The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-12-11
Local and Personals

the house formerly occupied sbY
w. II. Prince.
LLOYD Grandy, Of Furman, has
beon spending several days at
home,
-Miss Nettio Symmes,of Green
ville is visiting the family OF j..
McD. Bruce.
Capt. Harry Valentine and
wifo of New Jersey arc visiting the
family Of john. Ferguson near
Pickena.
We have Just receiv ed q select
limo Of Christmas Hold ay Goods.
Call and examine them.
Pickens Drug Co.
Solicitor Boggs returned Sat-
urday from Florida. Ilo reports
on improvements in tho health OF
Mrs. Boggs to the delight Of thor
many friends.
Rev. O. M. hbney has been
returned to the Pickeus circuit an d
Row. 9. l.. Mccain to the North
Pickens circuit, Eev> J. L. Alto
way uperaunuatod,
-Pickcns has Sunday mail
now, that GENES via Libarty,
reaching hero about ) o'clock in
the ufternoon. MIR. b. +. Parsons
has the con tract.
--NIr. 3. G. Baker bas moved to
Pickens. he occapies tho J. e.
Parsons house. lie comes to place
his children in our excellent
Graded School.
--FrofTnow till January 1st, we
will mako some special prices on
,clothing, overcoats, jackets and
boy OvercOats. DON'T miss this
opportunity for we have some
splendid values to offer.
I Folger & Thornley,.
--One Of tho best evidences of
the good times prevailing in this
tract Of Iaud is offered at public
sale the bidding is lively, the price
runs up and the payments arc
promptly met. Mortgages arc not
accumulatiug on the record books
and those already there are being
marked satisfied. Lien foreclosures
are compar& lively raro. Tho pub
lie square is not blocked on public
days with chattels for sale and the
majority of people are apparently
in good spirits.
"A lodge of the knights of
Pythias is soon to be organized
here. More than the requisite
number have petitioned for an Or
ganization, Their petition has
been favorably acted upon, and O
number OF Our young men are look.
ing forward to "riding a horse" Of
some kind, as knights rode goats
The Masons have one Of the most
flourishing lodges in the country.
Their growth in the past two years
has been phenomenal, Dr.. James
A.. Bolt, left to-day for Charleston
as representative in the Grand
Lodge.
1t might be worth while for
all persons liable to road duty to
remember the one dollar commu-
tation tax cossts all legitimate
road duty provided the same is
paid by Or before the first day of
January 1908. Unless the COM
mutation tax is paid by that date,
the law requires eight (S) full days
work, and every person liable for
''-.' =. o does not pay this
sH tax by Jany. 1st 1908
..' TO be warned to work
r. .... which ho will be as
o.. ;. 80 ,.4l option of the over
seers thereof for eight (S) full
days if SO much be neces sury.
---U. S. Deputy Marshal, j. r.
Mckinney, Chief Constable G. l..
Cureton and constables Grady aud
Coleman made raid up in the
Grow Creek section of Pickons
county Friday night. They cap~
tul'ed q m ost Ingeniously construc.
ted still, while it was yet warm.
1t was constructed of al ordinary
whiskey barrel, bottom knocked
out and the the regulation copper
substituted Tho barrel was
""|noH ,";'', iii : ~,rious eontri-
"auro 0f lin. usa ! worm' con.
@,#."H os wyGoaI''7 contorted
puAu~ hgr"s tuM. genlous pro-
3u@it"a Q, soW0 WQEnown past
1na6Ier moo0o."4gy - brought to
I3"h saturday Esf$s. excited the