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.,ains ..eaufort or into Tennessee, n those other states, through the Eastatoe .n this county, to Knox .e, or some other good railroad ..enter in that state. Take your map and lay your rule down, from Knoxville to Charleston, and see how the road would run. It would pass by Sevierville, Tenn., Dillsboro, Webster, Rosman, N. C., and in to South Carolina at Eastatoe Gaap, on by Pickens, Easley, Piedmont, near L aurens, New berry, Lexington, Orangeburg, Bowman, Harleyville, Dorches ter to Charleston: from Knox ville to Beaufort or' Port Royal. we have practicailly the same towvns inl Tennessee aind North (ar'oliina, by Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, Bradley in Green wOOd couity. Edgefield, Aiken, BI'ariwvell, fallpton, to Bea u fort. Th)8is is mu tch tlle better rout Ie, for th Iere is a bett er. sectio o(11f country to go throI'h, it is more den Isely popu1lated aind mnly 111111 re )-grssive towns gjengg tHe route: besides, it comes ill (olneet 1011ion with t he three great ra ihv~ay system s now f~raversinhg this state, at, mlon.re f'requent inl tervals, wvhich makes it a better road for both freight and pas senger service. Itcould be built. Several ways ould be devised: the right-of way Would be given, or soldl at a nominal sum, timber for cross ties (at least in this county) Nwould be donated; the towns ain( ceunties through which it ran could take stock in it issuing bonds to pay therefor; the state to furnish the labor,taking stock for pay; this much would build and iron it; then lease it, the lessee to furnish rolling stock. Hon. George S. Legare says the plan is feasible, and that the road can, and he believes wvilI, some day, be built, but whether by state aid or private capital lbe does not knowv. We offer this idea to the peo.. pie of the state to act on it if they see fit. Really, it is of very much more importance to the upper section of the state .than it is to the lower, for they .are much better supplied wvith railroaid facilities than we are. The time for living in the backwoods is past; no longer does the foot-trail or the ox-cart serv'.e for our mode of locomotion and means of getting stuff to mrarket. Fifty years ago pro duce was hauled to Ham bur'g by ox-team andl goods freighted back by the samie means clear into North Carolina, but that is hardly rememibered by anybody now, except to wonder "how people got along 'way b~ack yonder." but they did, and blazed the way for present-dlay activity and development. Pickens county nieeds to beC de veloped and willl be; but our peo pie ought not sit down and wvait for this to be done by outsidlers. The town of Pickens is entirely depend~ent foir its tra~de andl sup por't on) thle upper section, bult the towni has never (lone any thing in the way of material dlevelpment for that se'ction1, except putting the Pickens Rail road in here. Of course this railroad has helped these townships, but not near' so much as if the road had been extended on beyond Pickens. It is up to the citizens of Pick-1 ens to do something to help this section and to ,e~ain, and keep, their trade. We know whereof , . nave ., but we ars now, as .aenplated; this say, however, that .&e railroad rumors are And no less than three are now projected to trav the upper part of this coun ,, but whether they will all go across, or be merged into one company, or what will be the termination of the'agitation, we cannot forecast. This we do know-it will pay Pickens to keep her eyes open and get in touch with some of these prombters. Northern capitalists and sur veyors have been for the past several weeks in the Blue Ridge mountains and have run routes on both sides of the ridge. Col. S. A. Jones, of Waynes ville, N. C., has financed his Trans-Continental Railroad, which is to run from Southport, N. C., into the mountains of Tennessee, by way of Brevard and Waynesville. A look at the map shows that this road can get through the mountains much easier by coming to Brevard, then through Eastatoo Gap, and st'aying on the south side of the range, will have a straight, shoot to Southport, and can be graded at a nomlinal cost, whereas, if they go the upper route they will encounter miiuch mountain 1 co N-'1tr 1d vvery heavy grade work. Itis a oil-carrying