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HOaDDuvInS of a Local and Personal Nature -Quarterly confereoe will be held at Bethlehem next Saturday. . -'Mrs. T. N. Hunter visited Mis. Duff Grandy in Greenville last Tues .k ofUI1ond B. Meachem, o 1. )u, D. C., is visiting Mrs. I . holnon. * M~aes Walker, of Green. ville are visiting the Misses McDan iel in 1?:vkens. -Mrs. Florence Griffin visited her daughter, Mrs. D. F. Sutherland, of Mica, latt week. -Mrs. S. A. Hunt, of Newberry is visiting Mrs. J J. Lewis and other friends in Pickens. - Don't you think that Pickens is big enough and needs a Board .of Tradet Let's get together and or ganize. -Married, Sunday, Sept, 3d, at the residence of Rev. J. M. Stewart, Mr. Lawrence Kelley and Miss Emma Parrott., Rev. Stewart offi ciating. All of Pickens county. -Rev. C. T. Miller, colored, who is pastor of a church at Lowndes. ville, states that he has just finished a great revival there with sixteen ac cessions to the church. His school closed last Thursday, the 31st ult. -The Liberty Township Singing Association will convene with Enon Baptist church, about three miles west of Easley, on the third Sunday in September. Don't forget the day. E. 0. Smith, Sec. -It pays to advertisel That fact was demonstrated last week by Messrs. Chamblain and Boggs, who offered their ginnery for s-de and placed a small notice in the "Busi neen L cal" column of this paper, which amouintea to fifty cents, and for this small sum thev soon found a purchaser, the trade was made and now the new owners are operating the plant. -Pursuant to the notice there was held in Pickens Monday a colt show, and twelve or fifteen as fine mule colts as could be found anywhere were placed on exhibition. The first prize, $10.00, wvas won by Mr. Ram pey, and the second p)rize, $5 00, was P. Rogers, both of These showi - :-y year and s hould or they are an in ~k raising. -If there is a woman in Pickens county who is a daughter of a Revo lationary soldier please send your name at once to the undersigned A real D. A R. receives a golden spoon, so please write at once. Those who are posted on the history of Pickens county fr< in earliest time uin til 1860 please send information to (Miss) Mtarye B. Sheler, Westmin ster, S. C., Historian Andrew Pick. ens Chapter D). A. R. --Last Wednesday an absont minded young tan named John Howell called at Nealy & Graveley's livery stable and hired a horse and buggy to go to Central, saying he would return the same day. (Con, cludingc he wanted one of his own, he swapped the horse at Central and then changed his mind, sold ouit and hut the grit. He has forgot his promise to return up to date. Nealy & Graveley recovered their rig, but they would like to learn the young man's whereabouts as they are fear. ful that in hiis absent-minded ways he may come to grief. --Messrs. A. Bi. and D. A. Riggie have bought the lot end planlt of the Liberty ginnery from Mepars. Boggs & Chamblin. This plant is located in the heart of the6 triving towvn of Liberty and consists of a corn mill, saw mill and ginnery, and eon tains three good gin~s; it is fitted ul with the Munger suction system. 'Tho present owners are practical men and will bo valuable additions to the )bsiness interests of Liberty. Messrs. Riggins have placed and or der for job work andc expect to run their b~usiness on business princip lles and with system. -County Commrissioner J. P. .Smith sold the first halo of new cot . ni Pen 'o n Sept. 1st to Messrs. * ~. J nhy; the wveight was 'a pan ii .e'i the price p~aid was 4., ~ ii Il ' . 'l.t of tbo bale beinij * ' \.ir iith has won the pro maa ior the first hale for several seaisons. The price of cotton will be held up this ses'on by the Pickene bnyers and .