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T1lE SENTINEL JOURNAL. Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, 8. 0., as second olassimatter, under act of Congress of March 8, 1879. VOL. XXXVS, PICKENS,- SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SOVEMBER 21190' Nf . Liberty Starts Off Ross O'Dell of Liberty Prize for Carriers of $5.< R. F. D. No- 3, Wins th, Who Will A Next Published The contest has started he interest taken up to thi! not show the true strength many coupons in the hanc been turned in to this office vote and would, maybe, ha, To vote early and as oft You will see many new published report and there is plenty of time for new e section gets busy the vote upward. Vote your couF near the top. Don't forget. As we st; in the price and dullness o pelled to extend the date o Photos of the little to and next week we will coi faces of some of -Mama's The vote for the various FOR CARRIERS' PRIZE. Ross O'Dell, Liberty, R F Herd, Pickens, R L Henderson. Pickens Jake Allgood, Liberty, Middleton heater, Pickens C 0 Masters, Cenitral, Wm Mullinix, Central, D G humbert, Etik.y, B F Freeman, Pickeus, McWhorter, Liberty, Frank Hendricks, Pickers, Hal Boggs, Calhoun, SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE. Dreamers' Arthur, Liberty, Miss Lucia Earle, Pickens, Til!man Garrett, Hurricane, Miss Zora Smith, Central, MiFs Lena Balentine, Central. Billie Welborne Miss Lida Leslie, Easley, FOR TOWNSHIP PRIZES. CENTRAL. Lena Batenrtine Zora Smith Marttie Bowven ~ Lida Leslie. LIBERTY Alma Clayton PIOKENS Lucia Earle IIURRICANE hizzie Garrett Nora (hapan Flra Winchieste-r Leona Chapman P'UMPKINTXO WN Tdat Etrod [HIS COUPON etL T'he Sentinel-J f5 votes for.......... ......... 5 votes for M iss........ 5 votes......- .......... Gets Busy. in The Lead. -- -0 F. D. No. 3, Wins the Startin )o. Miss Alma Clayton, of Liberi e Starting Prize for Ladies of $5-o --0 Vin The Finals? ---0 Report November 28th. ----0 Lnd we are very well pleased wit date. The published report doe of the contestants as there ar [s of the people, which, if they ha , would have shown a much large ie made many changes. 2n as possible, is a pretty safe plat contestants in the field at the ne> will be surprises for you all. Ther ntries to come to the front. As for the entry in that section climit ons early and keep your favorite ited last week, owing to the slum f the cotton market, we were con f closing until February ist. ts are coming in for the Baby Sho nmence showing our readers tl Darlings." prizes, to date, is as follows: ---0 mooBaby Shom 6551 2101 Open to the World 830 All the ladies are interested in "T] 405 Sweetest Babe in Dixie". Of conr 600 y in know and we all kno, 410 that the babe at your house 700. tieI '-Sweetest Babe in Dixie." So sei 300 the little "Tot's" photo and win a pri, 445 in the Sentinel..'ournal's "Baby beaul 400 show." We shall offer a number of prizes I 115 be announced next week for the ban [860 somest baby two yerrs old or under. 430 Send us a photogi aph of -your bat 8651 giving name age and place of residenci 4051 Do not write on the photograph. A 20 soon as the photographs begin to cor 245 in we will select two ench week to gr the columns of the Sentinel Journi These will be selected by lot so all w have an equal cha.nce. At the close the contest, ail the photographs will I 405 .placed in the hands of a committee wi 865 will award the prizes. No nlames will 1 published until we priut the pictures< 200 the winning babies. Send the pho tograph early so we c, 25print its picture to show to the wor what a handso lot of youngters 2,515 have in the family of Sentinel Jourr ienders. 2.085 Competition open to the world. 430 If you take an interest in your mi 20carrier clip the conpon from this pa and1sic sendu thorn to us with his name a 400 number of roule; the~y arec worth 5 vot 40and the ourrier receiving the greate '200 number wilt get that beannuful Piedmo buggy at Ohristmas. For the dollar y 210 pay on subscription you havc 200 vote les the holder to 5 votes in ournal's Prize Contest. ......... ....... ............... Rural Carri ............... . Township S.for chla..shi A Thankful Soul. I'm thankful to be living Instead of lying dead; I'm thankful that I haven't A niule' ear on my head. I'm thankful that I needn't Look out through iron bare; I'm thankful there is near me A b' x of gcod cigare. I'm thankful that my father g Was not a Hottentot; Y I'm thankful that my troubles Are easily forgot; I'm thankful that I never Have slyly stabbed a' friend; I'm