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ePiCs Somun A Nwrtisiug R.te Reasonable C. E. ROBINSON. EDroT. PICKENS, S. C.: ' HURSDAY, MAY 2, 1912. We move that Col. T. R. now say something. Edgefield and some other counties are agitating the ques tion of reestablishing dispensa ries. If they get them they ought to utilize the profits in es tablishing hospitals and Keeley treatment for their patrons. With 1,600 bodies from the Titanic at the bottom of the At lantic, 25,000 homeless and suf ferine along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, the floods increas ing and strikes prevalent is enough to cast a gloom ovei the country. The Old Soldiers. In another column appears very strong article by Mr. B. C Johnson calling attention to th< nigardly appropriations for pen sions to the old soldiers in thi, State and the unjust discrimi nation in distributing the same There is much in what he say. for serious thought, but as th< vears go by the younger genera tions less and less think of thi sacrifices and hardships of thesi brave and manly men until, ii many instances, their valor an< heroism has been almost for gotten. The average politician n< longer caters to or solicits th vote of the old veteran becaus their ranks are getting thinne and thinner each year, but the are lost sight of in the scramb and the element which can cas the largest number of votes ar the ones now sought after. The politician always play his strongest card and pulls o: the most popular string. If i be dispensary, or education, c road and internal improvemen1 or lower taxes; whatever he 1< lieves to be the winning card i the one he plays, and the 0] soldier is entirely forgotter This shows the demagogueryi the average politician,. el ford o gr 1 iion dollars year to her old veterans. SI could do this and not raise th taxes one particle by reducin expenses along other lines. Fc example, more money is appri priated year by year for hight education than can be Judicioul i used, and there are man minor and unimportant officei who are paid from the publi treasury that could be reduce -or entirely eliminated. We owe the old soldiers a det which we can never pay. Thes men were once the possessors c happy homes, bouyant, vigoi eus and proud, but for thi honor of our Southland, for thj protection of home, honor an our sacred rights, laid then selves on the alter of sacrifice They gave up all, home, love *ones and happiness, and went t the front to endure hardshii privatations, the loss of limn: life and property for us. An< now in their old age and declir ing health they need our syn pathy and substantial help Everyone of them should be og the pension roll. No differen 2 or distinction should be mad sbetween the true soldiers. 'South Carolinians wherei your gra ' de? Nothing is es litician, for h is after votes, but the chival rous men of the State shoul have pride and manhood enougl to say to the politician for onc you. must make provision t care for the old soldiers. Sunday Gatherings. There was a time when camj meetings played an importan part in the religious life of ou country, but by slow degree they became conducive of mor evil than good; or at least s thought the man who lead i the work of the camp-meeting For a long time when churche were widely scattered, and e: fective preachers were few, an these few 1'ad to travel over wide territory to reach their al pointmients, it was economy c time, talent and strength for number of preachers and man people to gather at camp ground for evangelistic endeavor, bu when charges became more con pact,-1amd communities mot thickly settled, it became th policy to hold meetings in ever Sseperate church rather than a Acamp ground. This, togeth ith the fact already noted ha m're harm than good resulte caused the abolishing of th2 camp-mneeting. But how was it that the purn ly social overran the spirituai and the camp-meeting~ becamj a failure and a source of harnr The people who made a Sunda: picnic out of the camnp-meeti occasion would never have at tempted a great Sunday picni hIndependant of that occasior 'Anything that furnmshes o< casion for Sabbath desecratioI even ifit be done in the nam of religion, is not an unmixe good, and may be a positi~ evil. A Sunday gathering c almost any kind with "dinne on the grounds" advertised t the whole county-"Everybod: come and bring a well filled baskt" is not likely