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Lappenings of a Local and Persona Nature. Clifton Bolt is clerking for Folger Thornley & Co. Frank Farmer has acopti a posi. n with Folger, Thornley & Co. Read every page of this issue; you will find something to interest you. Help us to make a good, newsy pa. per by sonding cr handing us items of interest. LTst week was a disagreeable one fd not many people were In towv, news Is a scarce article. ,-We give a good deal of space this week to our correspondence, and you will find plenty to interest you. H. M. Heater has been quite sick anl Frank Farmer has been carrying the mail in his stead for several days. The political pot is beginning to Aubble and simmer, and possibilities and prospective candidates are being talked of. Married, on the 12th inst., by Rev. B, Holder. Miss Ella Bagwell and Orran- Day, at the residence of 0. L Bigwell, father of the bride. t J, C. Alexander has been seriously ill with' gastric fever for the last three weeks at the home of Rev. B. F. Murphree, but is improving. It is hoped that he will soon lie able to return home, Conmissioner N. B, Moore has reted out his farm and muved ti Veptral to get the bene6t of her ed. uctional advantages. He reqluests all persons who way have occasion to write him to address their letters to Central for prompt delivery anti care ful consideration. How do you like the print -this Qweek? A lot of worlihas been done on our etirgine and press, we'have got anew.set of rollers and there is qiuito an improvement of last week's print. We haye a lot'of new type ordered and hope to Roon give you a clean, le sheet. Hel us to xt and last report there ,,A ne ten days of hard, earnest work, #iG every contestant will get sout6thing. Lots, of the low. ones wilI ihelped more than those who stand higher up the column. We want to urge each route to stand by its carrier and by its township con. testants as much as It can, all thing. being equal. Next week we will publish the * ~ ' "'- tants for the iifnal couni 'ort 'abd yos Any .ietters capiutImog coupons, bearing the post 'V mark of the place where It was milled andecarryitug the date of February-1st wilt be allowed to go in the box and will be 'counted the same as If they were deposited in person on that date There is a heap of Interest being manifested in our odntest; the dou, pons are being saved tv nearly every body, and one man carried away re cently ten coupons (,000 votes) tk a later. Every one is wondering, ~L .:inig, gud few stoj i .ze 'what a few dol, L at the list and add a .y i .. ar to each onle-see how few dollars would put the fourth one in the second place, or the third one up with the first or to make the second head the list. It is easy fig uring and only a few coupons would do the trick-either with the carrier, or for the scholarship or for some one in your township, A good talke, otld get to work and in three days time could take the lowest person iI any one of the above divisions and put then) right up in the running they climb mighty fast after they pass the thousand mark. Get busy for somebody and see what you can do for them by the next and lasi published report. After that they will take care of themselves. JUST Solid car ol lot ever" broug worth $1.00. Buy now wl Also just r stove made at 1907 was th friends and cu to make i908 ing goods at right sell then The merchani buy nearly eve 10 on ev< We dont ad merchandise get it. We wish yo Year. FOLGER, Clothing Solo agents for Mitchell Wagons, Chase Walkover and Zeigler Shoes-ill winners The premium list of the poultry Te Bethiehi *lhow held recently at Pickens will be the 17th inst., published next week, giving all the schoolhouse. winners. ' be present, as Mrs. W. T. Murphree died at her is to be attend homne In Eastatoe on the 11th inst., and was buried the day following at| je pubsh Antioch Baptist church, of which ihe pense account < was a'member. -past year. Iti B. P. Mario loaded up his stoiek of .ing ani shows goode Tuesday and hiked back to piretty confsidd Easley, where he expects to go into where, This business. We are sorry to loss him visor Looper'si so soon from our midst, but hope aided and abeti that somue one, as good a man as he, ommn~issioners. wilt occupy the stand just vacated after, all debts by him. office will