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THE SENTINEL J URNAL EnteredjApril 23, 1903 at Pickens, 8. C., u second class matter, unjor act of Congrems of March 3, 1879. -'l. PICEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE, io "a Additional Locals. Tne Pickens ball team played the Seneca team on the latter's diamond on the 12th inst. The score was 8 to 5 in favor of the Pickons teani. Omega, the litLLe daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wtlliam McLeskey, is qle ill with catarrhal.fever, but it is to be hoped that she will soon recover. Prof. W. E. Dendy, of the Doug. lasville (Ga.) College, together with his family, is spending his vacation in Yorkville, with relatives of Mrs. Doul . "is a pity that the Prof. can't 1eet with the Prose party on the I te of Palms this year. Mr. V -J Holden, a former citizen of Pickens cAnty, is now a resident of Macon count.3, N.. C. He is lo cated at Scaly and i 'engaged in the mercantile busines Reports receiv ed here by his fends imparts the information that 'oe is nicely located I and doing wel 1 Salter Fonidley died at the home of uis uncle' Joe B. Fendley, near Cross Rads, last ,Saturday night, 1 from .fousumption, aged about 27 Yefrs. He was left an orphan when quite young and was raised by his uncle. For several years he had been working in the west as a line man for a telephone company. His health failing him he came home a short time ago to die. His remains were laid to rest at. CroFs Roads church Monday morning, Rev. B. E. (andy conducting the funeral ser uiues. 0 E Robinson has sold his office building to R. B, Byars who is mov ing it on to his lot next to the livery stable and will fliy it up for R. L. Hames who will continue to run his meat market and restaurant therein. Mr. Robinsion will build a modern brick building on his lot whieh will be used as a postoffice. The building cannot be erected too soon. R. L. Hawes has bought out the market of J. D. Moore and will open a nice little stock of ihney groceries and soft drinks in the building for merly occupied by Mr. Moore. The style of the drm will be Pace & Iomeo and the business will be man aged by W. A. Thomas. Mr. Moore, for the present, will peddle produce, chickens and eggs, but later he may go into business here. Mr. Hawes will continue to supervise his market and restaurant. Are you reading-the poultry notes that Oraig Bros. are dishing out to the people in their ad space? You should study it very closely. They are "thee" pioneers in the poultry business and they appreciate the patronage you have given them and -do all in their power to please every. 'one, and you should appreciate their efforts and heed what they say and t- urnish them with the kind of chick. ens, they can sell. This do, and rest assured that you will always get what your paultry is worth. They buy all that you bring but pay bigger prices for bigger chickens. Polleceman Aberorombie of Liber ty, shot Joe Hunter last saturday night in the leg. Dr. Sheldon had been missing things and employed Abercrombie to watch. During the! Ight Hunter was seen to come to helton's woodpile and gather up an rm full of sb~p wood and carry it way; he then returned to the bara d began helping himself to rough s. After gathering up this and ting < f lhe was called to halt but brew down his load and ran, eupon Abercrombie shot at him, all a No. 44 piercing the right just below the knee and ing both bones. Extravagant Economy. Sou' people think that life-long self-denial and constant doing with. Lut is the only way by which one can acquiro a competence. Poriaps it is; but throug'h this one robs life of its attractions, and enteils souse less privations upon others by doing I 3o. It seems to us a poor wity to 'make money." It is making neither i living nor a life to pauperize your self by such niggardliness. If you 3Cono0mize foolishly on'the necessities )f life, saviug everything for the possiblo "rainy day," you -vill neve . <now the jay of a few well chosen luxuries, for by the time the "rainy lay" does come, you will have lost ill care for even the gunshino. It is ivell to practice well-chosen econo nies in matters where economy is a iecssity, or