )wny sAeJth service Sprngeotof, ex-eses JcP.sive ohe dayWefArecFixedvFor Youd redyo aento dants thecomMaitwth nThe tie ateid the mlaintif an theisumctonswoflwhich theCor forigi atoh e reflied a In the ofcofaithe- - - rDayed Feby. 3rA. D. 1903,-~ -- ~ - - J. P. CA REY, Sept.Greenville, 1.03. Mateindoialoc.ofmemdelpplkinega Can Goods. :ugand spicee for FiLing OO, atiNewmalothtner tewnghotso tedoustomenio * * Ourbue issi h Goster Nares lto soeo t Fulrg ni tocksetves, rounks prof testaand BiccleIlpaiin caefllyD~l. rdr o mkerooSrn, os d Maressferin All at WeeAlowFixedlaFhrPric. Ponni-Btein. ig Roe aductios. i ayLns TWJaes R. Ross and ell la WeAvll-rciedafehca f"TUEA( redGON absentod kdefwhaetdaStdtbkerisan To notie thatul th e opainthe and tgt Wtc hssac n oe n e w Tae Lummo ~nso ich e oreg.. al dcopiyt wrefuled the mone of Ith --------e-t c~zr.l~. . P.oe' CAgRE, trso a ~~~lanif' A'tr. . h Bri eM oro ,Co Sep. 8rdA D.193.r -A j 6t .''" ~ 4 Talk About Your "Mill ud Sales" and your " rc a but they are not 'ln It" with our "Knock Down" "Drag Out" Clearance Sale for th6 . - MONTH OF AUCUST. Ria lot of Dry Goods, clothing, shjoes, Hats and Getits Fu'r* ishing Goods to go at ald atd below NeW YoIk cost. Over 0o r of meus and boys pants all size, and colors to go at p, ices never boZ fore heard of in the state of Pleckens. an g lot of Clothing, come and select your suit name the price and take It. This is no fairy tale but plain facts we are talking. We would; rather have cost for every suit in the house than to the time and trouble to move and rearrange them in our now store. . We hope to be in our new :uarters by Sept. 1, and we contem. plate buying the largest stock of General Merchandise, consisting of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Gents Furnishings, Groceries, Hard ware Furniture, Buggies and Wagons ever brought to this part of the country. We will convert our old store into a wagon and Buggy ant Furniture Depository and by Sept 15th we will be prepared to show you a complote and well selected stock. Have just ordered a car of Mitchell & Lewis wagons which are the best on the market. Remember: For the next 30 days we will offer some of tho greatest bargains ever offered in Pickens. Folger & Thornley Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Gents Furnishing A Specialty, W. T. MIcFALL, J. McI). BtUOE, PreakonCt. Cashier. * PICKENS BANK,. OF PICKENS, S. C. CAPITAL, - - $ 20,500.00. PROFITS, - - $ 10,312.09. DEPOSITS, - - $100,055.29, Interest paid on time Deposits. Careful Management. Liberal Treatment to all it's Customers. WE MAK(E A SPECIALTY OF SMALL LOANS TO FARMERS. ertDIRECToRs - .1. V.. IIAG00I), .1. 11. u"Altry, . 1. I I o sG , If. A. RIHEIY. .1. M. ST F WAII'. .~I. UlbhJe.. Too 5 Sall, TO R the last two months we have Lhardly had time to get a long breath trying to handle so many chickens and we wish to say to the poultry raisers for their good and ours to stop selling ____your chickens so small as they are not wvan "'I ted anywhere at any price. Large chickens wl~ill bring a much better price and are al wvays wanted. Hens are in good demand. We want all the eggs we can get and will give the highest market price for them. Call on us for all kinds of merchandise at the lowest cash price. CRAIG BROS. One-Price Cash Store i September Specials* 3TIN WARE. SGallon Oil Cans, 10 cents. , 1o Quart Dish Pans, xo cents. ' pint H-eavy Retinned Dippers, 5 cents. 9 quart Covered Buckets, 20 cents. * Our Tinware stock is complete; and we sell atI * prices that cannot be equaled anywhere. * FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER e WVe wvill make sp~ecial prices on all T1IN and K A GATE WARE. If' you need any goods in these lines we are certain to interest you. S Remlember' "SEPTEMBER SPECIALS" in TIN and AGATEWAIRE. * Come to see us befote buying. We are running g *lHE ADQU. ARTIERS. W. H. Pickens' Sons, North Main St. EASLEY, S. C. All Summer and Spring Goods at' Cost. It will pay you to buy .now even if you don't need a suit of Clothes. It's a good investment. You can't p~ut your money to a better advantage than to buy a big supply remember you need clothing, next year, and you have saved at least 30 percent on1 your purchase. ' I have added an up-to-d to Merchant Tailoring Establishment to our business. I can cut and niake a suit for you while you* wait. I carry a large stock of piece goods. You are bound to get whajt suits you. L. ROT HSCHiLD Octai, GEENVL 2