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PickesSIsI Jourual PUBLISRBD iVE r THUBDAY MORIWO. --BY--I The Bentinol-Journal Company. TgoMP6oN & 1IcBlr. Paops. 4. L. 0. THOMPSON, EDITOR. Subscription 41.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. Entrtea Piokene Fostoffoe an Becond Cla mail Matter * ICKENS, S. V.: RTHURBDAY, AUGUST 29, 1907. Salmaqundi. A chimney 115 feet high will sway *i imbes In a high wind withen * 4nger. SBoulsh emigration has not at tracted much attention, but It Is, cotaparatively speaking, heavy. Dur - w lthk;. year's qmigration season, 0,h reebke d of March to the end of 1004,100 persons sail6d from the 01yde for the United States and 1i is estimated that between 70 ad 80 per cent. of the cotton fabrics sent to China by the United States ame manufactured. by Southern mills, andthat the remaining 20 to 30 per cent are made by New England mills. Jefferson Scott, a negro, said to be the oldest man in Ohio, died at the Seneca county infirmary Monday, where he had been for three years. Cetrificates issued under the seal of the state of North Carolina, declaring Scott to be a free man, show that he was born July 4, 1794, in Halifar county, that state, Pasted on the window of a book store was a 'sign, "Porter Wanted." In the windowson a pile of books wam also a sign, "Dickens' Works all this week for $4." An able-looking Irish. man read first the sign and then the placard, He scratched his head and blurted out, "Dickens can work all the week for foor dollars if 13 wants to, butsI'm a union min I'll not touch it. Ye'd better kape Dicken."-[Inland Printer. The sheriff of Abbeville county, a county that is held up to the world, the flesh and the devil as the mirror of morality so far as the liquor traffic is concerned, has colleted enough money in fines from blind tigers ali ready this year to pay the annual ral ary of the sheriff's office By Jan, 1st be may collect enough to pay the clerk of court and some on the auliit or's salary, Business always picks up in the "fall," So much for the beneficent workings of the dispensary law in Abbeville.- Greenwood Index. John D. Rockefeller collected a wit nsss fee and mileage of $7.395 for testifying in the recent rebate hearing before Judge Landis in Chicago. GeorgIa unionists took action in the state convention to get into alliance -with the Farmers' Cotton Union. There will he interchange of delegates and mutual aid in patronizing fair products. *Jacob Schiff, the New'York beanker, in an address at Atlantic City, said that America rethertban Palestine is the promised land of Jewish realiza tion./ A writer at Girande Rapids, Mich., wants to know something about the Confederate stamnpR issued by Greeun wood, Spartan burg, Columbia and Charleston postoffices between 1861 and .1865. The Index notes from other counties the tame request has been made of practically every paper in the state, the name of the paper's own ,onty-seat being the only change ini the list of towns. The Index knows. lit'tle about the subject of rar'e stemnps, but is of the opinion 'that Greenwood did not "issue" any stamps during the. period mentioned. --[Greenwood Inder, Tie electric ci arfor executions is Ubed only in the'te States TB ou a ke're 95 pet t. watt t many men an Ifraid of thent-[The state. John L. Sullivan has writei twih io the officers of the Worcester agri lulturqi society offering himself as at ittraction at the fall fair, but th inswering letter never came. 'Tbe Lady-"'Wbatl Thirty-eigh )ents a doten for eggs? Why, that' more than three cents for one egg. The Grocer-"Well, mum, you munn remember that one egg is a whol day's work for c ne hen."- [Clevelan Leader. "Those so called fashionable w< men spend all their time these days i bridge and smoking cigavettes an idnking %eak tea and strong whisk Every one of them ought to be a btois working, and they would b better off," declares Mrs. Hett Green. Says the Washington Post: "It i dutonishing that it should he 'neces sary for a president of the Unite States to declare to the . people tha it is his intention to enforce the la against rich and poor criminals.". "Never marry a man who drink. smokes, swears, goes to prize fights plays the races or tells falescoas, "But I don't want to be n ol maid."- [Life. It is estimated that all the inhab itants of the world could stand conm fortably in the space of 80 squar miles. One of the wisest and most intolli gent men that ever lived in Darling ton has said that the American pet pie make the liqnor problem a v'er, tioublesome one by their manner c handling it. He believes that if th tax were removed and everyone wa allowed to sell liquor just as he sell any other commodity there would b less drunkenness and- the peopl would not think of drinking whiske as they do now. We have held th same opinion for years and we fui ther believe that 'ie quality of liqua sold under such conditions would b much better than that sold now. W also believe that every farmer shoul< be allowed to distil his own whiske and sell it as he would any oth.-r arte of commerce. Such views will doub less horrify some of our prohibitior friends, but we believe that suchi state of affAirs would do away witL the prohibition histerics to whicl this country ha been subject period ically.