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The People's -Journal. TIIUR8DAY, APR1L 10 1902. for soveral years used it as a ter minal point where engines and crews were changed daily. This, of course, brought the families of ma11ny of the railroad operatives and the town grow rapidly and mn uch bUsi ness was transacted. Tho terminal was changed to (roonvillo some years since, but Certral is still a good town, with lots of good people where a good volume of business is done every year. The sIIrrounding country is very prodUativo, and farmers have brought ill) their lands to a high state of cultivation. Messrs Gaines & 4assaway Bros. at Coll. tral doibtless are the largest deal- t ers in stock and cattle in Pickons (ounilty, while they, with other upI to-date merchants, do large vol tunes of business in sulplying the t nee of Central people and the I surrounding country. About t six milos, or barely so far, I to the souitliwest of Central, is Cal- I hounl, the railway station on the t 8>uthern Railwav established as a result of tho demand therefor I created by the orection of Clemson C College. It also is a nice little s town, full of good people and a backed by a good country. It is C niamed in honor of John C. Cal- 8 houun. From Calhoun to Clemson r Collogo is one of the finest macad, f amized roads, built by the Clem. U son nithorities, chiefly as an ob. ' ject leQison in good roads. If some t of the legislators could he made 1 to know the greatost need of our t Count1 ry and learn soiothing 1 about how to build roads that will I serve our purpose, they might not i bo s parsiionious 'inl legislati)g 3 in this respect. - 0 -, The Pledtint, Section. t t ]lut Pickens county is in what is 1 known as the Piedmont section i of South Carolina, asection known t far and wido for its andvantageB. Its combination ot healthfulness with excellent clinmatic conditions and reponisive soil makes it in fact n placo for the home-seekors i and it veritchle honnuza to the en. ergetic, progressive mal. There is ( no) place in the south where nature las; do)e more and tho south is re cognized as preseitiig the most flat termiig prospects for doyelop- 1 ment to be fomd anywhero. Our t eopll4rte throwing off old moth, ods and taking pace in keeping V with the most progressive of the a world. Our opportunities are great t and our dlevelopmient will pr'ovo (Cat ecchee The To'wnu with The Indiani Nanie. As tho legend goes, in the days of imdian warfare when the whites were struggling with the aborgi bees for thle inastery of' this garden country,a reg'imnut of Br~Lii sod iery wvas qu artered in the historic; old fort at Ninety-Six, near the o)l( town in Greenwood county bearing that znamne. Fort George, in Pickens county, bei ng then tun der surveillance by the Indians, they planned a double attack-first to destroy Fort George andI then mairch with united forces to Ninety1 -Six andl~ take that fort by sur, priset. Ctchiee, a beautiful Indian gilianin g of these plan~s and re- I miembei ng that her lover I and fiendm, Frank Allen, a young 1)ritishi oflicer was quartered there detortIiined to warn'u him~ in advance I of the threatened calamity and resolv'ed without further ode to carry her determi nation into effect. I1er race against time was long and trying, and as she ran she marked icer progress by the waters sho erosed from one mile creek over Twelve Mile river, Tlhree and '1'TintySix and( Twen' ycreeks and on to Nin'ety-Six, naming interven ing eeks and smanll mountains after the samou myl3steriouis fashion. TIln s name, Cateechee, has baen hpni ded down through the medium of th is beIautifuil legen~d, imperfec ly suggesteal here, andut so whzen Col I). K. Noris had1( founded his cottonl mill on tho banks