Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOCAL BREYITIES ( Some Things You Know and Some You Don't Know About Our Towns, County & People -Our country cousins have al most ceased to come to see us. The plowline is busy now. -N. D. Taylor, photographer will be in his studio in Pickens, Saturday the 1st inst. -Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gilreath of Greenville, were the guests of his mother, Mrs. E. A. Gilreath, of Pickens. last Sunday. -The residence of J.B.Palmer one mile south of Walhalla, is under quarantine because of small pox having developed there -Mrs. Thomas Jenkins and little daughter, who have been on a visit to the family of her father-in-law, W. L. Jenkins, in Pickens, has returned to her home in Columbia. -Mr. Reese Allgood, who is attending the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Allgood, of Pickens, last week. He is getting along fine with his studies. -We acknowledge the re ceipt of a specially handsome card of invitation to be present at the annual Commencement exercises of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College,May 30th to June 1th. -At the fea il rate at which flour is ri *a th e days itds--t& four is rlIgt be h ped that the consumer may not need the soda heretofore re quisite and can thereby save a few nickels by cutting out the Arm & Hammer. -Mr. T. L. Bivens, of Pickens ie one of the latest members of e Pickens, automobile club, he Lying recently returned from :lanta with a nice Ford, and ..-w he "fairly burns the wind" Mr. Bivens contemplates making a trip to Charlotte, real soon, in it , and will carry his family with him. -We are requested by Coun ty secretary John T. Boggs, to state that the Pickens County Farmers Union will meet at the court house on Monday, May 3d, at 10:30 a. m. All local unions are requested to send delegates as business of importance is to come up. The county Rally, which was set for May 8th, has been called off for the present. -Accidents will happen. Last week in the local about the entertainment at the audi torium the name of the bright est star was unintentionally omitted-that of Miss Mary Sheldon -the compositor over looked it when setting up the article and the proof-reader fail ed to catch it. We humbly apologize to M~'iss Sheldon for the inadvertancy and assure her it was purely one of those omis sions that occasionally creep into the best of regulated news Spapers. -On Saturday, the 24th inst., the Buchanan-Scott Co., of Greenville, put on a gigantic slaughter sale. They bought largely of spring and summer goods, but the season did not open up as they expected, and in order to create heavy buying they have put the price way down on everything in this store. In their ad in this paper they quote you a few prices which are samples of how cheap they __ are seling everything. It is not a question of whether you need these goods or not, but it is a question of ca n you afford to do th out them at the prices ey are being sold at. It will ey you to stop the plow, take day off, carry the whole fain ily, and buy up a lot of these genuine not-to-be-gotten-again bargains while they last. Dry goods, shoes, millinery, ready to-wear garmenlts, in fact any thing to be found in a well-ap pointed ladies department store, is to be found here, and at prices to def y competion. Char lie Bowen is here and he wants all of his Pickens county friends to come and see him duri" this sale. (Priekly Ash, Poke I w---AK= POSITE CuRE OF Phydian endore P. P. P. A a upIes did combination, and prebcribe It with great atl-faction for the cure of all form and stages of Ptimary, Secondary and Tertiary Byphilis, Byphiliti Rheu- r matism. Ueroftlous Uleors and gore. Glandular Swellings. Rheumatism, Kid. R0y Complaint, old Chzono Uloerstbat C C CATARRH, haversuisted alltretmentCatrrh,d -kn Diseases, Eczema. Chronle Female Complaint, Mercurial 2ison, Totter. S"ead4 ste., etc. P. P. P. is a powerfultonla and an ercellent appitizer. building up the - system rapidly. If you are weak and . feeblesand feel bedly try P. P. P., and RHEUN -The cotton planters are now running on full time. -One more of the times for applying the paint brush is at hand. -Mr.Edward Porter was mar ried to Miss Ollie Billings on Sun day, April 18, 1909, in Pickens County.