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Former Senator Replies to Speech of Solicitor Beck. Fenatr John L. McILaurin wias re e*. ily ur=;ed by the attorney general of Notih Dakota to ntke a speaking totr of the state and discuss vital p.1 He:s of the <:ay. . He replied as cont'11+tsv i lle, S. C., t)et. 79, 1921. len. Wo1',. Len'ike, A\tty. Ge'l'., !".1. i . N . 1). .a; l)e:nr Sir: It i< ia s r'ci'e of sin .:ri't that. I n: utnable at this .c-/T ..< ur Inv itation to de . . s:. (' ('hes in North e I a! a1t)i,' l-.nd~y the a t.' l;lh i ful acquintanne. I - il i :'l;':1' ac(tion oft thet Fedellrail - I. h in 192() br(oueht uill !; , ut~lltura' l see"(t In in1 thel - ailtes. N :uth ('a l inall: is .11' .1 youil :ir' and( fr~om -adI .'tnset, this em1'+ntry+ is in 1'S ft revidlut ioll, but as yet lntot fully re'alizedi it. TIhc n1 i lixmt Itn rer; ch l it: clinneiI day" ll te :r'!1 ti'Le w\a. sigmt' r'hty . a;' eS airt' I)fort' u-;. :; nlro ( usational ist, :tun! I :olr h' tIl to ln.ioy the soun f .:n 1i hell. but I ch) feel su .I i at u, ! -- ept t e~i c<nditionls atnd!; l n t inch e ipteedily (Iillit el; <ij..te4 4 ma - :.lence in this ('(,entry, v. ith in the rext titn ystals, wiil woIrk a iruin. to v ithl thel le'Ss andi <bonagei'( oft the ;'eaen t"an- wtill seem~ puny by (1om I have inst real a thotut.hztful ad 1't4 lelivered by lion. .1t.4 M. Beck s lieitor general, to the Isaer As:ocia :i'n in Cincinnati. It's subieet is, "Our .awless Age." Mr. Peck refers to the unprleceden N (lIlallenge the world over, "to all ntstituted authority," reaching; the eat ''printmjtive institutions (.f man l: like the family, the church and "it state." It is a powerful address l-zt I think Mr. Beck is wong, in that hi attributes this condition entirely t'1 moral or spiritual cau'es. He 'd's refer to the "aversion to work ' prevalent everywhere," and this is tie key to the problem. My own be If beiing that it is fundamentally a "rebellion" against an industrial sys It in, whicih denies to the Creators of weatlt.h, a fair share of the tro :.) t (f tiei' toil. Hie says that the individual is no 1ger the unit. of socenty, which is 'solutely true. The class of com-. tatiolt has succeetlei individualis. jcle;'ical a"Ielence of this ag;e of lsts. W ar. filldiln. tht itn thi: "a. i!ccumuhtlaliton l'.1mes' (thru co-ope' at'.4tion. Associatitn in tite future will bi. the dominat ingt p'rincipl.' oft civil :.atien. The gentts is of all th es'te r bles idasses. Tliehtfer al ;ioerty; nat ..e.t fr 25 yer a's I htim, wvith the udos ills, he woiul hi:ee thant, th l'e agitLa 0 and dciscoteOnt t i an.' generatimt asit now mtakintg it .e1lf telt itn deed'( ...t.het thtan word.(s, atnd that the mor.~t arel thereflex of' material condi The subtle, unseen andl unconscioul working of the masses t'or the en thronement in government of th principle of' association for all man ~ind instead of favored classes. I mrakes it an iconoclastic age. TI, cecasing brooding over wrong ha: '4ver been the trenmetndous level which from age to age has lifte< :nankindi from onie epoch into ana 'ether. A mighty evolutionary forc< is now at work, and "the rebellior against constituted authlotrity" witl the nmcral and spiiritual c'onvulsions which excite the attetntion of scholar like Mr. Beck, are otnly the' tremior. wvhich pre'cCede the ear'thquake shoed andl the final setting dotwnt. I believ< in an over ruling God. We atre in th< "'wilderness" now, but I know