in order to liy by money mough to pay for what will make us >etter and happier for having it, or ,o keep us from dependence on oth irs; but this is not the foolish fru ,ality which denies one the comforts 13 hat can well be afforded at the mo nent without wronging others. n lust a little common sense and judg- t nent applied to the every-day prob- C ems of life will enable us to enjoy ;he fruits of our labor and lift even he clouds. from tho darkened path. vay of to day. - [Walton Tribune. D 0 On account of the state not having iufficient funds, there will be no sum- I ner sebool this year. The State f Board of Education recommends %hat teachers visiting the Jamestown Exposition should improve their op. portunity, as a visit to said ExNposi Lion is a summer school within itself. the State Teachers' association meets at Chicks Springs on the 24th. All teachers who can should attend. Those who contemplate taking the examination for the different colleges D i July 5th should have their papers properly made out before .that time. R. T. Hallum, County Supt. Education. To Mothers In This Town, Children who are delicate, feverish and crops will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for chil dren. They cleanse the stomach, act on the liver, making a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c sample Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. 1 Used His Dfplomacy Harry Laughlin told at an ex hibi, tion game in Toledo, a billiard story, says the Chicago Chronicle. "Once when I had my own parlor in Columbus," he said, -'I was a good seal disturbed by the loss of chalk. Chalk disappeared at a tremendous rate and I said to my helper: "'Keep a better eye on the chalk, Jim. I'm no millionaire.' "'I know the gonts wot pockets the chalk, Mr. Loughlin," Jim said. 'Hut theyre regular customers. I guess you wouldn't want me to of rend 'em, would you?' " ' 'Well, no," said I. '1 wouldn't. You give them a gentle hint, though. U'se your diplomacy.' "Jim, I found out later, used his liplomacy that night. He walked ap o one of my best patrons who sad just pocketed a piece of chalk mnd be said: "'You're in the milk business, din't you, sir?' , Yes. Why?" the patron asked. "'1 thought so." said 'Tim, "from he amount of chalk you carry away. Phbe boss likes enterprise, and he told no to toll yo~u that if you wanted a ucket of water now and then you ,ould have one and welcome.' " c The recently discovered razor of 3eon. Israel Putnam was nearly four-|I Leen inches long.. A fter carefully studying New York, 1Jndon and Paris, Dr. Neuifield i., >1t with an article in which i. de lares that Berlin is'nothing but an m1kmeipt village of unkempt peopl.. Lord Curzon was not slow in- dis. overing what was expected of the ead of the up-to-date university. [is first act as chancellor of Exford vas to make an appeal for a niili'n r so for the "urgent needs" of the 1natitution. Ellisonj Warren, son of John G. Varron, the New Mexico cattle king, 'working as i bell boy in a Los ngtiles hotel and studying book. eeping in a night school. Warren ero has a 500,000-acre ranch at Angle, N. M., but the young fellov as determined'to make his own way i the world and refuses to aCCept el) from his father. He returns becks from his parents, r-arking bem, "Declined with thanks.' In connection with the Pennsylva ia scandal, which now seems to, be oiling so fiercely that somebody iust be blowni up before long, poli cians in the Keystone state are re tilling a remark made by the late enator Matthew Stanley Quay. .n intimate friend asked him for aid 2 getting in on a fact contract and Ir. Quay replied: "-Better keep out f that altogether. All those con ected with the state capitol buii ess will be in the penitentiary be re they are through with it.' Mrs. Lottie Thompson, a rich vidow of Grand Junction, Cal , has dopted a young Ute Indian as her on and heir. She saw the lad re iently and was struck with his intel. igence. He had no parents and the vidow offered him a home. The boy a known under the name of Earl Dennis and is 13 years old. Onions as Irrigators. A farmer has made a discovery hat will be of vast importance to armers during a dry season. He