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e .Ir TH tOUGHTS LEADING TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CON DITION. " t. "!'ing article is by South i ored, of Pickens, a stu I iison Agricultural Col C.) Please allow me a We IA yoLue paper to say a few rds. In. my little study of con r ions in America, the negro is tout as much at home here as he uld be anywhere else. Seeing that are at home, we should try to do nothing which would make the 'rid better to live in, and embrace comfort and conveniences of life. We know that the future progress 4 our churches, Sunday schools, day cools, teachers and preachers de nds entirely upon the training of ..e children. When a man kills his tted hogs ire the winter, he starts .mediately to feeding the pigs so ey will not be runts. To avoid *king runts of our churches, Sun .y schools, (lay schools, teachers, eachers and leaders we must pre .rc a yace for the children to go r eigh months in the year to be d on higher deals of life. Parents do not want to confine 4 cir boys and girls to books only, it want to give them a trade such car' pent ry, blacksmithitng, sewing, >mestic sei 'iice and an intelligent lowledige of' getting the bst there in the soil. In these days of ad (ined ideas, it is hard for a man or oman who has not sp'ecializ/ed in 'me particular trade or subject to mipete with the rest of the world. The age is demanding more and ore as the years go by that man lould know more of himself and to things with which he comies in intact. We people of Pickens mn ty, district 30, should strive to ild and equip a graded school iilding. More wholesome teaching ou ld (o away to a largi extent with e lilnes, jails, high death rates, the id1rtaker, the (octor' am i death 01ecie s. Too often industrious white men ive to ride many miles to sit upon jury to try a negro for stealing rooster. If the negro had had roper training the rooster would we remained in the coop, and the egro would have been at home with .s dear wife and children, and at the ime time produce a crop to cut >wn the high cost of living. When we look around we can see tat providence has placed every ling in the hands of the industrious, te economical and the intelligent. .ist in proportion as we acquire the tree above named qualities, we too -ill be successful. The l 'h 'r. Booker T. Washing )n did 1): < r estimate the im ortanc" '. trial training as an ssentit <..e. in the general up ft of i e e ed race. V'e " h ink deep of the spring f '. *' The more we learn, - oecome like~ God, who is *" A little knowledge leads from God. Knowledge uii .mmon sense is folly; with * . is waste; without kindness naticism; without religion it Sdeaan.But with common sense it is uisdomn; with method it is p~ower; 'ith charity it is Ieneficence; wvith eligion it is virtue, life andi peace. H-OGVILLE LOCAL NEWS. The wveeds have gotten so high bout the postoflice that the Mail arrier had a bit of trouble in lo a ting the building when he came in esterdany. Ilank Potts says when he and his ife were married, she being very oung, he endeavored to get her :artedl off -on the right track. He t dvised her to get ani idea and stick >it and she would succeed. Rtight IT the reel she got the~ idea that he -as a fool and has always stuck to it. Bub Smothers this week painted ie front of his store with a nice c'oat f hunters green paint, Hie put tihe sual "Fresh Paint" sign up, but so * W people in Hogville can read that y night most of thle paint had been rr'ied away on the backs of our itizenship. Did you ever notice that even in wvell educated, wvell regulated ommunities these "fresh pa.nt" igns are not notiedI by more than ne out a hundred. It is wvell enough, owtver, to continue to put them up *,here painting~ is being done as that nlC p~erson is wor'th saving. Should the home town 'knocker" o to either heaven or hell, that place 'ill be out of luck. Zero Pec'k a few hot nights ago reaimedl he had a cold bottle of beer *nd his wvife hearing him "carr'Iying *n"' hilar'iously, awakenedi him aind te has been very cross with tile chil-. iron and has not spoken to her since. eo sag his wife has always in one way -or another stood in the way of 34 i's ambitions. BilIellwanger last week went over on Bear Creek fishinig and car ried a jug of moonshine and a loaf of bread. Failing to show up after an absence of several days a search ing party went to look for him and found him just coming from under the influence of the liquor, the jug 2mpty and the bread gone and found that he had been eating raw eel. They administered a half pint of "first aid" and brought