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VOL XXII IKNS..- ENSA An Easy swindle. The South Catrolinja Banikorsc' 118s4 ciition throngh its scoretary Joseph Norwood, of (Grotoiville, i n; - out the following ltterreeve ,'l E ns1lio Nicholsond (ft11a0 uginn of Unicon. .. "Dolor Sir-Frte totah of the association it '?4.h, bo r you to repoit. IItoh foll14)w''"g s" 'c, who, it a ppeiarr,1 ltli operating it, this vicillily, l. ho midocod one of our ctstolters to cash-4 i (heeik for him wvihicht profved to b t forgfer8. -"Him planl of operaitionl is to all proach i lmchaniliiit, buy i a smlw I bill of gotds, then tender in payiu-nt. i check dIai n by another paty to his order, apparently certified by ile bankjl on m bich it was dr.m n. "In- the caso which <cu ired here h1o gave his name1 1.s \. It M11ir01, aind prescmited a calrd giving his tId duores ats Sparttiui;1rg nitd rlprescti - ing that hie was wiith the N. T. '. clInpally. The clhiek putpoited to ho drian Iby, W. A. Dickisn on the First Nnotiolmi Bank (f 7rI.)i1stownt, To tmeseve, and wag appairuntly e ti fled by Said banlk. "Tho following description of Morrell imav bei o somel1 service: "Nale, vv. I. MoIrtell; residence SprtnurS. C.; nativity,' U. k.A ccei pation, with the Ame rican Tel, guaphu and Telephl'-c compan; crim inial oepllation, forgers1; age. 25: height, about. six feet; weight, libout 170 poundl,: conlexion, mediuim dark; color of hair, nuedium dark; eyeCS, wore glasses; clean sliavell "IProinl wait ourl eltstolliel' has be u able to leiro'u I1inwce 11ho ablove cccurrenco, this par-ty has also beo opt rating in Spartcmhurg." Distillery on State Line. A spe.,ial to the State from i:iiT ney t.iiys the people of thel Antioch sectionl of (herokee county are hot after a- government. distillerv o0 J. P". enlkins. It is Cttilied tlat the dis tilleiy i within tMe two milte limit. Mr. R1. 0. :8'ams went ilp theri. 8:at iltlday to suiv4'y Iho (hst anco. 'll is distillely i1 on the State l1cc, the he runningI 111 1ough Ile buildin gr. It iS cliimed thai V whn onie fromi this idtate waints to purch'1ase whiskey he is tiken to the Noith Carolina tide and visa veisa. Je akins ws u1) before lungistira1.L Speer lust week oi the charge of F'1ling wih iskey , Ibut the case had not b(een ithiojrouighlV workI('d p1). It. will colll' ut1p igsain iext week. J. C. Otts, Eq. has been ro talined by the Antiocli people il Col. T. B. Bu-tler is itained by Jent - hills. Whiien Ilie e ic coles c up a batle i royal will be. fou-0ht. MIfr. Oil-, will appear before the State board it its next meeting and aisk timea t the peimit be revoked on the ground I.ha it is wNi hin the two-mile limit and is D nuisance to tile communllity. Free Service at Clemson. It gies 11e. pleasur to ani1ouncee to the farmers of South Carolina that the South CaroIlill Experiment Ill Station at Clenison Colk-go is now esta1blishiig a h rd of pue bred calt the, which wrill be compos)ued of the following b)re( ds: Jerseys , Ayer~shires, Devorus and( Shto tlhoins. A first-classt )11 bl'Jr each' oif t heQse breedi' will be kept, andi~ irf the.turi ers wish to breed cattle to these bulls1 they canl (d so) free of chiarge, pro videdl thtt the cat the are niot inifected with T[exats fever ticks. Thxen fore,itul cal tle, b)e fore beinug bted, tmuset be ill sp~ctedA by' the vetrlimarliant. We havec on handi at pir-sent two Jetrecy buill.4, 0110 Her (efit d bull, and one Ants bill, all re'gistered, thqt wiii! be roht ini the near' future. 