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TiE PICKENS SENTINEL:JOURNAL Entered A pril 23, 1903 at Plckeus, S. C. an second elass matter, under act of Congress ofMarch 8,1879 391h Year PICKENS, S. C., OCTOBER 7, 1909. Number 20 Prepare Every thing Now For Future Genera tions. By Senator ELMER J. BURKETT of Nebraska. + + 11E time has come for the United States to take up some of the great work of internal improvement. We are permitting our rivers, nature's great ca n:11 of ouineree, to g1o UNUSED to the sea. Nei ....... i. 4i nr state can develop thefh, and the e::+1rncnt So far has refused to do it. To be sure, we have inprovil a few harbors and dredged a few rivers from time to time, but Qdnl in a DESULTORY, UNORGANIZED SORT OF WAY. We have paid for it out of our current revenues and have done it onhl when we had a SURPLUS after paying our current expense>. No citize in in thi ' and age would handle his private afairs that way. fle would iinaice his scheme, BOUZOW TEE MONEY, do his Ailrovemits under some sensible and coniprehensive plan, get Ii.s prje ct ilt4 peration and returning DIVIDENDS and then pay for it (u11ri;. a -eries of vears. THE UNITED STATES HAS UNLIMITED CREDIT AND CAN CARRY ITS LOANS CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER BORROWERS IN THE WORLD, AND THERE IS NO REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR DE-. LAYING ITS LEGITIMATE WORKS OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. It is a d theory for individuals and governments to keep out of debt, hut neither mien nor nations achieve the most and in the largest way that follow the theory. A MAN'S CREDIT IS AS LEGITIMATE AN ASSET AS IIS CASH, AND JUST SO WITI1 A NATION. BUT, MORE,THAN THAT, WE OF TODAY SHOULD GET CON DITIONS?_ 2 FOR THE MULTIPLIED MILLIONS OF TOMORROW. WE "Of th O DE'ELOP TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES; WE OUGHT TO',)TRUCT PUBLIC BUILDINGS; WE OUGHT TO BUILD A PROPER SIZED NAVY, WE OUGHT TO CONSERVE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE PEOPLE OF TOMORROW IN TURN OUGHT TO PAY THEIR APPROPR!ATE SHARE OF IT. It iS neith(1le co,l(iudI ttldlay action nor just to impose ALL THE OBLI(ATIONS UPON THIS GENERATION. The Pan ama canal fr A lA ; ES TO COME, and we are to issue bonds for its cost. the it! ervt of whi-h FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN PAY TIlE SAMlE .\S WI: SHALL PAY IN OUR DAY. American Women Bear Tortures For Style. By Dr. SARAH J. M'NUTT. Physician, of New York. IE wIumeln of this country are becoming cripples and co lquettes thirough Paris styles. Some WOMEN HAVE TO P1ZACTICE FOR %[ONTIIS BEFORE TIIEY CAN LEARN TO WALK IN TILE SIIORT WAISTED, TIGHT Il IPPED CREATIONS. If they wanted to sit down while wearing thei theV would need a force of three men to give assistance. I AM SPEAKING NOW OF WOMEN WHO ARE CONTENT TO BE SHOPGIRLS AND OF THE WOMEN WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOPGIRLS HAD NOT THEIR FATHERS MADE FORTUNES in SOAP OR CANDLE GREASE AND OF TH.E WOMEN WHO BE LONG TO WHAT I CALL THE FLOATING POP .TION-IN OTHER WORDS, THE WOMEN WHOSE ~LIVES ARE SPEINT-=:<"%.~ AND RESTAURANTS. --- But if women suffer phiysically for the style of clothes they wvear it is largely MIEN who .are responsible, and their responsibility spingms from two sources. FIRST I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MANY OF THE FASHION EXTREMES AND ABSURDITIES THAT COME TO US FROM PARIS WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED IF MEN HAD NOT BEEN DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE. THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OF BY WOMEN. Th:e second! ground upon01 wicih I would hold men responsible for wvomen's dress absurdities goes deeper into human nature. The BARBARIAN iN MIAN ADM1IRES EXTREM1ES IN DRESS, what one iuhit call "STRIKING" COSTUMIES, ON WOMIEN. After all, practically every wonman in the world is dressing to make herself ati iactive in the eves of at least one man. Dance Halls Are as Much Needed as the Husking Bee. By Dr. LUTHER. H1. GULICK. President of the Playground Association of America. ONE of the greatest factors in constructive philanthropy is the PROVISION FOR P~UBLIC RECREATION-not the revivals of ipast recreations, but the intelligent interpreta tion of tihe p)osibilities p)resenlt in modern life, such