\essrs. Folger & Thorn iey say this should be the best mar. ket in the state. Everybody bring~ their cotton to Pickens, and if you $ can't get as g(oodI prices as other to .n us ive don't ynu soil. -Miss Helen Carey of Seneca is visiting Miss Floride Carey. t C --Mayor J. MoD. Bruce is on a visit to Washington, D. 0. a Little Miss Ella Hiotthas returned from a visit to Wilhamuston. g -How would a Young Men's Business League suit Piokens? -J. T. Richey is visiting his sis- F ter, Mrs. R. E. Goodwin, in Charles. d ton. U1 -J. H. Murgan is quite sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Jeams, in Pickens. y -Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wakelin, of Liberty, are on a visit to his mother in Columbus, Ohio. . o --'residing Elder Jones will preach in the Pickens Mothodist 0, church next Sunday at I a. nx. --Misqes Friday and Morrison who have been visiting Mrs. W. U John. son returned to Columbia last week. F -.Pickens county is an ideal grain avid stuck country, and needs more people to follow raising grain and stock. --Mrs. A. S Rowell and daughter, g4 Miss lone, of Piedmont visited the t1 family of W. T. Bosse, in L'ickens st last week. tt -R. L. Kmbler, wire'and child, 0 who have been on a visit to relatives in Pickens, have returned to their t home in Greenville. pi -Mrs. Belle Attaway, of the Crov a Creek section, has moved to Pickens for the benefit of the educational ad vantages. She occupies the G. W. H Kelley house. -R. T. Griffin, of the Bethlehem ridge section. brought a bale of cot- sc ton to the Pickeus ginnery on Aug. ar 31st, but did not, get it ginn-ed in e time to win the premium for the first bale. -We have a number of impor. a taut advertisements in this issue a and a full supply of interestitng w news items. There will be profit, t and pleasure for you in looking g over the issue carefully. --W. T. Griffin was in town last a week to get him a mower aid rake. 1 Billy says he has fifteen acres of fine 0 pea vines be vill cut for hay. Every u farmer should enrich his soil wivh 1: peas, an.1 the hay will help reduce s his feed bill.. e -Pckens county should get up a county fair and stock sho0w. It ia not too late to set the hall rolling and pull one of in Novi mber. Some one take the lead and start it; make it a county aff'air and hold it alteribly in the towns of the county.C -The baptizing at Oolenioy Sun day wvas a great time for the people generally over the county, between 1,500 andl 2,000 persons being pres ent.. There were fifty conivertis hap1 tized by the pastor, Rev. WV. C. Siea-I born, in forty minutes. Several C from Pickens wore in attendance. ~ Thbe pastor delivered a splendid eer mon after the immersion and dinner was served on the ground. -We can't be in tihe office anid out of it at the samen time, hence we miiss some news items, but you sh->uld not censure us for that; rather, send or bring them to us or tell us about the matter,-births, deaths, visitors, whether coming to Pickens or going away, marriages, accidents, -any ting of interest to th e reading pub C lic; it will be appreciated and will I help to make this a readable sheet. l Thin applies to our othver towns ini the county avid our rural communi 3 ties as well. --The Liberty ball team played v. the Piekens nine on thle latter's dia- C nhond Monday. It wvas a very prettyt game, but it was a regular merrv-, go-round, the score being about 15 to 12 in favor of the visiting team. This is the second grma Lihe Libe rty boys have won, The Pickens boys can play ball better than this, a vd should have done so, forj with the i players composing the twvo teams Lthe c score should have stood ab~out 2 to 8 ti in favor of the Pickens nilno. Thiese a teams should practice up some and i try another game soon. -The unveilibng of the mionument over the grave, of Sovereign .fohvn Brockman Kin~g, at iE;asloy leit SunJ (lay afternoon, was s'imple, yet ver y impressive, and was wtuoad by a large crowd. The local cam.: aet v Easley wVas~ assisted b y repres ta titt tives fr >m Pickenq, Cenitral, ,ibx, ty, 'i help of the Pickenis band. The ora i tion was delive, ed by Sovere ign . . J.j