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Advertsing Bates Resonable E.-ROBLNSON'. EDrOR. TMUESDAY, JAN. It, 1912. Does Gov. Blease employ an extra force to carry his mess ages to the senate and house? No, contemporaries, it is not 7ot..ought that the frequent and thy messages will increase Ine price of paper perseptibly uor affect the paper trust ma eraly in view of the fact the 3iois for only forty days. Atfanta would not be Atlanta :nIess she was trying tt create notoriety. One the latest scaemes by one . of her mer iants to attract customers to his store was to secure and place in one of his windows a bottle Mied with common old maggots and advertise them as hook worms. Gov. Wilson was. the favorite n1 Washington last week when .o National committee met to sect the place for the next con iation, and it was stated freely at had the conveiition. been Id then he would most .cer -nly have received the nomi .tion for president on the *emocratic ticket. What Sha We Do? The perplexing question with ewspaper fraternity of the Sta how to deal with public officials 'and public questions. The editors should be privileged to publish the official acts of public men, and to call attention to their mistakes and to point ou errors; if any, as well as to commend their gooa deeds, with Gut being branded "liars," "as sassins," "thieves," and "slan auge a&public~oi cer dislikes one or two newspa per men isino reason why all tiewspapers and editors should be classed "dirty" "untruth ful," and "bmalicious."~ And yet these are the tactics which have been employed in this -- - - ,+ate in one or two notable in stances. And the strange part of it is it seems to be popular with a large element of the peo ple. It has come to the point where the winning card in poli tics is to abuse the newspapers. The fellow who can use th'e most adjectives and inectivein pouringout his venom and spleen against t1/ newspapers is the one mos loudly applauded and genero ly whdoped up. The mnea est things, the basest S'gs, the dirtiest things that ecan call them tickle the fancY /and brings forth many a hur /rah for the man who does it. Why is it? Surely the news. pae men as a whole are not all such awful scoundrels, liars d.~pcrits as sonie politicianls p:icture them - '~are citi zens, taxpayers, and. '* and *'ingle with their fellowmen the same as other men. If they w-ere such a tough set their comn- 1 panionship should be shunnedi b;v all the people. They publish ws about many anid various matters of public and private ,erests and their statements t aenot questioned. People are i ev er ready and eager to get the a paper to know what the news E o the world is and no corn- c .plaint is made that the matter .published day by day and -week a by week is a-fabrioation. But !Tician cries out that e t~ y sheuts are made up of t set of liars and slanderers ma.~ny people 'will accept the se tement as the literal truth. ejan the :9people believe that e th newspapers, conspire togeth- f Sto magnify the virtues and a -rise the worthy deeds of one , an,and at the same- time corn- r sct themselves to criticise the s ~ rtcoming of another .just for c the. sake of creating a disturb- v 'e or raising a howl among SSurely they do not 4 :h a set of miis-= Ainong :cept as true statements by W ewspaper men upon various ad, sundry other questions why ot in political matters? A eewspaper man is presumed to a le posted upon every question of to )bllic interest. It is his busi- m less to keep informed and a bro-agh his paper Iform the lil a ?eopl?. But how lamentable it is to g hink one man can say they are a] i set of dirty liars and his kword a will be taken as true and ap plauded in preference to that of c4 many newspaper men. Truly I these are strange ti'mes we have come to. b Presbyterian Campaign. The Presbyterians of South Carolina are engaged in a cam paign for the purpose of raising $200,000 for their educational in titutions, viz., the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, at Clinton; Chicora College at Greenville and the Theological eminary of Columbia. A joint committee on endowment has been appointed to manage the campaign. This cornmitte con sists of nine, three representa- f tives from each of the schools, the president being one of the three. The personel of the com mittee is as follows: Rev. E. E. Gillespie of Yorkville, chair 4!t man: Rev. H. A. Knox, of Mayesville, recording secretary; Mr. John McSween, Timmons ville, treasurer; Rev. B. P. Ried, Reidville, Mr. Wm. P. Anderson of Westminister, President D, M. Douglas of Clinton, Presi dent S. C. Byrd, of Chicora and President Thornton Whaling of the Seminary. The financial secretary of the committee is Rev. A. C. Bridgeman, who has headquarters in Columbia. The plan adopted to raise