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-- ;- ' - - P~r-1 -Aube IPICKENSsli1NE Entered April 23. 1903 at Piekens, S. C. as mecond class mall matter, ande PICKENS, S. C., JANUARY 4, 1912. UT COTTON, to FianeeCrop off, Good asos orHoling-Pro 'Washingtens Dec. 27.-COl rt i. 'onjson, of New rk, Jii2.of the stadicate pho edto advance $50, g the Southern toi Cw jectiiu the plan," So"? uth U~sheminO~~t.He ~ $o~a~thatTe W8SS~~eadt9Y ~Je id iJect the plan?' South it only o tan do nia ilhav willing today to the scheme which posed sometime ago to a ittee from the South, that New York and discusse& peposition. We are not en ~aonn to uge the South& a cep -something it does nIt ii ant.butif it should send a 7;n6mntteedelus, we would see that the-plan we suggested was iti aaim~iiof South em farmers have expressed the desti t 1at we bandle their crop forthem on the plan which we for the entire South. test will show the rest of the South just what we intend ed; and if it is probablethat that by next vear others will fall in with the scheme. - 'The Southern 'farmers this year will lowe $300,000,000, and the trouble is that $200,00Od) of this will go abroad. The en fire country, not only the South i-be the loser by the- South's not acceDting this Plan. Col. Thompson announced in - trto The State yesterday, ftfi~t hehddede'o~6~T had ot ive upthehope that the Southern farmers would ac cept iteventuially and yidifit" by it. His annourcenet-eleddai tained the statement, that his plan was not evolvedby him ias spedaldtiet; sinde he was not a 'petu1ator and never had abeh. 'This part of Col. Thompson's leth r follows: 'It was, of conrse, to the ;n tet esu of many selfishperois to r i his an, aid ap eyhveidue the -. farmer to believe that the plan is not to hia interfest. I ha e therefore practically abandoned the idea of going any ither with it this year; but if the fir mers will think over and study. the plan they will see that in it lies the power of materially ben efitting themselves. Once they decide to use it, they will findi the cotton merchants ready to~ take-it u'p. Upon you, and mend like yoff, "rests the duty of" edu-] caring the South. If they will adopt t method of marketing the' ton and handle it pr6p it iwill be worth $20,000,000 to the South. 'y I add one wor'd-about GI ami not a speculaor ave been and never in be. I'say this because ave been misrepre uth, and I care the good opinion sens to wish to -nderstahid ee s utOl 01 'fw*~rom n] t he tOU; ews- I paper of recognized au#hority in 3 commektial and fianc ei INotin yar1&heeT beeiir e nar-s tl! week-to-week sight receipts 01 since -f- tideof first and is in. Fthe o week ded 3sigit re-0 eekater en al m was ended December 15, the weekly a inoW t W at t row est level of 625,000 bales. By g Hnrs wh r , this a trintmt ;M vwmey o Is -re le. e t di *to lime mes onab5'oneis that P ibe -ca gre V ive fallen r on their own resurces, n de teminai oIlowly and i market by the heavy crop. They c< have already parted with 8,500;- S( 000 hales to December 15, or it somewhat more than half of the cl crop, Yet prices hold steady U to a remarkable degree. Janu- S( andMrh when the grow- t( crop n yext s e lan pa needsor must borrow to hold t are t bnly niths which per- V sisti ilig u-ier $45 a NOhe Nower rct e to-y e l, he *1R able to hold all the more cotton C on that account. By selling e steadily from now on, he may h yet be able to command the sit- b uation without the help of much cl outside flP~i6Ilf. p The cotton already marketed 3 includes practically all that part si of the crop that was pledged by rg smaH farmers for. supplies, the "rent" Ad tfe, "lien".. d cAton. i50D bfaes ' remaining (if for the purpose of a estimagdgFe assume 15,000,000 i IDS:. witig ;ei46oe'- -- V, duction) the greater part is in t< the hands of men who are able to hold without assistace or a whosei credif ii sirong.~The a Wall Street Journal evidently S believes that decidedly improved a prices in thesrnf 1912 are a notit alis lid That li resirlctim ofaiiie would~ iv the holder of oxtton a command- p ing position. -Otfrcontemaporary 11 it will be 'noted, has said so p uch without having any sys- b~ temiatic plan of.