to beget o: foster a religious atmospbere. or produce spiritual results, even if it be at a church, attended by preaching or other religious ex ercises. When one goes for re- I be ligious purposes, ten go to see cong and be seen, mostly to be seen- .ol A Sunday "all day singing" es. cumes under the clan of semi religious occasion the good of which is at least doubtful. Here's the case as we see it: The picnic-the social inter course is the feature. The sing- ofe ing is the occasion. As in the -.fc care of the camp-meeting no one - would get un a big Sunday pic nic independent of the camp meeting yet hundreds took ad- -rh vantage of the occasion. Our ano young people in this Christian E country would not think of a Sunday picnic all by itself. The "all day singing" furnishes the - occasion, and for most of those who attend the singing is only secondary. Thereforefor most of them a purely social picnic occasion with a band of music playing sacredairs would be , about the same thing. This is not true of the leaders of the several choirs that Aake - part nor of the choirs them selves, and probablv not true of No a few who go for the purpose of worshiping God in song, but it is true of probably nine out of ten others who go. Sunday "all day singings" - ought to be discontinued, and if N 5 we must have such occasions. "" - let them come on a week day. fe . They will not then be occasions cor 3 of so many people breaking the -ix fourth commandment 'i cot Public Education I If there is one thing in which co' every citizen is and ought to be t)o, vitally interested, it is that of public education. An enlight- 7 a ened and educated community a e speaks to the world of it through rau r the mediums of better farms, vis V better churches, better and more e of the comforts and convenienc- ong t es of life and a consequent satis- an e faction that money expended in e no other way can buy. The gen s eration now coming into its own pr< n and soon to have control of all w t the affairs of the country, de- ert r serves more of the advantages i , than their parents must needs ia - have been satisfied with-no sc s other construction of the duties ' d that natural progress lays on us se . is rightly possible-and the dis- me n position of our people is. to do their utmost to provide these ad- ?~~ - vantages and to see that proper j. a use is made of them. - e In Pickens county the move ci e ment has been con tinuously for- c' g ward, but our means have been cd r inadequate to the demand, and by .our sources of revenue for school ~ r purposes are taxed to their rea- .. - sonable limitations, It speaks ant y great praise for this c-ounty ga s when statistics show that, in ~re c some localities, possibly the I)a d highest rate of taxation for de school purposes in all this State 0 t obtains right here in Pickens si e county, and yet the people who ch f are thus taxed do not complain, itn -because they are intensely int- ~ e erested in this school question. eI e Through the efforts of the coun- bu ty superintendent of education, ~ - Pickens county has gone for- ~ . ward in spite of the many diffi- co culties that have beset trustees, cui teachers and the county super- ' , intendent, but with almost un- Za , anim'ous voice, and with the one n i purpose of educational progress, em: -the county has been keeping gY, -pace with more forward sections, au .and, judged from the stand 1 point of conditions some years Li ago, the development of Pickens WI county in this particular matter :U has been surprising. There is ;i: s no standing still ground in this "% -department of public develop- "; e ment. We all realize that con- ;s - ditions are not yet just as we :'f would have them. We want ho 1 larger terms in some places. '~ e graded systems in others and ti > higher schools in other, and ex even in the disi ricts now favor- VI5 ed with "high schools," the one th; need is for higher grades to be in built upon the present system, ty - thereby giving to the children as Snear at home. as possible the p highest advancement practic- ap r able. eIt is indicative of a healthy state of sentiment in any com- fl munity to see it alive to its edu- gu cational needs, and, when such ces ~sentiment exists in earnest, 4 problems of public interest will ati be solved gradually if necessary, da but their solution is inevitable. fo Notice to Debtors and Creditors By y ALL Persons