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Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, B. Q., as second class matter, under act of Congress of Mlarch 3, 1879. VOL. XXXVII P1CK293. OUTH CAROLINA, THIURSDAY JULY, 23 1008 Q17 FARMERS' EDUCATIONA I. AND CO-OPERATIVE UNION ~=== OF AMERICA ----- I a......nm.mmmme..j Pickens County Union Colmnn J. T. BOGUS, RIEV. W. C. SEAIBORN and JOEL. MILI.CR, Committee In Charge. Warehouse Echoes From the Co-Operator. "For thirty years the farmer has hoped to see the government -do for him what it has been do ing for the banker, distiller and others-take his produce into government warehouses, issue government certificates on it to him and hold it 'till the con sumer needed it. "But, finding that all these interests were combined against *externding these governmental privileges to any but themselves, the farmers have set out to carry a system of warehouse storage f or themselves. "The farmer, though drenched by flood, scorched by sun, suck od by every bug and eaten by millions of worms while in the fidlas, has found that he was fleeced by every foul conibina tion-of despoilers that beset the land, -after his crop left the field. He is now making a heroic ef :fort to free himself from this -condition, with a fair chance of success, and every good citizen should feel a sincere desire to see him succeed. 'Warehouse, warehouse,' is the cry." "We are proud of the inspir ing hosts-of united farmers and the surprising growth of this great Union, is giving increas ing confidence and courage, in stilling new hope and life every- (' where. 1 The local Unions are the Pil- ( lows of strEngth of this mighty movement and to strengthen a them should be the desire of every mnemiber. Each local should keep in touch with I he- heart of the N movenient and feel the vibrat ing influence of the Union inl eery-state. it This done, we can not be oVer vWhe4lmed, but the machines ofi evwil will be overwhelmed by us- I ,Join the Union and "'let us march oni to victory."' JOHN TV. Boaas. Aiken Complimented. Youj can never tell. Here, for :istance, we have been thinking that Hion. Wyatt Aiken, while the best worker in congress, was i 'not much of a speaker, and yet 12 his spe ech -en the tariff <durig the last session was the best a that has been (delivered on that j suhbject in recent years, and It 'l has been giveni a place .in the Democratic campaign book. Mr. .Aiken has forged to the front ' an~d is nlOW recogizied as One1 of the leaders iin congress, as an effective speaker as well as an "effective worker.. He has ap plied himself to the work given .himn to do and has succeoedd tsplendidly.-Ander'son Mail. Sufficient unto the day ave p the twenty-four~i hours thocronL n Eleotoral Vote for 1908. Alabami ........................... 11 Arkansas............................. C ,alifornia.... ................... 3olorado.............................. 5 Jonnecticut......... ............... 7 Delaw are......... ...... ............ 3 Florida................... ............ 5 3eorgia............................... 13 Idah o.................................. 3 [llinois.....-----... .............. 27 [ndiana.....-... ..................... 1r [ow a ................................... J. Kansas........... ............... 10 Kentucky ....... ........ 13 Louisiana......... .................. 9 daine ....................... 6 dIaryland...... ......... ............8 Vfassachusetts-..................16 dichigan........................... 14 dilnnesota......................... 11 dississippi-.. -... ................ 10 dissouri.............................. 18 dontana......... ................... 3 qebraska......... ......... ......... 8 ievada.....---.---................... 3 q.ew Hampshire,................ 4 ew Jersey......................... 10 ew York......................... 39 qorth Carolina......... ........... 12 forth Dakota...................... 4 )hio......- .-..... .............. 23 )klahom a...... .................... 7 )regon..... . .............. 4 >ennsylvania.......... ... 34 thode Island......... .............. 4 south Carolina.... ........... 9 south Dakota...................... 4 ennessee......... .................. 12 [exas......... ............... 18 Jtah.................. .3 iT er ont........ ........ ........... 4 7irginia.................... 12 Vashington................ 5 Vest Virginia..................... 