this amount is what is known as the short term simultaneous campaign, that has been used so success ful by the Young Men's Chris tian Association all over this country. The campaign is con ducted_ by Presbyteries. As there are seven Presbyteries of the Presbyterian church in South Carolina, there will be seven campaigns, one to be held ~ in Enoree Presbytery. Enoree Presbytery comprises the Pres bterian churches of Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union and Cherokee (wvest of Broad ~ river) countiEs. This Presby-. ~ tery now has 58 churches with a total membership, according i to last reports of 5,413. These chur'ches will be asked to raise a sum of $55,000 and each church ~ will have a definite part of this C amount apportioned to it, which k it is expected to raise in a can vass to last eight days and to be condcted hv picked men of the particular church. Here's hoping that each church in Enoree Pre sbyteryv will do its part cheerfully, ener- 1 geticaly, promptly enthusiasti- - ally and successfully. 1 For Sale. U it I will sell to the highest bid ler at Pickens, S. C. on Sales ay in February 1912 imnmedi itely after public sales the fol owing described lots; All that iece or parcel of land in the own of Central, S. C., consist- st ng of four lots but all adjoining ti, ach other, botinded on the westf y 5th street and on the south t y third street and a branch on he north, the lot is 160 fe .et deep p( nd lies near the Cotton Mill or ,nd convenient to Graded chool. The four lots contdins ar ne acre. sa Ters: One half cash, bal- ce .nce on credit to suit purchaser. of These lots will go to the high- ba st bidder as there will be no by- to idding. W. L. Vickery. po Notice to Pensioners al: I will be in the cour-t house Hi very day during January, 1912 W3 r the purpose of making out in pplications for old soldiers and g ~-idows who are not getting of ensions and wish to apply for g ue. All now drawing will w mntinue to receive pensions th ithout further application, - J. B. Newberry, 3t Pension Comn. gi WANTED-Intelligent young . ien and wvomen to take up Cor- sti ?spondent work and Mail-Order re usiness. After you have corn- rn leted our course you can take it su p as a mail order business. A an ood energetic, hustling man or ed oman ought to make from $12 an ) $50 a week. Parsons' Bureau sei ! Corresponding and Mail-Order usiness, Williamsville, Ill. dc28-2t.fo pe cASTOR IA Por Infants and Chidren. er< ie Kind You Have Alwayp Bought e*,' hy The South Should Be. -Thej S1 Real "Corn Belt." The scientists tell us it takes :ertain number of heat units iA produce a corn crop. This eans that corn does its best in warm climate. Of course, a )eral amount of moisture and rich soil, well fiilled with or mic matter or humus, are so needed. In short, there are 01 out four important factors hich go to make up suitable >nditions for the growing of aximum corn crops: C 1. Warm weather, iricluding P moderately high temperature F oth day and night. d 2, A comparatively long S 3ason of warm weather, or a C )ng growing period. 3. Abundant moisture main %ined without too great varia- s ons. An excess tef-,moistre 8 nd drouth are equally antagon a tic to large corn yields. 4. A deep, loose, fertile soil, vell filled with decaying organic 3 aatter or humus. It will be seen that three of P C hese four essentials of a corn ountry are naturally ours. The ourth alone is lacking, but by o means impossible of ttainment. The expeiiences f recent years have opened the yves of Southern farmers as to J he possibilities of corn growiig, v Ld the rapid increase in our t tverage production per acre is he result. A few years more >f this work of the Boy's Corn 31ubs, will, sure enough, put ( he South in the "Corn Belt."- t rhe Progrescive Farmer. To Pave Sidewalks. Nothing like agitation espec ally when questions of public mprovements are at stake. he recent bad weather has lemonstrated the necessity for etter streets and sidewalks in ?ickens and this condition has rought about a movement on he part of the City Council vith the co-operation of pr per y owners to pave the sidewalks long main street. It is propos d that the city bear one-third he expense and the property ( wners two-thirds. This begins o sound like business and is an ndication that there are some Lere who *are willing to '-pull or Pickens." Keep pulling ~ :entlemen and when you have ucceeded with this undertaking legin on something else for the ermanent impre rement of the wn. Beautify it, and make as attractive and inviting asj is possible to do. This is ne way to bring more people ere and build up the town. eep pushing and pulling for ~ickens. The Governor's Message. The first general message by 'ov. Blease to a South Carolina ~nislature was sent in and read