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PICKENS: The Pearl of the PIEDMONT. TEPICENS SENTL Entered Apr1 23, 1903 at Plcken's s.C. as second class Mal ma er, under act of Congress of March , 1879 PICKENS, S. C., NOVEMBER 30, 1911. 41st YEAR. -_-_ A STRONG ADDRESS Dr. John E. White, of Atlanta, Before the Woman's Mission ary Union at Anderson. The subject of the doctor's address was the "Backward People of the South." He said that he used the word "back ward" with no invidious spirit, bit felt that he had the. right to speak of the people that way because he had spent many years among them as an edu cator and religious worker. He also said that at the beginning he destred his audience to under stand that he was a Southern man, born and reared, and that what he said that night might seem hard wasisaid because of love for the Southland and be cause Southernmne'n must say The orators of the past have tickled the ears of the people by telling them what a wonderful people they were, and lauding their virtues. Virtues speak for themselves, but the true citizen tells them their faults. He is only a good Southerner who wants the South to be right. Said he, all of us are back ward, measured by the charac ter of Christ and the edge of Book. Universally we are times as development ible times ted such we urn of backward nglands rural one of calm, peace telligence not found any ere else on[the globe; 11,005 suicides, 74,000 divorces and 12, 000' homicides do not show us equal morad~i with other Euro pean countries, although we may be superior in other ways. 4 The~South is a backward sec tion of the United States, finan cially, its bank deposits per cap ita being only one-fourth what they are in many other states. Educationally the South is back - wai-d. The twelve Southern states have one-sixth the popu lation of the United States, and one-third of all the illiteracy of the Union is to be found in these twelve states. Politically we are backward, continued Dr, White. Southern bramns founded the American republic, and up to 1860 the South furnished the chief just ices of the United States, with one exception. We were at the head in those times, but the purest American inherited ca pacity for governing is not exer cised as in other places. Morally we ar-e backward in attaining good citizenship. Out of 246 lynchings all over the country, -all but 42 occurred in~the South, showing our barbarism. Now, said Dr. White, who are the backward people? There are 30,000,000., people in the twelve Southern states, and not ali of them are backward, for 10,000,000 are lifted in a safe level f-civilization and repre the flower of the chivalry of the Anglo-Saxon race. They are the people who foster educa tion, commerce, mining, agri culture and set the standard of moral public opinion. In every community one or more men may be found representing this class, but there are only 10,000, *000 of them out of the 20,000,000 who are not on a safe level of civilization, and by - safe level" I mean those who if turned loose would wield the destinies of the South for good, and by "unsafe" I mean those who if given au thority would sink the country , to the lowest level of civilization or barbarism. About 2,000,000 represent the class who. have relations withj the better element and lower el' ment and trafficbetween the two. They use ignorance by molding and shaping it, for their * .,,own purposes, and are the dem 'agogues of the South; 5,000,000 ~tes own not one inch ofland and'couldinow drop out of exist ce w' 'sturbing any tax oft&co cry; 3,000,000 rntains an'd there egroes. Add tc what eonstitutes the backward 20,000,000 of the South, the field of our religious endeavors. Dr. White said that his life is :devoted to this 20,000,000, and that he would rather be a factor in its uplift than move in the most aristocratic circles as a leader. For' ten years he was secretar.y of the home mission board and gained much experi ence with the mountain and mill people. He considers the mountaineers America's store house of pure r.ed blood and of unjaded nerver Their names, languages and customs link us to the unadulterated Anglo Saxon of Beowulf. Dr. White spoke of the eager ness of the mountain children for education and their inherent religiousturn, Cold,rain,snow, mud nor any weather inclem ency keep them at home-they must be told to stay at home in stead of told to go to school. The mountain child is a gold mine waiting for development. There are no skeptics in the mountains -they take the Book from cover to coyer. In Madison county, N, C., up to 1900 only one boy had left that county for an education and his parents were really not mountaineers. Since then from one mountain school in that county sixty boys 1 and girls have graduated from outside schools and universities. - When Dr. White taught in one of the mountain schools a parent made complaint to the school board that the teacher was "unset -ling" the minds of his children and getting notions in their heads about leaving, home and going out ite tLoorld. The backward class of 5,000, 000 who own no land are the under strata that still needs