as the constructive use of lecture halls, parks, art workshops, libraries, p)ub u ba.Ihs, splendid streets and buildings. We> have blgun to do this in the use of the library. To make the best use 'f this requires CO-OPER ATION IN LARGE GROUPS, for we are h Ielpes as individuals even to prevent the bad. It is not enough tha:t we have restrictive legislation in regard to dance halls, mving~l p)ietnre shlow-, and the like, or that wve prevent our children from going to ten WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATELY FOR THE NATURAL AND RIGHT DESIRE FOR EXERCISE, AMUSEMENT, MUSIC, DANCING AND ASSOCIATION WITH FRIENDS. THE PRO3LEM OF THE CITY DANCE HALL IS FUNDAMENTALLY TYPICAL. THE DANCE HALLS HAVE GROWN UP TO MEET THE NEED OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER, THE NEED ONCE MET BY THE HUSKING BEE AND THE BARN DANCE. This need is explo ited by saloon keepers and dance hall managers on the worst pasible muuercenary basis largely because no one else has cared to take heed. It is pooi~r economiy to exploit these wholesome desires for FINANCIAL P'URPOSES in such a way as to impose almost cer'tain~ isaster upon the young people. The miatter of the dance~ halli is 'Ine of many problems requiring COMDIUNITY AC TIOC .\N!) CONSTRUCTIVE AS WELL AS RESTRICTIVE HOUSE FOR, CHILDRE,N, Families Without Them Will Not; Be AdmittCd. SPECIAL OFFER FOR BIRTHS. Landlord of St. Louis Apartment Building Will Give a Month's Rent Free to Parents For a Girl and Two Months For a Boy-Several Novel Features. Plans were recently fil(d with the building deiartI::vnt of St. L.puis for an apar'tienIlit bW1u0 ex..-isively or fIamilies with childron. The d1;;i,rs of this house. wiib is to cost *400.01--0, will be shut anialist bachelors. old maids adul cli;d4less cou;ples. Olne child will be , b::e of adlittace, but the fam1ily w% it a dozenl children will be wevlcomed \ with opell a1rm1s. It is tle first l.ii-tMnliL h ou r f its kiind I inl the UnIitel St:ls. aiil it will rise he! vu I I o a1 ir: aill fIl.ashiolable house"s wviuh f"orbdid chiAhcli. S. ). Ledervr, n (al c:Ze 11roker. is the "i,rnao If h,- id.".. :1:d hie found reidylv backin- for tie scho:ne. -ie has a whole ch.i o f nivelties. With every girl bwrn i, tlhe lhouse he wi;i presen1t a reocipted bill for 4lje moiith's rent to t:e pnrvnts. edvrer pllos tVice .s1 ligh a v:lu!e (7i bui'ys. pa ren I re iplt bili for two iloliths' r(-Ill. 1nd tere will bt, lifoy-!1ur1 ::r, mlenits. Lach prretvilhva specia lly eiii 'i: e't.:. in :l ditil tlhre will ie a Ilrc iISyroh?i inl the :em n , n:dl 1:% :e : m the eb;hir.:wll :Si't t n':ls;'.S on the roof. .\ d:tw* ri wvi iA. rided'~.. :1:d1 i8:iw'4 81 81 will I' struct tlie chiidren without chaoe ti the harents. Tli:i also will be in struct-or in. pIhy*i.-::! ,tl re. :!:d it is " I m :n 1inced tae a it meit house for chilliirn w\il liil a real want." said Lederer. "It will lie the only one (it its k-ind inl the coutitry, buil I expect to see in:y 111more like it. Why, aS 00 :IN 1 v 1 out y p1:11S half a4 dozen nii!l1ilnires w:1:0ed to I;Ick the venture single hani:vdei. Thiy swthe pmssibilities in; it. :Ind the(y womvlred it hadn't beeli tried hefre. "Lvery applicilat wil hae to trot oilt tihe youligs"ers before I rent him a llal:zrtmelt. (%iidren wi:' he tile re<quirement. one child will d, bit the more the inerrier. If : mn comes along with a1 .worc of chiltrei le will be ly rize teniat. and ill put I brass plate on his door. "It's easy to Lgutre it out from the finanil stalldloihnt. With Children inl every amily I there will be lio ((omll plailts oil the ScITe (if noise. Thlen mar,i-ri(d coiples w.-ith childreni are the Iost stable tetanllts and are less likely to move. Thi-y are the best rent liay rs, too. as all statIstics show." One of the featurets of thle house w' be a general nursery ini char . J a nurse. Mothers going out oppig, afternoon calling or to thi~e ater' may1 leave their baieis 1.. en~ire of the nurse..' ;li RUTS IN A ROAD. How the Work of Repairing Therr Should Be Done. With earth roads there is a pro nounced tenidency to rut. anid wheL ruts begin 11o applear (il thle surface great earl' shiotuili e uised ill select inl' neUw mat11erialIs w ih which they should be imme;dl:ately 1Eled. says a bul!etint of the depatmen 811t oif agrilult ure Every hole or rut ini the