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Pickens Sentinel-Journal LOCAL BREVITIES Some Things Ue Know and Some You DOB't Know About Our Towns, County & People -Mesdames J. L. Valley and R. E. Lewis of Pickens, are vis iting'relatives in Richland this week. -Miss Elinor Knight, of Pick ens, is the guest this week of Mrs. C. E A.nderson and others, of Westminster. - There will be special com munication of Keowee Lodge, No. 79, F. and A. M. on 18th instant. --Henly Porter is laying down lumber on h'is lot in West End, near the Youngblood property, preparatory to erecting a com modious residence for his own occupancy. -A mountain party consit ing of several of the young men of the towin, are enjoying the magnificent scenery fine breezes and good water to be found in the Blue Ridge mountain range. -The many friends of R. E. Yongue of Pickens, will synmpa thize with him in his troubles in that no less than seven of his children have typhoid fever but we are glad to note that they a re' all prooressi ng nicely. Messrs J. P. Carey, of Pick en1s, and J. A. (-Collough, of Oreenville, are onit a month's va cation, touriig the West. They will see California, Utah, Neva da and other western states be fore they return,. It is needless to say that they will have a most delightful outing. --Miss Ellen Goi-don, a teach er in the Anderson Graded schools, and who spent a time iW teaching a literary dlass, died in Nashville, Tenn., last Friday, where she had gone to visit rela tives and to be operated upon foi a tumor on the side. It i~ thought that the shock inciden1 * to the operation produced death - We are sure that the friends of the Wesleyan Methodist Col lege, Central, will be pleased t< know that the College Industria association is an assured fact. Cnmittee has decided to cap italize the association by putting the price pei share within reacd of the people and making th< ternms quite easy. Consequentlya the stock is selling rapidly. -John T. Langston is getting ready to build a store room or *his lot near Secona church, to b< occupied by himself this fal with a nice little stock of goods Mr. Langston is a hustling fol Low and there is no reason what ever, why he could not make L good thing with a store at this location anid keep busy p~arching goobers. -Mahon and Marchbanki failed to get their train t< Knoxville, as some one else ha( run in on that line, but they have the promise of all the equipnment they need on Sept 5th, and they will run a doubk header, one to Charleston one to Savannah. One train will b( run from Liberty and the othei from Greenville, and will affort a nice trip to either town. Lool< for their announcement later. -Mrs. J. Allen Kelly, a for. mner residient of this County, buti for several years a residlent o1 Oconee coun ty, dhied1 at her homn in the Newv Hope Section of thai county on the night of the 7t1 instant, fr'om a complication 01 diseases. She was buried at New~ Hope church the following day Mrs Kelly was a daughter of th< 'late Jerre Hunt. She was ar excellent woman and a conse crated Christian. She was th< mother of thirteen childrer twelve of whom with her hus band snrvive ber. -Mr. Geo. Welborn and sister, Kiss Emma, of Pickens, 'R. 3, m are visiting friendis in Laurens u county, it -Misses 'Myrtle Glulage, of c Oincinnati, 0., and Mary Peters, ) of Alabama, are the guests of Miss Helen Boggs, in Pickens. I -Photographer J, A. Smith, of Easley, will be in his branch t studio, over the Keowee Phar- r macy, in Pickens, every Mon- s day, rain or shine. -A. K. Hughes, of R. 2, Ware Shoals, was visiting relatives in this county last week and shak ing , hands with 'numerous friends. -Mr. S. M. Wolfe, an erst while principal of the Pickens graded school, but now a prom inent lawyer of the Anderson bar,accompanied by his brother. are visiting in Pickens. -Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Davis, of Liberty, entertained a'few of their young friends,1 Friday evening, at an ice-cream sipper, in honor of their guest, Mr. -or a(de Jones, of Blacksburg. -Mrs. D.- J.. Greer, of Bir minighami, Ala., after~ 'visRing1.