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-.W. White and family, ol Anderson, are on a visit to Mrs N. F. Thornley in Pickens. J. %. A,hnire and family, of Pckensu. art sijting relatives ir T rc:ai I vani' county, 1. C. Mr. J. M. Nimmo. 4is on a fii 1'o the family of her son, Ma r. Nimmons, in Pickens. Th coun IIy campaign Is warm iag tip a hotle and occasionally you can hear a political discus sion. Miss Alice Finney, after a few days visit at the home of her father, returned to Atlanta Sat urday. McD. Baker will open a music school at Concord church, be ginning August 24 and continu ing twelve days. FOR SALE - Several thor oughbred Rhode Island Red Cockerals at $1.00 each. E. H. CRAIG, Pickens, S. C. it Mrs. W. H. Johnson is again in Pickens, to the delight of her many friends. She is stopping at Mrs. E. A. Gilreath's. Miss Irene L. Clark will open her nusic class on September 1, 1908, at Liberty S. C. Studio at the residence of Mr. J. C. Foster. Lost .on the streets of Pickens, one gold bracelet with engrav ing on it. Reward if returned to Monte K. Hyatt at Hiawatha Hotel. Full line of bicycle repairs, such as spokes, rims, tubes, ce ment, etc., and "solarine" for polishing all metals. H. A. RICHEY. MA- T. B. R. Freeman, who pending some time at r of Western North - eeturned to her home in Pickens Tuesday. The protracted meeting. re, cently conducted at Mile Creek church by the patstor, Rev. J. E. Foster, is said to have been the best ever held there. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Edwards of Summerville, S. C., who have been visiting Capt. and Mrs.. T. 3. Mauldin in Pickens, returned to their home Tuesday. Rev. N. 0. Ballenger is con ducting a series of meetings at Bethlehem this week. No doubt much good will be accomplished under his able preaching. The candidates for county of fices will speak in the hall at . Cateechee, Saturday, 15th inst., beginning at 4 o'clock p. m. Everybody Is invited to go out and hear them. * "Uncle Jerre" Looper, who has been quite sick at the home of his son-in-law,.-A. J. Boggs, in Plckens, Is so far recovered as to be out agair, to the delight of his many friends. FOR SALEr-50,000 good sap shingles. Will deliver them in Pickens for $1.85 per 1,000. - Shingles clear of scraps. Apply to JAs. 'WINCHESTER, Nine Times, S. C. Capt. R. A. Fisher has dis carded the hand-car for the au tomobile, and is now touring through Anderson, Laurens and Oconee counties, having the time of his life. *Brown & Smith, of Liberty, passed through Pickens Tues day with a fine drove (25 in number) of beef cattle bought i Jackson counity, N. C. 'lhey were a nice lot and will be shipped. n and surrounding coun tr_ Mfr. -Carman 18 postmaster at Aiken. Miss Grace Prince and brother, Master George, who have been on vs delightful visit to friends and relatives hl Spartanbnrg, returned to their home in Pick ens last Satuiday. Mrs. Mattie McLeskey, of Ab beville, who has been on a visit to her .mother, Mrs. Thomas Bolt, In Pickens, for some time, is now on a visit to relatives and friends at Piedmont. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Baker and family visited Warren D. Edens on the 5th inst. and helped to celelrate his 80th birthday. He is hale and h'earty and does not seem to be over 60 years old. Mrs. Fannie Cannon, sister of Mrs. D. B. Finney and Capt. R. A. Fisher, died last Saturday at Anderson. She was a noble woman and had hosts of friends who sincerely mourn her death. Mrs. J. N. Morgan and child ren, of Central, are visiting her sisters; Mesdames Florence Gi if fin and R. A. Bowen, in Pickens. "Miss Minnie's" friends are al ways glad to welcome her to Pickens. For up-to-date jewelry of all kinds and for first-class repair work of watches or jewelry, see H. Snider at Easley. He carries a nice line of goods, sells them cheap, does first-class repair work, and will treat you right. Walter H. Griffin one of the leading young business men of Greenville, is spending a few days in Pickens, the guest of his mother, Mrs. Florence Grif fin. Walter's many friends are always glad to see him in Pick ens. I Large crowds from Pickens and elsewhere are constantly go ing and coming from Table Rock Hotel...: E. F. Keith Is, treating his guests fine and Js getting a lot of patronage. He has a nice place and it is a pleasure to go there on an outing. Mr. Sam Weiner, the optician, is still in Pickens, and if you are troubled with your eye-sight in any way he would be glad to have ye call on him at IWolt & Co.'s drug stose. He fits the genuine bifocal glasses and guarantees satisfaction, and his~ charges are reasonable. Pickens' up-to-date barber shop, Messrs. Porter and Chris topher, proprietors, have moved their shop into the store room recently vacated by the Pickens Drug .Co., and have fitted up a nice place. The rear end'will be used by the Pickens Pressing Club and a bath room for the patrons of the barbe, shop. There will be preaching at Secona Baptist church Friday night at early candle light, Sat urday morning at' 11 o'clock, Satur-day night, and Sunday morning at 1L o'clock, the same being Friday and Saturday be Tore the fourth Runday in Au gust. Everybody come. Rev. Orr, from Greenville, will con duct the