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ON lipr sot ,! U iL ~4 ~IE II 1 A. U 1 1~trdA~i 3 98 l ikvi .o,~siou lai rt~r nlrso fVire~,o eub8 89 oKtnsUwption The only kind of consump. tion to fear is "neglected CollslliptiOn." People are fearning that con sumption is a curable diseage. It is neglected consumption that is so often incurable. At the faintest suspicion of consumption get a bottle of Scott's Emulsion and begin regulai4 doses. The use of Scott's Em.ulsion at once, has, in thousands of cases, turned the . balance in favor of health. Neglected consuniption does not exist 'here Scott's Emul sion is. Prompt use of Scott's Emul sion checks the disease while it can be checked. Send for free sample. SCOTT & ]IGWNE, Chemists, 409-415 Pearl Street, New York, Soc. and f, oo; all druggists. A Gauge of.Natloiial Wealth. . - ..There is much of interest to this country in the lately published report - of the British board of trade dealing with the iron and steel idustry and in the Germnian reports oi the same sub - ject. Both stateeniits dwell 1pon the remarkablo growth of the Industry in the United States(specially during the last few years, and the eXtenL to which steel has replacted iron. seven years ago tho IAg iron production of this country was not much lin excess of that of England. since then it has b~ee doubled, and althoigh Germany has increased its output by over 50 per cent the American record now equals the, combined output of both countries. The steel report slhowvs evell more notable uilproveimlent. For every 100 tons of pig liron consuned for all pur poses eighty tons of steel are made here as against seventy-flive in Oer many a1d sixty-three ii the United Kingdom. Genny's pro(ductiion of steel i* only hauif of ours, .1nigland's but one-third. The United States is today making over 2,000,000 tons more steel than all tile world dk( nitie years ago and is turning out almost half of - the total mlanufactured today. There could be no more strilking den onstration of' the idtistrial develop ment of this countrk than is furnished in these foreign figures, which strongly present tile overshadowing supremacy of the United States in iron and steel products, which fornm one of the griat est sources of national wealth. incklen's Arnien Salve Has world-wide fame for marvelous eureR.lt surpasses any other salve, lo tioni Oinment, or hatlmf for cuts, corns, burnlis, boi ls,sores, chlapped hands.- skin *erug tions,- felons, ulcers, tetter, salt - rheum, fever sores; infallible for piles. Ouhre guaranteed. Only 25ic. Picenn Drug (Co. If the action-of the Colombian senate in. final a'nd the Panama canal route mnust be given uip for alf - time, the Colon at one end of it ought to be changed to a full stop. * In' Pailse of -Olfamiberlain's Colic Chle! era and D)iarrhoea Itemtedy. - "Allow mte to give. y,ou a few, words in praise of Chaamberla~tys Colic, Chtole-, r a anxd D)iarrhoea Remedy,"pays Mr. Jno H~amlett, of Eagle Pass, Texas "I suf fered or:0 wveek with howel trouble and took all kinds of mec'icine wvithout get ting any relief, whien my friend Mr. C. J .ohnson,-ai merchant here, advised .me toa take th ia-i-medy. A fter takiing -one done I was greatly relieved and whea n I had1( taken thte third (lose was entirely, cured. I thlankl 30ou from the bottom of my hoart for- putting this great remedy heii hands of mankind." Fora sale by -Picks ~rug Co., Edarle's Drug Store, Tr. N. Ulpnter. Liberty. I6 Keeps the Feet Warm andl Dry. * Ask today for Allen's Foot Ease, a power. it cero Chtlolains, Sw'llen,, Sweating, Sore, A ch lng lhunpi feet,. AL all druggists andi shoe stores. 2ftc. -Thousande Have Kidney 'Trouble and Don't Know it. How 'To rind Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with. your * water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sedimerit or ,set tlIng indicates an) - e~ unhealthy .condi tionl of the kid - neys; If it stains your linen it iAs. - evidence of kid ney trouble; too - frequent desire to pass It or pain ini the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. There What to Do. - Teeis comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr Kilmer's Swamp.. Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wIsh in curing rheumatism, 'pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. it corrects inability. to hold water and scalding pain In passing it or bad effects followving use of liquor, * wine orjbeer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often duigthe day, and to get up many timnes during the night,' The mild and the extra ordinary effect of SWSmp-Root is soogu realized. It stands the highest for Its won derful cures of the most distressin cases,. If you need a medicine you should' vqb& best. Sold by druggists in S0c. ad4.Js You may have a sample bott a~bt wonderful discovery -and a book that tells' morec about it, both sent absoiptely froe by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & nom #t swm~os *Co., Bifi lamton, N. Y.When wrflin man-* tion e irgenthios r 4p this paper. * . ot't ake an$isal~ ut oelimber AN~L *VE9N1~8~ Po 4e b or* the "AYother :0wford's'l prese~e at seversl *r myyrtantgatlerinIgs, recently, 4e6ms'to have given the presewnt Sat&ofcials a light in easiness. Aoodiingly, quiet forces have-been set'to work to quiet the fears of the present administration and now it is. authoritivoly iassort ed that Mr. AneIl won't be a oan. didato for governor next year in opposition to Governor Heyward. The Columbia correspondent of the Nows and Courier sums up the situation asfollows: "There was some talk immedi ately after the firat primary of last yuar tnat Mr. Martin F. Ansel would be pressed for governor at. the next primary, in view of ti e surprising and extrabrdinary race that he made with theetroig field in the race. He has stated-that ho will not oppose Governior Htey* ward, for re-election, but lie has his eye on- the- governor's- chair after thaC" This samo correspondent states that Governor Heyward will-stand for re-election as will all of his cabinet, unless it is Tieasurer Jen nings, who has had the office for two terms. We are further in formed by the Columbia correi pondent that "The impression now is that if Gov. Heyward's administration continues to run as smoothly and satisfactorly as at present, he will have no opposition in 1904." So it seems to have been pretty well settled by the politicians, and notice given, that every heretofore prospective candidate will bg ex. pected to cu'rb his political ambi tion for two years longer, at h ast, after which tim6 the field will :be open to all.comers. If the specu lations of the Columbia correspond ent waterialize there will be only two positions on the State ticket open for candidates-that of treas. urar and oie rai'r.>ad cofimission er. - As this correspondent bases his calculations on the fact that the present officials will have only served one term, we can't under. btand why he leaves Mr. Garrip; railroad commissioner, out of the picture. And then, again, how is it that the Prohibitionists are left out of these calculations? Uave they, too, b Leen 'not led' of the general 'impression' and persuaded to give the dispensary admrinistrationi two more years of life?. 'f'ihe contingency on which the corresplondent bases hris "i mpres. sioni" is tho continued smocothness of Governor Heyward'e adlminis tration. We don't know exactly what our friend coi1 siders 'smooth' as applied to Gov. ~Ieywvard's ad mintistration, but wo have nothedl that the same kipd of friction that has app-sared r nd been conddnhede in every reforij a hinstrtio h as also shown itself under (dovernor Iley waid's ad min istrat ion-at least the present administration has not beeni altogether "ball-beating.'" Just simply a little less adverse couldis on the part of thiose who cudnever 8eo a ny.. good thing come out of Nazareth, so l,oz-g as a Reformer was at the helm of the ship of s ato. i *, miergelley Medicenmes. it is. a great '.coner'lnience to have at hand ,reliable.,.remewuIds for use in cases of accident and for slight iunjtries aind alments. A good liniment and ogsp that is fant becoming a favorite it..not a houehold' neocesity is Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 4Dly ap~1ying it piomtyily to a~rnutybruise-fr.