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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Assessment Notice

The Auditors office will be open from
| tho 1st day Of January 1893 to the Goth day
OF February 1913, to receive returns for
Real and Personal property, for taxation in
| Pickens county, for fiscal year commencing
January the 1St 1898.
The Auditor or his deputies will be at
| each OF the following precincts to receive
returns for said fiscal year
Calhoun, Monday January 17th 1898.
Central, Tuesday and Wednesday Janu-
| nary 18th and 10th 1898.
Norris Cotton Mill, Thursday January
| Goth 1893.
Liberty, Friday and Saturday January
2lst and ODD 1893.
Easley, Monday and Tuesday January
Cross Plains, Wednesday January 26tl
1898,
Looper's Store. Thursday January eth
Peters Creek, Hughes' store,) Friday
Pnmpkintown, Saturday January goth
1923.
Eastatoe, (King's Old store,) Tuesday
pdhr%ahH Hurpiea1e ne ,s5s SMile creekJ Wednesday
Six Mile, Thursday February Sd 1898.
Prater's; Friday February 4th 1888.
Pickens Court House, balance OF the
time.
This is the year that the law requires all
persons to make Il return of all Real Estate
and Buildings, for action Of the Township
Assessors, who ara required by law to OK
anime all returns made.
Ignorance Of tho timo Of listing il no ex-
cuSe ; and II penalty OF fifty per cent. for
non returns il strictly onjoined upon the
Auditor.
All tax payers must mako their returns
In pcrsun ar 10y ono legally authorized to
Il" so. and In case rf sickness or nhaence
from tho county.
Banks, Ruildins and i.ran Associations.
Ere. Life aud rthrr Insurance Companies
are required hy law to make returns.
All merchants nrr required by law (soo
Section ?.', Revised Statutes OF South Caro-
lima, lS!r.) to make n return of their NOR
chandisc separate from their other Personal
property. Blnnks to bo furnished for same
by tho Auditor.
Each and every person will please be
prepared to say in what township and
School District th0y live ut tho time they
are required TO make their returns.
All males between 81 and 60 years of age,
except those excused by Inv nro liable to
poll tag. Ex-Confedcrato soldiers arc ex-
cused ut 80 years Of age.
n. y. CURIsTorHER
Auditor Of Pclirns County.
nOY25-9 e -tfob20-!H.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Fresh and New
Greenville, s. g.

Is DRY GOODS NOTIONS CARPETS MATTINes
andSI SHOES.
Our stock this fall in all the above lines the largest
pee had Grcenvle.
to all cordial
a call.
we havo bargains to offer. A few will
The best all wool filling Jeans 10 25
The best all wool il!ing Jeans 50
yds all wool twlled Ted FLANNEL for $OO
a all wool wiel Rod Flannel 5ccnts j.
a heavy Outing in all colors and black cents
All wool cashmere, the SOC. quality
Table Daniask fast coors zoe better at
Best Sea Island % yds $lOO :."
Heavy Drilling &C. worth
Dress Ginghams and up. Cotton ccntsH
Best apron Ginghams cents
| Best Indigo Calico % yds for $l.OO.
Calico for 80 A better
The best Calico for 5
38 in. all wool Dress Flannel all scents.
i SO in. Black Brianne 40 Gently worth
80 in. Dress Flannel all wool Scents.
Preties line Csc Novelty Dress Goods in
1O-4 Blankets white and coorel 45
Capes 81 and Carpets and N1atting
bought before
SHOESl SHOESH We have a can
fit anything
you Is cent
Remember have old stock put you but everything
now and fresh '''7
We have only mentioned Bargains that abounds in
store Call and be convinced that
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
j. s. Griffin, of Rice's, was
IN town Monday on business.