of Twvelvo Mile rivor, a few miles northi of Cent ral, in casting about nor a name and being a stud ious and li terary muan, lie thughtI to porpet~uate t his name and~ consequently revive the le gendt and unmod his mill town C a geeche.. It is a capital mill, located so as to utilize the water power of Twelve Mile inyer. Col D. K. Norris, a gen tlemen successful in busi ness,iB President. P'ea Idg Ie Or Paradise? One of the best parts of Pickens county has until recently, been the most ulndeveloped-that par t comnmonly called and known as Pea Ridlgo. Sep~aratedl from the ou~tside world on the oast by Twelve mile river and on the wvest by Keowee and ei(ding from the mountains on the north to the Anderson and Oconiue county lines on the sout~h 01r miore propl)iy to the sectioni Mr. J. C. Stribling and others are pleased to call Sleopy Hollow, it is withal, a maginflicent stretch of couni'ry. It has long been thought that under the surfaco in this part of the country were to be found fine deposits of iron ore, coal Uopper and ey.n gold, and some of iies h vo h olan . A .o...,,. bn~ % I I Somnethibig About Some of the en Who Have ]Been in Public Office. 0iEltiFF J. H. Q. McDANIEL. Faith.(ul and t-licient service in the interest o ( PickOns colunty is the record of Mr. J. i . MeDaniel, our popular and trlstwothy sheriff who was born Nov 28 1817, Ur. McDaniel is a whole siouled, genial 1mietlomni and with whom it is a ploisure to- imect. He was born and rear( in (renvillo county and was educated there and at Charleston. He sorved ten months ir the latter part of the civil war and has had the ollico of dhrilf for paut nino yenry. No man in Ahe county is better uown or more ighly appreciated for his' aniny exclient inalities, and no iman haiis ail ny warm >ronal friends. A. .ohn Beggs. Born Dec. 7, 1861. in Pi,'koens Dis riet, now Oconco county, was roared on. lie farm, attended be "old field" whools until lie ontered the Piedmont IntitutO at Pickons, C. 11. in 1882, un ecr Prof. W. M. MeCanlan, whoro he enailned at school for a terni of three ?ars. Leaving school he bogan farm-i nig, giving his entiro time to this ocou t ion mtil 1893 lien he engaged in lo miercantile business to which ho was attondiig when elected Clork in 1900. ir. JBoggs is young but expo rieuced linlil makes a most comnpotent -lerk. Ito nurried Miss Sallie Looper loon after leaving school and hias a very ntorestiig family. Auiilfor E. Foster Keith. Waq born iat Pumpkint->wn, Piokons ,ounty, 36 years ago; was principally eareel on the farm. Waw a student of lie Piedmiiont Inistitut,. at Pickens, in ler the direction of WN. M. MeCaslon m(d John It. Riley; spent one torn in he Citalel Acadlemy at Charleston, then mgsin entered Pimlnont-iustitumte. Af erwards lie spentt a inuber of years on he farm, took a courso in a commuerialr clool ald later in Smith's school, Lox ngton, Ky., finishing this course with t ie highest ionors, inl the mean time do ng a great deal of oliee work for Prof. Suimith. ie is i mtost eilicioit and n -i 1)oimmuodatng ollcer, and looks well af er the Auditor's oiico. lie is succesor to ho late S. A. Iunt, by appointment. William W1'. F. Bright. Born Doe. 19, 18410 near Louisville, Fenn. His father was a farmer of Eng. ish Quaker descent, of Penusylvania. I Wis eduicated in public schools and n F'Rwing Jcfferson College, in Tennessoe. f ie served in the Confederato army in I Uo. K, second regiment of Cavalry from % iig. 13, 1861 to May 3, 1865, surrender. I uig at Charlotte. N. C. Was a prisoner I if war. 110 came to South Caroiina iortly after the war and engaged in teachiug and farming from 1808 to 1890 when he was elected County School f Uommission r, Aittr the expiration ( f this term lio taught school