roaidwayl it not tampedls full ofI somle gliiod mateiall and( wi:l he' malde delier andi widler b1, each passtig vehilel. A hole whlih could have bieenu tilled wVithl at shoivelful of mat Ierial wil 8oo ne'iii ied ai (artful. Thle riut or hioie to lbe repaired should be (clere of dust, 1mud( or waltr and11 i'u4St urlicint goiod freshi1 earth placedl ini it to) lie even withl the su1rrounlding. surface after having been thoroughly RutS rTnAT NIVED To) BE FILLED. coslOidaited withi thel poundeil(r. S(id should no' t be placed on tihe surface. Neit her shold tl:te surfacue lie rin ted by throwing up1on1 it the wornout ma terial from the gutt"rs atlontgside. Rluts and holes shoul d toit be filled wi th stone or gravel untless at conlsiderable sectionl is to be so treated. for if such material is dtunpled ilto) tihe holes or ruts it dioes not wealr uniformly withl the rest of the road(, but produces lumpis and ridies andlin many!11 cases results In mnakinig twio hoiles for' every 01n1 repair ed. I eversible ro ad macbitnes are 'often ,,-1ed ,tI ..r -in- tile mlt'ai . out of ititches to the center of the roadway, which is left there to be washed again into the ditches by the first heavy rain. A far more satisfactory method when the roadway is sufficiently high and where a heavy roller cannot be had Is to trim the shoulders and ridges off and smooth the surface with the machine. This work should begin in the center of the road, and the loose dirt should be gradually pushed to the ditche.s and finally shoved off the roadway or deposited where it will not be washed back Into the ditches by rain. TOWN IMPROVING IDA Suggestions Fe'r Arranging Home Grounds Attractively. HOW TO PLACE LARGE TREES Not in Straight Lines, but In Groups. Pleasing Method of Separating Back and Front Yards-Best Place to Plant Shrubs and Flowering Annuals. Before building a nouse most persons recognize the necessity of having a detinite plan of the structure. Compar atively few people, however, realize the desirability of planning the home grounds. And yet the latter may have quite as much to do with making a home as the former. Well laid out grounds also add to the attractive appearance of a town. In a short article it is impossible to give more than a few general princi ples. These if considered In their proper relations to the situation of the building and the character of the sur roundings may lead to pleasing results. The location of walks and drives should be made a matter of conven ience. Neither the walks nor the drives are ornamental in themselves; hence they should not be more numerous than the uses of the daily life call for. Curved walks and drives are often more pleasing than straight ones, espe cially where the grounds are large. The curves, however, should be easy and natural, not short and kinky. TDe home grounds may be compared with a picture in which the lawn forms the canvas, with the house the principal center of interest. Viewed in this: way the house should not be hid den behind too many trees. but should at least have the front facing an open stretch of lawn. Trees if planted near the house are preferably placed at the sides and rear so as to form a setting anu a baekgrouud for it. The usual practice of planting several rows of trees running the front of thl house to the. T. conducive to monoton inl effect, further more, t very difficult to lsh and na .tain a lawn under sue cum sees emost appropriate places for ojI trees are along the boundaries of tne -3rounds. The miost pleasing way to place them Is nut in straight lines. but ini groups. with lower growing kinds in front and toward the center of the grounds. It is usually desirable partly to sepatrate the back of the yard from the front. This is miost p)leasingly accomplished by placing one or two masses of low growing trees and shrubs at the sides of the house and extending them to meet the masses planted at the sides of the yard. One or more openings should be left be tween the dividing masses of trees and shrubs for free p)assages and for the glimpses of the farther p)arts of the grounds. A stronger massing of trees and taill shrubs may be used in the proper position to shield the house from the prevailing winds. By using a variety of trees with tall shrubs next. smaller ones in front, a most effective windbreak may be formed, and by planting the