to be dealt with. They come from the undisturbed servant class brought with the colonists from other countries, and finding themselves free in this land, be came the poor white tenants of the plantations, owning io land, careless, irresponsible, living upon the business abilities of the planter. After the war, says Dr. White, these people began to congre gate about factories and mills where their children and women could be made available for fam ily support. Thus sprung up the ignorant, inflammable mill element. though I do not naean to say that all people who work in mills are of this origin. The Atlanta riot, making a regular hell of human force, continued the doctor, was com posed of nuill people. as was proven by the investigation. Not one single man belonging to that mob owned a fdot of dirt. This element largely makes up the mob of the lawless element of the Southland. The negroes make the 10,000, 000 of the 20,000,000 backward people forming a great cloud of peril to the Soutb. We brought them here and keep them here. Any propositon to remove them would meet oposition: As long as the wh'% man makes the negro a factor in the develop ment of the South he must in common decency give the black man justice. " Friends," exclaimed Dr. White, "I am not so much afraid the negro will lose his ~head as I am that the white man will lose his soul. The gos. pel of Christ only is capable of making the relations between the white aid blacks right, and I mean right by the stand ard of God. We must rule by the super iority of virtue anid not by the equality of vice The negroes are practically Baptists the world over. Belong to us as a denomination; and the Bap tists must practice their religion on the negro and try to get Christ's conception of him." IDr. White said that while the home mission board looked into the industrial conditions of thesq backward people, it was not its mission to look after the indus trial affairs ocf the country ex cept from the standpoint of hu manity. Do not think because you are rich and cultured that you can separate yourself from these people, for you must climb the ladder by he irt culture. "If yodi. deny the backward people." declared Dr.White. .in closiing his " -eny the very pe FIFTY MILLION ON COTTON CRO Assured of Ample Backing 1 Hold Cotton-Plans for Ui holding Price of Product. New York, Nov. 21.-Ne York bankers who have bee conferring here for the last fe days with representatives of th Southern Cotton congress, a nounced this -afternoon the they had raised a fund of $50 000,000 to be placed in the col ton belt for the purpose of hani ling thegotton crop of 1911 an enabling growers to participat in any rise in the market. - The negotiations were cor ducted on behalf of the Sout: by Gov. Emmet O'Neal, of Ale bama; Senator Bailey, of Texac who has been advising his co: leagues as to the legal aspects C the proposition; E. J. Watsor president of the permaner Southern Cotton congress, an commissioner of agriculture c South Carolina, and Clarence C Ousley, of Fort Worth, Texa representing the governor of hi st: te. The bpnkers who will furnis' the fund, according to the sit, ment. a! e headed by Col. Rob, M. Thompson, of the breeig firm of H. P. Pell & '1h city. The financial suppuc e several of the strongest banks i: New York has been given t the plan. The plan proposes to advanc the grower I$25 per bale upo: his cotton, based on the marke value at the time of the loar No interest will be paid upoi the loan, the only charge bein $1 per bale, which is regarde, as a legitimate minimum charg for the expense of grading an, handling. The cotton is no held, nor taken from the chan nels of trade, but is placed a the best advantage. The growe is given the right to designat the day of sale prior to Januar; 1; 1913, and will participate ii any advance in price to the es tent of three-fourths of the ris of the market. Details of the plan are yet I be worked out. It has been de cided, however, to place thJ funds through the state con mittees named by the governo: or commissioner of agricultur of a state, and these committee shall be empowered to sell whe: cotton reaches 12 cents, an compelled to sell when it reacd ed 13 cents, regardless of advi( from the growers. Provisio: against any violation of th Sherman anti-trust law is cor taned in the agreement. "Of course," reads the state ment, "everything depend upon the acceptance of ithe pla by the individual farmer in cor nection with his pledge to reduc acreage the coming year." Following is' the announc< ment of the plan, issued afti to-day's conference: "The announcement we made here to-day following th conferences that have beeni progress for several days b< tween prominent bankersc New York and leading repr< sentatives of the South, such Gov. O'Neal, of Alabama; CIx ence Ousley, representing Go, Colquit, of Texas, and E.J Watson, president of the perm. nent Southern Cotton congres and commnissioner of agricultm of South Carolina, that a prol osition has been presented1 these gentlemen, representin respectivlythe governors' co: ference and the cotton congres: composed of producers and bus ness men and bankers of ti South, which means the placir in the cotton belt states of aboi .50,000,000 immediately for 1.1 handling of the cotton cre of 1911. "In other words, the propos tion is to give thahrmer $25 pt bale advance on his cotton witl out interest, charging him onl $1 per bale tor cover expenses< grading and hauling, lettir him turn over the cotton to ti holders, who will advance hii $25 per bale and give him ti opportu ~yto design ate ti ate othe sale prior to Jai 1, 191t3. and to participate an~ aidvance in price :.o the e: tentf~ three-fourths of the ri: in e market. 