'The Sta tion hopes to b)3 5y1w1me good calves froma scrubi cowsi atid pure bre d i ed bo115 lla nxt. yearim, theriefore, we ari' an1xioustfo thi Ile fartmiers to bice (( I our' beef bulls, for in so doing thtey wvill also0 assist in inctroducinog into South Car'olina t he long tneded beef cattle for our own miarlo ts. 13. 11. H an1, Acting Aiir al ItHusadrymanit. An Exhibit of Women's Handiwork T[ho Sopth Carolina F~eeratiott ol nWumen Ulubs, nt its recent coniven ton Columi ta, dr eided to estab .....---.thle purp'iose of st tim ulating in tereol iii the homie industr'ies amtonig th<' womn of lie St ato. This exibit iS to be dhisplayed ini e.very tiwni wheri thtere is a Federatel1 Club to take i ini chiarge, iandt wiill conis~t of hand worko of (eery descip ltion1. LaIce, embrl~oidery', basketry', wood-car'vin ~, desigtns of waill paper', ete., wev1t rugis, cartpetC, qjuilts-in fact antvthi made(1O by the handl(s of a South (Jimo lina womatn. Eh~very efllitt ill > mado(1 t) create ai oinumd foi' e wor'k, anid orders1 will be solici' d. All womien ini the State arei ur ge< 14o send ramiiples of thleiru hanid irk./ It i-i espeiLcilly d(eslired thiigh thuis mfovLeet to) reach t he n nitei of to irura'l distictsa, show it the poss'ibilhit ies open1 to themi hbol 1n1 walgo eairneris aldlot 11!:1 makers'i long these lines~ -to) revive, if p )isib , the oldl fashioned art 'ojf wiinig, -hi ch eveni in itsa simpler forms is su :'pt i blo of excellent results '-wov I lag rugs, for examnple, whien wror It i -arttstic lesignsu andl hiurmuoiot coor schees, are in great dem i antmd bring hi1!h pi'cs. No articlo wvil be accepted .>r this exhibit une) wIQHuell made an d ih tract. ivo ini appearaniice. Exhuibito y must also0 piut a reasonle~h pr' upo their work. All commun~iiictions) shtou be ad dressed~o to Alecs. T. Fraser' Jau H, Chi'm Arts and Cra Com). Darlingt , S. U. Noticoa to~ nehtorg andto C dators. A'll p~erstons holding claini against the estiate of Aibne'r Mitcell, )eaised, ar r''egnsted to presenit thie sa c', pr'oper; attested, to the unlderaigni by the 15tIl day of %Deoe'mber', 1903, Porsonsl in deb('hteI to said estate must ake paymnen to J. 11 tauldin, ouh28wv2, A )inistraltor. CONDENSED STORIES. low Clay Rebuked an tiI Mannered Student at Yale. Thae In to General Cassius M. Clav was a graduate of Yale, a membe'r of the class of '32. Somet'imes he would tell of a rebuke that he once gave at Yale to an impertinent classmate. lie was sitting in his room writ ing a letter to a young girl. Three or four of his friends were with him. h'lIev amused themselves sinok ing and card playing, much as young men at college amuse themselves to day, but there was one youth, seat ed at the table beside Clay, who pre tended to be absorbed in a book, whereas in reality he was slyly read ing le somewhat ardent sentene that flowed fron the Kentucky stu dent's pen. Clay suddenly becaime aware of his illpropriety, but he made 11o sign. Only lie wrote in his letter: "I would be more frank than I aim--.1 would ay more than this but there is an imputenit cad look ing over my shouler, reading every word I write." The youth referred to in thai way paled. lie leaped 11o his feet. Clay," lie said. "you are a liar. I haven't been looking over youi shoulder, and I lven't read a syli ble of your infernal letter." Remembering the Children. When the ex-Queen Margheritu and King Ilumabert of Italy cele brated their silver wedd ing tle Ger mn1an emperor and eiipress went to ltomne to help e(lebrate. One iight, at dinner tlie cutieena notiecd