for four years and in 18118 was elected County Supt. Eulucation, served that term and was re-elected. On Sept. 21, 1871, hte mnuiried Miss Margarot J., daughter of B. J. Williams which union has been blessed. Mr. Bright has been most thoroughly identified with the educational interests of Lickens county for many years and is recognized as amunong the most success. fill and efficient Superintenmdents of schools in South Carolina, taking a live ly interest in everything that helps his people. One need only to visit him in his busy oflice and road the school law if South Carolina and note the progress if schouol work ini order to fully appire siate his excellent work. P'robate Judge .J. B. Newbery. Borni Darlington county, 21st Junne 1837, lived there until 1800 when Jo married Miss Trizah Buirdino of Andler son county, Jany 10-1860, moving and settling in Anderson county, December 18410. On 1st, day t~f July 1861 he enlist ed ini Co., "K" ithi South Carolina regi ment, S. D. Goodlett, Captain in whieb aammand, served until 11th (lay of Mclh 1862. Th'lis regiment, reached Manassas ani July 21thi 18(11, arriving about the alosinig of the first. Bull Run fight. Af oer the 11th Alarch 1862, ho joined the 25th Virginia lBattalion, as a private,and ufter the death of one of the Lieutonants hie was promotod to fill his place. It is worthy of note hero that this promotion camie for exceptionally gallan mt ser-vices, rince whecn joining this regiment not a single man ini it wvas known to him. lie servedl in this commamnd till the close of the war, as Lienfenant. Af'er the war lie settled in Anderson u-ounity aind engauged in farming till 1872 when ho moved to Pickens and establish ad a circular saw mill at the site now cc. saipied by Mr J. M. Clements--the first iircular saw mill operated in this county. Fne operated this mill 7 years wvhen af ter some years seryioo as Triel .Jnstico 'at Pickens, upon elecion to the ofiice oi Probate Judge ini 1887 lhe took charge thereof and has 1hoh( the smame continiu onmuly to thie presenit tuno. Judge Newv bory hams made a most tilleoint and pains~ taking oflicer, and it is dhic to his system atic mand dliigent alpplication that the of lice has been bioughit to sueb a standard of arraungemenit that public records may le found without wasting time looking ov~er (lusty racordls. This ofice ini his first, year paid fees amounting to only $13'2.90, and Judge Newbory has in a manner imado sacrifiuce in behalf of the public, but the public recognized his ef ficiency and re-elected him time nftor time. lHe ha taken a deep) interest in flho welfuar' of the old soldicrs, serving thorn and t heir widlows faithfully. fIn fact without such assistance as lie gives them nmany might. never receive thle beni oifits the state gives them. Ho is promni nceitly identifiedl with thne Methodist church and resides in a mnodest litjle cot. tage on thle south side of Pickens whereo with his wife and~ onie daughiter, M'~iss Sholla, lhe enjoys thne eomforta of life woll ea'nod. 0111l-:lt LOCALS. --Special sale on line box stautionery at Thorn Icy's Phaurmnacy. -TJiry Allani's Foot Ease for tired feet, Thornley's Pharmacy, -I have a few more nice fresh milk, cows for sale. Ivy M. Mauldin. -Miss Gussie (Jureton has been quite sick with grip. -Don't fail to e millinery depart. ment at the Big Store Friday & Satur day. -Dr. A. B3, Wardlaw, Dentist will be in Pickens the remainder of this week at Thornloy's Pharmacy. -J, WV. Morris, of Hartwell, Ga., is hero with he~' brother, A. M. Morri-h for a few days. Lj, P. lBoggs, reproenmting the E. E.~ Brown Tob~~au Co., pased through Pickeins Mond cy oin hii wa7 ta 1unmm. The Man Foi The Place. 