il. s. Griffin, of Rice's, was
IN town Monday on business.
j. Ashley Cisson and family
moved to Pelzer last week.
500 change in Morris adver-
tisement this week and call on
him..
Read change in the advertiser
ment of Clyde e Nalley, Of Eas-
Icy, OH first page this week.
m. Il. Hester had a long and
lively chase after Jasper Gatson,
colored, last Thursday. Jasper
had given a mortgage over his
horse and lien on his crop to Mr..
Judge M. Welborn and was deter
mined to keep his horse, but Mr..
Welborn sent Mr.. Hester after him.
The negro got about ten miles the
start, but he was not given time to
stop and was caught tho same day
few miles this side of Asheville,
N. @. 1t was about IS miles that
was made in about elght hours.
Rev. J. l.. Mullinix was at
tackled and badly mistreated by a
crowd Of drunken rOwdies last
Saturday afternoon on the road
leading from Walhalla to Long
Creek, over Stumphouso Mountain.
There we're some six or eight young
mon in the mob. They seized his
horse, stopped the buggy, threw
club at him, and cursed him.
They also seized his valise, took 1T
out of the buggy, opened it and
took the contents. They will pro-
badly be called to answer for their
conduct at the bar Of justice.
KcOwee Courier.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
vi C Il A l. L. S
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF
PHUN and PHAX
FOR THE PHCLKS,

Mr.. Editor:
We have ust opened up new lot
of Ladies Capcs, and have nice
line OF Trimmed Hats and Sailors
for Ladies and Misses to arrive this
week. Come and sec them. Tell
all the Pholks to come.
Now is the time to fix for cold
weather. Our stock in this line is
complete.
Jeans cheaper than ever before.
Outings, Flannels, Nelvcts, Gloves,
everything. -
Shoes, Rubbers, Macintoshes,
Ovcrcoats, Umbrellas, Oil Cloths,
down stairs, up stairs, evcry where,
full up.
Furniture and Stoves, nice, new
and cheap.
Axes, Hatchets, Iron Wedges, Corn
Sh ellers, Wheel Barrows, Grind
Stones, Iron, Steel and Nails, Rims,
Spo. and Hubs.
AND SEE HERE, while I think
Of it. A good many of the BOYS
came III last month and "PAID UP,''
and that was right, but there are sew
eral more who don't seem to have
the moral courage to come, because
they can't "PAY Ur." That is wrong
1t strikes me that since / have car.
ried them from year to year through
all these many hard years, that they
should Give mo the henaGt IF +hai
cash trade, and not run off to Ham
burg with it. Don't it seem tina
way to yor? I wish you would men
ton this. Probably they haven
; thought OF it. It would look bette
in THEM and they would FEEL be
. ter and it would do me sight
g good. You might send 'cm a COZ
! ! Of your paper aud maybe they wi
= read this.
t w. II. NJ
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Liberty Locals.
What is going on In and around Liberty.
Correspondent to the JoURNAL.1

Libe, ty, S. c.. Nov. 20, 1897.
john Hutchins' family hav,
returned from a visit in Georgia
Prof. II. J. and Miss Mar,
Mills visited school mate of tn,
latter at Shutdown Saturday.
"A very pleasant occasion great
tly enjoyed by all the participants
was an oyster supper at Magis
trate Stewart's the other night.
w. A. Stewart and wife have
returned from their bridal tour
and are spending few days under
the parental roof and among old
friends and relatives.
Prof. Hill, of Georgia. with a
show, struck this town last We'd
nesday. He came highly recon-
mended and has his moral temper-
ance standard much higher than
the average shows.
Tho Wagon Factory, talked of
here is not the outcome or result
of no newspaper midsummer
dream"--a claim to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Johns wife
killed the bear, while John, the
eneaking coward was IN the loft
and when he saw the danger was
over, he Jumps down and "what u
bear we have killed Betsey."
There are more people Of this
section going to the factory this
fall than ever. We hope they may
do we'll, but fear some of them
have made Il mistake, especially
where they leave good home of
their own. We speak from tho
experience of others who have tried
it, but let all 60 who desire, it will
make times better on the farm, as
the consumers will be increased
while producers are decreased.
Several of tho Liberties at
tended the Gospel Wigwam meet
ing at Majors Shop yesterday.
Reports of some lively times down
there Saturday night, beside rowdy-
ism in abundance several horses
were cut loose and lap-rohes stol-
en from buggies. What's wrong2
Such things did not occur until
recently. 1t is about time to set
peg and ask whittier are we
drifting as people, Is tins an
evidence of our boastcd civiliaz-
ton?
Wheat sowing is being pushed
lively and more fertilizers are be-
ing bought for wheat than ever
before. 1t will beat five cont cot
ton as the price Of cotton varies
SO much. The price of labor re-
mains about the same as when
cotton was eight cents. 1t is about
time for us to wake up aad quit
paying two to three cents a pound
for the privilege Of raising cotton
as we are not aware that anybody
has a patent on the business. We
ought to get in Il shape as soon as
possible to hold our cotton from
one year to another. if the prices
will not give lis profit when the
crop is gathered. G.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
A Wonderful Dincovery.

