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PiL,.KNS SENTINEL-J( Eltered April 23. 1903 at Plekenm, M. (7. a mecod Class mail "msatterb uider act ofConstrems of Marci 331879 41st Year PICKENS. S.C., SEPTE MBEIR 7 1911. Number 15 Some Railroad Dope. That the South Atlantic Transcontinental Railway, the great proposed line which is to connect the Tennessee coal fields with the Atlantic seabord at Southport, N. C., and upon which work has already begun 4 near the North Carolina-Ten nessee state line, has entered into negotiations looking toward the purchase of the Greenville Knoxville Railway and the Knoxville. Sevierville & East ern railway, with the view of ,tting into possession of a route from the west to either the South Carolina or the Geor gia coast, via the city of Green ville, is the startling rumor which gained currency yester day among a possible half-dozen business men of this city. The rumor was taken up by a repre senative of The News and traced to a certain source, and there the rumor was confirmed. The source'from which this in formation wvas secured cannot he divulged, but the confirma tion of the report is thoroughly reliable and little short of a. thoritative. For soIe ilme past repor ts hav-e reached (1reenville ever ald anon that the . 5onth Atlantic Transcontinental ..il way, whose main line is to be s.Ifrom the Tennes--,see coal fields near Knoxville. to Soutthport, N. C., was desirous of' getting into possession o.. a route hv which a, branch of the same road could be built from Waynesville N, C., to Charles toh, Pnnah or n v . a ' ville. The Iumor floated about Greenville for some time, and finally died the death of most rumors. Not long since, how ever, there turned up in Green ville something -which resu r 1 rected old rumors. The mayor of .Irevard spent several days in Greenville examining old rec ords in the oflice o register of isne conveyance. Mr. Breese, Brevard's mayor, stated that he was representing the South Atlantic Ti'anlscontinental Rail war, but that he had nothing to giVe Ou, for publicntion. While in the city, however he prlchased from the receiver of I the (old C. K\.. & W. railway the rights of way and other hold ings of the systenh which wvas to 'have been bu ilt from the west to Hlamburg, an old town near Augusta. Mayor Breese d1(i ot state what he wvanted with the old rights of way, but since he state d that he was representinug the' South Atlaniitic Transcon ti ~nental Railwvay, and has inas much as it had beenf rum I ored that that railway company was seeking a route, via Greenville, to some point on the South :Car olina or the Georgia coast, people drew their own conclu sions. Last Wednesdlay, Mr. W.T H. Patterson, p)resident of the Greenville & Knoxville railway, made a trip) to this city. Wed-I -nesdlay night two gentlemen from New York, representing the South Atlantic Transcontin - ental railway, came to Green ville. Since Mr. Patterson made reservations for the gentlemen, it was supposed that he had bus iness with them. Upon heing interviewed at his hotel Wed nesday night, however, Mr. Pat terson stated that hehad n J "~ ~1ess with the two repr'esent j/ s. Hie did state, however, tthe gentlemen were friends olhis and that they had conme to Greenville for the purpose05 of con ferring next day with certain * attorneys of this city. The at ~tornevs with whom the Trana.. continental representatives con ferred next day could not be dis covered on Thursday, and here the newspaper man quit the trail temporarily. The report- bobbed up yester day that negotiations had been entered into between the Trans continental