7 V isconsil........................... 13 V yom ing............ ................ 3 T otal .............................483 'lectorai votes ne,,cessa-ry to a choice............ .......... 242 Here is the vote of tie7. next lectoral college. Make your wn figures. According to pres nt indications Bryan has the outh and Oklahoma, 166 votes, afe. Pointed Paragraphs. Women (o not admire the line vork of Father Time. Girl; are partial to automo iles because they have spa rkers. Don't forget that a thing mr't done becauseh you intend1 1> do it. in af ter years women~l discover hat mirrors are not wvha~t they sed to be. Spa indly to the cook if ou are wise as to the require ints of yom:~ stomach. So many queer things now appe~n every day tha~t people ave lost faith in miracles. It doesn't maitter if a father oes know less than his son List so lie is able to support mi. The eyes of a man looking for wife rest longer on the girl 'ho can manufacture a pie han on one whose long suit 4 piano thumiping.-Ohicago A boarding-house keeper in few York tried to kill herself secause her boarders all left her. )h, pues T1he mills of the ;odls grind slowly, but they idexcednzy fine. Liberty-R F D 3. This community is now enl joying tip-top health. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Smith re contly visited the family of A. B. Howell. S. Powell and granlson, Ho mier Davis, of Greenville, visited Mrs. W. M. Perry recently. Mr. and Mrs. M. ). Boldibg, of Anderson, visited friends and I relatives in this section recently. J. D. Nations had a fine hog to get killed by lightning on the 4th inst. Your scribe had the pleasure of visiting the little place of Ca teechee last Thiursay. S. J. Nati>--. hld the misfor tune to lose a fine milch cow on the 14th inst. Miss Minnie Nations is visit- 1 ing Miss Nora Nations this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Satter field visited the family of J. D. Nations, Sunday. Miss Essie Elliott, an accom plishied young lady of Beam's Mills, N. C., is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Goudelock. She will begin her school at Norris on the 20th. Mrs. Ida Reid and son, of Pel zer, arrived Tuesday to spend the summer at Mrs. L. C. Gas saway'. Martin Crenshaw, of Pendle ton, worshiped at Praters on the 19th. Come again,' Martin; there is always a hearty wel come. Miss Ada Goudelock and her brother, Brown, have just re turned from a pleasant trip to Charleston. Frank Boroughs, who has been very sick at Hot Springs, Ark., has just returned home with his brother John. His many friends are glad to wel come him Iia again. FA RMIt G I a. 1t --- .- ----' t Mariette--R F D 2. ( Everything c(heerful and live ly, and health is good in this conmmunity. Tom Rigdon dined with Clyde and Tom Griffin last Sunday, and en.joyed the savory viands with nich gusto. Hello, ' Dreamer," has "Cle- Y vie'' laken your son, the reason you have quit wvriting Miss Margaret Holder visited Miss Lillie Lynch last Sunday. She reports an enjoyable timell. Elford Roper has treat ed him self to a new top buggy, and is now readly to carry his owvn or aniy other feller's girl around. Miss Laura Burns visited Miss e Leila Jontes this week. C Rev. Marion Looper filled his appointment at Oolenoy last ~ Sundlay. "'Clevi e," Ii would like to see you. WVhy haven't you been ~ to see mie? "'Oourdhead,"' have you quit t1 wvriting, or' have you changed your name? Comec again, "Oh!4 Riddle;'' I love to read your items.. I would like to know when the Ambler school will start. The order of the day is pre- t preparing fruit to dry and -to can. MAYvBNILE. f The Nuplials of Jim and Bet, In Sum ner county, Tennessee, lih es an Irish magistrate, a man f liberal education an1d a full juota of that iother wit for which his people are noted. A short time ago a negro pair iamed Jim an(d Bet called upon the 'Squire to be uniited, "for )etter or worse, "probably the ilat ;er. Having had soie notice of heir coming, he prepared and tctually .used this unique cere liony: Jim, will ycu take Bet, Without any regret, To love and to cherish Till one of you perish And is laid unider the sod, So help you God? Jim having given the affirm itive answer, the 'quire turned o Bet: Bet, will you take Jim And cling to him, Both out and in. Through thick and thin, Holding him to your heart Till death do part? Bet iodestly acquiesced, aind he newly-married couple were lisiissed with this " topper )ver all: )o up life's hill till you get to the level, Aind salute your bride, you dusky devil. -[Knoxville Jouirnal. An Object Lesson The story below, which has been going the rounds of the pa rers, preaches a powerful ser ion in a few words: "Teni years ago an Allen coun y (Kar-sas) farier put his ini ials on a dollar bill. The next lay he went to the nearest town md111 spent it with a merchant. Xefore the year Was out he got he dollar back. Four times in ix years the (ollar caine back o him for produce an( three imes he heard of it in the pock is of his neighbors, "'he last time he got it back, ve years ago, he sent it to a iail order house. He has never een that d Sla since, nor never 01ll. Tha t 1dlar will never pay my more school or road tax for lim), will never build nor bright n any of the homes of the comi iiiniiity. He se.1t it elit-irely out *f thle circle of usefulness to Not Necessary to Hire Him. The art photographer had vis be'd the farm. "'I want to make ni exhaustive study of this par icular bit of landscape.'' lie aid, "and would like to have 'our hired man retain his pres nt position on the fence there. !an he sit still?"' "For days at a time," repliedl he farmer. --I Cleveland Plain ealer. "oyou know that your hickens come over into my arden?"' "I thought they must e doing that."' "'Why do you hink so?'' "Because they uever omeo back."'-[Judge. Mr. Editor: I wish to thank ay I riend1s through the columns If your paper for kindness howvn met during the sickness mud death of my husband1. May he Lord watch over and protect a(ch one is the desire of their 'riend. MRS. .I. T. HTONr. Some Queer Facts Concerning Past Presidential Elections, The near approach of the next presidential election and the dis Cission concerning the .candi dates recall to mind various rather strange facts regarding previous presidential candidates. In reading over the nominees of the various cosiventions per haps the most striking feature is the uncertainty of predicting beforeha nd the result. For in stance, in the Democratic con vention of 1852 Cass received 116 on the first ballot, Buchanan 93, Marcy 27, Douglas 20, Lane 13. Pierce, who had not received a vote on the first ballot, received 282 votes and the nomination on the 40th ballot. In the Republican convention of 1876 Blaine, with 291 votes on the 1st ballot, was finally beaten by Hayes on the 7th ballot. Hayes only received 65 votes on the 1st ballot. In the election which followed Hayes was defeated by Samuel J. Tilden, Democrat, by '250,935 majority, and yet was counted in by a specially constituted "Electoral 3ommission" created for that purpose. A strange fact is that in spite of his bril liant victory, Tilden failed of renomination by his own party in 1880, receiving only 38 votes on the 1st ballot and 6 on the secon1d. Clay, Calhoun and Webster that great trio of statesmen of the first half of the nineteenth century-though all were aspir ants at various times in their careers, never reached the presi dency. Calhoun was twice vice-president and Clay was thrice nominated for the presi dlency, but was always defeat ed. Webster was %ne of four Whig candidates for the presi (eciy inl 1836, receiving only 14 electoral votes. In 1896 Bryan was not even a presidential possibility until he made his famous " Cross of Gold" speech-free silver being the main. issue and Bland the leading, candidate.".. On the 1st ballot Bryan received 119'T votes while Bland had 235. Bry n was finally nominated 0. the 5th ballot. In this convention Till. man received 17 votes for the presidential nomination. Once in a while it conmes with a grea t shock to a girl to find out that a man never notices the differences between a 49-cent shirtwaist and one that cost $27. B5.-Indianapolis News. New Table Rock Hotel Weekly Arrivals Mr. and1 Mr's. Gower, Green ville; Messrs. Norman Holder, Richard Freeman, Roy Grandy, Holder, Beard, Ernest Freeman, Pickens; Miss Bright, Easley; Miss CJureton, Pickens; Mr. Hun n1icutt, Miss Hunnicutt, Seneca; Messr's. John Carey, Tom Allen, Ben Parsons, Prof. and Mrs. Swvittenburg, Misses Riser and Sawyer, Pickens; Mr. Van Free man, Cross Roads; Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Lenhardt, Easley; Mr. Jerry McMahan, Charleston ; Mr. George L.athem, Miss Phil pott, Dacusville; Mr. Welborn, Miss Grandy, Pickens; Dr. and Mrs. Horton and two children; Messrs. C. D. Bolt, 0. B. Mc Loskoy and Morris, Picno.