1r. Editor: In this day of rapid do VolopIlent uinder tho benign in uence1 of free government which makes over' citi zon a unit of action, carrying with il rCponsibilhties and enlisting his enor gotdo cooporation, it becomes every Umn, every voter to study and to know thc nieods of his section, since he must sllare in the0 prosporty and adversity that over take his people and is therefore prinari ly "nwerable to the great body of socio ty for the intelligent exercise of his right of suffrage. If anythtng is being im pressed op our people, and especially upon the people of South Carolina its sHi outors upon the uuprecodented and to m111114) extent unexpeoted, development of her resourcos, it is the fact that in or Ior to retain the tadvantages already itned and maintain those advantagos ror greater and more enduring realiza ions in tho way of material advanco nont we must, by wise and safo logisla ion seek to insure to sucoeeding years inch just interprotation of the rights of ill citizens by equable latws Imt aggre Ittions of capital and theenoroachments >f combined iiiterests, such am have been Lnown to be effected to tho injury of the asse, 111:1y not become ia part of the )xperiences of our people who, through heir chief calling-that of agriculture-I Lro essentially interdopendent. The situation that confronts the poo >f South Carolina it one that calls for ie iest geniusa aid wisdom and econo nicjudgmnentof the day. A buisines nu S noedled, o whose energy is alive to he doniands for progressive thin ga, vhoso btisinosa experience aud judgmneint ako him equal to the pe.uliar leeds of thie time and, moreover, whoo haracter is shiCi that, coupled with his 1er1onal interests, he may be relied on as , safo And constant giiardian of the in erests of the uasses. The man of bas. nessi comlibining the clemente of charac er and that interost in him people whiO usures his ready and constant sevicos n their behalf is the man now needed it epresent tie third district in Congres,;. ?erhaps, niore than itiy other district in his state, thie interests of our peotplo 11 (1 -ariod, yet all tre striving for oun great mrpose, moved by the one central hope -to seo our peoplo prosperous and hap. )y and it is to judicious and patriotic egislation tiait we must look for th >rescrvation of our rights and the pro notion of our welfare. We need and vant men of intellectual standard capable if coping withe agencies that tire al vays contending against the very ele. nents of happiness we chorish most, and Aso of character who cannot bo swot ved rom their high conceptions of what is )est for their country's future. Wa vant business men to represent u in a meiness age-snehli men as combine the )vst (tualities of citizenship With tho bility to properly represent us, know ng our needs and patriotic enough t4o vork for his constituents and not chiefly or his own political advanmonent. lii his conneetion 1 want to present the sharneter and invito consideration of he perontality or Dr. R. Frauk Smith, >f Etsiey, who offers himself a candidate or coingress from the third district. Born in Anderson county, the third 1011 of the lato J. M. Smith who was a well knuwn merchant and farmer, his va :ied life of farier, and physician and his ,onnectioi with business enterprises have arought him into close touch with repro tativo p .ople in every walk and .