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ILY _HOME-PR LNT NEwsPAPER PmASA LISHED IN PICKENS COUNTY H S A DER TIN MED - -.NyLy NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OF PICKENS COUNTY EN ' -- -SUBSCRIPTION PRICE,5$1. E WEEKLY Enered Ari 23, 1903 a Pekens, S. 0. as second class mal mater, under act of Congress of 3arch 3, 1879 bl~iqhpd IR71-aumnp~ 7- PICKENS, S. C., JANUARY 16,912 e Misses Steadman, of ney, have purchased the ntain View Hotel here and take charge at once. we them succes. . Briggs had a slight e of paralysis Monday ng, at the home or her ter Mrs. W. A. Hamilton. incerely hope she will be again. ied by Judge Keith L. at the home of the ear Easley, Mr. Andrew e of Slabtown and Miss onner. Presbyterian congrega now worshiping in the auditorum, their old building is torn down e foundation of their ficent church building is laid. The new building modern and up-to-date, Sunday bchool rooms. tizens of Easley are proud this new building going First Baptist Church lied Rev. E V. Babb for me, he has been going me to this church and e to Cateechee last year. this for,ward step will uccessful, every church to have services every h if they are able to it. TIi old reliable firm of Robin son and Thornton are beauti fying their store building by having a glass front put in. Mr. Laban Rogers is the work man, he does splendid work. The friends of Editor C. T. Martin of the Easley Progress 'ill be glad to know th:tt his alth is improving. We ex the hope that he will soon in his usual health. Not thstanding his recent illness has managed to edit his with his usual ability. -Martin is a pointed and orous writer. His foreman, . Walter Hester, has ably isted him in making his paper a bright newsy sheet. Pickens Route 3. Dr, R. K. Kirksey is having, a well dug on his place near Mt. ~Ethel ehurch. Ed Gilstrap and family, *of iberty, - visited his uncle on Wve Mile recently. - . Edens is in North Caro t this writing where he aged in business for ecenTober 26 the stork e home of Mr. and Mrs. ens and left them an pound boy. Grant and family, of w Creek section, spent days with his brother, ant. in Branchville. ntrell is building him elf a new barn which will imn rove the looks of5 his place very uch. Miss Mamie. Stewart is very sick with grip. We hope she -ill soon be well again. Mrs. W. T. Edens, who has been sick for some time, is still confined to her room. We -ould be'glad to see her out gain. The prayer service at A. C. den's Christmias day was en yed by all who were present. here were but few present, ut the Lord says in his word 'Where two or three are gather together in my name there 11 I be also," We claimed e promise that day and had a ood time. May the dear Lord bless all he Sentinel readers. Plow Boy. $$100 Reward, $100 The -readers of this paper - in be rleasd to iernthat thee at least ori al to creall It stages, and that is disease, requires a constitutional treat ment BaIrs Catarrh Cure Is taken In ternally, acting djetyupon the blood byn destoying the, founati~ buiing up the constitution and ai~ nature In doiig Its work. The proprietors hsa s h 7 faith in It ucuraiv pow RESPONDENCE Pleasant Grove News. Rain, rain, rain and the roads are almost impassable. If there is any sign in the old twelve days ruling the year this will be another wet year. Hurrah for Jack Frost on the 9 Doctor subject. I think it will i not be long until they will not go to see the poor man for the money, as they will think it is adulterated and will be of no value. Jas. R. Duncan, of this section has moved down near Clemson College. He was a'good neigh bor and we regret giving him up, but the best of friends have to pass. Jimmie Philipps has returned home from a yisit to relatives and friends near Greenyille. He reports a good time, but says roads are in a bad condition. Mrs.. Janie Rigdon, wife of Bease Rigdou. died on the 4th inst,, and was buried the day 1 following her death at Pleasant I Grove Baptist church. The i cause o. her death was due to I old age and the grip. Mrs. Albert Masters is very ill at this writing, but her friends hope she will soon be up again. Mrs. MaryJane Masters and family, of this vicinity, have moved to Greenville. There was a slight wreck on the G. & K., near Marietta last week, bt no one was seriously hur . Miss Janie Anderson, of Oole nov, is spending several days with her sister, Mrs.