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-N Z" " i e ' . _ USERIEL R tored April 23, 1903 at Pickouq, S 9. as 8econd claseimatter, undor act of Congress of Maroh 8, 1879. VL. PICXCXS, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBE 3 1007 In Society's whirl. A civic society has been organized in Pickens with the following oflicers: President, Mrs. Emma Gilreatb; 1sl vice-p.-sident; Mrs. T. J. Mauldin: 2d vice-president, Mrs. C. E. Robin son; treasurer, Mes. John llog; corresponding secretary, Miss Ilet Boggs. The first work of the -0ci ety was placing a garbage ha rel in front of each store in town. Miss Mary Long, .ht- hi ben visiting her cousin, 1. n. la good, having deve' a ca ty phoid fever, hi-; on)thur, I)r. Long, of Birmiughmtt caen to Pickens on Wedns ia to take her home. An extra trai was run from Pickens to - i Eas.y t/ take her home. Miss Long wAs dkeonpaiied by her brother, a trpihed nurse that he had bought with him and Mrs. Laura Alexander. Monday evening Messrs. Jule and Bcn Parsons, the renowned fiddlors of Pickens, tuned up their instru. mouts and gave Congressman Legare a musical treat. Tuesday evening Hon. T. .J. Maul din entertained Judge Hydrick, the memLers of the Pickens bar and the visiting lawyers. Delicious refresh ments were served and M1r. Mauldin is such a genial host that his guests will long remember the delightful evening spent in his elegant howe. Misses Ferda Legare and Margare G.tIsden gave a tackey party ou last Thursday evening which war greatly enjoyed by the young peopk( and caused much laughter awong the older ones. All the costumej were eiceedingly t! ckey and some ol them were ridiculous. The childrec made a comic procession as Mrs Legare led them through the street to the Pickens Drug Store, where she gave them iced drinks. Those in costume were Misses Essie Free. man, Sallie Griffin, May Griffin, Frances Bruce, Ruth Parsons, Marl Prince, Lizzie Thompson, Alice Thompson, Julia Legaire, Hermoine Legare, and Masters Willie Legare, Homer Thompson, Toomer Tbomp son, Jas. Hagood, Geo, Prince and Leon Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. John Roper visited their daughter, Mrs. Hamp Craig, on Monday. Dr. Lawrence Roper spen', Tuee. day and Wednesday in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Hal-Hagood, Walton Mayo, of Easley, and Sam Ledbetter, of Birmingham, were the guests of Mrs, Ben Hagood this week. Mre. J. J. Lewis is visiting rela tives and friends in Greenville this week. Mrs I, M. Mauldin and her little daughter, Ivy, have returned from a pleasant visit to Mrs. Ross Easton in Central. Miss Fioride Carey has returned to Spar tan~burg to resumne her stu dies in Converse College. B. A. Morgan, of Greenville, J. 6[. Morgan, of Central, J. F. Banaister', of L'berty, and Win. Clayton, of Cen tral, were the guests of R. A. liow'en last week. Miss Ora McFall has gone to Co. lnmbia to enter the Woman's Col lege. Lee Roper left on Tuesday for the ,Jamestown Exposition and oilher places of interest. Mt's. WV. A. Thomas and hot' little soa, Clarence, have returned front a pleasant visit to the family of Lee Pr'esslev. near Six Mile. Haifand Austin Hoggs, of Central, were he guests of A, J. Boggs ist 11,_T. Stewart mid J. Garrett were th guests of Rev. J. M. Stewart on M nday. -' Misses 1,oota Ionder, Mattie My erai and Loila Crenshaw visited friends in Pickens on Monday. liss Debry Mauldin is the guest -of Mis Ellen Lewis. Miss Elizabeth Wyche, of Elber ton, Ga., is the guest of Mrs. Bruce Hugood. Mrs. Eliza Miles, of Greenville, is the guest of Mrs. Mary Alexander. Miss Mattie Thoinason, of Rock Hill, is at the Pickens Inn. Mrs. A. M. Morris has returned from the Jamestown Exposition and other places of interest. Jas. Hagood, of Easley, visited relatives in Pickens on Monday. Mrs. i. J. Harris, of Easley, is visiting relatives in t'ickens. Hon. Geo S. Legare and family left for Charleston, Tuesday morning. Miss Eva Freeman, the popular dressmaker of Pickenis, was married Tuesday morning, the 24th uit., to NI r. - Phillipe, of Yadkin College, N. C.. at the residence of Ben Frank Freeman, by Rev. 