Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.,lickenls SentinllO-OUfI LOCAL BREVITIES Some Tings You Know andSome - You Don't inow About Our Towns, County & People -The crop of field peas is fir so they say. -Chickens seem scarce ai evidently roost high this seaso -Taxpaving time is at ha again and it comes a little-hig er. too. -Man, like the fire, is apt torment women by being out night. -Born to Mr. and Mrs. V. ] 'Loehr, of Clinton, on the 151 instant, a son -Di. A. C. Spain, de'ntist, w be in Central Wednesday, No 24th for tree days. -J. F. Banister will sell lots in Liberty on the 29th ins1 for colored people only. -The season of pumpkin I is upon us and the cribs are fi ing with corn. Waltz with m -Are you coming to the S. Convention at Pickens ne: week? A roval welcome awai you. -Lots of our fr'iends, ti farmers, are going to sow son wheat this time. That's go( and noble. All hands and the cook a in the cot d these day i t he a sound gets on the man who has bale of cotton to'sell. -Matters not how much yo may get for your cotton, plar wheat and oats and corn an peas and potatoes and turnip -Hog killing time is comin on apace, and they tell us thE there's lots of fat porkers in ti old land this season. We ai comng. -J. M. Qanttihas openbd u a blacksmith shop on the Earl lot fronting the-court house an will be pleased for his forme friends an4l customers to call o - him. -W. C. Newton has just r< ceived a' car of the "latea fall and winter styles"< horses and mules. Don't fa to call on him when in need< good horse flesh. -Dr. C. W. Smith, a son ex-county Commissioner J.] Smith, who for come time ha been makinghis home at Travy lers Rest, has moved to Newr for the practice of his professio -Seneca claims to have pa a higher price for cotton all ti season than any of the oth towns in the state and publish figures, giving the prices otter markets, to prove t. statement. -The ladies missionary soci ty of the Methodist church wv hold prayer service for the fi: three days of next week, Mc vy, Tuesday and Wednesda -e , 23d and 24th instar begin at 3:30 p. m. All t: ladies wh~k can, are invited al urged to at end. -It is a very common opini< that if the present price of c< ton holds up, the farmers of t] county will plant the wh< landscape this summer; b many farmers claim that th will do nothing of the kir that they are going to raise th< supplies next year, regardless the price of cotton. -The best thing to be dc with the surplus money that coming in for the present cr< is to invest it in land where I prospective .investor has not much as he can handle pro: ably, and where he has as mu as he can handle properly, should invest in improvemel on what he has. Mrs. W. S. Kirksey, widow the late W. Silas Kirksey, d at her home near Pickens I Friday after a lingering illn and was buried Saturday ev ing at Secona, a large concouJ of sorrowing relatives a friends witnessing the obsequi She leaves several children a a host of relatives and frie: to mourn her death. -Pickens real estate is on the move at good prices. -The voice of the possum dog is heard in the land. -Just as well go now and pay I your taxes. You'll have to just as hot. -Wheat advances-flour soars bigher, Sow' wheat and beat the trust. -Oat sowing is on in full blast e, now. Good thing. Plant some wheat, too. ad -The stores of Pickens will i n. close on next Thursday, it be- E id ing Thanksgivng- Day. 1- -Dr. A. C. Spain, dentist, t will be in Central Wednesday, ( o Nov. 24th for three days. I -Wolf Creek School, District No. 29 will comence 'Monday, Nov. 29, 1909 with Miss' Rigdon . as teacher. ' , . 11 -The merchants report col V. lections better this- fall than usual but general trading is not quite as good. If a man thinks a great deal of his wife, he gets lots of nice things for her when she is sick, which he eats himself. -Fourteen eighty five and a fifteen cents, for cotton, makes t the mare go and helps the short ct crops out wonderfully. ts -The farmers are going wild , over the high prices they are re- f ie ceiving for cotton. They are t e delivering the goods too. V -Cotton is about all open and y one more picking will finish it. , -e There will be no need for the - S- children picking cotton in Jan a uary next year. C a -How do you like the "Mary a Jane" and "Marth'a Ann" dress- r u es the ladies are now wearing? a It Ain't they beauts-the dresses r d we mean. - -If Pickens don't get a move g and make a big city its the fault' t of her own people. We. have Ae every advantage here, naturally e for the making of a metropolis. Yudon't have to go towa P to be patriotic. Improve your e locality, uphold your town, en d large its interests and lend a r hand to progress and you are as n patriot-a lover of your country a -as truly as the soldier whos -. shoulders his musket. t -This one comes from Mis )f souri, "An evangelist asked