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1HE SE INEL JOURNA intered April 28, 1908 at Piokens, S. 0., as soond class matter, under aot of Congress of Maroh 8, 1879. DL.. XZZ~It V1U.8,IC IoUa CARQLINA, iRIDAY, JANUIRT 10198 , Masters C The Other f They All Flgure Out fA Stick -to Your Fri The Interest is at Fei body is Workini dai4d A*ay to Rushed this Wee] Day Late in Pub Omfee Begging ut old, back account One dollar buvs 2< buys 2,000 VOtes. Tw ell Mierd in first place.. Fift in second place, and 25 place. Twenty-six subsc piace, and 1,5 subs wouli would put Allgood in firs second place. About the Henderson, Freenan or respectively. Just a littk -the trick for your carrier. Last report will be 1 gle coupon, good for 5 vc Hunt for it. FOR OARTERS' PRIZ Ross O'Delj, Liberty, .R F Herd, Pickens, t~'e:Henderson. Pickens -Joke Allgood, Liberty Middleton Hester, Pickens -0 0 Masters, Central, Wm Mullinix, Central JD- lihibert,' EuereY B F Ireeman, Pickens, - MeWborter, Liberty, "Frk Hendrieka, Pickeos, ixog. fJilhonn, ---Steele, Central, -Os Arnold, Central Mark Hunt, DAvusville Jobn Carpehfer, Easley -- ing, Easley SCHOLABS8HTP PRIZE -Dreamir's Artbur, Liberty, -3 sew Lucia-Marie, Pickene,. S nan~ derett, Euartloane~, Mis. Zora Smith, Central, Mks Lens Balentine, Central Miss Lida Leslie, Erasley, . Mien Essie 2Keley, Pickens Mies Kasty Edens, P:impkinto Miss Elaie Herd, Piokens Miss Viola Otstratp, Miss Pearl Datten, Hurrioane 4 Miss Ida Eirod, Pumpkintb~n, Miss Bessie Thomas, Daouavill Miss Jessio Pursons, Liberty, Miss Mat tie Bowen, E asley, Minnie Kay, orm Chapm in, FOR TOWNSHIP PRIIZE CEN~TRAL. Lena Balentine Zora Smith EASLEY. Maittie Bowen Lida Leelie, Ella Looper, Esley,. Lidie MoCollum, Eas.ley LIBER rY Alma Clayton Jessie May Paraone, PICKENS LucIa EA~le Easie ,Kelley, Piokens Viola Gilstrap, ickeus DACUSVILLE. Marinda Watson,, iIzzie Day lose After Hirr oys Still in The Race, --0 dake Large Gains -0 )r Yourself How It Goes -----0--- - ends and Bring Them Up. rer Heat and Uhabated. Every and Guessing. Many. Coupon be Vote4 Later. We have Beei i to Uiye out Coupons and are s lhliing. Crowds Thronged th4 4 to take Their Money. Lots : s and eut-offs paying up. :o votes; $5 buys i,ooo votes; $ 6re more subscriptions would have pu een subscriptions.would. put.Master subscriptions would give him firs riptions would place O'Dell in firs d give him second. Fifty-two sub it place, and 42 subs would give hin same calculation would place eithe Hester up to first or second Placi bit of work on your part will turi ,blished next week. There is a sin ites, published elsewhere in this paper Bessie Thomas 140 12250 Lillian Farmer 869 15190 HURRICANE , ILizzle Garrett 4084 6015 Now Chapman 1387 Pnti Dahon 1691 12520 EAS'ATOE . 1010 1&'0 Flota Winqhester 88p 7885 Leona Chopman 40( Lid. Thomas 2850 Il- PUMiPKINTOWN 1000 IXd Elrod 1241 , aty BEens 2321 The Letter Fellowed him. just as Henry Labouebere had beer 1180 appoluted secretary to the pritish em 400 bassy at Constantinople his chief, Lori Hammond, roquefed him to procoet 995 to Constautinople without. dolay. Bu this arrangement did not suit Mr. La 18285 bonchere, and a week later hin chie 4530 -sas him strolling leisurely along thb 89)90 'trand. The latter glared menacingl; 12880 upon him and hurried on to his elub. 495 A very peremptory letter was the re 2155 suIt, but Mr. Labouebeve guessed tha t9)nature of the message and recognize< Wn) M the writing, so he dI not open thie em .78601 velope, but placed it in the tall poche 189151 of his coat. 'Then ho set off for a litti 21901 holiday at Baden-Baden, and when ii 975 had been there for a week or so h e 2240 opened the letter. "Now," he remarked to a frien( "you can appreciate my foresight I: 110 placing Hammond's letter in my tal 80j pocket, for I shall write him as rol 'My lord, I have just read your lei 'ter, which followed me to flanden-Bh den.'" 12800 This explanation of the delay wa 3010 regarded as wholly satisfactory b, Lord Hammond, who until be receive 1305 it had beeni disposed to be very wrot 295 with his dilatory assistant. 255 - 200 Very Steacdy. Farmer Haye --That Jones boy the 7755 ushed to work for you wants me to gh~ 865him a job. Is hie steady? Farm. Seedo-Well, if he wvas any steadhl he'd be motionless.