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AA ; -t PILKENS SEE Entered April 23, 1903 at ricuace e '. C. as wecfond class nail mater, Under act of(Jongra, of Purch 3, 1871 40th Year PICKNS. . C., AIY 4, 1911. Liberty News. Messrs. Junius Boggs, J. F. ennings, R. E. Bowen and J. W. Smith attended the base ball game at Clemson College last Thursday. Mrs. J. J. Wakelin spent sev eral days last week with her Tster, Mrs. C. L. Hollingsworth, ofEasley. Mr. Earl Seaborn, traveling salesman for Hobbs & Hender son, Greenville, was in the city Monday. Miss Ada Bolding, a winsome 1ypung lady of Pickens, was the -Blest .of Miss' Fannie Willard, Sunday. Miss Joe Ladd, accompanied by Miss Henrietta and Eugene Yongue, all of Pickens, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Robinson. Mr. Jim Hagood, of Easley, w's in' the City Monday after noon on business. Quite a crowd from Liberty attended the all-day singing at Norris, Sunday. Mrs. H. C. Young and sister, Ifiss Mamie Townsend, of near 'ive Forks, was shopping in the city last Friday. Mr. B. F. Parsons and two children, Ruth and Ralph, of Pickens, spent Sunday with 'lr. P.'s daughter, Mrs. H. T. enan. on immense crowd from here nded the exercises at Clem College on the 22d ult. .nd Mrs. Frank Pickens, 9 asley, spent Sunday with atter's brother, Mr. R. E. L near Green Iis- a V1isi ~ of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hunt, Sunday afternoon. Mr. T. K. Norris, of Catee chee, visited the city Saturday in his auto. Mrs. J. H. Brown left Satur (lay for Rock Hill to visit her daughter, Miss Anna Belle, who is a student at Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Kenne mur, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, spent Sun day with the parents of Mr. K., Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Kennemur, of ner Central. Mrs. Rufus aence, of Greenville. is spending several (days in the city very pleasantly wit~h relatives and friends at the Brown H-ouse. Mr. and~ Mrs. J. Tp Gaines and two sons, Jay and Roy, spent Saturda-v night with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gaines, at Norris, and attendeld the singing given there Sunday, ') Misses Meda H-unt, Mary G-antt and Tienetta Davis spent Saturday *afternoon with Mrs. A. P. Lawrence, at Central. Mrs. C. E. Bush has returned from Md~ormnick, where she had been for several days at the bedside of ner niece, who is seriously ill. Mr. John Robinson has ac cepted a position in the .Alice cottonl mill at Easley. Miss Pearl Robinson spent last Saturday in Greenville. Willie Hunt, who is attend Sing Furman College in Green ville, spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. Mr.. W. E. Robinson4 who is engaged in work at Clomson College, spent Saturday night and Sunday at home. Mr. M. M. Cook, who has beCen away several weeks, re turned to his family Tuesday afternoon.. Mr. Geo. H. Reeves, one of the leading merchants of our city, is having the front of his dore newly painted In a very %ttractive manner. N. C. Madden, of Liberty 30tton mill, was before Magis brate M. A. Boggs, one day last week, on a charge of violation >f contract. Pleading guilty, ,io was sentenced to a fine of 25, 'or 25 days. He took the lays. Mr. J. F. Williams and his ,on-in-law, OthtrWilson, of Ca eechee, was in the city Satur lay. The former remained )ver Sunday, the guest of Mr. 1. C. Robinson. Mr. W. H, Watkins has about :ompleted his new residence on south Railroad street. Dr. Allgood, of Slabtown, was n the city to-day on business. Mr. E. M. Nichols, who has >een confined to his room sev ral days with rheumatism, is mproving, and expects soon to Pe out again. Mr. A. F. Riser, who has been onfined to his bed for two veeks, is again on our streets. Miss Tee Davis has returned iome from Blacksburg, near vhere she was teaching school, ter te-rm having expired. Miss Florence Davis' school is ut, where shoe'was te-tching at helby, N. C., and sie's home gain. Now, Mr. Editor, wve do not vish to boast of our llttle city, ut we feel sure we have the [lost prosperous town in the ounty. 