Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAW Sentimloumrni LOCL BREVITIES Some ThIng. YO1 Dnow and Some You Don't Know About Our Towns, County a tpie -. r. and Mrs. C. B. Hagood aie at Tate Springs this jweek. ---Mrs. J, N. Morgan, of Cen tral, visite4 .relatives here last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Wi. Ander son, of Greenwood, visited liiss Rosa Ellis this week. -Miss Eleanor Knight, of Pickens, is visiting at Heflin. Ala. -Miss Ada Craig is visiting relatives in Seneca and Wal halla. -Mrs. N. R. Kennemore and two children, of Liberty, are visiting relatives in Oconee county. ,-Mrs, William, Ellis, of near Easley, spent Tuesday in Pick ens, the guest of Mrs. R. A. Bowei. --Mr. and Mrs. J. McD. Bruce spent a portion of last week in Seneca, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gignilliatt. -Mr. and Mrs. Shealy, of Newbery, visited their daugh ter, Mi's. J. W. Ballen-tine, last week. -Mrs. Maude Massey and children, who have been on a visit to Mrs. T. L. Bivens, have returned to their:home in VWax hau, N. C. -Miss Mattie May Nicholson, of the Seneca side, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Holden, of the Kings .see is county. Mrs. B. I"Grvin hassbld het property in Pickens to J. R., Ashmore. who will occupy it as soon as it is vacated. His pres. ent dwvelling will be occupied by W. C. Newton. -Mrs. G. F. Kirby dlelight ful ly entertained a few friendb Friday morning in honor of hei attractive guests, Miss Polly Hightman, of Nor'th Carolina and Miss Evelyn Duncan, o1 Greenville. TIhose present were muore, Floride Cariev, Christimi Sutherlandl, LorVena Taylor Emily Bright, Helen B3oggs MPary Petc rs-, Flor'ence Bowven -WV. Blne'tt Jones of thW (Oolen oy section,.1(:1 reurned las wveek fromn an extended trii through G'or'gia where he ha: beiin vi-iti ng friends anid reia tives, and while gone he looke< at the land in Gordon count, and also nn and dlown the Oos tanoola at the magnificent hot toms. H-J camelI back rejnI'veni ated in health, strencgth an< spirits and really looks ten year' you nger'. -J. J. (Bud) Burm'ess. wvh livedl on the Gassaay place was killed Sundlay by his horse it seems that the horse balk'< and gave him tirouble Satur'da: and hie got it home and gave it severe beating. Sunday mnorni ing he went to the stable to se how it looked and prIobl.nli thought he hadn't done a goo job, for he turned it out in th lot, got a piece of scantling an< began frmailing it again. T1h horse ran un) in a corner and 3M Burgess followed behindl stl fr'ailing it, when the horse kick ed with bo0th feet, striking iin in the breast and stomach. D~o tbors were sent for but could (1 him no good, andl after' a fox hours' suffering Mr. Burge succumbed to the shock and1 hi injuries, lie 'was buried the (la following at Six-and-twet church where he was born an raisedl. HeI leaves a wife ~an several children. b~esides a ho~s -Mis. W. T. Griffin is spend ing a. time with her sister, Mrs. fattle Hendricks.7 -Mr. and Mrs. H. A. (Dick) .emhaings, of .Greenville, spent ithe ,waek-enid with relatives in Pickens. -Weaon Christopher is re poted as bteng quite sick with an attack of aente indigestion. -Dr. J. L. V.allav says there Is considerable sieknees through out the county, ejpep'ajly of ty phoid fever. ' -Prof. J. W. Balleutine has returned from his vacation and making preparation to open the Graded School on Sept. 11th, with a large attendance. . -Hon. James P. Carey re turned home Sunday from a month's visit to the golden west having enjoyed himself hugely and had a great outing. -E. Smith Griffin of the Greenville side, visited his daughter, Mrs. H. M. Hester last week and was shaking hands with his many friends in Pickens. -Lost, on Saturday evening, between Grandy's mill and S. P. Freenman's, on the new road, a good black vest. Finder re turn to B. M, Snmith and get reward. -J. M. Gantt has returnd to Pickens from a trip of two weeks duIiration, spent around Charlottesville, Va. He is very much improved in health and strength by his jaunt. -Mrs. J. P. Carey and son, Boone and daughter, Bernice, accomi paileid her niece, Miss Bessie Lovett, back