iboth houses the first day of 1 session. It was not an un sually long document, nor was a very brilliant one. As a ate paper it was dissapointing, >r many subjects of great im >rtance to the people and tax wers was not touched upon at . It had the style of political 'gument rather than a lucid atement of~ affairs and condi ms affecting the public wel re. It leaves the impression at the governor is using h~is ecutive functions to make a litical speech. The first rec amendation he makes is to olish the office- of bank ex airier. To do so would not - ye to the taxpayers a sing~e s nt, for the salary and expenses this officer is paid by the nks, and is a great protection people who have stock or de sits in banks. The bureau of Agriculture is " o on the list to be abolished? ~ e would destrp~oy theog , erest of the farmers of the ate tha'n any other to get rid the officer. The office, of at Geoglogist and Game arden are likewise stated for e knife. Ele charges extravagance in m.y of the state institutions iich is doubtless true. His 0 tement that "Our higher te institutions of learning are eiving entirely too much ne" has many evidences to * tain it, especially when the iount expended for higher acation is compared to the lount spent in the common5 >ols. Ee recommends a two cent .e on all railroads, and an ctric chair in the penitentiary the execution of the death nalty. l'hese are among the most portant of the subjects cov ~d by the message. The treat art, however, is taken un-in Ltements and arguments of economy of his administra n. - 'ATE OF SoU1'n APROL1FA, County of Al-.beville. In Probata Court Mplaint to qa:1 lands to pay debts. land A. Stephene, Administrator of the estate of N. G. Stephens, deceas ed. Plaintiff, agedist rs. Mary E. Stephens. W. T. Stephens, W. 3. Stephens. and Rodney 0 Steph ens, Defeudants. Lelant A. Stepheus, Administrator the et:-.te of W. G. Stephens, deceas 1. plain d.f, nguinst Mrs. Mary E. ephen. t a]. Complaint to sell land to pay debts. Fursuarti to an order of the Probate ourt, 1 wl sJil t publc outcry at ickens (o..t House on Salesday in bruary trxr., for the payment of b:s, th., f.llowing described real estate Aonfibig to tie estate of W. G. tephei, dcceased. situated in the said ounty ad State, to wit: "All that act or parcil of land 13 ing and being tuated, on Scouth side by Airline R. R., djoinin lunds o4,tr west by 31. E uith, on the south by said W. G. tephens, on the east by X. M. Madden ud others, and on the north by Broad treet, this tract beinfi a part of Arm rong lot also lot purchased by W. G tephens from Mary E. Smith and E. K. Vatkins. Right is r s rved to use 40 et between mill house and shop for :-ssing to and fro. Terms cash, pur huser to pay for paperp. J. F. MILLER, Judge of Prooate Abbeville Co. Auditor's Notice The time for taking returns will open anuary 1st and close February 20 194h rithout penalty. The Auditor or his ebuty will be at the following plac -s o take returns. Calhoun, Monday, Jan. 15 1912 (after oon.) Central, Tuesday and Wednesday, an. 16th and 17th 1912. Catt echee, Thursday, Jan. 18th 1912 Forenoon.) Norris, Thuredsy, Jan. 19th 1912 (af ernoon.) Liberty. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9th and 2".h 1912 (noon.) Easley, Monday and Tuesday, Jna, 2nd and 25rd 1912. Eadley Cotton Mills. Wenesday, Jan. 4th 1812 (torenoon.) Glenwood Cotton Miils, We dnes-las an. 24th 1912 (afternoon. 1. W. H, ster's Store, Thursday. Jan 5th 1912 (forenoon.) Looper's Gin, Thursday,Jan. 2-th 1912 &I ternoon) Daci,':i-, Friday, Jan, 25th 1012 forenmo) Peters Creek. Friday, Jan. 26th 191~2 afternoorn) Pumpkintowr., Saturd-ty, Jan. 27 1912 forenoon) Holly Spi ings, Satuiday, Jan, 27 1912 aft--rnooT ) Mile C a ek, Tuesday, Jani. 30 1912 iterno. z) Six Mile, Wednesday, San 31 1912 :orhn: onf) Fraters, Wednesday, Jan. 31 1912 Eastatoe, iSaturday. Feb. 3 1912 Returns will be ta'ken in office during e a hoi.. time, espectfuilly, N A. CamtsropHERi. Auditor,' Pidketns County. EYE TALK NO. 2 Brains and Pains A great pain ter was once ask ed with what he miixedl his colors. "With BRAINS," he replied. Fitting Glasses Requires both brains and pains. Perhaps you have already learned by experience I If SO, you will appre ciate the pains--taking conscientious service supp~liedsut A. A. ODOM, PRE8. H Consulting Optometrist, Masonic Temple, Greenville, S. C. J Parson I Tjhegxtrem4 * that we are sel money iry the p to get rid! f sc AT ANDJ B To the Coun You had better the goods, at tl can shoot our g can buy elsewi paper knives, i We can fit y fact we still has peas, chickens, Y J. E. Parsori ..........4 Bargam House Havirg purchased two stocks of Merchan dise at greatly reduced prices, we have decid ed to give to the reople who trade in Easley bargains never before offered. Beginning Thur. Jan. 18 we will sell all: 50c Shirts- for----..