holding claims against Ls the estate of the late H. L. Clayton t must present the same duly proven en - or I efore the 1 day o' June 1912, or be e debarred p-ryment: and all persorns in- St: .e debted to sqaid estate, must make pay menit on or before the above date, to the t undersigned. )irs. M. F. Clay ton. ho Executrix tri d for e Notice to Teachers. wi sh' An examination for teachers will be held in the Court House, e Friday May 3. The examina- Ed - tion to commence at 9 o'clock. re< I Aplicants to furnish their own e stationary. The law requires o that all applicants be at least 18 sc .years of age. s -By order of county Board of ab Education. t e R. T. Hallum, ag a Co. Supt. Ed. m r Public attention cannot be directed always by abusingti J"certain newspapers."-New hi orry Observer 3ANDiDKMS' CARDS. For Congress reby announce myself a candidate for ess from the Third Congressional District ,th Carolina, subject to the action of the 5 of the District in the Democratic primar NIARCUS C. LONG, Walhalla, S. C. For Clerk of Court. reby announce myself a candidate for the of Clerk of Court for Pickens County ct to the rules of the Democratie primary on. 0. S. STEWART. or County Commissioner friends of 'Mr. G. Wash Bowen hereby unce him as a candidate for County Com oner, subject to the action of the voters in rimary election. J. 'F. KEOWN Attomey-af-Law Pickens, S.C. Itfice over Pickens BaDk tice of Trustee's Sale of Lib ,rty Cotton Mills, of Liber ty, Pickens Co., S. C. citice is hereby given. That the lersigned trustees, under power and etion of resolutions adopted by the 1kolders of Liberty cotton mills. a oration, at a meeting held on the eenth day of February, 1912. ard >under and by virtue of the powers tained in a certain dead of trust or rtgave, executed by said Liberty ton mills on the first day of June, 9, and recorded in the office of the rk of Court and Register of Mense Iveyances for Pickens County, o1h C Lrolina. in ronl estate mortgage -k Y at I ages 140 to 105 inclusive, I in chattel mortgage book I, pages to 321 inclusira. said mortgage or I of trust being given to secure ihe vt- of bonds therein mentioned, de it having occured under the pro ions of s tid instrument, and after de It the amount due having been ac -wledged and consented to in writ by the said Liberty cotton mills, I said instrument of writing having n recorded as provided by law, will [ at public outcry to the highest bid , in accordance with the terms and >isicns of the said deed of trust or rtgage. in front of the office of Lib v cotton mills. at Liberty. in the inty of Pickens, State of South Caro a, at two o'cleck p. m. on the 7th v of May, 1912. all the property de 'ibe-t antid embraced in the aforesaid d of trust or morigage, to-wit: All t tract or parcel of land, containing enty-eight and 72-160O (78.7:2) acres, re or less, situate in the town of Lib , in the county of Pickenis. South rlina. which was conveyed to said erty cotton niills in five different or parcels, as follows: one by J .P. iih, by deed dated September 6, )1, and recorded in the office of the *rk of Court and Register of Mense uveva-ices in Pickens county, Sout~h rolia, in volume W at page 284: one M. 0. Jennings, by deed dated Sep nher 6, 1900, and recorded in said Ie in volume W ,5t page 285, one by A. Bogts, by deed dated Juno 1901, c recorded in the aforesaid ofiie, in lume X at page 102: one by Job F. ith, by deed datedl May 22, 1901. and :orded in said office in volume X at ge 263: and one by J. F. Jennings. by ed dated September 29, 1901, and re ded in said office in volume Xat page <: on which said lands are located the :erty cotton mills buildings and ma inery, and also its forty-two cottages, frabme office building, and its one ry school and chapel building. also entire textile machinery of every cription located ini the cotton nulls ildings on the above described prem s. an i coniprising 11840 spindles, 300 'Masonl looms (S6 thereof with sateen achment) and also boilers, pumps, riiss engine. generator, lathe, etc., ~ter, drill preas. electric engine, ma 1 including, also, all auxiliary al ney, nwill fiixtur. s and all omlh -r or hments and auxiliaries, used in e ce tion with sad plant: also, all offir niture and fixtures and other propein of whatvr descrip'tioi embraceu de< d of trust or mortgage." Also, noes-, occounts. bo.ks of account cheses in actie'1 belo"nging to said erty cotton mills. Said property I we sold as ain entirety. T1his si~le I embrace all the property of the >erty ct toin mills * xcepting only tt covesed by the chattel mortgage to ehngton, Sears and Company. ad tisemenit of which will be found ewere' in this newspaper. Said sale made in order to enforce payment the principal and interest on the ns secured by said d.