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VJMMnn vRnWT TO DA *ORIN( -BY. The Sontlnol-Jourael Compay,. TFompsoN & BloQEr. PnoPs. J. I,. 0. THOMPSON. EmTon. Subscription $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable httered at Pickens Fostoffce as Second 0lasi Mail Matter PICKENS8, . .1 1JVIU4SJP4Y, JANUARY 16 1908. Contest for Red-Heads Only. When the golrlq. ray# 9t the glo. MTdus Fidnhdei haishA !i1 i e auburn Zinglets of the joyous JaCkSOnvRi girls, the picture is so perfect that even Father Time stops still in his flight and orders an ounce of radium that his youth may be restored. In the radiating glory of one of these auburn-hairet angels the red-headed, dimpled damplings of Rouston, Tex., look like a whitewashed fence after a torrential rain.-[Jacksonville 'Times. What Is an Injunction? An iojunction is a law which is found on no statute book. A law which has never been voted on by any act of legiblation. A law which has never been signed by any governor or president. A law which exists without consent of .the people. 4 law which came intobeing as the will of one man. An injunction.is a. law.made by: a judge. - -And penalties are fic'd by the same judge. And the offenders are tried before the same judge. How the World Grows. In a little more. than 100 years according to government figures, thq population df the world has growi from 640,000,000.to 1,600,000,000 ai increttse of 150 per cent. At the en of so many hundreds of centnries, i other words, there were in the worI in 1800 only .640,000,000 of pers-nm and in 106 yearp, from 1800 to 190( to this number had been added 960 000,000. The total.commerce of the. worl in 1800 was about 'one and a hal billions of dollars; in 1906...it wa more than twenty billions of dollari Other figures show' that in wealti and the growth of variou.s industra agencies the incrnease hae ben fa Bwifter than that of population. The overpopulation of the wol4 inot a present menace to the thinli ers of to-day, but the thinkers of period when '(here were ~less that hatf as many people in the world a now they seriously -debated the 1m mninende of the catastriophe that. th, overcrowding of the earth .would prc duce.-[Boston Globe. - L1ooking Over the Map. Sometime wh'en you are wondering what to do, when you want an alic gether new diversion, get out thi map of the world, or of your owr country, and spend a few sainutei looking for surprises. Nearly all o us think we know a great deal mom than we do know about geography Very few of us, as a matter of faoi have even a good general idea of the annrernhv of nur ifmma~jAie --an.4j A part of Mexico is farther eat than Mobile, Ala. Brazil is larger than the Unite Sitates (exl uding Alaska.) Constan inople is about as ft north of .Norfolk as the Bermud I kr.Qtk I l n rh u -.r :,f Seiavqugh, Ga., Is farther west Nqrfolk tilan is - Pitgsburg, .1 though the latter is very near I Ohio line. Pekin, China, is in just about latitude of Columbus, 0. For about one-half of its wid the northern b. undery of the Uuil States (not Alaska) is farther no' than any portion of the Canadi provinces of Nova Scotia or N Brunswick. A part of European Russia is I ther east than any part of Persia. The southernmost part of Engla ia more than 100 miles north of t orthernmost part of Switzerland, Rqme is on a line with Boston. Iltio do Jperio, the capital of B aln, iet as fir uMth no Pretorl the capital of the Transvant. Paris is fat ther north than I Johns, Newfqunland. Norfolk is only two m:les farth north than Algiers, Africa. Almost all of South America is ea of a line drawn south from' Norfol - Norfolk Landmark. Lucky Friday, the 13th. There is one West Philadelphi man who doean't care a hang if eve day is Friday, the 16th, yet he us to be one of the most superstitious men. Last September, whenr.the 12 fell on Friday. h' was cured.- thui safe was being 'a~isd to the.six floor of 'a W lnut.strteet .'.uilding he. was walking alqpg the silewal Just as he got under it dome o called, "Look out!" He graspeA ti situation in an. tit' .