starl Eugenla, the 8 year-old daughter00totsre of Mr. and Mr's. T. L. Bivoe, died the expenses ol on Tuesday n'oinlng," 14th inst,, of The citizens pneumonia, after an illness of cinly ty were shocke a few days. As friends and relptives ing when the looked upon the sweet, placid' little "Eugene Alex body in its little white -casket and had been in fai surrounded by beautiful and frsgrant and a half, but towers-yet not more beautiful or tained that he pure than the little face within -their cover, but the hearts swelleda with sympathiy for the had marked bereaved family. But let..us not "'Gene." as he think of little Eugenla as dead, but and called, hai as living; as a flower that has wither- that disposition ad, but as one that has, been trans- of all with who planted, and touched by a Divine we wot not tha hand, is blooming in richer color and Gay, lively, full sweeter fragranee than those of earth. disposition, he The little form was laid to rest in the crowd or gath IPickens cemetery on Wednesday. The social life c Appropriate services were oonducted .Incomplete with by Rev. N. G. Ballingrer. adh a h RECEIVE Chairs-i,ooo heAvy straight chairs. Largest ht to Pickens. Price 65c and they are easily By buying a car load we save at least i5 % C. iat chairs you need for they wont last long. ,ceived a solid car of Gordon Stoves-the best the price. All sixes. Pricrs from $7-50 to $25 e best year we have ever had and we thank our stomer for their liberal patronage. We propose a better year if honest, square dealing and buy. the right rices will make it so. Goods bought selves. Te small buyer is a thing of the past. : has to buy fight before he can sell right, We :rything in car load lots and can save you nearly !ry purchase you make. vertise to sell goods at cost but for good honest at the right price come to see us and you will u,.one and all, a happy and prosperous New Yours truly, THORNLEY & Shoes, Hats and Gents Furnishing Goods a specialty. City Buggies.- Iron King Stoves, New Home Sewing Machines, Hawes' m Union will meet on bore bis part nobly. Po r at' 2 p. m., in the has ever been able to portray the grave Ta UL menmbers ,urged to* in colors of brightness and beauty. >uainewss of importance- Bryant in the "Hymn of Death" yt ad t.- could not make the subject beautiful; by1 J. T. LooPsR, Pres. and yet the Cem~tery with its marblaeraf in epitome of* the ex- and its dead, the chair that has noSai >f the county for the occupant, the familiar echo of the' s'a pretty good show. silent voice, atbd the vacant place in 'o that there has been a home, social and lodge life, are mel >rable saving some. lowing and upiftting in their influ- Saa ipeaks welt for Super- ences. They bring the best of hu-Sla management of afirs, man nature into the fullness of viger, Sala ed by his trustworthy crowding back the selfishness and We understand that imperiousness of men, and impress have been paid this ing them with the duty of recogni off with nery 1, tion of the value of friendship. It is ro it with which to meet the gloom of the churchyard that re- Cre 1908.. yeals to us more clearly the duty of Core of or twn nd ounlife. His death has brought the bit. m of oaturswnad morn- ter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends Mu ast newsay spoen, and relatives. His . was a heart of ander is dead," H' od ewsoeo aud ai ling health for a yesa hope had been entei would ultimately rt grim monster, Deati 1*im for his ow. we~s familiarly knot I many friends and: which made frien m he came in contac t he had an enem of fun and achbee was the life of ar y Bring that he was in f our community w 'e out he was present recognized leader at'' - - ~ I. I. *1 :CO. $8.00 Hat~-J3oyden, 7 ~ ~ciaI Statement of the Surjeti~zwr~.. e following is a stateu~eui~ os'! mt ofeolajins filed and apprve~U~'\ ie Board of County Comwi~siom*.. )r the year ending I~eo. 31, 19O(~. - y Sept. Educatio,~, $ 7OO~OO~ ~oard of Eduoatioi~, bard of Equa!izatj0~, 236.O@~ rvisor'a salary, OO0.O~? y 2 Co. Cow's, 5OO~)~ Join. Clerk and Att'y,. 2~o~ ~ y Clerk of Court, 4OOfO~P~ % Auditor, 22SOP~ ~ Treasurer, Coroner. IG@~O~ # 8heriff, 7~XO.OO'~* ate Judge, ox. ?anatics, 1O8~8&~' of prisoners, eto.. 272 eying lunatics, etc., L expenses, 1,445.70. utrates and Cqpatableg, 1,888.5r '. sand brid~es.Aw (la.. F