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Pickens 8enlluol-Jouruol Idvert.ismnw Rama oReasonable I BAbscrIption Urlce One Dollar a Year 1k Advance. Utered at PIoOMe FostofMoe as feoond Olaus Mn) Matter -PICIENS, S. C.: TiRBDA'LeAUGUST 31 911. Indiana A&ventists. 'vo .this old world but five fars, or little more, to gontit e. Now would ibetageod ti: see about ithat life insur cc policy. M or Belle ;ieynolds is said dAc'be ithe only woman in the country holding;.a military omli cer's commission. She now lives .at Santa Barbara, Cal., and she received her commission in Ilii moostf-romoy:ates for heroisa ,at the battle of Sh.ah, She re-, cently attended the 50th anni versary of her regiment, the 1-thIlio. Charlestn and Savannah and all the coast country be 1wom areiin bad cordition. A storm hit tht.ii Sunday7 and did conside'rable Aamage. Charles ton was the .worst hu-t, seven persons; being killed and drowi ed and f rom -one to one and a half 'nlfion dollars danage be ing done. The wind traveled at 95 miles aon how and lhe tide rose over eight feet. It i the worst stomu since 1885. G-- on the exctitr.sion newet x.veek to ,one of these places and see what wVasdon01e.. Thiel ar1 mnany pe(ol in thi.; conunun1111111itv, says' the O)ranigc bir Deiocrat, who Were onCe bitter opponents of Senator Till-. man, wfho are now his friends al would regret to see him leave the senate. On his -recent visit to Orangeburg, Scnator m was called on by about as many old-time .antl-Tillman ites as Tillmanites, which shows . how he stands now with those who ,used to oppose him. With -few exceptions every one wants Senator '.iillman re-elected. The Democratic party in the comning national campaign ex pects to devote especial attention to Wvisconsin, which has been regar'ded as safely Republican for man y years past. The D~em oerats no w a re in clined t a look at it as doubt ful state. As a 1basis for this view promninent Detm. ert point to the Republdicanm situation and afiirmn that. the light b~etw~een TafIt andi I 4a Pt - let te supporters will bte so iimeu.Ise and1( s) )poduciti~ve of hit i(1ruQ that Wisconsin can well bie claimued as doubt1) fu1. it is very well fo tiIhe f I ow~ with the sanctimonious looik, glib tongue and an aXe to grind to imiiportunme thle pubilc to put moniey into his great schtmeis, undi~er t' promiise of' large( dIividenids. But can he alIwayvs make goode Mostly, al ways, the "grea(t dividends"' are taken up in "salaries and ex penses," and that is all there is to it. H le h as furthered his aim, andl( you enn "'go to Guinea." Seemis to us5 thiat stome i of our readers have hati someit such cx periences in the past. We have been told1 bv c..r tain parties in this town that. our ut teranices through t his pa-. pt'.r were antagonistic to the best initerests of Pickens. These samte peop'tle hav neicver (consult1 - etl us as to what to say or what to leave out, they have never item. I)r req uiested us to publhIish anyt hing unless it was of po'en- I 11iary' benefit to themi, but we have execised~ our .judgment and p)ublished w~hat we (fremled good for1 the town antd for' the biest initerest of the peole of the I county at large, so they want a a medium to get before the pe00- C plc to counteract Our efforts. ' ')he people are wilse in this (lay t and generation and do not take ~ hold of every slick nronbsition It never did pay to start up pposition just, to put the other ollow out of business. ./ Mainerhas had sta ide pro ilbition ,since J statutory rom 184 tnd constitu tonal abne 1884. Gov. John Burke, who is con- e. >Ieting biW third term as