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Pickens Sentinel-Journal .Kailenings of , Local and Personal Nature. MArs. B. B. LaBoon spent Tucs (lay in Grenville. H. A. ilchoy wants filmeidi ately 100 bmshel-; of cane seed. Chief Nealey has been doing som * mOULc h-needed work on the streets recently. H. W. Farr, who has n.oved to his old home near Enon, was in town rTruesday. Dr. Horton, dentist, who has been in Pickens for some time, has moved to G-eenville. 'Mrs. J. B. Bruce, of Greenville, is visiting the family of her son, W. A. Bruce, in Pickens. Mrs. T. J. Mauldin, who has i-een spending some time In Columbia, returned home last week. Rev. N. G. Ballinger preached two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening ill the Methodist church. Ground has been broken foi the, ney Masonic building and the bricklayers are at work. J. F. Grandy has the contract, and a first-class job will be done. The boys of the town have been at work fixing a baseball ground on the vacant lot be tween the residences of C. N. Bowen and R. L. Hendricks. Dame Rumor says that thc nuariage bells- will ring in Pick ensf soon. Two of our most pop ilar young folks are to get mar ried-h owe ver, not to each other. Next Monday is salesday, am there are several tracts of lam to be sold; there will also be u ,meeting of the Farmers' Unior held on that (lay ina the court. house. Mr. and Mis. 0. B. Williams, who have beeni on a visit to thc latter.'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Richey, in Pickens, re turned to their home at Gaines ville, Ga., last week. C. T. Hughes is putting upa nlice, connudiLous hLouse on is lot recenitly purcehased in th( 'Robinson Rrservation."' Whe n comleted it will be0 an orniament to that part of the town. "'Uncle Zeke" is slinging th( paintbrush on the new Six Mik( schoolhouse recently finished. When done it will be a nice jol of painting, as "'Zeke"' never turns off any other kind of work. The many friends in Pickens of Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Lessesne, who synmathized with them lasi summer in the loss of their littk daughter, will now rejoice wit): them that another little cherul has come to them to cheer, comi fort t.nd give joy to their hearts. Silas 1-inckle has certainly c'hanged things around at th( Robinson home place. He has c:hanged, torn away, and added' to flhe old1 house until it would hardly 1)e known as the samc place by its former owners, and~ the end is not yet, for he is still building and improving. Misses Lida Bowen andl Leona Grice, teachers in the graded school at Newry, visited Misses Stella and Olivia Barron at "The Oaks'" the latter part of last week..Mrs. Lena Coch ran spent the winter with hei *-'ts, Mr. and Mrs. Mears, al v"......''Mr. anid Mrs .isler, of Calhoun, vis * tter's p)arents, Mr. ani Mrb. jars, at their home her< last week.-[Falview Cor. Wa) ha Couenrier. Mrs. M. J. Harris, of Easl.y, was on a visit to her childre). Mr. T. D. and Mrs. J. -. Har-: ris, in Pickens, last week. John Roper, of. ;b Easley side, visited his daughters, Mr. E. H. Craig and Mrs. L. F. Rob inson, inl Pickens-. Sunday. Lloyd H. Grandy, Vho is a graduate in civil engineering, has opened ollices in Pickens I an(I will handle this class of work and contracting. For the present lie is at Banberg, S. C., where he has a large job of construction work. Se")veral communications have been received lately, that, for 'want of timc to get them up, have been crowded out, but they will appO'ar next week. We ask' that all of our correspondents sign their names, as well as their nom-de-plumes, to th.'i." communications. Miss Berta Jones, the success ful teacher of the school at this place, accompanied by Miss A% Morg-an, visited relatives neart Pleasant Hill, Ficikns county. Saturday and Sunday......Miss s Alice White and Pauline Kelley visited Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ken nemur, of Pickens, recently. -[New Hope Cor. Keowee Cour. Next Monday is election day for the town of Pickens. So far Ivery little has been said as to I probable candidates for inten dant, and wardens. The pres ent officers have been careful and painstaking in the discharge of their duties, and the town could do wor'se than : etain them at the head of her municipal affairs. Dr. J. N. Hallum, while as sistin..