-ed of trust r >rtgage, together witli all taxes and burs-ments incident to the'preserva n and protection of said property, penses, fees, and commissions, as pro led for in the aforesaiu instrument. lhis property is desirably located on main line of the Southern railway, a progressive and healthy communi and is a favorable location both in Ltter of procuring labor and supplies. ospective ptirchasers may inspect the perty andl premises at any time by p1 ing to the superintendent in charge. I hiders. b-fore the sale begins, will required to desposit with the unde'r nel a certified check in the sum of e mh.boos'ir d dollars ($5.000l.00) to .irnt.e hids. such check of the sur :sful idder to he retained until the 'tph ane with the ter ims of ci-de. One If to be paid in cash in thirty days, d the balaw ce in sixty days, from the te of sale. Purchaser to pay extra -all necessary deeds of conveyanca. Fa-miers Loain & Trust Co Andercon. S. C. Trust .T, R. Vandiver, resident. Notice of School Election. t ' of a' i-1 C r'nia. County of Pickens. ehereis. a petition from the free iders and electors of Hampton Die t. No. 46. has been filed with the unt oard of Education, asking a special election to determine ether or nct : n rvlevy of 4 mills tll le'riea on said Dii'trict for tool purposee. t appeaing to the C.mnty Board of ucatinm thazt the pet:tion meets the 1uiremets of the aw. ['herefore, it is ordered that the Trus s of the above naired District do Id an election in said Ih-trict at the tool house withsin said Iiistrict on turday, May 11th, 1912. for the re stated;purpose. Th.e Trustees of Disticit are hereby appointe~d man ers of aidl election. Said election to conducted according to the requir mts of Section 12 08 of the General itutes. By oder of County Board of Educa R. T. llallum, Sec. & Chim. Ao 2 Folger, S .0 I Mammoth Stock Direct from th For the past si> daily large ship from New Yori show you a st< largest, newest the county. THIS STOCK OF and we are goi at the right pri worn, but eve never show ou carried over ft of goods we p1 duce the price See this b ing on all the i Dry Goods lii Ihams, Poplins, Laces and Em! lower than the Remembe it always pays SFolger,I Clothing, Shoes, irn Sole agents for Walk-C F IronKing Stoves, New Hon adMitchell Automobiles. Notice of Sale. Ntice of sale of entton in pro ss of ,aufacture and movable mill anrplie's1 )f Libert y Cotton Mills. By virtue of the power and authority vested in me as age'nt by Wellington. Sears & Company, Mortgagees, of Boston ) Mass., under authority of a chattel mortgage executed and delivered by) iberty Cotton Mills, of Liberty, S. c., o said Wellungton, Sears & (ompany nderdate of Dedemb- r 7th. 1908. and hi .ch is r'corded in the ofilCe of the Clerk of Court in, Picke'ns county, S C., n Book K, page 271, .1 will s'll at pub-) lc outcry at Liberty, S. U.. on Tuesday. he 7th day of May, 1912. at 2 o'clock p. . or immnediateiy after the sale of the said Liherty Cotton Millo, in front of h. ('ffice? of said Mills. the followto'g nos and (:hatt'ls belonigingr to satid h.rty Cotton Mills, which said goodis n chattels were taken possession of by me as ag.-nt for Wellington, Sears & ompany under and by virtue of tha chattel mortgage as afor.esaid. to-wit.:) The stock of cotton in process in said Mlls,. amounting to about sixteen thousand pounds, fuel and other mnov able mill supplies. cosisting in part of starch, oil, rope, butlap. peper, "astings, extra parts for machinery antd other articles, as shown hv sc-hedule thereof n my possess.ion. copy of n hileb will he furnished to an i-r* sperive par chaser on inquiry-and n~ hilh will be e*x hibied on the day of sale. and a valua tionof which is about $l800.. excluding the stock of cotton in proe-... A reasonable time, not excee'lng ten avs will be allowed for the pur chaser toremove same. Terms of Sa'le: Cash. A~e -u for Wellington. S o rs & Co.. Motgagees. )atd the 2thday of March, 1912, at Ander-on, 8. C. Citation. State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, By J. B. Newbery, Probate Judge. W hereas, S..M. Hendricks made suit to me to grant him letters of Administra tion of the Estate and effects of Irine M. Hendricks. These are therefore, to cite and ad-] monish all and singular the kindred and reditors of the said Irine M. Hendricks deceased, that they be and appear before1 me in the Court of Pi-obate to be held at Pickens on the 8th day of May 912 next, after publication hereof, at 11 'clock in the forenoon..to show cause, ifany they have, why the said adminis-1 tration should not be granted. Given under myi ha.nd -this 18 day of May Anno Domini 1912. 