4With our nice paved idewalks, electric lights, two otton mills, a good school, a ertilizer factory, four churches, ve have other things I might nention to make life easy and omforta be.' Our merchants kave well-filled stores, and they eem to be going out after the >usiness. So let everybody ome to Liberty and help us hove the good work along. BUCK. A Happy Gathering. Er>. JOURNAL:-I gyill be like he story on the preacher and lhe bear. The old bear was tbout to outdo the parson, and 1e said aloud: "I have called m you before, and if you will 1elp me I'll never call on you tgain." So as this is my first :ommunication to the S. J., I nay not write again. We are all waiting for it to stop raining and go to planting. Bunt we walk around and think ibout the good time had on the irst Sundlay in April at Mr. Wade Chastain's. On that day wve met his mother, Bro. Ed. Jhastain, Mr. and Mr's. W. R. Price, Mr. and Mr's. Will Price, M'r. and Mrs. Toody Stewvart, NIr. and Mrs. IH. J. Lewvis, Mrs. sutherland and Miss Ida Price. We certainly did enjoy the ~ompany, and then that goodl linner-turkey, chicken, lamb, nd everything else good to eat. All who knowv the Prices and Dhastains know'them to be kind a.nd free-hearted,and you cannot find thenm without plenty of Bverything good at any time. We wish these good friends more health and enjoyment than we can tell. We hope) all will conme to see us. We can give them plenty of welcome and do the best we can. We hope to meet all those friends again. This is from two friends who enjoyed that day. Greenville-What J. 0. M. Has to Say T1he wicked is driveni away in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope In his death. I was driven away from 'Pick. not by the hand of violence, but a little violent, too; I willl not go on to oxnlain but let this little do; They sent me to a better land, where coffee grows on white oak trees, the rivers they flow brAndy, The rocks and mountains are covered in gold and the girls are sweet as candy. Misses Stella and Olivia Bar. ron, of Seneca, spent a few days with us last week. Earl McMahan, grandson of W. A.-Barron, was in to see us yesterday. Mr. J. F. Harris passed by the other day. I was sure glad to see John. Messrs. Earl Harper, Ed. Sit ton and -Huff, of Seneca, gave us a call the other day, Mr. Harper says they told him bhat I sold $195 worth of stuff in >ne day. I told him that it was i bad, wet day. So we had a augh, and he went on his way ejoicing. Well, there is a lot of work yoing on here, fixing the streets %nd the new bridge. We have sure got a fine biidge. There is a lot of passing-by 'wre. The Irish, the Dutch, :he English and the Scotch, the ame, the blind, and those that 'an see all pass by me. OmD J. 1). Moons. Clemson ColJege. Last week, \vhile Mr. W. C. Jrarrett was receiving instruc ions in the textile department, ie got his right hand caught in he ribbon-hoppers, in which ;wo of his fingers nearest the itle one were completelv ip led to the second joine."His index finger was badly cut up, but so far only two of bis fingers have oeen amputated. There is some doubt as to his being able to do any more studying this term. The Y. M. C. A. gave a de lightful reception last Friday evening to the Bible class-leaders and the members of the two classes having the best attend ance. The Pickens boys who participated were M. W. Hunter and B. G. Field. The D. A. R. assisted in entertain ing and serv. ing refreshments. A larre crowd witnessed the game in vhich Clemson defeat ed Newberry College by a score of to 2. Clemson also dLefeated her the day before by a score of 2 to 1. IHons. F. M. Carey, E. P. McCrary and J. B. WAatson, members of the legislature, lately visited Clemson. While here they were the guests of Pres't W. M. Riggs. A mong the Senior and Junior textiles wvho visited the cotton mills of Greenville and Ander son was Mr. WV. C. Garrett. C. A. C. Notice of Election. Whoreas. a petition, fromi the free.. holders and1( electors of Montvale School District numbel)r Th6 has been tiled with the County Boaxrd of Education asking said Board for permission to hold an electioni to determine whet her or not an extra levy of 4 mills shall he levied. on said District fox school purposes: It appearing to the County Bloardi of Education that the petition meets the requirnments of the law. Tiheref ore it is hereby ordered tha t the Trustees of the abovensnmed District do hold an election in above namedl Dis trict for the above stated purpose, the election to be held at vi'cant stoic hoxyse in front of W. II. Chastafin's residence, on Saturda i May 20). The Trunlteos of the abov'e namei.d Dis trict arc hereby appointed Managera of said election. The election to be held according to thle requiremntis of Mee tion 1208 of the School Lawl. By order of the County Board of Edu cation. R, T. H1ALLIUM, Chmn. & Sec. Koep your eyes on the contest column.. WINTiROP COLLEGE Scholarship and En trance Examination. The exaninatiot for the award of vacant scholarships in Wintlrop Col lege and for the adinission of new stu dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday. Jul 7, at 9 a. i. Applicants rnuat be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 7 they will be award ed those making the highest average at this