1). D. Jones, of the Methodist church. The many friends of John Thorn ley will be aorry to know that he has been scrioufly ill for several days. Miss Helen Boggs is visiting in Eisley this week. Little Louise Bowon had the mis fortune to get her arm dislocated on Wednesday. Little Ivy Mauldin had the small hone of ber forearm fractured on Tuesday by falling from a toy wagon. Miss Eva Earle has returned to Gaffney to continue her studies in the Limestone Institute. Miss Hester Cureton has returned from an enjoyable visit to her sister, Miss Martha Cureton, at Greer. Tuesday, 24th ult., Mrs. A. P. McCord, of Liberty, entertained the little folks from 4 to 6 in honor of her charming little grand-daughter, Claire Strickland, of Atlanta, who was celebrating her 8th birthday. She was assisted in caring for the little guests by Meadomes Christo pher, Dorn, Brown, Lawrence, John son, and Misses Willie and Nettie Parsons. Miss Anabel Brown fur. nished the music and Jas. McCord took several snapshots of the merry groups. Those present were Lurena and Pauline Brown, Fay Smith, Irene Abercrombie, Pet Chapman, Alta. Callahan, Marie Smith, Bertha Crane, Hortense and Cathrine Parkins, Mil dred Moo)'re, Roy Greer, Geo. Willard, Go. M Cratvey, Horace Christopher, H~erman Dora and Sam Skelton. After games weore indulged in, cakes and ices were served, Little Miss Claire presented each guest with a pretty cardl as a souvenir of the de lightful occasion Each bright, hap py face bore testimony of the success of the siternoon, and the numerous little presepits will be cherished by ihe young hostess as tokens of regard from her friend-, Calithumplan Entertainment. On Thursday afternoon the lovers of fun had tbe greatest time of all this summer. Congressman Liegare cmntrived to have the report cir'cu - lated that Claude Hester had gone to North Carolina to be married and wvould arrive in Pickens late tbat afternoon. About sunset Claude was seenl drivinlg d.>wu M1lain: street wit tw0 yotirg ladie ii a new n ivsurrev Claude was dressd ill a intifdon, new suit. an(d looked Ver y imp)ortals, and his friends 1 n( cImrmies bgan to shower him with rice and old shoes. After supper qJuite a crow~l went to his hoiome to give himn a sur( - nade, the mnusic of whielb wAvs made Ly a drum, a fox horn, cow bells, dinner bells, trace chains, tin pans, and other instruments of torture. The hideous noise made by this iw promptu orchestra aliarined the town, but the bet part of the joke was that the ubiquitous Claude was not at home. After bringing two young ladies from North Carolina to ente the Pickens school, he had gone with some friends oi a fox chase. Poultry Association. On Monday afternoon an associa tion was formed in Pickens known as "The Pickens County Poultry Fan. ciers' Association,"t.he object of which is to interest peop!e in roising a better grade of poultry. The meeting was held in the hall over Craig Bros.' store, and the fol lowing officers were elected: lamp Craig, president; Dr. J. N Hillun, secretary and treasurer. The char ter members are Ji. F. Harris, J. L 0. T honpsr il, Ernest Freeman. George Williams, N C Cothran, Willie Thompson, Frank Hendricks, Mrs. Emma Gilreath, Mrs. J. N. Hallum. Others are cordiaily invited to j.u ithe aseociation. The first exhibit will be held tile last of December, at which T. J. Marshall will Le present Mr. Mar shall was one of the judges of poultry at the World'e Faii, and also at St, Luis. The first prize will be $5, and a number of smaller prizes will be awarded. Other information concerning the association will be published later, All who are interested are earnestly urged to be present at the next meet ing, which will be held over Craig Bros.'s store, on a date not yet fixed, but at the call of the president. If y u are interested in chicken-raising send in your name to one of the officers and be enrolled. . AN ENIGMA IYN STONE. "Nirvana" In the Rock Creek Ceme tery at Washington. So many things may be said of St. Gauidens-of the traits of his geniu, his modesty, his deep sympathy with all who possessed high Ideals for who had noble thoughts; of his own noble