that Emperor Williani had emptied a sinall plate of sweets tla was before hin. She had it refilleld. and when the emperor emptiel them into his pocket a second til< she said: "I did not kniow that you wen so fond of sweets." "I never eat them '," replied the clipero. "T'lese are for the chil. dren. I always send them sonic tling every day when I am away." London Answers. Both Going Over. Sail Sichubert, tihe theat ricl mniager, who recently returned from Europe, tells a story of a con. versa tion lie heard on board ship while going over and whieb he says illustrates how passeigers t ry to -0 lieve lie mionotony of lie trip by discussing almost any subject and engaging in the most innie conver sat ion. The boat was three davs out when. one of the passengers was able to o on deck, where lie met an old friend. "liello, old chap!" he exclaimed. "Are you going across?" "Ye'-s," replied his friend. "Arc yOu ?" A Mark Twain Story. Marik Twa~ini once told an in ter viewer lie often felt a desire to ctit loose from civil izatIion anid to gel away by himasel f where lie could rio: and1( yell to his lhenart's coniten t. I i thiis connect ion t here is a story about thle hu morist anmd C'anon Kingsley. Walking along tihe stireets of Lonidon onie day, Ma rk felt the( I OU ARwoP impulse to yell coming on him with irresistible force and said to Kings ley: "I want to yell. I must yell." Tlhe canon said: "All right, yell away. I do0n't mind." "And withm that," said1 Mar-k, "I stepp1edl hack a few steps and, thirow ing myn arm-is abov-e miy head, let out a war whoop that could be heard forl miles, aind in less time than you could conti Canon Kingsley an md mydel were' surr~ounded by a multi-. udofanxious citizens wvho want (ed to know what was the mat ter. tol thiemi nothiing was the matter-. 1 jud wanted to yell and hind yelled."' Chiamberlahi's tough Rlemedly la Pleas ant to Take. Thle finest quality of granulated lonf sugar is used in the mnanufitur- of Chiimbehrlains Cough Remnedy, and to roota used ini its preparation givo it a flavor- similar to mafplo syrup, miaking it pleasant to take. Mr. \V. 1L. Rodoeriok, of Poolville, Md., iln speaking of thia remedcy says: "'I have used Chiamber laiins CJoughi Romody with my childr-en for severl years and cani truithfully say'it is the best preoparationi of the kind I ev er saw. The children like to t:'ko it and I it has nio bai fler eft'ot. For sale biy Picksens Drna Co , F 'rh's Drug Store, Plnkana andl T. NT .-nnte TLity Pickens Drug Company. FHOLIDAY =OPENING! UR CHRISTMAS IOLIDAY Opening will be oTuesday, D-cember the I St. Our I.line of Christmas Goods will all be displayed on our shelves and counters that day. Come then and don't wait until the goods are all picked over. There is lots of people il this iricin ity who will apprcciate a present more hiighly if it is some of our Perfumes, Toilet Articles, 'Albums, Silverware, or other handsomrie and useful articleis which we have procured for the occasion. We can't name pric' s-you will have to see the goods to judtge whether prices and quality are right. W1re arbe So Siire that bohi are raht th-z.t we ile it. 1011 to Comn pfl-re tle.ll. Pickens Drug Company D'Lgs and Faicy StaUoiey. Our Lower Pres : peaK U1, 01 eISiV.e8 Ou1' Pleased Patron1' 0otiuu11 tile Coilvesatio. W t 11ind inll Iing in stlch hir-e' quantitins; th it the' very smaIlled n gm of p pys u.; as w.l1 as1- hI. r prodlus other houss hve. r( nolcko. Thr ouI..and4 , 1' 1d ,'o 1. llr l t 1i a vertIis"Iin 'cheme,; we aId ri l be ind the 1ou11h1-.. t is ll wh . we say It) get you inl (.ur tore: it. is whatl other, t1h m-1:1 w twe n e u in b ying an ;U o tVOIds. Our DI\'iO OS nl SIi(F tr has iibled itse f in the -st six r-onths, :tiid tile e Ise <h nen g on the small proin .