chief xeutive vof North Dakota, has riven his tfriends to .understand hat when he quits -the govern )rship he will retire to private a ife and esae the practice of a aw. Gov. Burkeis-regarded as e >n- of the .most able and suc- e oessful leaders :the Ii@emocratic party in the Northwes ihas pro duced in years, and it was the hope of his polibical .folowers that he wouti become a candi date for the U. .. senate-or house of representatives after :the ex piration of his t erm as governor. t Vain Regrets. I It is a pity our fore3ights are" mat as good as our hindsights. If .they were many mistakes would be avoided. We see that Mr. Patterson has I gone North again in the interest I of his road from Anderson to I Easley; and, according to the artick we reproduce from the Daily AMail, there are hopes of I him gedting the project through. It is ump to the people of Pick ens, if they want to progress, to I change their ideas, and get in I touch witJh him, or get in touch with the poople who are behind the projecoUf a road from Ruth erfordton to Dra.'kes; or better still, Connect up with Col. S. A. Jones' Tranif (ciontinental Rail road, and try to swing it, or a prong of it, thmough this state. Railroad projects are all about us;, and sonie morning the busi no(s people of Pickenf; will wake up to find they are not on the map at all-but they needn't blanw this paper as the cause of their predicament. In Memor !am. Died, August 13, 1911, of con sum ption, Mrs. Catherine Maul dlin, aged 60 years. Wenev'er knwv the love of, miother Until shde from us is ta ken: She is baskinug ini the iromises Of the new-hornm Savior rijsen, Thei~ Lord shall h e her shep herd-- - W\it hi stree&ts of1 alittC'rin~ :-rold: She lias wea'lth 1up ini that madn oile butV the pure 'm henr unfoldim, Wem ar trying iliere& to mieet heri [~ in Iusionls bi'ight alnd fair. Ohl! wVon't it be sweet grieting W\i tIi.h ri.t for' evermor e! The Origin of the Dollar. The wvord "dollar" was in ouri language at least 300o years ago, for it is used hy Shakspeare sev eral times. It is snppo'sCed that t he word was in use ini iondon in the lat ter part of th 11th cnenitury,I having been~i brought in by the niorth Gi(ermnan mierchant s, who mlanaged1 the trade1i onl the Haltic "Dll ar" appi'iered form . he iirst timie in ani Eniglish dlictionary inl the rear I745. It is a horred word, being 1he ilmie-horuored (erniall ''tha T'he coins issueind by the mint ni Joachimsthal were called 'J oachimisthalers,'" When Other mints were estab ished, the "Joachinms' was e l1ropp~ed, and the coins were imply "'thaler." TIhe dlollar' wafs ad1opted( by ongress as the unit of our eur ency on August 5, 1785. it was to contain 375.6i4 grains f pure silver: but11 when the it wvas established In 1792, i he requirement was reduced to ' 71.25 grains of pure silver. m Thue coinage* of dollars beganu d i1794.. EXACTLY ALIKE QI Every pair of glasses manu ktured for "stock" and sold in ie various retail establishments the country ae' made with as exactly alike. We have camined thousands of eyes and awe seldom found two eyes ex otiy alike in the same head. 4oes it stand to reason that the lasses selected from a "stock" boe would prove as satisfactory s those we fit to the needs of ach eye? It does not pay to xpeminient with your eyesight; is too valuable a possession, nd should have the most care ul attention. What we at empt is done correctly and vith satisfaction. Our motto, "You satisfied or rour money back," has built up or us the largest business in he state. To our out-of-town matients in a radius of 50 miles )f Greenville we allow 10 per :ent. discount to the extent of rour rajroad fare one way. We (10 this that our out-of-town xatients may have the same ad -antage as our city patients. Dr. A. A. Odoi, Consulting 2ptometrist, President of the .lobe Optical Co.. Masonic e'i le, 'Phone 9,30, Greenville, S. C, Pennsylvania las. presvlted a ynchinsg spectacle to the coun ry that is horrible beyond de cription, and one that makes t Georgia performance pale into .nsignifkeane. Notice of Election. 