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- -. - ........ - E N - *Entered April 23, 1903 at PlckenoS, . C. as second-clas - a a emoaa smi~fagrem: of Mareh 391S39 PICKENS. S. C. D9CEMBER 2, 1909. - Year; __ The First Swin. Whin dewdop&- baV blown on the hill sides- ofspring And migrating tbrushes are -tuning to sing, here passes my way with a Medley Of noise A .Zicking bevy of roistering boys. hey''2iesd for the creek with their chat ter' and shout 1 Stake the first swim, for the ice has Vone oui re all otthe snowbanks have melted away 'Vrom iooks where 'the sun has not reached with its. y, - whee brown country lids with their hats In their hands, Troop on through the forest like nomadic bands, And passing. the wood where the violets - grow, Dash down to the river to -lave in Its flow. 'h leader is in wlth a splash and a scream it's colder than Medicine Hat in the ~eam! oice shaking cold he procsan2im gist as warm as July:" then all en plunge i with a spank ixeeptin' one "Trady . out on the - bank. 0 first swim of spring. I remeinber thee still lo think of thee now gives me ague and chill! But didn't a fellow feel fine for the plunge? - t It seened to put ginger right in hi that lunge. E'm tempted, almost, just to try It once more To get back that scrappy incentive of yore! - -. Occasional SMles. Discords exist to make symphonies re beautiful. ;Making others happy is the greatest pleasure of the age. oney may get tight occasionally, hut it never stutters. Usuafly, when a man fnds his para d thei confoinded gate Is locked. Sometimes;a man's nose is just naturany red-birthmark or some zghts of the Common they -paralmost all '6 time for a man to marry is ,4 he is twenty-one and knows all about women. ko man ever had half as much fun with a, dtterfly after catching it as he did:Wring the chase! Thetrouble in this world Is that too maIy of-us -ant to do the heart-throb businegs instead of sawing the wood. The man 'who browbeats others may fool a lot of people a long time, but sooner or later somebody calls his blufft Asucker is born every minute, but ther reffty hooks for every sucker. and Jans chances, fishing and fihd q, are few In this world. W1 should there be a hell for an tho4 iafter life? Bovee says they 'sf so much in this world that the nert should be free of travail and Aciording to the scientists the higher we go the colder It gets. Still, theres a lot of satisfaction some folks have In knowing they will never frees to death.. * A.New York pastor is increasing the~kttendance at his church by giv tng away trading stamps. I doubt, however, that they will have a re deemable value at St. Peter's box-of floe.' Women who complain of the decline -of chivalry should remember the enorpity of their millinery and gown -bilh The man who has to strain Sevedrmuscle to make both ends meet !isn'tjalways as courteous as a cava lier,3 f course.' Ifiyon want to -know anything of a mania fnances, now Is the best time *tozfjke discoveries. If his coal bin Is low gnd he Is half freezing the family to dpath with his economizing, then he ~poor. If he is feeding the hiun * gfurnace until It has dyspepsia and -irnlfevers, then he is financially poric. ena girl says she's a perfect fl)tyou want .to deny It! The more ol$~ d and offended you can be at nh~aligning of her beautiful self' h1eer for you, young man. If you -- to cook your goose when she at ~rjshe 1s. the aforesaid fright, all y ~eed to do is to keep still and not fit by word or look the state Quest on. - Feezer, editor of the Mt. Carroll Democrat, a genial fellow with ~ ~ise of humor, has taken a fall out common expression that really little. He says: does It mean? You often hear *# 4h4 ~ression, "As hungry as a bear." ho~ungry Is a bear? Is''n bear any *er. than a 35-year-old boy who has ' ~plowing corn anl day or chopping d -or the summer? Is a bear any ~2rer than a boy who has been at -o. O~ieschool and eaten a lunch for din a'~ r d had to do chores before supper hgohome? We would like to Sw how hungry a bear gets, anyway.-" LOST LIFE IN FIRE. Tragid Fate of Congressman DeAr mond, of Missouri.. Kansas City, Mo.