- n lition of life. Receiving his first in :tiruction, anmd no doubt there laying the 'oundationi for higher aspirations, under he tutorship of that excellout christiar fenltlemanll, Jno. L. Kennedy, he con tin icd his studies through Adger college mnd,selecting imedticine as his profession, ook thorough courses in medicino in 01110 of tite best institutions in this :ontinuied until the death of his father-in aw, Col. C. L. Hollingsworth when, ats idmninistrator of his estate he was c'om >elled to limit his practioe to that of '(Jniulting phIyician ini order to attlend .o the business thus unexpectedly f.dling ipon him. S-iico 1890, he has resided in Easley, td only once xi his lift) has lie askedt )olitie di honors1 wheni ini tho c'otituttionl i convention of 1895 lie worthily repiro outtedl Pickens county and~ there, by afto sounisel and active efforls, coninhuted liS utmnost in framing the finidamenutal aw~ oif Southi Carolina. Heo is yet at young man with a mo-st ill - eresting fanmily, vigorous inl Ilind and~t Jody, chatritable and gi getleman whose ability andit harattcter haitve bemen tried and1( proven1 a thet severest, tests, 11o is es.sent ially democrat, andit recognizes that it, is lbrough the dieicatic party alonc that nr pe'op)lo can Ii nd relief and ineaom iht thatt good for which with one pu )0rC wte tare working and for which thle nielligent hotly of our people will vote. rlTth cessfuli admlinhistrattion cof htis wrn affairs- stt111 mps i a a man capable ;o look after the welhfare of is peoplif, md1( this is wvhat we wvant, a SulceeL'inlI nan--'t competetnt man and a man whoso tympa)ithios are0 with hus andi whosoi inter 35ts are identified with our interests. Vonn. itatieent of' the Eaisley Bank att the Close of' Bnsiess, March, 31, 1 902. lmSOURC.IE. 4oans1 anud Diucounits,... 91,030.00. Jver~hrafts,................3,62.70. Entriituire and1( Fixtures,.. 1,900.00. Stocksi antd Iholids . .. ....... 1)0.00. I)tue from lltnksi & cash on1 hanld, 28,223.76. Total,. .. .. .. .. . . ...124,6iJ.2. Li A BU T'IldS. Uapital stock p~aid il,... 49,e02. 50. Not Undtiv.idled prfits,...... 17'J54.02. Uertiticates oft D eposit,. ,6. nashtier's Ch~lecks,........ ....07.93. lidividual leposi's,........ 38,778.85. D~ividend unapaid,.... ........10.00). D)uo to Bantks,... .. . .. .... .14,133.79. Total,........ .......8124,610.52. STPATE OF SOUTH (CAROITNA ( County of Pickens. Personally comeos before me, W. C. Smith, Cashier of the above named batik, and makes oath that the foregoing statement is correct to the best of his knowledge and belief, W. C. SMIT H, Otashier. Slworn to before me this 7th day of April, 1902. ALONZO M. FOLOERI, Notary Public, S. C. Correct attestt WV, M, Haigood,) A. W. FJolger, ~.Direotors, J. MeD. Bruce.) -s1hihan lhil 13.ts, mnits, gloves anm Overytung Iin the )taee JBall 1lin0 a Call 40t Thorpuley's JPharmcyjand go~tt roll, naartont for framina tninirt deposits have never W~onia worked to paying advantage, So stroiig was this belief espocially in the mind of the Iate Samnel Maverick who once owned vast quatities of these lands that in making sales, in many instaucos, he reserved tho mineral riglits in the lands convoyed. But the people who are now so for tunate as to own lands in this sec tion are not wasting time worrying looking fot mineral deposits. Thcy are agricultural poople and are making agricultuire a paying busi ness. Vast forests have seimbed Lo thu axe and saw and this level itretch of couittry, one) dorogatod iud despised, and faoetioisly cal ed the huckleberry fiold of Pick ,is county has sprung into notieo Lnd assumed proportions and voight that mako it a section to )e reckoiyed with. Tho peoplo have lone this by sheer labor and by 0)kiing after their own interests. Vien Anderson county becane so hickly settled that, her sons and nugters took life com)anions un o themselves and begi 1,0 cast, bout f-r a country thit offered >etter advantages and more oppor uities they came to seo, and, see ig,bolioved and'settled. Fainilyfol wed family until now Pickens ounty counts aniong her p1)ple :mo of the hest element of old Lnderson county. From tho rudo ivilization that Qbtained in this oction