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Piokens SeutR1oe-JourlI LOAL BREVITIES Sono Thing You Know and Some You Dou'i how About Our Tonus, Couty a people -Miss Madone Moore, "of Greenville, spent the week-end bn Pickens, the guest of relatives. 'ol. S. Porter,. of the Hagood mill section' of 'the county, was in town Monday Joaft g. -The rains of the past few days have been very beneficial to the farmers-it has given them a chanc to rest awhile. U-Boys, jQin the Corn Club. Send your names to tlie county superintendent of education. April 1st is the last day to join the club. -Miss Zachery, a charming young lady of Transylvania county, N. C., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. R. Ashmore, of Pickens. -Remember the speaking at the courthouse, next Sunday afternoon, to men only; also the union service in the Pickens Baptist church at night. -Lost on 19th inst., on streets of Pickens, gold crescent brooch pin, set with stones, middle stone missing. Finder return to this office and get liberal reward. -Messrs. Walter Garvin and Bascomb Mayes, of Pendleton, spent Sunday in Pickens. They came a-courting, or that is the report Misses Mary and Minnie put dut. -Mrs. Belle Attaway and children have returned from a trip to Williamston, where they went on a visit to Mrs. A.'s mother, who has been quite ill, but is improving. -New faces come into the con w9ek. Keep your n thgt coluningndged W'4 is, nning, and if you don't find in there the ones you want to. see.in,. Il you haye.to do is tstart'them off. -FOR RENT-After 1st of April, my residence In Pickens for rent. Nice house, well lo ated, electric lights, In good conditid. Apply to Mts. F. R. L~hem, GreenTIille, 'Plione No. 2852 or see H. A. Richey, Pick ens,8.S. - -We* are proud of. the start our contest has made, Tihese contestants are a healthy bunch of runners,"and they and their friends are going to make It mighty. Interesting for some body, though a dark horse has plenty of time yet to get In the running and win out. Who will it be? -Everybody get bnsy. Work for the candidates of your a choice. Do your work now,:and . do it thorbughly. Later on it ~ may be *too lite to get- busy. y Somebody else may "have the e coonskin and gone with it." ,i Work to make a creditable showing and to help your can didate to win.t -Watch our contest columnn. ~ We feel confident that its comn plexion will be changed materi ally by our next issue, Who will be in the lead is not for us to say. We ido not know. but we are confident it will be some one our readers are not think ing about. Get busy, c'ontest ants, and let's see who takes first place. - -With each Issue new names b are added to our list of- contest- e ants. It Is creating no little IJ interest and the workers and t: their friends are all getting busy. ni 4 Somebody i going to be sur- f, prised at our next report. Will .A It be you? Not too late -to start ri some one in the race and make I them winout. Are you willing I intturn the trick? b -Millinery opening 2. ad 19th inst., by Miss Part,.tg4 --Mrs. Friday, of Greeuville, visitig her eAighter, Mrs. f. H. Johnson, in Pickejrns. -Mis Sa lie Bramlt, of Ireenville, ws the guest of Miss Rosa.Ellis, Iti Pickens, last week. '-Mrs. J; B.' Newbery, who as been quite sick for a time, is mprovi4g, her many friends. tre gladto'note. -school at Bethlehem, which was taught by Misses Bessie ' Tones and Efde Gilstrap, closed last Friday, aft'r a very sucess Eul term. 1 r you interested in our piano and stalk-cutter contest? rhen watch the eighth, or last, page each week for new- con bestants and the standing of the :d ones. If you do not see any me there that you want in the race, why clip out the nominat ing coupon and start them off. rhere is plenty of time for a i iew candidate to get in the ring mnd win out. -In this issue will be found a Iree ballot; clip, fill out and send .n on or by the date printed ;herein, otherwise it will not be valid. These ballots will be printed weekly, and they must be in the office, or at least 'bear the postmark of the office at which they were mailed, to cor respond with the date printed :n them, otherwise they are void and of no effect. -Lots of new faces in our contest this week. Look the 'unch over. They have just begun to decide to run. Lots more of new ones will be out next week. The game is early yet and there is plenty of time to start in it. If you want a nice piano, get busy. If you want a stalk-cutter, get busier. Don't put off until to-morrow what you can do to-day. Get n the race NOW. -Married, on Sunday, 19th, t 7;30 p. m., by Rev. G. F. Kirby, at the Methodist parson wVe,'Mr. Arthur Lewis and Miss Kate Hutchings, all of our city. rhe groom is a well-known roung i'nan of. our town, while ~he bi-ide is the charming daugh ~er of Mr. J. T. Hutchings, mas er mechanic of the Pickens ~otton mill, and numbers her ~riends by the score. The friends< f-the contracting parties jomin Is,.in .wishingsthem a .long. 1 iappy and prosperous life. -Union services were held in he Pickens Baptist church Sun lay night. It was in the natidre >f a welcome to the new pastor, R~ev. W alters, and was in charge >f Rev. G. F. Kirby, who intro luced Dr. D. L. Lander, who, >n behalf of his church and ongregation, welcomed the >rother to this field of labor. ifter remarks of welcome by lov. Kirby, on behalf of his par. shioners. Rev. Walters delivered I 1 splendid oration. The church i vras comfortably filled and the 1 ongregation listened with I rarlke<L atteintk~in and 'followed r he speaker closely in his re niarks. t -Miss Katie McDaniel,daugh er of ex.Sheriff J. H. G. Mc )aniel, of Pickens, was married 1 n the .15th inst. to Mr. Gordon r [oore, of Rutherfordton county, I 7. 