The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-09-18
The Peoples Journal.
Local and Personal.

spent Sunday in Pickens.
IF tho meat trust keeps on
moat will be an absolute luxury.
Don't forget the election for
School Commissioner Sept. 23rd.
Folger and Thornley, have a full
supply OF now goods. Read their
advertisement and call on them.
Clemson College is open and
in full blast with every prospect
for successful year.
VIM. Hall, of Charleston, was
hero Monday OH business for tho
Piedmont Manufacturing Co.
Mrs. We Lewis and children
returned last week from q pleasant t
visit to relatives in Greenvllle.
Mrs. Al. Boggs and children
left Monday for a visit to her old
home and friends at Calhoun.
"A. M. Morris wants you to
look over his stock Of goods, He
will give you some bargains.
Mrs. George Roper, near Pra.
ter, who has been sick for about
nineteen years ia reported as not
doing 80 we'll at present.
The new Jail is going up un~
der the suporvisian of B. E. Gran
dy, contractor, and will be hand.
some structure.
Don't fail to SEQ the merchant
who has 30 kindly carried you
through the year, and arrange the
accounts with him.
Even the possums have taken
hint of the ways of the trust and
have a kind lof understanding to
keep out of the way.
Rainy weather greatly hinders
the gathering Of cotton and rough
moss, but the people are taking ad.
vantage Of every shiney hour.
w. r. McFall has the goods,
everything needed in the house
end On the farm Is kept in his
store. Call and sos him.
Craig Bros. are young men
alive to the trade. Thoy seek to
please and through the cash svs-
tem make it to your interest to
pStronize them.
Mrs. Cureton is beginning to
increase her fall stock. She can
please you if you can be pleased.
Examine her nice goods, she
will take pleasure in showing you
the best goods carried.
The wise man will wisely save
any surplus this crop may bring
him for use in making next years
crop. Flush times often bring
with them tendency to forget the
tight days that are to come.
The Pickens brick yard srun-
ming on full time and making
thousands of brick. Orders come
crowding upon Mr.. Stephenson, but
he is trying to meet these demands
and his plant is valuable acqui~
BitiOn to Pickens.
Fifteen negroes were arrested
Saturday night by the Sheriff and
his deputies and lodged in jail un-
der the charge of gambling. "Lit-
tie Santiago" was the Scene of their
revelries. They were arraigned
bsfore Magistrate Jenkins Monday
morning but, for want of sufficient
testimony, were discharged.
The Big Store has laid in a
supply of goods that will meet the
demands of every trader. From
basement to top story, goods are
stored and ready to be shown and
delivered to the purchaser. Courte-
ous clerks are always ready to serve
customers. TIE Big Store buys
cotton and sells everything you
need. Drop in and see them.
The names of candidates for
County Supt. Education who are
to enter their second race in the
third primary were unintentlonal-
ly left ut Of the the issue of last
week. Their names are Walter J.
Boggs and Richard T. Hallums,
and their announcements appear
in this issue, and they ask the con-
sideration of voters at the election
to be held Sept. 23rd.
R. e. Bruce and James Craig
loft Pickens Sunday to visit w. +.
Blassingame at Russell's Hotel,
Oconea county. Friends W: have
been to see Mr.. Blassingame nave
found him cheerful though still
quite weak, and it 10 difficult to
learn just what his condition is.
Several Of his friends in Pickens
and in this section have been tc
see him. VIVA "
Town Greek School under the
supervision of Mrs. K. +. Curaton r,,.
closed last Friday afternoon afta,
q session Of two months and o' nn.
week which was most sat,faotor,
TO pupils and teacher. The tern,