thankful that few people Think I have cash to lend. I'm thankful that I seldom Toss on my bed at night; I'm thankful that I never Must coax my appetite; I'm thankful that my children From blemishes are free; h I'm glad that I can listen s And taste and feel and see. e I'm thankful to have traveled J Across my native laud r Before they stopped. the passes The scenery is graud! PIn glad that I am living With clothes enough to wea: t And that as yet. I've ne..ver e Been in a keepe'r's care. a - [Chiengo R(cord-Her I Business Locals Notices of Sale, Wants, swaps, et inserted in this Column at s cents p lne for each insertion. Nothing taki for less than 10 cents. te For Sale--Family horse, 8 years gentle, fast; price $175. For Sale--American single barrel gun $2; MoOlellin saddle in goo $3.50, D. D Jon FoR SALE-17 acres, original fc 1j miles north of Pickens, $30 an 75 acres west of Woodall Mllountai acres branch bottom, balance in tin price $10 acre, cash deal. E. F. Ki R. F. D., No. 4, Pickens, S. G. e You have not heard nothing from se Moore in a long U1ime. I am in E oid drug store on 0s- corner. I am * battle-whanging aimg selling beef is one thing and aRitiher. But now d come to facts: I want to buy your hides, green hides, raw hides anc .e other kinds of hides.also your seed cc ;y and cotton seeds. I want soni.e she want some pork; I can't tdll he what 1 do want. The old -aiarkipt. 0 J. D. Moo I A few first class sewing mach slightly used to be sold at groatli Y duced prices. Also sewing machinE -. paired. Call at Graig Bros a 0. P. Knig! ae Ask to see our assortment of rem ce laces. Price by the bunch 10c the;: -l Ur.>1g rn ,f Carload of Obelisk Flour just reci is at H. A. Richey's. 0 WANTED,-500 bushels pease; Spay highest market price; cash or ti icov. 6.tf Ashmore & Ni'tumoi in For Sale,-155 acres of I ud on Id sideO of Twelve Mle River adjoi ye landcs of, Norris Cotton Mills, Wu al Hopkins and others. 23a3 T. C. Robinson, Norris, S. For Rent:-- A good farm, 2 Io 3 1 il crop. Good hiouse aend outbmi er Close to Pickenis. Apply to E idEarle. O sFOR SALE at Will receive bids for sale of 5 thouso andI iiot containmtg uine- tentil an acre more or less in thu to wn of " erty, 8. C. ntitil Doeomi'er, 15th. s5. chaser to pay for papers. Te"rmns to - state'd in bid. .J. u. O'De Tfhe ad~vantage Of artIfielal sha(i the gr'owing of tob accomi and oher< conlsists of thme conserving of the 3r tune In the soil. "DId yez.' notlee abhout tht' Joki -- brother T1imi layed on wan aiv chaittleurs ?" "I heard a turribile thing hjapi to him. Poor 'rim!" " 'Poor Tinm,' th' divvie! IIe b ). athick av dinnamite In his pocket Ihe woarun ove. "-Ju..e Fariners' Union ireau of Inforimation. -. .('- II4teI by the South Carolina Farmer' Educational and Co-Operative Union. Coni cnieations Intended for this depart muent should be addressed to J. C. Strfiling, neidloton, South Carolin a. OUR COTTON LETTER. There is $20 per bale for the faith ful who have grit to stick it cut to the and for the maximum prices. A letter from a man in Texas states that he will get but one bale oft of 32 acres this year; the boll wevil got the other 31 bales. A prominent offl.ial of the Texas Farmers' Union states that there are many cotton growers iu Te.,as this beason 'that will not make more than one-lourth to one-third -as much cotton to the acre this year as they did last year. When the cotton farmers' orgam zations set the minimum price at 15c they made no mittake, They know the situation notwitttanding the opinion of some newspapers to the - coutrary, who seem to think that they have a better idea about what the farmer should have for his cotton than both the Farmers' Union and the Cotton Association combiued. That mad, wiid rush of that weak, d. mortgaged cotton to market will soon be over. Stand to your paNituoa, buys, and you will win out as usual. That cotton your neighbor sold out - to the speculator befoze it was made, and the mortgaged, weak cotton, is Hr the clog that is now holding down the lid on the cotton market, to the detriment of the prosperity and prog ress of the whole South. old, We have the names of two brothei ,.hot farmers in South Carolina that sold I fix 100 bales of wtton before it was made ' at 10c per pound, and have gone L rest, the man they sold to and paid him 2,1"' $1,000 to get loose from that foolish kbr, cobtract. "' We will give you the names and Old addresses of these men if you will re's give us the names and ads-reises of just two more of. the samet sort. and, we The two men alluded to are now