-Oconee News. -Master Oliver Bolt son of Dr. J. L. Bolt of Pickens, was pain fully bitten on the left leg by a dog belonging to T. L. Bivens, last Thursday. He is getting along nicely. -Louis Lazarakos, who con ducted the Pickens candy Kitch en has moved to Wadesborro,N. C. Louis says he liked Pickens and was coming back some time and go into business here again. -They say there will be a good deal of fruit left yet; apples and peaches will be few, but on that account may be larger and finer. And as for blackberries, the vines are full of blossoms. -Miss Myra Lou Cochran, who is staying with her uncle A. J. Boggs, of Pickens, where she is attending the High School visited her mother Mrs. J. W. Cochran, of Calhoun, last week. -Contractor Anderson Babb s laying down the lumber pre - paratory to building a nice house for Mr.Gregg Mauldin in the southern part of Pickens, n ear the residence of W.L.Jen kins. -Mr. J. F. Stokes, of the coun ty, who has been running a store at Sheriff's side track on the Pickens Railroad, and at Easley has come to Pickens and is now opening up a nice line of goods in the T. D. Harris store room recently occupied by the Kandy Kitchen. -Married, by W. A. Grant, Magistrate, at his residence near alem, on Sunday, April 18,1909, Miss Ariethia Hudson to Mr. Tom Duncan. Miss Hudson is a daughter of Mr. G. B. Hudson, one of Oconee' s substantial cit izens. Mr.Duncan was former ly of Pickens county. -Oconee News. ' -Anderson Babb, who is building a nice ten-room house n Ann street, in Pickens, has overed it with the Burriss metal shingle. This shingle is made y John T. Burriss & Son, of Anderson and it makes a hand ome roof. John L. Thornley is he local agent and he will take leasure in showing you sam les of the designs and quote you a price. -Capt, Frank G. Mauldin, vho is now stationed at the At anta barracks, in the Inspector eneral's office, Department of he Gulf, and who has recentlyI been ill with pneumonia, is so far recovered from his recent at ack, as to be able to travel, and is now on a visit to home folks in Pickens. Frank's many friends are delighted to greet him and see him looking so well. Impossible It is impossible to be well, bowels are constipated. Yot laws of nature, or suffer the material, waste products, poi removed from the body at ki will be trouble. A sluggish immense amount of sufferin; your doctor about Ayer's Pil dlirectly on the liver. Trust toot and Potassium.) L. FOEMS AND STAGES 01 you wfil regain lesh and strngth. Wasteofenergyandalldisesesresulting from overtaxing thesystem ar cured by the use of P. P. P. Ladieewbose systemearepoisonedand Swhosabloodisinanimpure conditiondue tomenstrualirregularities are peculiarly beneAted by the wonderful tonio an SCROFULA - bloa cleansing properies of P. P. P.. Prickly Ash Poke Boot and RotuAsslum. o d by all Druggists. Fe.V. LIPPMAN. Proprietor Sivannah, - Ca. IATISM -The annual Spring cleaninj is in order. -The fruit crop is thought t be safe-what's left of it. -Miss Marie Folger, who ha been visiting in Greenville, ha returned to her home in Pickens -Edgar Morris, of Washing ton, D. C., visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Morris ii Pickens, last week. -The days are gettini mighty long the clerks think and they are looking forward t the early closing, which begin May 3d. -Rev. D. D. Jones, a forme pastor of the Pickens charge, bu now stationed at JonesvillE visted his brother and sister ii Pickens last week. -Master Sydney Bruce, o Pickens, is fast learning to driv his Buick. This is a pretty littl machine, white painted, an, makes a pleasing appearance t the eye, as Sydney. with the ca full of his young lady friends carefully and gracefully steer his machine about the streets o Pickens, for all the world like; veteran "choofer." -On the 24th instant Miss Loi Hester most (hamingly and de lightfully entertained her freind Misses Grace Hendricks, Norm; Griffin, Lillian Bolt and Grac Prince, at the delightful countr: home of her father Mr. R. A Hester, four miles south of Pick ens. Miss Lois is a charming hos tess and the young ladies a spent a delightful time. -That old stand-by, wh swears by his Pickens count: trade, Mr. A. K. Park, of Green ville, has as fine line of dry good notions, shoes,etc., as can b found any where and at as los prices. Any thing you buy of hir must be all right, or he wi make it right, as his persons guarantee is behind everythin he sells. Give him a call and b convinced. He will treat yo right and make it to your intei est to share your trade with hirr -Speaking of his recent visi to Easley as a member of th South Carolina Presbytery which convened there last week Col. R. A. Thompson, recalle several incidents of the loni ago. "The historical associa tion of Easley," he said, "i interesting. Near by is Pick ensville, one of the oldest town in L up-country. The tow1 was named in hon or of Gen Andrew Pickens, of Revolution ary fame. This large territor was organized by the Legisla ture and known as Washingtoi count y. The court house ani jail were erected at P ickensville In the course of time thes buildings were burned. A population increased there wa a loud clamor for the division o Washington county into tw districts. This culminated