to her iome at Woodbury, where she will spend some time among her rel atives and friends. -Mrs.iHenry Myers,accompa nied by her daughter, of Oak way, S. C., who has been visit ing relatives and friends at Lib erty, spent a portion of last week with her cousin, Mrs. Elisha Gilstrap of Pick~ens, R. 1. -D). F. Pace, wvho has a nice confectionery and fruit stand wvith his pool room, is remodel ing and fixing up his room and will open up a first-class lunch' counlter in connection with his other business. No doublt he wil <>asplendidl business. -Farmer friends, thie corn is - odding for you and the cotton is beckoning to von, the season for harvest is at hand, You will need to get into your crop right; away, bult you1 can stay out a few (lays longer and~ take one more resting spell. Tlhe call of the old ocean is strong and you should heed the call. Go Tues d (ay andl take your family either to Savannah or Charleston and ibe refreshed and rejuvenlatedl by -the salt air and sea breeze and a d (ip in the surf. T lhe crops can -wait but the excursion will not and1( it is the last onie of the sea sonl. You wvill always pleasant ly r'enmmber this delight ful trip with Messrs. Mahon andl March b tanks, Tuesdlay, Sept. 5th. B. B. LaBoon at Pickens and J. F. -Banister at L iberty hav'- ti'cets Ifor sale. -W illie Stansell and wife and~ Henry Stansell and wife of Ea 'sley, have just returnued 'fromi a three weeks trip) to G4eorgia.. They mlade theP tipl by priva1t3 con veyanice an~d traveled 1overI theO northe(asternl sectionl Toccoa, Carnesville, Cornelia, Lithonia, etc., coming hack by way of Clarkesville, where they spent a fowv days wvith 'Squire W. L. Jenkins andl other friendls in that part of the coun try. Willie says the 'Squire has beotter' health, better crops and has worked more and harder this year than ever before, l He has a slendid homle ini the edge of towni; it i~s full of summi ier' 1boardlers andl that he is wvell 1 pleased with his location and tfuture 1Oprospcts and1( cold not -Mrs. J. T. Fennell of Green ville, spent a portion of last week in Pickens with Mrs. A. J. Boggs. -Mrs. J. H. Newton of Pick ens, returned to her home last week from a pleasant visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boggs, aftd other relatives and Friends at Calhoun. -Misses Ina, Maka and Meta Boggs, who have been spending a month in Clayton, Ga., for bheir health, have returned' to bheir home it) Pickens, much benefitted by their stay. -Mr. George W, Roper died >n the 21st inst.. after a linger ing illness and was buried the lay following at Porter's Chap 31. He leaves 11 children, be. sides a host of friends and rela bives to mourn his death. -J. T. Chastain lost a valua. ble horse Sunday. He thinks ts death was due to derange ment and enlargement of the liver. "Jody" says this is the bhird animal he has had to die ,n his hantd and that just as soon as he gets a likely animal and wants to make something out of it, it has to die. -Raiding Deputy Merrick, Uampbell, Alexander and B. B. LaBoon made a ra-id on Big Eastatoe. Tuesday, destroying a big copper plant in full opera tion and overturning about 1,500 gallons of beer, and getting several gallons of whisky. The operators got wind of the officers coming an(d took to tall timber. -Robt. L. Gilstrap and wife was visiting relatives in this county last week. After mov ing around considerably Bob has finally located in Oconee, where he has bought a good farm near WValhalla, has a goo(d crop and is doing well. The many friends on this side of the Keowee were mighty glad to see him and his good wife. If he would shave off his whiskers he would look as young and good as he did twenty years ago. -Miss Belle Yongue, (laugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rober. t E. Yongue of Pickens, wvho has been suffering from an attack of typhoid fever, and who recen tly relapsed. is still critically ill. Heri aunt, Miss 1-ester Cureton, who is a trained nurse, is at her beCdside, andI together wvith the (careCful treatmflent given her by Dri. J. L, Valley, they look for her' speedyv r.ecovery. Miss. l3elle's imanyv fri nd1s ar'e s-olicit - onis