'is calculateddhaf in tl t ordina ing plb this plan he takes no mor chances than he did before. anc has every opportunity of maxi mum price in a rising market, and saving the losses sustained to by damage and : y loss of weight and warehousing charges. ."Provision is made against any apparent violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, in that :n each committee named by the w governor or commission'r of Le agriculture of each state has cower to name the (lay of sale if t cotton reaches 12 or 13 cents, . which according to the testi . mony gathered gives only a j. close legitimate profit on the d cost of production. e Of course everything de pends on the acceptance of the plan by the indvidual farmer in h connection with his pledge to re duce acreage the coming year. The individual farmer alone can make success possible. ,f "The undertaking is fathered by a number of bankers of [t whom Col. R. M. Thompson is d the head. The committeemen & here have been offered assur ances from some of the strongest banks in the city of a thorough s backing of these already strong interests. b "These gentlemen here, as well as President Barrett of the National Farm ers' union, con side the plan acceptable to the g 'rowers,~ fln-4 ; _ etonight '"-1i!g to their r ective n States i present j: to their o ple, and if it be agreeable to the producers to put it into immedi e ate operation. "Senator Bailey has been ad t vising as to the legal aspect of the prop.sition." a E, J. Watson, president of the Southern Cotton congress, com d menting on the plan tonight, e said: d "We have carefully consider t ed the whole thing in all its ._ phases. I can't say what the t growers are going to do. The r financial end is strong. It holds e out prospects of fine results and y estops any efforts at a corner of a the market. It seems to insure - an honest price for cotton and e to safeeuard the commodity which is the ery keystone of o American finance. Some one -besides the farmer may make e some money out of it, but as -that is done the farmer is being r assured several dollars a bale e more than he would get under s the present iniquitious market ing methods. We are therefore d willing to submit and recomn e mend the proposition to our e people, and, if they wish to ac a cept it, then help them to make e it effective as we can. a- "There is no doubt that the holding and reduction of acreage e. pledge, t :e movement :we have Ls been pushing so successfully, n has ckecked the downward ten ~-dency of prices under the per e sistent hammering up to this time. So far we have fought - the battle unaided: now that r money to the extent of $50,000, 000 is offered we may fight s harder and in the end we hope .e to put a check to methods of n marketing of a nationally im 3- portant commodity which the f federal government ought to 3- have wiped out long ago." S wH A T OTHERS THINK OF THE PLAN. r Mayesville, Nov. 22.-B. W. Dabbs, president of the South Carolina Farmers' union, -is rather doubtful how the farmers sof the State will receive the plan of the New York syndicate to lend $25 a bale upon the cot o ton crop of South Carolina. Its success will depend, he said, upon whether the planters em brace the offer of the syndicate. He also said that he could not tsee any noticable effect of the syndicates scheme. as he it tiought the main desideratum eto be obtained by the plan, in P his estimation, had already been Obtained through action bry the - Farmers' union. r Nevertheless, if the plan seems good to him when he has had time to examine its details, h( will Pn d it his heartiest support. He ho~pes, he said, that it will eprove successful in helping the farmers to secure a fair prices ~for their cotton. aGalveston, Tex., Nov. 22; ~Discussing the; plan announ 4ec -ht forfew York ban rs N 0o,000,000 to cot 1r H. Kempner, pr i eston cotton ex e t to identical cotton that is shippec by each farmer will be held anc whether each shipper will havE the right of marketing his own cotton and pay the co'mmission and a few other practical ques tions are not discussed in the outline of the plan so far given. "The fund will be of great benefit if the marketing of cot ton is judiciously done, and will go a long way to supplement the work that cotton factors have done, and will continue to do, of advancing on cotton and charging the actual expense of holding it but giving the pur chaser all instead of three fourths of an advance in price. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 22.