- in carrying the large win do't' from the front of the Ma 6!sonic building up stairs, Was severely cut across the wrist by - one of the pine of glass, as it fell out of the frame. An artery was severed an several stiche3 were n(cssary to sew up the wouni1d. Ae is progressing niCe ly, andl his friends hope he will s er no inconvenience from 'the hurt. Suipervisor' Looper has ccr' tainily fixed thle road through the bottom on Twelve Mile on the Clenment's mill road 0. K. He has hauled in rock andl dir{ and made a fill and cnt (ditehOs through the bottoms to drain the water to the river, and hnow a good, dry road will be there for all time to. come. When fixed the same way on this side of the river it wvill be the best road in the state. According to rumor a large brick store will soon be put up in Pickens. It will be a large store, and a complete stock of everyt;hing needed in the home or on the farm will he carried. It will he k lown as the "'Farm ers' Store"' and~ will be hacked by the "Farmers' Union.'" Tlhis is a 'rmjor tha~t has reached us; we aw-ait developments before heralding abroad the news as an assuredl fact. Saving Her Own Books. The fact that some per~gon will ocea-. slonally borrow from a circulating lI b~rary the very liook that he has In his own home puzzles the library attend ants. One day a libirarlan sought en lighteunment on this dupilintin. "YOU just bought a set of' these books for yoturself. did you not?" she in (lulred1 of a woman who haid asked for "GIreat Expecta tions," "H~aven't they b'een de~liveredi yet?" "Oh. yes; they've comec all right," was the reply, "but I don't l.ike to use them for fear they might get dlirty." New York Pest. - Peouliarity of Madness. Whlo can tell why It is thqt in mad houses the ide~a of sub~ordination is very seldom to be found? Bedlam is -inhabited only by kcings, poets and nhiosonhcrs.-hndora Meosngue. V/hen tho None 3leds. Whett t,:- noo Is bleedhtig nlever 1101(i it over a3 it I-n or hold tie hed down iI itty vay. This only e:te firthiler rusi of h!oc:i to tHe broken tissue(~s in thle no Ie. Tl (e head should he held up aind hae;:. 'it low being c't"gh!t Iu ha di~re:::fsor* el!otlhs. 0.nk ol' the( Imost ('(ciIve and simille m':ts of cecki:I.c a co!eblecd Is to . Oil the u:qpr 1,11). Near the n11( t'r' c o? the lip. Im at::. Vie ahrter t hai: les te initei'ir tra:al 1nissalm v;e the rupitilres occur. If tis iS pressoil the flo, of blooid is tCinIIiienically (le-kecd, thtts allowin:4 the blood aroud tile brok!in tienenie to Con1geal 131and sal 1) the openitig. If luerely pressiing wit t1h1. iI:igrer dos.4 not secec:l, i>!ace a wll (if p:per under the lip liand fold the ljp over It. holding it down tight. Again, if tbl does not su1cceed and at drug store , near get sone ndrenilin, satitrate .1 1Ivve of cotton with it and apply to the iI'Vrior of the Iose frowu where the Wliod flows. Ant Merchants. Ant merchants. clad in leather un derwear. are to be found in 'aris, London 1111d cveral other IEiropean cities. WIherever pheasants-3 art! I)re served the ant m1erVharit L in detaand. It is I-:t. Itimwever. ants. hut the eggs of Iatits. that "the3 in:n chi !'.y dle::: in. P.ron evrypirt of Eulrople nu"ts Art' c1hipp)jed to 131633. and he keeps themi ia not ru3M-;pnees smlaHr l their iature to b chh: (:3 rti-aindl !:: feedsl :t i'l tenrd,: t-. irerfully. Fo thit tiei r hl'w l- K*. .ep ifine M ind t!ey v.