generosit-y, his willingness to sacrlfie himself for the advancement of art, his keen perception of beautIful char acter, or of a fine impIulse that often shone for him out of the most comn mnonplace of lives or of features. One incident of many, says Harper's Week hy, may not only illustrate hhn11, but help to illumine a masterpiece of his which has plerplexed some minds that may be wvorth the enlightening. "The work is tihe figure of 'Nirvana' in the Rock Creek cemetery at Washington. St. Gaudens was1 in Washington in the winter of 1902, mnkuing his beauti ful relief of WVayne Maceegh anld MIrs. MateVenghi, and!I Hilegarde H-a w thorne w~as there, too. and visited mnore thant onc that dreaming figure ini the cemetery. At last she was mloved to wrIte swume verses, whieh she sent to a mnagazine, but the editor thought that he haid seen verses on the sciulpitor's I work that better exp~resse'd its senuti ments. an~d returned the verses with the stimulatinug suggestion that some dauy lhe would show the young woman I somie real poetry nh out the figure. St. Gandens, too, had 5P(en bo0th poems,1 andl when he heard of this expression of the editor's he wrote to hIm and said that Hlildegarde Hawthorne had divined his intenution as no writer had donie, and1 therefore thei ve4rses are In print. So, if' you like, you may solve the riddle by reaidinig themi." Myer--I'm going over to the b~arb~er 8shop to get au haIr CUt. Gyer-Why dlon't you get them all cut while you are at it'l Fat I I I (h, "S Unio Billlf0'H ofi11 -4taiit ueted by thei. Sotith Carolitinl Fainer1-1W bluen1-1tinA111 will Co-Operative Union. t n 3nullient)it.ni s iiteitded fo r this itepar nnat shouhut he ttdiiu.ned to .1. C. siilhig, bie~tui. ' tit'I ~ tjtolia. HOLD) YOUR COTI ON. Laureos, 8. C , 8ept. 23. Farmers' Union men: - l)o you till the soil? If Se,. plesH ;"OV fand think before you rush your botton on the imarket at th present )rice. At the first glance it looks ike elevoen or twelve cents per pound or cotton is a f:ir price. But when tou consider the advatice of prices in ,.very line of business, effecting di -otly the farming i nterest' of our -tute, you will readily see that lifteen ,vnie, the minimum pr:cu lixed by ;he Union, is as little as we can tiff rd ,o sell our cotton for this season. The outlook, from the best author ties we can gathter in this and other states, is thit there will Le a small -rop of cotton this year. There is :niderable falling off friom list vear's crop in Texas, and somie of the >il.er large cottoin-growing stales. NeYas did not get a good stand, After lanting as many as three times in ,luces; and then to add to her mis 4rtune, she is sorely distressed by he boll weevill, which has destroyed ,housands of bales. Lousiana had to p ant and replant her crop of cotton, Vid she is LO UnIy short in her crop >f cotton but in point of -stand also. Aid, if I had space and time, I cmld show you state after -t to is short, or will be short in the present crop of 3otton. I have been through nine teen counties of this state, and find, with few exceptions, only a normsd crop of cotton, with no top crop at all. And in several counties the crop is being injured by the rust. Don't be deleived or misled by the e tton speculators' old and often re p tated cry of theirs a "Bumper Crop" in sight. This has been their slogan in the past, and will be in the future if you will only believe it. They do this in order to scare us into dump in; our cotton on the market, thus 3tusing a never-failing slump in prices. To sell our cotton at the present prices is not only financial kuicide, but it is striking hands wit h ,he graistest and deadiest foes known ;o the 8outb, and directly playing to the hands of your wort enemy, md turning your back on your owi riends, and ruiumg the Union which ou have sworn to proteet. Let all the memo~ers of the Union ~ome to the front and stand up like nen of brains, as well as men of ourage. Let no miemiber of your mul -Union sell till the mminum price s reached. If you havo some die ,rss cotton in your Subs, let your >Usiness agent make arrauement. &ith the banker, with whom you leal, to