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The People's .Tourno Local and Personal. -Sheriff Brown was in to' Monday. --Jesse J. Lewis, of Anders, Mills has two very sick children. -J. H. Vaughn, of the Both] hem section, is quite ill of puoi monia. -Rev. J. E. Foster preached large congregation at Secona Sui day morning. -Mrs. W. S. Hunter of Senec came over Monday on a visit to h father, Maj. J. J. Lewis. --Ben A. Hagood, Esq. is soo to erect a splendid 10 room ree deuce in Pickens. --Brandon Taylor and Lloy Grandy have returned home fro: Furman. -The many friends of Col. J. I Hagood will be glad to know thi he is recovering from his recei indisposition. -Sheriff J. H. G. McDani will erect a commodious home of his farm near town in the earl spring. -Salesday was only slightly al 'tended. There were no sales whai -ever. This is abundant evidenc ,of the general prosperity of th Ipeople of the county. --Where will be an 'examinatio Feb. 20, 1903 for teachers desirinj license to teach in the publi schools of Pickens county. Fe -official notice in another column. -Solicitor Julius E. Boggs ha -awarded a contract for the erectioi of a handsome home on hi lot opposite Col. Hagood's. B. I 'Grandy is the contractor, and wil push his contract to completion. -Aunt Lou Griffin, (col), wif of Jake Griffin, died Tuesda morning of pneumonia at the horn of her son, Jack Allgood, aged 5 years. She was buried at Col ,Springs Wednesday morning. -.Samuel Ashmore, whose ol borne is near Piedmont, but wh niow lives in Texas, has been on 'visit to the family of his uncle, M II. Ashmore. He is doing well i his adopted state. --Julius E. Parsons has pur chased a lot from U. E. Yongut rand will ureot a handsome cottag .on it at once. It is between Ma Yon~gue's and B. B. LaBoon's lot' Trhis street is to be noted for it I)retty cottages. .-Mrs. N. E. Thornley receive *. telegram Sunday from her son.lt Alaw, Ralph Oliter, calling Ler t 2Nashville, Tenn. on account of tlb dIeath of Mrs. WV. J. Oliver whoi lhome is in Illinois . She left Mor 4dey and was aecompanied as far a Atlanta, by her son, Larry ( Thornlley. -Rowena Lodge K of P Greer illIe had a big banquet last Tue -daiy night. The Greenville Nev rgave a full account of the pleal anst occasion, and states that '"Solicitor Julius E. Boggs delivei 'ed a tot L on the subjeict 'Woni en.' 'I [is subject, which is deo tto oil Pythians, was handled in a Uable ma'imer by Mr. Boggs." -Monday was "ground-hog day The Dutch weather prophets si that the ground hog comes out< his hole on the second day of Fel ruary and looks about him to sa wvhat the weather is going to b IfI he does not see his shadow thi day he will stay out, for he know it is going to be an early sprin 'But if he sees his shadow, he r t.urns to hisi hole, knowing th th, 'ae will be a good deal more Mr. rged-ho ha nochance see his 15h adow Monday, and course, we wiH1 have an ear spring. '-Mr. . A, Hi;'4o's bill to a ply the prodIts of th3 dispensa to the free sohonle" says the Nel & Courier, "wee killed as da Ileotor," The yen and nay 'vote indefinately postpone was call for and resulted 7? to *8, and 0 bill was thereby killed for the at ston, and no ahange will be mae in the distribution of the dispE 'sary profits in the .conties. A~ Matthew Hendricks, of Piokens, the discussion of the bill, said ti be wanted the dispensary striol infiocd it it cost every cent of proftt, and it ought to bie snform ee t a6ut6 more than the proli Eugene Alexander has ro , I turned froit Atlanta. "e -Dr. Jesseo J. Morgan of ) oueville has been seriously ill but is reported better. Vn --James E. Parsons, tlho famous "wielder of the bow, ''was in Pick ens last Wodnesday, )u --The County Commissioners are in Columbia this weok attend, ing the Good Roads Convention. -The pay roll at Clemson Col to logo for