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sa Pntgs l~ tscew4castu sa eraad act u'nnmgreus ol' Ylnreth 3, 187* ax' 41st Year PICKENS. S. C., JUNE 15, 1911. Liberty. Miss Mary Sheldon, of Fatr play, spent the fore part of last week with her sister, Mrs. W. B. Glenn. - Miss Ruth Parsons, of Pick ns, was the guest of her sister, rs. H. T. Keenan, and other elatives here last week. Miss Meda Hunt spent last eek with fri'ends and relatives Greenville. She attended the mmencement exercises at rman University, of which brother, Mr. Willie, is a dent. -Virs. A.P.' wrence, of Cen tral, visited h ' aunt, Mrs W. S. Parsons, and other relatives here last week. Mrs. J. P. Glennnd her two nieces, Misses Nelliend Helen Watkins, of Anderson, spent last week as the guests of Mr. ahd Mrs. J. P. Smith, and other relatives here. Mr. Cloyd Robinson, of Char lotte, N. C., spent last week with his many friends in the city, Mrs. R. L. Crenshaw, of At lanta, came last Friday to the edside of her mother, Mrs. J. . Wakelin, who is seriously ill. Mrs. J. R. Shelor, of Ander )n, spent part of last -week rith her sister, Mrs. 13. G. m)rith. Miss May Willis sment a few ays with her uncle, Mr. B. F. arsons, at Pickens, last week. Miss Floride Calhoun,of Clem n, was the guest of Miss Pearl ith last week. r . a - g s. J. F. Banister spent Sunday tRthFThatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bowen, at Plckens. Little Miss Marie Smith is risiting relatives in Anderson is week. 'iss Nettie Parsons returned n Batesville last week, where has been for the past few -nths engaged in the millinery .iness. Mr, and Mrs. G. B. Byrd and laughter, Miss Meda, attended the wedding of the former's ilece in Blacksburg, last week. iss Meda's parents have re irned, but she will visit friends id relatives in Gaffney before ~turning home. Dr. Ed. Allgood, of IR. 1., was n the city Tuesday. Mr. 0. F. Wilson, of Catee (chee, was in the city Saturday on bulsiness. We regret to inform the pub lic that the Salubrity News has d.eparted this life, and gone to .lparts unknown. T. A. Hughes was shot Tuies dlay morning by Mr. E. 0, Gil tap, at the latter's residence. ot hear' particulars. i auto accident one day *,Mr. J. W. Smith had ribs dislocated. E. Robinson, -con builder, who is now Iwork at Fort Hill, aaturday night and i ome folks. I d a mith, ofEaly U ther, Mr. J. P. [ afternoon, --binson, who is c at Central, Is .0 days. *of thisi section Our'ishing, but The 11 year old son of our fel low townsman. Mr. J. F. Crane, has been sick for several days, being threatened with fever, but we are glad to know he is better. The Tragedy of a $3-Life. , The tragedy of a death such as scores of girls met recently in a New York factory fire-trap is great, but for many of the vic bims the tragedy of living was just as great. Here is a para yraph taken from the pitiful 3tory of the identification of the lead: "A cutter identified his sweet rieart by their engagement ring mnd her purse. It contained a week's pay, $3." Imagine, if you can, a young woman fighting for an existence n New York dity on the pit ;ance of $3 week! Imagine her laily starving, her daily crush [ng of desire, her daily killing of lope! What an awakening in the rnorning from a nigh t of trou bled sleep on a misern ble pallet Ahat gave no rest to weary flesh and bones; not an awakening to rresh air and sunshine and con Wortable surroundings, but to squalor and dirt, narrow walls bhat barely give space to a bed, box and a broken chair. What a breakfast must be hers! A cup f tea warmed over a smoky lamp and dry bread-no more probably. What a toilet! A pitiful effort to make a few worn and faded garments look presentable, and then a glance into a broken bit of mirror at a figure so unattractive and a face so unsatisfied. There follows the long tramp to work, some times through cold, sometimes through heat, sometimes wet; then a hard day's toil, ten hours of bending over fine garments for the prosperous, and then a painful tramp back "home" to another scant meal and-another night's weary sleep. And so (lay Ifter (lay the struggle goes on to keep body and soul together, and the soul clean, on a pitiful $3 a wecek. It