many yoars ago, tho citizen f the sixties, after an absence of arty or even ten years would b stonished at the marvelous results rrought by the hand and through he persoverance of mon and wo ien who had faith in their coun ry and laid the foundation for lost phinomonal development.B ut his section is broad and ofiers omes to the worthy home-seeker till. They want no droneo, they 7ant good, energetic people to colme nto their midst and build with hem their schools, thoir ciirclihes, heir mills amid their roads and :elp to promote, in every way, the aevitable prosperity that is to be hiei rs. Local and Personal. -Mrs. J. L. 0. Thompison is reported auch better; she has been seriously ill. -R. (, Gaines and niece, Miss Loin bines of Central, were bore Tuosday. -I)r. W. F. Austin, Dentist, will loo n Pickens, April 15 & 16. --Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cox and 'Miss lcsic Ashmore ire oll' for the exposi oll. -Mrs. Flora Lathem, after a short isit to her sister, Mrs. J. L. 0. Thomp on, has returned to her home, at Clin rm, S. C. --Mr. and Mrs. L. C. T1hornlov anid lisses Mario lohrer and Ntaie 'Maul in spent several daiys of last week at tho lxposition. -Special millinery sale wvill be in pro ress at the IIeath-Iirnee-Morrow Co's toro from Friday through Saturday. )rop in and see the display. -Zeb Edgings, a negro, who kilh d is partnier ini a dispute over a fivo ccnt icco, at Beverly, has been arrested at )unielaville, Ga., and lodged in ickens *ail. -At a town election hold( in Pickens, londay, Apr. 7, W. TP. McFall was ro lected Intenident nnd the following gen leman Wardens: J. MeD. Bruce, J. D). Jureton, F. E. Cox and Homer A. Rich y. -Mr. Georgo D). Ouroton, wtho grad ~tatedl at the Altantau College of Pharmna-. y last Thursday, left for Gaiffney, S. iC. vberoe lh has iaccptecd a position as Phar nacist for 011e of the leading drug Irms of that city. We wish himi un oumnded sucs nhis niew fiold of abor. --Perhaeps no town of its size has su >erior hotel advantages to Easley, but lie patronage at both the Mountain Viewv .nd the Easley htotels has so increased hat there is constant demand for more oom which sugge~ste the p~robabil~ity of nlarging, and that right early. -Master Henry Medd, son of Rev. ~nd Mrs T.L. H. Medd, of Easley, *'while am a vist to the Exposition, met with a >ainful accident which resulted in t he >reaking of an arm. We hope to see he mnanly little follow speedily repaired, mad extend our sympathy to him and us parents. -Mr. L. 0. Mlauldin who hokds thlo ucholarship from this eongressional d is. riot to the Charleston Medical Collhge mas, by dint of hard wok, crowd:d two roaire of study into one and *uccessfully )ased~ the oxaminations. He expects to )e occulpiedI during thme summer iln a New York hospital with special studiy. -Rev. John R. Riley, veteran minis Wr and able expoeunder of truth, supplies Mount Pleannit church a few miles east of E:.nley, proaching 0on the first Sundady inl each mionlth. I1t is through thme sonstant efforts of Col II. E. IBowen, Miss Lou Oliver and the MoMahan family hat this church is maintained in its high arder of usefulne ss. *-Miauldin M~ountaiu, miarking ihe hiighuest (levaltionl along thle Souterni i iiway ini Pickens countty, lhas b een transformewd from a more inass of earthI anid rock and timber into a fruitful and profitable fruit farm tinder [thio intellug tunt mnanagenment of Mr. Rlichardi Byars. For all the fruit he raises, aind that is a e)iicnsideablo quantity, he finds readoy market at paying prices. -Lucius Earle, the eldest soin of Dr George \V. Earle, has completcd las his cease at the Chrloutin Collage of Pharmacy aind is now at work in the proseription doparatment of his fathle r's drug store