r o sl, and( dlistanicet is no( o)bjet~( if Iheani get the miniim um1 grade at. low c)st.. ''lhere are a corps of enginwers nOW (1gag(led il running a line froi Rlitherfordton, N. C., to Drake's, on the G. & K, Ry., in Greenville county. No one seems to know' who is behind this move. The G. & K. dis clain any knowledge, but put ting two and two together, we believe it is the Seaboard. They have a road from tidewater at Wilmington, N. C.. to Rocking hani, Wadesboro, Monroe, Char lotte, Lincointon, Shelby and RutherfordtIon, and intended building from there by Asheville into Tennessee, hut the route was almost impractical and the cost entirely too great for the business they might get. While we have no way of knowing, our surmise is that the Seaboard is behind this survey from Rtuther fordton, N. C., to Drake's, S. C., and1 that they will go on up the Oolenoy valley, through Eastatoe Gap, on by Franklin, Murphy, N. C., to Benton and across to Chattanooga, Tenn., or from Franklin, swvinging in by Rob binsville and then to Knoxville. There is something in the wind, what it is we do not know. We understand that the Greenville & Knoxville Railroad promoters find it costs too much to go the route they first con ternplated, so they are considler in" using the, lAastatoe Gap, as an opening through which to cross the Blue Ridlge rmounutains. Another. rail road project is that by a big land1 and timber company, now holdling large bodies of line timber,( in this state and North Carolina. They con template a roadl from Marietta, S. C., on the G. & K., up the Oolenoy valley, through Easta toe Gap and into North Carolina. We are reliably informed that this road1 is an assure;d fact, all the profiles and1 drIawings are now in the hands of the comi pany, and as soon as a few more minor points are dlisposed1 of it will be staked off ando grading begun. If any one of these projects go through it means much, very ruch to the Oolenoy vallev, but ittle-little, to Pickens, for thee he valley will losso5m like the ose, stores will go up, towns gill spring up, and Pickens will ye high and dry. One man, alking to us, said he would be n a few miles of the road,whlch vonld nas thmogh lnnd he and that where he was -g he would put up a good .wre and run a summer hotel. Having a station on this landi, he would run an automobile truck to haul his goods and the guests' baggage. He also said several places up there had al ready been selected, up and down the valley, for town sites, and he knew of quite a number of peopl.A from Eastatoe Gap to Marietta who contemplated go ing into the mercantile business. These are factsl It is no pipe dreaml Development for the upper section of the county is on the eve of bursting forth, and when it does Pickens will be like the last rose of summer, left blooming alone. Merit Don't Alwams Win. "Hon. J. E. Boggs, of Pick ens, was among the visitors to Walhalla Monday last, and was circulating among his numerous friends here. Mr. Boggs inform ed us that he, in company with a number of Pickens citizens, will establish in the near future a new paper in 'The State of Pickens,' and that this new conetr in the jounialistic field will be a winner on m 1i(t. Ht and his associates conto illate an (establishment. lirst class in every v r1sn)tet."-K owee Cou. rier. Friendl 3ogs ou.ht to realiz that, merit doesnl't always winl. This has bwen evid-eid i-i his life ill severll instan.e'. H sold the Sentinel yeais ago be canse "merit" didn't win: hIk def eats for congressional honors wv as becaluse "merit"' didn't win: the ,Journaml was sold out becausi i"erit" didint win: and we wot not but some of Mr. Boggs' as st)('iates re ellb r l thai; Ohe P'ick - ens New-, gave u the strug -b.,a uts e "ml (o rI.t i win. The101 good that Ien do is bur ried with them. but their evil deeds live after them. People (of Pickens and elsewhere mabout the county, please rene mber this truisi. "The good (lie yolinne." This truism might exempt, us--lut there are others. "The truth hurts" and "expe rience is a dlear teacher, but fools will learn in no other school." Respectfully dedicat ed to those who are in this cata logue. In our, notice last week of S. M. Wolfe we spoke of him as an "erstwhile principaF of our graded schools." The Anderson Mail attempts to be gay at