all . il the inen present who were hon f est and paid their~ debts to stand up. All rose but one. JIe said f he was the local editor and ~ . couldn't pay his debts, because s the ones standing were his sub l- scribers." --After so many long years of1 Stoil and worry the man with the t id hoe is on top. There is nothing is a farmer can now raise on his1 r land that fails to bring a big s price. . I'm glad of it. The mant f who feeds and clothes the world e should have both money and honors to burn. e- -A womian, not of Pickens ill went into a newspaper office and st wished to advertisp for her hus - band, who had disappeared. , When told that they charged it, two dollars an inch, she left, say ie ing it would break her up at that d rate, as her husband was over six feet long. n -The W. D. Spearman Co., ~of Easley, made an assignment is5 last week for the benefit of )le their creditors. J. P. Carey t was assignee. J. A. Peek, of y the Pickens Hardware Co., has ' just finished taking an inven ir tory of stock. The stock inven of tory shows up about $17,000 worth of goods. is ouT he "revenoo" officers went msoti the Glassy Mountain sec 'tion Monday evening and made as a raid. They captured an out fit and some low wines and as h they went to put some of the e stuff in one of the buggies the hes horse became frightened and ran' iaway. The buggy was badly damaged so the officers left it. of Mr. A. C. Gravley, who had ied hired them the team went up ast that night to get his buggy and1 ess when he got there he found it n- hacked to pieces and a fire rse kindled under it which was nd briskly burning. The top was ies. completely burned up as was nd the body, the wheels were all ids chopped down. He says his loss is $75.00 with no insurance. -Yes, Sir; by all means sow i bushel or more of wheat. -California peaches are com ng in now. What a big coun ry is this! -Dr. A. C. Spain, dentist, will >e in Central Wednesday, Nov. 4th, for three days. -No use talkind, The Sentinel ournal's army of friends. are ticking to the old flag. -If your wife is the best wo nan in the world, tell her so; it vill keep her young and length n life. -Recent frosts'has cut the cot on crop very short in the Mile reek and Keowee sections, so oport says. -W. T. Bates is a turnip i ais r right. He presented this pa er with three that weighed 61, & 51 pounds respectively. We iope he will pay us a visit again loon. -Of all the things for which young person should strive, a ood character stands easily at he head of the list. It may be ard to get on without wealth nd education, but without 'a ood character, no permanent ndenduring success can be at ained. -One step won't take you ery far-you've got to keep on v-alking; one word won't tell olks what you are-you've got o keep on talking; one inch on't make you very tall ou've got to keep on growing; ne little "ad" won't do it all -you've got to keep' em going. -Lemual Thomas has bought ut the barber shop in Pickens ,nd has moved to the, building ecently vacated by J. 0. Brock ,nd he will be pleased for the ublic to give him a call. W. rank Christopher will remain ith him and Frank says he rants all of his friends to call t the new stand and have their 7rk done. -The Seneca Farm and Fac >ry says that a genuine Texas ol weevil was found on D. W. aynes place near Oakway ,Iast eek. Mr. Jaynes had brought >me seed from Texas last year nd planted them here, and it is apposed that is where the wee i came from. It was shown to fr. Henry Alexander, and he ays it is the Texas cotton boll reevil. -The Twelve Mile River Bap ist Association has decided to tart and support a denomina ional co-educational college. t will be located at Six Mile and he buildings will cost approxi nately $15,000 to build. The and upon which it will be loca ed, consisting of ten acres, was iven by W. M. Hagood of Eas ey. The preliminary arrange nents for the establishmant of he school are about complete md work will begin on the buil ling at an early date and it will >e rushed to completion. -The many friends in Pick mns, of Mr. George W. Corbin, will learn with pleasure that he wvas happily married on thb even .ng of the 14th instant to Miss arah Corbin, at the home of bhe bride's mother, Mrs. W. B: F'. Corbin, in Walhalla, M. F. Eester, N. P., of Pickens, in his usual graceful manner, perform ing the ceremony that made ~hem one. The happy couple arrived in Pickens Monday and are stopping at the Hester house, where they are receiving the congratultions of their many friends for a long, happy, pros perous and usefu~l life. -The Cabbage and apple wagons from North Carolina, commonly called "mountain schooners" are noxy almost a daily sight on our streets. They come down from Transylvania and adjacent counties, loaded with fine cabbage, apples and Irish potatoes and find a ready sale for their produce in this mar ket. Some one