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VOL PICKENS T LJ Eutered April 28, 1908 at Pickens, S. O., as second class watter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. OL XXXIV PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1905. N036 CATEECHEE LETTER Sudden Death of Colonel D. K Norris in Baltimore. NEW OFFICERS FOR CATEECHEE MILL General News Notes Paragraphed bi Our Regular Correspondent. Having been in ill health foi about two years and after the very best medical skill here failed ti give any relief, Col. D. K. NorriE left this place on the 14th inst., for John Hopkins Hospital at Balti. more for treatment. His many friends here wore very afnxious for i change for the btter, but con trary to their expectations a tolo grn' was received here on the 2 announcing that he was wo 1. Immediately his wife and daughter started from Seneca and were joined at N )rris by Mr. G. F. Norris, nephew of Col. Norris, who proceeded on their way to Balti more, but in accordance with God's will the dearly beloved one breathed his last about 9 p. in. on the day before they teached there Imme diately on their arrival the deceased was prepared for burial and startd back. The corpse arrived a't Pen, dleton, . C , on the 26th and the burial tdok )lace from the Baptist church at that placo of- which the deceased wais a member and deacot, for many years. While, Col. Nor ris had been in decliing health for two years, and according to hir age (58 years), the chances for his recovery being against him, yet it was a terriblo shock to his many friends to hear of his dont-h. 1H was liked by all who know him, and we can truthfully say we nevel heard a mill hand speak aught of him. He always recognized every person, it mattered not how poor they might be, with a polite bow when he passed them. He0 was 11 true Christian. In his businus transactions ho was a man of fcw words, but to the point. Honesty was one of the principles which h adored. Col. Norris leaves a wife, who was Miss Be3e9e Caldwell, of Abbeville, and threo daughters Misses Bessie, Virginia and Lillian Col, Norris was born and raised ir OdAt-geburg county. When a mrar boy ho left school at Pendlotor and joined the army. T joined (Co. 1?. Second Rtegimnent, S. C. heav~ artillery'. In 1877 ho married and moved to "Hickory Flat'' in An. derson county, where lhe accumn. lated a fortune. Ho resided there until about three months ago. when ge sold his real estato and the larger part of his personal proporty. It was his intention t< move to Greenville and go baci and foath to look after the twc mills that iho was president of~ (Jol. Norris was Stato Fecnator fron Anderson county for four years HeI 'came within a few votes o being elected to congress from th< third dibtrict. lie wvas presiden1 4 of the Farmer's Alliance, ani always took an active part in what, ever was to the best interest of hiD country. Tlhroughl his influenc< and energy the spindles of tw< cotton mills are now whirling namely, the Norris mill, at (Catee. chee, and the Isaqueena, at Con. tral. Ho was president of botl: when he died . Col. Norris wai one of the trustees of Clemnsor College. lie was a great friend t< education and (11( all in his powei to give the mill children an oppior tunity of an education. Tlru ly good man is gone-one his familj will miss, one the manrufacturing interests will miss, one the churcd will niiss and one0 the counity wvil miss.; We extend the beroave< family our heart felt sympathy. The mill and store closed at this place last Trhursday, the occasior being in honor of the president Col. Norris. The storp door wai draped in mourning and the streeti had a lonely appearance. Mr. TI. M. Norris, who has heer the efficient secretary of the Norrii mill ever since it first started, hai been elected president of the Nor ris taill, and Mr. G. F. Norris, whi has been general manager of the Oempan y torcheore, has boem CL C NOW its All 10.00 e " 8.50 ai BLANKE Does this E elected secretary. Mr. E. N. Whit mire has been elected general manager of the store. Prof. MeD. Weams, teacher