-A lukewarm reception of the an nouncement that New York bankers are ready to advance $50,000,000 to farmers on a cot ton holding plan was accorded today in interviews by cotton men in several of Texas' leading cities, While some favored the pro ject nearly all expressed doubts about the possibility of making arrangements that would suit any considerable part of the cot ton producers. Cotton middle men generally said the project would not be accepted. Few cotton planters .could be reached for interviews. At Austin two or three planters said that their own banks were looking after farmers' Interests satisfactorily. TEMPERANCE. Alcohol As Food And Medicine. Dr. H. W. Wiley, Washing ton, D. C. I think there is a marked ten dency in the profession to regard the virtues of alcohol as very questionable. The old idea that if one is going to expose himself to extreme danger or extremes of climatic conditions, the body should be fortified by the use of alcohol, has dissapeared. It is quite certain now that alcohol does not make one less apt to freeze, bnt more so, and that it does not give any such amount of energy as to be at all com pensatory for the injury it may produce. On the witness stand I have stated that I considered alcohol a food because a certain quanity of it is burned in the body, with the production of heat and energy.- In the light of recent investigations, how ever, and from theoretic consid erations. I am inclined to the opinion that the effort to rid the body of even the small quanities of alcohol mentioned may, per haps, consume a great deal more energy than is furnished by its combustion, and that, on the whole, itcannot be regarded as a food, even in the limited sense nere described. . The suscepti bility to certain diseases of per sons addicted to alcohol has been noted by many writers, and the records of death by sunstroke indicate that a very large per centage of the victims are alco holics. The tendency which alcohol has to weaken the bodily assistance, therefore, is a mat ter not to be left out of consid eration. The general result of the study of this problem has been an accelerated movement to res'trict the use of alcohol in medical practice, and~ especially in hospital practice. Both as a means of preventing disease and as a remedy this agent is rapidly falling into disrepute, so that it bids fair to become merely a memory in our materi~a medica and the pharmacopeia. What Physicians Think of Beer. in view of the wide-spread agitation concerning the official recognition by the Government of the Brewers' Congress. and avowed purpose of which is "the advancement of all phases of the brewing industry" the repetition of a few well authent icated facts concerning the (dan gers of beer-drinking may'be op portune. "BEER-DRINKERS' UEART' Commenting on the effect of beer upon the heart. Sir Victor Horsley, London's -celebrated surgeon, says: "It is ',probably not realized by many tha.t very small doses of any drink'con taining alcohol, constantly taker ultimately cause .depression ol the efficiency of the heart. The term, "beer-drinkers" heart.' is one welliknown to the physic Asmadae hositals and in dlue to dilation, accompamea Dy some increase of tissue and of fat. Drs. Baur and Bollinger found that in Munich one in every sixteen of 'the hospital patients died from this disorder. It is common in Germany-the land of beer-drinking-and proves incontestably that the habit of drinking even such a mild alcoholic beverage as 'lager beer' is one that is uidesirable and unwise." Another English physician, Dr. Clement Dukes, says: 6'Beer is a drug which deadens the will power and excites the animal instinct of the young. Its relations therefore to im morality is most momentous." Dr. S. H. Burgen, a medical practioner of many years' stand! ing in Toledo, 0., says that beer drinkers are absolutely the most dangerous class of subjects a surgeon can operate on. He makes the statement. "Insig nificant scratches are liable to develop a long train of danger ous troubles. Sometimes deli rium tremens results from a small hurt. It is dangerous for a beer drinker to even cut his finger. All surgeons hesitate jo perform operations on a !2eer drinker that they would nder take with the est confi dence on any e else. "I thin1" beer kills quicker than a other liquor. My at tenti was first called to its in us effects when I began ex amin'g for life insurance. I passed as unusually good. risks five Ge 1ans, young business men, w sqeemed in the best health, and to - . superb con stitutions. In a fe nrs I was amazed to see the who five drop off, one after another, with what ought to have. been mild and easily curable diseases. On comparing my experiences with those of other physicians, I found they were all having similar luck with confirmed beer drinkers, and my practice since has heaped- confirmation. "'The first organ to be attack ed is the kidneys; the liver soon sympathizes, and then. comes, most frequently, dropsy or Bright's disease, both certain, to end fatally. The beer drink-) er seems incapable of recovering L from mild disorders and injuries not usually regarded of a grave character. Pneumonia, pleurisy severs, etc., seem to have a first mortgage on him, which. they foreclose remorselessly at an early opportunity I do not re gard beer drinking as safe for anyone, It is a dangerous, ag gressive evil that no one can tamper with, with any safety to himself." Citation. Stata of S.outh Carolina, Counity of Pickens. By J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge. Whe'reas, Carlisle Newton and E. J. H ster made suit to me to grant them letters of Administration with the will annexed of the Estate and effects of Sarah A. Alexander. Th-ee are therefore. to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Sarah A. Alexander deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Pickens on the 9t h day of No\. 