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mmM lid'~ i 4 ~ J~ ait! Ppi sional Naurei. '4i't~ i.: .on oul~ g 'round in ace t1t u tibe grip. ) au is b ha io, but Its down Ler from the land of Shuboloff, And when it gets a hold on. you You conugh, 4 , Cough, Cough. -Cotton is crawling up toward 7c. -Auditor Keith is out on bis an nual round. - 0. T. Cantrell was a pleasant caller at this office Monday. -Flour continues to advance in price- Tho best patent flour is now worth $7.25 a barrel. -We-have had more big whito frosts this fall and win ter than -wo ever saw in one season boforo. -We arb adding new subscribers to our list every day, but we still have room for a fow more niamues. --A large number of commercial travelers are now visit'ug this town, soliciting orders for spring goods. Ou want to be thoroughly ad v inl Pickens county The Sen. tPial is the mediun to use. --A localweather prophet says this section will be visited- by two big snows within the next month. -Misses Kate Hester and Ella Lo(pe' visited Mrs. Southerland, at ChE, n, a number of days last week. -On account of some of our help being sick we are compelled to hold over some good articles; they will ap pear next week. -ThAl South is short on food and forage 4irops and, long on cotton; bring ibont a parity. Raise more to eat and seed for your stock. -Those who did not pay th.ir tax es before the first of February will have to pay two per cent penalty in addition to the amount. of the taxes. 'ores in cotton at 10 cents noney than twenty acres n at 5 cents. Romember rs when planting yourcrop. -We have not heard from several of our county correspondents in some timne. Wake up, friondo, and lot the people know what is going on in your respective section. --Now is the time to seeure bar. gains in fall and winter goo..As. Read the ndvertisements car~iefulhly in the Sen tinel.Journal and you will knowv where to get them. -You can see here andl there in the county somn small "patches" of cotton still to be picked. Some farmers say that at present prices it doe's not pay to fool with it. --Sportsmen throughout the State are considering the matter of asking the general assembly to shorten the -open season for partridge shooting and make it extend from January to March. -"That the farmers mean busi ness in their expressed intention of reducing cotton acreage this year is proven by the small movement of fer tilizers," said a prominent railroad man to a reporter of the Columbia Itccord recently. -A young lady was alone in her father's house near Anderson~ One day' last week. Sho heard a noise under the house, and looking found a negro man hiding. She gavo the alarm, and the man was caught and given twenty five lashes in place of a lynch ing. Ladies should niot be left un protected in country homeq. --Capt. Smythe, of Pelz'r, in his remarks Monday night before the Board of Trado, humorously rem rkeud in connection with his remarks on immigration, ini a huiimorous way, that uduring Christmas day fourteen babies were born in Pelzer -and that shortly after mnidn ight, twins t'ollowved makintr sitteon in all. --Greenuville .ro While in the city he visited theo great cotton exchmango, and mad, a thor ougli investigation of the cotton quejmtion and talked with a m nnbor of the most extensive detalers in the staple, and says ho is satisfied that if the farmers will hold their cotton ninety days longer there wvill be a considerable advance in the price. He says that many of the dealers and speculatgs confess that the far. muers have the' situation in their own hands if they wvill keep their c~tton off the market a few weeks longer, but they do ;iot believe that the far mers avill stick together. -Anderson Int'ellmgoneer. ONN18EI)EO BY "JOSEPHUs," OU REGULAR, CORRESPONDENT. Pencil Pictures Prettily Portrayed fi the Public. *Easley, Jan. 30.