The last quarter of n century records
many wonderful discoveries IN medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns Iron Bitters. 1t seems to
and neither man, woman or child can take
It without deriving tho greatcst benefit.
Browns' Iron Ditters 10 sold by ell dealers.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
SfnrfIar Association.

The Liberty Township singing
association will meet with the
Flat Rock Baptist church the
fourth Sabbath III this month. All
lovers of good music are invited
to como and bring song books and
spend the day in song service,
Yours for a good timo.
a. A. Field, President.
S. J. Robinson, Secretary.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
holding claims against the Estate of Mrs.
l.. a. Alexander, deceased that they must
prove the same before me on or by the 18th
day of December 1897 or be barred from
participating in the funds Of said Estate.
j. NJ. Stewart, Administrator.
nOy25W3.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
COTTON. :.

Is selling at or below cost and
we sympathize with the farm
ing people, as we have had
some experience uong that
line ourselves.
A short crop and a low price
is a double calamity.
We can't expect the people
to pay even a liberal profit on
their purchases under existing
circumstances,
We are willing to divide
our Profits and in this way do
all we can to tide this emer-
gency.
We do not boast of the lar
gcst stock, but we do boast of
as
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25

The following Is a program
of the teachers meeting which If
to convene at Pickens Saturday
before the first Sunday:
English Grammer: A. B. Riley
Arithmetic: S. w. O'Dell.
Theories of teaching: J. O.
Lungston.
Equipments of the school
Mrs. Flora Lathem.
J. e. Parsons, Secretary.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25

Hlalntltt.
VB.
Amanda Hunt, ct. al,
Defendants.
Foreclosure Of Mortgage on Real
Estate.
by virtue of a Decl etal order made
in the above stated case by the Hon.
.. w. Buchanan, Presiding Judge
on the 26th day of October 1897,
will sell to the highest bidder al
Plckens court house, South Carolina
on Monday the p
9th day of December 1897,
during the legal hours of sale, fo
cash, All of that tract of land lyin,
and being in the State and Count,
aforesaid, adjoining lands Sqf; J, X
Lathem, Frank Hogsed, tha Nyalin
Hunt place, on which II. j. Hun
lived at the time of his death, an
others. containing ffty-nlne $50
acres more or less, which is The trac
of land conveyed by @. l.. Hollings
worth to II. j. Hunt on the 10th O
April 1894.
Purchaser to pay for his deed.
j. II. G. Mcdaniel,
nov4 07. Sheriff Pickens Co.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Notice to Creditors,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County OF Pickens. Z
Susan Stewart,
Robert Stewart, ct. al.
In Common Pleas. i.
In pursuance Of an order made
in the aboVe stated casesby Hon
@. W. Buchanan, Presiding
Judge, dated Goth of October
1897, and on file in the Clerks
office.
Notice is hereby given to al,
the Creditors Of the late John
Stewart, Of the county and
State aforesaid, that they must
prove their claims against said
Estate on or by the lst day OF
December next, or be barred, as
provided in said order. This
2Sth October 1867.
j. M. Stewart,
Clerk of Court.
noy4 81. .,e..
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25

DEM1NS Relief Curca Sick -IIcadachc,
W." Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera Morbus
Diarrhca, sc. rs cents for large bottle.
For sale by Freeman & Hendricks, Pick
ems g. G..
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Notice..

