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Pickes Setiilel-Journd PUBUlSHED EVERY TBURSDAY MORNING. -BY The Sentinol-Journal Company. TUOMPaON & RICHEr. PROPS. J. 1,. O. O.rIOMPSoN. EDITOM. Subscription $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. Entered at Piokons rostofaico as second Class Mail Matter PICKENS, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1907. Salmagundi American goods to the value of $14,875,274 were sent to Alaska in 1906, an "increase of more than 28 per cent. over the shipments of 1905. The average amount of honey taken from an English hive is fifty pounds, double ihe American average. The record "take" from any hive was 1,000 pounds from a stock of Cyprians. Joseph Brayer, a Bohemian glass cutter, has, after six years' work, made a clock whish; with the excep tion of the springs, consists entirely of crystal glass. Mrs Brittania W. Kennon, great grand-daughter of Martha Washing too, and a descendant of the last Lord Baltimore, recently celebrated her ninety-second birthday at her home in Georgetown, D C. She was born there and has lived in the same house all her life. Caller-"I'd think that your fa ther's duties as building inspector would be awfully dangerous going round unsafe buildings." Small Son of the House-"Oh, no: he doesn't go near 'em till after they fall down." -[LJife. Bishop Sanford Olmstead, of Colo rado, at a dinuer in Denver said apro pos of Sabbath-breaking: "I was talking to an eastern clergyman the other day about his church attend ance. 'I suppose,' I. said, 'that in your district rain affects the attend anco considerably.' He smiled faint ly. 'Indeed. yes,' he said. 'I hardly have a vacant seat when it is too wet for golf or motoring.'" The proprietor of a large business house, says the Ladies' Home Jour nal, bought a number of signs, readiniff, "Do It Now," and had them hung around the office, hoping to inspire his people with promptness and energy in their work. In his private office one dlay soon afterw~ard a friend asked him how the scheme affected The staff. "Well, not just the way I thought it would'" answered the proprietor. "T[he cashier skipped with $30,000, the head book-keeper eloped with the private secretary three clerks asked for an increase of malary, and the office boy lit out to become a hyighwayman.'' ,The democratic manners of Justice Holmes, of the United States supreme court, continues to impress them selves upon the residents of Wash ington. The other morning he stood on the platform of a street car enjoy ing his after-breakfast cigar, when two colored women lumbered on board with a huge wash-basket, which they deposited at his feet be fore going inside. Wben the car started a piece of gauze netting which was over the clothes began to blow loose and was about to disap pear when the justice grabbed it and chirefully tucked it in. One of the sable owners remarked to her comi panion: "Fe' do Lawd's sake, look at dat! Ef he in't fixin' it all right! Look like his own wife might or tuk ini washin' herse'fI" A German newspaper has benn started at Tangier, Morocco, in the interests of the ever-growing German trade. A property-owner in Kingston, a London suburb, has posted a notice that "mno gralndchildren or cats" will The. average American church member gives hfty-four cents to for eign muissions. The record is held r< by the United Presbyterians, who C give $1 77 a member. Speaking at Cardiff, Wales, re.- P cently, Miss Gawthorpe, a suffra. .7 gotte, stated that a bride's blushes ti are caused by the kupwledge of the w kind of man ahe is going to marry. at h Alderman Penny, 6f Wimbleton, si London, was condemned the other day to pay $125 damages for having said that a certain local grocer put m chicory in his coffee. Medical wit nesses stated that chicory was a dan. gerous irritant. What is claimed to be a record a day's winding for any colliery in the United Kingdom was made recently el at the Bargood colliery of the Powell Dyffryn company. The quantity of ri coal raised during the day was 8,245 h tone. Admiral Sir Charles Drury, who succeeds Lord Charles Beresford in command of Great Britain's Mediter- g ranean fleet, is a son of Baron Drury, 0 a French Canadian of New Bruns wick. tie is a man of splendid physique and is one of the few offi- h Mers of Usnadian birtfi in the royal navy. Pointed Paragraphs. a Give, the inchworm time and it I d will gain a foothold. Many a government forecaster has a been badly weather-beaten. The. more a man accomplishes the less time he has to talk about it. And when it comes to mistr.kes the I supply always exceeds the demand. Men who believe that whisky is e good for a cold nearly always have a sold. We meet some people with pleas ure and part from them with genuine satisfaction. 