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/- ) W< / V>f I ' V T '<^-" * ? , ""'W^ \ J . j : y ! * * Entered April 23? 11)03 at FlCkou*, s. <\ km Nccond cln** mutter, nuitorcofonjircn* of .Harrli 3%tS7!) \ . 40th Year PICKENS. S. C.. JUL\ 21. 1910. " Fly Tii Flies are great spreai your house and away from do this is by using our Sen The Fn is here, and of course you th c imnrnvp rl Macnn Tnrc and half gallon sizes. Als toj)s and extra rubbers. Look in I)i ?u will see in t :re a 1( Lamps. This is ; i'i gooc will sell lor l<\ss than cost, and price' cards are on all ire not needed right now buy up a lot ol tins ware, ? keep it until it is needed. No matter what you war call on The jjgg 1 w Now is Now is the time of year diseases can be warded o Blight's Disease, Rheumati Hallum's Backa stand at the top of the list today. \Ye liavv scores ol test people you know. Hut if j take our worcl for it, all we 1 la!turn's Backat a trial, and n they do not ^ ask for your money back ; you and we. want you to ha Pickens Di The "RE> Masonic Temple The Store That (Juan Is Isolation a nip The telephone lar^e family for bush | aids in church work I neighbors to social g the Bell System enah most anywhere withe Write to nearest address Farmers' Llni SOUTHERN BEL1. TFIEPHf 4, SOUTH PRYOR S me Here ders of disease. Keep them out ot the dining table. The best way to een Doors and Windows. nit Season will put up a lot ol fruit. We have , with Porcelain lined tops, in quart o have the extra porcelain lined splay Window ~>t of good Crockery ware and some I stuff, but we need the room, and Everything marked in plain figures I the various articles. Even if they , it will pay the good housewife to it the price we have put on it, and it, don't think you can't get it, just MB ClU?. the Time. to watch your KIDNEYS. Many fl if you keep them right, such as sm, Typhoid Fever and Malaria. che and Kidney Pills of all such medicine on the market imonials we could give you from ,'<>u ii' > not know us well enough to ask is th.it you givr :hr ;iii(l Kidney Fills ivc you satisfaction come hack and j and you will get it. It is here for ve it. rug Company, f ill I 39 VML.L. ^iurc. Pickens, S. C. intees and Gives Satisfaction. " """ ""JU ffmmmammmm| i Burden to You? I pipp ill T\P ( - ^ f-^) m m yil . -r~>a:saixxeotjiiMtauB Then Remove It! makes the community one less anil social purposes. It . and summons friends and atherings. Connection with les you to reach anybody al?ut leaving your home. T> _11 *T* 1 1 TV J? i>en 1 eiejmone manager,or ' , I t Department , >NE AND TELEGRAPH CO. (if TREET, AT I ANT A. OA. Lj ' < I HAS FIXED ELECTION DATES. Voter? to Decide Pickens-Andersc Annexation. Governor Ansel haslet Sei tember 16, 1910, as the date uj oi( which an election will li held to determine whether c not a portion of Pickens Count will bo annexed to Anderso County. The original petitio was filed February '23, and i was signed by onethird of th qualified electors of the count of Pickens, as is the require mopts of the law. NThe import, of the commission ers, appointed by the Govenoi made on July 1>, shows that th proposed slice to bo annexe nixl.1 * 4-,.11.....: ? !' i-iiiDi iiirniiiiiv, ill i nillOl')' "Beginning on the northeri boundary line of Andersoi Count y where Oeoneo and Pick ens counties coiner and follow ing the public road, the dividinj line between Pickens and Oco nee counties continues to Rave noil's bridge over flip Snncci river; thence to and alon^ th southern boundary line of Hn town of Calhoun to the eas corner; thence south-east to : point on the Southern railway right of way to the resident of -Aaron Boggs; thence alonj the southern boundary of tlr right of way of the Sou then railway to a point near the res idence of T. L. Wat-kins; thenci south-east to a point on tin ,1;,is,-... 1..\-.