-burn It all if thb- pain ind oqiges 'jh injizry to h 4al 'In- about' one thit'd the tinme 'huully qeuireyj ind asitjsantiseptic:it prover:ts anytdanger of blood poisoning. When Pain flathrri kept on hand a spriain may be tireated before inflaimptilun sets in, which mnaau'os a quick recovery. For sale by- PIckens Drug Co., Efie's Drug Store, T,-'N H:unter, Liberty. Uncle Sarn has a cruiser' to be proud of in the how -Penngylvanatmt wvas recently latinched. She. Ia a.flno specd mn of the Americanl 1ar ship,--being more than 4,000 tons heavier.. thAn thle Oregon and 8 notsf~aeter. The Pennsylvania is sheathed and copperad to enable her to perform active duty for a long tirse without bejpg doeked. hIafts Life? JIm the bidt ariA1ysis uiohb0y4t ows,it, we dio knoWe thatet is undler e riot la v. Abuse that law even slightiy,"pg{in~e suits. Irregular living mcanOs derange ment~ ipf organs, reaulting in 6onistipa tion 'headache or liv~r 'trot ble. Dr. E~Ipfe ne~w life pills quiy, vadjusts t ,isi It'sgertf, et Ihi. nl 25o at Pickehdsirug Co . The IBest P'resorition fr Mik ield. For Sclentiflo'Stu'. . The National Glepgraptiq il[gazine suggests aRej4 of ai y4W 1*6, iiow neglected- in .which a mau of. wsalih Mlghtboe m66t usoful to 'the' Oause 'of human knowledge. The field ia the volcanic belt reaching. frem Martilique to the Paellic. Since erly in 19W2 the .volatoes of this belt heivo bsti albiost coniftgntly in eruption. Thle overwhelining trag edy of St. Plerre attracted worldwide attention, but losses of life running in to thousands have also occurred at the other end of this belt. The eruption of Mount Pele -has been carefully studied by several scien tists of note, but none has studied those of the santa Maria volcano in Guate mala and of Mount Colima in Mexico. Although these volcanic activities seem obviously coni6cted, all the attention given tlem by'seiebag been at oJe .end of the %ofie. ,'The trouble witli all past investiga-. tions of volcanoes," . says the Geo graphic Magazine' "hns been tuiut'the stidy has not bge uieitly omplete and general. KrUkatont, Veuvi B id 1a4'na- Lo: have; been carefully_ 'xwivm Ined und watch9d.by oxporj goologists but. these investigatiohs have been -handicapped by beipg. limited . to a. emaIl Area of actitity. An opportunity lik' the present one. for studying ac tive voletinie conditions at soveral econ nectlg. points vyer a wide region has never, befot.been Rgesented.' The'.eographie Magazine estimates that' $5,000'\vould suffice to make the necessary investigations. -"A wiser ex penditure for seientiflc exploration," it declaresr"Osould not he made in view' of.our'absolute ignorance of the causes of volcanic action and the tremendous revelations that are possible." At a time when explorations of the polar regions, fron whiph, nQthing di rectly beneficial i expected, ai'e so liberally sustained there should be very little difficulty in finding a patr'n for work .in a field in whiCh so much direct good may-be accomplished. The Congress of Weather Sharps. The nietebrdlogleal congress 'whilh meets soon ,in London will include %in its membership the weather forept rs- of t-he civilized world.-- Ore of the topics to be considered is the possibili ty of predicting .the weather not for a day, but for a whole season.. This. to, the o)ject to which. seleftifleetdl ogists are now ;glving spelial attenion with the hope thfat some timne it will be possible to predict with a degree. of certainty .the'- general character of wvatlher. for next winter or next sum-'I per. . . - Professor Langley, of -the Smithso-: niai. institution has constructed a .na chlje' for ifiensurig variations in 'the radiaat energy.of 'thResuj1, dealing likth the rays not Inclhe, e5- in t e. odiary. 9petrthn. $What, he' de'iires to.. aseo'r-' ttin~f'possible is what miyy-, he, galiod' tie sd'ns-. habits"~iind by'.tAis .knowl edge to make weather predictioni f6r a longer tim'than can now be' done. At Mount -Weather, in .Virginia, the Unit 0(d States government is building a meteorological- research observatery, or laboratorf. Thle design is to extend by original reea'eh ..work, pur setentific knowledge of *. wveatlier conditions and phenomena, to discovoif now priecile which may be applied indeater~ dictions. .::' It will be a great thing when farm ers in every part of the country cani be instructed before planting whether the season will be a good one for wheat or potgtpes orcotton, thiough it wou-ldI be' best f~or them to wait.until the mete orological science Is somewhat more nearjy,'lerfetted before trustinig..t too The arrival in this country of.- Pr'in-. cesh Arihunhinfliini, daughter of the late King of Tahiti, promises a-.seciatl sensation of the first order.