University of South Carolina Libraries
Pickens Sentinel-Journel Subscription Price One Dollar a Year In Advadee. . xoterod at Ptotens Fostoalce au Second Class Msli Matter PICKENS, 4. C. THURSDAY NAR. 9 1911 Jack Cudahy and Jere Lillis. A newspaper story from Kan sas City states that Jack Cud ahy and his former wife have mended the Lillis rent in their matrimonial bed blanket and will probably remarry. Under the circumstances it is doubtless te best thing they could. The Cudahy-Lillas episodo created quite a sensation at the time. Both Oudahy and Lillis were very wealthy men and consequently hold very high social and infltential positions for in these days aud times men's social, moral and finan cial altitaudes are all based upon Dun's or Bradstreet's reports ex olusively. Orininali money gave mon financial iprestage only and its power should be limiited to that point at all times, but man has always had an insane desiro to dlance around the golden calf and at the present timie money can buy honor for a thief, social standing f'or an acknowledged libertine ald fiamue for a fool. The uiahy'socenlpio a pala tial lionie inl Kansas city, we: a' liberal in tertainers and conse quelitly were very popllar. if you wralt miany friends, feed thei vell, splIld Imoney lavish ly and they will be as thick as fles onu a pug (log. They will stick to you as long as you keop it up. JereLillis was a very wealthy mani. lHe was a bachelor, well educated, a very charming man socially and what might be vul garly termed a "'a lady's man," and a gilt-edged "Go-get-'er." Added to all this, Jere was good looking dressed expensively was president of one of the biggest banks in this country, and wore derby hats, cuff trousers and rainbow socks. With the wo men, Jere was the entire sea shore, water waves, sea weed, pebbles, sand and sandcrabs combined. He was a welcome and fre quent visitor to the -palatial home of the Oudahys. In fact his frequent and prolonged vis its wvhich continued for years, had set the Idle tongues of the Kansas City gossips wIg wag ging for many months prior to the fatal night when he made his last call, sang his last song and played his last tune. Jack Cudahy. it seems, ha~d -not objected to Jere's frequent and lengthened calls. One of Jacks nearest neighbors told me in person that the frequent vis its of Lillis to the Cudahy man sion at any and all hours wvas known to everyone and as Cuda hy did nd I seem to object to them, it was taken for granted1 that he was there about as much as Jack, and seemed to be0 per fectly at home. For some reason hard to guess (when we remember the fre quency and publicity of Jere's visits,) Cudahy became jealous. He had a bogus message sent him, calling him hurriedly fl-omn the city, and bidding his wlfe a tender adieu, hurried off to catch an imaginary train. But he didn't go. instead he hid out until very late at night, un til all was quiet and serene at home when accompanied by hIs auto driver (I never could spell shoffer) he silently entered his home with a latch key and as he expeCcted, found the courtly Jere and his beautIful young wife enjoying themselves as we~ll as they could under the cir' cumstances. Disregarding all the cortesies usually bestowed upon guests, Jere was siezed, thrown to the floor held forcibly down upon the carpet by the hired] man, while Jack proceded to carve the gay othario in artistic style. Some reports say that Jack's auto driver was a doctor in disguise. At any rate many long gashes were made on Jere's fade, chest, arms, legs and other -portions of his anatomy. None of them were particulary of a frieidly nature, but probably the unkind cut of all was when Jaick made a bass slash and put Jore in the tenor class where in company with the immortal Origen and other high singers he can hereafter warble like an oriole in tall timber. The most difficult task to per form is to justly assign each in dividual connected with this un fortunate affair his proper role. So far as J'ro Lillis is concerned the job is simple. He sowed the wind and reaped the whirlwind. It matters not one iota what his relations may have been in the Oudahy home he got no more than was coming to him. le was a man of the world-knew right from wrong-was no fool but on the other hand a bright, intelligent man and he knew full