'here as. a petitio) from the free to It ers vt I l ec(,(tr(q.,. of Glasqy 3 lt. Scla ( Jistrict r.umber 32 has been tiled with le County Board of Education asking aid Board for permisioi to hold an ,lection to determine wither or not an ,xtra levy of 3 mills shall bie levied on aid District foi school purposes: It appearing to the (ountv B.oard of L-ducation that the petition meets the rcquirments of the law. Therefore it i% hereby ordered that the rrustees of the a or.' uInmed District, do 101d an election in above named Dis. riet fonr the above st-tad purpose, the b-ctorion to be held at Gl kpny M .ut ain chioohlhous on be-p. 2 1t1l The T1rtute- s of the ahove r natmed Dtw rict are hereby aippoint'(d Aanagers of aidl elettion. The elect ion to he h'.ld carnling to the ri Euir'emaents of S -. ion 120s~ of the Scho'ol Iawv. B'y orair of th'e (ounty B3oand of Edu ation. It. T1. HIA LLUM, I 'hm. & Sec. C.7'iJ, . Nehev Pobt Jd1 it,1son tunade suit to, mei to gr'antthi etternet' Admisni'strastison writh lhe wvill Iumexed4. t ol' hlsta'te' and e'kets of .. Tin--- arei ths'esro. to cite andt adi I unisI:1 halind 'singlar~; thet kindrsed andts re'shters of the' said ,J. TI. I Ioason u - se. I.hat . they be nos. a ipp--ar bef'ore ne. in. the ( 'nrt of' P'robate, to be behi it P'itlkeni oni thle 7ths dauy of' Sep.j 911 next, a sfteri pltienti'n htertof, att I'. i'locik in IheI ioreno. n. to' show can'i-, f' any they hatve, wh, the saidl adtnisj I iven undel.r miv hansus this 19 d av ' \nug. A\ nnlo iioi'nii 1911. J1. 8. Newhlerrv, J. P. P. c. N. E. BoOCGS W'. E. FlIDLEY BOGGS & FINDLEY Lawyers Pickens, S. C. 5Othec. over i'jkens ban~sk. St f. DR. R. E. INGOLD Dentist Liberty. 8. C. 'ractie at Cetr, al svert Wedneday s. Castle Hall mickens Lodge N'o. 123 K. of P., Stated convent ion 8:30 p. m,., alonday venjing after the 1st aind 3d Sunday. Work ahead for all the Ranks. All visitors cordially invited. By ordecr of .1 L. VA LLEY, C, U. iM Ii. CiRAI(. K. of Hi. tad 8. otice to Debtors anH(1 Credlitors. All p~ersons hohhingL claimis algainlsl the' tte of t ho late Ivy Clin)tOlln Cann11 on ceat-sed., must p1rsent thet sanlue d iv' aven ont or 'hefore tile 15ths thiv .'f pit. 1911, or 1het debarre'd I aiymIii ean I persons ind~ebItedl tosaid t te m e -l' ?lki- 1,nlvmenlt onI 0r bvror I iheab tto to the undersigned. William (0-monol. tI C 'I 110111' 0 . Are you in need of a change and are you going to take a, trip this Summer? Everyone needs a trip once in a while, it * freshens you up and prepares you tor better efforts. ' Renernher, though, you can't go away without. a trunk, suit case or bag to carry * yoprV t(ogs inl. 'We have the: o-i .n <Igreat variety and choice of C le-, i right to. Lookin ou~r wvindow. .E o HScH IL D, Main & MciBee ANve. Greenville, S. C. "32 Years Your Clothier." I [ For' sixty years the standard of the world. O 1stey church and parlor organs cost very Slitle 1mor le than muost others and last twice as M~ long.' A "l yours is an Estey you have the B~est." E Write for catalog. SJohn H. Williams, 9 radOpera Hlouso Biuildinlg. Greenville, S. 0. 9 Vi-rTn ;;Mahn ma. P'ayers P anos