teachers last year amount ed to $tk1,480 and College expendi tures *154,071. a, -W. T. Looper of Piclkens. who r has been with i. K. Stulrdivanlt Co. of Greenville is now with MAi n hon & Arnold and will be pleased i. to have his Pickons friends call and see him. d -Stonewall Jackson's homie in u Virginia has been purchased froml the widow of Gen. Jackson, by the Daughters of tle Coifed racy. and will be oonvertod into an Old t Soldier's Home. It -Last week was exceedilyis' dis. 1 agreoable weathor. The Irish man spoke a parable when lie said: "We most always general - ly have some kind of weather at the beginning of the New Year. -A ten months old infant of e Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilstrap died e Friday night, 30th of January at their homo near MoD. Farmers residence a few miles east of Pick. ens, and war buried the day follow. ing. C e -Rev. Mr. Wade, of Gastonia, N. C., will soon move to Easley and supply the Easley and Pick ens Presbyterian churches. Iis former home was in Kontucky. A warm welcome awaits himl and his not only among his ow' flock here, but among the Christian poo-. ple of all denominations. e - -Supt. R. T. Hallum received a e check from the Comptroller Gen 5 eral for $fs42.53 last Thursday, d which is Pickens county's!share of the $60,000 recently turned over to the school fund by the State Dispen,ary Board of Control. As 0 there are 4227 pupils enrolled in a the schools of this county if pro ' rated, it will be an allowance of '22 cents per pupil. --Frank Jennings Is at home on a visit. He has been away from Pickens for about two years, and in 0that time has seen a good deal of the world. For the past few smonths he has been at work in sChicago. He says there's lots of difference in the climate of Pick-. en. and Chicago. When he left ' Chicago the snlow was three feet 0 deep. e --George R. Shaw, a colore~d ,man at Clemson College won a sprise of$100 for raising the largest ,amount of corn from a pound of seed. It was the ;Golden H arvest Yellow Dent furnished by the S"Farm & Fireside Publishing Co. Springfield, 0. " Shaw raised 1655 'pounds from tho seed p)oundt furn ished him, which is a little over 29 bushels. There were 1.350 stalks and the majority of themi average 'three ears. The good results ob rtained by Shaw should be aii en n couragement, not only to the peo ple of his race, but to whlite peop)le as well. - -August Koh n has done some valuable work for the papr,rs in his write up) of the cotton Mill indus .try in tihe State. Mr. Kohn has compiled some interesting and ac curate statistics nrgrdt h .great industry in this state . One of his articles showing the invest tment in mills reveals tine fact that Picken s county has in operation three mills as follows: Easley C otton Mill, (will have) $400,000, Norris, $200.000 and Liberty, $ 75,000. No mention was made in his report of the second mill at ECasley, or of the probable enlarge Fe ment of the Liberty mill. s --As Pickens county citir.ens go as dragging over the deep ruts and omudholes, they might do well to c urb their tempeis and gently .whistle, "When summer comes ,again." They no doubt wish they d ad done a little more work o.u the Sroadg during the summer. But on Cr, the read question our people ro mind us of the Arkansas Traveler, twho gave as an excuse for not cov *ring hls house, the fact that It hwas raining. When asked why he Sdid not cover it when it was not $raining, he replied that it was not 14, sary for no roof was required tu the weather was goiO~~ LIBERTY LOCALS. Farirs are having aminple timu( to maturo plans for tho next crop while the plow stands and the land is iud. It is not every man that travels these days that finds the new roads without trouble as it is a considerable listanco down to it through where tho old one was, in many places. There