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., . :2r T N INSEELM JURNAL EuteredjApril 28, 190 Lt Pickens, .C., as secoad lass matter, under act of Congress of March 8, 1879. VOL Fxvl ICE&1 SOUTH CAROLIA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1007 ,. Mrs. W. H. Johnson, of Charles ton, iill arrive in Pickens on the 13thr visit friends. 'Several of our advertisers have re nently changed their ads. Hunt them up and see what they say. The Anderson Daily Mail of the 6th instant says that the Liberty Oil Mill, which has been owned and op. erated by the Anderson Phosphate and Oil company since 1901, has been sold to several citizens of Easley and Liberty. The transfer papers were made out several days ago and the actual trade was consumated yes. terday afternoon. Dr. R. F. Smith of Easley will be president and treasurer and Mr. John A. Robinson will be secretary. Mr J. 1P. Smith is another who is largely interested. The concern will be known as the Liberty Oil Mill. It is a 20 ton plant and has been in operation for many years. At Rest. News has been received in Pickens that Miss Corrinne Newton, who is in Atlanta, is in a hospital there in a precarious condition. She has had an operation 'performed for abcesA of the lungs and her condition is crit ical. Her parents and sisters are at her bedaide. Her many friends sin cerely hope that she will soon re ve go to press we learn with siere sorrow of the death of this -stimable oung lady. which occurred on Wednea,4 ay. Her remains will be brought to her father's bome in Pickens and she will be buried Thurs. day evening at 6 o'clock in the Fick ens cemetey. Miss Newton wasa young woman of many noble qualities-kind, gentl of disposition, lovable of character and true to her friends, under all conditions. It was a pleasure to be her friend. Her schoolmates and friends will learn of her death with genune grief and sorrow and extend their heartfelt sympnthies to the heart broken parents, the stricken sisters and brothers and bereaved relatives. She was a good girl, a true Christian, and not afraid to pass through the valley of the shadow of death because the arms of her blessed Savior led her on. Went Up and Down. He sallied out one pleasant eve To call on the fair young miss, And when he reached her residence thisl lik46 steps the up Ran Her papa met him at the door, He did not see the mis; He'll not go back there any more, For he went down. like ____ ___ -_this! The Eyes. Many persons who think their sight perfect have a greater visual power in one eye than in tho other. With regard to the respective power of the right and left eye a wvell known optician finds a person occupied in writing all day has, as a rule, stronger vision in the left. Writing with the right hand nd his arm resting on the table, his eft eye is niearer his work and its ision is more concentrated.* Nothing Describecl. As I uzame dbown to breakfast one crninig I was mzet in the dining room my v''uali nephew of live years, who mred,o have become conscious for first timze of the true meaning of word "nothzing." As he talkedl to up)on the subIject I asked hhnim, hat IS niotinig't" to whieh he made following apt reply: "Nothing is thuing that isn't, made yet."-Chi Pointed Paragraphs. Where there's a will there's always an heir. Fortunately for'the fool, he doesn't know he's a fool. There are a good many rabbits playing lion parts. Many a man's failure is due to his being afraid to try. A forgiving disposition is the first law of self-preservation. If you let others do your bragging for you, it isn't so apt to be overdone. Never try to borow money from a man, you have had an argument with. Gossips have no use for people who refuse to supply them with raw material. No matter how much man loves a woman, she thinks he ought to love her more. When authority spoils a man, it is also apt to be bard on those over whom it extends. Careful comparison makes ani other heritage look insignificant con pared with common sense. You often bear impolite children criticised. Ever realize that there are a good many impolite grown people? Some houses are so prim and oi derly they remind one of the system atic arrangement of the tomastone in a well-kept grav'eyard. The Canadian Habitant. The rural populatioin of French Canada is unlike that of any other country. The habitant is the, result of peculiar ce Jitions. Traiplant ed originall: from the north.of France, the : cock has been modified and transformed by the environ ment of the new world. It retains the simplicity and poctic tempera ment of the old stock, combined With a measure of the vigor and self relriance of pioneer life. ' And with it all, remarks a correspondent of the Nation, in an appreciative tribute to the patois story of the late Dr. William Henry Drummond. the habitant remains to this dynv al most untouched bv the influences of modern civilization, living his life in his own snfficient way, oblivious of many things that the rest of us think : iidispensable.-Ncw York World. Essential. Two fishermen 'visiting a Scotch village asked one of fie inhabitanits what kind of fishing was to be had in a small lake near by pp4 were informed there wias as much fishing tliere' as anybody could wvishi for. When the' akglers .had departed a friend of the villager remarked, "Sandy, boo could ye tell the gen tleman that there was plenty o' fish ing when there isna twa fish in the water ?" "Man," was the canny Scot's reply, "Where's the harm? The scarcer the fish the mair fishin' for 'emn."