-' relatives in Williamston, Belton and Liberty, is now visiting her father, Rev. B. Holder, in Pick -The biggest and best water melon patch we have heard of is that of R. K. (Birch) Lewis who has been . bringing some 50 pounders to the Pickens market. The editor acknowledges invita tion to visit his patch and will alcepft hor t11.1 - essr. Sa m B. Craig, Ernest Alexander and Ja(ck Lwiis, aC compallied )v Misses Mar-y Lewis, Ada Craig and lreddie and Grace McDaniel, of .1ickens. are visiting at Toxaway and other points in North Carolina this week. -That dread disease, pellagra, is getting a firm hold in the South, as we can see from med ical publications and scanning the daily papers. There seems to be but little hope of curing this ailment, according to doc tors' adlvices. Pickens county has several developed cases within her borders. -Married1, Aug, 7, at the res idence of M. F. Hester, N. P., who performed the ceremony, SMiss Leila Mae Surrette, of near Breyard, N. C , and Mr. Wade H. Anderson. The newly-mar ried couple will take a trip to the western hills of North Carolina. May peace, happiness and pros perity go with them through the journey of life. --They say that John Reese, who owns a good little farm above Hagood's mill, has the best crops of any o: e in these Idiggin's. lie has 40 acres. 20 in corn and '20 in cotton, that has never been plowed-either with horse or mule powver--but has l been cultivated wvith two good yoke of oxen. John began there about four' years ago on a run (down place, which he has cleared up and put in a good state of cultivation andI is doing well on it. Let others gain a lesson from his thrift and industry. - The annual campmeeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Confer ence of South Carolina will be held on the camp-ground at Cen tral, Aug. 23-Sept. 3. Special preparations are being made to insuire the success of this meet ing. Rev. W. R. Cox, of Greens Iboro, N. C., will be the special evangelist. A hoarding-house will besconducted oy Mr's. C. A. D~un woody, and1 roomis umay be securedl in the Boys' 1Dormitory, if desired. Trhe people of~ (en tral have erectedi a fine new headlquarters tent, with eight roomis, and we understand that another single tent wvill he built before the meeting opens. This is a move in the right direc tion. A genuine campmeeting presupposes campers on the ground, and we hope this is just the beginni r: of a succes'sful meeting on 11e old-time line of lailh. nra ver and neower. - Monday was salesday, and: !hile there was nothing to go nder the auctioneer's hammer, brought a good crowd to the iurthouse town, the farmers 'j eing through with their crops. -Messrs. W. M. and H. E. E filler, sons of E. D. Miller, of lasley, R. 1, are on a visit to beir mother's relatives in Lau ens county. and enjoying them elves greatly. -Mr. Olin Clayton,of Liberty, t. 3, has bought the Gosnell >lace, near Bowen crossing, and s laying down lumber prepara ory to erecting a nice and com nodious house thereon. -Mr. - Morrow, a promi lent lawyer and citszen of Bir ningham,Ala., accompanied by ,ils family, are visiting his sister, Ars. B. A. Hagood, in Pickens. rhey came through the country in their car, having a most de lightful trip. -Miss Emma Finney left Monday for Atlanta. After a brief stay in Hoke Smith's cap ital, she will have the time of her li e whirling through the mountains of North Georgia. '1ieiieosee an(d North Carolina, and will retufloie aboit the 1st of Septeml Iber. vS, ac companied by her sister',%liss Alice, vho will resume her <Iil ties of trained nurse in Atlanta. -R. L. Haies is annouiced for cotton weigher this week. a(ld will ap)reciate the support of his friends. He made a good weigher last. seaso, an(l we have lieard oly words of praise from the patrons of this m1Iaruket relative to his dealings with the public. he asks its to eXteld his thanks and appreciation to all of his friends for what they did for him last season, and wants them to repeat the (lose on the 19th inst. -Remember the school rally and picnic at Ruhamah, Friday, Aug. 11. The following speak ers have been secured: Rev. C. A. Waters, Pickens; Supt. R. T. Hallum; Miss Elise C. Rudd, field agent of the School In. provement Association, Colunm bia; Hon. W. G. Mauldin; Prof. Win. S. Morrison, Clemson Col lege. Ice-cream for sale in the afternoon for the benefit of the school library. The public cor dially invited to come with their old-time picnic baskets wvell filled. -The many friends through out the county will learn with genuine regr-et that that jolly good fellow, W. T.~ Bates, is "con siderabl y nnder the weath er,," which started from a sore on his hand. He got it healed uip once, but it has since (devel oped1 andl broken) out again and has spread considerably over his perso)n to such an extent that he can (d0 but little work now from the effects of it. Hius many friends hope that he may be a ble to find a remedyV tha~t will arrest the ravages of the disease, and that he may soon be himself again. -The road( hands have b~een doing some much-needed work on the streets of P'ckens. Tlhe trees near the Baptist church have been taken up, the side walk in front of Mrs. Lathem 's property taken dlown, wh ich adds much to the appearance of that part of town. TJhe force, under Chief Nealey, is now o'n gaged1 on the Giriffin lani 3. Ifrom Town C'reek b ridge to .