is con-idorable sickness at present. Mrs. C. T. Hutchins is seriously ill with pneulnonia. One of .J. M. Uroen's children died last week. It. R. Section Mastor, Iolim, has ia very sick child. WVado O'Dell has returned from A tlanta whore he went to buy some horses to use in a livery business. B.R F. Crane and I. II. Callaham have just roturned from Atlanta with a car load of line mules so are ready for business when the H. S. Convention meets on the 5th. I. C. Robinson has moved his stock of (!l3thing to the old Smith stand next door to the bank and marked clothing down to prices that it- v calculated to astonish the nlatives. 'Ihe ring of the saw and the hanmner may still he) heard and house room is iii great demand las we go nmarching on. Feby. 3rd. C. Death Notices. HAWKINS.-On Jan. 7th, Nirs. Lou Hawkins. wife of J. Frank Hawkins, died at her home icar Mayfield, and was buried the lay followiig her death at Eben. rer church. Mrs. Hawkins was 1 consecrated Christian woman, lnd leaves a husband, one son and three daughters to mourn her leath besides a number of relatives uid friends. C(O lEMAN-On Sunday the 11 Lilt. Mrs. A mialis Coleman, wite of P. 1). Cole tanu, fell asleep in Jesus. She was a consistent member of Peter's Creek chur-h and will be reatly missed in her church, her homo and neighborhood. She was buried from Pete's Creek church on the day following her death in presecefC' of a large concourse of relatives and friends. FREE MA N-Mrs. Ennie Free w1as b,uried from Peter's Creek church of wvhich she was a consis ient member, on Jan. 14th. She She leaves a husband three child ren, besides a host of relative, and friends to mourn her untimely death, JONES-On January the 18th, P. H. Jones quietly breathed his last, after a few days of pneumo nia, and his remains were laid to rest in Peter's Creosc cemetery On Jan. 15th in- the presence of a large and symipathiizi ng congrega tion of relatives and friends. The deceased wvas 27 years old, and a Uonse3rated Christian young man. Hie leaves sisters and lhroe broth rer to mourn his Joss, but their loss is his eternal gain, H UNT-Mrs. Susan Hunt, wife of HI. Hunt, (lied at her home near Olga on Jany. 20th, and her re mains were laid to rest in the Nine Forks cemetery on the day folJow ing her death, She was ai consis tent member of the Nine Forks church and died in full faith. She leaves 0 children and her husband besides a host of relatives to mourn her death. The funeral services wore conducted by Rey. J. E. Fos ter. The sympathy of the entire community goes. out to the be roavod ones in the hour of trouble. A Word of AdvIce. Having passed through the ex perience of a genuine case of small p)ox, I want to say to all who have not been vaccinated that it is to their interest to do this at once.I knowv from experience in my own household that vaccination tends to prevent the disease taking, or if one should take small-pox after 8uccessftil vaccinatioD, the disea. is not so severO. I know that vaccoination does good, and I advise all who' have not attended to this withIn the last two years to have a physician to Vaccinate them at once. Respectfully, D. A. COOPE~R. 13. A. MOnaAN IVi ML MAULDXN T. MAU)LDIN, MOROAN, MAULDWN &MAULDIN Attorneyts-at-Law, Ofico ovor EarloA Drus Storg. Of. A Timely Letter to School Trustee --Oice of County Supt. of Education, Pickens county. It '. IT allum, Supt. Pickens, S. C., Jan. 17, 19t To School Trustees: Thlore is to be an agent in county at early day to sell mi and globes. I desire to call y attention to the following: ist. No sale is to bo made copt to a boaid with the memrnb all present at the time in f meeting. 