well that his conduct was absolutely indefensible. It has been stated that Jack Cidahy was a great club mian-remain ed away from home late at nights, and left his wife alone very miuich, Possibly so, but that did not, imply that Jere shoui neglect his work at the bank and Spend most of his til endeavorilg to entertain anlother manl's wife and prevenit her being lotesomie. Ei"specially is this true when we renenhbel that the neglected wife was the iIother of fi ve lovely childrenl aIld was inl a hoie surrolunded by every luxury mioney could pmocure, inlclulding m1anly ser vants and attendants. Neithei is Lillis justified by admitting that his visits were sanctioned or encouraged by the wife 01 Cudah y. Even if she encourag him in doing wrong it was abso lutely no excuse for him to d( so. She might with equal au thority have encouraged him t( a murder one of the children' o fire the Cudahy mansion. bu he would be a fool who wou attempt to justify him had h< done so. I even go further an< say that if Jack Cudahy wa aware of those frequent visit and permitted thenm tacitly, o openly Lillis can not be justifiei in any degree whatever in hi conduct. Even if both husban< and wife made fools of thoem selves, was no excuse whateve for Jere joining the batty bri gad1e. When men and women mar ry they assume the most sacre< and1 important obligation: known to God or man. Of thei: own volition they agree to forn a little partnership. They agrei to love, honor, cherish, be trut andi tenderly care for each othe: sacrificing self and bearing eacd other's burdens and frailties at though they were one and th( same person. Although it ih never mentioned openly in th( contract, it is thoroughly uinder stood that each one agrees to re spectivly bear the joys, cares sorrows and duties of father and motherhood, and do their best to leave to the world a heritag worthy of their name, should God bless them with brave sonm and daughte~rs. While nevel admitting of any excuse foi marital infidelity I have of ter thought that a childless hom< might possibly be pleaded it mitigation of the crime. Whna man marries a wo man, that fact informs .th< 1world that no other man haE any right to regard her in any other light thant the exclusivi property of the husband. Sh( belongs t~o him-and he belongt to her-Solely and alone--fo no matrimonial slhoe has eve b~een made that does not perfect fit both f'eet of man and wife When the law cuts out th< leather and the preacher dos the work, he has only one pat torn atnd the parson does n~o turn out a high, tight laced shoe for the women and a loose smoking slipper for the.-man that can be kicked off -at will. Candor simply forces me to admit that some men do -not treat their wives quite so. well after marri'e as they did while they were mere sweethearts. When a young man falls in love with a beautiful, accomplished and fascinating girl, and .de cides to win her for his wife, he at once bursts into full bloom and gets good at an alarm'ing degree. Day and night he thinks of nothing but Laura Jane. The first rattle out of the box, he becomes insanely jeal ous, although he may be Laura Jane's first and only lover. He suddenly grows very neat and particular about his dress and can make more excuses to acci dently meet her than a small boy can for playing hookgy. When Laura Jane heaves in sight he breaks out in smiles worse than a recent baby with hives. As Laura Jano only sees him at his best she is likely to decide that he always looks and acts that way. A younw girl will believe anything on God's earth her sweetheart tells her if he will keep on repeating it, and when he says that she is the most beautiful, lovable and fas cinating girl on earth-that he loves her frantically and would wade in blood u11) to his scarf pill to protect her-and would simply pine away like a mother less calf and die unless she mar ries him, Lanra Jane believes every blessed vord John Thom as says and in order to keep from being a murderess, she says yes, and they are married. The average niarrige is a suc cess but occasionly you find a failure. When you do however. I am willing to bet $100 to $10 that the fault lies almost ex clusively with the man. The average young girl who is pret ty, gentle, loving and attractive, as a sweetheart, becomes twico as handsome, tender devoted) e and fascinating as a wife. As b a girl she is a beautiful bud. I As a wife she is the lovely ray 3 ishing rose in full bloom, filling i the air with delicious perfume. 