-gnd ; t e passed through hisirin'd the thongl thirt since it was Friday, the 13th. I was sure . to .bq. eatght under t1 heavy safe. .Neverthelese, he -jutpi for his life ah.d lanIed half' in ti gutter and half on the sidegal Then he'looked- around to.see V havoc 'and discovered that 'the -ro had nierely slipped a little, and ai the safe -was being hoistel up though nothinig had happened. he lay 'atrptebed in the mud his ho felt. Bomnetbing round and flat. WI be arose and brushed off his tdth he still clutched the find, and -ul exaniining it he found it to be'I a gold piece that no one evor claim r-[l'hila. Record Words You Write, but Never Sa; There are words you never say,. often write, says the .ondon Chr< s cle. And the contrast between Frei and English struck . thi. writer w) listening to a Freneh~ "laboring:in. A who made a speebh In -literary 'Frdji 1 for the public -speaker in..France no difficulties in the- matter qf. woi even though he evince his south origin In slight differences of pron I elation. The language of the-platf4 .and of the press is one, but not, a in England. One .could mtnke quit ipng list of words. .tJat are comn Senough in print, b'ut'.fgaisiy.'beat s man who thinks Me isW goihg to.a .them on a platform. For exai "succinct" is a common.Word. in pr a but the man who looks to fluent spe Swould boggle at it.:- In-- fact, no even speaks the' word. And, thoi Brobdlngnaglan is familiar .enough .black and white, has even Lotd A bery ventured on its voca'l prodticti , We don't say these thins;, as the 11 said. It Quiets lthe Cough t quiets tne fever, soothes, heais Ask your doctor about this. 'The best kind of a testimonial "Sold for over siaty years." hr "***Mfe-A-O,., ~we a SARSAPAIU..A. 6 PILLS.. *A VIOR ot bs the thSp ed th an Our Spring S ow we must make i ar- To do this we These shoes E Best Thing on I ,be Ra. Reg Reg Regi Regi Regi or Regl Reg at Regi k. Regi Regi la Regi ry Regi ed Regi of Regi lb th . redu as k. Goo hO l .the: re - - EVE! le -d .e d k . M -- es iat as so e e e 'A md 1En ~ DI but HOA ni ch You ar IAJ as. - 1% acre bulding erni s 2 1 acre lots close La -28 acre tract, close e wil1 pay for same. ion , . . the -30.. aCres, 1-n town: Hugthes Farm ht- rdom house. Large och' one HOL. Pickens e a stitch in tii represent safe policies are lil ickens, ocial Prices on! hoes will soon be coming in and as we are oom for them. are offering until January 31st some rare ba re all new, staple stock and are the celebrat< oot," MEN'S SHOES: ilar $1.75 value men's heavy Brogans to ular 2.00 value men's Box Calf ilar 2.50 value men's heavy Box Calf Atar 2.50 value men's medium Box Calf, lar 3-25 value men's Rhino Calf, heavy, ular 3.50 value men's Belour, ilar 3.50 value men's Patent Leathers, LADIES' SHOES. ilar $1.25 value Heavy Shoes, ilar 1.75 value Box Calf, alar 2.00.value Box Calf, alar 2.25 value Vici Dregs, ilar 2-50 value Patent Leather, alar 3.00 value Patent Leather, Boys' and Children's Shoes will also s ction. - Don't miss this opportunity tq buy Real I Shoes. Remember this sale begins with this date a I St. Lv PAIR OF MILES SHOES ARE GUi SOLID LEATHER. ORE & fIAUI RT DII V MUCH DO YOU e losing money if you do not own your own E HAVE FOR S lot well located in most desirable section- of t in and on piublic road. to .old camp.-ground, near Pickens. This is; of Liberty, on old Pickens-Liberty road. Hc -f aiesu-40 acres in cultivation---20 acres stable, cribs and sheds. A good iaiNestment. DER &s TAYLOR, .1 -ReaI Estate and 5tocks Office over Pickens Drug Co. 4 *Is a Hard Teacher ne by getting a fire insurance policy. You rr and reliable companies. beral and premiums light. Se OS & T A Fire and Life Insurance A~ *2 hoes already badly crowded rgains. d "Miles" make "The go at $1.55 1.65 1.95 1.95 2.60 3-15 3,15 $1-15 1.40. 1.65 1 -95 2.15 uffer a like Bargains in nd lasts until RANTEED D II LDIN.F ~A OWN? place or farm. ALE: own. r bargain as timbct c use and spiring on p1. under wire for pastu're: -ix See us for price and tern s. Brokers B. Carolina. tay never regret it. a us. I Y LOR, S. C.1