- acreage reduc-,i tieri in mind and since then the h Rck Hill piiidiet'etem- ti ined upon-faiaaf -~il on ii plain busines1 EI ~~iihtfor the first time reduces the cur- x tailment of acreage to definite ii limits. k The crop of 1904 caused a si mre rapid decline in prices than d bis the crop of 1911 and about se tepresent period of t at se prices fell below eight cern 'Ei. citailment agitation dit 3 tike form until the early nigA of 1905 and its plans had no such clircut character as that of a rii Rock Hill scheme. In the n i1te spring of 1905 the response si in higher prices was. immense h reped frine profits. I The prospect is in every way p good that 4,000,000 or more bales v stillin the hands of Southern P men will fetch fair prices in 1912. coTF~oN PROMo~Is HATlTERAcY fi Nscotton gowing the ally of bthey go hand in the admirable re of*4 of K. the most ets in our system. On my iits to the schools all over the ite during the first three onths of the current session have rarely found more than 1 per cent. of. the'annual school irolbaent in actual attendance. wnany cases this failure to Jcbhildren to school does not LeabtindiAe ence .,to education i the part of the parents, but one of the disastrous results our system of farming. hristmas day will find thous ids 6f bales >f cotton still in ke fields of South CArolina. We wnot reasonably expect the idIi' n to -enter school as long the family resources are yet harvested in the fields. The Ahering of the cotton crop is long and tedious process. A rn and grain crop is easily ivested. The present low price i cotton hs thoroughly im essed upon us the disastrous sults of a bumper cotton crop. Te have not duly considered ie educational im'portance of eisified farming. As long as >tton keeps our children out of ,hool until the first of Jai:uary, is a curse at any price. The ildren in other sections of the nited States have been in -hool since the middie of -Sep ber. We cannot hope to a generation which will fi4ete with them under a sys. im of farming which from its ary nature keeps them in igno mee. If the people of South $$,lna will increase the grain I4 aorn acreage and plant a ytton crop which can be gath .ed by November 1st, we wi!l ave more money and will not a compelled to sacrifice their iildren. - Let us hope that the erfecting of the cotton picker ill soon enable us to free our Aves from the incubus of igno mnee. There are thousands of chil ren.in South Carolina to whom ifttal ignorance, indifferencE nd greed are denying even thE mnplest rudiments of an educa on. No parent has 'the right > condemn his children .to be hewers of wood and, drawerE E waer'. when opportunities re fi'eely offered 'by 'the state. outh Carolina should vouchsafE 11 her children a fair chance nd a square deal in the race foi While the mechanical cottor icker promises to be a success i the flat or slightly rolling arts of the country, the likeli ood is that not for many years, evr, will it be utilized in the illy regions, and, for that mat r, the day of its introduction ito the low country is iiot closE t hand. The fact for the peo le of South Carolina to ponder that a great acreage in cotton eeps the boys and girls out of ~hool in the fall months. Tc eprive a child of three months ~hooling during the brief ear's period that the schools ~eopen tothe child is to pay a emendous price for a bale of >tton. As concentration upon cotton lone perpetuates ignorance, ig orance in turn increases the avisness to cotton. To learn ow to diversify crops one iould first know how to read. i exceptional cases illiteratE ersons overcome obstacles in a ronderful manner and accom lsh more than the literate man es, but, generally, educatioil as necessary to the successful armer as to the succeful banker e lawyer. lease After Meir Higher Up Nwberry, Dec. 2.