--Glasgow Times. What Johnny Had. As a reward for good behavior Johnny was allowed to come to the dinner table when companfly was ex pected. Hie wanted to appear hig, too, so he chose a lowv chair, which brought his mouth just to the top of the tablo. But he didn't mind this, because it was on a line with his plate, anid he was not so likely to drop iinythiing while eating. He ate ravenously of everything, having notliug to say to the guests, as his mother had told him to remember that good children arc seen, not heard. Finally after (dessert, when there was a lull in the conversation, lhe exclaimed:' "Say, p)op, you can't guess what I've got under the table." "No, my son," said his father, w~ithu an indulgent glance,, "what is it ?" "Stomach ache!" shouted Johnny glenfullv.----Rhnan. THE KING GEORGE. In the Deadly Wake of tho Famous Old West indiatman. Sn. r yoil happen to be so for tunate as to take a trip) down the west coast of Africa you'll be sure to hear of the famous old West India man, King George. This yarn is backed up by the records of the British aidmiralty, so of course it is true. Shc was wrecked in the year 1789 during a hurricane that dev astated the coast of Cuba and the West Indies generally. Every man, woman and child aboard of her was I lost, and the ship herself was strip ped of her top hamper, masts and spars and went drifting, a helpless wreck, "bawd to all disaster." ' She was first reported by a ship of the same company some hundred i miles north of the point where the i storm is supposed to have struck c her. Men were sent aboard her from her sister Indiaman and re ported that she was sinking rapidly. After that she was never completely lost to sight for the best part of five t years. when she vanished in a storm off the Grand Canaries. In that time she hard drifted upward of 10, 000 .mils and h:Ad beel the direct cause of at least four wrecks and the I indirect cau.4e of three imiore. e Hl[er travels were strange enough, epially at that time, when the lo- i cations of the ocean current-s were but vaguely guessedt at by tile most speculative of mariners. She jour leved northward n4id eastward from V the gulf of Mexico to the British 6 isles ind then, making a long curve; t to the west coast of AMrica. Dl-uring all Ia it time she wa coin ant(ly re- t porIed hl sing shbips, m1any of which sent ilen aboard of her. At I last the British government dis- 3 patched a man-of-war after her, t with orders to blow her up. Tu stead tile fri: e ran onI a reef und was wrecked.- Another, the Dla.phine, was then sent out, but she encoun tered a slaving dhow and was sunk in the eusuing fight. By this time the whole English speaking seafaring world was agog over the mystery. .When a third warship was dispatched and in her turn ran high and dr on the beach superstition. had its way, and the King George was allowed to proceed on her ghostly path in peace. She was reported a few times after that by passing merchantmen, then dis appeared for good and all in a tor nado that destroyed much beside the derelict. But her name is .t ill a thing to conjure with in some parts of the world.-New York Herald. Hello Girl Got It All Down. "Hello! Is this the Grand hotel?" asked the man at the phone. "It is," sweetly responded the young woman at the other end. "Will you please ask Henry Per kins, whq is stopping there, to ring me up this afternoon ?" "Yes, sir. 'Who shall I say he is to ring ?" *"D. B. Feely." "B. D). Greeley ?" "No, no! DI. B. Feely." "P. Beaf Healy ?" "No! Can't you get it? Listen -D). B. Feely. - Understand?" "Spell it, please." "D-get that? A, B, C, D--get it? B-understand? A, B-all right? F E E L~ Y--Feelv. Got1 it? All right. Just tell him to I ring me up. He'll know what it means." When Mr. Perkins returned to the hotel lie received a memoran dumi saying, "Pleiise call upl M[r. A. s B. C. D. A. B. F. E. E. Yelly." Judge. ______ Down to the Norman eonquiest the BrItons had( "'livIng mnley'' ad "'dead moneyv," the former belng sJlaves al C cattle iand the latter metal. Frenoh Misapplied, 8 We -Americans insist on usig cer- t taln French words9 instead ofi our own good English ternis, blit wrhenm we in vade France we finid the meanings we haive attached1 to these * borrowed hi wvords to be incorrect. In France a dlepot Is a wvarehiouse for freight; a modiste 1s a dressmaker, not ai imilli nor; dessert nlever' means pui(lng or' e pie, but waters with butter or cheese. --Travel Magazine,.L Fait'iers' Unlion Burett of Infor ation. -Conducted by the South Carolina Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union. Co31 w uuni(ations intended for this depar ment sihould be addressed to J. C. Stribling, eidleto,, , Soith Carolina. The state meeting of the Farmers' Jmion called to meet at Greenwood, [uly 25-26--27, begins to look like it s going to be a grand rally and red otter day for representative farmers if the state. 