of vocal music, will begin a twelve nights musical school at this place on the 30th inst., -end will close with a musical entertainment oi Saturday night, February 11th. Prof. Weams has just returned from Henderson county, N. C., where he closed a most successful school at Beulah Baptist church. Mr. Weamns thoroughly understands music and is one among the best singers in the county. Manley, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Norris, has been very sick, but is improving at this writ ing. Dr. Long has been the attend ing physician. Dr. Long is one among our best physicians, and we are sincerely sorry that he couldn't see it to his advantage to stay mn Cateechee. However, wve are glad he is no far ther off than Liberty and he never fails to respond to a 'phono mues sage. A little girl of Mrs. York's fell and broke her leg one day last week. Dr. Justice set the broken bone and she is getting along as well as could be expected. We were very sorry to hear of Mr. Jako Merck losing his house and all of its ccijtents by fire one day last week . We will not give particulars as that would be intru ding on the worthy Six Mile cor respondent. Well, I guess our law-makers aro hammering away at something down at Columbia. Thley can't do everything at once, but there are several lame places in a good many laws that need monding. We will take the stock law for one: If D's cow gets ont and eats C's corn up in the field and C fails to get tliat cow up before she gets backe in D's possession C can't get a copper un a less D is honest enough to pay it. SSuch should not be the case. The law ought to be so that that Icow should stanid good for the i damage she did whether caught or not if sufficient proof was made that she was the cow that did the damage. Another weak law is the board bill lw. That ought. to be aaoon. BIG I ITHING Blankc is your chan value. Tli ,nd $12.00 Overcof id $9.00 One lot Ovei "TS---Big lot of b] ,ppeal to you thes( YOU HAD BY A Ieath=Bi ded. A man that will skip his board bill will steal and you look ing at him. Next is th law in regard to con tracts. It is not as tight as it should be. A will hire 13, go and rent a big two-horse crop, buy from three to four tons of gano, give a lien aid lay in his su pplies to mako that crop. B will be short of clothes, shoes, hat and socks, consequently A will have to ad vance a good deal on B in order to get him ini a respectable garb and kee p him from freezintg to death. Well every thing goes on smoothly until may be A gets his crop planted and the sun beg inis to beam down pretty hot then B concludes as he is pretty well supplied with clothes "packing sand" and catch, ing a meal now and then off some hard-working mn would beat worlr ing. Conseguntly B stops off. Well A can take him wvith a breach of contract and if B is convicted at all 30 (lays 1s the limit anid he don't care for that when may be he has the amount of four or fivo months off of A and besides it will take two years and maybe longer to get over his hurt. Now the limit should not be0 under three months nor over twelve according to damage.B To Cure a Cough. The coughs so prevalent these days usually develop before you realize what has happened. Now the best thing to (10 is to take the most reliable cough enre you can get. None bettor than Murray's kHorehound Mullion and Tar. It is made of the purest ingredients and on bo given to infants as well as gro~wn people. Above all else IT CURES. You will find it at all druggists. 