Railway, for he purchase of the Greenyille & Knoxville Railway - and the Knoxville, Sevierville and East ern Railway, and the trail was again taken up. The neowspaper man secured a statement from a most reliable source that there was an abundance of truth in the report concerning these ne gotiations, and that within a few days the public would, in all probability, hear rather start line news in this connection. As is well known, Mr. W. H. Patte'rson is president of the Greenville & Knoxville Railway company. Mr. Asa Candler, the Atlanta "Coca Cola King," Mr. J..S. Owens and other At anta capitalists are deeply in. teresfed, financially, in the compaly. IU was sin:Oted yes torday tliat Presideiii *atterson h1ad aIleradv- beenv awpproachecd by ropresenItatives ()f t .m Souith1 .\ -ni Tran-,otin na. al Wav. Tie attitude of Mr. Pat tirsuon I oward the proposition of ihe TranscIti-enit.i poople, it vas Said vestlerday, is consi(de ed favoralble. Ilie Knioxville, Ivierville & Eastern) Railway, connecting Knoxville with the county seat of Sevier county, thirty. miles awvay, is now owned by Wil liam J. Oliver, the Knoxville financier and "railroad viz zard." People throughout this section are familiar with the steps wlich have been taken to have Mr. Oliver build his road eastvard, and Mr. Patterson ex tend his road westward until a coniection was ma(e anl Greenville given a short-haul, competive line to the coal fields of Tennessee and the great trad ing centers of the Middle West ern States, and the great Middle Souitheri States connected with the coast of the Carolinas. Should the South Atlantic Transcontinental Railhvy cOIm panv get into possession of Ole Greenville & Knoxville and the Knox ville, Sevierville and East ern railways, the desire of the promoters of that road to get a line from the Tennessee coalI fields, via Greenville, to some city on the South Carolina or the Georgia coast would he real ized. That Mr. William .J. O li ver knowvs otf th'- desires of the Tfranscontiniental Railway, is said to bei a fact. Whether or nuot he' w\ould sell out the ik 8. & .E. rail way to the Tranuscon tinenital people, is not a question for dIi~iscui here. Above all, however, this much is knowni, and the source of the statement is authorita tive: the South Atlantic Tranis continental Railway Co. has to its credit in the banks of New York sufficient moneys to pur chase the K. S. & E, and the G. and C. railways, and1 have sonme left over. -Greenville News, Secret Order Meetings. Masonic--A. F. & A. M. meets Saturday nights on or before the full moon Chapter-R. A. M. meets Fri. day nights on or after the full moon. K. of P.-Meets every Mon dlay night after the first and third Sundays. W. 0. W.--Meets every first and third Tuesday nights. City Council meets Tuesday n ghts after first Mondays. Rural School Improvement. PICKENS, Aug. 21. To Teachers and Trustees: The South Carolina School Improvement Association is do ing an excellent work in the state in helping to improve rural schools. They are offer- 1 ing some excellent premiums this year. Ten of the prizes are I for $100 each, and forty at $50 < each. All schools that want one of these prizes should write 1 at once to Miss Lizzie Rogers. Bennettsville, S. C., or Miss Isadora Williams, Easley, S. C. I hope several schools of this i county will secure prizes this I year. R. T. HALLUM, Co. Supt. En. PRIzEs FOR 1911. The South Carolina School Improvement Association offers fifty prizes to the schools of the state for the most decided mate- t rial improvement during a i given length of time. Teii of t the prizes are to be $100 each. 1 Regulations concernilng the fifty prizes that aIrv to be awa rled by this association are as fol- t lo(1ws: Illad. Imwm nts mt b l made beUe oeme ,00 and t~eme 0 91 2. Prize,, will be awarded t() ch. whre IIle 1s)t4 deci(led mnaterial im)pr.Ooements have be1en Imade Iurin the time mentioned. 