The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, December 02, 1909, Image 1
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*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.