- She is de scrib~ed as tall and attractivo, spealting French like a native and seome English and of course the liquid speech of the Tahiitian with all the grace and bird like limpidity of a true daughter of the south seas. . At fi'st glance. her name would seeni to be something of a hmand leap to this royal maiden, ,but -really it is rather. pretty, when egmitted'to' ,memnory. It should be rontembete& tlin in the inguage of th? Pacific alrei l .a o every vowel has, its sepairate value aztctilaf "I" has..the sourfd of "e." 'thius tihe princess'.name contains eight;. syllables, and the accent..comes: ort the two "h.". ..M lttle'praatico'will- djh ble nny one who cani imastethe ign.~ia role~ about':' eyitdsite n that cosicerzilr "Peter Pipe'r," "v'6 th'e single -vailty' of pickil popj.$r to entc1N' the' - 'hythmiic ,ad6W of this -'-1$ WaSl -~ pirofitable' bitsineA.trahadca. .tion/ that of the 'liumbets. Ther ibor legted isoino' $105000oo0 Aind 'Were sen .r',heed to 'jail fo'r"five dard. 'his ij at thbotate of $2;000,000 a fea r. TliiNer nmany peolo who ivould ,ko to prison foriimuchi liss. It is tted ,tha't .Odon~, tile jockey,. will earn about $50,000 this' season'. Man)' men :Who undcetandi three or a i'ont lamvijnages'And '(t e lhhr magthe mht's dire'hicky to ralko $5,000 a year. The E1'uropean concert appears 'to be 'gtlil' Vnamintainedl.th'dugIm the pitch.. Is considerabmly below~ the sta ndar'd.' Haes Sold! a P'ile of.:f hathrberigina - Con gli atemnedy. I have. sold' *0O ainigi'lain's Cough Remedy for more than tirenty -'years, sind it lht alwaf* gion eiitisfact pn. [ have sold a pilefbf it and* enn om.,i 14Antoum Xowa . You wil flu is 'reme Eli (todd' fiiti her tr dled with I ppugla oto iek.. I&foy. tA c(aql relief and iu pleaantto: tAke~ ra e Piek - 06 1e pg PcoPLEor :'FiImNbAY 'Schwab Mar Assit Be1W&A 4 There has beon considerable" a - t Mbteggspea!y -in ltburg and New York, as to the reai sition Charles Ml SchwahW now bokic to Ward the United Static Steel corpora tion. At the time of his withdrawal from." tI1o. yedeney many believed tero was stuing tied to his resigna UAIRJA 1WAD. tiont" apd'that uponflhe recoveU* of his health ho .wud again assume the place at tho head of'the big trust. In Pittsbirg%'it ii;-reported that he recent ly - luado a remark that strengthened thisabelief of the knowlng ones. W hat is suild to be the truth about Mr. Schiab's $1,000,000 salary has just come to light. It is said that tle agreement included a salary. of $160, 000 a year for fvyEcars, making $800, 000 for the .full tim of the contract. Mr.''.Carnegle,: larnihg that SI'hwab was to rqceive only $800,000 for five years' work, raised the sum to an even $1,000,000 by adding $40,000 to the an nual 'Malary~. of President Schwab. Nothing offielal is known concerning the salptry of Mr. Corey, Mr. Schwab's successor. Men ot the otherxDay. A short time ago four men were seen in Pine street, New York, near the sub treasury, says the Pittsburg Dispateh. "How's that for an equalized )oliticaI quartet?" remarked a veteran newspa per man to a well known dry goods inerchauit who.has lived1 In New York city' ever since he was born, sxty-two years ago. -"Who are they?" was the merchant's rejoinder. "Face of the small man is kind o' familiar.'. The nowspaper man collapsed. The quartet wnks Alonzo It. Cornell, once governor; villian j.. h'eiehan, once lieutenant goverior; Ilaillton isish, twice speak er of tho etaWteWOpsombly, and the "small mant" was oncO secretary of war, Dan Lamint. Of eou'se, now, Fish is Unit ed States 'assistinit troasurer and will be k-nown for, awhile, for lie is agai I man o.ttoday. 'Quitd recently United ?tates Senator roi- Platt -was scn ..shaking udns(l mlartiy with a white haired -gentle min di Fift)i tivenue; Epverybody- knew PKitt, beenuse le is a idan of today. "Thitia'Edwtird Murphy, Jr., of Troy," reiarke(t. a passerby, potinting to the White, haircd4 man, No person remem beted that.be was Chauncey I)epow's pre4ecessor as United States senator froin thin 'state. It happened one. evenIng that three ;uen were at t 6. same theater in Now York.. .No onoi -Imt tho theater but the li~magerkie who they wvere; no one rp9ifedethom goIng into the theater Mntinj.ut wvithi the crowd. Yet t1~y.WMdrc former mayors of New York *Ely;* Grant and Van Wyck, the latter being only out of oflice eIghteen Will Succeed Wright. When Genteral Luke. .I. WVrightas umes the ities '6f" g'vernor general af tile Phlilippines lie Will bd succeeded Eis.vdegovernor by Henry.C. Ide, who lias been a memnbei' oO the Philippine pommislsion) 'since.. April, ,1900. Henry D,.Ido..ls-.a nativenot Vennmont and is sixty years of .ago. Ioe.gradluated from Daurtmoiith In 1800:at the age of twen - . .