McSwain, of Greenville. Remarks madle by visitors wore very compli men tary as to the exercise-, pnd' praise was bestowved on >m'r'La them, also, for the neat~~nmetry:. he has fixed up aeigra shape. paeigrt -Su, erintendent Wolfe and assis. ante Misses Pagett and Child open. d school last Monday with a very attering attendauce. The teachers re all good once and wiil build up a ood school hero. --A miarriage in which oll of Pick. :i is interested is scheduled to take lace this morning, that of J. Troupe atridge to Miss 11a Finley, of An qrson. A full account will be given 3xt week of this happy event. HAS A POSITION IN PICKENS. )ung Anderson Man Who is Success ful as a Teacher. Mr.. S. M. Wolfe, of this city, who as recently elected superintene(lnt the Pickens Graded Schools, has me to Pickei to enter us pon his ities. His s hool will open next Lek. The Greenville News speaks of Mr. 'olf as follows: Mr. Wolfe was graduated from arman University several years ago id has had some ex)erience as a acher, meeting with success. He the young man wh- wrote the. moUs "My God, Dixon, let us for st" letter, which wasi puiolished ronghout the country, and drew ch a spirite'd reply from the au or of "The Leopard's Spots," "The no WoiatIL' and "The Clansman." Not only is Mr. Wolfe well educ.i d, but lie is well informed. He )ssesses a decided tast6 for literaturc . id will doubtless maintain the Pick A is school at the same excellent andard to which it was brought rough the efforts of Mr. Dondy. e will begin his work whon the rm opens in the autumn. Pickens supports one of the hand. 0 mest sch(ol buildings in the state, 0t 0(d Mr. Wolfe will have a strong in rps of teachers.-Antdersou Mail. M w Getting Ready for Fall Trade. Pickens merchants, of this town , id all the towi-s in the county ta id the "country " merchante as th eli are husy preparing for the fall 'ado which is soon to open up S( om1e of then have already been ec the leading Northern markets ad are at work now open inug up t im goods they purchased for their d astomers. Others are niw in the h iarkets and will make exteasive 'urchases. We askithat our sub reribers watch our advertising col. d mnns and see what hargames they v an secure, We shall in a very I biort time, introduce to our road-- I re some new advertisers, who will i iterest them ini mny nico things C seful durmng the fall and winter, f' 'hich will soon) be uponi us WNatch 'M ur columns. v lear8 the Yo Have S Alway Bow ignature .g k - k 'he Overland Limited to California q Laves U~aoin P'assenger Stat ion, Chi- fi igo, (.05 P mn. airrives San Francis g athe third day ill timel for dinner. hi toute--Chicago, Milvaukee & St. 'aul Railunyav, LJoion Pac fic Li no- k til ticket A genats rell viai Ilhis ro(ute* tl iak them to do so. Hlandsome book, desccriptive) of Julifo'rnia, sent for sax coenta p)ost tI go. F. A. Miller, Geineral Passen. er Agent, Chicago, or WV. S. l~owvell P 81 Broadway, Newv York.N Card of Thanks-. WVe d< sire to thank our friends tl bhe so thoughtfully and generously a ontributed to the splendid pound- ti ig brought to the Baptist parsonge tat week. May the richest blessings f onr Ifeavenly Father rest upon t ou rIl. Pasator. Ai --A peorsonl is always startled 1: 'hen ho hatrs himself ser iously a alled old for the first time. I'he Better h Way - The tissues of the throat are iflamed and ir r itate d; you c ugh, and there is more irrita on-more coughing. You take " cough mixture an d it eases the ritation-for a while. You take w SCOTT'S: nd it cures the cold. That's !hat is necessary. It soothes the hroat because it reduces the " -ritation ; cures the cold because ti drives out the inflammation ; P uds up the weakened tissues mecause it nourishes them back J o their natural strength. That's LOW Scott's Emulsion (deals with sore throat, a cough, a cold,2 >r bronchitis. wE'LL. SEND YOU A SAMPLE FREE. ECOT T a BOWN. "at " A FULL SUIPPJ BELGIAN now in stock-stand an lamp in the world today. ever been known to explo Special Prices Plenty of Candy PIcloss I ATS A MILLION BALES THE MINIMUM SET PRICE. 