1t2 .J. B. Newbery, J, P. P. C. CASTOR IA For hIfants ana.Children. The ind Yoe a e AlwaysBquht Thornley4Co Announcmn Spring and Summer Dry Goods e Best Markets of the North L weeks we have been receiving ments of Dry Goods and Notions, 1 and Baltimore, and now we can ick of Dry Goods that is one of the and most up-to-date to be found in WAS BOUGHT ON A BASIS 9 CENTS COTTON ng to sell it the way it was bought, ces, Nothing old, shoddy or shop rything new and up-to-date. We r customers old or shop worn goods om season to season, but this class ace on our bargain counter, and re just one half. argain counter for baigains, sale go ime. Call on us for anything in the ie, Lawns, Dimities, Percals, Ging pongees, Nainsooks, Wash Gooods, roiderys, and everything at prices y have been in ten years. r in buying that quality counts, and to buy the best.I Yours truly, Hats and Gents' Furnishing Goods a Specialty.( vere an Bacehes, Crha Oer alls, Haes Hats,) AGain We are ready to supply our trade with .'. .'. .'. iFresh Spring a GO0ds of every description. i We appreciate your trade and try to make it to your interest to trade with us .'. .'. .'. .'. Bring on the chickens and eggs and what mon ey you can, and keepE out of debt .'. .'. .'. SCRAIG BROS.CO. -PICKEN, c. C. ..NOW IS T of the year to use HALL AND KIDNEY PILL anteed to help you ed. Please reinei not help yon i refund you 50c box1 3boxes Pickens Dri he. S( One Dolla YOU GET JUS Plant food, ammonia and poi two tons of 8.88-2-2. The lis The list price of 8.88-2-2 is $2: taining just the same amoun one ton of 8-44 costing $29.8( hauling ond in other ways. charged with fish. There is cause fish costs more than 8.o decidedly to your advantage 2-2, then we cheerfully own 1 nothing about it. We make I but we use 8-4-4 on our own': There is no Horn Meal, 1 Meal in our fertilizers. Our a little Nitrate of Soda. Thi stand of cotton by feeding ai from the seed, just at the tin gentle stimulant. This also vigorously when it first come to see his cotton start off ni ammoniated with blood, tan fish, the best ammoniates pu the best fertilizer put in sac] tell you the Anderson gpods : sis. They are better than w, more plant food than we cha of it is available. A farmer chances on &fertilizer for a < not amount to ten cents an a crop of cotton a year, and h< Scount on. The crops made s speak for our goods. Try so alongside of any other goods Stice the difference in the croj To show the value of fei herewith give you the follow~ years: in yield of cotton. S In states w here no fertili crease of 51 per cent. results In the older cotton states an increase of 38 per cent in crease of 12 per cent. in yield )tates where fertilizer is used Sn acreage resulted in an ic of'cotton. These figures spe are gotten up by cotton expe It is reported the cotton be reduced 15 to 20 per cent. ANDERSON PHOS J. R. Vandiver, Pres. Anderso W.B.Freeman,Ai STATEMENT OF T THE LIBEl Located at Liberty. S. C,, at th< RESOURCES.* oans and Discounts.............. 482,043 28( 3verdrafts.................. .. ... 279 56 Blond and stock owned by bank 400 00 Furniture and Fixtures.... ... .... l,834 18 Blanking House .. ...... .... ..... 1,543 821 Due from Banks and Bankers 7,296 63 Silver and other Coin ....... .... .. ..124 88 Checks and Cash Items................ 3 59 Total.............. ...... ... !96,598 94 4TATE OF SOUTH CAROL NA, 1 g COUNTY OF~ PICK ENS. ( 1kefore me came C. E . flash, Cashier of the a :hat the above and foregoing statement is a true< said Bank. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 26thd Corre't-Attest: J1. F. IiA NIST1ER R H.C SH1R L EY .Dhiectors. Statmentof th Located at Central, S. C., at the< RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts..... ..... . ...7,894 95 )verdrafts ....... .... .... ..... .... 