dare not stop-not even for sick ness. It must go on. And with it all there is an everlasting hun ger- that is never- satisfied and an everlasting yearning for something better that is never appeased. rfThe Tragedy of such living is as great as the tragedy of any dying. Sometimes in the years to come men will look back up on these present days of ours, and marvel that we ever believ ed that we dealt justly and up rightly with oye another. -Hay erhill Gazette.. A Delightful Evening. Thumrsday evening, the 7th instant, had been set apart by Mr. Ben F. Parsons, when he would "keep open house" to his friends, at his beautiful home, "'Maplecroft"' in Pickens. The lawvn party was original with him, and given by him, and invitations sent out for ev erybody to come and enjoy themselves, which all did to the fullest extent. From 7 to 11 some 350O people of the town and vicinity enjoy ed themselves. The lawn wam decorated )vith flowers, atche and eloctric lights, the lights b ing concealed in the trees an, shrubbery and made a mos Pleasing effect. Seats an swings and cozy cornei were all about and were occu pied at all times, while th< ground and spacious liazza contained many people wh4 claimed their courting dati were over. Music was furnished bl Ward's Orchestra,' composed o a dozen pieces, the players being made up from members of thi famous . Piedmont Band, an< was a most excellent attraction They occupied one corner of thf piazza and made excellent mu sic, which was intersperced a times by the -piano and violin and solos by ladie present. Mayor Sam B. Craig, in a few well chosen remarks welcomed the guests and openeq the festiv. ities of the evening aid the lasi seen of him he had a very beau. tiful young lady far from th< madding throng and wat using all of his eloquence trying to persuade her that "'Craig" was as good a name :s she could get and she could "weai it,"' if she wanted to. We learr the young lady has Leon given t line of hot air before, so took the matter under advisement. Punch was served in corner oi the lawn, the settings being ferns and potted plants. Bobby Burn's favorite was deliciou. and not too strong. The Methodist and Baptisl ministers were present, and, n( doubt, thought the climax of th< occasion would be reached an< solemnized, but the man go "cold footed" or the lady stoo< upon her inalienable right an prerogative to change her mim -anyway, that which all mos expected, for a wonder, did no happen. We won't call any names bul will let our readers into a gooi joke anent this occasion. Whil< serving the punch a loving couIpIe walked up to the table and he, observing a thread o -the shoulder of his fair en amorita, undertook to brush i off, niaking two or three passes at it., but it still stuck. Becom ing determhine( to remove th< offending article he gingerlY jerks it from her shoulder an< undertakes to dispose of it sur rep~titiously. Imagine his em barrassnmentI and1 consternatiot to find it still coming into hi hands, and finally with: double-h andfual of cotton -sill, threadl ini his hand1 which he rolls into a little ball and slyl' tosses under' the table, a satis fled smile of a dluty wvell (ion< spreads over his face, litti< dreaming of the havoc he har played with "'my lady's'' toilet The next morning when th young lady in question came t' breakfast, her mother asked he how she enjoyed herself th night before, She r'eplied "Splendidly; it was a nice occa sion," but further "remarket -that she had slept but little. O1 being pressed for a reason fo her wakefulness, replied tha she had laid awake half th night trying to think what ha< become of her union suit! B3oys hereafter be careful how yoi ~try to remove threads fron2 around the neck of lady's dres es. Tiakinig it all in all, the lawi fete al "'Maplecroft"' TJhumrsda: night was one of the lelasantes social events in Pickens in mai, days. Several out-of-town guest were present, and they, with th home folks, all showered con plimients upon Mr. Parsons fc s the enjoyable evening he had I- iVen thom and expressed a I wish that the pleasure would be t repeated soon. A At is needless to say. -that 9 D4ine Rumor, as usual, found a - mIte to share the nest that Mr. . ,ios has so nicely fitted up. 3 do not like to question the ) goed dame's veracity, but time a alone will prove the truthful ness or falsity of hei bbbling r tongue. r Here's to the health and hap Spiness of all who attended and the Iope that they may all I akain'Meet soon under such au spicious circumstances, Glenn-Taylor Weddinq. The Presbyterian church at Niberty was the scene of an un usually pretty, simple wedding Wednesday afternoon, 7th inst., when Miss Louis Smith and Mr. 