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Pickens SentulIOrnl LOCAL BREVITIES i Some Things You Know and Some You Don't Know About Our Towns, County & People -Pickens furnished her quota at the Barnum and Bailey show in Greenville Thursday. -Dr. L. O.Mauldin and bride, of Greenville, are spending a time with relatives in Pickens. --Mr. Wm. M. Hagood, jr., and bride, of Easlev. are visit ing relatives in Pickens this week. -Wanted: Any one having a good corn mill and farm to rent, conimunicate with M. C. Williams, Newrv, S. C. -Rev. J. R. Aiken, of Fair Forest, S. C. spent a ;ouLiion of this week 'in Pickens with his brother-in-law, Capt. J. T. Tav lor. -The Floyd Featherston Mu sical Co.. held the boards at the Pickens Graded School Auditori um1 Monday ni*ht. All who were present. say the entertaiii ment was all right and that they had a nice time. -Monda b-ilg saleslav. and a good deal ot stuff to be sold, there was a lare crowd in tow). Most of them (ame to see how the land sold, some came to bid on it, while others came to at tend the meetin o the county Union. The mercham s say they did not do as good a business as they did last SaturdlaV. -M srs. John Crair and W 0. Willard, of Pickens, have been drawn a- jurors at the pres ent term of the U7. S. court, now sitting in Columbia. and left for that placo last Mondav. They Wil. no do1 e a good time, as the ' I full blast this wee every unute will be e o i t j t h e r e t h a t t h e y a r e n o t sitting on a ca.t'. -Carev & Uhastain. the real estate men, h..ve added largely to their list, as published in this paper and can supply you with almost anything you want in the way of a'large or small farm or town lot. They have added several large farms and1 some town lots to their list. When inl need of a farm, home, or lot to build on, consult them. -Married, on October 31st, 1909, at the Presbyterian manse in Liberty, by Rev. John C. Bailey, the officiating minister, Mr. David Urias Mauldin, to Miss Hattie Jane Nix. daughter of Mr. A. Thompson Nix, all of Pickens county. The happy coupJle have the congratulations of their many friends for a long, happy and prosperous life. -Married on the 31st ult., at 11 a. in., at the residence of Mr. James T. Dillard, father of the bride. Mr. J. Arthur Atkinson to Miss Artie A. Dillard, both of Pickens county. Rev. W. C. Seab)orn. inl his usual graceful manner otticiating. The happy young couple have the best wvishes o)f their many friends for a happy and prosperous life. --Wednesday night, about 9 o 'clock, fire broke out in the crib of W. T. O'Dell, and when dis covered the other crib was also in a blaze. and when the fire had done its devastating work three barns, two cribs, cow stables, cabin and shelters to the amount of ten buildings had been burn ed. Mr. O'Dell lost 200 bushels of oats, 8300 worth of cotton seed, ;300 bushels of corn, 16 hales of cotton, two wagons, all of his roughness of various kinds, farming tools, etc. The loss is approximately $5,000 with only $300 of insurance. The dwelling house caught on fire several times but it was kept from burning by heroic work of the nighbors who gath ered in quickly. The fire was plainly' visible- from Pickens. Mr. O'Dell's many friends symn pathise with him in his loss. Salessday was well attended and the lands brought good prices, as a general thing. The Keith lands was b)id in bv R. E. Bruce for S4095. The R>hinson lands were bid in by B. (C. R bin son for 9480. S. 0. Skelton bought the Chamtblini lot in Lib erty for 400). Htnry Lawrence, col., bought the Tolber't lot in Pickens for~ 71.00. Ja mes J(onie5 bought the J ones 11od for SOO E. C. B3ull bought the Ownby land for 2.205. J., T., Ta.lor' bought the - 2'd mn!i' I ad of the R. F. Bowen estate for 400. an~d H. C. Shi'ly b mant the Timonthv 0. Bryant tract of the same~ estate for i'50A0. 'he land of the BorderI State Lumber CJo., %old for taxes. was bought by\ J. F. Banisteri for S200. A tract of 156 acres Vbuging to H. 0. Bowenl was sold to C. E. Rohmn sonf for 215. Four tracts belong inlo to estatc J1. 