-Representativf David DeArmond, cne of the oldesi Democratic members of Congress, an< his grandson, a lad of, six years, hav been burned to death 1, a fre whic1 DAVID A. 0E ARMOND. destroyed the DeArmond home al Butler, Mo. The other members 0: the family escaped. The firei started in the DeArmon( home, about 4 o'clock in the morning and despite the efforts made to quenct the flames, the residence, a larg( frame structure, was soon reduced tC ashes. Other occupants of the house at thi time of the fire and who escaped wer Mrs. DeArmond, James A. DeArmond aged 25, a son of the congressman and a daughter, aged 35. It is believed that DeArmond sacri ficed his life in a heroic effort to sav( his grandson. It is thought that Con gressman DeArmond was aroused .iz time to save himself, but that it awakening the boy and attempting to carry him from danger, he becami confused -ii the smolie, . which wa, momentarily growing denser, and Wa! overcome before he was able to find the way out. . . The charred bodiesof the congress manian ,grandso w re found-: the ruins of the dwellin a few hour later. NOT SOLD AS SLAVES. Stories of Brutality Are Denied by the Portuguese. New York.--The wide-spread alle gations of deplorable conditions In Portuguese East Africa, particularly it the Islands of San Thome and Principz credited by recent English and Amer lean writers to the existence of a cruel slave trade in African negroe! among the planters, were denounced as unwarranted fabrications today by Colonel J. A. Wyllie, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Eng land, wh'o arrived on the steamer Tau tonic from Southampton after a twC months' Investigation of conditions 1r Portugese East Africa. The African's condition Is wonder fully improved' as a laborer for the Portuguese in contrast -with his horn' environment in Central Africa' said olonel Wyllie WOMEN BURGLARS. They Enter Residence at Minneapolis and Take $400 In Valuables. Minneapolis, Minn.-Two women burglars, masked and armed with i-e volvers, entered the residence of Mrs W. Crossman, a Minneapolis society woman. Mrs. Crossmnan was seated in he: library reading. She heard a noise In the hail and -went out to investi gate, finding two women -leisure13 taking hat pins from their hats oz the rack. One .of the women went up to her Mrs. Crossman declares, and she saw the muzzle of a revolver protruding from the sleeve 'of the burglar' waist. The :obbers took about $400 In val uables. Gold Supply Drained, New York.-The drain of the courn try's gold supply through shipment: to the Argentine Republic still con tinues. So far this week $2,000,00' in gold has been engaged to 'be -seni to that country. by the next steamer This~ brings,/ the) total shIpments o1 gold from; the UJnited States t< Argentina since January 1 to $46, 150,000. The total of gold exports ti all points in the same peii d Is raise< by this week's engagements to 597, 900,000. *Deer Shot in Town. Detour, Mich.-Deer apparently are so plentiful in the vicinity. otSaul Ste Marie thaf .tgy are shooting ther within the limits of ~ecity. .A nn ber have been ba .~" at "4The Shal lows" this? seascy 'diree during one afternoon. Mar. others have beel seen in the nejajiborhood. TneseCopper Pays Dividends. New Y?ork.-Tjhe Tennessee Coppe Coepnys~e riesumed the, paymen of dividends on Its stock,..declarini a dividend of $I{.25 a share. -The las previous divdegd. was in Septjembe1 1908, and was the ameo amount I FIVE KILLED IN WRECK. Motor Machine Was Hit by Trolley at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal.-Nicholas Jacobs, -a real estate dealer, and his two daughters and his two sons are dead, and Mrs. Jacobs and her two-months L old baby will probably die, as the re sult of a collision between an auto mobile they were riding in and a trolley car on the Los Angeles and Santa Anna line, 6 miles from Los An geles. Two other sons of Jacobs, Peter and John, and Miss Josephine Solon, 19 years old, jumpedd rom the automo bile and escaped with slight injuries. While an electric car in which the persons injured and the bodies of those killed had been placed, was coming to Los Angeles, it collided with a car on the Central avenue line at 'Seventh and Central avenues, in Los Angeles, and eight other persons were Injured, some seriously. - Georgian Killed in Accident. Niagara Falls, N. Y.