------39c $1.00 Shirts for----....-----79c 10c Hosiery. ----...__....- 7c 25c Hosiery-------------17c $i.00 Overalls ----.-------79c Men's and Boys' 15c Collars--7c One loi Boys' Clothing and work Pants at your own price. 50c and 75c Gloves--------39c Hats for Euerybody $c-.00 Hats...-------------69c $i.50 Hats .----._---------98c $2.00 Hats _------------$1.19 I ) Dry GoOds 7c Calicoes----------- 41-2 Dress Giughams 10-12 1-2..-_7c ) 8c Ginghams ---------- 5 1-2c Percales, 10-12 l-2.--..---..7c Owing, 10-12 i-2c to go at---_7c 10 and 12 1-2c Flannel-. -7c 50c Dress Goods.-.-....--39c 95c Gress Goods-. - 19C One lot Dress Lining, all colors, to go at - . We have a few Sweaters, and if / the size fits you, take it alon Shoes! Shoes! Shoes I have more shoes than I an ever wear ouit. If my price ill not sell them, your price till buy them. All sizes and st les. Watch the Bargain Co nter Specials every day A con lete line of Staple and Fancy Gfocer ies at all times. ) Yours for Businiss Easley . Bargairi House Next toP.O0 E ASLEY. S. C. W. D. Spearman MakeMoney! WIANTED, AT ONCEV Ecels|i ittingills Union, South Crolina nHundred Experienced or Inexperienced Persons to Top, Knit o, Mend and to do Press Room, Finishing Room and General oery Mill Work. Good Wages. See or Writn to:: F. . AULT, Treas. & Manager * 4 Ahmore i by Low Prices* ig our Entire Stock of Coods at certainly means5 chaser's pocker. We are not running a special sale e dead stock, but you can buy anthing in our store .OW THE ACTUAL WHOLESALE COST ry Merchants* oad your stock-gun with our ammunition, for we have right price, and can save you money. We know you ods to your customers with a better profit than you3 Lee. W'e have a full line of fixtures, show cases, scales -gallon self-measuring 3il tanks, etc., etc. ou in Shoes, Hats, Overcoats, Suits and in n~ ost anything you are looking for. Bring us your tter, eggs, etc. rs to SAVE you MONEY, .J s smoeii P (Prickly Am .0 Prompt Its beneficial ef fects are usuallY felt very quickly P0 * P. Makes rich, red, put sptmem -clears the brain-str< A positive specific for Bloc Drives otit Rheumatism and, - is a wonderfu tonic =d body F. V. LIPPMAN, Sold by Picken IOh WE WELC I And to show the le o I are proud of the buisn they I I year welarelgoing to over for IJ ,The Firs 0jiO I ONE OF Best Pa EVER OFFERED T FRI LISTEN! Wis:eni a 60 days of this year we will giv X the best .........STEEL -:- I on the mai SWhen we say Cash we mean th Sand we have the dollar. We ha Sof goods to select from, such as SGroceries, Flour, Choi i Shorts, Cotton See< S Oats, Corn, Sugar, Skinds of Canned G< SOur stock of goods is always co We ard. i ehave one of the best line: [ from to be found anywhere. { Pads, Back Bands, Traces, Harnm [ Stocks, (single and double stock: ( us about one of our One and ( Stocks. There is no stock to eq TURN PL SOne and Two Horse, the besi SAsk any owner. SSewing Machines, Cooking Stovi Builders' Supplies, Lubricating vanized and Rubber.) The bi the market for $1.45 per squa (DON'T FORGET YOUR 4 worth of coupons may get thisi Free. Rember the Pickens Hdw. & T. TO MY FRIEND TOMERS OF I HAVE decided to close of goeds at this place, will sell ANY SUIT AT AC My object in doing this room for Shoes and Dry Goi all times a complete line of Hats and Notions. Begitning February I,I the most complete line o! G ried in Piclens. Anything 3 be found here at lower pric' been paying elsewhere.3 Bring us all your prode butter, corn, peas, oats, foi you have to sell, and I will prices. If you need a Feather B left, at reduced prices. W0 D. Sp( h, Poke POW Stubborn yied to P. whe other cines are ue P. e blood--cleanses mgthens digestion d Poison and skin di stops the Pain; endsMlai builder. Thousands endorse SAVANNAH, GA. s Drug Co. 1912. YOU. f Pickens county that we save given us for the past )ays of 1912 THlE vngns ) THE TRADE rElY rery CASH DOLLAR you ) I with us during the first e you a chance at one of ( 1ANGES......... ket. at you have the goods ive one of the best lines icest Meats, Bran, I Meal and Huis Coffee and ali M ods. mplete and Prices Right. A of Hardware to .select flames, Collars, Collar )( ess, Bridles, Plows, Plow )M L.) DON'T FAIL toisee )M TwoCliorse Perfection N~ uaal it. Try one. : that money can buy. as, Ranges, Mill Supplies, Oils, Roofing (both Gal ret Rubber Roofing on OUPONS !--For $1.00 beautiful $27.50 Range ~ Place. Grocery Co.'' R. ALLEN, Manager. S AND CUS PICKENS: ant my entire stoc and until Feb. 1, TUAL COST is to have more ads. I will carry at Dry Goods, Shoes, expect to put in raceries ever car 'ou want to eat will as than you have ce, chickRens, eggs, Ider, or anythin alwaps pay highest ed, we have a few