drr good Union ipen, but it cost them $1,000 by not juinlng i year sooner op, I and standing pat for th. minimum .dly prices. re. Most everything used by cotton ines, growers has gone higher in prac re. re- cently while cotton has gone lower e re- without a reason for it except that 'A. th N. Y. Cotton Exchange has an natit interest in lowering prices on this rard, weak cotton. > Why plant cotton, anyway, when tived yon can usua ly bny weak cotton cheaper than you cain make it? This -a plan would save a lot of wvorry and is. work, too, SThe prices on checks and some ning otber goods are now 50 per cent, rren higher than one year ago. These spinners and weavers have made(1 C. tbese tadvances expecting to pay 15c iorae or more for this year's cotton, and ingsa. nowv these weak cotton-grow'ers that lwmn t. 31 are showing the whIte feather have broken faith and are on the reireat; .oomf have not the faith in themselves and Sof neighbors that theuse cotton mill suon haein the power of the two great II- an the Cotton Association. e in~ "INLAND)" VS. "SEA hSLAND.' izois- In their deliberations on naming minimum prices on long staple cot ton, the committee appointed by the tio Farmers' Union at Little Rock did no think it wise to undertake the ened task of making a discrimination ad( a among the various kinds of long sta whin ple, but thought it best to recognize the fact as the original "Sea LIland' cotton has not been grown to perfec tion and reproduced on any other land excepting the sea islands, that all other long staple cotton grown on main land should be distinguished fr in the "Sea Island" as "Inland Long Staples," and classed by num bors, as is already being done to some extent. At the date of pricing cot ton by the Union "No, 1 'East Flor ida" Long Staple was selling at 42e per pound and all other grades of Inland Long Staple was set at the same rates, according to grade. It is well to state here that in order to get fancy p.ices one must produce fanucy, clean, long staple. Some ,f the highest-pricud Sea Islands that sell from 50c to 75c are gathered by pulling off the mature bolls clean of leaf and drying the bolls under shel ter. In a few years 1 and 2-inch staple cotton will be common all over Soulb Carolina. Clemson College has grown some 3-inch cotton and some farmers in the upper part of th state are now growing from 405 to 600 pounds of 16 to 2iiuch cotton per acre. HANDLING LONG STAPLE. In order to command the highest prices, Inland Long Staple should be picked out when dry and stored in the seed at least two months before ginnings; this plaU "seasono" the whole mass to one uniform condition, and uo doubt this seasoning adds to the weight, str ngth and texture of the lint. A, I black seed cotton is best ginned on roller gins; but the buzzy seed sorts may be woll ginned on common smooth tooth, or slow-running, dull teeth gin. Where the cotton farmer handles his cotton mostly with his own family or can command clean gathering and proper cultivation, he may easily get one-third more lor his labor by growing long staple cotton, In picking it pays to separate the pickings if possible into first, second and third; barring storms the second picking brings the best prices. In order to keep up the quality and breed of long cotton it is necessary to select the seed in the field every season. If you have joined the Union and do not attend the meetings regularly. you are only about half a scholar or kas in the Union. A well-meaning farmer said that he believed in the Union and thought he could do more good for same by staying out and advising others to join. This fellow must consider him. self nothing more than a left-over piece of timber after the bridge is built. WVhere would the timber come from to build a Farmers' Union out of if all farmers wore of the left-over timber kind like this fellow? Don't grumble. The moat unfor tuinato class of people living upon this green earth are the grumblers. They iob home of its joys, society of its dues, and themselves of the best things of life. From the days the children of israel "grumbled" and were sent on their tedious wander ings "for forty years in the wilder ness" up) to the present hour the world has been full of grumblers. It is "tAoo bot" or "too cold," "too wvet"' or "dry." People in re.asoniable cir eumsi'tanc(es haLvO visions of the poor houe, while the rich grumble that they can't get rich faster. When sitting, don't sag. This is an ungraceful habit and one that is easily acquired. It's a habit of lazi ness, too-and a damage to the lungs.