- .IDE. tyt o H wa a mezuber of the Vor mgik tto segmite, 'i882-85S, and Wvas pro1pillemt lo, stalto and national' pohi tin until...e went as a. comnpisubner to Samoa in 1891. In 1803 he was ma~de Pleit julstice of Samoa upon a joint ap .0,inubta by ..England, Germany. and tilosUnited States.. Mr. Ide ians large butsiness. 'integcqats .-andt..Is -connectedl withl severabbabonks and large mnanufac haringcor-jzoraltions. - .James Ibncha1nnI)Auke., 18. presid nt )f the ConsolIdated. Tobacco comphl~ny; 1 tisdhuistpresident -of the Ameriean 1MsV ihe. Contialena:companies. its ar's. adiary Is $50,000 Sromn each of he Ago tohne comlpiuhtps prtloer. It~'e atr hichlier:m .urning sullen,- gtsk rd 'if Dlie Wiint l6 dlId for thes'e. ifta riles -of -ann- aggregate $100,000. .'t sot paid that $10000," gaild -Mr. Dulfte. '"fot whtat I do, bitt for WhnUtdonm't do. I'm. paid for the. Idhfil~n I ~fall o maiik"-Eerybod diagzine * A Boym W1ild1 Itide for TLfe. -Witif fifthily around expecting him' to ie, Andl. aVsim tiding 18 miles for life, to) et,.Dr. Ifing's N~w Dto ivery for Uon.. InqiPtion. -i'ol b and Coldst, . W. H. own of Lees,vill, lnd ,..ndur,ed death gonles fromi astlhma: bu't this.. -onder 1W medigine gave Instant t'ehet at-l soon ~ured mrn 1 writee, 'l. nDW ~res of Muntimp~ioh puenumonis 1 tte.cghe 8kh iAtericrin LniAnbr In the Oilent. iVho"umber markets of the orient and the shap a'vhich the United states In, likely to have in supplying them are-the subject just noW of'some attention by the department of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics. The bureau recently received and published, reports of nerican consulo in the orient Which winnounced the arrival of the first cargo of lumber in the Chinese market by a Russian vessel from Via divostok. This fact opens the question of future. competition for the oriental mai'ket between the American lumber interests on the Pacific coast on the ofe hand and.that of the Rushians in Siberia and on the Yalu river on the other. In both casec.,enornous re sources are awaiting development. The American Industry of the Paelilc coast has the advantage of organizntion on a large scale and of mechanical equip rient unequaled by that o( tay other field In the world. This is evidenced by the rate of annual production. Un oflielal estimates put the annual cut of lumber and shingles of the three Pa cife states at 4,600,000,000 feet, of which California supplies 800,000,00) feet, Oregon 740,000,000 feet and Wash Ington 2,300,000,O feet. From present indications the United States has n6thing to fear from her rivals in fhe lumber trade of the Pa ifie. Ultimately the Philippine Is lands will no doubt contribute mate rially to the supply. The trade from tM Pacifle coast of the United States is now in a strong position. , During the fiscal year 1902 the Unit ed States exported 1,402,409,000 feet of lumber aad sawed timber, of which 220,847,000 feet were sent from the Pacifle coast. The exports of wood and manufactures thereof advanced from $20,000,000 in 1893 to $57,000,000 in 1903. Lumber, the largest item, in creased in value from $9,000,000 ih 1893 to $21,000,000 in 1903. Forestry and the Rlailroada. Comparatively few people apparent ly understand and appreciate the prad tical work being done by the bureau of forestry of the department of agri culture at WN'ashington. An interesting application recently camne to the bureau from certain railways concerning the problem of securing new ties, a prob bem yearly becoming more difficult of solution as the long leafed pine lumber grows senreer. Yet over a hundred million ties must be used annually merely to replace those no longer serv iceable, without counting thoseo neces sary for new construction. The reply of tihe bureau of forestry was that cheaper woods tfin long leafed p1in should be used for in stance, beech, birch and maple. To the complaint that these timbers rot quick ly the bureau showed that the Chemin de For do i'Est in France has succeeded. in making beech ties last over thirty years by simply impregnating them with tair oil. But tihe advice from the bureau did not stop at this point; it suggested that railways should them selves engage in practical forestry by