3 In the meantime John Tomas 3 Is something of a flower garden r but he bloom:, to blank quick and I fades to sudden. Like a turkay 3 gobbler, he struts and makes a I fearful lot of fust in the spring, - and moults the rest of the year. e' On the other lya-nd Laura Jane - grows more lovely and more lov ing, but should he ever permit - her to fancy she is being neglect ed, or that he does not love her iso tenderly as in the dear old' sweetheart days, a little girl's. heart is crushed, andl sorrowv and sadness invade that home. As long as a woman believes a man loves her better than any other living human being, he can run her through a meat chopper and she will never grunt After she throws herself heart, soul and body, into his arms and then becomes convinced1 that he does not appreciate her love, he is going to have a little hell on~ his hands-and he ought to have It. And under such circumstan Sick oi .We can t ake care Your 3 in anything in uur lhne at any tim' It is our pleasure, prijvilege' andI dI at yon will un wJhv alieoo canl get s pecial mic(inesC LrCOda or On Shor you will never hiavo regrot8 if you tion work done by Pickens THE REXA ces, l swear 'll never blame the woman. Reverse the case and fancy how the man would act. Referring again to the Cudahy episode. Five sweet (and I am told intelligent and lovable) chil dren are the fruits of their mar riage. While admitting a pos sible wrong on the part of both husband and wife, no serious trouble would have ever occured had there been no such charac ters as Jere Lillis in existance male or female. They are the flies in the ointment. In this particular instance I am delight ed to announce that in all pro bability Jere won't be the cause of any more separations between husbands and wives, at least where he is known. In addi tion to this, I am in favor of a national law that will lillisize every man guilty of debouching a married wvoman with or with oTit her consent and believe. it ought to be enacted. If the Kansas City story is correct, and the parties become reconciled and are re-married, it is the only sensible course to pursue. All men and women do wrong, but that's no reason why they should either act t he fool or not repent and rectify thai wrong. God knows they havt suffered enough, and when they do all in their power to atom foi t he past, the limit of hunar exertion is at an end. God know I pity them. and hope and pra: that the sorrows of the past ma: all,. le away like a horrid drean of the night and that once ior surrounded by the innocent hap py faces of their lovely children they may live a long life of peac and happiness to atone and mak, amends for past errors. In the meantime I congrati late Jere on the fact that he i alive and able to reach high ( without any unnecessary strain ing of the vocal chords.-K -Lamity's Harpoon. North Pickens Appointments. The following are the appoint ments of Rev. E. L. Thomason Pastor of the North Pickens cir cuit for the Year of our Lord 1911. Let everybody encourag, the preacher by keeping his ap pointments in mind and giving him good congregations: Porter's Chapel 1st Sun. 11a. nm Friendship 1st Sun. 3 p. m. 'Bethel 2d Sun. 11 a. m. New Hope 2d Sun. 3 p. m. McKinnie's Chapel 2d Sun 1: a.nm. Salem 4th Sun. 11 a. m. Notice of Final Settlement an< Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that I wil make application to J. B. Newberr; Serq., Judge of Probate for Picken~ county. in the State. of South I arolina on the 6i day of A pril 1911, at 11 o'cloci mn the forenoon, or a-, moon thereafter a said application can be heard. for eav< to make tinal set lement of he estat Z. A. Hiendricks deconsed, uii' obtail dicharge as Ex'eutor of sai't etate. M, A ii 'sgs, E'xecutor. Castle Hall Plckens Lodge No. '12: K. of P., Stated convention 8:80 p. mn,, Monda evening after the 1st and Sd Sunday, wor kaheadi for all the R'us. All visito'ra cordially tuvited. By order ofOtEO,. A. M. gonIuIs. K. of It. and S.. 7 Well of you and supply' Vants y to see' th'~t your every want Is care of I second to nlone in the state and precriptionis for you -t Notice rade with or have your prescrip