111 next, after publication hereof, at 11 oclock in the forenoon, to showv cause, if ;w. :lhey have, wh the said adminis trationu .hould not be granted. Given, under my hand this 24 day of Oct. Aumno Domini 1911. J. 8. Newberry, J. P. P. c. ate of South Carol'na, County of Pickens, In Court of Common Pleas. Uat ti. Gaston Garrett. et al, Piaintiffs, vs Fanie Gaston. ot at. Defendante', In pursuance Ot a 'eCretal order made in the above stated case .y his Honor Judge Gen. E. Piinee at his chamber at Ande so'u. S. C. date'd Oct. 25, 1911, and on file in the Clerk's ofli<e for Pickens o >unty. I will s-11 to tie h.e hest hidder before the c..urt house (der at Pickens, . C derrg the legal hours for sale on sr les i.y in December 1911 the following deer:I tp real estate to wit: .d .hat pi-o p-irre:. or tract of land si; u- i. b. iu :mrd' be.i'g in Picke-ns coun tv contaimno eight g) acres more or lss accnrding to a survey and plat of sawme made by J. P. A ttaway, Surveyor, dated Sept. 10, 1906 to which plat refer ene us hereby made for a more com plete description said land is bounded by Ferguson, Looper and Holder land and being the home place of Kimsey Gaston at the time of his death. Terms of sale. o e half (1) cash on day of sale the credit potion payable in one year from day of sale and to be secured by bo.na of the purshaser and mortgage of the premises with leave to the pur chaser to pay all cash or to anticipate payment the credit portion to bear in Itere st from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum. Purchaser Eto comply with the terms of sP.itwithin one hour or the premis4. will be resold at the risk of the former purchaser.I Pnreh osr to (Prickly Ash; Poke Root and Pothniese . - Prompt Powerful PanF' Nt beneficWa ef- Stubborncss odr:aas fects are -usualy yield to P. P. P. - felt very quickly when othermedi- yo4uto ced -- cnes are useless Makes rich, red, pure blood-cleanses the system-clears the -brain--strengthens digestoioand A positive specific for Blood Poison and skind - Drives out Rheumatism and Stops the Pain; ens is a wonderful tonic and body-btilder Thousands F. V. L#PW y A Sold by Piekens Drug CO. Bargains In 8&aea We have a lot of odds and. n shoes that we are offering, rrea.t sacrifice. Come and hem over and if you can get 6rany mem o an save money. Let the Chickens and rome along and all the money an spare. CRAi BROS One-price. Cash Merch This space 1R The man who furnishes Square Meals on short notice and at right prices. Open Day and Night to Serve You. Fresh Fish Every Week. Leave your orders or call and see us. G. W ORB A. K. PARK, West End Greenvile I am now full-up on all lines Dry Goods, Underwear, Hosiery, Ge t~ihings, Blankets, Quilts, etc I have shoes to suit all people ad p es. I have the same old motto: "Same Goods for Less Money. - My prices SHALL be in keeping with the-low~price of cotton. I promise full value for your mon ey~or your money back. My old customers know that I make all statements GooD. Those who have never traded with me come and see whatlIcan do f you. A Nervous Woman FindsGPACCA Relief After Many Years ( n Women who suffer from extreme nervousness, often nridure n-uch sfing hichoe says: n rlif sufrn eoefnigayrle.iMrs. Daniel Kintner, of Defiance, Bu rne lu n onIo ., had such an experience, regard "I bad stomach OFO:17 antet - trouble when I was GRNVLEs.. - eighteen .years old that -broke down ,u.308 -- \ my health, and for _______________ years I suffered -~ '... with nervousnessI ~ * a r.ni'. headache, indiges- lU tion and nervous Al esa odn cameaa spasms. Thueetoftet8.Pkil~l * spasms got so bad sn tesm u~W~ A9~lP ii I would have em / three or four ~ es th Sa week. After try-dbre amnal~lPSU I44 ing ne.lyeveryedtsadeaemstae -mended,I desge Nervine, and I must say It helped al .nebeda wonderfully. Ibhave had no severe nerv ourness for several years."__________________ MRS. DAN KINTNER, Many remedies are recbommended C STOR for dliseases of the nervous system PrIlU5 that fail to produce results because~ DiY fa '. i they do not reach the seat of the trouble. Dr. Miles' Nervine has Bertb proven its value in such cases 80so gaueo many times that it is unnecessary to make claims for it. You can prove its merits for yourself by f~5?F?~ I' ge:tng a bottle of your druggist, who will rteturn--~Th-rce. if Y yo rhaivff benefit.yucn O *MEICL O. Ecbr GREEV UA3'. Fp SPRCTCA 2AReTrand