-Governor lese, who is syendi-ig the day ee, was 'asked if he had come a cobclnsien as to.the petition iesefd for clemency in tehalf !f'aigon and Young. -I am -waiting," said he, "for -rplyrom theSerran'~ole trus iege i~ei'es', which I sup Swill be forthcoming before I1uary 1st; but with the pres tiight before me, I shall not I~?fere with the selitence of ' eo~it. While my deepesi paili . goes out to these g i.en and their families, iii I ser satisfied that they are mcealng iiiers which belong >the pu'bic, anid I do not think iy are eiititled to clemency for iemselves as long as they con the offenses of others." to the statement Garling ade to him, Gov. BleasE am satisfied Garlingtor ea good deal of tiuth.] v well satisfied tha1 led more thn he told. Government Work on the Pine Beetle to be Continued from Washington. Headquarters for the represen tatives of the U. S. Department of Agriculture who have been demonstrating the methods of. combating the Southern pine beetle, from Forest Ins et Field Station 7, located at Spartan burg, S. C.. were transferred to Washington, D. C.. on Decem ber 15. A field agent who has bEen left in the south is instructed in the practical details of locating the trees in which the beetle is spending the winter, and meth ods of ecntrol necessary for its destruction. His servire will be available in localities where a majority of pine timber owners are desirous of instruction in the field. A widespread interest has been manifested by thousands of far mers and timber owners through out the South, in checking the devastation caused by this pest. The methods of control advised by the expert on forest insects of .the Bureau of Entomology are being put into' active prac tice in nearly every community either thr,.ugh the formation of pine beetle associations or by a combination of individual and community effort which should go far to check the possible wide spread dying of pine which threatens during the coming summer. The Mecklenburg Pine Beetle Association has been formed at Charlotte, N, C., with ithe back ing of the Greater Charlotte Club and the North Carolina Geological and Economic Sur vey, for the purpose of fighting the beetle. The Gaston County Forest Association has been formed at Gastonia. N. C., also with the backing of t - " lina Geological a vey, for thef The Fult(1)7M roo ; 'Iro ~Sq iq Beetle Assoc if ' '/ at Atlanta, Ga., with pose of an immediate and ac tive campaign against the bee tie. It should be borne in mind that the present apparent: cessa tion in the activity of the beetle is deceptive, in that its presence at this time of the year is dot so clearly indicated by the fading of the needles. This is dtue to fact that the needles fade more slowly in winter than in sum mer. Timber owners should bear this in mind and would do well to keep a careful watch for the fading of trees from now until the middle of May, and in form themselves as to the spe cific methods of control. Circulars and a special Farm ers Bulletin concerning the southern pine beetle are being sent out by the Department of Agriculture to persons who ap ply for them. Anderson Man Killed Anderson, Dec. 28.-Jesse Simpson, aged 19, son of Mr. Will Simpson, died here today from injuries received last Fri day at Irving,- Tenn,, where he was en route from Coal Fields, Va., to Anderson to spend the holidays. Young Simpson arrived .in Anderson Saturday with the right side of his face and head badly bruised. The injuries af fected his mind and he could not give an intelligent account of his trouble. From his discon nected talks, it seems that he was changing trains at Irving when some one struck him on the head with a blunt instrument. He says that when he regained consciousness he was in the of fie of an Irving physician where he had been taken. He was placed aboard the train and came to Anderson. An autopsy was held today, and it was dis covered that Simpson's ekull had been fractured by the lick and that an abscess had formed beneath the skull. The coroner held an inquest and the verdict was that the de ceased came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. It is presumed that efforts'kvill be made to locate the guilty party. Souhwest Georgia Farm and Pe can Lands for Sale. Anysize zract diesired. Ou lans are rer *ede tis a to g et o a U' round floor Flower-Paeker Realty Comnpany, .... e aThniapy111a,'Ga. Another Lick at Cotton. Manchester, Eng., Decemb 27.