The Stockholders of the Farmers
Publishing Company will meet the
Board Of Directors at Pickens, @.
H., Saturday, tho 9th inst, at II
o'clock Il. m.
w. II. O'Dell, Pres.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25


In pursuance of an order made in
the above stated case by Hon. O. w.
Buchanan, Presiding. Judge, dated
9th day Of October, 1897. Notice
is hereby given to all persons having
any demands against. the Estate oil
Rufus Oats, or tho Estate OF Mary
Oats, deceased, to prove and establish
such demands before me OH orby the
lst day Of December next, or be bar
led from any CLAIM against said Es-
tate.
j. NJ. Stewart,
Clerk of Court.
This 28th day of October, 1897.
nov4'97.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Notice to Creditors.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Pickens. !
Newton Oats, ct. AL,
VS.
Rufus G. Roper, et. al.
In Common Pleas
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-25
Sheriff Sale,

Sheriff Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CARoIINA,)
County Of Plchcns.
9. L. Hollingsworth, :
Plaintiff.
Vs.
Amanda Hunt, ct. al,
Defendants
Daily camera., 1897-04-15
Transparent Plates.

1t is often of Importance to nave
plates or cards of transparent material.
These can easily be made of gelatine by
the following process: place gelatlne
in cold water for several hours until it
is thoroughly softened, taking care that
no more water remains than is neces-
sary to swell it completely. Prepare a
plate of glass, carefully clean it, then
coat with the slightest possible film
of oil. Place around this glass rim
just as high as the thickness Of the
plate of gelatine is to be. Pour upon
the prepared glass, which should be
hot, the softened gelatine; then lay over
it a second glass, heated and oiled,
and press it gently down until it rests
evenly on the top of the frame. This
makes the thickness uniform, and If
care is taken, there will be neither bub-
bles nor Irregularities. When cool, re-
move the gelatine, which may then be
cut or shaped into any desired form.
By adding coloring matter, any shade
can be secured. Aniline is the best for
tinting."
Daily camera., 1897-04-15

gician now removes the cloth and a
lady is seen standing on the table, as
in the second illustration. The secret
of this, as in all good illusions, is very
simple, as the third illustration will
show. In the stage there is trap door,
over which is placed fancy rug that
has a piece removed from it exactly
the same size as the trap, to which the
piece is fastened. When the trap is
closed the rug appears to be an ordi-
nary one. The table is placed directly
over the trap. Below the stage is box,
open at the top, with cloth sides and
wood bottom. To this box are attach
ed four very fine wires. that lead up
Daily camera., 1897-04-15

through the stage by means of small
holes where the trap and floor join,
over small pulleys in frame of table and
down through table legs, which are
hollow, through the stage to a wind
lass. In the table top is trap that
divides in the center and opens out
ward. The top of the table is inlaid in
of the trap The lady takes her place
in the box in a kneeling position, the
such manner as to conceal the edges
assistant stands at the windlass, and
all is ready.
The magician takes a large table
cover, and, standing at the rear OF
table, proceeds to cover it by throwing
cloth over table, so that it reaches the
floor in front of the table, then slowly
draws it up over the table top. The
moment that the cloth touches the floor
in front of the table the trap is opened,
and the box containing the lady is
drawn up under the table by means of
the windlass and the trap closed. This
is done very quickly during the mo-
ment's time in which the magician is
Strengthening out the cloth to draw it
back over the table. All that now re-
mains to be done is for the lady to
open the trap in table and slowly take
her place on top of the table and close
the trap.
The top and bottom of the box by
means of which the lady is placed un-
der the table are connected by means of
three strong elastic cords placed in
side of the cloth covering. These elias
tics are for the purpose of keeping the
bottom and top frame of the box to-
gether, except when distended by the
weight of the lady. Thanks to this ar
rangement of the box, it folds up as
the lady leaves it for her position on
Daily camera., 1897-04-15

North Pacific Ocean, especially the
Aleutian Islands and Alaska, extending
as far south on the American coast as
Oregon; but, owing to the unremitting
persecution to which they are subjected
for the sake of their skins, which rank
among the most valuable known to the
furrier, their numbers are greatly di-
minishing. 1t is said that as many as
five thousand of the half civilized ma
tives of Alaska are dependent upon
sea otter hunting as means of obtain
ing their living. Sea otters do not fish
like the true otters, but live on clans,
mussels, sea-urchins, and crabs, and
the female brings forth but single
young one at time, apparently at no
particular season Of the year. They
are excessively shy and wary, and all
attempts to rear the young ones in cap
tivity have hitherto failed.
The fore feet of the sea otter are
very small, with five short webbed toes,
and naked palms; the hind feet are al
together unlike those of the true Of
ters but approaching those of the
seals, being large, fiat, palmated and
furry on both sides. The outer toe is
the largest and strongest, the rest grad
ually diminishing in size to the first.
The tail is about one-fourth of the
length of the body, cylindrical and OBJ
tuse. The entire length of the animal
from nose to the end of tail is about
four feet. The skin is peculiarly loose,
and stretches when removed from the
animal so as to give the idea of still
larger creature than it really is. The
fur is remarkable for the preponder-
ance fthe beautifully soft woolly un-
der fur, the longer sitter hairs being
very scanty. The general color Is a
deep liver brown, everywhere silvered
or frosted with the hoary tips of the
longer stiff hairs. These are, however,
removed when the skin is dressed for
commercial purposes.
Daily camera., 1897-04-15
The Appearing Lady.