0. Boe wr sold1. one hid off by T. J. Maul din for' 8?t'0. one~to R. F. Len hlra(it for s1800,one to T. J. Maul din for $10J50, and one to T. J. Mauldin for $1,000. Earle-Fendley. Married, on last Tuesday even ing. the 2d instant. at 2 p. m., at the home of Mrs. G. W. Earle, the mother of the bride. Miss Essie, the eldest daughter, to Mr. W. Elbert Fendley, both of our city, Rev. D. L. Lander, pastor of the bride, performing the cere mony. Inmediatly after the ceremony luncheon was served and the happy couple boarded the 3:20 train for a trip to the city by the sea. The presents were numerous handsome and costly and -attest the esteem in which the young folks are held and will serve as life-long mementoes. The bride is one of our choicest young ladies. From a little girl she has grown up in our midst, honored by old and young alike. The groom is from one of our best families, a graduate of the South Carolina College, and for )ast two years has been Licing law in this city. He is considered one of the substan tial and coming young men of the county, who will make his mark. The congratulations oa the happy event are numerous and this paper is greatly pleased on this occasion to add its hearty good wishes to those being so freely given. Notice. Fcr rent two horse crop three miles north of Easley, ten acres bottom land, for. corn, thirty acres for cotton. and known as part of the Lathem farm. Good chance for right man, call to see land and Robert Stewart. R. F. D. No. 1. or write 0. S. 'Stewart, Central, S. C. Notice. I have quite a number of old accounts on my letiger. I am not going to carry them any longer. Pay me inside af thirty days or then pay some one else with the penalty. Yours for settlement, J. L. Bolt. -Wanted: 50 bu. of peas: wil' pay cash for them. J. L. Bolt. Notice of Final Settlement and Dis charge. N O'TICTE is lre!'y givn that I will :Ike applicauien to J. B. N.wherrv Eq . JuTg. of Prbte for Pickens county, in thy Ste,. of South Carolina, nn the 4 day of Dec. 1903), at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, or as soon thtereafter as said applicatIon cain b)' bear.d. for leave to made final Lettlemcnt of the estate of W. H1. Reid dec'ease1. and obtain discharge as adnunistr:.ter of said estate. Hi. Tr. PaLc. Administrator. Trespass Notice. All 1ersons are hereby warned and forbidden from hunting, fishing, cutting timber, letting out fire, making or cut ting byioadis, or in any mannier what. soever tresiassing upon any of our premises under pe.nalty provided by law. Jes.ee Jones WV. E. Crensh aw C. B. Finley W. C. Finley J. A. Finley Rt E. Steele B. F. Alexander A. P. Alt-xander TI. A. Stewart J. D. Mauldin WV. P. MlcKee J. L. McKee P. S. Robins B. D. Mauldin C. M. 3Iauldin Mrs. Sue Craig Mrs. Gussie Alexander C. M. Steele J. C. Stewart Rt. G. Gaines (T. G. Oliver manager) Professional Cards J. E. BOGGS W. E. FINDLEY B03GS & FINDLEY Lawyers Pickens, S. C. O'lice over Pickens Bank. 4tf Notice to Debtors and Creditors, ALL persons holding claims against the estate of the late A. M. Garrett must present the same duly proven on or before the 1st day of December 1909. or be debarred pay'ment; and all persons in:lebted .to said estate, must make payment on or before the above (ate, to the undersignied. J. R. Garrett, Executor. Summons for Relief. ST ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Pickens. Court of Common Pleas. Summons for Relief--Complaint Served F. L. Burgess. D)ovey Howard. Martha Cisson. iand Flora Painter, Orr Clark, Sunie Clark. Clyde Clark, dnd Lois C:a:-k by their guardian ad litem D. L. Barker, and Benmte Burgess by his guardian ad litem J, B3. Rigdon, Plain tiffs, against Rena Burgess and Judge Clark, Defen dants. To ..he~ Defendants above named: You. are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscrihers at their office at Pickens 'nurt Houuse, south Carolina within twenty dla. s.after the service hereof, exclusive of the (lay oif such a~ rvice; and if you fail to answer the complaint witnin the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action wi'l apiply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint. / Date Oct. 2, A. D. 1909). C. E. Robinson Plaintiff's Attorney. To Juide Clark infant defendant over fourteen years of age: You are hereby summoned and re quired to alply for the appointmient of guardian ad litemn to repiesent you in~ this action within twentv dlays after the service of this summons upon yon. and if yoU fail, a ppheation for such appeint ment will lie made by the pilaintilf here in. You will further take notice that the sunmmons, of which the foregOfng is a copr ar.d the complaint in this action, wVas fil.d in the office of -Chark of Couirt ait Pi-kens S. rC. on the e day of Oct. 191:9 and is n.ov on file in said office. C. E. Robinson. PlaintifT's Attorney. 'GilTMAS GOODS!. They are here and still coming. Watch us. Pickens Drug Co., Masonic Building. & PICKENS, S. C. FARMS FOR SALE! Have you purchased that farm yet? I have a number of others but let me call your attention to No. 21.