our expense and says the word "erst while" is misapplied. Of course we meant ''former,'' and if "erstwvhile" doesn't mean "'for mer'," will the astute para grapher of the Mail please en lighten us? Doctor the Cause Not the Effect Ifyou are afl1:ctedl Vi wih boil p. u pleat, 'scrofulat, salt, rhtum,. eczema, or any other indicationi of impure blood, don't. waste' time and money m i external rernedies for the treat m tent oif thevse syni~piromis. Yo cant savoId .11 t.Ipe thI,.ges hy * Iemedy. . Someit imes. there are no0 otward symps lomns of impure blood, but Instead there 1s a feeling of lanigou r, a roun-down, listlest ('onditioun, loss orf1petite--showinsg that the o'rgan, andu tissues or the body are tint beling nlourished as they shaouhi be. *The use of Dike's Blood( and Skini Retmedy is followed by the moat plefaing results. Thle boi1l ea! up *and disappear; the akin b.eome-s soft and smooth uugain, insteaid of harsh, and1tc11 el. or pim~ied. The liver is stml latedi. th bt Ilottd er. rinhed, and ficiali action) of this excellent remedy. Pure bloodI means health and Istrength, and Dike's BlIood and Skin Remedy makes pure blood. KEOWEE PHARMACY Pickens, S. C. HAIR BAL.SA M ~aa nd be lie te bair. I - I- . Are you ir 0 going to tak Everyone j freshens you efforts. 0 Remneihe without a ft r 16 your togs in We have t 0 LehE 'I L. 19 Main & M cBec "32 Y EST For sixty Estev ehu 9 little minore til M long. - "If yours M~ Write for catal TJohn 2 Grand Opera Ei M Victor Talk4 Notice of Cotton Weiqher's Elecoro for Pickens. Not ice is hereby givin that esn in third Saturday in August. A. D). 1911, the same being the 19th ulav *.f August A. D, 1911, an election will be held iri the town. of Pickens for theC. p)urp'os of selecting a Cotton Weighe~r for th< ensuinig year, or until his suIccessoI shall have been duly qualified. and atl which election the polls will iopen ati 10 o'clock a. m. and close at .' 'clock p. iu, and at which election the foilowing are hereby apoinlted managers to-wit: W. Tr, Griffin, J. L. Thornley and D, iB. Finney, For the purpose of this election all qualified electors shall be allowed to vote; and "qualified electors" shall In clude all male citizens who are patrons of the Pickens cotton market, resident within the county of Pickens. whoi shall on or before the third daiy biefore the (day fixed for such election, upon the production of his registra tio n certi flcate procure from the Clerk of the town Council of the town of P'ickens anU ad (ditionail certificate that hie is aL duly (jualifled elector, undler the laws gov erning general elections in the state of South Carolina, amnd entitled to vote in the annual election for Cotton Weigher. Books of registration for this purpose are openi and will be continuously kept open '.,mtll the (lay before the Baid eeo tion ':or the purpniose of registering all why may desire to vote in said election. T e person receiving the highest number a lotes cast in this election shall be the D< tton Weigher for the town of Pick m ~, and his term of offiee shall be for mtl' year. and until th~e election and losI iflentir"e nf hit soccossor. C.f ldi, r.rg need of a change and are 3 a trip this Summer? needs a trip once in a while, it up and prepares you tor better , though, you can't go away I ink, .suit ca.se or bag to carry e .i in grt variety and choic 3 pic-s~ are right to. 1< \VifldO'(-W. OT HSCH ILD, AIve. Greenville, . ( ears Your Clothier." EY ORGANS%--" years the standard of the world. ech and parlor organs cost very an most others and last twice as is an Estey you have the Best." H. Williams, PIANO MERCHANT ~ouse Building. Greenville, S. (C. 9 ing Machines and Play ers P~ianos M D. H. A TTA WAY, Parctical Architect '& builder, will furnish blue print- ~ ed plan s and complete specification s at prices that w i save you money. Office "17 1-2 North Main St. ~Phon 3068Greenville, S. C. In goli Over the Country Je #ik You to Niotice the Diffrence in Cropsg In crops that have been side dres~sed and~ ci ops that have not been side dlressedJ. You will nttice the side dIressed crop~s have a dIiffeent color from the othier, and is very much bet ter fruited from the ground up. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co, * ANDERSON, S. C. J. R, VANDiVER, Pro. Dn . VAinVER Mg.