2nd. No purchase is to be nU unless you have the money to p for it. Moreover you are advis not to buy anything oxpensi, and to consult first with yo teachers, so as to be suro that I apparatus is needed and will used to advantago in the school. The contract of the State Boa is that whatever globes and ma are bought until July 1st, 1j) shall be bought from Rand-McN: ly & Co. A good globe in a school is ve useful if the teacher will use properly, and some maps ought be owned by a school when pos blo i. e. if the financial conditi of the school warrants it. Yours, Rt. .1', IIA LLXUI, Co. Supt. of Elducatio TRESPASS NOTICE All persons are hereby warn not to hunt fish, cut timber or, any other way trespass on any my lands. Any violation of t notice wvill be prosecuted to t full extent (f the law. N. R. Konnemore. Treasur STATE OF SOUTH County of Picke Office of County Trea THE TREASURER'S OF] WEDNESDAY, OCTOBI DECEMBER 31st, X9< The act of the Legislature up provides as follows: That all state and county taxi and county taxes are collected shit 31st day of Decemiber of each atid monts are not paid on or before sa shall he added bythe County Audi b)y the County Trcanrer, and ift alLies arc not paid1 on or befbo th. additional pienalty of onc per~ centu Auditor oni the cotuty dupliciato a and If the maid taxeq, asssmentl the tlrst- day of March next thereal centumi thereon shall be added by eate and collected by the County' m"ents and penalties are not paid< next thereafter, thes said County T the said taxes and assessments ani faulting tax payers ao:!ordJing to I: The provissions of this act shall assessments of any townships of th and coupons in aid of railroads wt said township or townships. The Rate of State, County, One Dollar Poll Tax ati Rc In secordance with an Act to mencing January 1, 1902, aotice i Treasurer of Pickens county will c fiscal year Iromi Wednesday, Oct 31st. Rates per cent, of taxation Levy for State Tax,... " " Ordinary CourI " "Constitutional '' " Past Indebted: " " County Roads Total levy for State and 4 Levy for interest on Picns I ship, 8j mills. Levy for Interest on Pickens 2j mAils. Levy for interest on Pickens I mills. Special levy for School *4 44 66 .4 81to . 002 eigh da4 sAt po thloato or OneDllr prper thoe ayothe taxs fro allt tnat tlng 19he yead102 5 Attention Teachers I Olico of R. T. iallum, County Supt. of Educatio Pickens county. Pickens, 8. C., Jan. 29, 19 13. '"'here will bo an examina for teachers at this place, Feb. Applicants will be examined Ilas al branches taught in the pu aps Schools of this state. All at: ur cants must furnish thoir own tionary. Examination will bi at 9 o'clock. ers 1t. T. H1ALLUMr, County Supt. of Educat de Statement of the Condition. ay' -OF The Pickens Ban Piokeus, S. C., uri . * DECEMBER, 31st, 1902. be RESOURCES. Loans.......................$79,8( Overdrafts.................. 1,92 rd Furniture and Fixturea.... . 1,1. sBank Building ............. 1,11 Duo from banks & cash on hauad 41,0( 11- $125,02 LIABIL'TIES. ry Capital Stock................w20,5( Undivided Profits............ 7,81 i Cashier's Cheeks............. 2,22 to Dividend No. 7.............. 82 i Deposits....................93,ti n $125,02 STA'1'E OF SOUTII CAROLINA County of Piukons. 1, J. Mc). Bruce, Cashiet of above uamed Bank. do soleunly a n . that the above statement is true and rect. to the boat of my kuowlege belief. J. Mel). BRUCE, Cashi Sworn to before me this i ad 31st day of Dec. 1902. ill F. E. COX, of Notary Public, S. C. 1is Correct attest: hie J. M. Stewart, W. T. MoFall, Directors. J'. P. Carey, ir's Notice. CAROLINA, I nts. ;urer Pickens County, S. C. Pickens, S. C., Oct 15th 190 NICE WILL BE OPEN FR .R r th UNTIL WEDNESDA >2, WITHOUT PENALTY. proved 2Uth day of February A. D. s, and all tnXes collected when e ,11 be dite and payable on or boforo ov'ery year', and it such taxes and asi ld tlmo,a penalty of one per cent. the lor on the conty duplicato and colIe he said taxes and a.ssessmemts and 3 Ifist day of 