-The refusal of one man ai two women to join a trade u ion, coupled with the decision the master cotton spinners close their mills three days the week, 'caused a comrfe stoppage of a great portion i the cotton mills in No:thea Lancashire tonight. Efforts al afoot to bring about a settli ment, but as one woman, wf left the union after 20 years b cause she believed the benefi are not commensurate with fe< persists in her attitude, and tI master spinners insist upon tI right to maintain open shop a long and bitter strugele is pri icted. There is danger, too, the fight spreading to other Ii dustries. The lockout involves 100,( iveavers, and nearly as man pinners reduced to half pal There are already indications aroi able complications throug the introduction of a new isst in the troublesome question 4 wages. It is estimated that ti weekly loss to weavers and a ied spinners and cazd-room en proyees, will amount to $1,400 000. The weavers will receiv, roughly $325.000 lockout pa from the union., An Awful Crime. Greenville, Dec. 27.-In or of the mill villages of Greenvil tonight the coroner is holdir an inquest into the death of woman who was found in hi bed at daybreak with her hea split open with an axe and hi two-year-old baby in a pool i blood by her side. The woman husband is locked in the coun jail, with finger nails bearit blood stains, uncleansed by w ter used in erasing other allegi tracts of the foul crime, are r A hy Authorities as poi lit man. c e pa 's crin nal hs years. their thr. artment t] sheriff dis vred Mrs. Ali< Campbell, wife of- Lafayef Campbell, grovelling in a po of blood in her bed. Her bei had been mutilated during ti night with some blunt instr ment, a huge gash laying opt the skull oyer the temple. horrible bruise on the cheek ai other wounds about the face a most blotted out her identity. The woman was not dead ai by her slde lay her babe ai harmed. Physicians were calle and, after removing a portion her skull, she died shortly. Attorney General Weds. Columbia, S. 0.-The -me riage of J. Frazer Lyon, attc ney geneial of South Carolin to Miss Kathleen Green wo< occurred at noon Wednesde in St. Helena church in Bea fort. You Won't Get "Stuck". if you "stick" to us. Our business is "~piease,"' and not ' stick" you. When we 01 Pins of All Descriptions we imake a bold bid for your trade, by off ing you best selection we could get of IA T PINS, BELTr PINS, YEIL PINS, STICK PINS, remarkable in beauty, variety and lowness price. Buy some. H-. SNIDER. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bougi Bears the Signature of CaJ~7vS DR. R. E. INGOLD Dentist Liberty, S... Pri m t6 lets, rbealf talx m - felt very qickly t 0 s - Makes rich, red, pure 1boodl-dea t system -clears the brain-strengthens sfliq-q' A positive specific for Blood o Drives out-Rheumnuteind stops tfe. M is a wonderful tonic afd body-buildei .M F. V. f..PPnj FOR THAT KEG OF THE DRINK THAT REAGRES THE SP T ickens R. L. Davis Proprietor FOR SA Acres--7 miles noti-es 2 5 0 good 2-sory -room r :utbuildings small tenant house 7too acre?in some good bottom larid 3o,.acres. in pasture se on place, 2 miles from church, this i a good foot hills of the mountains and a bargain at a p re on good terms. I have farms in all sections of the conn67 meROW your.wants in the real estatelin 5 - ? THE REAL ESTATE MAR Box 264. ' PFickeSC4 Pickens Bank Building. - Let me write your fire insurance; I'll place you in -g~ . - liable companies. N above everything nHappy mhi t: perousNewYeari~ - ThenlIwant to remind you; thatIwill still be doing'budi - ness at the "old stand"diik - 9T2 wth everyt~ingfl~If~ home comfortable and hjj~ The iowest prices an4 cour teous attention shall-always be given my customers. A. K. PARK, West End Grenll.~ - Fertilizers yeld enormous rt~f truck crops provrided you use~ kin'd.- A truck fertilizer shoi44 is' 10 Ito12 per cent. - POT lb or about twice as mu'ch Acid. Potash imnprov.3 the ping quality. If your dealer won't fertilizers rich enough prices. We will scl lb. bag up. w; Annual Meeting e Notice Is hereby given that the Annual Id Meeting of the Board of County Com . miners for Pickens County ..will be held in the office of the Supervisor a Pickens ,S. 0.con Vbusdayafter the first Eoiidajiki'anuary~next,~the same , being the 4th day of January 191i be A5 'persois holding claims against ckens Udmity, rin preeiouslypesent ed to the Board, must file the same Swith the Clerkof the board on or before -the Arst day of January next so that ' they may be examined and ordered paid. , Jm C. CARM, Dee14t C . Notice to Teacers. e