From the Scientific American: OF the
many new illusions now being pre-
sented in Europe, an ingenious one is
that of the appearing lady, the inven-
ton of that clever Hungarian magi-
clan, Butler de Kolta. On the stage is
seen a plain, roundtop four-leg table,
which the magician has been using as
resting place for part of the appa-
ratus used in his magic performance.
Eventually, the performer removes all
articles from the table and covers it
with cloth that does not reach the
floor. The first cut represents the table
in this condition. On command, the
cloth gradually rises from the center
of the table as though something were
Daily camera., 1897-04-15
Why the Candle Burns.

We are all familiar with the fact
that candle burns. But perhaps there
are many persons who have never real
lied Just why it burns and that a cer-
tain degree of heat is necessary in or
der to consume the cylinder of wax or
tallow of which the candle is made. In
the Arctic regions candles will not
burn satisfactorily at or below a tenn
perature of 35 degrees C. The reason
for this is that the surrounding atmos-
phere is so cold that the flame is insult
ficient to melt enough of the material
for its own subsistence. The feeble
heat can do little more than melt out
a tubular space around the wick, there
fore the fame is small and weak, and
sometimes fails altogether. The light,
enclosed in a small glass vase, works
better, as the temperature is somewhat
raised by being so confined and enough
wax melts 10 supply the flame.
Daily camera., 1897-04-15
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION.
Danger in Circulating Libraries-Secret
of a Pretty Stage Trick Now Being
Shown in Europe-About the Sea-
Otter.

--T FOREIGN medical
IFfETITT7WCl IN journal has been
IUEfhFdt@lSJV publishing facts
,;!T SA451as ;rss s:eF-r1jNl about the dissent
tHr7.sETlJIIb[G nation of disease
lFEtls55 ~. Ez-.4-.- Z -;s- through books from
TGfsliRhfWTE public libraries. 1t
qHtllNS-I Hf-- is, of course, i'm
T :;::''; s:::. :::: e.: !: E: ::.!;::: IT: e:
been or to know
the conditions of families into which
they go. A large number OF books
were examined, and were found to con-
tain the bacilli of pneumonia, dlph-
iberia, and many other sorts, some OF
which were harmless Even new books
fresh from the publishers hands were
found to contain germs. There are
very many persons who practice wet
ting the fingers with the lips or tongue
when turning the pages of books. This
is an exceedingly dangerous thing to
do, not only to the person who does it,
but to all others who may use the book
afterWard, especially if the person so
doing has any form of disease in the
system. Invalids of all kinds are like
ly to be great readers, and the con-
sumptive or those suffering with can
Ger may unwittingly deposit on the
pages of the volumes they peruse the
deadly germs of their own malady. 1t
has been suggested that library books
be subjected to intense heat at inter-
walls frequent enough to insure their
immunity as transmitters of disease.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-06
An incorporate Exception.

Senator Vest. of Missouri. tells the
following story: A temperance lee
turer was struggling against odds in
Kentucky. He was talking to not
very large audience that had been
drawn to the hall by curiosity. THE
effect of alcohol is to shorten life" said
the lecturer. An old man at the rear
of the hall rose at that juncture and
said: You're a liar" why" in
quired the advocate Of Adams ale .
Because. sir. I've been drinking for
seventyiive years and l am ninety
and likely to live to be one hundred
am strong enough to lick you if you'll
step outside" ooh, no doubt, sir
You're an exception. sir If you keep
on drinking" the lecturer paused
"What?" asked the impatient old to-
per. IF you keep on drinking you'll
have to be shot on judgment day"