thai sorrow and suffering; over the Jordlar Jies the promised land, if ntot for us for our children's children. Take your finaticial trouble in Nortl D)akota. They are of a kind whici ~are occurring in every agricultura section of' the United States r~oubles which atre directly traceabi< to the administration of the Federa Reserve banking law, in the interes of a small favored class of our citi 1Etns. The r'el~rt c~f the cohip~troller o the cuirretcy shows that four or fily times as mucb money was loaned t< national banks itn .New York and Chi cago in pr'operltionl to their r'esour'ces on bills payable anid rediscounts, .a to all the country banks ini propor tin to theitr resourcesi. 'The federal~ reserve act, in theory i: has been the most rapacicus and 'au tocratic with w1hi.h olir people have S ever been cursed. While lr. Beck f: was talking about "the rebellion 3 t::n'inl.it -cons tituted authority." hed reas blind tc the cruel an:d flagrant J vi.olalic.i of'the spirit of this law, by t these so highly placed as to be above F law and immune to. punishment. P The banks where there was no dis- f tress were lavishly s5u'pplicd with money and credit, while the country banks wer hemstrun. The yroductst of their ea tstomel's were suddenly forced on a declining market. Our t cotto: '("l from 43 cents to $ cent, r. I dn the collateral worthless to te ,. t mubimens made by the country I l ;at'':. 1 ti' '.1''d cit izens for his .iulstice' and'' is .. t. au.thorls uit to t 11.it 1'1 . I~1 {?1 jtj1()1.4 Ui) ty; i el'!ie vi. .m In hi.. t o-. u j he said four or tfiv large balnks in r . 1 ~ h? t ornswhin at ,m1". ttl - : he l'I'e tral Re'serve as, t''.1" . itrt e r lfive thousand bank ; s ,1 t1 rn Ind ut hern section:; e'm b)r:t in,. i agriculttiratl etates, n. to Mr. William.', the .:~!irv' i of the Board hecloucle the .' *tating that in October, 1 ,' r V eard did ;rant 8'712,000,-l it ' discounts, but h, neglected to state that ,$500,000,000 were dispen t"i t h ".i the a! heady ;verloancd banks " t thse big cities. In addition to tis the oflicial figures show that four) bank 0 in New York were loaned twice' :1: much 'as the maximum amount loaned at any one time on agricul tural paper in 1920. Mir. Williams also makes the state ment that countr~y banks were carry in; two billion more loans than all the banks in New York, Chicago and St. Louis. What sinister purpose could have inspired the piling up of all thd money of the country in three big cities, except to have denation entire ly at the expense of agriculture. Your state is purely agricultural and. of course your new banking plat was hit hard with the rest of us, ard your political enemies are trying to bold you responsible, but I believe the fa rmeris, are too intelligent to swal low such rut. I do net believe there is a cleaner. nr t' hotg'st or patriotie 'nan in inublli&' life thani Gove'nor I-'aier. ~With kinde'st regards and E.lst wis;hes. .IOIN L. MeLAURIN. TiESPASS NOTIC(E :i.1 u : our l:'t-, under full .\lr 'u. i-ma Lathem Iauther D's D). M. Nix C. B. Nix J1. E'. Nix -.John Gilespit J . M.Gihpi * J. DStnell G;. E. Kennemiore J. A. Ifunnicutt Frank Lewis L. P. Stevens E. G. Childress G. W. Brezeale J1. C. Stewart. Jatckson Cas;sell W. P. Davis. Elijah Winch'lester' J. IT. Powetrs J1. I. Powers H. II. Powers D~ave Part i(t B. E. llaynes lannie Grmant iNotice of l-'inal Settlement and Discharge Notiie e hereby givenl that 'we will Imake a ppl ient ion to N. A. Christopher Esq., Judge of Probate for Pickens county, in th- State of South Caro lina, on the 22nd day of D~ecember. 