'W. C. Taylor, of Westminster, weWe niarried, the bride's pastor, Rev. J. C. Bailey, officiating. As the first triumphant notes of Mendelssohn's Wedding March were sounded by Miss. Nellie Watkins, of Anderson, the bridal party entered the church. First came the ushers,. Messrs. W. C. Ariall-, J. P. Glenn, Colt M. Robinson an(d Y. P. raylor. They were followed by the bridesmaids,. Misses Amaryllas Sitgreaves and Flo ride Calhoun, of Clemirson Col lege, attractively gowned in white lingerie embroidery frocks with large white picture hats and carrying armfuls of pink carnations. Then came the little ring bearer, Master Marion Glenn Smith, the b ride's nephew, bear ing the ring in a white satin cushion, and the little flower girl, Miss Marie Smith, in a dainty white dress, and carrying a basket of pink sweet peas. The bride came in 'on the arm of the maid of honor, her sister. Miss Pearl Smith and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Mr. Andrew M. Norris. of West. minster. Here they were nro nounced man and wife with the beautiful ring cereemony. The bride and grooi left on the 6 o'clock train for the moun tains of Western North Caro Ino, where they will spend their) honeymoon. Mrs. Taylor is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smith, and is universally popn. lar hecauise of her charming Imanner and lovely disposition. Mr. Taylor is superinltenldent of the schools at Westminster ,and is one of the most su1ccessfuli and popular teachers who has ever hieen emlployedl there. ne Folger---Taylor. Oeof the miost brilliant affairs that Pickens has been r treated to in a long while took B place last Thursday evening, ,when Mis Eilene rjylor became - the wife of Mr. Ernest Folger. Both of these young people' d! are numbered among Pickens' r otpplrset, and the wed t' ding has for some time been B exciting considerable interest 1 among the young people of this) ,city and vicinity. 1IThe wedding was solemlnized 1at the Baptist church and the - nuptial knot was tied by the bride's pastor', Rev. ('. A. Waters. Thew church was beauitfumlly t dlecorated with rare p)ot flowers, ivy and( hamboo vine; and be fore the wedding party came to s the chancel Mrs. 0. F". Kirby e feelingly rendered '" Perfect SLove.'' r Promptly at 7 o'clock, to the stately rythm of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," beautifully rendered by Miss Frances Bruce, Mr. FoIger, accompanied by his best man, Mr. Fred Symmes, of Greenville, advanced up on* aisle,' While the bride, on the arm of her grandfather, Mr. Alfred Taylor, of Taylors, S. C., advanced up the other, and was given by him in keeping to the, man whom she vowed to love, honor and obey. The bride'ssister, Miss Lorena Taylor, was maid of honor; the ushers were Messrs. Julius E. Boggs, Jr., Hagood Bruce, A. B. Taylor and Sidney Bruce. The maid of honor was strik Ingly pretty, dressed hi white batiste, trimmed in lace; her becomingly pretty hat was of black chip and wreathed in pink roses; her flowers were an irm boquet of pink roses and rmaiden-hair ferns. The bride, as usual, was most charmingly beau-tiful, which was evhanced by her becoming Iress of tan cloth, tailor-made, with hat to match-, relieved by a tiny bunch of pink, and she carried a sho-wer boquet of bride's roses and maiden-hair ferns. They were the recipients of many handsoime, useful and valuable presents, which m ade quite an iniposing array and equaled if not surpassed any such tokens of esteem that have ever been seen. here before. Hand-painted china, cut-glass, costly bric-a-brac,. silver, linen, and useful articles of every de scription in the greatest profu sion and of the handsomest. Both of the young people are quite