has oand that by planting onions and motatoes in the same field in alternate -owe the onions being so strong, )ring tears to the eyes of the pota oes in such volumes that the roots >f the vines are kept moist and a ig crop is raised in spite of -the Irouth. It is time to commene put. iig out your onion sets now. . - News From Liberty, A very severe storm passed over ibis place Sunday evening. There vas heavy thunder, much rain and levere bail, which did much damage 06er ps. The storm reached on into Lnderson county, so we are informed 'nd is reported as being much more lestrucive there. Several of our citizens attended he reunion at Richmond, Va., and eport a grand time. Mrs. T. A. Gary, is reported as uiite sick and has been for soe ine. Wheat harte'at is now on and thei armers have their hands full. The cotton crop is very sorry and >ad stands r~re reported as the rule ather than the exception. The gasoline "ngine seems to be growing in favor. A car load of them vas unloaded here last week for dis ribution to parties in) varions parts f the ooumty. Thbey will be used in inning, threshing, ce. C. F ree with nich dollav's worth of coffee li ;anceplate. cup adsue fdr 'rated ware wilth gold baind. My eolrg' a guairaniteedI to give satisfaictiona. Overstocked on pants--prices cut.,.i Somne bargaims in stoves. 2 Second mnd rarages cheap. T. n. H a nn . Bad Case of Cold Feet. Andy IIarkness asked a certain youling lady if it took much monoy to lnuy it Woilian's clothes. Slo saidt "Not very much." But even then his fe-et stayed 3old.- Kelton (Wyo.) uazeftio. India's Deadly Snakes. TheI vl;:aug ils silakes of India muost de.f trulv%*e 1, li'. 1n.y he yhiced iI the f'ollowinlg ortet: Iirst of, all coies the deadly cobraI't responisible .for ne(arly inle-teiths of tihe fatalities. and thieI the irait-, kil putr, Hitssell's viper, tho hatiyais iiaid Itaj-samp. Tie water snakes kill a good m.any, but they are oiparati vely Iar'e. A regularly or gana'ie warf'ar'e is waged u1)0lonInia~'s myrhids of rep itiles, an(d III each dis trlet a regular liead tax is paid upon each lloIra :atd other snake killed. Technical World Magazine. Eternal Fitness of Things. The mistress of thie house is ia culti vated BostonIan of m1uch mu111si cll taste, an11d the whistling of the foot man, who believed biuliself alon(e In the house, fretted her artistle soul. "Joseph," she ealled at last from the head of the back stairs, "please don't whistle those vulgar ragtin" things!' "Yes, mm,'" returneil Josoph meek ly. "I knmv. 1mem.," hie coitiuiied, With unlexpeted splirt, "but youl Cnn't ex ppet ai rhapsody of Liszt winh eleaning the knives. That will come later wheii I'm1 polishing tit' silver." - Youth's Foley's Honey and Tar eures the most obstinato coughs and expels the old from the system Is it is mildly nxative. It is gnaranteed. Do not risk aking any but tile genuine in the yel ow package. Parkins Pharmacy, Liber y, and Pinkens Drug Co. We all know and respect and avoid frank persons. The world Is full of them--t'o full for the general comfort of Its other inhabitants. And frequent ly what they call the truth is not ab stract at all, but Is merely the expres sion of their own-and frequently er roneous-opinlons.-Woman's Life. The pleasant purgative effect experi need by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and th healthy condition of the body and mind which they create makes one feel joyful. Pne, 25 cents. Sample free at Pick ens Drug Co. The name of the first man who skat ed is biried in oblivion. Skating, how ever, is very ancient. It Is mentioned by the Danish historian, Saxo Gram maticus, in 1184. William Fitz Stephens speaks of it In London In 1180. Figures of skates appear In Olus Magnus' his, tory, printed in 1055, The Way of the Child. A small boy who had recently passed his fifth birthday was riding in a sub urban car with his mother, when they were asked the customary question, "How old is the boy?" After being told the correct age, which did not re quire a fare, the conductor passed on to the next person. The boy sat quite still, as if ponder ing over some question, and then, con cluding that full information bad not boon given, called loudly to the con ductor, thea at the other end of the car, "And mother's thirty-onel"-Hu man Life. No matter how intently a wife may listen when her husband Is talking in his sleep, she very seldom learns any thing of real importance. And the re sult would usually be about the same It she should listen to everything he says while he is awake.