3. Under material improve ments are included local taxa tion, consolidation, new build ings and outbuildings, repairing and painting old ones, libraries, reading rooms or tables, interior decoratio s, ocautifying yards, better drinking water, and bet ter generalI equipment. 4. No school can compote for any of these prizes unless it is a rural school. No town with more than 400 I)opulation shall be eligible to the contest. 5. All who wish to enter this contest must send names and descriptions of schools leforo improvements are made to the president prior to October 1st, using blank No. 1 6. All descriptions. photo graphs and other evidences showing implrovmenlts mii ust be sent to the president before December 15. 1911, using blank iNo. 2. 1'he chliaia of the boardl of I runstees of anyv school that is competing for a prize mu lst approv1)) e atll descitions ( before andi a fter iprovemn 1ts are~ made, anid re&feor same to count11y superintend1(ent of educa tionl for' his appro vali and(1S sina 7'. Blanks will be sent to schools 'ompieht ing for thme above1 Prizes with que1 (stions1 to 1). ani sweredl relatinug to the condi tions under1 ~'l wich the im prove ilmnts h ave leen made. T'he examining (connulittee0 will ex ( amine this (data, and awlard(s will be miade. 8. Prizes wvill he awvarded in checks D~ecember 31, 1911 . Thel prizes are to he used1 for further impIrovemlents in thme schools receiving them-either for ilnto rior or exterior improvements. 9. Other schools bueing equfal,I those schools using designs for new buildlings suggested by the Olemison E xtenision BliIletin) w ill b~e given preference. Addreoss all ('onunu ieni t ion s . ,0, School Imip. Ass'n, Beni nettsville, S. U. i3Wy Write Prof. R. E. iI.:. , Ulemson College, for the Exten sion Bulletin. Qonstitution of the Local Schoo( Improvement Ass'n. Art. 1. Sne 1.rThe na.e of bhis organization shall be the "Absociation for the. Improve ment of the Public School." Art. 2, Sec. 1. The purpose of his organization shall be to nite all the people of this com nunity for the improvement of )ur public school (1), by placing ;he school facilities for health, :omfort and education, together vith objects of beauty; (2), by >lanting, trees, shrubs and flow ,rs in the school grounds; (3), by :nconraging the establishment >f a library in the school; (4), by naking the school a center for he community, by furnishing nstructive amusements. Art, 3, Sec. 1. Any white voman or child interested in his work may become an active nember without the payment >f a fee of 25 cents. Art. 4, Sec. 1. The officers of ,his association shall be: A pres dent, a vice-president, a secre ary and treasurer, who shall )e elected at each annual nieciing. Sec. I, Art. 5. This associa ion shall mt reguiilarly once a I . oF ti11oi r at 11he: enl of A.\1.), Seew. 1. Th'lis associa 1l (oni v ehil1 lioli'io ' lwint ASsociatioln a formal re )ort (I' its prog-ress annually. Phis report. shall be sent, il onile nonih b heore te meetilg of he State School ImnproveNment kssociation Art. 7, Sec. 1. This constitn ,ion may be amended at any mnmua.1 meeting by a vote of ;wo-thirds of the members >resent. PICKENS, R. 4. Health and crops both good in his ('Onmti nnity, considering the vather. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Childress 'isited arOllnd inl this vicinit.y ast Sunday. Mr. 111 M's. WV. M. Mart in -isited relatives in Central last )atulay and Sunday. Mr's. Emma Crienshaw spent 1i day last week with Mr's. V. M. Martin. Miss 1i'Iene Hendricks spent he 4th Sunday wIth Miss Essie Sel ley. The girls report a jolly 1110. Miss Nina H-aynes,of Liberty, t. 8, spent last week wvith dise 1 C(5(orat and C lifflor'd Mar ill, alid of ('01l1s~e hadt their11 J . X1. 'lTrotter and m~other,' ais. C lar'dv, spent last, Hturi lay wit h Mrs. W. M. Mar'tinu. .\ir. Tomi Kelley is now spor't og ai'ollli in a llow liggy, llor ii, nto Mr'. andl Mi's. J ohni 'hilds1. i fine girl. - Mlisses (Cora and ('liff'ord Mar' ini spent a few dlavs last wveek 'vit~h their gr'ainmoiheir, Mi's. D). Jollins, of Crowv Creek section. Mr's. iRoper' spent one evening aist w'eek wvith Mr's. WV. M. lar'tin. ILook out, girlhs, the new hng :ies are flying high. Mr'. - Wood escor'ted his best1 :ir'l home Sunday. Mr. 10. P. Nortoii called oin i is " divinity" Sunday after' Malriietl, at the hotlno of' the >ro'bate ~j udge, oin the S2Itfh tlt., .iss lRany Babb) and Mr'. Whee 'r Collin1s. The, c'omteir br1ide vor'o a be'fautiful gr'ay sil1k dress5 vith hat to mt atch. They are tow at their future home t~o heir many friends. Weo wish hem a happy and prtosper'ous5 PICKENS, R. 3. We are having somue fine lhowers. which are very bone ficial to late crops. Mrs. E. P. Holder, of this sec tion, has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Wood, of Belton. Mrs. W. I. Gravley has been on a visit to her niece, Mrs. Sam Kelley, of Central. Miss Esther Edens, of Pick ens, is visiting her friend, Miss Emma Welborn, of this section. Miss Mary Mosley, of Pied mont, is visiting her mother, Mrs. C. C. Ivans. Born, on the 26th Iult., to Mr. anl Mrs. Claude Stepheiis, a fine girl. MIr. A. W. Gravley and little sons, Horace and Marvin, ac companied by his nieces, Misses Louise and Annie Gravley, re turned Tuesday of last week from a most enjoyable trip to North Carolina, where they vis ited relatives, and also "took in" Lake Toxaway while there. ScIoo0 GIR, SIX MILE. The people of this section are working around in the fodder fiel-whenl it isni't rainling. The Six Mile aliplist Acad eyiv opened schoo(l (n Tu'sday, the Gt. lIv. lenrY O' Kelle preached a verv I'ntS ing'2 sermonii at Six Mlile, 'Snlilay ngt lii;ses lu1laa 111d 11alemdlia Baker spen.t1 Hnda wit i hili friends. Miisses Nainie, Alary and Vaie Hlluimricit. A fine timjie is r-eported by the young ladies. Mr. W. S. Mcraw was in this village one day last week. He has just returned from his trip to England. His miany friends were glad to see him. Mr. Benj. Stephens, a vell known old gentleman, was laid to rest in the Six Mile ceieter'v last Friday.. Bwluus Boy. In Memoriam, On August 27th. 1911, the Death Angel v'isited the home of our sister, Mrs. J. P. Alexander of Easley Cotton lill village and climed her for his own. She had pellagra and had been sick v'er since March, but, she gradually grew worse unitil she lost her mind. She suffer'd greatly ere she died But now she's by her Saviotir's sid(le. Thee all her s ff'ings now are o'er1 1]Pon that happy goldeni sh oie. She leaves a...11usband1( andl~ three lit tle childreni,a rat her and~ f'ouri brothers anad t w( sister'ls to n1ouIrn their l oss. * IHer' r'emains wer.'ue laiid to rest the lEasley ('ottoni Aill r'emt ery to awa it t he resiurree 1ion orf lhe .juist. We wish to t hiank hier nieighbors for the k iminjess to List of Petit Jurors. The following gentl(emen have b~een drawn to serve at the nlextI termu of courit whiich (convenes her J . 