axrniidnation, provided they meet the conditiona goverving the award. Applicants for scholarship should write to Pi esideit Johnson before the exami nation for scholarship examination blankIcs. Scliolarshiips are worth $101 and free tuition. Thm next session will open September 2, 1911. For further infor iation and catalogue. address Pros. D. B. Johnsoin, [oeck Hill, S. C, Notice of Election. Whrseas, a petition from the free holders and electors of Johnston'r School District number 10 has been filed with the County Bo rd of Education asking s-tid B3oard for permission to hold an election t' detremine whether or not an additinal extra levy of one mill shall be levied oil said District for school iurposes: It appearing to the County Board of Eduenmoti that the petition meets the ra iuir,.metus of the law: Therefore it. is i.etrby ordered that the ''ristes~ of I lie above mnmel District dr ho al in electionl inl 1h 0 mo,ld Disi rict ft-. the abovestat sod puira p1 s', the ele'! tio to be held at Norris vchool hous' on Si.urlav M-ay 20, The Tru-;stes of Ihe !omi ae mimed Dirictar' hereby ip poitted Managers of sai-I election. Tlie election to be held according to the re quirnmnts of Section 1208 of the School Law. By order of t he County Board of Ed netonR. Tr, HA L LUM, hm. & Sec. The Immaculate Lorimer. If Sweet William Lorimer is going to attempt to live up to his canonization by the United States senate, how is he to avoid resigning his seat iu that body instanter? Led by the Reverend Paynter and Father Bailey, the senate has held up Sweet William to the world as ashining exemplar of his era; as a man of "perfect morals"-morals of which he is so jealously watchful that he would not dare trust theni over night outside the walls of a Y. M. 0. A. building; a resplen dent spirit shininm out from a sordid age like a solitary dia mound studl from a soiled shirt f ront; the radiant incarnation of p)urity and truth, laundered, gOdI wvot, in soap 1004 per cent, pure and anoinited with the unadul terated oil of truth (large bottles $1, small size 39c); an inspiring, uplifting figure, rising out of the mire of Chicago ':politics"' like a lily out of the muck, as inmculate and as fragrant as the lily itself-aye, even more, as immuaculate as a celluloid col lar. as fragrant as a box of pomade; A merica's own and only Sweet William, Illinois' Lily Loriner, Hinkvdinikville's Saint Bill! That is the wvay the Paynters and the Baileys have painted thc lily. That is the way the senat( has voted the lily. And natur ally if there is a drop of redeem ing good in the blood of Hinky Dink's old pal-and nO dlOubi there are many drops-lhe wil: be moved b~y a dlesire to live ny~ to the idea of himi that has beer raisedi upl in the senate, befort( th~e eyes of umankinid. Psycho lologists tell us that this longing to) be whlat we are not, to climi ap to the pediestals upon whici our' I mistaken or exaggerativ< atdirers~i have set us, is a saving trait of human nature. Am William Lorimer is chock full o human nature. Who knows therefore, that turning his bac1 on the past, ho will not strive t, deserve a 1lace on the noestn which the senate has erected fo himi And if should he do that, o course his first step toward thi pedestal must be to step out : the senate. He knows that Billy is not lily, that paint is not a saint. And he knows that the senat< knows it. But he knows, furthermore that the senate has hypocritic ally pretended to believe other wise; that it has proclaimed thal he is as good as a senator ough to be, while some of its memberf have proclaimed that he is het ter than any other senator if known to be. Therefore, if h( is to live up to the new light. that have been. lighted for him, lie cannot afford to remain E member of a body that has suel low ideals of morality, his self respect will compel his with drawal from a chamber of sc little self-respect; his circum spection will, require that in fu ture he guard himself againsi contamination by such evil asso. ciations. In short, if Bill Lorimer woul( hope to become Lii Lorimer, h( must qit the confraternity ol those who arise inl the sight o1 angels and men and shout thai Bill is already goo( enough Li for them.-Louisv ille Courier. Journal. The Copy Was Mixed. A Shookuniclue editor, Vhf was full of hard cider, got - notice of a sale and a nmarriagw mixed, says an exchange. Thi description ran as follows: "William Smith, the only soi of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Smith was disposed of at public aut tion to Lucy Anderson on im farm one mile east of here, ii the presence of eighty guests including the following, to-wit Two mules, twelve head of cat tie. Rev. Jackson tied the nup tial knot, averaging 1,251 pounds oil the hoof. The hom< of this charming bride wa tastefully decorated with sea wash clam spade, one sulk, rake, one feed grinder-, one so of double harness, nearly new and just before the ceremoi' was pronounced Mn1delsolll' inspiring wedding march wa given by one milch cow to h fresh next .