-London Express 850 2620 Poor Jack. 11900 -Clara-Jack Intends to have all hi -own way when we are married. -Clara Mamma-Then why do you wannt 7851 marry hIm? Clara--To relieve ii 6001 mindo a nfalsc imnronn. FRM.OUR COF Liberty. Mr.. :and Mrs. Arthur Boggs, of Foin'ain Inn, visited relativea at Liberty during the holidays. Miss Addle Lee Davis entertained a few friend* in Lonor of her 14th birthay, on the 2d inst.,.at the res idence of her father, D. H. Davis, The Junior Eudeavor Society of the Presbyterian ch'reb held its annual bazaar Dec. 17-18. A large crowd was present each night. They took in over $60, which is to be used in church work. Dead.-dlidge," I thought after writin is I did'bSetge Ugige well XW night, that perhaps the Mae ag ile,,too. , I hed. got the es? 'at 4honebrighteret Liberty ths 0el4ewhere. but to'bea 4 the SErriu*04 4ditor talk, one wovfi I think aunshine, moonshine and all other shinee were to be had only at Pickens. I was at the poultry show the last day, and atong about hungry time I drove out to my brother's for dinner, and had to turn aside to let 12 wagons and buggies pass, all "chook" full of t people. I overheard an occupant of 'one of the wagons say to another, "I t wonder If that old fool 'Dreamer' will t be there with her tuske., boy and 3 jewsharp?" It went all down the line, I and they answerrd back one and alt, r "That's ahst's taking me." I helped ! them, and when I asked some of them 1 to vote for my boy tbey had all "promised to help othere," like they - couldn't give the girls the township . and my boy the scholarship votes. You better reckon I was glad I didn't get off on the first day of the show, fot I had six jure of tomatoes land pli'ek, somo sirup and severql thinge I intended taking just to help w. The family cautioned me not to go giving oit advice unasked, but I got my "dagsler, up" pnd eoneluided to 5 keep my AneY!. atd' dot hslp tlQ show any longer, as Pietens wout or don't help my WV. ;il get ve *Ith them 3et. I'll ta $ phtal at tib Srt; all that's needed is a suitable ) title, plenty of funds and talent-and I'll get friend Rankin to help me and we'll get up a dog show, and the way we'd boost Liberty will be a caution. I'm not out of beart it my boy Is be hind, for [ believe you will help him - to catch up. Now, won't you, my friendb? Thank., I knew you wonld. SI will nut tbe with you again soon. Of course'; I don't expect to be missed ---except pleasantly-for 'tie euaid 'a dreamer is one you can't under .stand;'' but ah, well, we all know Jo L seph was a direamner, and we under e tand what he did finally. DREAMER Hogs and Distilleries. S Well, there is no use saying any longer there are no bard times. The .o--iis is hetre. With the uhortest c otton crop that hias been made for aten years, and not any sur plus from y previous crops, and the staple only 1i bringing about 70" per cent. of the I) cos6 of production, there Is no use saying there Is not something wrong the matter, Cotton will not get any higher, either. Had I ben elected yeaur before last ~r and got'mny bill' through, there would ~r have been at least 500 distilleries in upper South Carolina, with a cap icity of from 700 to 1.003 - man per day, k and would have be la to. have s upplie~d Atlt.nta this ,~. with 500, is 000 gallons of whisky,{ .d we would awring asubsidy from Other fcpl statei RESPONDENTS. of more than $20,000,000 this yea Besides, those hogs I meet farr ore oarrying out of town every time go would have been raised her Over 400 come in to Greenville ever week from Tennessee and Kentuol distilleries, 'Rome 1oo14 may say thaIt I %M aggerating. Let's so. I was to] by a conservative man in Greenvill (dn who is opposed to whisk drinking, and one who is not afral to butt his bead against the bel brains in the city), that over $70 left that city every day for whiuk: It that is correct, then have I exap gerated as to Atlanta using 500,OC this Vear? Some w4ill sa1 Bult tlhamapit." Had we so fiwell fae it as OtbOW-uWqzunitIel n the lit day of January tw de i urMiU - floating all owd Ashevile and Atlantv, "from lo' mon4, Va. and various other place readiug thusly; "One hundsed pi cent, whisky. delivered at your ou bolse, .at $2 per gallon. Guarantee under the pure food and drug law. Had South (arolina had the rigt kind of. laws she would be like a stee with his tail coked, head up an neck bowed, prancing on the road I progress and prosperity; instead that she standa with her ears il-.ppe hair turned the wrong way, tine ing, while the vehement reptiles su her life's blood away. But some one will ask, "Wh about our religlou' Better subsl tute for the word "religion" tl word "a'uperatition." Those who have got the paper col tainitng my first article, keep it at watah. My mouth and pen are pr esumed to be prophetical, but son thing. I say will come true. I hae fattened 17 hogs this yea and it's a Solomon trick to kno when to quit, but I'll be d-d if ain't Anu.. : I am going to nake 100 bales 4 umton this year. I can make it i heep as anybody in this country. 