latter in irregular groups a imore pleasing effect is possile than where all are placed in formal rows. Wherever fine views of the distances are in danger of being shut off open ings should be left or made to retain them, especially such views as may be seen from porches and living room windows. Ev-ergreen trees are most desirable on the north and wvest, be. cause of their effective windbreaking qualities in winter. They are not suit able trees for the south side of a house or in front of wvindows. In winter the sunshine should be given a free chance to enter the windows and thereby greatly adld not only to the cheerful ness of the rooms, but also to the low ering of the fuel bill. The snmallcr shrubs and flowering an nuals are best placed in the corners by the porches, along the base of the house wall and in front of the larger plants at the sies of the lawn. Groups of such p)lants on either side of the en trance gates are usually very pleas ing. Avoid planting single shrubs or bushes or other plants promicuously about the lawn. The pleasing, distinc tie character of a place can be secured only by leaving large, open places where nothing but green grass is al lowed to grow. If the whole place is dotted full of single specimens and small clumps the effect is patchy and fussy where it should be dignified and natural. Specimen plants, if used at all, should be planted sparingly and not set in the most conspicuous places. Flower beds cut out of the lawn are best avoided. They break up the stretches of green, are difficult to keep in good condition and leave unsightly bare sp)ots in winter. Such flowering plants are not suited for planting in the front of the shrubbery borders and about the porches, but are best kept in a flower garden at the rear or side of the house.-B. 0. Longyear in Ameicn CuOltivator. COME 10 GREEN) Railroad Fare Re(fJnded Within J Fare One Way Here is T Buy $25 wvorth for cash, all c and part- at another, within thr4 chants named below. Not nec Get Rebate Booh with first pi corded and whcn ',25 worth is book to Secretary of Retail Me of Railroad FarC. Buy Fom A China, Glassware, Etc. Gilreath-Durham Co. Drugs and Sundries. Bruce & Doster Drug Co. Dry Goods, Notions, Etc.. J. Thos. Arnold Co. Barr's Dry Goods. R. L. R. Bentz. Hobbs-Henderson Co, Hovey Smith. C. D. Stradley & Co. Fura-iture, Etc. L. A. James. Symmes-Browning Co. E. S. Poole. Buggies, Wagons, Etc. Markley Hardware & Manufacturing Co. R. N. Tannahi!l Co. If you doni't understan Information Cl flieegIJiIIO Retail .I!II JOHN WO( O01o ovor 9mfitli & Bristow, Cordon Countyt lie better, have better sub-soil than your lands. The reason a piractical farer in the cour 200 pounds of fertilizer to the Many of them use only acid. for sale. Some rare bargainsi year. Delays are dangerous. come and see for yourself. W~ Cdlhoun, (County Seat of ing town of 2,000 people. Lc ta. I refer you to the followiu showu them the goods. J. R. Keith, W, M. Chasta CHARL Musical and OCTOBER 2! RussiaN Symphi The biest organize in talent iq the Unit by a splendid chorus. and female voices. SpeCil Rates from Al P Ask the Doctor. Ask the Banker. ILLE [0 TRADE! ?adius of 40 Miles; Paid for distance Over 40 Miles. he Plan: t one time, or part at one time, 1e months from any of the mer essary to buy all at one store. Irchase, have each purchase re entered in Book take or send rchants' Association for amountl ny of These: Clothing. Hall Brothers. J. 0. Jones & Co. L. Rothschild. Smith & Bristow. Stewart, Anderson & Merritt. Jewelry, Etc, Bruns-McGee Co. Lumber, Etc, Oregon Lumber Co. Office Supplies. Seybt-Lanford Co. Millinery, Coat Suits. TThe Ayers Co. Shoes. Americus Shoe Co. Henderson-Ashmore Co. Pride, Patton & Tillman. d, write the Secretary. eerfully Given. 1111colts (Issodlt1), )D, SEC'RY. or. 19u aud WRsk tn Steels. DR SALE! Ceorg ia, Farm nd ep per of the lat i'~ it ty. They don't lwde and acre would scare rrost of them. I have all kinds and size farms f sold before rented for another Don't take time to write ire me when you start. Gordon County) is a fast-grow cated 8o miies north of Atlan gmen of your county. I have in, Pickens, S. C., R. F. D., 4, 3OAZ, i.W. "AQU,. ESTON Festival Week. 5--30, 1909. )nY OrchestrA ! 1 and most uniform ed States, supported of two hundred male pints in South Carolina. Ask the Preacher. Ask the Lawyer.