%hich wo get. Ue'ow v e mcinenti a Ow i c th ngs we will have on Ua; for the next f-w (1y. 51 Inch Lldi,d 8 kh i n : -Ih'l b. - o9 1ent S. 54 ilie Ladijes. CI. th In ibhik )ly -15 cents. 54 inch Eng i L lr< ili. w I1 .- . 98 eents. 54 inch -I(t:v at l g Skr C Gotds, -1I 4 en . 36 ii.ch All \\ owl S e i '' iii t --r, i2-1 cenS. '10 inch Serg.' and (' assimSoe :wmw . hIn 1; :u..d pnt '25c. 011itiIg V:wvap, r 0i-: yl I':: get from the toin s. Anly as s i tment at. n, o Vtliig 1i'r 5, (1, 8 and .10C. Iig lin. of stripeo W aistin, 10, 12j, L. Al W Red Fboinel 1, Io, 20, 25, 85, and 50. ('otton la"nel, s.omet'n lthig boughit in n rtek. G(L d havy w( igh 1 t , 6 t, S, ac 10 e itA. WE ASK YOU TO S IE UR CLATH iNG M BRfore hning l1 your FA i.L StlT GI(ood , All 'VO(.1 Ki4nev, black or colors, *3 48. 1 g as-orten ini eta r ,ood s, .$5.( 0O to 8i15.00. O)V IERCO>( #10'i4 ( OV iC t OiS E.xtra long all wrO o!, ;A o, $:. -I . $.-! to $-12.50. WAe wil inte .st 3011 if SOuI wid c('. andh .hk tL s CIliing o flany desciption. Little ee Hive. STO\'ER-H OBBS-H EN)iKRSON COMPANY, FASTEN OHOWNG STRK 106i North \la in: Stire, -. C - -. (e~.nvillo, Fl. C. W. T ,j F }( I 1s.., w*3 Ih; *(':. I.. i:. IlLUCM, Prei'lhi n. \' --Pri . . &4 iC na( --+ ePike ili+1 Celp y - -DEIALERS' IN ~.Cotton~ Seed H:eai, !lll, (ii andl Lhtmr..4 (hIunir: ('ouon41 A s'tjjeily R. H. CURETON, Mgr Our (Girmery is Now Ruhnning Day a .1Ngh W. TI. McFVA LL,, ,J. MeU. URUCE, President . Casier. e PICKNS ABNK, OF PICK ENS, S. C. CA PIT A L, - - $ 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. WFR MAK(E A SPECIALTY OF SMALL LOANS TOi( FARMERS. Ii. .\. 111011 EV, .1. Ni. WchEW .\ liT. ..3i .\l1 . tC , 4 Read the PRICES HEATH BRUCE and be Convinced, Three years ago when we plant( e(t the Poople to m ake Pickens th is Vp to you to say whethe-r Awe h Our 1. b uusi .ess has grown frorm C (t7ai trtade of any tr ading house in naie the support of our friends and >oug'ht 1 n ( IOr ous stock of GE NE' bai' of good( t 1 j 4.~lg Sr of Vo0d m rolling in. every d ay ire going to (AT.,er- some prices that v DRESS GOODS, We are especially proud of this department and take --pleasure inl shiowing the A"A -great values we have in our S Broadcloths,Zi bulines,Cash -mires Henriettas, Worsteds Dress Flannels. All of this stock is the lattest weaves and patterns. Here are a fe w special prices we are offering: A nic(e B ro)adcloth, worth 75c., at S0c. Lot 54 inches wide, worth $i.oo, at 75c " all colors, chcap at $I .25, our price only $m .00 ipccial in Zihlline2s, w'orth 75c., at 6o Brilhlintns, regular price 6oc, our special price 35 " 5c, " " "50 Worseds " 11and 20C, ." "10 25 " "15 Big Drive in Outings: ot full 27 wiuI, nice heavy lleece, would be cheap at 81.'c , while they last only 5c i ot extra heavy Outing, worth loc anywhere, 81'' iHere is a snap. We were looking ahead and con tracted for a big lot of Sheeting before the advance. 