-IlI lay Th 3 ::;:'. h'p Ii::;: in w..o (en boxes cu13 n 'tI I i thIi aIe I pr'se rves, 13 n pi ';e:-in: i:. t!s- v!e world. Alit I he un tis il::gre'ves"3 he :ys as oons8011 0t4ey rease( tit lay. pressing theiem and1 '('1llin. thfrIlt In littk blooks s l1:ir to pilug tolpecoi) to dealers inl bird and .iri food. It is Intero:<1ig to be an int mer chant. tout leather underwear Is esen tial to the blsiness, as the little Crea tures Ite unmiercifully.-New Orleans Timies-Democrat. We Trust Doctors If you a-resuffering from impure blood, thin blood, de bility, nervousness, exhaus tion, you should begin at once with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the Sarsaparilla you have known all your life. Your doctor knows it, too. Ask him about it. Unlgitns there -i dtaly, aCtion of the bowels, I piannn II' us pna1dnets are a boribed, c~tang head nkeh, bnu nt-u seni, dypIindtu 11tevenlling thu . 4rapra framdoing tbest Work. Avnr's Pillis nr livor pills. Act gently, all vetabl.I Mado by .T. 0. A yer Co., Lowell, Mass. Ahom noturors of h iAIR V1GOR. 7SAOUlI CURIE. CHlERRY PECTORtAL. We aveno ecrts We publiuh W o fomA of all our medicinm. Fon. SATA.-1- acnrosi, origin 1l forest, 1 ~ mili-s math31 of P'ickensi, $30 oni a3cro; 75 ner'o W:M of WVoodall ?onnblin, 10 itct"s I run--h1 b'otom, boainen in I~imbe r, Iiriei' $10 t)-n-, euigh (1b al. E. F. E EITH. RI. F'. I., No. 4, Pickens, S. < . Here is Relief for Women. If ' ou hove p -ins ini the back. Urina ry. PI:uihier or lKidney troubile, and wanlt a. cer talin, pil'.itant ierb cureV for wvom an's3 ills. try Mot h.r (Gray's AUSTRtALTAN I.EAF. it is :3 safe and nlever-failing rr gulal or. A t Drumrgist8 or by mail 50c. Smt3Ip'ei lpackalgl FRIEE. Addresi, VThe Mothe'r (eny v 'o., LeRoy, N. Y. f20:4 To Breoak in New Shoes Always Use A 33.n'.s Fo''i-Eneo, ai pav)der. R pre vents TLighen. ~. and Blistelrmhg. (!ienrt swolh-, Swe ing felet. At. n311 Draug. L"1441s 1(nd shoe stores, 220. Sample matil ed FREEi. A 1hh ss, A. S. Olmsted. Le Troy, N.Y. feb20x4l. OllAI.1 .:STON & WVESTn1''N CAltOIIA ItCAILWAY. Arr Iv'a andt I)3eparture of' Trains, Glreen. sille,. 5. O. E freotive A pril 14, 190(1. m:EPAn'rUiER; 6:301a1m, No. 43 daily excepti 86utniny, for Lan ret.uuiti~ intermeidiate sittions, arrlve at Lautr'nis 1:n60 na m P2: 15 p m., No. (3 daily for Laurenis, ClInton Newberry, ( oltzubin, .Sum(ter and1( Chaurles ton (6ct tig iat Stun 3ter with3 A. U. L., Train No. 82 for Ric la~mnd, Washington andtem ~cities,3 aund at Laureuns with C. & W . U. Tiraini No. l for Spiartanbu rg and ttin No 1e for (Greenwooid, A u1gustn., etc. Arrive ILaurenis I :35 p m,, (Clintoni 2:12 pim. NewE erry 3.1 p. m,) Columiant 4:45 Sumter uiQ i im, Chaorlestoni 9:4(0, Spartan. butrg 3:30 p. Ii, Greeunwood 2:40i p mi, 3' i Aiuguista 5-25 is. m. 4:-40 p mn, No. 361 thuily except Sunday. for Lau0. renis and1 Iitte-m in te stationls. Arrive at Lnurenis 6:40. 1:20 a mn, No. 87, datilly except Sunidny f rota L.aurensi and it:ermednte stations. .00 pi m, No. 145, daily except Sulnday, from 3::15 p in, No. 52. d a~ly from Chiarlestoni Sumter, Columbin, N eu bierry, Cllniton, Spar tnhnrg, A uigusta, G reentwood Laurenis, etc. Trains No. 52 andl 53 ri through between Charletton withoutI change. CO133:ENVI1LLE, 33. C. Ernest Williams, G. P. A. Rt M. nirnnr1, 'Prnf. Main Aug..sta a The Wonderful Citre Have you heard of Dit. PHILL] ils WONDERIUL WORK anion im1 curing and benefitting everybod ind black, rich and poor, old and yo )f Pickens, S. C., for a few days vould be glad to help the sick and >ay either ladies or gentlemen to tv ions, both public and private, are s SONFIDENTIAL. Call and see < Parties; inside of incorporation c9 ;ell on the Court I-louse Square on .ure all who buy my Treatment, an vill sign the conditional contract wit Office: Rooms i and 2 George I DR. I. Z. PF General Agent. Plain Talks on A Talk to Frui You use a fertilizer of course, but do you use enough? The yield per acre, - and the profit therefrom increases in far greater proportion than the cost of additional fertilizer. What is an increase