0. F. Pile of Texas, Ben F. Griffin If Arkansas and R. F. Duckworth of leorgia are to have a talk to the arm ers' organization at the Green vood meeting, and we take this pportunity to put Greenwood on otice to spread herself, and make oom, for the signs ae right for omething doing at Greenwood at his July meeting of the farmers. The speaking at Greenwood will ie public anid everybody is invited to ttend. A special invitation is ex ended to the yet unorganized class f farmers. Whether delegates or not, we urge as a duty to all Farmers' Union ien to attend this Greenwood meet 1g. New delegates have equal rights Pith delegates to the floor, but none ave regular delegates can vote at his meeting. Begin now to prepare yourselves o put the right men in the right >laces at the coming meeting. For our success or failure depends upon his. Vote for no man for the poor eason that lie is your friend or com1es rom your section. Don't try to stop t twc-inch hole with a half-inch peg, ior try to trot ou a ten-cent man to lo a dollar job. Vote for thbe right nan for the place every time. ANNOUNCEMENT. The editor of this Bureau is goin bo make an effort 'to attend as man1 >f the South Carolina Farmers' Insti Lutes this summer as possible, ani wvill be delighted to meet and talb wvith the progressive element of th< Farming fraternity at these meetings Not with a view of teaching pro 4re- sive fiarnors how to farm, but we irs ,ut to learn what otir up.to-dat< fn Pre doing and how they d( t, so thaL we may tell othcra aboutj t 1i we pass around amiong them. [f you think our Farmers' Unior Buieai is on the right track, give us few etctiuraging words, and if yor Link we are wrong in any way point mit lhe facts and we will thank you. NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS. It is the want of will not the want >f power that makes the fermer yield imiy to graft and grebd. Does your Farmers' Union local be ~in to look like a. last year's bird's est? if so fire it before insects and pider-webs cover it. Then go to vork and organize a ne0w one and :eep it as lively and hot as a hornet's iest in August. A fler anal., insg all the more1- con ervative and intelligentL estimaters of he coat of the presentI) Crop of cotton t hand, this bureau can assureo the rower-s that this crop of cot ton w ill ost much more per acre to grow than 'as ever known before. The exton, ie replanting with very costly seed, tie cold, wet, grassy weather, wvit~h ad stands and costly labor, combine >make the cost per acr-a alarmingly eavy. Just here it is well for our riniting conventions to weigh care ally all these important factors of )st of production before their pegs e driven down at the figures for lls crop. TAKE YOUR CHOI10. The rich have the most meat, the poor the best appetite. The rich lie the softest, L. a poor sleep the sound eat. The poor have health, the rich have delicacies. The rich kill them selves through fear of poverty; the poor laugh and sing, and love their families too well to put the light out of their own lives. 0 0 * TOM WATSON IS COMING. You hear that rumbling noise in the elements about the Farmers' Union? Well, that is a warning that a 'stoim is coming to this state in July: for Tom Watson is booked to address the State k'armers' Union at Greenwood, S. 0., Thursday, July 25, at 11. a. m. Lookout for some home made prophet to hop up. An article in the newspapers about the danger ahead by farmets' organizations going into politics, as though farm ers were dangerous and it was the duty of farmers to do the voting only whilst others direct them how to cast their votes. EVER TRINK ABOUT THiS? That when the farmer names his price for his products that give him a reasonable profit, that he has about the sane right to know how much money the' purchaser has in his pocket to pay for the farmer's cotton as the buyer has to know how much cotton the farmer has in his ware. house. If buyers reason that they must have cotton cheaper because farmers have made better crops, then farmers must demand more money for their cotton, be.catise the buyers have mide better profits out of the cotton thin the farmer who made. th. cot.ton. Farmers are to blame fjr this state of affitirs; it is not the men that take the profits. Cotton warehouses may control the supply of cotton to suit the demand, just the same \as the money vaults hand out the proper amount of money to sat isfy the douand by cotton. cot ton will keep about as long in a good wvarehouse as money will kee) in a batik. Money may he sai: to have little or no intrinsic vali, and .1 current trade value is limil-ed; wh:.e cotton's intrinsic v'ale is iecognized the' world over and will contiuc to be a current article of trade in all conu tries so long as babies are Lorn naked "These Lonesome Ribs." The Rloanoke Times labors under the mistalken impression that Editor Walker Kennedy, of Tennessee, who wrote the remarkable ballad, begin ning: "She's the only girl I love, With face like a horse arnd buggy," is the author also of the well-known pastoral, which contains the miourn ful stanza: "Out on the border of moonshine. land, Tickie me, love, in these lonesome ribs Out where the wring-wrang loves to stand c, Writing its name with its tail in the sandc, Tickle me, love, in these lonesome ribs," We are surprisedl that the Times should not correctly place the latter classic. It is the work of none other than thetversatile James Whit comb Riley. D~ost not recall how "The crankador. leaned o'er the edge 'of the moon, And wistfully gazed on the sea?" --[Norfolk Landmarzk.