furnish 80 per cent, of the iorth of the cotton and the bank 101(d the cotton as collateral until te otton is sold and the note patid, andi hus hold your cotton sand pay your lebts, too. If you have given a lies, o a terchlant, havo your cott. n veighed, and present him with the ertiticates of weights, and ask him o credit your account with eighty lollars on the hundred dolrs' worth, m~d he will not refuse to accomumo late you. But, I submit in all can lor, that it is the best, if you can do 10, to arrange with each member, vbere he is forced to have money, to orrow the mon~ey' or, the cot toni, and mold the cotton for thme muinimumt >riue. If you have built Union ware mouses. put your cotto in them, if not. 11S) tle best inld nearest ware house facilitios you can get. It will 11r .it certainrly pay you to pIy Wire house and insurtnce elarge.s and hold your cotton. We have about one million seven hundred thousanid mom bers inl the cott'in belt., and ill inl the world we need is self.conilenco, and couideice in each other, and then CO-Operate with other Umons, and uthei states, if neceissars, to make our selling in bulks a success. Our state business agent, \V. C. Moore, Greenville, S. C , who is in direct comItnication with one hun. dred cotton factors and spi'.ner% will be glad to confer with you about stiling your cotton for yotu in bulk, and can save you money by selling your cotton through him. Brother, let me beg of you not to let the spirit of unrest and distruwt, that usually gets abroad in our land during the cotton-selling senson, intl uence you in the least. Bo a man and stand to your guns, and we are sure of suc Cess. Last season with a thirteen and a half million bale crop, and -uinimum (of elevcn cents, we not only whippod the flight and got eleven cents, but where our men had the nerve to hold they got as high as thirteen cents and thve-fourths to fourteen ecnts per pounld. This is an individual fight, as well as a collective one; and the <Iuestion is not what are they going to do, but as to what are you going to do'? The differe'nce, to the farmers of this state, Letween eleven and fifteen cent (based on a million bale crop) is twenty million dollars, and all you have to do is to be loyal to the Union, and it is yours. Thore never has been a time in the history of the South, until now, when the cotton spinners Qf the world hay6 invited the cottyn producers of the South to iloet ibeni in a three days' convention. They, the spinners, say to got closer rela tions between the manufacturer and producer -brother, can't you read the handwriting on the wall? Don't be deceived by the cry that Union is not accomplishing anything in this state, for we have or willorganize five ounties in the near future. We also have an organizer at work in our oounty and tile state is being organ ized as never before in its history. * * Now, in order to be fairly dealt with in grading cotton. I would sug gest that each Union elect a man to grade the farmers cotton so that we will know what grade of cotton we are Selling. 0. P. Goodwin, Pres. Election Notice. Pickens, 8. C., Sept. 17th, 1907. Whereas a petition from Central ichool district No. 9, has been filed witth hez County Board of Education of Pick na county asking for an election to du lermine wvhet her or not a high scho o dihall be established in said distr.ct. Therefore, it is hereby ordered that an alection he held in said sehool district n Moniday Oct. 7th nt the school zhuse. The bo oard of trustees are hereby ap pointed manntgers of said election. The election to be conducted in ae mordance with the "'High School Act" Ilpproved Feb. 19, 19Q7. By order of I 'ounty Bond of Educa lion Pickens counnty. R. T. Hallumn, Sec. & Chrm. (Co. Bd. Ed. Notice to Teachers. An examinatio~n for teachers will be held inl the conrt house at Pickens on Fri-'ay October 18. Examinations will commence p)romlptly at 9 o'clock. Ap plicants to furnish tlheir own atationery, I egal cap) pitper preferrrd. , Co. Supt. E I. Old maids wonld be Mcarchl andl b ird tuo Could they be made to see. [find, Now grace and beauty is combhined By uaing Rocky Mountain Tnt