5. H1. Pruice, MlcD . ihrme' ir, B. ( . Baker, .Jasper Oats, Pariiker J. Briowvn, 11. D). Ledsley, J. . Br'ock, TI. l'. C'raig, . N. Edens11 Sd'., S. A. \ie Alister, Gleo. EC. Kennemore, .John H1. Cheastham' ,G(len n L . Boggs, Wm. Elis, C. . H1ughes, J . T.X G assaw~ay, J . TI. IPorter, .J. I ?. ILathamn, J no. T. Lang'stonu, J. (C. (Gravlcy, .J. 1). Nat ions, U. Wv. Julian, IThos. N. D~avidso,, EllIiott Wlbill inams, C has. I11. (Cari penter, H-. EC. IHamilton, Jake R. Griflin, .J. Ashmore H inton, E. B. Ramsey, W.T J. B. Chap. man, 'Thos. ,J. Keith, C. L. Cureton, J. W. Yades, Joe A. nilor. Words From the Pacific Slope. Mr. Editor and Readers of the Pickens Sentinel-Journal of "Home, Sweet Home:" After two or niiore years of riambling in the far west on the Pacific slopes, will try and givo you a 1)it of ny experience. I lefty home on April 12th, 1909, and since that time I have had the pleasure of being in .1.8 states and have seen miany things of this countrv of ours that I liever at one time thought I would see. The prettiest sight to me, it seeis, of my rounds was wlien I crossed the Rocky Mountains. I was right on th { niountaini to) as the sun was setting, and )uo)le, you can say that is a beautiful sight to see. Then, too, the old Pacific ocean was attractive to me at first, and, is yet, but I have seen it so ,much it looks almost as com mon as the old cotton field back at home. I have just returned from a Iow ldays visit to4 ( U h asett beach, 'T'alk a bout slvopill.1 . tim ro'a1r (4f 1 1w' (1cean Imlaoks . imusic to sh vp by. ut tI . -a. cation s Il-nr' ar diff'ret -i aI \acation back in lie col m - Pickenls. \\'henl youl a(.. V I u hh -og y (1 - 1 ) V III) t lyun t rn h> wIrk gt' inl this counlltr, on emv.. yu Il' a tIhe I ' go, but I Ill, ha14 . -4 '1rv very kind. They' Ilavvo said 1( Ille, 'ee, but I wollIl like t( tak' a trip down sohitlh. ' have loticel tie southliheni Inen lov kind they are to ladies 1. vould like to go dlown sot.f4 . Jia caun agree wvith her I comes to thle differ-ence inl tid ness, but w'hnit she mleans when she says she 'youk like t o down south11, I c'an't ( understand. I am like tle ol(darkey, right, nhere I ain <11jkting Ihle road. This is a iile climate. Tell sun Illers a1 re tiust grand, mever too 11(t mr too cold but. just) riglt but in thIle winter it r-in1s n ea rly a ll th ' 1 im e, so it. is Il('t so very cold, but oh, how wet'. I was at, 111. Seatt'le Eix osi-. tion!, hl( a great, tiwi I( lre taking a boat ile out on u souod fifty llel's lt l1rinil"1ton Island. I wisli thiat .1 (Cb d say moi-e :1a1ll hIH' 1(4 d10 s In er*. \\it h best wishes to all, \A. I iI4oper,~ l'i1)What Cleveand Said Tim (hniusofle our iInuiln teles (4f our) pepl ins thei*\ hlinetl life, mI~~u~oll;he Vae whic s11 dIennule fom- t 1n. 0-s ilmen maol dvlpeto h rW5esurc of 0)ur )(lastic I er itor tige policy o nmwpnded(( by - vorwed bhV (our Iposit jon :111d (10. lf'nd(ed by our knownv~ love (of justicean byi( our 011oJ(wer. It, is t he policy of peaceU suit.ble to our) inlterests. RI is the pol1icy of nelltrailit y , r 'jectj ug angy shlare uIpon (4ther1 c'0ntI inent~s and1 repl~tl nrg Ohir' inmt risioll hereU. It is the. poli1 . 7 f (41\(on)roe m.11( of .lPeace, ('onun)1eree and honest frienshij w ~ithi all nations- en tan~lgling allimances with nlone."' Uiberty Circuait Appoinltm'ents. libert41I'y: ith Sundal~Iy 1.1 a. m). and1( 1st Hund~ay night 7:30 p. m. iiuhama11h : 1st Sunday morn.)1 Bethlehei : 2(1 Sundl(ay 1 1 a. m. and 4th Sundlay afternoon. (Gap Hill: 3d Sunday 11 a. mn 1F'miivie w, 3d Sunday af ter-. noon, TPwelyn Mile: 2(1 Sunday af..