* oo acres ;Y2 miles from Pickens; 75 acres is cleared, 15 acres in fine bermuda pasture wired in, balance in original forest; 8 t6 io acres of branch bottom land, good new 7-room house, complete good barn and out-buildings; M mile from church, i mile to school, convenieut to gin, mill, etc Some of this land will make a bale ot cotton per acre. Price $3,250. Terms. Come let me show you this, you will like it No. 22.. 5o acres, 6 miles northwest of Court House; Y2 cleared, balance in original forest; about 6 acres of good bot tom land, small i-room house; Some of this land is rolling but good value at $16 per acre. Now, maybe it was a town lot already improved, or a few acres close to town that you could improve to suit yourself, that you were wanting: Come to see me for anything in the Real Estafe line. I have a number of desirable properties on my list. IF YOU WANT TO SELL LIST WITH ME. Yours to satisfy your demands for investment, or a good Home. H. M. HESTER. "THE REAL ESTATE MAN." Box 264. Pickens, S. C. A..MK.Park, GREENVILLE, S. C. Dry Goods, Shoes, Underwear, etc. To the readers of the Sentinel-Journal: You are hearing of HIGHER prices. I am glad to say that i believe Cotton will be higher. I am also glad to say that I have bought one of the largest and best selected stocks of goods-piece goods, men's and women's underwSar, blankets, shoe-in a word, a stock of goods suited to the needs of the general public, that I have ever had, and I say to you MOST POSITIVELY that my prices are NO HIGHER, and on some goods LOWER. than last season. I do not advertise to give away goods-to sell a r oc. article for 5c.-I can't do that. But compare MY GOODS and PRICES with the "give aways" and if I do not give better values, I will not ask yo,u to buy. I want your trade and will do all I can, LEGITIMATELY, to get it. I promise you Dependable Goods. Lowest Prices. A Fair Deal. Your Money's Worth. gijTHAT'S ALL. A. K. PA RK, West End. G-reelryi.11e. S- O * MM i2 SOFT DRINKS? TeGreatest Cold Weather Drink is !" H OT 1T"OM"I Made by the Pickens Bottling Works who have theex #clusive right in this territory for putting it up. Beware # # of others claiming to put it up or having somnething #. # just as good." $ We Mre the Only Distributors in This * * Territory. $Inquir ofyuried about th GaWinie Drink. "t (TRADEMARK REGISTERED. "ttouches the spot" It is a great cold-breaker. # Get a keg out of this 'car-load-you might not get a # chance later on. MI orders filled promptly by | PICKENS BOTTLING WORKS.5 * R L. Dais, Prop'r. : : Pickens, S. C. -Miss Cassie Bolt, who has been spending a time with a ri -nds and relatives in Ander on. has returned to her home in eickens. -Yesterday (Wednesday) the market price of cotton in Picl. ens was 15.024. Pretty fair price, this, and it might pay you to sell at this figure. -Mr. J. P. Farrow of near Toccoa, Ga., is on a visit to his nephew, W. M. Johnson, the shingle man, who resides in the Hagood mill section of the coun to. -J.W. Hester and George Cor bin has bought the outfit from D. F. Pace and contemplate op erating a pool room and cafe in the room now occupied by the barber shop. -J. D. Mauldin, of the Mile Creek section bought a lot at Norris, at the recent sale of lots at that place. He contemplates erecting a store-room and sell ing goods there later on. -B. F. Mauldin is buildii,, nice and'commodious house on his farm below Mile 'Creek church, while S. B. Dalton is putting up a good, substantial, house on his place right at the church. -Will Ferguson asks the per son who got agood tlack coat out of Paris Sizemore's place of busi ness during Fair week, probablyi through mistake, to please re turn it at once to the place where he got it. -Salesda-y produced several embryonic candidates. Several were seen plotting, laying plans and feeling of their chances to enter the race. This is pretty soon and there is a heap of cold weather ahead yet. -Mr. J. D. Morgan, of the Keowee side of the county. was in Pickens Monday and was a welcome caller at this office. He is the kind of a man that suits the newspaper reporter for a lot of good stuff can be gotten from him. -A. S. Porter, Pickens' popu lar barber. has sold his shop to J. Lem Thomas and has retired to private life, and will farm an other year, on his place above Hagood's Mill. Arthur's friends and customers hate to see him leave but hope he has not quit his trade for good. -James E. Parsons, of the Liberty side has bought the B.I J. Johnson