that she(* pay soon he' (out again. --A speial andl very inw)ort ant meceting af the Pickens C'o. F~armier' Union wvill be held at Pickens c'our't hiouse' on Monday September a 4th I, 1911, conmwin e ing at 11 a. mn. All farmiers w~ho feel any interest in the or ganization, andl~ wish to get and keep in tonch with the work carried oni by thi farmers' orga - niizatilon, are regnested ( O to 'et withi us, as we' have some jim portant miatters to lbe conisid eredl. if you ha ve backslided, or fallen front union graCe, and i'etentedI o f YOurP sIn, coille, as face agillit. -Last Thu irsda y wviiile NIirs. .J. R~ C'onnelly, whvlo liv''s ini the "Fi(eld"' sect(' ion of the' ('ounity, was5 o:u t in her f'lront, yar tc lij - ping t he gria-s and~( w\E'ed- and( timmingt. thle l:-owood alontg the walkway, she' w'as trte to See( a lai'&ge ra I t l'snia k' tinde'r onie of the buisi~'. whichl sh succeed ed ini( dispaltchl1ing. As she wvent to put the mnowingr blade, whicht sheI had been' using, uniider thei front p)orc(h, a fter fin - ishing her work in the yard, she wav's surprised b~y a not her big rat tier' crawvling out from under the pialfzza ste.(' l Ti's one she also put where all snakes ough.lt to be, and spent the balance of the (lay on a keen lookout for more of the "'pesky varmiints." ''~It be hooves every body to wa tch very -W. L. Brissey and wife, of Anderson, spent Sunday in I Pickens the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Morris. f ' The dold east rains of this week reminds us all of the "cold day in August" which has been so often talked about. -Mrs. Letha Revis and child ren, of Greenville, spent last week with - her cousin, Mrs. Frank Pace, of Pickens, R. 1. -Miss Fay Smith, the very v afficient operator at the Pickens Telephone Exchange, s p e n t lh Sunday in Easley with friends. f -Dr. J. N. Hallum, Ph. G., a inanager of the Pickens Drug 1 Do., who has been quite sick for bhe past ten days, is able to be up again. FOUND-One dress coat near v J. E. Medlin's home and close to d Long bridge. Owner can get f, 3ame at this office by proving v property and paying for this 1 notice. r -Mrs. W. D. Griffin of Eas ley, and Mrs. Strickland of C Franklin, N. C., were the wel- V come guests at the home of c Clerk of Court A. J. Boggs last t week. - Baily J. Robinson, accom panied by Earle (Pat) Jennings, left Monday for a trip through Tennessee, going by private con veyance. WAhile over there Bai ley will look up' a likely bunch of horses and mules for this fall's trading. --For first-lass shinigles, eith- C er heart or sap, see or wvrite me a for pricos. Can deliver them at , Pickens or give vo1 special price ,n them at the mill vhich is 2 r miles north of court house. J. H. Earle, r aug31tf Pickens, S. C. -A glorions revival wvas clos- 1 ed at Secona last Sunday. f Many accessions were added to t the church, the membership greatly strengthened and four- i teen converts were immersed on Sunday. It is said to have been one of the best meetings held at Secona in years. On the Wing. Before long we intend giving a series of articles from trips over this county, relative to the various phases of religions, po litical and social life, a kind of history of the people0. T1his mueh is (duie our sub scrib ers, to preserve th ii~Iraditionis of' the A elorti tli(1ple t o i ail(1 in T.idu Rihy j , who Ms. an r ine drvor hver a p13( otion and ihe couln, hrrving tthes homi~e of Dlr. J Riu. Kirkso dn ner.l Her w1'Ed fhin iIhearty wecm and~ plnty atd hit andoi itswil p ieprel I'indl O11prin-' adetC ith 1nlinar art. 5W3381 andis well fi, hand his Hletti enjoiwnt inraiitie prai rectini, foppretiYit.o lnh(r alnlK (indh) e is',in andti Corni Uisl heil ilvgrin by(.lln. Hhs pand his ornin hec rci, d laed , andci i hs it0 thiks he ~i iV olllfl average -f hcohtos to the are. n S1A thein vife deserve cred it for what they iave accomplished. On this trip we saw many lelds of cotton and corn, some f which were suffering for ain. The cotton was shedding ts fruit badly, and while the veed was rank and thrifty look ng, it was not full-bolled. This seems to be the case retty much through the Pled wont section of