0 - t (Jan a mnan be said to be partial to. t a thing when he gives his entire at tentiou to it? A women likes to have a nian li, ter bor when she knows he is pOni cious fabrication. Many a man Who acts like a bear is foxy. It's easy to discourage a man who hasn't any co)urage. Nearly 'all free-thinking men are in the bachelor class. . ' omorrow is 'the only time to b)orrowV if you wouldn't sorrow. It doesn't do a particle of good to ya wn when some people, talk. If you. want a bhink. done awell A don't do it youraelf unless you know' bow. . As a matrimonial prize a homelf girl makes good more often than a pretty one. A woman Isn't satisfied if her hue band's life is an open book-unless it's a checkbook. if men were compelled to practice what they preach most of them would giv-e up the preaching habit. When a girl shows a young man a photograph of herself she expects him to ask for it. - - - ~ -c THE MAGIt) NO. 3.t Number three is a wonderful mascot i for Geo. H. Pairris, of Cedar Grove, Me.. V according to a letter w bich reads: "Aftert suffering much ith liver and kiuiney Ii trouble, and becoming greatly disconr- r Iaged by the failure to find relief, I tried Elecetric Bitters, and as a result I amn a e wvell man to-day. Th'Ie first bottle reliev- a ed and( three hot this Iomle~lted thme (nre." ''l' OnIat dbs nearth for stomach, S , lve aiikideytrubesby Pickens, b ])rug Co., druggist. 50c.. c - -- - . s The Wily Fox. f A story is re(latIed ini Halley's Maga- r zlue of at reector ot' a i'rish not far : fronm Oxford, who as ho wa walkingr ic'ross some1 fields he'ard the' cry of hounds. Them pack ran into an adja-n cent fleld, antd presenitly a fox camne toward the c'lergyiinani tad trotted S along by his sk(1e as a (dog would do. 6 'The hiuntsman, lookiing about, saw nothing but t he' r'etor and( what seem ed to be his (lOg, andii et'l off In another i, dlirectlin. As soon1 as the coast was clear' the fox gave a whisk of his brush r anad disappeared (Iihrough the hedgerow. -~St. James' Gnaette.8 'Comw6endable Example. .The popular after-dinner speaker se to respond to a toast, says the hicago Tribune. "Gentlemen,'" he said, "the unex 3ctedly flattering mauner in which )ur toast-master has introduced toe tis evening reminds me of a story hich strikes me as being' appropri e to the occasion. By the way, >w many of you have heard the ory of the Pennsylvania farmer and ke young wolf he bought for a Don dog. Will those who -are fa *ilior with it from having listened it halt a dozen times or more ease raise their .hands?" 'An overwielmitg majority of his idience raised. their hands. "Thanks, gentlemen," he said, "1 all not inflict it upon you.'l With th. ir rapturous applause still oging in his ears he sat down. He ad made the hit of the evening. Free rith each dollar's worth of coffee I will tve a nice plate. cup and saucer of dec rated ware with gold band. My obffee guaranteed to give satisfaction. Overstocked on pants-prices cut..&I Some bargains in stoves. 2 Second Find ranges cheap. T. D. HARRIS. To Mother. In This Town, Children who are delicate, feverish ad cross will get immediate relief from [other Gray's Sweet; Powders for chil ren. They cleanse the stomach, act 9n e liver, making a sickly child strong ad healthy. A certain cure for worms. old by all druggists, 25c sample Free. Lddrtss Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The pleasant purgative effect experi iced by all who use Camberlain's tomach and Liver Tablets, and th ealtby condition of the body and mind rhich they create makes one feel joyful. )ric, 25 cents. Sample free at Pick Un Drug Co. Bids Wanted. BIDS are invited for enlarging th present court house at Pickens, S. C., in accurdance with the plans 'nt specifications now on file in this lice. Bids will be received up to noon he 201h day of July 1907, after * which lie contract will be awardod the lowejt esoniible bid(lder. The successful bid. er will be required to give an accepta le bonld in ie sum of his bid. Rights eserved to reject any or all bids. . '. Looper, 7june3t. Sup'r. Pickens o. Bibliolater Your Chance. [OU hnve to pay for IIOLMAN'S BIBLES, and that's what you wait. Let in order one for. that Birthday iift for your Father, Mother, H-usband Vife~ Child Sister or 13:othier with nani( tampeat in gold vtithout extra cost. - D. D. JONES. - Pickens, S. C. Seas Well as Men Are Made Miserable by ~iney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis ourages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor ___ and cheerfulness soon disappear w~hen the kid tpeys are out of order 'dr diseased.. Kidney trouble has - become so prevalent that it is not uncommon - for a child to be born . O afflicted with weak kid -rnoys. if the child urin - t.. ates too often, if the rinle scalds heflesh or if, when the child saches an age when it should be able to ontrol the passage, it is yet afflicted with ed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of te diffic~ulty is kidney trouble, and the first tep should be towards the treatment of iese important organs. This unpileasanm -ouble is due to a diseased condition of the Idneys and bladder and not to a habit as iost people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis rable with kidney and bladder trouble, nd .both need the same great remedy. he mild and- the immediate effect' of wamp-Root is soon realized, It is sold y druggists, in fifty snt and one dollar zes. You may have a mple bottle by mail "if ee, also pamphlet tell- "nome of Sr-asup.n~ooe. g all about it, including many of the ousands of testimonial letters receIved om sufferers cured. in writing Dr. Kilmer Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and ention this paper. Don't make any mistake, bui remember e name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's wamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, .Y., on every bottle. "That horse was enpable of winning i a walk." "Anid did lhe?'' "No. They olshly enitered hIm In a runnin~g ace."-~Washlngton r.a frhere are Only two Classe Of Candy If you want to on a picnic trip < Nunnall BOL T Up-to=date Drugg PLAN M( Are the best because they ar fewer parts and stronger par are so simplle that anybody c have to be a machinist to I to keep one in repair. We have them, also the ha Prices are most reasonable at We take pleasure in showi cussing their features with yc over. We have a fill line of Hat needs he can find in the best price at our store, Full line #f~carpenter tools tools and supplies. In Furniture and Stoves w be had any wvhere. Come at We want your trade. We Harns, Chickens, Eggs, Bees' thing you have to sell bring Moore & I IA square deal is guarantet ey back if not satisfied." CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLE( Scholarship Entrance Examination Freshman Class The examination for the award 4cholarships from IPickens coauty a1 'admission to Freshmatn class will held at the county court house on F: day July'5, at 9 a. m. Applicants f, schiolarshipa may E'eure blank forr from the county Sup>erintendent of E~d (oation. These blatn m must be filed o properly and filed wvith the county S perintondenit of Educaition, before i ginning of tie examination. Thoi taking the examina tiou for eintraice1 the Freshman clain and not trying for schsliarship should file their applicatic with President Meli. 'The scholarshi1 are worth $100 and~ free tuition. Ot scholarship) from t'eh county may a hect the Tlextilo course, others must talt one of the Agribulitural courses. Exan ination paper will lbe fuu niheld, but cac a~iphcanlt must pridn~l himself wit scratchu paper. The nmber of schola: ships to ho auwarded ill be announoce later-. le P, H. Mcli, Pros., .....,Clemson College, S. C. Nunnally's And others please everybod -arry a box jof 7 Fine Y Candy & co. Pickens, S. C. ist. I0" W ERS 2 the simplest, less complication, :s, therefore less breakage. They . .n understand them. You don't '-in one nor have a y rakes, hand an< id terms most gener Ig you these machim . U. Come around a A dware. Every tool the farner quality at the. most reasonable of'standard quality. Blacksmith e have some of the best values to dsee for yourself. want your produce of all kinds: Nax, Peas, Corn, and in fact, any t to us and get the top prices. Ilauldin. d all who trade with us. -'Mon EJA1hI1STOWN EXPOSITION, I NORFOLR, VA. to For the above occasion the Chie'si~. ton & Western Carolina Railway will of sell cheap round trip tickets. For )i rates et<6 see ticket agents or write, 'C Ernest Williams, r G4. p. A. Augusta, Ga. '; Notice of Final Sottlenient and Discharge. 11 N OTICE is herehy given that I wit emake npplication to J. B3. New o bory, Esq., Probate Judge for Pieken a county. in the State of Sentfh re nc nonl the 21st (lay of Juni a o'clock in the forenoon, o: o after as said application - .* for leave to imnke final scei e estatn of Ann Griffin decc. ~. tain discharge as admin h~ estate h May 28, 1907t4. Admr, . t stope ora cada and -a