Drug Co. LL STORE. FERTILIZERS Dont you think it will pay you to use high grade fertili zer? Our 8 4.4 goods is an ideal fertilizer for any crop, on any land. It takes just as much time and labor and trouble to haul low grade fertilizer home and then put it in the ground as it does our 8 4-4. The condition of the crop is the same and everything is the same, except the results. . The 8 4-4, will make very much better crops. You can easily tell the diffrence in crops fertilized with 8-4-4 goods and crops fertilia-{ ed with low grade goods by riding by the cotton field. Good farmers say that there must be a difference of 300 pounds, of seed cotton to the acre in the yield of the crop before the - dif ference can be noticed. The difference in crops fertilized with .8-4-4 goods, and that fertilized with low grade goods is so apparant that there must be a difference of 4oo to 500 pounds of seed cotton to the acre, in fact there is frequently more than this. But call the increase 300 pounds of seed cot ton to the acre, this means at least ioo poutids of lint cotton to the acre. The increase of, im pounds of lint cotton was worth last fall from $13.oo to $15.o, and the increased cost of the 8-4-4 is less than $3.00 to the acre, which is as little a should be used. There is your profit. At an increased cow ot less than $3.00 per acre, you would have increased your profit last year from $13-00 to $ 5.oo per acre. A number of farmers in Aiderson county last year who used Andersoa 8-4-4 goods made around $40.00 clean clear profit on an acre of cotton. They would not have done this if they had used 200 or 300 pounds of low grade fertilizer to the acre. We have no way of knowing what cotton will bring another year, but whether it is high or cheap, the more you make to the acre, the more profit you will make to the acre. Anderson county made nore cotton last year than any county east of the Mise issippi river. Anderson county would not have done this, us ing 200 or 3oo pounds of low grade fertilizer to the acre. Get the best guano. Get the right kind of 8-4-4. Get an 8-4-4 that is compou'ded of nitrate of soda, blood, tankage, cotton i seed meal, and fish scrap. This 8-4-4 is backed up by results 3 and performance. Hoof meal and horn meal run higher in r ammonia than blood, and will show a higher analysis. But r the goods made from them will not make the crops that our i goods make. Our 8-4-4 is made of plant food, and the more o plant food you put in the ground the faster ynu will build it up. There are some fertilizers made that will not build up your land. We like to sell a goods that will make a satisfied e customer. Our 8 4-4 makes an enthusi.stic customer. c Whenever a man uses our 8-4-4 he begins to talk up Ander ,son fertilizer. If you want goods of lower analysis we have - the best goods put in sacks, but remember that the best is the a cheapest. The nitrate of soda in this 8-4-4 helps you to get a good stand and then makes the cotton grow off nicely from the start. A man takes more pride in his crop and his hands will work it better if it grows off from the start and looks healthy than if it looks stunted. And then our 8-4-4 helps the cotton fruit from the ground up--and fruit is what you .are after. Regarding the corn question we will just remin ys of this, In 1909 there was a corn contest in this coLnty in which there were six prizes awarded, and every man whio got a prize, used Anderson Ferdlizer. "What n'eed~1ivie we of any furth..: witnesses.' ANDERSON PHOSPHATE & OIL Co. Anderson, S. C. J. R. VANDIVER, Pres8ident .D. 8. VANDIVER, 31anager. -FOLGEI, THIORNLEY & 00., Agents. Pickens, S. C. "Heavy ferilizationi with high grade' goods mieans hieavy crops, and you can't get the heavy crp(ihu h ey tertilizatin." Clearance sale To make,. room for our Spring stock we are going to sacrifice all winter goods, and makk special low prices on everything in . tock. All good. value 50c chess goods to go at 4oc the yard, 25c at 2oc, m 5 at I 2%c, i 2%c at ioc, ioc at 8%c and so on down the line. All men's womens and child. rens shoes, mens and boys hats, caps shirts and overalls. All to go in this sale at reduc ed prices. W. B. Freeman, "At thne Old Stamnd" 'Phone 45 FOR THAT KEG OF HOT TOM THE DRINK THAT REACHES THE SPOT Pickens Bottiin Works, R. L. Davis Proprietor