0. The ceremony was per- e armed by Rev. Herring at the E ome of E. G. McDaniel, brother t f the bride, in the Fr'og Level f action of the county, lying ,) bout midway otween Forest t lity and Rutherfordton. The i ride is a most charming young a idy angi numbers her friends t y the score. The groom is an I nergotic citizen and enterpris- a 1g merchant and farmer of s hat section of the county, The 1I 1any friends of Miss Katie wish ai r her much joy and happiness. r muong those who attended the I uptials were 3. H. 0. and 5 [enry McD'aniei, Miss Louise E [cDaniel anid Mrs. 0. L. Cure- C m., of Pickens.1 -See -announcement of Miss artridgo's milllnery opening I QsWhUfiWthis -paper.- . -Miss Norma Griffin; of Ca eechee, spent Sundqy in Pick me, ,the guest of her parents, Ar. and Mrs. W. T. Griffin. .1 -Many farmers took advan age of the wet spell and came o town the first of the week. As a consequen'ce trading with I ;he merchants has been brisk. -Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bruce knd children, of Blacksiurg, lame in Monday evening to ipenda. few days with M's.B .'s parents, Capt. and Mrs. J.' A. 3riffln, of Pickens, R. 3. -Miss Dessie Brude. a charni ng young lady of Grernville, xccompanied her brother, W.' A. Bruce, to Pickens, Tuesday, and will spend a few days here, the zuest of friends and relatives. FOR SALE-Tract of 35 acres, I acres cleared, lies 4 miles iorthwest of Pickens. Sold at auction on salesday in April. I'his land is owned by Law renge Earper, and can be seen any ime before sale by applying to him. -Married, March 19th, at the residence of J. H. Chapman, Six Mile, by the officiating Min ister, Rev. C. R. Abercrombie, Kr. Sloan Holden and Miss Ad lie Medlin, all of Pickens Coun by. We wish for the happy couple a long and happy life. -The many friends through out the county will learn with sorrow of the serious affliction that befell Mrs. L. R. Dalton, of the Mile Creek section, last week, when she was stricken with paralysis, and has been spcechless since. Her condition is very serious and but little hope is entertained for her re :overy. -Wavman Mauldin, who has been with the Keowee Supply ,o., of Pickens, has sold his rioldings in this company to his brother, E. 0. Mauldin, of Lib 3rty, and has moved back to the Earm. The strenuous life of bhe city was too much for Way man, and he will hunt the qui 3tude to be found on the -banks )f the Keowee. -Dr. J. L. Bolt, of Easfe , 1as been in Pickens quite fre luently of late, on professional ~alls, several being forcorisulta ion. When he gets an automo. >ile~and-James.B...Cr~aig 'works rnt all the roads, it will be as eay or easier, for him tp prac- I ;ice among his old patrons ~as it aver was-but we still think he >ught to make Pickens his head-] luarters. -Some of the teachers' and cholars of the Pickens Graded school will give an apron social it the schoolhouse. Friday even ng, beginning at 7.30 o'clock, mnd their handiwork, In the vay of aprons, cakes, candy, I ce-cream and other dainties will I >e on .sale. The proceeds will I e usedl for repairs to the build- I ng ,and* to add some much- I ieeded' articles to some of the :lass rooms. Everybody attend S hat can. -The Yonah Land Enterpie >ublished at Cornelia, Ga., has keen boosting an Exposition ~ novement, to be held at Corne-r La, showing the boundless re ources of North-east Georgia, and in getting expressions from t he citizens, has this to say of a r ormer citizen of Pickens: "Mr. 1 .A. Peek of TIurnerville, writes C is that he is in full sympathy t vith the e'xpositionf movement a .nd he will be one of ten farmers I o give $5.00, each for the best h~ teifer calf under 2 years old--- 11 ny breed. Tlhis will be worth p vorking for and we hope to see v~ {r. Peek's offer coveredl. He is g ,most enthusiastic young far- f ner who has recently come to e lahersham from Pickens, S. C. i1 where he rendered important s ervice as director of the Pickens v ounty Fairs held in 1909 and i 910." -_1Dn't ail to clip atwl use the r,( ompons jin ii thi paper. 