acquiring large tracts of land suitable for timmber; they would thus be as sured of am steady suppily of ties. Fol lowing this advice, the New York Coni tral , Ermie, Pennusylviania anld BalIti mioreC and1 Ohio roads are studying tile weoodands along their routes with a view of determlining where timber farming nmay be e'arried on most ad vantageously. From thle point of notional wealth lie ecoiniIc problem) before tile American p~eople is ruor-e impliortanit or interestinig just no0w thlan thlat of forestry. The work of tile bureau at Washlington can hlardliy be comlmended too highlly. It hlas brought the (questionl before the people in such a way as to appeal both to the heoad and to the pocketbook in ether' words, to the~ory-anld practice. According to a news item dated Gal way, N. Y., Miss Frances Pettit sued James P. Tlllermore for breach of pr'oimise and proved b~y bief diary that hie had kissed her 1,230 times, to say nothing of thle timies ehoe had forgotten about. Ie did not dolny tile soft im peachmnt, and thme jury awarded $3, 000 to theO plaintiff, or $2.04 per kiss. Now Tiliermoro has applied for dis char'ge from his debts as a bankrupt. That is a decidedly mean piece of busi ness. Thmis .year Porto Rico reports 1,200 schlools, with 00,000 pupils. In five years its roads have increased from 178 miles to 828. All its revenue, amount ing to $2,500,000 a year, is spent with in its own boundaries, anld tile present surplus in its treasury is $1,000,000. Tihe outlook for Amgrican consuniers of tin is anything but promising now that the British Maiayan colonies have put a big export dutty onl Malayani till. and our supply of that metal may be shumt otT. The Malayans produce more than'half the tinl of commerce. Tile Grand Army of tile Repubtic ia to be congratulamte'd on hlaving selected1 General Black for its commander in chlief. ie was a goodl soldier and htas always been thle soldier's friend. *It may be observed that the thleatric ailiouncements of tis season read v'ery imuchi like thme book notices of last season. . onr Stohmachl. Whlen thme quantity of food taken 18 poo large or time qulality too rich, sonr stomach is likely to tollow, and especial ly so if the digestion has been weakened by constipatitm X'at slowly and hot too freelyd f easily digested food, Mastacate h ifo4thioropmgii Let five hours elapse pae nd when yW feel a s~IdbfglIn the feion of the To - Trustees and Teachers of Pickens County. Mr friend, Mr.'J. B. Uphan, of the Youth Companion, Boston, Mass., has for twp years given 'flags (Old Glory,) to three schools in Oconee county making the most improvement in beautifying tle grounds and buiding. .en the Southerin Education Board sent me to Picke-is the peo ple of Pickens were so nice to me and showed so much interest in my work, I wrote to my friend, Mr. Uphan and told him of my' love for Pickens, I received the following letter: "I shall be very glail to make in behalf of "The Youth Companion". an offer to Piekeins county, as fol. lows: "We will give to each 8bhool making .substatiil improvemont in the school grounds a set of his torical pictures, t gether with a "Roll of Honor." To four schools in the county doing the best woik we will pre sent i bunting flg. You can make the offer in your own way." PRIZES TO PICKENS COUNTY SCHOOL.S To each school making substati tial improvement, a set of - Pict ures. To both town and rural schi ols in the couinty, a flag will be given to the one wakiug the most in. provement in building and grounds A-new building will le counted in this as well as other imnpiovements. This wiill bo the "First Honor Flag." Second flag wil be given to the rural school making the most im. provonent. "The Library Flag" will be given to the school colheting the most books for the school library. Tbe books should be standardi. Judges Hon. 0. B. MIartin and Prof. Jas. P. Kih.ard, will hav the right to refuse all books that are not standard. "Fourth lionor Flog"' to the school having Jarg-est enrollmeint and best attendance. In sending in report, please say how many children from 6 to 21 years in dis triot wNho attend and do not at tend. The time will expiro Friday, Dec. 18. Reports sent by Sat ur day, Dec. 19, to me at Pickens. The trustEes, teachors and presi dent of improvement societies should sign the report. The judges will be those who were kind enough to go to country to speak In time