'oposition Cannot Fail to Strengthen Hand of the Cotton Growers. New York, Sept. 1.-Miller & 3, in their cotton letter today, Ite that the sensation of the day cotton circles is the announce etut that the Hadley syndicate, Aich is backed by unlimited capi 1, has proposed to the Southern itton Gr.iwers' Association to ke a million bales of cotton at e minimum price, which may be ed at the meetina in Asheville .ptember 6. The offer is undoubt ly in good faith and is backed r strong parties and cannot fail strengthen the hand of the pro icers and cause them to fix a igher price for this year's crop. To the faimer who has a fine rove of pigs ready for weaning 'e would say don't do it. Let the ig wean himself. Feed the pig berally oncorn and such satisfy. ag ration, and feed the sow on ate or other non-milk producing 3edl. Within a few days the pig ill visit the mother but infre uently; at the end of ten days 1e business will be done. --It is not enough that a farmer now how to till the, soiI, he should now how to sell his crops. The uestion of markets should be the rst one to be answered. Many ~rmers plant crops because they ave a vague idea of finding a arket for them with no actual riowledge of whier, when or how iey will locate3 that market -An eastern editor insists that ec coming of the automobile was ~ophesIed in the Bible, for in ahum, chapter 2, verse 4, the tol wing occur; 'The chariots shall igo in the streets; they shall jos e one againt another in the broad ays; they shall seem like torches; ey shall run like the lightnings. The excessive rains throughout ie South have a tendency to still irther reduce the cotton crop, id the mills will he glad to pny 2 cents before the next crop) is ade. -A girl has an idea that a man's ispenders go all the way down is back to his socks and that his rousers stay up with a button. -Ex. -Cotton is opening well and >mo are selling as quick as the'y in get the staple gonned and acked. -Investigate the cause of eachl rinkle In a woman s face and in will find it was put there by orrytaig over something that orry couldnii't help. ---A physicion has discovered that ed bugs communicate sm-illpcy. -Some of our corresp~ondlet,ts have at sent us the news from their see one for some time. W ould be* leased to hear from them. OI1EYflITNEYmtAR et us do your TJob Printing. W OF THOSE LAMPS a swinging. The best Not a one of them has ie. to Churches at 6o cents per pound. rug Do. BUSINESS LOCALS. Lost-On the Sunday, Sept. 3, be tween Liberty and Norris, one blue clay worsted sack coat with round corners-No. 7. Finder will please leave with postnmaster at Norris and get rewarl. E. C. McWhorter. Pickens Sho Shop --Having now opened a shr'p in rear of 1). F. P. ce's store, on Main st. I invite the pit tronage -)f the citizens of Piickens and sirrounding country, and shall promise you the very best work a id of the very best leather that monny can buy in this market at reasonable prices. Thanking you for your past patronage anid asking for a continu ance of the same, I am most respect fully, Win. Williamns, Proprietor. For Sale-322 acres of land 31 miles of Central. Apply to F. B Morgan, Central, S. C. 4t Pickens Shoe Shop will give you a piir of half soles that will wear your shoes out. Umbrellas repaired also. Land surveying, land papers writ ten and probated, dowers taken; charges reasonable. Residence on Johnson st., west of jail. J P. A ttaway, Pickens, S. C. eow 4t* A tract of land for sale cheap. Call at this office. Are you looking for busine~ss? See M. A. Boggs Liberty. Send youir childiren's shoes to the Pickens Shoe Shop and get a pair of them everlasting half soles that wdl wear till the shoes are worn out. Car load of the best flour on the market, "Obelisk" to go at close prices. Come and get some. H. A. Richey . Chamnblin & Boggs offer for sale on easy terms their entire ginnery saw mill and grist mill plant. Apply to M. A. Boggs Liberty.