\Iain street, Where the r'ocks wer~e in this road. have all beent blasted out. ihe gradle cuit dlowni new (drains madl~e and the bankls on1 each side straighitenied and~ sidewvalkslaid off. Tlhi is qSuite an innovation to the residents of that portion of town and~ wvill he, this fall, a great help t~o those farmer's wvho have to haul their prodluce to towvn over' this roult(. We are glad to see the good work go on, and our only re gret is that the city dads are limited for fundi~s andl cannot do( -Standard gasolene 18c per allon. R. E. Goodwin. 1 -The Pickens County Poultry 3 issociation is called to mcet A .uesday evening, Aug. 15, at 5 J 'clock, at Pickens Drug Co.'s tore, for transaction of import- I .nt business. -Misses Lillian, Nannie Mae I mnd Jessie Morgan, of Taylors, I 5. C., and Miss Fannie Latham t )f Easley, visited Mrs. Florence 3riffin and other relatives in Pickens last week. -There are several cases of ;yphoid fever in and. around Pickens at present. The doctors have a typhoid serum and are noculating those of the people who wish to have the disease by proxy. From what we can learn of the serum it is just the thing and should be adfninister ed to all who think they stand any chance of catching ty phoid. -Messrs J. David Stansell and Furman Looper accompa iiied by their excellent ladies, have just return(d from a de lightful ten (hys trip to Talln lah Falls, Clarkesville anld Other noted places. sl)ending part of the time -with our erstwhile fel low townsuan,W. L. 'Jenkins, Esq. vhoI they found inl the best of health and inl excellent ,'p its and very nmc11h at. hiiiiw in h is' ' 11.. r Ilro i u ns. I-Dr. J. . Jlt,forlIerly of this town. but n,,w 01joying thle lih erties of all resid(h of Ea'ley. has sold his farmu nca\.he eit(y of Anderson for a sn A -:40 The. Said farm~n onltainl! ab 1 192,nrs, lie..s wit h lin I-hroo Iles( of the court. house and the p)rice paid approximates 820.000. It looks now )%as thouglh he Imlight (evlop into a retired ImIillion aire doctor. Success to him. -A recent interpretation of the marriage license law. by At torney-General Lyon, is that it is unnecessary for the young lady to come with the gentle man to the probate judge's office to procure the license, unless she just wants to be married by him, or at once by some one qualified to perform the cere. mony, She can sign the paper and make her' affidavit before the person who performs the marriage, or any one else to act as a witness to the legality of the paper. -Clinton Cannon,colored, one of the oldest residents of this county, died at his home, about four' miles west of Pickens, July 14, aged about 70 years. He was wvell knowni throughout the county, and wvas never married. He leaves several brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces. He was one of the old-timie dlarkies who always sought to give the younger generation of colored people good adlvice. Hie was a land~owner for m a ny years, anrd managed his' business andl con dlucted himself in such a way that he could always oclaimi nn merous friends. One by one his kind are leaving, and his own race, and every body else, will miss him and others like him as they plass. -bI ast Friday the ex-slaves' reuni n was held in Pickens at Griffin Ebenezer church, and a goodly number of the old, faith ful slaves and their descendants were present. Revs. Gibbs, of Pickens, anid Sutherland, of Wal hall a, addlressed the crowd, giving themu some good1 advice. Aguistus (1. Bowen was master 01 'er'emlonies, and~ (conducted 11he (exerc'ises in a ver~y cred i table miannier, and( at the noon31 hour serwdec a finie bachecu. (diinner' whIichl hadl bieen mlostf e'xce(l lentiVly prepared~l. I )r. Beun P. Giflin assemibled the old slaves andl others, and to the r'ollI of the drums marched thenm arondo the square. Sever'al white peo p)1e of the connoun~lfit~y attended the exercises andl pronounced themi all right. This annual re union of the old( slaves is to be commnended, and these gather' ings should have the well-wishes of the Angh, - .on race. -Married, A-. 