in cost of $2.00 to $10.00 per acre for fertilizer when the returns therefrom show an increase of $50.00 to t o $250.00 per acre? Fe prc The big Magnolia Fruit eqi Farms at Durant, Miss., tested no the well-known Virginia-Car- ioN olina Fertilizer gin in different Cc quantities o n o t h e i r straw- or berry crop. NVi Result.: when wh 1,000 lbs. per acre were used t the profit was Ad $75.00moreper the acre than when 500 lbs. per acre were used. This is modern intensive cul ture, the method that is doub- Pic' ling and trebling the crops of Noi allo I ICol all kinds of fruit in cither good or in poor and wvorn-cut land all r~i a'r over the country-and eo in good soil, too. INotit FIGURES TALK N YEARS BOXis SOL.D the 188-.8,750 da y < 1892 155,375 "'~er 1897 290,954 1901 475,215 G. In 1903 ... 500,690 d1isell 1906 530,690 l ato. Ma The best evidence that Bliss Native -- Herbs fulfills the- claims made for it is found in the increasing sales it en joys year after year. It cures, or else T people would not buy and take It gelm for such discases as Rheumatism, nr Constipation, Dyspepsia, K I d n e y wvor1 Diseases, Liver Disorders, Eczema, bel Scrofula or any ailment arising from Impure blood(. Bliss Native Herbs Is effective because it Is made from pure roots, herbs and barks and con tains no opiates, minerals or alcohol. It is guiaranteed under the UnitedA Stater Pure Drug Law. Each box contains 200 tab~lets for $1.00 and i no cure results, money Ie refunded. It Is made by The Aionzo 0. Bliss Company, Washington, D. C. Can not be found In drug-stores and Is FOR SALE BY---.. F. A .Finley, SPickenis, S. C. Mail orders receive prompt at- onc tention. 4june'o8 t).C J J McSWAIN LAWYER, a Greenville, 5. C * Itholl rlgs. ?S, of Brevard, N. C., an g the sick and afflicted? 3 y I get a chance at- white ing. I will be in the town! only. (Notice this ad.) I afflicted while here.I t wiR .lk with me. My consuta-. trictly HONORABLE and )r write today for circulara. .n only buy of me. I wi Vlarch 28th, and relieve or 1, if I fail to help themn I 1i them. -agood new building. I L LlPS, Pickens, S. C.. 7*1 Fertilizers t-Growers The yield will be! according to the amount of plant food you give your trdes or plants - you can 4c--t pend on it. The better they are fed the greater and more valuablc. will be youi crop. Fcrtil ize sparingly and you reap sparingly. 'he fact that over a million a s of Virginia-Carolina ,tilizcr were sold last year ves them to be without. al. Every fruit farmer, matter what method he. V uscs, should get the Vir ia - Carolina npany 's ,r Year Book Alman a c.. s frec to all are inter :ec d enough ,%rite for it. d~ress us to nearest city Jw. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. imond, Va. Drurham, N..C. folk, Va. Chr-rleston, S. C. imbia, S. C. ba.ore, Md.. Atlanta. Ga. Savannah, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis. Tec:=. Shreveport, LI.. e Final Settlemnent and Discharge -e is hereby given that I will make c~tion to J. B. Newvbery. Es~q... eof P'robate for PIcklens county, its state of South Carolina, on the 9th >f April, 1909, at 11 o'clock in the oon, or s soon thereafter ase sai eation can be made, for leave to flunal settlement of the estate of [cD. TIrotter, deceased,. and obta~im arge vs admiristrator of iM.id .ea. J. W. TROT'TE:, rch 12, 190.9. Admimstrator.. To The Pubbhe. o Board of Counte' Commisione notice that they will not approve pay any clain for bridge or road. niot contracted for by one of thetri e the work was performed. E. F. LOOPER, Sup~eYIisor.. 'VTIE WATCHWORD 1(1 be "Exact." A timerieo3 that or grins is not reliable, moderate amount of money will y'our watch in go.ad health. REPAIRING < done here is not expensive, 1 ut it, oroughily goodl work. cp irence. knowledge and skill are to good us-' and, cominedl'( with mi lIed facilities, enable us to do watch clock repairing of a very high grade,. H. SNIDER, bn0t Ea.ly,-. 0.e,