25c a bottle --Extra large bott,10. Bears tho Iha Kind You hlto Alway; Bought Signature Foun~d a Cure for Indigestion. I use Cjhamb~erlain's Stomnaoh anid Liver Tablets for indigesgion andl find( that thoy enit my case better than ;any dyspepsiai remedy I have ever tried and I have used mnany different remedies. I am nearly fifty-one years of ago and have sufferod a great dheal from indigestion. I can ent almost anything 1 want now. -Geo. WV. Emory, Rlock Mills, Ala. For sale by Pickons Drug 00, Earle's Drug Store. M. Wmn. S. Oramne, Oalifornia Md., snmftored for years from rhenmatism anid umbago. lie was finally advised to try Chamberlin's P en Balm, wichl lhe did( and it e9eted a comlete cure. This liniment is For sal e by Plcket s Drug tore Earles Drug Store. REDI PANT its, Quilt ce to buy fin, e scalping I will reap it to go at - $7.85 " " " - 6.00 'coats to close at $ ankets ranging i: N cold nights? TTER KEEP IN iways glad to ser uce=Mo HIRAM RUBE Zeke's Fur Rubbed t] On "Your Un< Three Nights-Two of Dancing side of a Sick Neighbor==-( Nearly Puts that W< While woring for the railroad contractor he boarded us for a time with Unicle H-i Sawyer, a farmer~ anid the old man turned mec douwn a lhttle the neatest, and the hard est, in my experience. UIncle Hi Sawyer was a long lean Yankee, homely as a stump fence, with aii heart as big as an ox. 1Brim full of fun and bubbling over with wit, woe to the man who tried his pranks on the old manii. Uncle H-iram had three (daugh ters and twoV( sone-ach i ps from the old block''-always ready for a good time, and v'ery fond of the dar.ce. D~ancing was my besetting~ sin, but an abomination in H i's eyes and( ho wvould none of it in his own home. We moved to a town some ihis distant and one (lay the contractor sent mon over the road to soo that the wvork wasH inl readhiness for the mspJector, giving me striot orders to return the same night. I made good time till t arrived at the Sawyer home, but I could not resist the tempta ion to call on the folks. The old man was absent, but the young people urged me to stay ,for the niigh t, and as an id ucoment they Gffered to mOvitq in the young p)eopln for a (lance. I told them that thti r father would not allow it, but they said if I would give up a little swoot talk I could win him over. So we referred the subject to the 01(1 lady who said it would ha all righ t if we could gain Hiram's consent. When the old man came homo I was powerful glad to see him, and proceeded to talk him to a stand still, but I mistrust that the old lady had him Posted. He paidl no attention to the young folks as they came in, until a~ young fellow with a fiddle nde his arm put in ICTI0 rs, oVI s and n*il 4t-class inerch ife has cut the benefit. All. O.00< an~d, 87.5 1 .98, worth. trom & a price from1 75"- to TOUCII N I rpll rj ve you, y011rs trul' frW r IT IN HARD. ie Wrong Way===Joke! lIe" this Time. Ind One of Watching By the Bcd ompletely Upsets Zckc, and tihy Out of Business. ant 1P tappaane. T1heni the old mant straiiighit.-ned up atnd sas "No: yer dIon't. Thar'1l1ho no dancing in this htoulse.'' I grabbed the old elhip's coat tahil an sa11( ~id ,'"Sit d(OWn, U Inole 1-i Sit down and bohavo yourself..'' "Well, who runis this~ house,?'" I laulghed( as I roplied, "You (1o as at general t hing. But I just thought I would try a 1hand( at it tonight.'' 'rho (old man muttered and I was stuprised at him giving itn so easily. We danced until midnight with the old1 Yankee dozing in his chair, then W wocided that we hlad datnced enloughi but Uncle Hi though t not, and tho rosult wvas,we madeC tho last danuce after tho( sun was shining through tho windows. 'Te old man struck out for b d, but there was no sleep) for nue, and)( aftor (dinnier I mado preparationse to start on my tramp, but Hiram waIs on hand to silow me)' some imI provements ho was~ making on his farm, RPAturmng to the house to(o late for me to start, I found there was another dance that night at thel house8 of one of the 1m ighibors. Aswo started1 for tihe pairty the old manu ''took to his bed"' anid we (11( not see him aguno nun tiI hate in the night wh1en he put~ in las ap wo broke up after suutriso. By this~t110. I 1 imo I ti) aro much about my job nohow, a little IdlepI was what [ wanted1. Bitt I ira m . took geood care that I (lid ntot .net I the sleep. Af ter suppetr as I was propjsa:1g to get ofT t~o bed, Old Hi came to mo0 anld requestod that I walk over and 800 neighb~or ,Johntsonj, who was very sick, we would only be gone a few mlomtits he said, antd as usual he had biq way. Arriving at the house8 We entered I \ 9 iN RCO A linery. andise at way deep and yc 0 Overcoats to go i.5)0 to -5.)0. 