home place just be-! low Norris and will move to it soon. Jim is a good farmer andI will soon have a nice productive farm out of this place. He has| already been offered a goodi round sum for his bargain but would not sell. ' It is said by those who live i that section, that.the roads in the! western part of the county, and especially around Mile Creek Church, are in the best condition they have ever been. Supervi sor Looper has just been through that section and gi ren it a thor ough working out, and to him; is the praise being given. -The Pickens County Lav man Missionary will be held at Pickens. S. C., in the School Auditorium, the fourth Sunday in November (28th inst). Prom inent Laymen of the state will be present and make addresses. All churches in the county are requested to b)e represented. J. R, Ashmore. Chair. Advertising Committee. -The six-month-old baby of Ves Ellenburg, living in the wes tern part of county. was burned to death recently. It seems that he and his wife were milking and the child was left at the house with the other children when in some way it was sever ely burned either from the lamp) or the fire and died during the night. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of many friends. -The nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Martin of Easlev, died on the 27th ult., after a short Mlness and was laid to rest the day following in Westviewv Cemetery. The sym pathy of many friends is ex tended the bereaved parents in this their hour af sorrow. But they should not grieve, for it is written, "Suffer little children to conic unto me anQ forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." -Mr. L. Ross Eaton. one of the most prominent and popu lar citizens of the county died at his home in Central on Tues day night. at about 8 o'clock, Mr. Eaton was one of the land marks of Central being one of the first mercantile firms to open up there and by his integ rity and1 fair dealing he amass ed1 quite a handsome competen ev. He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs I. M. Mauldin, of Pickens, besides a host of rela tives and friends to mourn his death. For sonme time lie had been in had health and his trou bles superinlduced by diabetes madue such inroads on his sys temn th at the skill of physicians availed nothing. His rema.ins were interred at Mount Zion cemetery on Thursday evening, at 4 o'clock, a large concourse of sorrowing friends attending the obsequies. Peace to hisI shes. a. a-n~ # 4 *iEaI Paiting If it's a surface to be painted, en ameled, stained. e varnished, or fin ished in any way, Fire Insurance. there's an Acme Quality Kind to You insure your home against fit the purpose. flre. Why not insure it against decay haused by sunshine, rain, snow and sleet? They destroy as certainly as fire, unless the surface is protected with good paint. ACITQ(MTY HOUSE PAINT (New Era) gives the greatest durability and beauty, and best resists rain and sun shine. It costs less because it takes less and lasts longer. Let us -show you the latest fashionable color combinations. Craig Brothers, Acme Quality Dealers, Craig Building Pickens 5 C Trinkets For Dainty Women. Are a special feature at this jewelry store. There are silver mesh bags, jew eled hat pins, stick'pins of many kinds, ornaments of all sorts. It Is not Too Early to begin choosing gifts for the holidays. Stop in and do some choosing nowwhen it can be done in comfort. More and more People are wisely doing that evry HI. SNIDER. Loaded Shells!': 40C per box: 2 boxe 75c. barb wire ' S c. .A full line of all kinds of HARDWARE! at the same low prices, SPIlens|Hady. Co. Real Estateand Insurance Tract of land, containing 111 acreE; situated near Cedar Rock church. Known as G. H. McGill land. Sixty acres in cultivation; 2 houses on place. Price $4,800. Tract of land situated at Dacusville. Known as J. A. Chastain land and containing 50 acres. Price $9oo, Tract of land .on Twelve Mile River, cohtainiing 60 acres, known as W. H. Lewis place. Good house, new outbuild ings. Price $1 ,4zo. Tract of land situated 2 miles north of Pickens,' contain ing 71 acres; 35 acres in cultivation. Known as J. M. We). " born land. Price $1,500 Tract of'-land on-public road from Pic.kens to Mountain Grove church. .Containing Ioo acres. Good two.story house of. 7 rooms, good-'barn. Known as J. M. Welborn lands. Price $1,8oo, If you have any land to sell list it with us.- Our motto: "Yours for business." Office upstairs in Freeman building. CAREY & OHASTAIN, Main St. Pickens, S. C.