il the founding of old Pendletoi and Greenville districts.' Keowee Courier. to be Well simply impossible, if the Smust pay attention to the consequences. Undigested sonous substances, must be ast once each day, or there liver is responsible for an g and serious disease. Ask s. He knows why they act him. . C. e rr Co.,. eIMs. -Master Arthur Allen, Piedmont, is visiting his fath Mr. T. R. Allen, of Pickens. -Rev. I. J. Newbery, of t S. C. Conference, is on a visit his brother, Judge J. B. Newbe in Pickens. -Wi. H. Harris, of Picker who is attending Wofford C lege, spent the week-end wi his parents, Mr. and T. D. H ris. -Mrs. Carrie Robinson. Liberty, who has been very at the home of her mother, Mi K. L. Cureton, in Pickens, much improved. -Plums will soon be ri Blackberries will follow close I hind. Won't the children hav good time getting their ank scratched and won't we enj those pies? -Plant plenty of corn and will not matter to you how hil the price of flour goes, for afi all, what is nicer, more healt] Y and strengthening than w cooked corn bread and muffii -We spent a pleasant ho the other day leaning agair the phone, calling up No. and the only response we got w a sweet female voice whi called back at us, "The line busy.' '-Anderson Intelligenc -Captain J. T. Taylor, Ge Manager of the Pickens Ra road, spent Saturday in Gaee: ville. with his son, A. B. Tayk who is manager of the real ( tate department of the Gree ville Real Estate, Loan and I vestment Company. r -We call your attention the ad. of Craig Bros. in ti issue. Their chicken-weighii contest is over and they are no trying to get up a carload t scrap iron. They are also tal ing about their new goods whi they want you to get before t) I big May meetings. They ha a nice line of dry goods, dre rgoods, notions, hosiery, sho and oxfords for ladies; suil Sshirts, ties, collars, handk< Schiefs, suspenders, fancy sock~ Sshoes and slippers for the me -Mr. Thomas H. Smith, wi Snow owns the A. C. McMahs -farm below Easley, has a fi Scrop of crimson clover. Sampl Sof this clover has been broug: to Pickens and it is fine bei> Sabout 18 inches high. It is < timated that Mr. Smith will g -six tons to the acre, from ti ten-acre field, when he cuts .He will plant this land to cc and experts say he will gath oat the rate of 75 bushels of cc Sper acre. This is farming sorr -No use to go wvest to farm wh such yields as this can be gott ehere. V-We call your attention 'the change in the ad. of th 1old reliable clothing merchai IL. Rothschild, of Greenvil Swhich appears in this issue. F emany years he has been selli: 'clothes to the readers of tl -paper and they have been g ting good and satisfactory we out of them. Mr. Rothsch talks to the hard-to-please p4 ,ple this week. They are t kind of folks he wants to sell]I clothing to. If he can't fit y out of stock suits he operates tailor-shop in connection a can take your measure a -make you a suit to fit, alm< while you wait. 1-The J. Thomas Arnold C of Greenville, have for sevei -weeks, carried an an advertil ment 'in this paper soliciti: your patronage. This firm ci ries one of the largest and niet lines of dry goods, dress goo< ready-to-wear garments, foi wear and millinery to be fou: in the state. They handle t celebrated Gage millinery a: can please you in this line hats. In their suit departmne they have anything you looking for from the $4.00 t suit up to the very finest troi seau, and all of them the ye latest creations of Paris and N( York modistes. When you b1 your goods here you are getti stuff that is the very height fashion, as Mr. Arnold carr over no goods, but disposes everthing in stock during t season for which it was bougi When you trade with him t him von saw his ad in t] paper. It will please him know that you read his his e of -Dr. Win. J. Bolt, and Gign er illiatt Christopher. of Pickens, spent last Sunday in Anderson. be -Walter H. Griffin, of Green to ville, spent the week-end in ry Pickens, with his mother, Mrs. Florence Griffin. s. The ground is in splendid fix >I- for planting, and this week will th see a large per cent of the corn r- crop in the ground. -Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Calla of han, of Piedmont, visited the ill family of their son, J. I. Calla -s. han, of Pickens, last week. is -Stress on our advertising columns causes several commu e. nications to be crowded out. e- They will appear next week. 1 a -Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sheldon. es of Westminster, spent last week )Y with their daughter, Miss Mary Sheldon, who is a teacher in the it Pickens Graded School. rh -Who says the southern peo er ple are lazy? If you will visit 1Y this neck of woods now you will ell find about the busiest set of IS- mortals you ever run