5.0 0 to go at on( 1E BIG STO1-Z. he side rclom. The1 ight was dimi), aid Ili tiptoei .to "tw bedsideJ where the sick man lay app(C rant 1ly ab1t , to breatho his last; het le turned amI went itlo anrother roomll1, and1(1 had a w1hispered cover sat ionl with miollber' of th1.e amily When lie camo back ho told 1n1 that ih) far amily was Worn Out, witt watching ant it. wag my Chrsti. an du~ty3* to romaini and 1(111 urso the sick. I protested, but fit last T caved and said I would t ry it. 1i0, t ''d me how to adiister the modi eine0-al teaspoonfu o'i very hour - and~ he so imp1r'essed mue with t he impotrtanco of regu lai!ty, that I was afraid that if I mirssed a do'se I would bo to blame for th11 mran's decath1. Hlow I mantaged to get. through the night is mfore than I am able to tell, but I dosed hrim~ all right enough unt il four o'eioek when a mnmber' of the family camo1 to mty relief. .1 staggered uip t~o Sawyer's andl s11udwin. As I en te rd thle dIlining room Unclo10 Ili andt the girls were' laugh inrg enough to shpt theIlir sides ' Well, Short y' ai d lie, "'I Iow did y'ou lealve t he sick man" t "'1 didni't see anty chantge in him," I rephedr . "I avO'ei o board'( from hlim I rl "'Oht yes, lhe hats b(een chopping wood all1 diy. Thate sugar anid Thoi I learned that thoso old ras Ca' had pu~llt iup a1 job oni mle, Theyo' hrad rubabed a l ittle pOwdlor on1 diehison's faic", and( I had1( dosed3 the sleepy old rep~roba te with siugar a ndli wter all n1ighit . , I gdt back to town thto flit day n aned bhad to (do somo1 IJal talkintg t.o y ~quiane accot ls With the~ boss. [ .t Nvein 'roim ia Terribl(, icat ie Them faitly 01 Mr s. M~I. Li. Bobblitt, of lIaretoni , 'lTnn., staw her d eying and jra pwerlesst to help hier. Th'lo mrost r' akilled phyvsicians anid overy remedy ci ,e.t, failed, whtile conisumptionI was s dlowly bit, sturey tatking bori life. In his t'errile hur Drn. King's New Dis mevry for ('onsHUmptionl turnedot despniit tnto joy. 1'Te first bo~ttle brouight ima nodiato relief and its conltinuedl uso0cCm ,lotoly cared her. It,'s the most cortain .irio in theo worldi for all thtroat and1( lung pl00 Tira bottes free at Piokens E )rag Co. ST S, below - $4-50 - 3.85 3third off. COUNTY'S FINANCES LOW. Thould Got Out Of Debt-Supervisor's - Plan a Good One. of Pickens county ')n the 15Uiht"'hy of Ja uiary 1905: Unpaid clani'; 4; 00, 424.89 Un paid claiLms of 190 -A214 02 Unpaid claimtus of 1902,$ Un paid 'laimus of 19O3, $5.581.25 Unpaid chms of 1904, $9),665.75 Dute Sinking Fundl Commiission, - $l.6,305 .4() Une Aaron Boggs $8,103,20 TobilJ - $42,155.57 Thi s does' not i ncludo the jury andl~ witIness 1)a3y cerificates tor 1904 which will probably amount to $1,500. Oni thle I16thI of 4:1nary 1905, the Conniiy TreaSnrer roported cash as follows F~or Sinukinug Fund --8$,942.14 lrdinary counuty -$1 1,470.00 Past~ indebtedness - $3,338.75 hi Mlil Il~l( oadTx -. $2,718.98 Vjinos andl( For fei ts -- $20.'20 Taet this from the dlebt leaves 20,1;37.62 without a dollar in the reasunry, but the treasurer will unvo 80o11 mioncy yet to collect. G. M. L~ynch, _____ ______Supr. Low Rates to Washington. On account of Presidential In nguration Ceremomies at Wash tigton, D., C ., March 4th, 1005, he Southern Rail way an noun ces he very low rate of one fare (plus 5 cents) for the round trip. Still lower rates for Military jomphanies alnd Brass Bands in iniform twenty or mocre on ono >arlty' ticket. Tfickets will bie sold On March |d and 3d1, final hmenit of March 8th 9105. Holwevor, ant (xtention of final im it to leave W~ash ington not later han muidnhighit of March1l8th,1905, uay 1)e hadl~ by depositing ticket ith Special agent at Washington, I. C., on or before March 8th,:1.905, nid payment of foe of $1.00 at me of depIosit. For further information as to tes, schecdules, sleeping car res vations apply to any agent of the authorn Railway or address. Brooks Morgan, A. G. P. A.. South. Ry. Atlanta, GIa. C.AOT 24.A. oars the Yo u l Have Alwa 80oul Ignaturo