-i un mui^ HI 11- ui'iwrcn n^nurrsui and Pickens counties near th< summer residence of 1<\ J. Pel zer, known as Asthabula farm thence aloiitf the said northen boundary line of Andersoi county Io the beginning point" The proclamation issued h> Oovenor A use! says that th< provisions ot the ronstitution and laws ?f tlie state as11" pop ulation, area, wealth, dista c< from the eourt house in Pirken: and other matters have heei complied w ith, as shown S\ (h< report that was tiled at tin office. The regular form is set on governing the election. Thos< lav >ring the annexation are t< vote "yes,' and those opposin; to vote "no." The following is also ordered "It appears to my satisfaetioi that there is no voting precinc in the territory sought to be cu otV to Anderson countv, I d< hereby order that the i>olls b oj>ened at or near Clenisoi College, but within Picken county, and that all qualifie< electors within the said territor sought to be cut off, be allowei to vote there. "M. F. Ansel. Governor. In all the drill? Htori 8 nn aromati pleasant berli cure for w.mmn'H illi called Mother (tray's AUSTRALIA. IjKAI''. It is the only certain recall tor. Quickly relievos fumalo weal neHHes and Muckaclie,' Kidne.V, Hint dor it ml Urinary troahlen. At n druggists or l>y mail 50 c ntf. Sail pic KRKK. Addles*. rim Mo'lw Orav Co.. L dtoy, X. V. Crow Crock Hems. Mr. lOdilor: Von may thin I haw had a rest sp.'ll )>ui yo ... i I,.,, II' I I I I k) I I lY " II (l"> 1 11(1 > r .1' ? taken a work "spell," althougl as it is, I am glad to In* anion yon again. Yes I'm alwaj glad to hear from Dreanie Mountain Sprout, Mama's Bab The Other Girl, and all oth< writers for tho S. .J. It seen lihe we have had plenty of rai on Crow Creek. Last Saturda evening we had a fine show< which lasted from 1 P. M. ti night and it lost no time wha ever. Some says the strean i. 1 A. A. 1 were me ni^nest Lnoy over seei Of course it washed the lowlanc ?bad. Over on Codar Cree it swept things as it. came I them. It very badly injure " * ' ' 1 V i In? i"^ 'iiii'i'ii fc abodt four acres of Mr. D. 1 Alexander's fine bottom cor In also washed apart of his pastui away. Rev. B. F. Murnhee has t>r J" I some extra good corn and n ,(> little of it either. >l J. M. Vickery says his cotto v is about (> days late as he neve 11 found any blooms until July 1( 11 We were sorry to hear of th deaths of Messrs. Wash an (> Craven Galloway, brothers y who died at their homes in NX and are in symyathy with thei mourning friends and relatives '* some of which lives in I his set * tion. (j Rev. W. M. Walker is nov I running a series of meetings a ' Keowee Baptist church hut it i II such a busy time, vecy nun; 11 can't attend. School started at that plac 11 insl.. Miss Olive Newtoi * from Pickens being the teacliei Me thinks they started rathe - - l uuriy. 1 School will start at Shad; ' Grove '25th. Miss Naiiinic l! Alexander will bo their teacher She is from Oconee and t.augh 1 the preceding term. Now don't forgot there will b t! an all day singing at Shad; * Grove, on the 3rd. Sunday ii 1 August, also Rev. Walker wil 1 start a protracted meeting tlier at that time. Now if you wil 1 excuse me for writing such ; long noninteresting letter, I wil 1 close by wishing us all som L good things and if this escape 1.11 write and wish some mor ' in the Sweet liy and By. Miss Sell Lanev 1 i . Pickens County Campaign meeting Liberty, Saturday July 23rd CVnt i'mI Saturday July 2H)th. Six MileSaturday AupjustOth A lit inch School House Satur ' d:>y August 1 litli. * Hendricks (?in Saturday Aup; 1 11 si 201 ll . Dacusville Wednesday Aug ' list 24th. Pickens Saturday Annus 1 27th. 15 These meetings will he presid ' ed over hy the president of tin ? cluh of the precinct at whirl the meeting is to he held or le ' some one designated by him t< 1 act. The cluh officials wil t please see to it that the propo t mill unif-iKlo (irrnnmmitHito K iviim IIMM'WI/IV in i mi^v-un/iun if 0 made for holding the meetings e I. M. Mauldin, 1 Chairman