The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-16

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--Thero is q demand in town for
dry pine wooi at good prices.
1T you want to enj Christmas.
Just loosen the purse string1n little.
This has boen worry dry fall.
The roads are just rs good as IL mid
srmmer.
Bring your remnant seed cot
ton to me. Will pay the highest
market price. J. D. Holder.
Tho "matrimony disease" as
Josh Billings was accustomed to say,
is violently prevalent in all sectious
Of the country, and victims to it's nor
1ble in-roads are being counted al.
most daily.
j. j. Chandler has moved base
for another year. He has been lun-
ring T.. S. Grif1in'q mill for several
years, but for another year he will
have charge of Ben Kelloy's mill.
His postoilico will bo Liberty. r. +.
ID. No. 3. He is n splendid miller
aud wo bespcak for him II liberal pat.
r0naIe.
-Picke rs had IL beautiful snowfall on
last Wednesday. At ono time on
Wednesday, we began to think wo
would have to shoulder our gun and
hunt the man that wrote "rhe Snow
the Beautiful Snow" as it looked as
if 1T would be impossible for us to
get out this issue without that liter
ary production.
-Marred on the 18th inst. at the
residence Of Mr. Miles Singleton,
father Of The bride, Miss Mary SIN
gtet"n, of the Looper section to
Mr.. McFall Baker, of the Porter
section, Eld J. L. Singleton ollici-
ciatlng. The happy young couple
have the best wishes Of their many
friends for long life Of happiness.
Noah r. Kcnnemore, of the
Kings cectio", met with heavy loss
Sunday about II N when his crib,
containing between $50 and 300
bushels Of corn was consumed by
fire. 1t stood just between his earn
and stables, about fifteen feet away
f"tm each, but they were saved. The
crib is supposed to have been set on
fire by rats.
"A little girl tells what she knows
about King Solomon in the following
essay: "King Solomon WIS II
man who lived ever SO many years
ago, and in the country in which he
governed he was the whole push
King Solomon built Solomon's tenn.
pie and was the father of all the
Masons. He had 700 wives and 200
lady friends, and that is why there
are SO many Masons in tho world"
The Graded school will suspend
operation Wednesday Dec. %, aud
resume work Monday, Ian. 3, 1904
The school has been doing excellent
work since the opening, and th2 av-
erage attendance has been larger
than at any timo since the organizn.
ton Of the school nearly four years
ago. There's just one thing the
school lacks to do successful work -
an up to-date school building. The
best is none too good for lickens,
nnd tho building is coming.
IA tale that is soon told' is the
issue we give you this week. 1t
speaks for itself, and if you think 1t
worthy Of any consideration, we will
thank you to say good word for it..
II is in proper form to be bound and
may bo Of interest to You in after
years if you sow it together and pre-
serve it. The advertisers are all good
substantial business men, and we
hope they will he in business for
many years to come, aud it would be
an agreeable surprise, as well as a
satisfaction, should your chil,lron, in
after years go trade with them and
say, 'the first advertisement Of yours
| ever saw was in the holiday mum
Der of the Sentinel.Journal." Pre-
serve this copy for the plearuro and
benefit Of yourself and family.
Miss Nannc Mauldin oar Ell
cient assistant postmaster, met
With very painful accident last
Sunday evening, by having a lin b
broken just above the ankle. She
had been on a visit to the family
of her father, e. e. Mauldin, near
Easley, and returning that evening
with two Of Mr.. A. M. Morris
children, tho horse she was driving
choked down and fell, the vehicle
Icing on an inclined place in the
road caused it to TIT up. Miss
Nannin iumped ont with the above