-Orrin W. Wat son, 31 years old, was killed In an auto accident here. Watson's family lives in Hawkinsville, Ga. With Lou is Boore, son of a hotel keeper in the seat beside him Watson was speeding a new auto up Tenth street. Another auto came rapidly down a cross street and to avoid a collision Watson turn ed quickly. A part of the steering gear gave way and the machine smashed into a telegraph pole. Wat on died in a few minutes, but Boore will recover. STATEMENT OF T. THE LIBEI Located at Liberty, S. C., at the RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts..... . ..... . ....V ',755 16 Demand Loans ................... ...... 5,225 74 Overdrafts ........ ......... ..... .... 3,762 78 Banking Iouse................. ... ... 1.543 82 Furniture and Fixtures......,. ....... 1,666 40 Due from Banks and Trust Companies 23.183 42 Currency.......... .... .... ... ....... 3,605 00 Gold.............................. . .... 2-50 00 Silver and other Coin . ......... ...... 781 20 Ohecks and Cash Items1...... ........... 15 20 Total...... .. .....................104.888 72 STATE OF SOUTH MAROLINA, COUNTY OF PICKENS. Before me came H. C. SanuLzY, Cashier of says the above and foregoing statement is a tru of said Bank. Sworn to and subscribed beore me this 25th d Correct-Attest: e W T. O'DELL, . H. C. SHIRLEY, Directors. I M. MAULDIN. A.K. GREENVI Dry Goods," Shoe To the readers of the k You are hearing of HIGHEF Ibelieve Cotton will be higher. have bought one of -the larg goods-piece goods, men's anc shoes-in a word, a stock of-g< general public, that I have evei POSITIVELY that my prices a ~goods LOWER than last seaso I do not advertise to give as for 5c.-I can't do that. Bu PRICES with the "give aways" values, I will not ask you to be do all I can, LEGITIMATELY Dependable Goods. A Fair 'Deal. ~THAT'S ALL. A. K.F West End-.G Real Estate a: PICOKEA\ Four nice building lois 01 s'treet, Terms to suit purchase If you desire to buy land< ipared to meet your wants, an doing so. List your land or any proj once with us. We have town lots and mn Don'te fail to see us when i Wewill be at your service -sell yours.. Yours for business and fai r CAREY& 0 MaIn St. P S. ,Phone No- 45. Offi CYCLONE STR1KES.TOWN. One Man Injured and givera suM ings Damaged' Dublin, Ga.-A small cAmloite struck Leon, a town between Dublin and Eastman, and demolished several dwellings, the school house, wrecked a store and injured panfully Wil Causey. The track of th storm was 200 yards wide. *Kills Father to Say oth.p. Laurens, S. C.-In d S of his mother and other memfe of the family, John Irby Fuller, eged 18, shot and mortally 'wounded his father, Jesse V. Fuller, at tii?uler home, six 'miles east of ther city. Death ensued four hours later from internal bleeding, the entire charge of a No. 6 shot having taken.'eect in the abdomen. When thhot was tred young Fuller was standing on the stairway, his father In a room aems the hallway, with a pistol In his hand, threatening to shoot Mi*. Fuller, after she had been brutally assaulted by the husband, the boy being a witness and Interposed defender. Oldest Chicagoan Pa*ses Away. Chlcago.-Mrs. Rosina Bond Holmes, who Is thought to i~have resided In Chicago longer than any. person, died at: the house -f her sMo, John Holmes. Slffhad lived here 76 years and was able to recall the days .yhen wolves were an ever-present danger and when the Indians overaa the country about. EE CONDITION OF (TY BANK, close of business Nov. 16th, 1909. LI ABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid In.. .. ... 25,000 00 Undivided Profits. less Current Expen ses and Taxes Paid... ........ ...6,M9 s Due to Banks and Trust Compan z,389 43 Individual Deposits Subject -to Check.. 3G.60 44 Tive Certificates of Deposit........... 18,.52 95 Cashier's Checks....................... 136 10 Bills Payable, including Certifcates for Money Borrowed . ............. 15,50000 Total ..... ........ ..... ...... ...5104.8887 the above named Bank, wh 4 duly sworn e condition of said Bank, as the books yof Nav. 1909. W H CHAPMAei, Notary Public. Park, LLE, S. C. , Underwear, etc. entinel-Journal: prices. I am glad to say that I am also glad to say thatlI est and best selected stocks of~ women's underwear, blankets, >ods suited to,the needs of the -had, andlIsay to you MOST re NQ HIGHER, and on some ri. ay goods-to sell a ioc. article t compare MY GOODS and and if I do not give better y. I want your trade and will to get it. I promise you Lowest Prices. Your Money's Worth. MARK, ad Insurance /S, S.CO. 1 Lewis Street; adjoining Ann r. >r lots, see us. We are pre. i will take great pleasure in >erty you wish to dispose of at any county plantations for sale. n need of Real Estate. ,always, to you property; or to r treatment OHASTAIN, iqkens, S. C. e oer Freman Builing. COME TO GREEN1 Railroad Fare Refunded Within .I Fare One Way Here 1sT Buy $25 worth for cash, all a and part at another, within thre chants named below. Not nece Get Rebate Book with first pu corded and when $25 worth is e book to Secretary of Retail Mer of Railroad Fare. Buy From Ai China, -Glassware, Etc. Gilreath-Durhapn Co. Drugs. and Sundries. Bruce & Doster Drug Co. Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. J. Thos. Arnold Co. Barr's Dry Goods. R. L. R. Bentz. Hobbs-Henderson Co, Hovey Smith. C. D. Stradley & Co. Furniture, Etc. L. A. James. Symmes-Browning Co. E. S. Poole. Buggies, Wagons, Etc. Markley Hardware & Manufacturing Co. R. N. Tannahi!l Co. If you don't understand Information Che oreegille, Detail Ul8 JOHN WOC Olice over Sill1l & BIStov.0 STATE OF=SOUTE CAROLINA, County of Pickens.:;I By J. B. Newberry, Probate Judge: WHEREAS, J. R. Kirksey made suit to me, to grant him letters of Administration of the estate and effects of Mrs. F. A. E. Kirksey. These -are therefore to site and ad monishi all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. F. A. E. Kirksey deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Pickens on the 9th day of Dec. 1909 next after publication hereof, at 110o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said admmniscratiota should not be grant Given und.'r my hand, this the 22. day of Nov. Anno Oomini 1909. J. B. NEWBERT, Lseal Philladelphia Life Iusliaince C0uipaRJ Desiras a District Agent for Picken's County South Caaolina. "" H "e Only representative men of standing 1; 1 in their community are requested to ad Philadelphia Life Ins. Co. ' .Box e64. North Americ~an Bldg., Philadelphit, Pa. Contract Departmens. Notice of Final Settlement and Dis .charge. NOTICE is hereby given that I will make application to J. B. Newberry. Esa., Judge of Probate f or Pickens county, in the state of South Carolina, on the 16th day of Dec.~1909, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, or as, soon there after as .said application can be heard, for leavea10 maixe final settlement of the estate of.J. E. Boroughs deceased, and obtain discharge as administrator of said estate. J. H. Boroughs, Administrator. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons holding claims against the estate of the late L Ross .aton________ must presnt te same duly proven on 191, or be dbar aymenteandallT make payment on or before the above date, to the undersigned. I. M, Mauldin, Professional Cards B. . BoGGS W. E. FINDLEY S BOGGS & FINDLEY L Lawyers k Pickens, S. 0. 'tOice over Pickens Bank. ILIE T adius of 40.fix"s Paid for distan er4 he Plan: t one time, or partiet e months from any t ssary to buy al atae rchase, DO ntered in Book take or chants' Association 4or a ly of These Clothing. Hall Brothers. J. 0. Jones & Co. L Rothschil& Smith & Bristow. Stewart, Anderson & Merritt. Jewelry, Etc Bruns-McGee Co. Lumber, Etc, Oregon Lumbers C.' Office Supplies. Seybt-Lanford Co. Iiliery '(ott TThe Ayers-Co. Shoesa Americus Shoe Co. Henderson-Ashmore CO Pride, Patton & Tilim write the Secretary erfully Given. D SECRY. ' REAL ESTA MA ~or Dait-Wo Are a-upedal-fesa -eled hat pinas/stick pin? --1 ornaments or anl sorts. % S It IS-Dto% . to begin chooeiiggifb hl. Stop in'anddo some Sit cenlhie dnla - e rpear w year.