Co. Ex. Com. s ,1 Notice. Y 1 have sold my stock of good ,1 to the Keowee Supply Com pan; and they will take charge oi ' the first, day of August 11)11 All persona owing me, up to an . including July 11th, 1010, \vi *? I please pay the same to me as j (lid not sell my accounts. ' wish to thank my customers IV 11 the patronage they have give >- me (hiring my mere;}ntile l>ns r i?i ?v:w: , For I lie present 1 will dovot inv t ime to the Keal Instate I'ns 1< ness and if (here is anythen 11 yon want in Farm land, Timlx *t land or City property I shall I i. glad tosliow yonwh.it I ha\ g j to offer. I haye places to so rs in almost every section of tl: I'. I Cmilltv and :it all kind nf rwi<?< V and easy terms. If you ha\ r i sonic property that you want I is sell I will appreciate it if yo n I will nive me a chance at it. y After August 1st you wi 3i* find me in my office un-stairs i II the Freeman Building. Agai t- thanking you for all the favoi ?b you have shown me. l. Respectfully, In J. R. Ashmore. I FOLEYS XlLNEYPiii' Music at the Big n h ? Annalorliion FvnAoIi./*? I ? 1 tppUlULUlUll LiApUaillUll o n ir ). I ^ BgGlHHBHH ; MB?I ', h RinimH^_ I ho management ??f tin- Am'isemeiit i 1 Commit lee of t ho Aliimbrhinn ' . v,....... " M'"" | j : tioti at Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 12 to! 11 ! Oct. 12, seems to have been, thor-!' . olighly awake to the importance of having everything (he best, and, in ae1 curing musir* for the Fxposltion, they 1 were guided by (lie idea alone of pleasy inn the classes as well as the masses, and In securing Weber's Cincinnati ( 1 Hand and Hrooks' Chicago Hand they i have certainly struck the keynote of ( I success, and the finest music ever given at an exposition will be heard ' during (he holding of the Appalachian j 0 Kxposition. . The Louisville Courier-Journal, ' speaking of Weber's Hand, says: 1 II "Never have the people of Kentucky i [1 known such.a band as Weber's, which t i played at the State Fair. Not only ' for excellence and proper musical in- I 1 terpretatlon or for the qualities of * ^ each musician to turn himself into a , j song bird, calliope, or a whistle, but for general good humor, Indefatigable ( B work and cheerfulness with which ^ s they responded to reouests for encores did Weber's Hand make Itself famous." ^ [? . Brooks at Pittsburg. > A quotation from a letter received I from the manager of the IMttsburg Fx- ( position verifies the foregoing by the |, following: ( "All those who visited the exposition ( during the season will remember with j many a tin ill of pleasure tho hours through which they sat entranced lis- 1 telling in the always wonderful music ; of the Kills Hrooks Hand. On overv ^ | band could be heard such exclama_ I tlons ns. 'Is this selection better than ' i !???"> lu i> 1 ' - J . I. j/uonii<n: <111^(111111^ nilllll ) bo sweeter?' 'Can it be that those ( instruments arc but wood or silver and the performers only men?" ' t MAY SUBMIT ISSUT TO VOTE. j Percy Followers Make Challenge to ^ ? th? Vardaman Leaders. [; ( Jackson. Miss.?The snnporters of 1 Senator Percy challenger! the Var- 1 Y daman men to submit the issue be- j , tween the two factions to a vote of i j the people nf the state. The Varda man supporters ;iskp(i ktt nmo to con- | J 1' aider the matter, i 0 Renator Percv addressed a Jo!nt . meeting of the house and senate, , rnaUlnj; a flercp arraignment. of the ' faction that inspired Bilbo to make ?. the charge that Percy was Heotert ( through fraud to the United State* senate. s Notice to Old Soldiers. Y Tho surviving soldiers of the j II Confederate States in Piekens ^ ). county are requested to meet in d ; each township on the (>th day of J III August at p. in., for the pur1 pose of electing a representative I to meet at the court house on ?r the first Monday in September, j n next, to elect a County Pension . I .. , i-1 Hoard lor the year I0H. The j ! place of mooting in each towne|ship is: i 1 Kasley township, Kasley. <^i Libert v township, Liberty, r! Central township, Central. ) ' Pickens township, Pickens, e Hurricane township, Mile II Creek. io isastatoe township, Antioeh is Church. 