-An epidemic < the "grip" has struck this town, an a large per cent of its population i more or less indisposed. Drs. Wyal and Gilliland have their hands quit full just at present. Mr. Ross He derson and every member of hi household is down with colds. fAr John Craig, our popular merchan and livery-man, who has been sick fo: the past week, but was reported bet, ter, has suffered a relapse, and i: again confined to his room. Mr Craig's trouLlo is cold, with bilioui complication. Dr. Gilliland is at tending Mr. Uraig and also tho faini ly of Mr. Henderson. Mr. Ralph Robinson has bon so riously ill with pneumonia, but is r, ported us butter. Ralph is a clever boy and his many friends will be gratified to see him out again Mr. B, C. Johnson was a on the street a time or two but was forced back into h the severity'of the weathe - either now, or heretofore c list, are aujor Bradley, W] O'Dell, and Mr. Frank Day pretty tough fitrc, and i pretty heavy blow of most the "grip" not excepted, him out." Mr. Simeon McHugh, a reputable mechanic, as we round clever fellow, left Si his home in Greenville. 1.. had been here for some tw months, in the employ of Watson, and by his gen and pleasant personality, a number of friends who i give him up. We hope t with us' again. Mr. Henry E. Rector, mechanic but employed court house, passed throt Friday, en-route for b Greenville. Quite a number of pro zons from the county W( Thursday, Friday and attendance on tho "Hoi Convention." They cam sibly to trade horses, bu( to avail themselves of somue o tuo ml bargains offered by oir mer-hant Though the attendl.rneo was rathe light for the first~ two days, th "swapp~ers" wvere pretty well in evi dence on Saturday, and, altogether must have been a success from financial point of view. It was mixed aggregation of almost evern variety of horse tiesh, from 'the er perannuated bone-yard "plug," ti the head-up-and-tail-overthe-d a s I board "roadster." In addition t mere commercial considerations, i had the effect to bring the people c the town and county- togethe-r, in in tinmate touch wvith each other, wvher questions of economic importanc could he disscussed, and opinlion freely exchanged on various subjoct of domestic inter-est. Uncle Zeke paid our town a hast business call on last Th'lursday, an, did your corr-espondent the honor t< dine with him. Uncle Zeke is an ol, and valued friend, whom it is alwvay a peculiar pleasure to nr eet. William Sizomore ain aged ani respected coloredl ci tizen br-eatheo his la't, on the 15thb ult. He leave four sons and twvo daughters t mourn his death . On the follow ing after-noon the funeral service were hold( at his home, Rev. 1I Williams of Seneca conducting th services in the pr1esence of a larg congregationl of both white an, colored. We that are;bereaved as the Bympathy and prayers of ever; one. J, S. S. Domestle Tarubles. It is exceptional to find a famil where flhere is no domestic ruptuires o< e-asionally but these can be lessened b having Dr. King's New Life Pill around. Much tronale they save b their great wor-k in Stomach and Live tr-oubles. They not only r-elieve yot but cure. 25c, at Pickensa Drug Co. CASTORlA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bough Bear's the Signature of 4?r4A 4 Notice. To the Public: All persons hai mrg business in this office wi please call on Satur-days. I wi be away on other days visitir schools. Please take duo noti< and Movern yourselves accordingl Sincerely yours. R, T. Hallum, Co. Supt.iEd --Don't fail to attend the gre ,closing out sale at Carter's, Liharf amls Bessio Partridge, of Atlanta, i6 visiting the family of Dr. B 0l6. -Mrs. W. J. Parker, of the ' lile R Crook section, visited in Pickens tbis week. -- Jim Carty, who has been sick with fever for two months, is able to sit up. ' -Miss Vesta Ashmore is visiting d her sister, Mrs. 1). J. Carter, in & Greenville. t -Miss Hassie Whitmire of Oconeo county, is attending the Pickens graded school. -An epidemic of grippe is prova lout in this community and some at tacks are severe. -The young folks of Pickens en. joyed a pound party at ex-Sheriff McDantiel's Monday night. -Gary Hiott, our efficient helper, is conflncd to his room with grippe; we hoie he will soon be out again. -Mrs. Jane Williams, of the Brushy Creek section of Anderson county, is visiting friends in Pickens. - Mrs. Essie Hughes attended the4 .. . .............................. -Mrs. Leila D. A. Keister, nee r Miss Leila Lindsay. daughter of WV. 3 K. Lindsay, of Central, died at thE - home of her husbaind, LL. Koister~ ,inSaanhG.,nModyth23 '. ult. Hecr reminls were brought Ic ther old home at Central and buried at Mount Zion church, of which shE was a consistent member. She wai ) also a member of Ruth Rebekkal: -Lodge of Savannah. Mrs. Ksistei a leaves a .devoted husbahd, three lit t tle girls and father and mother I< f whom symp~athy is extended. Say "~Murray's", e When you've got a bad cough jusi e say "Murray's." If a druggist givei * you anything but "Murray's Hlore s hannd, Mullen and TIar" you're nol getting the best and surest cougl: remedy. Make him give you Mur Y ray's. Acts quicker and you get t I 50cts bottle foi 25cts. >Every druggist has it. BUSiNESS LOCALS. We are sole agents for Harrison ' Town and Country Paints. Folreer & Thornley. -Io yuwnbagisdon't fai to aten R.C. artr'sclosing oui sale. -Odnewvspapers, suitab'e fo: wrappin'g purposes, fr salo at thim office at 2c the pound. e Coats thread 48c por doz-, 2 dloz j 95c at Carter's, Liberty. k --R. ('. Carter is closing out him , store at Lib, rty, and is off'ering greal bargains. Itoad his new ad. When you paint vour honse nis< the best p~aint.-HIarrison's Town ai Y' Country Paints. Folger & Thornley, Agi. 5 My stock of buggies, wvagons, bar r ness, and implements of var'ioum kinds for preparing your land, is toc large, and I w ill slaughmter prices for cash until this stockc is re~luced. 4t T. M. LowVery, Soneca, S. CI. For Sale--80 acres weillI ti mbered land ightmiles north of Ensloy. in a syille Township. 0. W Taylor, Greenville, S. C. Sixty head of mulcs and hlorns~ any kind you waent. All broke ani ready to wvork. Will make prices I< -cash buyers that will make the sale 1 Come this week if you want choice o! 1 bargains. T. kl. Lowery, g 4t Seneca, S. C, 8O Notiee to Eebtorsanid (redltors. y All persons hiaving claims against th<~ estate of F, (. Parsons, deceased, ar4 reqiuiredl to present the same proper: attested to the undersigned Ifor paymen by the 1st (lay of A pril, 1905, and al poisons indlebted to said estate must mezk at payment at once to J. E. Parsons, Administrator. y.. Feb. 92,1905. St. 'W rRe a For u THE Largest and most magnificent stock of Furniture in upper South Carolina can be found on our floors and we bought these goods for CASH and have put K N 0 C K-0 U T prices on them. Below we give the quality and price of some of our goods. 100-3.50 Beds, live feet high, for $3.00. 125-6.00 Beds, six " " " 4.75. 50-8.00 roll ft. 6 1-2 feet high, for 5.75. 100-10.00 Oak Dressers, large glass, 8.50. 150-9.00 Oak Dressers, medium glass, 7.00. 125-3.50 Washstands for - - - 275. A BEAUTIFUL SUIT FOR 814.50. The best No. 7 Stove on earth for $10.50. 28 pie ces A large No. 8 Stove, 28 pieces, $15.00. In fact'we have nearly everything that goes into the house. MIetts & Ja mreenvile, an-ues So. Car. For The Sick. Whatever the doctor prescribes or suggests is what we especially try to supply---and succeed so w ell that we are known as H EADQUARTERS FOR ALL SICK ROOM GOODS. .1. N. laIalumu, Phg,, Prescriptioniist. If We Plaese You, Tell Others; if Not Tell us. ( KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE VOTE. The Scholarship is a See-saw, With Miss Leila Ballentiim Again in the Lead. PAINTING CON TEST. Central Baptist-Central 1 Pickens Methodist-Pickenis8 Pickens Baptist-Pickens 5 Fairview 4 Six Mule Baptist Zion Methodist--Easley32 Ruhanmah Methodist 4 Gap Hill Methodist .0 Cross Roads Baptist Mile Creek Baptist l Secona Baptist Griffin Baptist1 Salem Methodist-North Pickens cag Liberty Baptist 9 Camp Creek Baptist 6 Golden Creek Oolenoy Baptist4 Twelve Mile Methodist Antioch ConcordBaptis SO~li OL lit-I P (ON jiI~s 89 I~lis Lela alleti n-te tra I592 MissLoisNewtn--~ickns 1143 MissKateHeser-Pcken 95 MissEva laytn-Liert C~co ManchaMget16. Fran Farer-Pcken 9' Jis Leil G alntaeCenrl9 , T; For January an w Along all lines, specially heavy clotling,6 at jackets, blankets, flannels, and woolen goods We have a small lot (about 40) of overcoats that we determined to close out between now and March i St. 15 PER (JENT ISUOUNT.... If your size is in the lot, this is a great opportunity to get a coat at a bargain. An unusually heavy clothing trade last fall made great