services. Don't forget the date. W. M. MURPHREE. W. G. Hunter, wife and five children, of Oconee county, vis ited his parents, Mr. and Mrp. J. 3. Hunter, of the Liberty side last week. While over, he was the recipient of a-birthday din ,ner on Tuesday, August 4, given by his mother, at which were 1many relatives and friends and an enjoyable time was had by those present. paper. Hon. Geo. $. Legare is :m. proving his property in Pickens. Carpenters have torn, down the side veranda to his house and have erected in its stead a large p*a 22X86- feet., The lower floor will be used for a dancing pavilion as ocsion demands, ortor other purposes as the exi gencAO arise, While the upstairs portion will be fitted up for a play ground for the children. The reports of the examina tion for scholarships in Win throp College are all in and ex amined. The successful con testants for Pickens county's scholarships are Misses Laura Rigdon and Beryl Martin. Pres ident Johnson will as soon as possible send out notices to all students informing them wheth er they will be admitted to the dormitories and certificates and trunk tag tothose students ad mitted. \ 11 ElectricLights for Pickens; In this issue appears a notice of opening of books of subscrip tion to the Ivy Light, Water and Power Co. A. careful read ing shows that this. company is composed of progressive citizens and business people of the town of Pickens, and the.object of the company is to build an electric lighting system and to furnish lights and power to the town of Pickens - something that has been needed for some time, and something that the people have been wanting, lo, these many days. The arrangements have been made for the installing of a dy namo and the poles will be put up and wired as soon as possible and the company expects to b furnishing lights on the streets and in the residences ofPickens inside of ninety days. - Pickens will soon be one of -the most np. to-date cities in the country eleci-,ic lights, water-works and sewerage-and you just can't keep her from it. Other towns in the county will soon be fol lowing her example. WE A F NOT RUNNI A to m SI A ar w I ] w A. K. F West .Ehd. cr.-enc night near Greenvilleg fyphold fever.~ He had just,. feturied from the military enompieit at .hattanooga, having been I there as a -member of l3lythe's Rifles.I His remains were Interred In Ebenezer churchyard last Sun day. The burial was by the Order of Odd Fellows of Mono., ghan and the military honors of the Blythe Rifles, your cor respondent reading the funeral rites. This young man was one full of promise for a long, useful life, and his decease seems to us very sad. The parents and relatives have the sympathy of many friends in their sorrow, and they also have a sweet comfort t In his dying testimony, which was an assurance of rest and I peace with his Savior. We can- I not understand the mysteries of I Providence, but we know His ! ways are always right, and In meek submission say, "Thy will be done." J. E. FOSTER. Stock Committoe Meets. We are requested to announce that the stock committee of the Fair Association met on the 7th instant at 4 p. in. and the fol lowing resolution was adopted: Resolved, To ask the finance ' committee to give us an expert judge on stock. All persons wishing to exhibit stock in the coming fair will please notify 4 the committee on stock of such as they may wish to enter not later than 1st of September so the committee will know who will exhibit and what will be ex hibited. Adjourned to meet on 1st day of September at 10 a. m., at which time every member of this committee is urged to be present. W. L. JENKINS, Chairman. Bildge to Let. I will let to the lowest responsible bid der the building of a new bridge over Twelve Mile River, known as the Secona bridge, Saturday. August 29th, at 10 o'clock a. m. Plans made known that day. E. F. LOOPER. td County Superv'sor. IE NC special pre-inventory 'or give awa close out SUMMER GOODS, to ake room for FALL and WINTEl aginning August r st we put the k immer goods, Li of'our prirhbed wash goods that e now offered at 7 cts. Short en< -ice. Men's and ladies Underwea >ods share the same cut. .Men's ill be sold at cost. iave the reputation of saying wha e say. ~ARK;' H When1 thn Theo it tisme to act to study, to read, to exp meti You wantto sav heir,a*nd save it quickly So naker up your mlild thi very minute that if yourAhal ever Comes out you will use Ayer's Hair Vigor. It qiakea the scalp healthy. Tho' hair stays in. It cannot do. SOy thing else. It's nature's way The betia ofta testimedal1. ''sold for over sity yas Ayers.. M.. It is said that a woman in the WIiddle West dropped 14,000 feet n a parachute the other day and anded uninjured. Ja L VALLEY, 1hysiia and Srgeon. flhlce Hours 10 to 12--2 to 4 J J McSWAIN L AWYER, Cireenville, S. C. M. C. LONG, Attorney-at-Law. )er Postofce, Anderson, S. C. ractice in all Courts In SonUth Carolina I. P. OAR EY, JR. Attorney-at-Law Pickens, S. C. Practice in all Courts. y sale, but the time has come wind up Summer business and. R~ GOODS nife DEEP in the price of all we sold at-o and 1254 ets. cls and Rtespants at one-half r have been reduced. White and women's low cut shoes t we mean, and doing- what