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THE SINTINEL JOURNAL Entered April 28, 1908 at Pickens, 8. 0., as second classmatter, under act of Congress of March 8, 1879. VOL, XKIC1113I 3QUTH CAROLINA, THURIDAY. MOVEBI107 N 24, The Gatherer. The Comings and Goings of People Some you know, some you don't. BY MIss GUSSIE HUBBARD The Auf Weiderschen club met last Thursday evening with Misses Mattie A:, Thomason and Mamie Gaston at the Pickens Inn, The members of the club were delighted to find on enter ing the house that the regular rou time of the club had been dispensed with and the meeting was to be a Hallowe'en party. As those who at tended stepped upon the porch they i were confronted by a ghostly figure, 0 the sudden and unexpected appear- I ance of which frightened some of the I guests exceedingly. After this ordeal was passed the members of the cihi) were ushered into the parlor, which I was artistically decorated with ferns t and flowers and looked as if the I fairies had bpni at work inside of he house, despite the fact that the imps of darkness seemed to he holcling high carnival outside. The games participated in were novel and np-ro priate and caused much merriment There were two uessina contests, in the first of wbich Miss Lucia Folger won the first prize and Miss Bes1 Ashmore the hoohv prize. In the seennd contest Bruce Boggs was the *socessful winner of the first prize while the boolv prize was awardeI to Miss Marie Folger. At 11 o'clock -thn guests were invited into the .dining-room, where dainty refresh. i"'nts wore served, after which the jolly crowd assembled in the hall to say "Auf Weiderschen." Those pres ent were Misses Essie Earle, Emily Brivht, Marie Folger, Lucia Folger, Guesie Cureton, Bess Ashmore, Azile Cogburn, McVeigh Hutchinson, and Messrs. Ernest Folger, Wayne Maul din, J. P. Carey, Jr., H. S. Ramsey, Robert Hendricks, Bruce Bogge, Ju lius Boggs. Jr. R. E. Bruce, Christie Robinson and Claude Thomason. R A. Bowen says that all who wiqh -to attend the weekly prayer meeting of the Methodist church wili he cor - dially welcomed eaory Tueslay even iuig at 8 o'clock. Paul Robinson, of Easley, was the guest of Hagood Bruce, Friday night Miss Mae Robinson, of E-isley, visited hor friend, Miss Lois Newton, last week. Mis. - Smith and Miss Salie Kennamur, of E-isley, visited Mrs A. M. Morris last week. Miss Sue Wyalt, a mighty prettyi and charming young lady of Brushy I OCreek, is presiding over the dry goods' department at Ashmore & N mmons'. I Muaj. J. J. dewis is gri' ving over thie loss of his little fo\ terrier, "Billie Wilkine,." which occurred at the -Gr -enville fair. I.awrenjce Jonne, Edward aid Byrd Looper,of (Cross Roads, visited friends in. l'iekens~ laet week. J. TI. Rtichey visited in Green ville last week. Master Milleyn Griffin bas beeni ill for several danys. Miss Lucia Foulger visited relati--es a yd friends in Spartanburg, L4riday and Saturday. Miss Helen Boggi' is visiting rela. tives and friends in Columbia. Misses Eva and Florence Huitchmens, *of Greer, are visiting their brother, Johnu T. H{utchens. Mrs. Berit Williams, nee Miss Sa-. die Richey, of Gainesville, 0 a., is I - visiting her mnotiber, Mrs. H. A. Rtichey, Misses Ida and Flora Sutherland ire the guests of Miss Lois Newton. Miss Ada Clardy and Mrs. - Aller, >f Piedmont, visited Mrs. Troup Par. ridge last week. Frank Day, of Eas ey, visited riends in Pickens, Monday. Mr. J. D. Smith, formerly of Li>. irty, but. now of Cartersville, Gn., nd Herbert T. Parsons, of Liberty, vere visiting in Pickens last Thurs- ] lay. Mr. ,Smith was l:)Oking well Ad is eajoying fine health. He met , Vith lots of his old friend@ while in Pickens. The Pickens Chapter, U. D. C, t vill meet with the president, Mrs. T. i r. Mauldin, Friday afternoon, Nov. 8, L907. The following program will )e rendered: The opening song, 'Dixie," by the chapter, Paper: 'Shiloh Monument"- Mrs. Cureton. iusic-Miss Earle. Reading: "Af er The Battle"-Miss Hutchison. >aper: '-Reminiscences of the War" -Mrs. E. A. Gilreath. 