the state, from that we can learn from those 7ho have been traveling about. In what little traveling we ave done we find the roads in %irly good fix, but we can ssure you they are no automo ile speedways. Mr, Bright Gilstrap Dead. The many friends and rela- E ives throughout this county rill learn with regret of the eath of Mr. Bright Gilstrap, a )rmer citizen of the county' rho departed this life on the Bth instant, at his home in Ma etta, Oklahoma. Twenty-odd years ago Mr. tilstrap resided at Easley and ,as a familiar figure in Pickens arrying the mail daily be ween these two places. By his entliemanly bearing and cour -Ious treatnient he miade friends f all with whom lie came in ontact. He iarrid( a Miss Mollie 'hillips, whose parents later 'ent to Texas an(d the tios of lood were too strong for her ud "Bright," as he was famil Lrlv called, to long resist tIhe all to follow. so aboit 18 yer go t1hey took up tlieir abode in I(e "LI n Star' state, finally Attling an(l accIIIIInlating sonie roperty at Ga inesville, Texas, ut for the last few years had esided at Marietta, Olahomiia. For sonie three years he had een in declining health and inally succumbed to a complica ion of diseases, being about 603 rears of age at the time of his leath. He was buried at Gainesville, ('exas. Hie leaves besideCs his v'ife three brothers, Elisha and Fohn of this county, and Elijah ho resides in Georgia, and two isters, Mrs. S. B. Mann of' this rnunty', and Airs. D~uff WVilson f Oklahoma, besides a host of' 'elaltives and friends to 1( inir is death. A Great Revival. The se'ries of 1IuE'l ings at fle's (reE'k I ta pt ist 'Ilun-Ich, '4midne(ted( by in-v. fl. ('. .\ tkin (4n, I)asto'r. and4 atsistil lby ev W. i31. W\alker,' 4'vange24list, amlL to a (closf Sat urdayI ight, v'ithl eight x' aiddit ions to the huIrch. Fifty-two( are to be bIapt ized4 ,he hir Satlay ine Iptember, Lit'iip.tmnd fi Twelvs Al i\' rier ils~oi 1 Hu te 's .\ i'l(I' I. 4 \\~o feel thAL tE dhs n th ou nidlt v. I 'ar InIs n .\ i stnl o n. Alay4i(l'I((1 V41iIh(ey pr s ill 'd1 . a ll W l'l tli if*s wor111 S4'e is41 't' J .iv lh ir~t~', I ri l(ard li l~le v ' i rI. J r y, AI n( . ' w.ti4l .I. A. Aly hIus ad t n ''.T i apon (Il is-: or li'-:.m. alw'ad s I epre hos;milack.I :I l~o11( ar J.i 1iet. .\ rirean -I orL4t' h8n (n4 heeinP Now Is the time to buy farm land while you can see the growing :rop on it, - Seeing the crop. ou know what you may rea ;onably expect if you buy. Now is the time to make ar angements for next year and iot only next year but for your uture home. Now is the time to see my iberal terms for a small home. Now is the time to see some :heap land I have as well as ,ome of the best in the county. Farm and city property for ale. A. M. Morris. (B.. iy4g BONE l'a S,CLL. - GE i,SCALY SKIN, ) MPLES, ,heumatisn, Eczema,, Itching Humors. B1 B. (Bot-anie iood Blood) i the n11lV Blood Reiedv that kills tihe poisont ni the blood and tltun iurkk it-send ng at flood of pure, rich bloi direct to he skin surface. ioles. joilts, and vhelrever thi-disenlse is located. In this vay all ores. ulcers. piileis, eruptionr .re healed an(] curil. paitiv and aches if liheuimatimil venie, swellinIgs si'sidc. 1. 13. 13. c(1p1ltely chanI1ges the body ato a1 clein healithy efinndition, giving he skin the rich. red I'lue of peifect ealth. B. B. B. cures the wost old ases. Try it. IOTANIC BLOOD BALM-BB8 pleausaint and snie ito take; cornposet of pure lItatnic inigrediIents. It p r iil.es and eitriches lie blood . It. I. Ii. streigtiest the nerves nd builds up the brokeni down system. Drug. itH *. IX)I 'EIt A RG IC ' I"' wit Ii dIree ions for home cure. Sold at All Drug Sto-reA.. th1is WVe iloW'\, ulufi thai~t its 'X(.'( \' .\I )j)IJ j N z.\ I'T1'. lo (l<'()l,1) W.1a8 c'ill nt 14W bie Snell ill O1ur stocki.1 4)1' nii1s Call ig in i ''Lightest ad hurable on Market C .'r Ped L'11ongDistance Spindles, *d withut removal of wvheels. * '''tted Side~ Spring. * '.od$est bra cedI Body madec. :.:wfeatro, of high class rnake. . iefiwn, Surries, Runabouts of II ligh Quality. Ci uur dganrantee your protection. " R O CK H IL L' L Postal Card To Us Will Bring Ar Aqent To You At Ehne