* James F. i Rigdon, of this section. I There was a slight earthquake shock felt in this vicinity on New Year's day, about 1.30 p.m. Reports from Greenville say it was very noticeable in the city. Mrs. Amanda Fortner, who has been in very feeble health f6r a long time does not seem to improve very much. Mrs. Rachel Anders is confined4 to her bed with col.d and grip.4 W. M. Hawkins, who has been living on D. L. -Barker's place, has moved down on the Martin farm. .A Farmer. A Reader Writes About New Rule Mr. Editor: Some of your correspondents are rather severe on the doctors because of their recent action. I dare say they are clearly within their legal rights and from an economic point of view are equally so. There are few people in this country who cannot pay a reas onable doctor ball sometime dur ing the year. I do not believe the doctors would enforce this rule literally, for I am sure if sickness should occur in any family who was destitute and which would be real charity either of the doctors to this compact would gladly and ceerfully render the necessary services. I interpi-et the action" of the doctors for the good of the peo ple. They would teach them economy arid frugality. Too many people are extravagant. the poor as well as the rich. People frequently spend their small earnings for luxuries and frivilous things that do them no good, instead of laying it up against a ramny day to pay their doctor and for the actual com forts and necessaries of life. I have known men to buy whiskey and drink it who would ha,ve to give a lien or mortgage for what they eat, and I dare say some do so yet. Only last Christmas the head of one of the poorest families in my community snent the last cent t rom meagre savings to buy candy, toys, etc., for a child when the family was in actual need of clothes and food. And I presume, this is the class that "Jo Jo" would have col lections taken for to relieve conditions at home. I am sorry 'nd "Jo Jo" has injected the ssionasubjec.t into the e,- t:see what it~ >1e who are doing most ano Piving liberally for mission tbroad, the building of hospit Lls and medical dispensaries ;chools, etc., are the ones whi ire doing most to relieve condi ions at home. It is this clas )f people who last year gave ; ialf million of dollars for suc] vork through the Southeri Baptists alone not to mentioi he other denominations. The: ,ave $400,000 to'relieve condi ;ions at home, in the South rhey gave $40,000 to have th )ospel preached in South Care ina. It is this class of peopl vho are responsible for the Si: ffile Academy, the North Green ille High school and th ;wenty or thirty other school )f like character. It is th oreign mission givers wh )fild churches, and schools, an, olleges, and orphanages, an escue homes, and who foste ind support all the religiouc haritable and benevolent insti utions to relieve [conditions a iome. It is through the effort md gifts of this class with th >lessings of God that Argentina F'rance, and some others hav :hrown off th.. yoke of RomE Dhina has become a moder epublic; Cuba independent an ;he world is receiving the gos e1. A Reader Garrett-Sheppard On the 12 day of January 191 tt the home of the officiatin ninister, Rev. C. R. Aber :rombie, Mr Arthur Garre Lnd Miss Kate Sheppard wer iappiiy married. Mr Arthur Garret is the son o Ir D. E. Garret of Picken :ounty and Miss Kate Sheppar< s the youngst daughter of Mi . , Sheppard of Oooaee coun. They went to the bride's hom mmediately after the ceremony 'hey were accompanied to th( Troom's home on the 13 Jan. iary by Mr John Baker and Mis illie Lay, Mr Glaziner Aber rombie and Miss Mamie La3 Lnd Mr Hozea Abercrombie a! >f Oconee country. They arriv ~d at the groom's home about 'clock in the af ternoon wher< here awaited a number o riends and relatives all of whici wished them a long and happ. if e. They will remain at th troom's home a few weeks. X. Y. Z. n Memory of Little Furmai Bagwell. With my eyes full of tears his being the 10th of January t brings back to me th houghts of July 10th, si: nonths ago when God tool from me my darling baby, th ight and joy of my home Ihe night was a dark, drizzley ain y night and we had worke aithful!y for six days ani iights, but no change for th >etter, and as the sun was sink ng low in the west we saw tha se could do no more, and a [1:30 o'clock his little spir sent to dwell with Him o: aigh. It seemed like it wa more than I could bear, and th )addest of all words I ever hear as when Mr. John Baker sait "He is gone." It seemed lik ny hieart string's would brea: :o think that I could never tak aimn in my.arms again and t ~now that I would have t pend the rest of my life hei iithout my baby. H-e was ~weet and good. Sometimes :an almost see those little golde ocks of hair and those brigh blue eves. But theyv are gon< Eorever gone. I have nothin to look at but his sweet litt: clothes and pictures but the are dear to me. May Godi heaven help me and everyonei be ready to meet him in th~ happy land on high. He waiting on that golden shore welcome us one and all hom May God ever bless Mr. Job Baker a.nd wife for their kin ness through his sickness at death. I will close by askir all who read this to pray for n that I may meet him in heave where we will never part. His Mother. Mr. W.. F. Johnstoni wi .I'sws n t SpI hath K M~werein"he labor s My son, when youspeak of the wo e No matter how Uittle it pleases yo D Don't tell of the task that YOU d There never was work set to om r It isn't the work; it isn't the hire; That counts in the eyes Of them s As soon as you say it's a daily gi That moment the imp of indoleni That moment you lose all yourg e .For the -vork that YOU do is a fi And once you have called it a at I Your work is a snare that