1921, at I l o'clock in the forenoon, or can be hteardl, for leave to manke final I'ettlemtent of the Personal estate of: 0- T. JTones, dleceased, and obtain dis charge as Executors of said estate. M. G. Jones M. W. Jones The books for the collection of tate v.nd County taxes will be open 'on October 15, 1921, te December 1st, 1921. Those who prefer to can pay in anuary, 1922, with 1 per cent addi onal. Those who prefer paying in 'ebruary, 1922, may do so with 2 or cent additional. Those who pr'e L'r paying in March 1922, to the 15th f said month, may do so by an ad ition of 7 per cent. After said date he books will close. Thoe ~who do not wish to come to h" office can write me and I will 'rnish then vith the amount due nd they can rem it me by cheek, ioney ord-::' or registered mail. 'lease d not send money without etgisteri ng amie, as it is liable to 'et lost and it is at senders riLa:. State Levy. 12 mills. Ord Co.. t' mills. Const. School, 8 mill,. Road Bond :; :-4 mills. Good Roads. 2 mills. Special Road, ; 1-4 mi:1s. Total, 80 mills. Road Tax, $2.00. Levy for interest on Pickens R. R. Funds, H1urricane township, 2 mills. Levy for int'.rest on Pickens R:. R. onDds, Eastate township, 2 mills. Levy for interest on Pickens R. R. B(onds. Pickens township, 2 mills. Poll tax 81.00. (One Dollar.) [vecry male person between the ges )f 21 to 60 years is liable except ;hose excused by law. Commutation Road Tax, $3.00. All nale persons between the ages of 21 lad 50 years are liable, except those xcusedt by law. Capitation Dog Tax $1.25. All lersois owning dogs are required to ay a tax of $1.25 on each dog. Special School Tax by Districts. District No. 1, 7 mills. District No. 2, 11 mills. District No. 8, 8 mills. District No. 4, 8 mills. District No. 5. 8 mills. District No. .6, 8 mills. District No. 7, 8 mills. District No. 8, 19 1-2 mills. Disriet No. 9, 20 mills. District No. 10, 11 mills. District No. 11, 24 mills. District No. 12, 10 mills. Distriet No. 13, 15 1-2 mills. District No. 14. 8 mills. listrict No. 15, None. District No. 16, 8 mills, District No. 17, 20 mills. District No. 18, 14 mills. District No. 19, 8 mills. District No. 20, 11 mills. District No. 21, 8 mills. )istret No. 22, 8 mills. )istrict No. 2:. 10 mills. Ikistrict No. 2.1, 10 mills. District No. 25. 11 mills. District No. 26, 1; mills. D istrict No. "7, -; milis. District No. 28 8 m~ill! iktrit t No. 20'. 1(0 mills. Dlistrict No. :;0, 8 mills. District No. 81, 20 mills. Distu ict No. 82, 8 mills. D ist rict No. 88, 11 1-2 mills. Dirtrict N . :;5, x mills. D ist rict No. 87. 18 mills. D is trili.t No. 8S, 16 m illk. Distria No, 89. 8 mills. District No., 40, 8 mills. Dist ri t No, 41, 8 mills. Dlistrict No). 42, 18 mills. -lDist rict No. 44, 8 mills. District No. 45, 4 mills. District No. 46, 15 mills. District No. 47, 8 mills. District No. 48, 8 mills. District No. 49, 15 mills. Dstrict No, 50, 8 mIls. D)istrict No. 51, 8 mills. District No. 62, 8 mills. District No. 55, 8 mills. District .No. 66, 8 mills. 0. T. Hinton, County Treasue'r. TI'ESIPASS N(OTICE WVe. the' undersV5igned , hereby warrn 11 persons1) niot to hunt. birds on ouu and, under~ the penialty of the law, (Charlit. Childress 0. C., Crenshawv .J. L,. Hunter . A. H. Tlownes S. L. Simmons . 