of the camnpain this summer. Teachers, etc., w ill be ruled out. The judges wvill be Rev. Lewis, of Liberty ; Rtev. J. P. Wade, of Easley; Laban Mauldin, of Ealey ; Judge J. H. Newton, L. D. Gilles pio and Solicitor Julius Boggs, of Pickonis. Arbor Day cani 1) had before that time. Wishing yorur schools great such cess I remain sincere for the bet termeunt of rural schoJols. Maryn Rt. Sholor, RI. F. 1). Westminster, 8. C. When troubled with constipation try Chamnberlain's Stomach and I iver Tab. lets. They are epsy to take and pr< duce no griping or other unpleasanit effects. For sale by Pickens Drug Co., Ear le's Drug Store, 'T. N. Hunter, Liber ty. From Cateechee. By request of a represent ativo of your paper, we will endeavor to give you a few items from this place. About two miles from thme Southern Railway, a northwestern course from what is r~ow know~n as the Norris side track, is a place that is quite a contrast in its ap pearance now and ten years ago. Ten years ago this place wa~s noth more than a wilderness, a place that was never visited nor seen only by those hunting game or fishing. A man living close by this ulace terr'years ago, would have laughed at any one giving five dollars an acre for any of the land that this place now con tams. The p~urchas er wouldl have been asked if he was going to make a pasture out c f the land or of wvhat uan could he de. vote it to. Wall, as this place contained fine shoals, Col. D). K. Norris, who is now the efficient president of the great works that are now in opera tion at this place, Eet about to util ize this Water power. The conse quence was in a short while there were 1,24.8 .spindles whirling around and 852 looms making as fine grade, oe shirting as a man OtWo~ Tha, demoaindin a slfort w~Il-~ O'CjW a go reat for thity d t n na W. T. MoFALL, J. S. WIi Presideit. -The Pickens 0 DEAl t' ,-Cotton Seed Meal, I Ginning Cott. Capacity 50 1 R. H. CURETON, Mgr We want to buy all the top of the market for theil. A first-class ginnery. Satisfactory turnolt and a fi As soon ae the season meal and hulls for sale. We will be ready to gi your last one. WANTED AT ONCE wood. Help us to make a suc giving us your patronage ail measure and running over." The Pic] ment of the mill prospered so well under its Superintendent, Cpipt. Woo&, who is a northern man, and a man in tho right place, and the water power being insufficient to operate all the machinery, electric ity was decided upon in connection with the water power. In Jauuary 1901, the Etheridge Granite Company, of Elberton, (Ga., commenced the. erection of a dam for a dynamo ab-out a mile below the mill, on the same river, (Twelve Mile,) near the Lay bridge. In about eight months they com pleted one of the best rock' dams in the South and in a few weoks after the completion of the a, a part of this machinery at the Norris mill wias being whirled by electricity. It was then that the presidelnt, Gol. Norris, fotind (lit that he had more power than he could utilize with the size of the mill as it was. With this in view,.a meeting of the stockliold. Drs was called and $50,000 more Lecided upon for seventy-two feet ?xtension to the presentmill. The Nontract tor this was let to Messrs. [often & Thompson, of Gastonia, T. C., which is now in course of 3rection and is being pushed as rapidlly as possible. When completed this new addi. tion will con tain 5,040 spind les and 100 looms, making in all .18,288 ipindles and 452 looms. In en. larging the mill, of course, called ~or more tenant houses With this in view, three more cottages f'or overseers ifnd five for opera tives have just been completed, as ulso has an uip-to-date hotel; a hotel that would be a oredit to any aity the size of Greenvilie. Mr. Compt'on, of Easley, has uist recently taken- charge of the )otel and we are told is giving en ire satisfaction to those who are itopping with him. Besides the iotel thoere are two regular private oarding houses. Messrs. 0. 