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Pickes Sentinel-Jourml PUBMAHED EVERY TIUISDAY MORNING. -BY The Sentinel-Journal Company, TvomPsoN & RIoHEY. PRoPs. J. L. 0. THOMPSON, EDITon. Subscription 81.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. Entered at Plokens Fuitof1ce an second Olass Mail Matter PICKENS, S. C.: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1907. The loudert howl about high taxes is usually from those who pay the least. Their taxes. beside the poll tax, is about what a package of Old Glory cheroots would cost. We have watched our farmer friends and we know that lots of them have bought in recent times lute of labor-saving implements, at a right smart outlay. Now that they are not in use any more this season, they should be oiled, cleaned, repaired and housed, so as to be ready for use next year. If this is done they will be worth from 25 to 50 per cent. more next spring than if left out to take all of the winter's weather and will not have to be replaced with new tools. We are glad to know that the farmers of this courty are in the best shape they have been in for several years. With plenty of oats, hay and' forage, they are now saving an im mense quantity of good fodder. Their coru ciop is the best and largest in the history of Pickens county. The cotton crop has come out wonder fully and a fair yield will be gather ed. Taking it all in all, the farmers of this, the banner county of the state, are to be congratulated on their era of genuine prosperity. We sincerely sympathize with the Courier-Journal, of Louisville, in its loss of its plant by fire on the 30th Ult. Tho damage is over $650,000. The machines and presses were in a reinforced part of the building, there fore they were but slightly damaged. The editorial and reportorial forces stuck to their posts with the hope that the fire might be subdued and they could get out a paper, but they were caugh t napping and had to be rescu1 d with ladders. The building was five stories high, covering half a block, and was practically gutted by the fire. This paper is the recipient of many compliments of late. The quality, class and quantity of news dished up comes in for a great share, while the local, editorial and society columns are highly spoken of; but what we consigler one of our greatest features is the monthly comic hit, "'Gander bones Forecasts." This will be a regular feature, hereaf ter, which we have added at much cost, but it is worth the money. We also hope, soon, to have "Uncle Zeke" as a reg ular contributor to our columns. Now is the time to subscribe. Pay your dollar and get the paper 52 issues for one year. The presidents of the county asso-f ciations of the S. C. F. A. 4 E. U. of A. met in Columbia, Saturday,r and voted to instruct LPr sident E D). Smith to vote for a price of 13e for a this year's crop) of cotton, so far as y South Carolina is concerned. The d delegates agreed that this should bo fi the mi niu price. The matter of ~ price for the cotton-growing states al will be arranged at Jackson, Miss., n this week by the executiv(, committee. President Smith will also, at this meeting, advocate the use of low t1 grado cotton in the making of heavy e duck for cotton covering. Whatever tl pr ien agreed on should be strictly a ?adhemd ta., and the county unions e A-oh bok wel: It, thirI d('cisjinsU being .1 eyedi iy every cot to:1 seller I in tI, -ir ci un Lv. Susceptible of'Learning. This is an era of education; there ire schools on' all sides of us; the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field, and the greatest of all instruct Drs-nature, all combine, and tend to teach something to human kind, and how prone we are to disregard the teachingl. Even a rat can be taught to do .things and its faculties can be trained until it seems to have reasoning power. The New York American tells of a pet white rat in New Jersey that recently did a "steeple-jack' stunt. E dmund P. Condit, a wealthy resident, of Verona, N. J., gave a birthday party in honor'of his 9-year old son, and when he went to raise "Old Glory" to the top of the 30-foot staff the pulley rope broke, and the pole was too light to permit of aicy of the boys climbing up o the top to pass another rope through the pulley. And here is where the rea soning power and learning of a rat was brought into prominence One of the children scooted home and soon returned with. a pet white rat and a ball of twine. The boy un coiled the twine, put the loose end in the rat's mouth and sent it climbing up the pole, but when it got to the pulley it was undecided what to do next, so it was called down and another pulley was found, and for ten minutes the young master taught the rat to run back and forth through the pulley with the twine in its mouth. Then he sent the rat up the pole again and this time, without a moment's hesitation the rat tried to get through the pulley with the string in iis mouth, but the hole was t so small, so the rat deliberately took the string in one paw, passed it through the small opening, caugyht it with the ther paw, then scram bled to the ground with it. A rope was strung through the pulley with the aid of the twine halyard and the Ilig raised. The rat was rewarded with a large slice of cheese which it munched daintily as it sat on its young master's shouldbr. Teache.rs seeing this article can comnent advantageously on it to their scholars and bring out two qual ifications-kindness and patience. Cotton Warehouses. We notice that thin county has sev Bral good local unions, and a vety good~ county union, but whenever it comnes to where money ought to ho spent, they are as dumb as ovsters. With