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V! 44 . 'K Nq q Entered April 28, 1908 at Pickens, B.0., as second class matter, under act of Congress of March PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905. LOVES YOUNG DREAM Uncle Zeke Tells of a Friend Who Had the "Fever." THE ADAM AND EYE STORY According to Zeke that Couple Had a Soft Snap. He Turns His Thoughts to "Mountain Boy," and Handles That Modest " Young Man Without Golves. The other night as I was out for ; stroll, and enjoying my evening cigar, I saw a young couple slowly meandering -down the street ahead of me, and the way she nestled up to him, and inclined her head to, ward his coat sleeve, I knew he was pouring into Willing ears the old old story, "That oft told tale," and I chanced the mud, and crossed the street, not to ruthlessly disturb loves young dream. Then I went up to my room, and filling my pipe, and with feet oin the table, fell to ruminating. I was thinking of a young friend of mine. His voice was a cross between the tooting of a fog horn and the crowing of a Shanghai rooster, and he was learning to play the guitar. He would come to my room and sing, "Under the Willows She's Sleeping." It made me feel bad, and I wouldtell him for "goodness sake" to hush and not wake her was cultivating a moustache 'or lip looked like the en leaf on a roe y morning. He would sit by the h6ur d ;cas- the- little weakling, ai d h's eyes hal a faraway pr& occupied look in them. A look of melancholy sadness as it were, and occasionally he would place his hand on his vest, just above the watch pocket, and sigh. One of those deep, long drawn, from-the botom-of-the-well, sort of sighs. The bpys will know what I mean, for judgigroin the symp. toms, the disea'e is quite preva lent around Pickyne. I liked that boy, and told him not to fret, it wos not dangerous if it did not strike in. That before I was of his age I had it ofteier than the itch. It used to worry mother, and she hardly knew what to do with me. Take me across her knee and paddle my anatomy with a paddle, or give me a dose of vermifuge. I loved that boy andl was kind to him, and tried to save him, but it wvas no usej. Hie went and com mitted matrimony, and I guess lie is happy. He says he is, and I'll take his word for it. This thing called love attacks different people in different ways. It makes some forgetful, and others absent minded. Now there is a difference between an absent minded person and a for getful one. As an example of absentminded ness, take the yonng couple. that were sitting on a bench in Central park. It was long about the time they introduced the 'sparrows to kel off the catopillars. They were sitting on the bench not the sparrows or the catterpil hare, but the couple were sitting on the bench-and had been talking all kinds of sweet nothings, and thoro was a little suspicious white powder on his coat sleeve, and as he held her little han4 they wero st.e' -g the hittle birds pick up is, and lie said, "Dearest, whi$hVould you rather have, the worms or the sparrows?" She re plied, "I doa't know. I never had the sparrows." But the young people now days don't have as pleasant times in their courting as some of their an cestors. Now, there was Adam and Eve. All they had to do was walk around in the garden and listeni to bhe twitter 'of the birdies in the trees,inhale the fragrance of necw ' io hy ad wander beside the ~ brook. andI rippling rille, 3 pt tthesoftanoon THE light and lave their feet in the dews of heaven and listen to the voices of the night, anid all those pretty things that go with it, and thore was no stern pareli to holler down the back stairs: " :ve it is 10 o'clock; has Adam go ~o home yett' [ have always beon a lit tle oubt fuil of that Adam and Eve affasir. It always sounded to mnn liki a~lig snalre story. I don't say it is not true, but I would like to have someone more learned than I am, toll me. That if Adam was the first man, who washed the nursing bottles wheon Adam was a baby,? These ques Lions are toc deep for me, and I can't understand them any more than why prickers grow on blackberry bushes, and such short tails on billy goats. As I said thesee questions are too (loop andl passeth my comprehension, so I'll pass them by and turn miy thoughts to ''Mountain Boy." I was much amused by a com,~ mnunication in last week's issue from, "Mountain Boy." He says "the leap year is almost passod adtegirls have not called on him;" also that lhe enjoys Uncle Zeko's writings,''but not as plain as the last, as it was almost indo cent.'' I am not surprised that the young lady has failed to call on this modest young man, and I very much doubt her being able to see him in chse she felt so disposed, for if lie should catch a glimpse of a dress invading his domicile, lie would rush in a fright and beg mamma to "shoo" the horrid crea ture away. The young man 1s so extremely modest that lie hangs a towel over his looking glass for teair lie