1 Master Henry Bivens, second son if T. L. Bivens, got badly burned in Sunday morning. The little fel. ow had on an outing gown and was tanding in front of the grate with ds back to the fire when the garment aught fire and Henry was seriously )urted before bis parents heard his iries and reached him. Mr. Bivens tot his hands badly burned In tear ng thg burning clothes from the -hild. Our Baby Show. Our < fforts in the direction of a Aby show, which is open to the ivorld, will necessarily have to be con iucted by means of photographs. We ask all who contemplate ent- ring 'his contest to have good photographs ,aken of the child, or twins, as the mase may be, and ask the photogra pher to mount the photo on an un markea card. Put this in a package md put your name and address on i he package, but put no names or marks of any kind on the photo. When we receive the photo we will give it a number and enter the num ber on our book and opposite the .umber the name and address of the arents. In this way the judges will mot kq1on who the winners are until Ne pub'ish the names and the pho. A $-of them. Several nice prizes will be given, which will be announced later. Anyone can enter who wants to; c ,he age limit is 2 years or under; the E )hoto is to be the property of the ;ENTINEL-JoURNAL, and the names of he winners wvill be announced in the sune as soon thereafter as we can get >ictures mode from these photos to >rint, showing the successful con estan to. There nre no strings attached to his, and you are not compelled to be subs'criber to this paper to enter he baby show. Of course we want ill the readers we can get, but we do mut make this an obligation on your part. If you want the paper we will ippreciate 3\ur subscription, but wet nake no requevs that you become a milscriber. LADIES:--Do you have any trouble vithr your childrens, stockings? I have a moe of heavy ribbed hose for winter, and -an fit them from ab'uit six yorgra old to arge ladies size. The colors are abso utely fait. t A little more of that eblenp) crockery. A bargain im coft' both green and >arecd. T. D. HlAIU. .W. M. Horton, dentist, Pit'kens, S. C. nii be in his oflice Monday of each veeok. If you need his professional ser reo wvrite hin and he will call at your rome. .For Sale,-155 acres of 1.-nd on- east ide of Twelve Miile River adjoining uids of Norris Cotton Mills, WVarreni lopkins and others. 28t3 T. 0. Robinsen, FROM OUR COR Liberty. The good ladies of all denomina ions met two evenings at the home i Mrs. W. C, O'Dell, president of he W. M, 8. of the Baptist church, ud finiahed up eight quilts for the 3aptist Orphanage; they will send leven quilts this time. Besides, the ociety supports a boy. Will write aore of their work later or, Misqes Florence Davis and Ger rude McWhorter are teaching school ear Brevard, N. C. As I don't believe in doing things n the halves, I have been trying to et a boy who can play the jewsharp 1 accompany we to the poultry show. A we rode the streets he would play, Haill the conquering hero comes." 'hen I am sure to win the blue rib ion un "Sir Thomas." I am destined to be like the old idy in I he mountains of Georgin, 'ho. when the preacher was telling D prepare for the day of judgment. 