of our merchants ould, it seems to us, make a good thing buying and shipping this stuff to other markets. E~ven if they didn't make any money by the deal it would bring a lot of trade to our city, which now goes to other sections of the state. Our merchants can sell as good goods as can be bought anywhere and for as little mon Does Not Stimulate Ayer's Sarsaparilla does not stimulate. It does not make you feel better one day, then as bad as ever the next. It is not a strong drink. No reaction after you stop using it. There is not a drop of alcohol in it. You have the steady, even gain that comes from a strong tonic and alterative. We wish you would ask your doctor about this. He knows. Trust him. Do as he says. 1. C. Ay eC.LoweIL Mass. What are Ayer's Pills? Liver Pills. How long have they been sold? Nearly sixty years. Do doctors recommend them? Ask your own doctor and find out. We give you a written guar antee that this Shoe will wear you SIX' Months. If you want a shoe that will give you perfect satisfaction and will out.. wear any shoe you ever wore. try this. Hardware Shoe ,"Hard Wear in Every Pir" It is made of soft, Pliable chrome tanned waterproof leather, the finest and miost durable of all leather for heavy wear. It has two full soles. These soles are made. of overweight steer hide -the toughest leather made-and are secuied by Puritan stitch and two rows of standird screws. It has a heavy, full gussett (see illustration) that will not permit dirt .to get in through the lacing. The pull strap is leather, sewed with waxed flax thread, double stitch saddle seam and the counter is sewed in-in fact every part of this shde is built to stand hard wear.- Comes in either plain toe or tip and in black or tan leather. 'We believe this shoe will last you much longer than six months, but we wll uarateetha yougetat eastsixmonts' earand atifac tin Ifyud obigte akan ewl ieyuanwpi free f chrge.. . Moore Mauldn0Co. Wa e givoto e cre.w itengu r >rcsandupo terms thi-si purhasr.Aooe wiler ou six n-ar moon oeth strewt.lcrclgt Ifayou-wantrkshotad wll baths yprTaisfactgoes ad wil bargai wea inteese soe yus eve oce. tr-ti ardwSarEtt Sho., "Hard Weroc Eer riesr Sot is fsf, plal Thoetneb atrpoof leatehefndes See mywof sles. hesane slectionde of overeigtblee goode -the touhes pleater made-ahnd qalit seud byprgtitch dtw I hadelivy l go ss ywee illutrahen ctha. l o emiit tou etintrongte lacngspetfull stapisiteated.eedw in-ieat very toMatofhis bultMad Pik ens Coe ineterpan o rtion i lc ota lethr he lGratet o ldt eaimothear arnd saisfac tin IMa ud o y brn themPicken Bo alnd wrk will give thaew pai Fo othrcs ofluable toaputing lan for ag tomesng #h town of good. elwteepenyo imegodpsu $n inoe ore the betnyeiboribustors fu in hicken$ InquFnig o two ubiend at thenGreataWinted torink, It ochsni this spotIti a pety of-bre laker aet o cottout er acre a-.d-o igtnte pccance uponter to Alli pudrhslers rmls onbyd PICKENS BHTTIG WgrKS F.L avisy Grpr. o ceris,C to bFallinteitin amld stained,7 varnished, or fin ishedin any way, there's an Acme toFa Paintini, en amele, stanedis Like isedinan wys F'ire Insurance. Quality Kind to You insure your home against fit the pu e. fire. Why not insure it against decay caused by sunshine, rain, snow and sleet? They destroy as certainly as fire, unless the surface is protected with good paint. I , Awr7. HOUSE- PAINT Giew 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 sho ou he latest fashionable color combiations. Craig Bthi Acme Quality Dealers, raig Buil ing Pik Trinkets For Dainty Wonnen. / ta. Are a special feature* At this. jewelr store.. -There are silver mesh 1ags jew 1elf d hat -pinsdstck: pus of many V ornaments of al sorts. It is not Too Early.. -~~ to bein choosing gifts fortehlias stop in and do some cho4l ingAon Sitcan be done in coMfOrt More more veople are wisely doing tat eery - e Call and buy y~U~ Loaded Shedit4 4oC per box: 2 boxes for 75c. barbwire 3o. *A full line of all kinds of4 HARDWARE at the same low pnices, Pickens HardWare C. Real Estateand InsurCn; Tract of land, containing i11 acres; situatedea er> Rock church. Known as G. H. McGill land~ S ultivatioti 2 houses on place. Price $48oo.~.. ct of land situated at Dacusville KI6nS.JA 4 C tain land:'and containing 50 acres.. Prie6 $6 Tract of land on Twelve Mile Re rftaimin~g6 6 nown as W. H. Lewis place. Good use, new ubi~ ings. Price $1,450 Tract of- land situated 2 miles northof Pcensonan.. tg 71-acres; 35 acres'in cultivation.. Knnas J. M2W-~ rn land. Price $1,500 Tract of land on publicsrogd from Pickens to Moni! rove church. Containing ioo acres. Good two-story hue f 7 -rooms, good barn. Known as J. M. Welborn in# ice $1,8oo, If you have any land to seil list it with us. Our Yours for.business." Office upstairs in[Freema buikc~ing j CAREY & OHASTAIN5 nROL St. /PicikensgS. Dr a ~ .tes and p<' D. Crimm t is service