'e Punipkintown towns hi]), ,o Sutherland's store, n Daousville township, Looper's nu vain. 11 When assembled they shall n organize by electing a chairman 11 aiul secretary, and shall then rs elect by ballot an ex-Confederate soldier, not a holder or an applicant for a pension, as the represQiitative of the veterans of said township. B | J. N^wfeery;, ^rislon Commission'*/ . L i imii i iiiii jLTwmuvr ?A party of Pickenites werifc to Table Rock Sunday. ?Last Suhday evening lightning struck;'the chimney of Earle Lewis' ho^he, tore the chimney lown to the ceiling, broke out -?1-1- ' ~ uiiu urn'1" winaows, set. lire to .he papering 011 the ceiling, burned out the 'phone, followed Jie wire, which it burned up, x) an electric light post 011 Main street, where it tore up ths transformer, turned back on a telephone wire and followed it to he home of (\M. Bowen, where t, went in to the uround, throwng dirt out of the hole it made >nto the roof of the house. Persons living in the neighborhood elt the shock- '?* Mrs. Lewis barely fi ll i 1, and heir Utile baby, which was isleop on 1 he bed. was not even i wakened. ?Washington Katie (ialloAray, a well-known and substantial citizen of Transylvania onntv, N. (J., died at his home. tl,n? I....4 1- *? ix untvu ijV/ui 11; ) IUM NV UUI^. 1M.I*. Galloway was an honest ahd up iglit. man, and was well and avorable known to many of our leople. For many years ho nade periodical visits to this >lace, hauling produce, and some of the finest cabbage and ipples we ever saw were grown md sold 011 the Pickens market, >y him. He was the father of eleven children, only two of ,vhom are now living, Ivannie, A ife of Prof. J. Ij. Murphree, of his county, and Nettie, wife of ijee 11. Fisher, of Kosnian, N. -. l ie leaves behind a wife and me sister, Mrs. Nanev \nn "hastain. of that county. As ine a tribute as we ever saw t<> nans nicmoi'v was paid him by t ! riend in tin* Sylvan \ alley, N. ('.) News. His many fiends in this county will learn ,villi sorrow of liis demise and wtend sympathy t<? the bercav (I wife and sorrowing ehildren. ? \V. Lester Manley, who ives a lew miles above l'iekens, ,vis arrested last week on the har^e of forgery and obtaining noney under false pretense, rle passed himself off as ",J. II. lendrix" and goingtottullivan, ?ske\v & Co , at Liberty, made v small purchase, tendering in payment a check given by W. El. Thorney and witnessed by Ino. M. Waddill, Jr., and drawn >n the White Bros Banking Co., )f Chester, foi $25.00. He took he goods, pocketed the change ind went out. Later he tried he same game in Greenville at he Americas Shoe Co. The preliminary trial was had before nagistrate Bramlett, -J. 1'. Carey, jr., representing Sullivan, Kskew Co., the prosecutors, ind J. K. Hoggs appeared for the defendant. The case was remanded for trial at the Sepiember term of the court and bond \v;is fixed in the sum ?>f s:;<mi. which t he defendant was tinaiuc i<> ^i\< . so Me was eoniiucil in jail to awail his trial. Purdia's Panacoa. Tom Purdio, an old manservant in Sir Walter Scott's household, used to talk of the famous "Waverley Novels" as "our hooks" and said that the reading of them was the greatest comfort to him. "Whenever . I am oft my sleep," he confided to James Skene, the author of "Memories of Sir Walter Seott," "I have only to take one of the novels, and before I have read two pages it is sure to set me asleep." Planty on Handv "Have you ever wondered about your husband's pant?" "Dear mo, no. 1 have all I can do in taking care of his present and worry' lng about his future."?Boston Hero Early Deaths. r Taking the world as a wholej?JT cent. of tho -people dlo bef' IW vAe ag of s?ven?