in Pickons. His successful passing of rigid oXmainations, entitling himi) to a diploma after one year of study shows that he did good work(. hie friends are gald to see hinm at homec and in his acoustomed place. -The many friends of D)r. 1R. A. Lain easter and 1his wife, Mrs, Ola Hlollings worth Lancaster, will be grieved to learn of the tragio death of 1Dr. Lancaster's brother, Ur. Nat Lanaster, by drown ig in the Mississippi rivor. Tuo boat oni which thle unfortuaite young man51 was a passesager' was stuck b~y a tornado at 2 p. mn. March 12tlh and ifmmediately sank with twent'y of the passengers and crow, The body Sn9a i&Gvar boon recover A FULL I AND MORE T( NEW GOODS CO1 +- IN ON] In a short time our stock of Hats, and Gent's Furnishing (Goo this space and Will tell you more CLOTHING, GENTE For this Spring a .ill be the best that money can bi >est and we find it pays. Big lot of guano Distribitors, Ahovels, Rakes, Hoes and all ki ow is the time to look after thes, oic extremely low prices on bug Yours t FOLGER & T EASTERN SEEF And Garde FOR EARLY P t is worth all it costs to have a seeds, we have in sto, Carden and Fa Hoes, Rakes, Shoves. Spadc looks, Mattocks, Plows and Plo, l'turners made, \Vheel Barrows, Vachines, and Firniture of all kii A. Nice, New, Clh RATS, SHOES, DRY GO( New Goods Coming in and Anything 'v and About a I Iomic igs \We invite all to Come an No trouble to show . HEATH -BRUCE New Sprin, Arriving the largest and by far the pretties have lifted the yoke of high prices all. MNLiss I IiLghes ha s just retuirne C where she pu11rchased a large and choicest nov)eltie. T[his dlepa rtoi larger townrs. W\e cordialy in vit county to call and inspect this de rect styles at very low prices. In each- departmlent you will I you to call and see us. Yours tru H eath-Bruce-I / J4 One Ping bCii EM l~lOIJWR ils , liepairs quaityis oodandtion prices, <r pi~o ol. Bi--u youx9rd ~CRAIG ~B WOcal or attenton tor OR Unteceliec. Rev. A. J. Manly, of Iloanoko, will preiach at, Camp Creek ohuroh on every first, Siiday. The day is ohauged to su1it his convyenionce. Rev. .1. 13. TramelI has moved back from (reenville into the Camp Creek Anotion where ho will spend the summer. lin will preach aat Camip Creek on the fourth Hunday in April. J. II. Sherilf and J. II. Vaughn are soon going into the woods to spondsomo of their time and monoy in saw-milling. Tlev y have Swen inl the mountains inl saIrelba c eattle where thoy bought only ono yoke. Theiy want 80111 moro and if any one hiav good oxen for ale 110 might do woll to Sue thom. As for farming, not much has been don1 yet but wyo aro doing very well coil. itidoriig tihe weather. TUio cotton crop will b..' redneed. inl thiis section. Wheat. is miall for the eason. llegul-ar. Marel 31, Tomas ville. Mir. Leigh Ilunt left. last weck for tle Charleston expositionl. Two children of Mr. Mike lusttr's of Daciicville, are ill witi pnumonia but aro inprovig. Mrs'. Il ogsod , moth1 ler ofI, lra,PIerryanad Fr::nk loionsd, diied lTIediay (lae 2.h, itt, and war, hurriold tho diay following alt ilieusvii al ethodit. (1ireb , Slit was a consiteni let miberof tile Methodist hurchkll f1, VCars mati wa eighty odd years old. She IlaveS it 111a nonber of c'h ildt. rain nld ntild chaildrenl to liouru her death. Dr. V. Mt. 