14ebruary next thorete m thereotb shall bo added by the CJo ad collected by the County Treart and peinalties are not paid on~ or b ter, an additional penalty of flyc the County Auditor on the county d~ 'reasurer, and if the soid taxes, as in or before thc f1fteenth day of' M reasurer shall issue his tax execution I penalties againt, the property of 1W, in tio wise app'y lo railroaid tales a state that, have heretofore issited bi ichi have not been complleted thrt School anid Special TFax, includi I One Dollar Commutation ad T1ax, raise supplies for the fiscal year < herchy given that the office of Col pen 1or the collction of taxes for nber 15th, until Wednesday, Decer are 08 follows: .................5 Mills. ty tax,...........4 schiool tax,......... leS....,..................4 .............1 " Jounty taxes, ....... .14j mills. t. Rt. bonds, Pickens Court House T< ER. B. bonds, for Ilurrlcane Towni I. B. bonds for Eastatos Townshij District, No. 9, 2 tnIlls, "4 " 10, 1 '' " 11, 8 * " " 18, 4 " " "~ 16, 2 " " 19, 2 " " "' 28, 2 "~ " 81, 4 " 4449, 2 44 " " 65, 8 :apita on all male citisons .between ah as are exempt by law, will be collec Dne Dollar will be collectecd at the a citiEens between the ages of 18 an I by law. Unless said tax is pid bi ork upon the piblhe hfghwuys wil i and silver coit, United States curre a of State Bondis which becomo pay y mall in regard to their taxes will pl ly, and Includ, postage for a reply, Include the charge for colleoUuag, Trase of PhOkaS C1unI TO MAI 03. C ":-For the fin tion 20 Spring Hat, i blic sta Gooc gi n on. (lGents Fun That we have bought we 10 per cent (i line of k O Heavy Clothing, ' ct and ( 'This cut- p1ric 'tialt) will MONDAY FEBY. 2, AND C 3.00 Dou't bu1y your sprinlg 5.73 8ee what Wo will have to sh'o 72 A fill and crl1l)1.t( I line of I 77 4Harnesv, Plows a1 11w (G OUR PRICES Ait1<: I10ii'l 7.53 0.00 FOLGER & 7 Annour the xOar cor antd A H 4NEW TO Wishing alI our patrons&4 a I gratefully cxpressitlg our aI>rv( announco that it shall io ()11ur 1) the same fidelity and c(ourtesy period of ou r busi 1ess in l'ick e HEATH=BRIJ [902 Thirty Black ai Cutaway Coats tate the 'Ol8 each, These goods cost mit sOt izos are broken, but if yt pen1. B,t gloa t 'i r,an rer; Nine Pi *er Coats al ipli less ach Salime tflater'ials~'wvorl thfm forfot do, and >nds ...Don i Miss a ugb ing ~om anty Main Stree ber We are ahlw Clad to sec 6, 8& The best is the cheap~ We like to soil the best be Thlis alphes to aill cla Stoves, Axes, St Cutlery, Han the Shoes, Hats, Cloti i 8 and hundredsof other usel the stock. i be REME~MBE~RI Good e, shoddy goods. Call in, 1ot ale lineos an~d give Us your valt plote in every way. eas and -W-. T,r KE ROOM mense Stock of-") , Clothing, Dry Is, Shoes, iishing Goods. propose to make a reduction of Dry Coods, Shoes, )vercoats. i gin ONTINUE TO MAR. 15, 1903, lothin g, l)ry Goods etc, 'till you w you. Watch I'fo our ad later. lardwarr, Stoves, Bridles, Saddles ds. S' w for anything in our line. THORNLEY. icement ! appy YEAR 4 ALL. iai)l) and prosperous Now Year, and iat.i'n for your patronago, wo be to rpo set to serve you during 1903 with vp havo shown you during the onliro Res)Cct( ully , CE=MORROW CO. .in in Clothing... d Blue Clay Worsted and Vests at $4.50. >rO than twice this money. Theli mr size is among them you will lue 1if you buy Qo. -ince Albert 1d Vests -: 10.C 0 to $1I8.001 your11 cholce for $6.50. Bargain Like This... t, Greenville, S. C. ~you -buying the best, st. It is economy to buy the best. tause the best al ways gives satisfaction, sees of goods ws, Table and Pocket imers, Hand Saws & Hoess as well as to' lng, Jens, sheoethiigs, Checks, Dr1ills, 011 C1bthus, ul aiticles which we always have in goods cost but little m~ore than 'k through our stock in its various ed business. Our stook is now com. MOFALL.