'T. Massingill W. M. Martin Mr. Harper J1. B. Birazeale Frank Braaeale W. P. Long BXASI ETS OF CAN DY~ FOR CHIRISTIMAS A ny anmonnt of candly in large var sty, attrac~tively a~ckedl in baskets ledi with r'ed andI green ribbons; make keal Chr istmas gifts. Phone order ia Mr's. Garynx Hiott, phone No, 44, or a Pick,. n.n ~ o., phoane No8 The State of South Carolina. County of Pickens. By N. A. Christopher Probate Judge. Vhereas, S. K. Hendricks, made suit to mie to g'-rant him Letters of Adi.inistriation of the! :state and ef feet; of. MAIrs. Ann Roe. These are, Thdrefocre, ,jo cite and( a(ltoniSha aml singular the 1ind r((d a)1(1 cre~ditor's of the said .3irs. Ann tRoe (le!tQeased, that. hey he ind appenr before ile, in the ..rt of Probate, to be hl'! at Pickets ( urt louse on 16th day of l)emher n't, after publication hereof, at 11 ' .'s in the forenoon, toso asif a: y they: have, why the said A\dmi.it ,'t. tion should 111nt b granted. Given under my hand thi., .1t day of )eemier -\ en' D'ominli 1!121. N. A. Chri:-t.h her. .iade of Prolate. Not ice to 1)ehter, and Creditor= .\ p n in ch:int. .-amst the' c tte of the inte F. .\I. Rot;'erl' mut ree' the Same,(' du1v( roven t n or before the 16th (lay of i)e.cmbe 11.1!. (- I: -':'debarred paynment ; and all pj si nS inidIbttd to the said estate nui>t maka! paytm.ue:.t (n1 o. bet'fre the alove rate to . s. Mary 3.l r e wvw rM la es .Roe. 1ys. .ary Al. Rovers Mlarcus \1. Rogj:er Executors L. F. Martin. Sam B. Craig E. M. Blythe O. C. Keith Greenville, S C Pickens, 1 C Martin, Blythe, Craig & Keith LAWYERS Pickens, South Carolina Practice in State and Federal Courts Pickens Office Phone 39 J. R. Martin J. I. Earle Greenville. S. C. Pickens, S. C. MARTIN & EARLE Attorneys-at-Law. Pratice in all Courts. Pickens Office in Court House. Greenvlie Office opposite Postoffice, Phone 404. G. G. CHRISTOPHER Attorney-at-Law. Pratice in all Courts. Office over Pickens Bank. Piclens, S. C. Beautifi Jus Beadls, Ci Pins, La Knives, C Tie~Pins, Watches. Th< elry, mak for him or per cei elry, V ware. money en "" ms i m sm ITsm PICKENS CABINEl Headquarters for Sash, Doo We have a nice line of Bi Can furnish odd sizes to order. Let us make you a price on in the building line. A few thousand brick at the M UESAND)] Just received a car load 1 could be bought. I rsk all mo tomers to call and see them, w not. I am selling for a small pr I you right. You come to my 1 you a square deal. You wv Nimmons old stand on Fair Play Street. J. B. R OBI Seneca, S. W. P. NIMMONS 01 Christmas Fruits a FIREWOIl Our iine of Thristmas f and fruit cake ingredients, is We also have fine line of Eat at our restaurant wi' drinks, smokes, etc. J. C. ALEXANDER, p -- ii Holiday I t received a big line of Rings, wrd Cases, Mesh Bags, Brooches, Vallieres, Watch Chains, Gold H igarette Cases, Cuff Links, Diamor WVatches, in Men's and Ladies, Br: ise,, with our already 'big line of es it easy to select just the right her.. imember, we are giving at off our entire line of J latches, Clocks and Sil >me in and let us save on your Christmas Gif I. SNIDE R eweler and Optometrist EASLEY, S. C. 'WORKS es and 'Mouldings, iilders' Hardware. anything you need right price. [EIORSES f the best kind that y friends and cus- 4 hether they buy or -ofit and will treat arn and I will give ill find me at the the corner of South NSON C. 1D STAND. id Candies XKS ruits, candies, nuts complete and fresh. 0 fire.vorks. .en in Pickens. Cold - PICKENS Goods PearlA Bar andle diSet icelet Jew .?gift ~25 ew Ver you ts.