'on :lor is not well at the present wr;iting. Dr. J. .d. Morgan is able to wialk across his roalin. This ii <luite refreshing to Jini as he hatts becei confined to his bed for 80om1t) (Jmne. Mis Leota ]'ondr is visiting lier 1aun1t Mra. MAttio Brookmau of Greoln vill ouinty this week. Ieople are oi a stir now-plowing, ter rae g, laning up pmitingi inl guanlo bu1 In1e1vy are not us ing avi intclh of tle lihiking fauid 1a they did lat, year. Samiibo wtys that one dollar or eight days is the road law he likos if ho's got the dollar but. it is a dil(kei of a law if he hasn't got the dollar and hais to work (ight days. W sen that the ship subsidy bill Ian paised the Semale by 42 to t votme. We thought ti subsidy storim haid Hlbsided but it lais lo.m Ian itp ngain -daigerous ly. Sil i i ir. and it is'i nelarly warm -n-mgi (r ta:itlidaites to Sproit. We hope that thr'nll be lit) late froNt of criti C1m0 tr eenS11181u it nip tha1im1 ill the buld for wX0 te' b 1g 'Ifr a1 8u101fl VrOJ aid hope it will prove a better one thani the cotton, corni w1ll oth1cr trops last. year. Samb1o ay2S hle's goiiig to-lruna for the legi1shtiur oil t.hie good road platform it ho says if it wasn't for th It. R, hlo* d eeIgot :Lto- Columbiat '.for hie'd mire doi on tIle dirt roadH beforo lie got out (f sight I) homioe. M. A VALUABLE MEiDCINE. 'OR CO L l.S AN D COLi)S 1N C(H41 REiN. "I have not tie slightest hesitanicy ill remedi)1tly to 1al who a1110ill'rig from cohuighs oir cohis, saysR Chasi. M. CJramnor, E4q., a well knownilm wa'tchl maker, of Colomb~o, Coylon. "'[t has1 1been1 some two yeairs since theo City D ispenasary- first enalled my1 atteniatioii to is valutabjle medt iciian ad I hauve rete lAdly usedt itI anti it has1 atlways~ been'l b~eniial. It ha1s ~iere me tooik ly af all chiosl colds. lI is especially113' t'eti vt for children andI s0. dhoim t as mie (than1 ono0 bottle to1 eafrn Siuthelm of hoasenes. I have't persu~ladedt man11y to Iiy this vailua~blo mneicine, andi hey arx all a s weill pleased as8 miyself Ive tilt rmi 'lt, Fr aeb(,\V ANNOUNCEMENTS, RIATES1 F1 ()ANNONCEME.NT FOR~ All County tliees, each1, - - $5.00. Malgitrates, - tI 2.50. Al 111 thiet's, "t - 5.00. iTezi abov ices arout 11 inlvairialy~ iN A D)V A NC(E. The0 frlinds to~tf .es~' \I. 1Lawrenmce j.OrIIC lresurer it!r t'iekans cotyl~llt sub tor.e at lihi ()oinig primary,. EST END) 4+ RUG STORE. GREENVILLE, S. C., Pre-scription's filled pr'omptly and satisfactioni guaranteed. Miost up-to(1(late- line of toile articles inl the c ity. Central's Store. Are you pr'ejudiicod? Are you openI to conviction? Mainy people think it impossibleC to fino a First classi Gener-al Stor'o in a town of this size~ D~on't you belicyc it Bca1uso you can ho convinced there is a First-class8 General Store here by callling on L. Rloss Eaton, Central, S. C. W \h -re youn will find a fine and Svaied R3ock of Dry Goods, Dressi -odsand GrceriA ON F FOLLOW. IING JVIlERY TRAIN Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, As will be complete. Watch bouLt it later. Our line of FURNISHINGS nd Summer, 1y, we buy nothing but the Cotton planters, Harrows, nds of farming implements. , goods. We can make you gies antd vagvons. HORNLEY. )P TATOES n Seeds LAI71NG. ,ood (2gardn. Besides the the necessary rrning Tools! ;, Iorks, Bush . looks, Briar v Stocks, Best Steel Beam Iron Kilg StOvcs, Sewing ids, Pretty Styles. an Stock of 1DS AND CLOTHING 'oinig out Evcry I Day. Y Everything. or. arm. I look through our rooms. hrough~l ourI stock. r. McFALL. MORRIJW CO. g Goods Daily. t line we have shown. Wie anid they are in reach of MlILLINERY! fri m the N ortlern Markets, compljlete line of the season's ont is eIua(j~ l ti any in the e all the L adies in Pickens pJartmnent \ou wvill find cor 'nd big v'alues. It wvill pay ly Vflorrow Co. HN T. BOGGS, *s em I ii nI a t youriiii meryice. to Iigure I bi lowest prb-es 'in ( R IS, J LW ELR~Y, &C I l ineo vin-r Alneini es, Neeloe, &c. alway iiin baiior pri~fIly~i or ii'II' ~' ii Iii iIi~~l(8 elivered IkI 'Tkilfn|y doniii. All WOrkC guaran )hn T. Boggs, Liberty', S. C. lash Store. Of the inoms t ( it ioe0o f over Bhownl in Pickens. Tho 0 startling, No less than a~ truly, 0OTHERBS thing.