The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-12-16
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-Noep your SyO OH MCr Ill o
Budget and give him Il trial.
-Jno. e. Craig, Greenville, was
in town on business last week.
Il can help you out with the
Christmas tree. II. ID. Harris.
-Beautiful line of toys, fruits,
candies, nuts, raisins, etc, for
Xmas at Harris.
You should read Morris ad.
in another column, Call and see
him when III town.
Your attention is invited to
the ad. of II. d. Harris this week.
See what he has to say.
Why don't you look through
Harris fine line Of mons and boys
clothing? Prico reduced.
-Freeman & Hendricks invite
you to como and inspect their
stock Of goods bofore buying else
| where.
i want TO fit up tho whole
! family in shnrs. IF wo don't trade
1T Will not bn ON account Of the
price. +. y. Harris.
Miss Annin Mny Jrura. Brushy
Crnok, Andnrnpn county, who has
boon npondlnK nrinr limo with the
MiHHrn IImrrin, F,rlI, returned
hnm" this week.
J"'nra tni,"n. Gnnncy, was
ia trwn LhI" Wnrl on business.
Mr.. l,ni,rn lived here about five
yrnin nYO, being at the time con-
ncrtrd wiih thr JOURNAL. His
'nnuy friends were glad to see him.
Mrs. SnlIic Lesley, wife of w.
Al tore"n Lesley. died at her home
| ", u!.c, south of Easley on Mon
, ,,,"! Hln'uirg about = o'clock: in
. g." '..N n ~f her age. She
t,r@v":, u IA Ahand. several children
and Il hos; Of relatives and friends
to mourn her death.
Mrs. Xciia Robertson, Tullev,
Oconeo county, died at her home
on the 9th inst, agcd As years.
Sho had been in feeble health for
some limr and her death was not
unexpected. Sh" was Il member
Of the Baptist church and leaves
five chi.drcn to mourn her death.
The interment took place tho day
following at tho family burying
ground.
The Ruhamah school will have
4 Christmas entertainment on
Thursday tho 23d inst, beginning
at p. N. Exercises will be novel,
unique and interesting, must be
seen and heard to be thoroughly ap-
preciatrd. DR.. Riley and Rev. L.
u. Weldon arc expected to be pres
4nt and add to the pleasure of the
ocassion. The school is taught
by Miss Fannie Moore. Let every
body attond.
Ono Of our exchanges reports
the following as curiosity Of law:
"a young man purchased 1000 ex-
tra fine cigars, and had them in
sured for their value, smoked them
up and demanded the insurance,
claiming that thoy had been de-
stroYed by fire. The case was TAX
en- to the court and the Judge de-
cided in favor Of the Young man.
Tho insurance company then had
the yonng man arrested for setting
fire to his own property, and the
same Judge ordered that he pay q
fine and go to jail for three
MONTHS
"A shooting scrapo occurred
between Birch Lewis and Erwin
Nicholson near Supervisor e. Il.
Looper's on the 10th inst, which
resulted in the loss Of Nlcholson's
right arm. From what can be
learned, Lewis followed Nicholson
about a mile and they had a dis
putc over some whiskcy matters,
and LOWS claims Nicholson cut at
him and grazed his skin and Lew
is shot his right arm off. A pro-
liminary hearing was had Monday
and Lewis was bound over to
court. Drs. Earle and Wyatt am
putatcd the arm. Nicholson was
doing vcry we'll at last accounts.
"A Touring mill in our town
didn't advertise, said an Iowa ed
iror. The proprietor, in passing
ono day, said he wanted to soil mo
somo -four. L told hlm I wanted
to sell him somo advertising.
"Oh," n2 said, "thcro is no need
Of my advertising! Everybody
knows tho mill is There" In leav.
inG ho asked me if / know where
he could get good cat Tho next
week u line appeared in the paper.
"Wa Wantrd, good cats at the mills"
in a Il few days he came in and
said he visited | would tell the