will ca MY son, when YOUworkyou must I And work tht is done with a fri Will Carry you over the barring i And lift you to where you may I It wil help you along to the heiij Ba .when you declare it's "the da NOI )~ (~r. I ite past.rfi ht We call themr2in h e gao ps also. hioseangfthewbe oe y.Nomewletpssyo Won,io the ss that you evrd toee neack wans, oraets,o r stocs isn'te wokand t oube ire Thar oint buhyeod therm uhlato moen the imouof iKoe Tola mp ome you let yur g We carrncyouavulldi af G y sone wen ou woryunt y prilcarry ou samer.h arn Pickt wens yoHdcari'tda ersoniste couny fortheir muh etershe toNerv Ye: in the past. eteni Reeme and caromrs-a: impleen oka our toer lao.W aoor ae stillope We calaemihing, allguk Sgie stisaioW carry lo plowe asohssheing tb money. C men wuhow kn Woo.mtenet th hasod,e to nedBc and sTc e stt taretgo ng tou a good jce isolas p Come i and se We wr rfl nte oG e. moe and buy. you wathr - priceppaiddforasamo Pick es aw a 0ase, Ne Yorve 10 Where hern Mtill pe he that worketh in that .th?"- Ecdesiautes, iii, 9. A you do, there's something to keepin mind u, don't call it "the daily grind." slike, nor grumble at sorry fate hands that we had a right to hate: nor toiling from sun to sun who see-it's "how is the labor done?" nd, that moment you hate your work. e shows you how you well may shirk; )od intent; that moment you ought to quit, :nd to you while you are a friend to it. tvish task and named it "the daily grind," ;ch your feet and cause you to fall behind. inish your task; you must finish that task alone endly hand will change to a stepping stone, tream or -out of the clinging slough ut your hand on the work that you want to d its you seek, will bring you unto your-goal ly grind" it will grind you both heart andsot U. by W. G. CU&P=a&T.) over. We wish to .thank ever ast favors. We have had a mos nd we feel confident that we are i i in the future than we have bee d line of Hardware and farmin fection plowgtock, they save yol ction stock complete with tu:rnern antee every one of these stocks I e Wmn. J. Oliver improved tur t turn plow on the market for U1 u our Disc harrow, the Walter A een in our section. All grades< price $1.60 per sq. You are goin ollars, Collar pads. Plows, Plo . Harness of all kinds. And yc Pump for your well, and take per. We have them from si how you this line. ceries at all times, the best the ur chickens and eggs. Highe re & Grocery Cc en, Manager. ICE: u comes in we desire >n1 of all our old friends idl those who have not s--to the fact .that our i to all alike to do your inds Woodwork, Repairs ia high class line of lone by any one ex w how; and our equip high class men, tools than ever before to b quick. 3 tis, whether you have .-il' be glad to see you ugh our shop. about those buggies k them over and bring e better to have them buy new ones these vill make you as good nd do you a good job. r past patronage, we v vtruly, S ROS. ", .'). NS, S.C. Gov. Blease's Message We have not the space to give Gov. Blease's message in full. We Pivebriefly some of his recommendatiias. He rec ommends: A two cent--pe.ssen ger rate on all railroads. ThAS will likely be made a law. A one mill levy for the public schools, and says if this is not done all appropriations for State Colleges will be vetoed. He recommends changing the name of Clemson College to Calhoun College. Also ieduc ing the rate of interest from eight to six per cent. He wants the law against carrying concealed weapons repealed and a law passed grant ing licenses to all who wish to carry pistols. Recommends the abolition of the hosiery mill; the election of all judges ,.y the people instead of the legislature. The Torrens land title system is mentioned but no recommendations made as to it. These are the most essential points covered in the message. Southeast Leads Washingrton, D, C.,- Pres ident, Finley of the Southern Railway Company, commenting upon the record of cotton mill construcrion during the calendar year 1912, said: L "The Southeastern States led all other sections of the country in cotton mill developmCns in 1912. There were 37 new mills built in the United States during the year. Of these 20 were in the Southeastern states. Out of 53, 100iOj spin dies 427,000. or SO per cent. were in South eastern mills, and out of 9,774 new looms. 6,450, or 66 per cen t. were in Southeastern mills. These figures refer only to new mills and take no account of the large additions made during the year to existing plants by whIch the manuyadtnrimr capacity of the section was largely i acreased The aggregate incre'ase has b:en so great as practically to insure tie maintenance oi the record Ymade by the cotton-producing Sstat s in the year ended August a31, 1912, when the miils of the 'South co. sued. more cotton than those of-eV other sections gof the United States." o "Ain't It Awful?" Editing a newspaper is a nice Sthing. If we publish jokes, people gsay we are rattle-brained. If we don't we are fossils. If we upublish original matter they say ;we don't give them enough se lection. If we give them selec Xtions they say we are too lazy to write. If we don't go to church we are heathens. If we do we ar Lhypocrites. If we remain in the toffice we ought to be out looking for news items If we go out then we are not attending to business. If we wear old.clothes the people laugh at us. If we wear good clothes they say we have a pull. Now, what are we to do? Likely as not some one will say that we stole this from an exchange. So we did.