'It will do no good for me to fix up. know I won't get to go, for John vill be down in Alaban with the vagon and steers," How Pickeis cin brag about M. M.'s showcaseo! Why. one among >ur best merchants has had 'em Po ong that we are used to them. Lib !rty merchants don't advertise, but vo have as fine a set of them as any own of its size Yes. and three ex .ellent doctors. In fact, all of our olks are kind, noble and good, ex ,ept some. I am going to promise the people f my "kid" wins the scholarship, to give them my picture along with the 'kid's " I issure you it will be worth year's subscription for a scarecrow, kside from the fact that you will be getting fifty-two copies a year of a Ilean,' wholesome sheet that no other ian fill the place of, for what news iap,'r can fill a county paper's place? Some, perhaps, think that I write sight of nonsense, I only do so to ielp drive dull care avay. I would uffer my right band cut off before nditing anything that would cause nyone o sin. Fain would I have, lou "detach your hetrts from base ud. groveling things and set them n the Supreme Creator as the only ource of true happiness.' Thanking you all in advance for our votes, I rema'in a 1)REAMER. Letter from M W. Hester. Now the crsh has come, and the aan who is not prepared to hold his otton ind, finitely is in a bad box. ed our law--makers are the cause of b. Like I told you in last yeam 'a ampaign, we can't expect Newv York, iiverpool, Blarcelonma and other coun ries all over the glonbe to make laws suit South Cirolina. If we only ad the money that has been sent ut for whisky anid toi pay express on ame to circolat alnmg us we would e in a better fx, But supposa that a place of exrting this money we rere importinig it in double and reble ga'antities, how mnuch better vould be the resu.Lt Besides, we vould not he' entirely dependent on ne crop that is gambled over broni hout the whole universe. IP's not lo~gic for the people to get oo good, There musat Le a little bad nixed with it.. It is just as emissential s a positive and negative p~ole in alectricity. I have knocwn men to get .0 good as to look like they might ret to, heaiven, without the help of RESPONDENTS. 1Fi &&2 29222222 .sec Hnyotn; hut I have found that sort ' to be 'about the sorriest of all m n be that I deal with. And my rule is, uin( "Too good, no good." I If this thing will stop by only flre causing a few farmers and merchaants see to throw up their hands and not I d throw millions out of employment, her we should be prayerfully thankful. -[ And let is further pray that our Be law-makers will go back to Columbia Is with the welfare of their own people Sti< at heart and enact such laws as will holp our own people and make them 3u, al independent of any other state or nation. Respectfully, Sm M. W. BEsTER. Dri Entered Into Rest, It. B. Cochran, of Calhoun, died at his hotue at 12:20 a m. Sunday and Ian was buried at Mt, Tabor church, thn Monday Oct. 28th at 4:30 p. m. *rhe t funeral services were conducted by wh the Rev. Henry of the M. E. Church, mil and the Rev. K. G. Finlay of the Episcopal Church. The pall bearers wero Thurman Cochran, Walter OP Cochran, Ernest Cochran, C.cil tre Cochran, Cleveland Carey and Ray Ne mond Smith, all nephe wa of the de co( ceased. The music was conducted by Co Mrs. Walter Gassaway of Central. Mr. Cochran was born at the home ha place M untain View Farn, nettr ac< Clemson, December 11, 1873. Ho-. pr atteded school at Clemson a year or so, then went into business at Cal houn whbre he worked oont-inuougl., i for 12 veat s. bI Novemrlle 25th, 1903 he was hapi- b ly mArfied to Mies Lna Merre of b Cane Creek. They lived on the fiam W4 until the last year of his life, when he was so sick tbey moved to Cal houn that he might ieceive better at- th tention.-Seneca Journal. For Rent:- A good farm. o to 3 horse av, crop. Good house and outbuildings. ti Close to Pickens. Apply to Edwin Earle Oct. 31 dtr 0 Loial represenitative for i'lckens ha and vicinity to look after renewals -ate nud1, increase ,tubscription list of ft to prominent nionthly miiagazine, on a salary and commission basis. Exiperience desirable, but got necessary. Good opportunity for right per "s. Address1-ublisher.StationoNew York. e (O FOR SALE Will receive bids for sale of 5 room ele honse und lot containing nine-tenths of an acre more or less in the town of Lib erty, S. C. nutil Decombier. 