all of the wvork and talk by the writera in our farmers' column raboat warehouses, wve have never heard a word said about building ane at Pickens. Why is this? Have they no money, or are they afraid to spend their money? There should be a warehouse at < Pickens for the purposeo of atoring I Lhis season's crop. It is nJot right to ii force a farmer to sell his cotton on a ii dleclining market because he has no 1 place to store his staple, and lbe is v~ in unfortunate and to be pitied. As 0 the Cotton Association and the Farm -g irs' Union will both place a mini. P "uum price on the crop this fall, that e uniniu price should be adhered to 0 it all hazards, but how can it be p vhen there is no place to store the 1< teple? A fellowv can't bold his cottoti t vben he can't have it protected fronm s he weather and the fire. You had better sell on an open t rlarket than to store in the cotton 5 iill warehouses, for they then have e ('cess to your staple, use it, and pay n 'haatever price is prevailing on the a ay you demand your money. You V irnish them the rope to hang you e ith. Trhey have used the cotton V id can pay you wt at they please- i ut what you want. ' In one of the counties of the state t ie salary of the superintendent of i aucation is $300 and the salary of a me dispenser of that county is $900 iJ year. Mr. Education Superintend nt didn't do a thing but resign his 11cc and accept the position of dis- i ens*'r. WYe don't blame him, his y [ rvieux wern for hire ndr whaeve k posilion offered the most money -was the -ne that got him. Here is a les son for some of our ranting statesmen who have cried "reform." Some more "refawming" will have to be done, and that mighty quiek, or public office will go begging. Almmst any man can make more money as a private citizen than as an officeholder at the present salaries paid. It is really too early to say much abcut politics yet. The election is yet a year off and many things could happen in that time to injure a per son's chances for office. In fact, there is probably no office in the gift of the people of South Carolina, the successful candidate for which has, as yet, announced himself. There may be some, who are feeling the ground carefully, or' having their friends do it for them, who, per. cbance, may be successful, but our candid oupinion is that the successful candidates to these offices have not vet announced-or at least they hive not run their names in this paper. Baron Von Pilis has been in Charleston. His object was to wake the old city up and run a regular steamer from Taieste to "the city by the sea." We are glad to note that he has infu.ied some enthusiasm into those people. A line to the east would pay well, and there is no rea ann for cotton to be shipped to New York for export. Ship it to Charleston. The water rates on 'imports should put Charleston in the lead as a whok - sale distributing depot for this up. country over Ailants, Richmond and other towns that generally sell goods in this state. Wte hope soon to si e Charleston coming into her own. The Real Sufferer. There occurred in Indiana recently an incident that demonstrates plainlY how the public is made to pay for all this reform that is sweeping the country. Tho incident is thus nar rated in the Traffic Bulletin: "Fieber & Holmes, of Brookville, Ind., retail lumber merchants, is one of the firms that are entitled to reiu bursement from the southern rail roads under the recent decision of the supreme couirt, which holds an advancenent in freight rates on lum ber, oiinde -fl'rectivo abouL two years ago, is illegal, and requiring the roads to return to shippers the amount pqjd by them in excess of the original rate. "Joseph Fieber, manager of the concern, however, refuses sto accept the rebates. Ho declares that neither bis firm or any other is entitled to ~be rebates because they lost nc thing >y virtue of the increase in rates. Ile crplains the matter in this wise: " 'V h en the rate was increased 2 ents per 100 feet, or from $6 to $12 - ecr car, the shippers immediately iet the rate increase with an a&tvance prices of from 50 to 70 cents per 000. Local retail dealers every here accepted the raise as a matter fact, l'ecause freight rates had one up, and they in turn raised the rice to the consumers, who in the rid paid the increase in the freight barges, and the mills, and the ship era and dealers not only did not se anything, but they increased 3eir margin of profit on every con gnment of lumber they sent out.' " 'The truth of Mr. Fieber's asser ons cannot be doubted, but it is ~riking to have a dealer acknowl. lge it, just as it is unique to have a ian refuse to get anything back from corporation. Mr. Fieber is right; se public pays for ,all rebates taken a', just as it pays all fines placed on le heads of trusts and other ofi'end ig monopolies through their officials. ~he people pay, also for many of the normous gifts made by the heads of bie trusts to pet institutions. The eople pay, truly, but it is strange to se a head of a big fim being so can id about it. -Antgusta Chronicle. 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FLOUR or all uses it excels the o TRE bAll. Li LARID.--The purest kiud. M COFFEE .No drug of any kind iu used to give it It is PURE CCFF E. $1. C ANS. high standards. We sell nothing that wc. Mauldin, s, S. C. able Engines Are the best General l'uirpose Fu~gine~s in the worhi,. We elarry t hein In, so0'k. We are the lIentiquarterx for Peerless Engines, Saw Mills, and Threshers. Also Atlas Engines and Boilers DeLoach Saw Mills and Shingle Mills, ,&c. or e trr. aremeruim, stoek of at kiiul p1 Ies. ~rIte us for anything in 1 ~the - trware Uo.