-Mullins Enterprise. Barnard B. Evans who was a candida~te last year for Attorney General has been ordered by the Supreme Court of this state to show cause before it on the 3d day of February next why he should not be disbarred 'from the practice of law. The charges against him are quite njumerous and were preferred by Attorney General Lyon. Announcement. We take pleasure in announc ing the engagement of A. K. Hawkes Co.'s expert Opticiar at our store On January 23-24, 1913. guarantee his work, anc invite all who need glasses 01 intelligent, conscientious advice about their eyes to call on above dates. P'ickens Drug Co. Mr. John Roper has been con NEW ORDE_C0OMING ELECTION OF OUR SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE DIRECT IS AL MOST ASSURED. -CrL1AGE GENERALLY FAVORED State Legislatures Ar Expected to Ratify the Constitutiona' Amend ment-Provision for Federa -- trol Has Not Been Eliminated. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington.-If the states of the Union, through their legislatures, do what it is expected they will do,, it is virtually assured that every United States senator sworn into office two years from next March will present credentials which are direct gifts from the people. Ten years ago if It had been sug gested to the elders of the senate that in little more than a decade the exist Ing system of senatorial elections would be a thing of the past they would have said that such a thing was only a dream of the dreamers. It would have been too radical a proposi tion then to have been received with anything but smiles and some sneers from the conservatives of the day. The terms of thirty.senators will ex pire March 3, 195, and it Is entirely probable that every one of their suc cessors will be elected under a new provision of the constitution which will give the people the right djrectly "to name their men." In a recent dispatch the possibilities in the case of the income tax amendment to the constitution were discussed. The amendment which provides that United States senators shall be di rectly elected by the people is In less danger of defeat than Its companion tax amendment, although the latter probably will successfully travel the road to accomplishment. Last Spring-May 13, to be exact c-)ngress passed a joint resolution pro osing the amendment to the consti tution for the direct election of sena tors. Three days later the secretary of state received an embossed parch ment copy -of the resolution. It was transmitted' to the states of the Union for ratification. The legislatures of only two of the states have been in session since the action of congress on the amendment was taken. The leg islatures of Massachsetts adO103 tana considered the resolution and ratii&n " What Massachusetts and - e done it seems virtually certain We6ther states will do. No Opposition in Sight. In January, 1913, the legislatures of thirty-three states meet. This num ber includes Massachusetts and Mon tana, leaving thirty-one legislatures in session whose -6-Ty it will be to ratify or to reject the amendment which will put senatorial elections di rectly Into the hands of the people. Thirty-six states must ratify before the amendment can take its place as an added paragraph to the great docu ment. If all the legislatures which meet in January sanction the amend ment It will be within three votes of the adoption stage. There is no rea son to believe, in the light of recent .advanced legislation. that the legisla ture of any state will withhold Its ap proval. If, by chance, objection should be raised In some of the more conserva tive commonwealths there are still fifteen legislatures to meet in January, 1914, and no leader of any party in Washington seems to doubt for an In stant that by Feb. 1, 1914, the consti tution of the United States will pro vide for a new way to elect members of the upper house. It will be possi ble, unless things go unexpectedly awry, fcr the people to take advantage of the new .provision in the fall of the year of 1914 and in the states where senatorial vacancies are to occur in March, 1915, to name men to fill them by direct vote expressive of their will in the matter. The new or; der will have come. The fact -that the Democrats, like the Progressives and the Republicans, seem to think that the amendment for the direct election of senators Is to prevail helps one in forecasting suc cess. The Democrats take some pride in the claim that the direct senatorial election was fathered and fostered by them. The constitution provides for federal control of senatorial electors. This is in the constitution, and It Is