well known, not only in this immediate vicinity, but throughout the state as well. Mr. Folger is a prominent and progressive young business man of our. city, being the head of the Folger-Thornley Co,, while the bride is one of our most tal ented and popular young ladies, the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. J. T.. Taylor. The happy couple left imnie diately for Easley, boarding train No. 30 for prolminent east ern points, where they will spend their honeymoon, after which they will be at home to their friends in the groom's splendid residence on Main street, when congratu lations will be in order. The guests were many in numbller, nmany from abroad being present. [Mr. and Mrs. Folger ret~urned to Pickens this (Tlhur'sday) morning, the groom looking re freshed, bright-.eved(, rejuiivenat ed, andl at peace with all th1e wo)rldl, the bride, of course, in the same cheerful and happy coniditioni. Prof. W. E. Dendy Honored. T1he~ nuiimorous f riends of Prof. Dendy in Monroe and through out the state appreciate very highly the compliment paid him by the trustees of the Fifth Dis trict ALgricp ltutral School in choosing himi as president of that institution, and even though he (did not accept the p~lace because he felt that his dulty' lay else where, his selection was none the less a tribute to his popularity as a man and his su perh abd iity as a teacheor. Prof. D endy realized the fact that the dlistrict school offered big opp)otulnities andl that it was a fi(eld of great promuise, and but for his connection wvith the Monroe public schools he would havelreadily accepted, but the unanimity of the local board in asking him to remain, together with their appreciation of his good work since he has been at the head of the schools, coupled with his own conception of-duty In the premises, caused him to decide to remain. Prof. Dendy has been in Mon roe only a few months, but du ring that time he has made hundreds of friends and distin guished himself a an educator f splendid ability.-Walton (Ga.) Tribune. Standing of Contestants. CONTESTANTS FOR PIANO. NORRIS: ims VidaSheriff 801,850 LIBERTY: Riss Annie Boggs 233.725 CENTRAL: Miss Lillie Moore 78,125 ilss Gula Powers 81,27(s 3IX MILE, Pickens, R9mte 2. Mitst Hattie Boroughs 61,225 Sliss Lizzie Garrett 94,325 PICKENS. Route 4. lis Eva Holder 129,175 PICKENS: Sisls Minnie Herd 125,128 Hism Pearla Hester 87,275 Miss Josie Chastain 355,825 . Hliss T Bates 352,050 DACUSV1LL E: Mies Lillie Sutherland4 293,025 TABLE MT., Marietta. Route 2. Nlisi Leila Jon-a II75 PICK ENS. R. 5. Mrs. zinie Iraeni!e 5.225 CLlEMSON COLLEGE, Miss Tecoa Madden. 119.625 JOUASSE, 8. (1. Miss Annie W hitnire 90,975 PICKENS, R 3. Gracia Porter 1;5 075 LllIHERTY R13 nis Nina Griflin 101.725 EABLE.y, R 1 Inez Smith 352,075 CONTESTANT.S lOR STALK CUT.. TER PICKENS, It. I J. D. Findley 39,225 Elisha Giletrap. 129,825 PICKENS, R 2. W. B. Allgood 398,425 B. F. Freeman 101,275 W B. Mann 95,225 10. Rt. Moon 125,875 PICKENS, R 3. w. R. Price 145.925 Ed Griffln 117.275 PICKENS R 4. A. L. Edens 120,825 ,M. M. Holder 125,575 J. W. Hendricks 88,125 PICKENS, R 5. J, B. Brazeale 98.050 P'ICKENS, R 6. A 1'. Alexander ':- ,225 Itoht. Cnrtis 6S,225 Li ~tYR 3. L. Wa. O'Del 105.725 W. M. Gant t 203.850 E A SLEY Rt 6 .J. L llagwell 393 1251 EASLEYX It 1 J Hir *1 .ooper 1 39.375 .1. II. linghes 70.125f Tlhough, no) incumbent of' the spe(akership has ever' been inm inated for president since the national convention systemi wasV introduced1,several former speak ers have received nomilnations for the office of' chief executive of the nation. Among themi were Henry Clay in 1844,James K. Polk in the same year, John Bell in 1.860 and .James G. Blaine in 1884I. But no aspir ant for the pr'esidlency has made such headway while filling the speaker's office. Speakers Sam uel J. Randall, John 0. Carlisle and Tlhomas B. Reed all failed to dlevelop sub stan tial strength as pr1esidential candidates, a!: though their distinction as party leadiers was uintinestioned. Goodbye. What's Your Hurry? Comie into the gardlen, Mand, M\ind not the co'OWs Ldad low... Gee! Y ou've sat on an ant hill, Maud! Well, good1lbye, if you're going, -Hou-toTnin Post.