-Somerville Journal, After ail regrets, life is good. To see the face of truth and(1'enjoy ,thie beauty of tears and smiles, to know oneself a man and love what belongs to manhood --all this is a blessing that may con [sole us for all wants and that sickness and sorrow and, one may trust, death cannot take away.-John Sterling. The managing director of a London enh firm with 1,300 horses told a coun ty court jndge they worked their horses sev-en days a week in the Lon don streets. Th'le average life ot a cab horse in London was about six y'ears, b)ut someL woumld go only three months. Some wuoiuld iast I weii'e years. The spidier has tegreatest appetite. A gentleman fond of scientfic experi mienis catptiured a spider and by means of' weighing it. and thena 'onfhiig it in a cage found tha t it ate four times its weight for b reuak fast, nuine t imes its weIght for dinner' anad tit'een times its wailh for 51m.11,. 11y, go The Call Accepted lNev. John F. Matheson, of Eas. 1ey, has accepted the call extended to him by the Presbyterian church of this city and writes that lie will try to arrange to come to Gaffney by the rmdleof ul. InI NlO meantime it il ptob-able taiat he will cooe up sone Thursday night and conduct prayer mieetingr. Mr. Aatheson is a sp~lendid preacher, and tho iidica tionsi are thbat ho is the 1mn1[ the 'resbyteriatis have been %Vaiting. Luafyney Ledger, 7th inst. We hope that this does not mean that Rev. Mr. MA'thesoni will give up the pastorate of the Pickens church. He is a mighty fine preacher and a splendid uan, and the people of Pick ons would give him up with universal and genuine regret. Union Meeting. Tho second division of the Pied. mont union will meet with Flat Rook Baptist church Saturday before the fifth Sunday In June at 10 o'clock, a. M. PROGRAM 10 a. n., Devotional exercises by Rev. J. M. Steney. 10:30,.Report from the churches. 11 Introductory sermon by Rov. J. R. Moore, alternate Rev. P. F. Craw ford. 12 m. Intermission. 1 p. m., let Query, What are the best methods of getting a larger number of church members to take an active part in Christian work, by Rev. J. P. Dendy. 2d Query Christian development in the churches. Opened by Rev. F. R. McClannahan. 3d Query, How can we improve our Sunday schools, by Rv. J. W. Sheriff. SUNDAY. 10 a. m. Devotional exercises by Rev. G. A. Martin. 10:80 Sunday School Mass Meeting addresses by A. H. McGhee and Rev. J. P. Dendy. 11 a. an. Sermon by Rev. D. W. Hiott, alternate Rev. G. A. Martin. Laban Mauldin, W. B. Reynolds, Card of Thanks. To the frieods who came to us ih our hour of sorrow and so nobly and unselfishly contributed all that hu man kindness could suggest to help and onnmfort we return our moot heartfelt thanks, and although such devoted and sympathetic friendship cannot remove the sal memories that linger around our vacant chair, it brings into view the brightest side of humanity and throws the pure light of an unselfish friendship into a darkened borne. May the day be tar, far distant when those friends who gathered around us will need similar attention, but when they come, as come they must to one and all, naay lie "who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" protect them from all harm, long shield them from the sor row, sickness and death incident to humanity, and may they be sustained ed and comforted by friends as noble, generous and devoted, who shall mote to them the, same full measure of generous aid and tender sympasthy they brought to our home when death was an inmate there. M Rs. W. S. CIAxIU and Children. Desperate Cases a Specialty. Si Hoynmow's oldest boy has got ten a license to doctor and has p)ut out his shingle. He has given it out that he prefers desperate cases at tirat, becaiuse if they (d0 (lie It won't make so much diffterence. Give~ him a call. -fjLeesville (Col.) Bnugle.