across. ur -Messrs. B. B. Laboon, E. B. ist Webb, L. C. Thornley and B. C. - Robinson are worrying the fin, as ny tribe up about White Water ,h falls. We hope. they will get is more than the proverbial fisher r. man's luck. n. Religious Sreices The meeting which began at r, the Methodist church last Sun '~ day morning, is growing in in n- terest and attendance. Last n- night the congregation over flowed the church and it was to decided to move the night ser is vices to the School Auditorium, 1 which is larger and better ven w tilated. The afternoon services of from 4 to 5 will still be held in k- the church. h A splendid choir is being or e ganized with seven instruments e and a number of splendid voices. ss Rev. D. H. Comann, who is do es ing the preaching is a minister :, of unusual ability and power. r- He is a typical Scotchman, but s, a native Virginian. His early ri. ministry was in the Holston 10 Conference Methodist churc~h, SSouth. Later he transfered to e the Columbia Conference in es Oregon. For 18 years he has at been a member of the Western 1g N. C. Conference, and for seven s- years an Evangelist of the State. et Mr. Comann is a simple, plain s Gospel preacher, and resorts to it. no sensational methods,or death r bed scenes to move the people. er He has few preliminaries and rn makes few propositions, but de te. livers his message and leaves en the responsibility with his con en gregation. The pastor has been very f or tunate in securing the services to of this able evangelist, and the at people of Pickens, to a man tought to throw themselves into lthe work for a revival in our or midst. 11s Notice to Teachers. The Spring Teachers exami ar nations will be held in Pickens tid Court House on Friday, May 14. so- Examination to commence he promptly at 9 o'clock. Appli -cants to furnish their own sta utionery. Legal cap paper pre o ferred. a By order of the State Board ad of education. rd R T. HALLUM, >st Co. Supt. of Ed. al io Lr- ~ sAny Time he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ aid Keep a box of Bliss Native of Herbs on hand for all emergen ndes-for headache-distress ntafter eathfug-bilousness-con ,re stlpatlon-rheumatlsm-blood aib disorders. Take a tablet once in s-a while just for "health's sake." ryIB T((NATIVE w D 1 )HERBS Is an old-tIme remedy of roots rig herbs-and barks pressed into of tablets-easy to take-200 tablets for $1.00-guaranteed to benefit: of or money back. be Get the genuine in yellow hboxes only-made by BLISS in it. Washington, D. C. ell__ _ _ _ ~isSOLD BY tF. A. FIN LEY, Pickens_ S.( /"\ 30 DA REDUCTIf -01 Ien, WKOI11n andI LADIES OXFORDS. i lot I lot I lot 1 lot Patent Leather and Vi $2.50 tO $3.oo, but while they la 'em for $2.00 the pair. These after at this price. Old Ladies Comforts, with th i lot Misses and Children's C MEN'S OXFORDS. We se i lot, including all-over Pater with latest lace, rhe $4.oo kind, HATS. Straw hats for men DRY GOODS. We have s dies in fancy shirtings and waist drive in a fine Percale at 6c. the ored and plain Lawns, Suesene anything in the dress goods line A big lot of laces and embroi Come to see us when you kept in a general store and we i you money. You W. E, FREE *-At the 01 Still giving Couponis Fresh lot or Fet miss P4 (MILLII Everything Brand New. I Parlor SFolger, Tho' and have a select line of pat Sshapes and most sought afte Large brims with filowe Cordays, Pokes, Tricorns, e Don't forget the little fc Srens Bonnets, Sailors and T2 Come and see me, you is new and up-to-date. C MISS PAF 5 Back~ Don't sufler with ba< ney Troi Hlallum' s Bac ae Kidney aeguaranteed to re cost you nothing. Five boxes $2.oo. them. Pickens I "The Store that b LAUNDRIS in tl COLLARS, CUIFFS, th We will appreciat' BOLT UP-TO-DATE MENTION THIS AD OY3O LY 30 )N SALE. bllMen's Oords. Vici Kid, Blucher cut, @ 95c better grade, @ $1.25 ladies Tan Oxfords, @ $-50 :i Kid Oofords. Aasy worth st you can stick your feet in are worth coming many miles in bottoms, at $1-50 Ixfords, at 50C. to $1.25 11 the Samson Oxfords for men. t Leather Gun Metal and Tan, cut to $3.50 and children, from I oc up. omething nice to show the la goods at 5c. the yard. A big yard. Fancy Ginghams, col Silks, in fact, we carry almost you want. lery at a reduced price. are in the market for anything vill show you how we can save rs, to please, VAN & Co. d StE4.' urea Just in. Have yo; gogten yonra?' artrxdc ERY) have opened Millinery s at -nley & Co. tern hats, all the popnlar r styles. r pot crowns, Tub Shapes Lc. liks, Infants Caps, Chiid ins. will find everything that TRI DGE, t~che :kache and Kid ible. kache and Pilis. lieve you or they Only 3oc per box See us about7 )rug Co. as the Goods" one of the BEST ie State. - - each, 2c. e pair. 4c. your patronage. DRUGGISTS,