1 0,000 yards of Easley Sheeting 36 inches wide, 5c 1,5o0 yards Standard Prints, regular price 64c., as long as it lasts you can have all you want at 5c. pr. yd Our line is too large to quote here-comC and see it Ladies Ready-to-wear Skirts: __ A big4 line of skirts to o ~ 2 \~ chea~p. $6.oo skirts at only $5-oo $5.0o " "' " S3.5 \~ ~*J$3.50 " "' " $-0 $12o -(3"$15 '\\. e have enroute one lot - ade Jackets. These were boughlt direcct fr om the manufacturers, which will enable us5 to Offer special inducements. As to style and lit there is nothing e'ver been show n in this section to equtal them. You will m'ake a bigv mistake if you buy your fall Jauckets Corst sCorsets. Any) Piie. Any style. Any size. Ou ieof or-sets is the ms complete it has ever been and1 we have all the latest styles and they ar price~d veriy reasonable. WAe' are always glad to shbw yo GU p UR AN. T BANK( DEPOSITf aeL xaieBc atrad Pa ad. 800 1?JE1~Coua.a Olord. Seven Miflon boxes sold in past la r D~aA-fABAABUINESC0.1.GE.aco30a fMORROW colpigV tore. Fall Tr a d o ur feet on P1icens soil we fradiiIg eoiter of th is secti 0r ve flfinlled our promise Or noi by to day until 'we enjoy the 1 upper South Caoin a. W1 a Customervs and'to that end we h RA L M A E I I N)ISE. Car dr and f*rom now unli January1s 1 astonisi the natives. Millinery department. When it comes to our Millinery Department, weVl not bow to anybody. We have all the latest t[hings' Hats and Millinery Novelties. We use nothing but ti best material and the prices are vcry reasonable. Clothing ahd Gents Furnishings. 'TRADE MARIK \e are showimgt a - * BIG LINE WHITE - S' Theie is no man too -SEA large, or too small long, or short, for us to lit. We make a specialty of slims and stoits. *\WVe are sole agents IC or the famuous "WHITE SEAL" lne. IKnown everywherc for its style n fit. Ery suit is guaranteed to fit, to hold its Col and shape. Prices from $10.oo to $ 5.00. Here are a few Specials to Close Out: 1 2-50 suits at .$7-5 1,000 pair, of Pants to cioso'k i o.oo suits at 6..5o o 7-50 suits at 5.50 pants for 0. suits at 3.98 5-0o suits at 29 8 5.0 s it 4 ~175 pants fo r They will not last long at 1.25 pants for these pr . .oo pants for Big Stock of Hardware, Stoves and Ra~g& anduns, L oaded Shells, Blacksmith Tools, Barbed an Tails. A solid car Barb WVire to arrive ti All kinds of l1'arming Implements. Oliver Chilled - SSyracuse Turn Plows, Disc H arrows, Disc Plows, Grii D)rills. Come and see our stock; it's too big to metit~~ in this limited space. ' Big stock of Furneture, Carpets and Rugs 't the prices are right. Wag nsBuggies and Surreys: Wh~en it comes to W\agonls everyb~ody knows thKj "Studlebaker" is thle best mlade. It will cost you al~i e . more than othler wago ns, bilt it is wvorth the mon Anothler car load will arrive in a few days. We sell eral other makes of wvagons. You can get what wanlt he:re. A nice assortmlent to pick froml. . Another Solid garload of Rock Hill Bugg~ to arrive this week. This is the third car for thlis sca5 The factory has advanced the price on Rock Hill Bug~ but we were lookingt ahead anld made a contract fo. f jobs and as long as they last they will go at the 'same~ price. WVe handle eighteen different makes of bugg~ We have a fewv Barlbour Buggies, madec at South Bost Va., that we will close out cheap. if you are in the n~ ket for buggies wec will make it to your interest to se All of our departments are comple We have bought by far the largest stock in our ry, andl it is going to be sold regardless of price.. Bring your cottonl to Pickens. We will pay you4 HIGIiE~ST MARK'T PRICE. We wish to Thank our friends anld cu stonbers for their liberal patronig2 Our mlotto) is; "luderbuy anid Undersell"' Coime to see us and mlake Thei Big .Storg oux quariters. Wh ether you b uiy 0or not, you are wgf'c - u through. PICI ENS S.C re a Cold in One Day' ilO QgUrilie Tabets.~7 sonths. This signat ,