'lhi, )Nki may be the means of your avorite's winning. -Miss Lillie Gilstrap,Iwho is off. teaching school, is on a visit o her parents, Mr. and Mrs. El1sha Gllstrap, of Pickens, R. 1. --So far, the cold snap, while loilg 'much damage, has not tillea all the fruit, and a peach AO next summer is not yet an mpossibility. -Mrs. A. P. Lawrence, of 3entral, and Mrs. Mamie Kee aud of-.Liberty,' spent a part of last week in Pickens with their 14her. B. F,. Parsons. -Shortly we. will give extra votes to the candidates. Watch for this announcement, but in bhe mean'me get busy and pull in all the votes you can. -There is plenty of time yet to start new candidates. The gamb is early, and nobody is workin> .hard. Now -is a good chance to start a dark horse. -Help your friends, pay your subscriptions and vote your cou pons; also clip the free coupons From each paper and vote them by the time limit published at bhe foot of each one. -Small grain, that which was sown last fall, is looking fine. Late crops are also doing splendid, Sorry more was not planted. The farmers will miss it this summer, unless they find some substitute. -The past pretty weather we have had has caused the farm ers to be well up with their work, and the planting of cotton and corn is in order, and plenty of both will be put in the ground in the next few weeks. -The early gardener is abroad in the land, turning up the earth putting in seed, while the old 4en and young chickens come n behind, scratching for bugs mnd worms, takes everything in ight and plays - havoc with many an early lettuce bed and pea patch. -E. 0. Mauldin, who has been with the Parish-Johnson Db at- -Liberty, --has -moved . Pilckens with his family and acckies one of the Mark Looper 1Oi8es, on Catherine street. Mr. afauldin has bought an interest ni theeKeowee Supply Co. busi iess and has come -here to work pith this firm.. -rRemempr the -address, rde iveredi to men only, in the :6Ahouise, at 3' We~loolk, heet sunday afterneon, by Rey.. ,L. larley. At this meeting no kos, woinen or' babies are want db Come early and avoid the ush. The Rev. Harley is a very orceful speaker and will tell he men many truths, and some hey may not want to hear. -Miss Bessie Partridge adver.. 'lses in this issue that she will iave her initial display of spring iats and millinery in general at ier parlors over Folger, Thorn ey. . Co.'s store, ofl Tueaday Lnd Wednesday, March 28 and 19, and issues a cordial in vita ion to 'everybody to call and nspect the line and purchase heir Enster taggery. Miss Par ridlge is showing a very pretty ine of goods~and can~ please the roht fastidious. 3-K~ T. Griffin, formerly of bls county. was shot by a man tmed Dacus, at Williamston, londay morning. On Sunday, 1riffin and Dacus started to Bel1 Em, driving the latter's team, nid they got into a difficulty. )acus came back, claiming to ave been cut; (Griffin went on, lit came hack thatevening and ut the team in Dacus' lot, and 'ent around Mond ay to apolo.. ize, when he was met at the cont gate by Dacus, who open d fire, one shot hitting Griffin i the thigh and the other sh6t triking him in the back. The rounds are se'ious but niot fatal. Vhisky was at the bottom if lie vhon ihvng. NOM'0I NATION COUPON Cut out this co'pou, fill it inproperly affd seW o the cntest. Dept4'of the Sentinel-Journal. I hereby 'nominate Mr. Mrs. or Miss: .............................. . ,......................... State,................ .. as a contestant in The Sentinel-Journal Piano Contest. Also Mr....................................... of ......... as a contestant for the Stalk Cutter. Nominated by... .......................................... of........ . .... .............. ............ Subject to Rules governing the Contest. The Last Round Up Before Our Spring Opening, Many rare bargains in remnants and short lengths. They must go. The early bird gets the worm. Soon we will have to arrange for Spring and Summer. We shall be prepared to give the best service of our busi ness life. Dont fail to call on us whenever in need of dry-goods or shoes. A. K. PARK. West End. 4Green1-vt-rIie, ii. 4c. "More Goods For Less Money" ATTENTION LADIES! Now is the time when your head is in a whirl thinking of the clothes for the family--what you will get for Tommie, ME I ry and the baby. We, too, are constantl) thinking of how we can help our customers in buying the kind of merchandae that would be most suitable to our peopie. We want to gite every lady in Pickens county a cordial invitatian to visit 6r store and see what we have. Miss Josie Chastain still has the Dry Goods and Notions in her charge and is always glad to see her friends and ill take great pleasure in trying to please everv one who will isit -our store. Come' W- see uw; and don't forget that basket of ggs a nd coop of chickens together with that pnrse of change. They all have an equal show here. 'CRAIG BROS CO. One-price Cash Merchants. Granld . Spring Opening OF MIL LIN ER Y Tuesday Wed nesday MARCH 28 -,MARCH 29 FIRST SHOWING OF PAT I ERN HATS, SMART STREET HATS. NOBBY SMALL SH APES IN ALL THE.NEW COLORS. PRETTY READY TO WEAR HATS, FOR MISSES AND CHILDREN. A Cordial Invitation to ALL, COME. MISS PARTRIDGE, Folger-Thornley Company. Phone 457; FOR THAT KEG OF HOT TOM THE DRINK THAT REACHE8 THE SPOT Pickens Botln Works,