There will be a special teach ,d ers examinati6n on January 12, 1912, commencing at 9 o'clock. The examination will be held in the Court House. By order State Board Educa tion. R. T. HALLUM, Co. Supt. Edioation. T Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge. NOTICE is- herely given that I wil m e aplication to J. B. Newberry eEq.,Judge of Probate forPickens coun ty, in theState of South Carolina, on the 15th day of Jan. 1911. at 11 I 'clock in the forenoon, or as soon there eafter -as said aplication -can be - beard, 1- for leave to make-final settlement of the estate of David B. Sloiuf, deceased 1 and obtain discharge as Administratrix - of said estate. g)ec 14t4 Nannie P. Sloau~ Citation. State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, By J. B. Newbery, Probate Judgec Whereas, J. R. J, Anthouy made suit te to me to granthim letters of Administra le tion of the Estate and effects-.of Co lumbus Griffin, Lg These are therefore, to cite and ad a monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said ColumbusGrffin )r deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate to be held at Pickens on the 18th day of Jan. 3r 1912 next. after publication hereof, at 11 'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said adminis s tration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 29 day of ;Y Dec. Anno Domini1911. Jan 4t2 J. B. Newbery, J. P. P. C.: d Notice of Final Settlement and e-Dischare. Notice is hereby given that- I will make application to J. B. Newberry, Esq. Judge of Probate for Pickens coun ty in the State of South Carolina, on the MA day f FebruaiyI1912 at 11 o'clock 'n the forenoon . or as soon the as said appication can be heard, for to mske fmalsettlement of the estate of eith deceased and obtain dischdie As f Said estate. W . ] Keitti -- ti- Admnistrator. [n ie Notice of Final Settlement and e Discharge. SNOTICE, is hereby given that I wil Smake application to 3.B. Newberry ol Esq , Judge of Probate for Pidkens county, in the State of South iarolina, Son the 81 day of Jan. 1912, at 11 o'clock ie an the forenoon, oi- as soon thereafter a said application can be heard, f<-r leave 11- to'make fiel settlement of the estate an of C M. Miller deceased, and obtain dis chi'wge as admrt. of said estate. E. D. Miller, d Administrator, J. E. BOGGS W. E. FINDLEY ad BOGGS & FINDLEY a - 'Lawyers ~ f Pickens, S. C. Offce over Pickens bank. r Constipafin, if Neglected, r- desses Ser$ous Illness a Constipation,' if neglected, leads to amostinnumerable complica tions affe ting the general health. Many cases of typhoid fever, -1 appendicitis a n d -other severe dis 1 -eases are trace able to prolonged clogging of the bowels. Regard t he effects o f constipation, C. E. Ayers, 6 Sabin St., Montpelier, Vt., says: "I was afflicted \Vf M gmy/Mwith constipation 'UE Mi"MMand biliousness for yecr~ and at times became so bad I wvoddt become unconscious. I have been found in that condition many times. Physicians did not seem to be able to do me any good. I would become wenk and for days at a time could do no work. Not long ago I got a box of Dr. Miles' Iaxative Tablets, and after using them found I had never tied anything that acted in such a mild and effective manner. I believe I have at last foiund the remedy that to suits my case." rer Thousands of people are sufferers from habitual constipation and while possibly realizing something of the danger of this condition, yet er- neglect too long to employ proper curative. .rnessures utlserious il nets often results. 'The advice of all physicians is, "keep your bowels clean," and it's good advic. ef Dr. Miles'. Laxative Tablets are sold by all- druggist., at 25 cents a box containing 25 doses. If niot, found satisfactory, yebr money is returned. 1 MILES MEDICAL CO,, gikhart, lnd. House and Lot for Sale. 1 will sell to the highest bidder at the Court house on Saleeday in January 192,drigthe legal hours for sale, the All that lotof land in the town of ~'Pickens, on Hagood Stiet, containing one and one-third.(1Iacres more or less. _Has 6 room dwelling, barn, pasture with water ind'othie improvements, known as the J. W.'$1ieriff house and lot. Teg.is: One third cash, terms on iaise -.b iTH YS Wyssc lwhen ,yucsmle ter