15th. Pur chaser to pay for papers. Terms to be mO stated in bid. J. C. O'Dell. the Banbridge, Ga. Salmaqundi. ""r Mr. Carnegie wishes a pearpetual ha president, and would doubtless bean glad to s--e a king and regal trap. Sir pings and flummery at the White House. The laird of Skihon might then be "Sir Andrew" instead of ai merry Andrew.-[The State. ant He Our di'spensary system will prob ably lead to the production of the te beet flavored salt water fish toI be t found on the Atlantic coast.-[Newvs Tia sndI Courier. T wbh In round figures, the area of India at 's 1,500,000 square miles; the United, States 3,500,000, and Rusia, includ- to ing Siberia, 8,000,000 Mai Great Britain owns more land of of North America than the United Thb Sitates- ver Los8 Angeles has over thirty-five Wa' women who- are eat fling thei'r' living ki 'is barbers. wi The numb'r of persons to the h square mile in this coun-try is sevon teon, while in England it is 480O s a The Farmers' U'nioni in Aniderson ohc has taken 2,600 ake or cotto ofas .. market, Siling the warehouse. or Ppace for 5,000 more has been ured. Ef the play, "A Modern Godiva," as had as it sounds it opght not to allowed, anld if it is not as bad the li nce will be disappointed. leporter --"The society leader's t husband was an actor and the aud was from Boston. How shall esoribe them?" Editor - .-'Oh, just d the article 'Ham and Beans.'" Chicago News. firm; one constant element of luck Lenuine, &ulid, old Teutonic pluck. ik to your aim; the mongrel'8 hold will slip, only crowbars loose the bulldog's grip. all though he looks, the jiw that never yields igs down the bellowing monarch of the fields. - [Holmes. Vhen the teleph. ne wires are over. a the speed of transmission is at rate of 10,000 miles a second; 3re the wires are through cables, ler the sea the speed is only 6,000 es a second. joi)greessman Burleson's recent ning on the trail of the federal isury was magnificent music, but w York, as usual, "had got the n-skip and gone,"-[News and irier. [t seems to take just as much rd chasing for a girl to land a no ount man as it does to land a ze. - f Atchison Globe. Bishop Potter's language, when ked if he had dined with a negro ihup, shocks those wLo expect no iguage of chance to come from a ibop He said: "I'll wager two illinge the bishop of LTOisiiana )uId have ceepted an invitation (o 3et Bishop Ferguson." This is not D reply you would expect from a her in the church. It is s,%id that the eyelids of the irage man open and shut 4,000,000 les a year, Jrystal, melted and electroplated, i been successfully used in France counterfeit gold coins. len. Isnaae R, Sherwood; who wa, oted to congress from the Toledo bio) district, returns to that body er thirty-four years. He was re 3ted after three attempts. 3ara Bernhardt, in denyin 9 a )r.il r that she will soon retire from stage, said to an interviewer: bis may, of course, be my last sea , as the rumor says, for 1 am an woman and my life is in God's ids, but I shall play until my death, I the fate I hope for is the dleath Henry Irving died." rohmn WV. Riddle is the only bachelor ong the American ambassadors I the most accomplished linguist. is popular at the czar's court an aks Russian fluenitty, being one of few in the diplomatic service who e mastered the language. The rkish aanguage he easily learned Bn he was secretary of the legatin Jonastan tinople. 'The peopleO and the corpora us," said Senator LaF'ollette in dison the other day, ''remind me a woman and her little boy. nre was a very large chicken and a v Hmall duck on the table and the nan, pamusing with the carving. fe raised, said, 'Johnny, which you take, chicken or duck?' Lck' piped Johnny. Buit the mother ok her head 'No, Johnny,' she I in a firm yet kindly voice, 'you "t have duck, my dear.- Take your lice, dlarling, take yem' cho~tg but 'can't have duck. "