0. Smith and A. J. Crane being the )roprietors. We understand they [lave about nll tile guests they can iccomnmodate. In connection nithi the mill the :omipany rumns one o? the largest sountry stores in South Carolina. I'hiey carry every'thing~ in stock hat can be had at any other store. There is a good school at this place with Miss Idai Wilson as eacher. Miss Wilson has been ~eaching at this 1) pace for some imnondi~ has given entire satisfac The sick at this place, (it is such Shealthy place there is hardly ver any one sick,) and the sur ouniding community have the re u al of two physicans, Drs. Long nd Porter. Dr. Porter can be roundI at the company store andl~ Dr. Long at his residence. There is a-n up-to.dato market kept at this islaco uinder the -man sgemeont of A. J. Crane. Air. Crane has had a goodl deaL-of ex perienice along this line and knows exactly how to carve up an ox or cow. Any one having heef cattle to dispose of would do well to call on him: There is a livery stable kept at iLhis place by 0. 0. Smith, whore the transitive can find accommo nation. There is also a blacksmith shop! untder the management of 0. 0G. Smith. " * There Is a Sunday school at this )laceO every? 8tdday and preaching1 hWiOcef month. There becing no( ~linrit aresent services are heldl 90P. E J3W$ Vice.Pres. ERS.IN.Oonay+2 lulls, 011 and Lintrs.4 on A Specialty. Wale Per Day. seed you have and will pay Capacity 50 bales p 4ay ne sample is our gua intee. opens we vi hawe plenty of a your first bale as well -500 cords of 4 foot pine cess of this enterprise by. d we will assure you "good kens Oil Mill Co. at the school house. There is .tor be a church built soon, we' are, told. This enterprise has been of un told value to the poor class of peo. ple for miles around. While It gives employment yet it isa ready market for any thing salable. We have heard it said if it were not for the many advantages of this place toward the needy-they could not have hardly lived for the past five years, When they' have a greater supply-of vegetatn, etc than they need 'vChy c fin sale for it hre ard exchange the money for something they need. William Mauldin, from Stewart, furnishes milk and butter to this place. There is as high a price paid for ott) at this placo as any market in the State. Digressing from this we wish to say that Central needs another cotton buyer. Wihy not have competition? Vri understand 'hat R. G. Gaines is in the market ill the time with J. E. Brown aime times. Wilh another regular uyer it.would make things a lit. -le livelier. Whoop it up. corres ?ondent at Contral! Rev. J. I. Tirammel has just alosedl one of the best 'idetings at Damnp Creek church that has beeun there in fifteen .1aars. There were 21 accssions to the church and the membershi p greatly revived. I'ho baptizing will takre place in Tweolve Mile river near the Norris bridge on the fourth Sunday at 10-a, mi. Public cordially invited, ta there will be a good view of the baptizing. After the baptizing thec congregation will retire to the - ,hurch where thore will be preach ng at 11 o'clock. The afternoon vill be spent in singing. Prof. M1cD. Woams, of Greenville, has esn invited anid will no doubt bo resent. Desiring a general good ime we take this method of ex~ , Lending Prof's. J1. 0. Garrett, E. Ml. IBoldiung, Will Thompson and Mfr. Lenderman, of Fiat Rockr, and is many others as desire to come. FDet everyhody come with well liled baskets, stay on the ground LI day, and let the fourth Sunday n Sept. 1903, long he remember- ' ~d Judge J. H. Newton passed brough this place a few days ago. Mlr. Newton says he is going into he stock business soon. You are 'ighut, Judge, more, money in stock ;han scotton. B. A. J. Fearfuil Odds Against Himt. Bedlridden, aloe and destitute. Such in brief was the condIition of anld 11 ol 11ier by the name of J. J. Havens, Ver milles, 0. For years he was Lroubled with kidney disease' and neithi er doctors nor mledicines gave him relief At length he tried Eletric Bitters. It put him on his feet ini short order and now he testifies, "1 am on the road to rcomp1lete recovery." Best on earth for liver and kidney troubles and all forms of stomach and bowel trouble. Only 50c. Gunaranteed by Pickens Drug Co. Dears the Y o Yu Have Aiways Bought Signature ....VIRGINIA CCI.LECL. F~or YOUJNE1 LAUIIICNA Iloanuolte, Va. O iens Se 't. 2I, 19303. One of the leaidingschoolus r oung 1 adfe Ic line) Southl. New buildings, ,1an(1 and eqipmenCt. Cain pus ten neres, irnd mounta131in s'cenery In Vallicy of Va. 'amed1 for hecalth.- Euroncan and Aimigan eachert. Full coursfie. Consrvtorndvant tes In. Art, litine and I~IocutIlen. Studeoita from n hlrty States. Cer tifcates~ wollealdy. ''or (ntA onue1 nadress iArl"ri I' P lA RRiTs. Pre., Rlonnoke,.VC Death overtakas us all and then 01mos the undortaker.