not part of the proposed amendment. -Federal Control to Continue. The Democratic party, through Its leaders in congress, voiced a desire for the direct choice of members of the upper house, but it wanted to give charge and supervision of the elec tions into the hands of the states. This neither the Republicans nor the pro gressive Republica.ns in the senate would stand for. The house was Dem ocratic, and for a long time the upper and lower house men were at logger heads on the form which the amend ment was to take, or rather on the question of striking"-utt the "federal control provision." The majority in the senate Insisted that the amendment s'hould not change in any way the article prescribing fed eral authority over senatorial elec tions. The joint resolution, as the house passed It. gave the states abso lute authority. There was a year's delay before the Democratic majority In the house yielded, and so It Is that the states today have an amendment before them which does not Interfere in any way with the.existing provision of the constitution giving the federal government the rights which It bas had for years. TrunaAdVrtisen FOUR PARTIES_ PROGRESSIVE-REPUBLICAN CONGRESS LIKELY TO 'ER5 BY THEMSELVEA CONDITION IS A NEW Make-Up of the Congnesulonai Proves Conclusively Will Recognize No Minority Except Repuboms. By GEORGE CLINTO". hington.-Befor thi has b tOld how the Jority d not intend to any third -suieb house of r seems that ble discord and IA, thrown Into the house with this party division m the extra session meet. that a number of licans, who must not bea' Progressives elected as u and represent a new. paty are f eita% confer with a view todeld whether or not they iin' caucus called by the Rapn1sn ers. These Progrs all were elected as ReubUcas for ive or six years ,'oueo who have been in the house-1h have been virtualy as. are the followers of velt In the last gave up all further ing themselves Re n s. If the'Progressive-R icais refuse to cauus with 1 and shall cucus by thennalves really will betheprtsn next house of ]eg,N antat dition to the fourth majority. Democracy. Four Party Grous:a It is recognised here that an attempt may~b6 .ade tn Progressive-Republican.:cOsc the members to agree to, act Progressives fn mbit against the. RepubAcans tempt to secure such a ti lieved .by many members of Will be resented and'rpd some of the posbyamajortyo tte cause of certain happenings in th last six or eight--ont iketi Progressives 4ob old line not belvVW reth4--the Wisconin. Ive-Republicins, for Instans sent to anything lke an with the Progressives, for this Is at .once appares-t one who has foloweduthe ments of the last campaign am events which led up to the. elimination of Mr. La olitteas tor_tr.thj tial nominaton. 'The one soli surviving Republican in the K a in congress, Victor Murdocit is likely to hold aloof fgod thie lican cancus, and It Is dxpeced Mr. Murdock will have .inco ~ ' with him several members of house from the middle west. if - shall turn out to 'be a true frcs of the coming si+tuan there wilt be four party groups i N of representatives, D)emocrats, Repub Uicans, Progressive-Repnbliansan Progressives, each groupc*acUlug itsef and each :ou?tiMngits ou government policies. There has beein nothing parallel to it within the m ory of present mebr- congress. Record Makes No -Disti In a dispatch of some fewdays' it was told how the Dem^ocratie ce of the house, who was 'chagedwit1E the duty of making up .the l1atibI house member of the next conges failed to malke any distinto tween Republicans and oges. in the list which he prepared.l congressional directory for the ti session of the Sixty-secnd our( has just been put Into print. pages of it are given over t h names of members of the~next house~ Now this book, It must be remmeh ed, is the official book of congress, jr e pared under the . jority inc , in this a is Democratic. the members ofthe next house in form, no.one not entirely failiar all the circumstances-of the can tell from its perusal who lsa publican and ,who Is a This seems to prove fairly cnuv ly and officially that theDeor Ic party does not intend to rcgl~$ the Progressive party's rpen tives as a separate body in the nx house. ISome of the regular.Republa1 5 that It makes little difference auaty the representatives of their ^at~ do in the next house, "for the m ~ - crats are going to have thnsb . own way," and that-nothing Republican barty members caz. eb of service "to effect anything worth~ The Progressives know tWhet are going to do. They are goingte stand for the policies outlined intS Chicago platform, and they are -' going to enter into any, comp'aCt er with--the Republican or Progresive-RepubcadSS unless compact Is one to carry outle?e gressive party's platform pl~l5 What the rpuleRpb5l may do Is yet It is pretty well will hold a conference of their fore long. We ought to slip over man thoughts that pass through our minds and pretend not to see-th-' de Sevigne. PICKENS BAN PICKENS, S. C C APITAL AND SURPWUS qi INTEREST PAID ON J. McD Bruce, Presid T. K Mauldi. C