in oads in our stock, but we still have some great values to offer in suits, extra coats and pants. A big lot of B1lankets at Your own Price.,..,. We are making pre)arations for the largest spring stock we have ever shown, and to make room for this stock we will offer between uow and March i st, some unheard of bargains. Just received a solid barbed wire and nails, also a car of flour and salt. Another car of furniture to arrive in a few days, and also another car of "Thpose Great Mitchell Wagons" the best wagon made, as everybody knows. If you want the best paint made, we have it; Harrison Town and Country Paint is known to be the best. Biig lot of furniture, hardware, buggies and surreys, with Prices right. See u for anthin o1 11uny %wetd. What we lhaven't fin Stocit we get fir you, unit wo nro niways pleaed to serve you. YOURS TRULY, FOLGER & THORNLEY, Clothing, Shon0, liatts, aid (iit.'s"lsnrni.Ihinitg Goods at Specialt y. Agenta fo Itarrilson 'own sntid Vouitry Pituti, Sti*,ion osia i1 . Stotson Hs at" and "1TIMOSI.CREllAT MITUiBELL WAGONS." 10w PIS Good Real Estate===Own a House Here if You Want to Become Rich. 105 acres kn t:1 as Anthony Lewis place, within 6 miles of Pickens. $6oo. 88 acres within I mile of Pickens. Good tenant house and orchard. $5oo. 48 acres within mile of Pickens. In high state of culti vation. 20 acres within i mile of Pickens. Good land and a fine home. Old school house with one acre of land. Splendid view. Surrounded by the best people. $1,000. Good 6 room house, and outhouses, entirely new, with 50 acres of land, 27 acres in cultivation. Just outside of the cor porate lirhits of Pickens. A regular snap. $ 1,000. J. D. HOLDER & CO. 9Olico at Depjot. Pickens. 2. 0. 62 lpairs ladies' shoes, wor th $2.oo t<- $3.50 A (mostly small size) @, - - - - - - .PRSU An entire new stock of ladies' Patent Leath- $27 er $3.50 and $.i.oo shoes @~ - - - Ie A large p)ortion of our new stock ladies' kid $25 weclt $3.00, $3.50 and $4.o0 shoes @c - P I 20 pairs men's $5.oo and $6.oo shoes i all leather at----- -- -- -- -- $3.7 , A great many lots of boys', misses, and children's shoes are offered in this reduction sale. Pride&Patn SCabbage Plants and Sea Island Cotton Seed. Cahhaige lants fr i., aeel 11ow i-,ly (lor ilellvery. "Isatrly Jersey \Vakefield"' and "Char le.itiin I i.rge Type Wiakefield." tno i .1Ir liestilsrh d vali et i e at 1. id heaul In rotation asinasied "Scces.ions,' "A lgl..,ta Truceker- enid "Short S~teain l'liat D~itch,"' the tree best flt-heil ad vr e'lles iwl l-i in ilitathlli is naii:sl. P'iices: Sigle tthoitidt, $1.50; r,000.) andi over $l.25 per i p i , l iplt u idlve, el jer ti i. Toti ois: (aish wiith osrder;: or lants jOent C. O. D)., pu rchascr paing ii tetirn cliii e i on monelllliy. Onri p1le hnl l beds 1 lven y :r ntei's li Stith Catroilina Seai Coast, an) si 'e uiniteistanii g ioin~t theii in thle opens air; tough siial hardy; they will standi severe cold s tithon i injur. I hullIt crate for hii pmenItic t weigh 20 1lbs. por 100)0 iandt we havo special low ratest e ipatini e'1n b y youthe n~ i l-'xpress Co. I know of' othier phliants youa can iiiy cheaper t han ine. I e girlls phliints. Nil dcea eI'0t rate' plants ShippllOll from my farm. I gua irantee lime lhat I thip toi be true( It ' t it an niame', andti growsn fronli hiighi gradto Seedts purchiased froma inno t he miost reliabtle' seed1 horisest in the atlntd Shtates. I will refnndo purchtase priie to any iisie enlsl t n i eril it end1 if' sealsont (lir Cot ton Seed. h~iit of (lir luii Stu ll varlSiety of SlE\ ISL.\ N D) (OTTON sold tis year in liirlesiton o l ecembe'iti~r t, iat ':2v. per 110unld. Seed ~ 1.'25 per hui.; iots of I10 bui. aand over $l per Sly~ sp hil l t y: I 'rompt slthiet, Trusie va riei otisen sat islied cuistomters. I halvg been In the phailit businatss foir 3., yearsi. Wmi. C. (IERATV, "TEl i lg,,Nlf Voungs Island, S. C. CLE AR ANCE S ALE!/ During Holiday Fine Line of Watches, Chains, Pins, SeasonBroaches in Solid Gold and Solid Silver. Srieso dcd Nice Line of T1able Cutler y in plate and Prics ReucedSolid Silver. :::: onl all Nice selection of Rings, in Plain Gold ..Jewelry ..... and Mounted Stones.:: H . S N IDE RJW1IPh