-\pril, carrying hunch of! flowvers in her' ham and looking charming in a gowi made of light spring wagon thriee bJoxes Of apples, three rick of hay, One grindlstone, mo)l~itij do c'ole, trinnned1 with abon One hundred bulshels of spuds. "Trlhe bridlegrooml is a well knowvn and( popular young man and has al ways stood we among society ciricles of twvelv Berkshire hogs, while the brid is an accomlplished1 and talente schoolteacher of a splendi drove of Poland-Chinas--ped grees if des5ired. "'Among the beau tifulI pres ents were twvo sets of beautift knives and1 forks, spring harriow~ one wheelbarrow, go-cart an Other articles too lnmerouis t mluentionl. The1( b)ridal couple lei yesterday for' ani e'xtended trij TrmI~ls-Tw elvye mOnths' time I respo~tnsi ble parties; otherw ii sp)ot cash. Lunch will be serv( at the stable. After this M and Mrs. Smith will go to houis keeping in a cozy little home the corner of Lucas, and D) R. L. Cranby, auctioneer. -Plant Trees on Waste Land. A notable devlopmllenut durir1 the last few y- ears in t he rr districts of nmany sections of tI country is the r'edeeming ai utilization of waste Ian I through ref orestration. r would be hard to estimate the number of acres of wdste land f ii the State of South Carolina 3 or even in Pickens County, but t it Is safe tQ e 1Ja'i 2it were all . - 'a% a vast 6 majority of the people would be imuch surprised and shocked. As a matter of fact the loss is just as great asif it were all in one tract and the work that the foresty bureau of the national Department of Agriculture and the State Department of Ag0i culture have do~ae is beginning to bear fruit. Many of the larger land own ers of the State have adopted the policy of pllanting trees in their waste lands. All land that is so badly washed that it is beyond cultivation may in many instances be red eened by this means, besides securing a profit from the timber that is raised. Of course it takes years to produce marketable timber, but meanwhile the process of restoring the land to fertility is going on, and besides that the growing timber, by holding 'water, will benefit the adjoin ing land. It is probably a fact that there are sever-al thoulsanld acres of land even in Pickens county that are not only unfit for culti vation, bit are really a menace to the surrounding lands, be cause they sinply shed the water when it rains and cause > the other lands to wash too. L The work of ulanting this laud in seedlings or younig tree. could be done at little cost and would result in great things in one or more decades, while the effect on the surrounding lands would be felt within ten years. Much r aid in this work, in securing 1 definite directions for doing the work and ascertaining the best. timber for the respective soils - could be secured in bulletins - from the national forestry bu ) reau at Washington. Hauling Cotton to Market. Recently a honhemae(l planta tion van, drawn by a gasoline engine, hauled forty bales of cotton, weighing over 22,000 ponds, to market, at Americus, Ga. The cotton was from the arlil of Capt. Council, located four miles fmm~i the miatket, bhnt 11h(re was a wel-impro)ved road leadi1ng past the farnm to Amner-, i uns. Or the ord inary toads of Pickcens county it would have taken possibly ten or a dlozen wagons, with at least double that numberh('i of mlules, to have hauled t he load, and dif tihe weatI)1ha }mppened( to be bad, it wvould have required more. Tlhe nlecessity is good roads, E~venm the gasoline enigine would have stalled if' the roads were 1not good, A gitation in favor of the gradled arnd well-built road is the need of. this good (lay. Macadam is not alwvays neces Isary, the use of the King drag that can be built iln any shop at a small cost, will provide the road. t Raise it at Home. -. The Sumter Herald says: "A 0 SumTItoer merchant b)ought re ecen thy a carload of corn from- a :d western point. The corn cost rhim $500; the freight on it was within a little of $150. To mlake if a selling price he had of course to include the freight with the first cost. Tlhe corn sold for 75 cents a bushel. If the corn had b)een raised at home, that is had Ig cost only for the grain and not aL for the freight, the price to the 1e consumer wvould have been1. dabout 60 cents a bushel. The Kls point to this is that lijuth Caro It ilna should raise its own corn." 9