3, by Rev. C. ,. Stewart, at the home of Mr. V. R. Powell, Williamston, liss Iva May Powell and Mr. ohn L, Thomas. -Dr. J. L. Bolt, of Easley, as treated himself to a nice car, ri which he made a trip to 'ickens Saturdav, and with vhich he intends to make quick rips to see his patients. -Rose Killian's shows hit lickens Monday, giving two >erformances, afternoon and iight, to fairly good audiences who pronounced the show all to ,he mustard, especially the trap 3se work by the two Killian Yirls. Attaches of the show say bhat they have seen no good 3rops, especially of corn, until they struck this county. This aggregation which is pronoun cod all right by those who at tended, is traveling by private conveyance through the coun try, with its own teams, and had a date for Tue(lfsday at lb erty. FOR SALE ly 11ouse and lot on H amhtor A ve. All111moderni(01VI cneieneet( u(1 niclv fin ished. Apply t< W. 1H. JOHNSON, Pickens. 8. C. --Ior laimd any where in Pick ('11s conty See ( write J. R Ashmore. ''The 1'.nd Man. \V(O)ULl) Y(W BUY Till (Galloway pla'. one acre lam lar1ge r-eside ic. nd goodl stor buiilding clos to Pickeiis C(otto Mill For1 pricie and terms, se< J~l('5 M.l lter, .A IRYs. 11. ha,'_]Rosv Janf on has r*, at -bo e aae a delightf ple an visit to Mrs. 1,0N. I ofvis es Zadi and MaI' osoin enville. -o d cen MN1r. an~d Mrs.. B.,O have retuned frm ianreds. Mr. an Mrs. . Jamsn-a at home again after a ver pleasanit vi-sit to Brevard, N.( Miss Joycie Joies and M Frank Ellison were the gnes of Misses Zadie and Madge J mison one day recently. Onssrs. Dave, Garinkland (1 fente Maar in a very warrsi game of ball on the home dih mond by a score of 6 to 2. Th~ features of the game were one-hand catch on second b Garrick and one mian out i home)1 plate; batteries, V. How ardl -md Robinson, M. Spearnma andl Jamison. Jaiaiso~n and Mr i. Iler'ry Andiei iodI5 Sundta y afternioon. Nic4. (ir. PICKENS, it. .5. 'rops are looking line sine the re1cen t sho wers. Mr'. and1 Mrs. W. F. T1ownes~ of Honea Path, wvere the guest of Mr. andt Mr's. J. A. Hi.Townes Snday. Mrs. Henry' Findlley andt MIis J anie N immrons, of Willianu ton, visited Miss Pauiline Tlowne last Sunday. Miss Genie Stephens is visitin her cousins, Misses Velmra an VTerm a Par'rott. Misses Louise and Anini Gr iavelev sp(ent, last Thu rsda night wit h Miss Pauline Towvner rotjft adl Genlie Stephens spt'n Prof. J . 12. Muriphyv closed; very successful singing school a Concord last Friday. Rev. E. L. T1homas~on is abl carrying on a protractedl servic at Salem. He is assist ed by Res Merritt, of Liberty. Misses Velnma and Vermn Parrott visitedl Misses Louis and Annie Graveley, Friday c at wenir :..- SUE. -Dr. T. A. 8eawright's Den tal office is in the Masonic Tem ple, upstairs, over the Pickens Drug Co.'s store. When in need of dental work call and see him.. NOW Is the time to buy farm land while you can see the growing crop on it, Seeing the crop you know what you may rea sonably expect if you buy. Now is the time to make ar rangements for next year and not only next year but for your future home. Now is the time to see my liberal terms for a small home. Now is the time to see some cheap land I have as well as some of the best in the county. Farm and city property for sale. A. M. Morris. Boianic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Gures Through the Blood Blod Poison, BONE PAINS, CAN CER, SCAlY ShIN, - P1MPLES, Rieunatismi Ecze qf0 tcin aurer ..4B 01f - sus I i,,. a. , .l !- d I med.V 1at. kills tilw r * 0- hh-n .m d IhlEn puriLf , - i . w.I% all Sores. utle.rs pitauh-s. 'riptions3 are htenph'd and eda. pit. and Itclhes of Rhemil atisml 'i':nse, swellinigs subside. B1. . e. t omplet . chan g re. t.lt body into a cleanl henlthby condition, viving the skin the rich red i( hue of perfect health. 13. 13. B. cures tit wist old es. Trv it. ca3,1IC BLOOD BALM-B BB BO s siHr t tit, ciii d o, ,r te leant nI, -I. It purrlles ii niches h b d , . he a)rvos Al Drugug - and kunilds til thle brokeit dlownl systen,ot lie gsts t1.00aPERi LAl HI er'b wiK .timits for botne cnre. Ls Sold at All D3rug Store . t au - u ,t i it - b ji ii t heIlip you. IS WHAT:~I YOU REQUmfg. I a'si-net. TFV. -\ 9I?\f'f. S("UP LA KNIVES8. H-l. Snider, A Guess That is Right Four Times lai Five iaiuhe.je toe v ineeC. ii..I gesti... cohiey ptifns, ntataaHe, Iossi of flesh. ining leeth c tae ng sh-ep, r. st. inig -vell w viit u an y aeppa rentc eutse, thce expe~vrienee d roothber say s II 'Irm. Itir fin''si eel. ci jive -.,, s th'l inel, ( eiit cc-on ,'tre tee.i I i Ime s withi. e thi i samge. i re hs th 4Mcii tI no c hew i oengen ie reee~ecmm.end h ie's Wor. Ryup . mousiI'ie' tenedIe). e alone i. ' .1' haiv ty he in ' t h i ni ei U i et aE0E clrC~oPHAiRMACYtd l~f f o n :ike'e h oiet u. W a l e