--Darlington News. "Before marriage I used to dream u life in a flne house w*ith sixteen sera ants." "Dreams never colne true." "They do partially. WVe live~dn: fiat instead of a house, it is true. pun we've had the sixteen servants." Washingto* Herald. HOW's THIs? We offer one hundred doliars rewar< for any ease of catarrh that cannot b eured by Hall's catarrh cure. F. J. Oheney & Co., Toledo,.. We, the undersigned have known F J1. cheney for the last 15 years and be lieve him to be perfectly honorable i: all busi ess transactions and financiall a ble to arry out any obligation made b his firm. Waldin g, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggirts, Toledo, 0 Hall's Catarrh (Cure is taken internall; acts directly upon the blood and mucou surfaaces nf the system. Testimonial sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle Biold byall Druggists. .Take Hall's Family Pills for constips tion. As the result of experiments, it ha: been found that the greyhound Is th< fastest of all four footed ainmals When golig at full gallop it can Cove: twenty yards a second, or about mile in a minute and twenty-eigh: secondh'-a spee'd that comesC vernea that of a carrier pigeon. WAEnN INO. if you 'have kidney anid bladder troub le and (10 not use Foley's Kidnmey Cure, you will have only yourself to blame for results, las it p)ositively cures all forms oi kidney and blader diseases0. Notiee to DecbtorS and Creditors. A LL Persona holding claims against <the estate of the late James E. Brown must present the same duly pro. man on or before the 1st day of October, L907, or be debarred payment; and all >ersons indeblted to said estate, must nake payment on or before the above late, to the undersigned. Martha E. Browvn, oug22w4 Elbert H1. Brown, aug22w4 Eecutore. 04, Ode tWThe Automobile.' You nadke me tired, You badly unwired, You back-kick-fired, You iend inspired. You soldom run, You break for f un, You're always undone, You son-of-a gun. , You promise a ride, r . You humble my pride, You bust open wide, 1 You hypocrite snide. You go to the shop, You limp and you hop, You jerk and you stop, You exploded May-pop. You run up 9 hill, . You eve"n mfay kill, You give me a spill, B You make me ill. You make many breaks, You are full of mistakes, s You cause tmany aches, You collection of fakes. You run like a rabbit, You are wrong by habit, You heat it, the babbit, You repair shop inhabit. You bust in your tank, You odor rank, You take me from the bank. You blame crazy crank. You break in the sprocket, You ro'.. my pocket, You stick in the socket, You in cylinders knock it. -,You crazy cantankerous bug house You keep me and my folke-in a colitinuous fuss, You should swap yourself off for a broken down buss, You devouring destructive, me chanical muss. - ~M. B. H. Atlanta, Ga. Ten years of the Dingley law shows a tax of $3 a year on every man, wo man and child in the United States. rLThat's only what was paid in buying imported goods. The less direct tax for high prices of domestic goods with - foreign competition throttled can never be estimated, but we may form some idea of it by the siza of the for tune-s iccumglated by the magnates of the stuel ti'ist, the leather trui.t and the like. The most reliable Bta 0iticins estimate that each family in the United 8tates pays an average of nearly $100 annually in'the increased profits of the trusts in consequence _ of the protective tariff gives them. f Darlington News. Legend of thq Tea Plant. Dharma, the ascetic priest, was the son of a king of India. -He went into t China, and for the space of. nine years b e remained in contemplation in a temn pie. Later he went to Japan, and he died on Mount Katavka. He imposed ' uipon himself, -as the first rule of his I life, privation from sleep. One day, in a dignant at falling asleep, he cut off his dJ eyelIds and threw thoem away as mis erable sinners. From the spot where the eyelids had fallen sprang up a bush *which is the ton plant, affordiing the i erfumed beverage which chases away sleep. A Clever Witness. In a recent county court case in which a man sued another for bal ance of wages the defendant called a witness. -AWitness-I beg pardon, your hon or. Before I give my evidence I want my expenses. Judge (to defendant)--Pay him -- 7s. 6d. The defendant having done so,1 the judge said, "Now that you have] had your expenses, what do you' know of the case ?" Witness -- Nothing at all, your honor.--London Tit-Bits. * Charged For His Blunder. A shopkeeper of Rouen wvent to a druggist mn a small way of business for a bottle of quinine. Having taken the purchase home, he dis covered that he had been given mor phine instead of quinine, so lie re turned to the druggist and com plained of the mistake. "Morphine, monsieur I" exclaimed that worthy. "Is it possible ?" "It's mor~ than possible; it'ser "Then, muons eur, you owe me 'l franc more."-- ndon Telegraph, / - *.~i [HE SUMMER Is far advanced but we are still ser SODA ;': W JM&'that cap be ma Our Soda Water business has, indee< ve are very thankful to our friends and Always remember that the most co he very best goods for your, money aw BOLT & UP-TO-DATE DRI Pickens, :::: should be the most Important Consit in buying what you eat We sell only the Best all PUREST .'. GRC tHint can be bought. P PP FL Is the a(rme of flour perfection. For all uses it SIMON PURE is pure, unadulteraited HOG LARD. 1IONOGRA M C4 makes the best, purest cup of any coffee. No drug its strength or flavor. It is PUI SSOLD IN $1. All of our'groceries conform to thiee high standa o not know is thme best. Mloore & Ma Pickens, S. Peerless Portabl< We are Peerl( and 'l Engin Saw [a &c. suH ia I er SEASONI iing the very best "TERG de. 1, been gratin ai customers. Lirteous treatment and ait you at our store. C0., IGGISTS. ;outh Varolina. o Pusws leration CE R IES excels the LARD The pureat kind. )FFEE of any kind in used to give it OCFFE~E. CANS. rds. Wpe sell nothing that we iuldin, 3E11gin1es best~ Genernl I'utrpno Fnglnes in I. WeV catrry them in stock. the Iheadquarters Leor ISs Engines, Saw Mills, 'hreshers. Also Atlas es and Boilers DeLoach Ilils and Shingle Mills,A ry nl tremncIousI I'ING and( MA - - Vrlto us for an luo, tre (Jo.,