7 41 Furniture and Fixturcs............1,992 35 Ianking House, 1,756 97 rther Ec-al Estate owned. .........3.503.05 D~ue from Banks and Hankers ..08 Currency....... .... .... ........ 2425 00 301ld......................... .... 347 50 Silver and other Coin ....... .. ...... 133 04 Total........................E0. 7, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF PICK ENiS Before me came J1. H. tatr.seur, Cashier of t that the abve and foregoing statement is a true Sworn to before me this 26th day of Apr. 1912. Correct-Attest: W L.GASSA WAY) R. G. GAINES '-DIRECTORS J.T.GASSA WAY Statement of the Located at Pickens, S. C.. at thie RRSOURCFS Loans aud Discounts,---.-........58,213.93 Overdrafts---.-------.---.-.........14.82 Furniture and Fixtures,.... 2300.10 Duec from Banks and Bankers... 17.882.12. 'urrency----. ---.-.............. 100.0 i rand ther inddooin,...7 lotal-..-.- . ---... - ---........ 7,38 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF PICK ENS. Before me came 31. C. Smith, Cashier of iav te above and foregoing statement is a true Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th da Correct-Attest: . P, CAREY,) R. E. BRUCE. g.Directors. 'HE TIME. .UM'S BACKACHE S. They are guar .1 i or money refund nber if they do ve cheerfully r money. 50 Pills $1.25 ug Comp'y t 0 ine rA Year IT AS MUCH ;ash in one ton of 8-4-4 as in t price of 8-4-4 is $29.80 ton. L.44; two tons $42.88, con t of ammonia and potash as ). And then -you save in Besides, this 8-4-4 is heavily not much fish in 8.88-2-2 be 38-2-2 sells for. If it is not to buy 8-4-4 instead of 8.88 ap th it we know absolutely ;he best 8.88-2-2 put in sacks Earm. ior Aoof Meal, nor Leather goods are ammonlated with s helps you to get a good id nourishing the first sprou te when the sprout needs a starts the plant off growing s up. Every farmer likes celv. Our goods are also kage, cotton seed meal and - t in fertilizer, and this make is. Desides, anybody will run far ahead of the analy a guarantee, We give yoq. rge you for, and every drop makes a mistake in taking lifference in price that does cre. He makes anly one wants g fertilixer he can vhere our goods were used me of our goods th-s year you haze bought, and no >s. That's all we ask. tilizer in growing cotton we ing statistics for the last 10 tzer is used an acreage in in an increase of 22 per cent where no fertiliser is used acreage resulted in an in of cotton. While in the an increase of 26 per cent. ease of 74 per cent in yield ak for themselves. They rts. tcreage over the South will PHATE & OIL CO D. S. Vandiver, Mgr. n, S. G. [E CONDITION OF 2TV BANK Sclose of business Apr. 18, 191W - I4BjL1TIES. a&pital Stock Paid In...,.........2.000 ~uif Fund . .. ..... ~ ' g og ivided Profits, leas Current Ex panses and Taxes Paid...........5.5405 86 ndividual Deposits ............. .15,227 05 ['Imo Certificatis of Deposit .........13.301 19 3ashier's Checks......... ...... ...... 154 84 Sills Payable. Including Certlllcates fcr Mo'iey Borrowed, .... 3000 00 Total.............. ...... .... 96,598694 bove named Bank, who, being duly sworn, s ondition of 1.aid Bank, as shown bbooks of a: .>f A pr. 1911. C UE Seal.] A.L..JOINSON Notary Put-lie S. C. e Condition of tllk of Ocural~l, :lose of business Apr. 18th, 1912. LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid In, ............5.00 Surplu Fund................. ...1 . Undivided Profits, less Current Ex penses and Taxes Paid.......... Due to Banks and Bankers1079 Individual Deposits subject to Check .52 rime "ertificates of Deposit,.........081 cashier's Checks,............... ...18. Bills Payable, Inclding U~rtihcates for oneyBorrwed.........1000.00 frMot ney.Borrowe.............. 1,0.O condtion of sad bnk a how by thembo J. Ht. RAMSEtE, F.B.MOEGAN, Jr Notary Public. D~ondition of the close of business Apr. 18th 1912. LI 4BILITIE8, Capital Stock Paid In........ ......15,000 00 Surplus Funds.............. ...... 500 00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expen Due to Bansad Baner ... . .. 068 individual Deposits Subject to check 28,215 19 Bills Payable, including certficates for Money Borrowed .....0@0 00 STotal......... ...............77,28 61 the above named Bank, who being duly sworn Condition of said Bank, as shown bythe books N. . SMITH. y of Apr. 1912. B F. PARSONS, Notary Publie.