will see himslf retire for the night, anid lie has been known to blush at the mention of "bare facts,-" and fall in a dead faint at sight of a pair of garters-hanging in a store window. I .am -glad "my boy" enjoys my writings, and regret thbat I have so unwittingly shocked his sensitive nature, but I have been writing for the public for mnlany years, and it is hard t learn ap old dtog new trick, BI To our fr: sincere th year just has made year 1905 we have i] prosperoui le ath=Bi therefore I expect it wtil be my let to Continuo to talk phain, and call ''a spado a spade.' I am at a loss to understand to what "Mountain Boy'' reftrs, as it certainly could not Le my plain talk on queer people in the amen corner, as men rarely "wear the coat," ovon if it fits, thoreforo I tako it for granted it was the little hit of poetry. That was pretty good stuff, is why :t run it, but as 1 laid no0 claim to the authorship, I claim exemption from indecency. As thec article it. question was a clip ping from the wogianl's dlepartmenlt ini one of the loadh~g journals of the South, I am incl'lgod to think it was not out of plack in the cols urnns of the Sentinel -Journal. Still I am willing to wager a brownie that "Mountain Boy'' has the paper stored away in his collec tion of choice Jiterature, and close ly scans Uncle Zeke's column and is disappointed at not finding any thing decidedly more shady. If the young man is looking for clip pings that will not bring tihe color to his cheeks, here is one he will do woll to paste in Jiis hat: "Evil he who evil thinketh." News From Norris. Please allow a little spaco in your valuable paper for the Norris people I am a new subscriber and this is my first communication to the 'paper. I like to read the Sentinel-Journal very' much and would not be without it for twice the price. It has been so cold that peop'e could not finish picking that 6 cents cot tog( O ristinas has been quiet bi.t lively. The11 low price of cotton hlas caused groat excitement among the farmersi, and we are glad to note that tbe prov alent is to plant more foodstuffs and less cotton. We have a good school teacher let us have a good school. Let all pa rents see that their ,children attend regularly thus giving them the ad. vantage of the taxes they are wont to pay. Gee Whiz. Ben...e The Kind You Hav iiy Bong STORE Tl iends and customers we wish to e anks Jor their liberal patronage t closed. The large increase in ou it necessary to increase our facilitie will find us better equipped to serve 1 the past. Wishing one and all a I new year, we are yours ve ,uce=MorrowC - -- - - * - -..." ...a- 0- f * -4 Auhr f"An r Daie, Our ext SeilStry Inti tr M.H re s thsbs, rwn rm ieca. actes h hasknon sice hildood s;The New York Commerc~~ia-Avriecm rngtebo reading oAbner Daniel ur Next ot er l ospry. a ticerhha typo since hldoofvd u. Youwilre wit ork Comercia-Avertiser oprnwhen ookav ahead the ost ofy itsch~ 'twill be prtd tointhis peopler.o There are character etchings and skits on the social side of the typi cal North Georgia village that are gem-like .in their cutting and bril liance. Any on o who has ever been irritated by the superior attitude assumed by the airy city maiden toward the unsophist'ioated village belle wil'. rejoice in the loyalty of Harben'~ rustic beaux.--Galveston IN[9~ys IINKF xtend our [uring the . business s, and the you than iappy and ry truly, ompany Loopers. LOopOrs, Dec., 28.-As Xmas is 'ere alId tihe youn1g folks aro all havig a good tiui I will writo. I ft, this place on Satirday for my Wifo's holuse and 0(had to go through th rain i all the way, ut when wo% reacheod the Oak Dale fiarmiii w hich is soon to bo my home, T found all the loved oins looking for me anid ap~parently glad to see the old Reb.. Trhe wedding of Mr. J. Granger of Monaghan to Miss Maggie .Jones of the Oak Dale farm occur rod at 6 o'clock Sunday unight. All present seemed to enjoy the (o3aSion. The Rev. 3. T. Binglo ton perforned thme marriage cere mony. A sumptuous repast was thien served after which the y-oung p~eople were permittedl to spenid the remainder of the mught ini fr.n, but whni Monday mlorniing camne your scribe had to return to his home, thus finishing his Christmas. The youn~g folks art gathmoritng ad a nice timo is expected. Among the visitors are, Miss Nora 'Jones of Greenville, and .Miss Zella Farmer of Maynard, and Mr. Eerie Farmer. Wishing the Sentinel-Journal a successful New Year. P. 5. B. Union Meeting. 'Ih ln nion meeting of the Pions Association will meet with Oolenmov church Saturday before the fifth Sua day in January and Sunday following. Devotional services at 10 o'clock by R1ev. A. J. Manly; subje, Christian Unity - 1. Subjects: Church disciplino its needs and importance in the churches. Opened by R' v. D1. W. fliott. 2. The duty of the pators to the church'es and the dut~y of the chmurches to the pastors. Operoed by 31. lien dricks. 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