0 got the hands and I will tai ap my old rule, (for which they turne iue out of church) fuss and cuss. can make money out of cotton if have to. I did it at So per pounq bu it took a lot of cussing, and don't know how much tbat is goin to cost me, but- I'm going to iry I have it charged up to the prohibi tionishs. I forgot to say in the proper pia< that besides the money that woul come in here from other states it whisky, there woul I. be sent doa hero a lot of money trom Washingtc to pay storekeepers, gaugers an otber officers; but we would not Des the other officera a great deal, as t distilling business would go isito i hands of men that would be pron to violate the law. lM. W. HESTER. Hazel. Elijah Wincbester recently calle on Robert L. Gilstrap, at WValhall on business, l4e says that "Bob," he is familiarly called throughout i county, is yet. the same "Bob." E repotrs health good and' crops fik in that section Mr. ad Mrh. 3. L Thomas visite at the home . of A. T. Winchester 00o1)10 of days last week. Jos. Garrot spent the holida with friends i flosmnan, N C. (G. W. Nelso anid Alex. HIenderst spent Christmna with friends in til Flat Rock seoti ni, below Liberty. -Your miwort y scrihn .ent Chri. Mas in Greenville at the hospitable home of Prof. y. L. Haynie, the mu. sic mao. The professor had been quite sick, but was muel; better, being able to go our riding Christ. mas day. This excellent family sure know how to entertain a fellow aid make him feel at home. We were treated to some very fine vocal and y instrumental music b ies May and :y E Idle Haynie. Mr. anid lra, bbert Edens spent d Tuesday at the home of Daniel Win. cheBter. R J. R. Meeoe now sporta a fle h borse and buggy. Mr. and Mrs. J. R Meece treated 0 their friends and neighbors to a'fine dinner on New Year's day in honor 0 of th 18th anniversary of their mar 0. riag. .It wg.. indeed -a grand treat * to all present. 'ThA long tables were heavily laden-with all'ttagood thing* the inner man could desire, to which ft:the guests did amplo justice. You Sough.tf have been with us, "Unle Born; onthne Rdinst., to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oraveley. a daughter. I Mrn. Mary Stewart, wife of Jatne@ Stewart, of the Reedy Cove section, I died on the 80th ult., of consumption. d and was buried the day following her d death in the New Friendship church. so yard. She leaves a husbar d, two >- children and several grandchildren to mourn her death. She was between - 50 and 60 years of age, and had been a consistent member of the Baptist church for a number of years. at MoUNTAIN SPRoUT. le Cateechee, To the editor. Uncle Zeko, the com - positors, the devil, the many read. d re, and in fact to the whole push t of the SzNTwicL-JouRNAL: e After a regular Rip Van -Winkle sleep, the old pencil-pusher from Ca. teechee woke up this morning and found 1908 wrote on the board. After inquiry he was informed that the year 1907 was a thing of te past only Irom a historical standpointsud with the advent of the new year many cbant es had taken place. We find d many vacant saat. at. homes we once visited heretofoie. When we pass cemeteries and see new graves we are told huah an one was bui led thew during the year 1907. Then the thought cones to our mind that only g865 days ago and maybe less time 0 that those friends were upon this beautiful earth enjoying no doubt agood health and the luxuries of life, but now they are sleeping an ever rlasting steep. It la not for us to nksow where are their souls. One n thing we know, and that is this, ther e d are only two p'acs whore they can d go, and when we leave this beautiful world we are firced to take the one 0for which we ar e best suited. We Are told that one of those places Is a place of joy and happiness, prepared especially for those who do thb Lord's wdll, the other place is a place of mis ery and torment, prepared especially for those who do the devil'a wIll. LNow, my dear friends, as the year "1909 may find us beneath a mound. Iof earth, just as our deceased friends e tare now. Then how Important it is [e that we take choice of the good place e at the beginning of th~e year, so that. - we on prepare and fit ourselves as a the scholar dt~es for college, Cer. a tainly, as we fail to stand~ the exam ination so sure will we be turned ,s away. Cateechee seems to be suffering in from that dreadful demon, fire. Three Ie dwelling houses' bave burned at this paein th~e past six or eight months. t continued on last page.)