| We have for sale on liberal terms 120 acres farm land situated with nm one and one half miles of Pickecns Phia is a splendid farm amld ini good state of cultivation. Two horse crop cleared balance in originel for. st. Fair buildings and two tenant houses on the place. Will sell for cash or on credit. Apply to HeIath Bruce. Morrowv Co. or Ivy M. Mauldin, A torney, Pickene, S. C. WVhen in need of repair work call on me. Buggy and wagon repairing, wheel building, etc., finished upI inj first class shape at reasonable prices. Let me tigure wvith you on that next job. A. A. Mann, in the Brock shop, next to WV. H. Ashmore's blacksmith establishment, Pickens, S. C, Bring us your eggs, chickens and butter. Highest prices paid for same. H. A. Richey. -Will pay (;0c pe~r bushel in mer4 chandise for fresh clean dry peach seed. Craig Bros. 2 A heal) of little things cheap at J. D). Moore's. You cani get 25 lbs. rice for one dollar at J. D). Moore's. Come and see1 our nice line of shoes J- TP. Fennells & Co. Molasses at J1. D. Moore's 30c to 40c per gallon - good. A nice line of men's uind y'outh collars at J. T'. Fen nell & Co's Store, Real good cider at J. D. .\oore'.i T[his is a remninder c hat I am stil doing b~uslinessR at i hn .b stand( (over Pickens D~rug Store) wv hero I amn alway s glad to serIvem my >Ad as well as new friends. Whlen ye a wvaunt a quick amnd easy shave, or an up-to-date hair cut, give me a call. E. TI Hunter 'Tho Barber. Highest prices pid for chickens eggs andl coun try produce, J. TI. Fennell & Co. Good apple vinegar at J. D. Moore's for 25c perl gallon. The nicest line of lamps, glassware andt decorated dishes to go at cost, J__ .. TI. Fennell & Co. Notice. -Thme trustees of Martin School Dis triet No. 40 will let to the lowest re sponsitlie bidder the buildIng of a ncw school house on Batarday, September 16th, at 2 o'clock at the school house. House to be 20 feet inside, 36 feet long and 19' feet high. sept 6--2t BATTLE AXE SHOES Just received a car load. Also fresh car Flour, Salt, Mitchell Wagons, Chase City Buggies. 'I hat 20 per cent. discount sale on Men's and Women's Oxfords, Light Summer Clothing and Dry Goods will continue till Sept. ist. Don't miss this opportunity for bargains. Yours truly, Folger & Thornley. Clothing, Shoes, 1Iita and (Ientai' Iurnishiigs a specialty. Solo ageits for i a.uchell Wsegohi' CIme City 1luggioA, Stetson Shoes aud MID-SUMMER SELLING. We are Constantly selling out And we are constantly buying in Every week brings is something new and seasonable to offer our customers. Our trade has been good this spring, and to keep it lively during the hot summer months we have reduced the price on all summer goods; and all nw goods we are now buying are bought at prices that we can save you money. We have no old accumulations to run off, but will sell you New, Fresh Goods worth every cent we ask for them. Our Lawns, Swisses and Organdies are the best we have ever shown. We are offering some big bargains in Men's and Vomen's Low-Cut Shoes and Slippers. You will do well to call on us whenever you need any thing in lDry Goods, Hosiery, Underwear and Shoes. A. K. Park, 'sf Greenville, S. C. Entire Line of Oxfords. WVe off er our $i .oo liine of Ladies and Gents slippers at 85 cents and $ 1.25 line at $i .00 Our $1-50o line at $i .25. Men's patent L eathecr and tan's at cui: prices. Come and see them. Yours truly, Craig Bros. ONE-PRiCE GASH STORE, FO1 SA LE. 70) acres of lan d noear Marietta, S. C., on Pnmpkmiitownt rond(. $lo twrf'I alcr. 1 20) acres near Travelers Rlest, jo)iing landsJ of Mr. Ths Cunnmingham . Part of the Rutler Watsoni0( ol omo. .15 petr aIcro. Ulao small tracts of land, 20 to 50 acres. Ve have also soime ver'y desirablo lots near o y ilmits. These3 lots are alon~g tho car line-$G0 each. TH ACKSTON & SON Greenville, S.