him in in a pretty lively condition, all things con sidered. Bill says Ir does not believe he will relish fish again this season. The Postmaster is trying to think of something at which a fool might succeed. He wants to help Gape Allsop. An eating house called the Farm ers' Rest has been opened at Pump kinville by a man who used to dig cisterns for a living. All his tables are made large in order that his pat rons will have plenty of room to chew their steak. In his lecture at the Wild Rose school house Prof. Gape AlIsop gave it as his opinion that (landruil' was only freckles that have be mn jarred loose by the hard knocks a person vets as he passes through life. PRAYERS iOR RAIN. ''he ''Sun 1hy Sc h edT imes" pub i~sho the followiw:: Prayer for Rain. .\bout thirt-t,) ;:ears ago (I have h;ul a tih of "Sun'lay School lime's" subscrihers for this period of time), you publish- d on your first page the enclosed poem, "Who l'rayed Last Night?''" Since then dluriling tim s of drouth I have sev 'ral tine's asked the local papers to print it. And in every case when h! poem was p i-inteI, coining out on ,turday, copous rain has com on r before Monay. The same thing s been true when printed in vil ige papers elsewhieet'. I believe the poen has stimulated 'hristians to' pray for rain, rather than to complain of the d routh. I further be'lieve that thousands of communities would have the same good results if your subscribers would --ut out the copy, which I hope you will publish, and when rain is great ly needed ask the local paper to print it.--A New York Subscriber. It is a pleasure to comply with this request of a member of the "Sunday School Times" family, and the verse is republished here." Who Prayed Last Night By Josephine Pollard. Day after day the sun shone out Till the earth was choking with dust and drouth. And millions of blossoms on hill and plain Were almost dead for the want of rain. All through the meadowvs the heads of wvheat Bent low with the long-continued heat; And the farmer murn-ured, "No crop of grain Shall I harvest this year if it doesn't rain." The clouds hung heavy in hearts that knew IRow much dlependled on rain and And tears wvere plenty as (lays wvent by But clouds andl tears wer'e not in the sky. D)ur Willie nloted( the frown 'that lay D)n his father's forehead from day to day, And longed to banish with loving art Theo fears that tr'oubled the farmer's heart. ''amma, (10 you think that God wouldl hear "If I prayed for rain?" "Why, of course, my (lear," Was the mother's earnest andl prompt rely. 'Well, then,'' said Willie, "I mean to try." At hedtime Willie, o'ercome wvith lForgot the prayer that he meant to say. But the anigels wvatching his slum beris guessedl Th'e thought that quivered within his breast. Next mon all over the thirsty plain Was heard the steady drip of the Anid Willie. o'erUioyed at the welcome sight. pr'ayed last niLht?"' HUNGER, THiE BEST SAUCE. Sauce is used toi crea'te( an appetite or relish for the' food. TIhe right waly is to look toi your dligestion. When you have good udigestion you are' certain to relish your' food. Chamberlainj'<q Tablets impove the dligestion, (%reate a healthy a ppetite and cause a gentle movement of the howels. DROWNED IN RIVER WHILE HOLDING NET. 1. V. Bagwell, 20, Drowned While Seining at Middleton Shoals. 1. V. Bagwell, about 20 years oi, was (rowned Wednesday night about 7:30 o'clock at Middleton's Shoals on the Savannah river while seining in the river there with a party of about ten other men. It was learned this morning that Mr. Bagwell was carrying one end of the net when he suddenly stepped into a deep pot-hole. He was seen to rise from the water only once after he first went under. Other members of the party were unable to rescue him because of the swiftness of the water and because of the treacherous nature of the shoals. They immediately went down the river below the shoals hoping that they might get him from the water as he came down the river, and with the hope of being able to bring about resuscitation provided they were able to locate him further down the river. li e was never located however, aend the search for his body has continued from Wednesday nlight up to 1 :00 o'clock today without success. Sher ill' lartt received a t lephon( call a')out I o'cl)ck today to send all the men he could get dlown there to help ii th work of do-e ing thy river for the body. .l en we're nimediately pa tchtl by the sheriff to help in Swork. .Alir. D'a' well is a son of lr. Lon 1. fhanwell, who liv s about 17 miles lrom .\olerson on the Easley road. lIe had been al resident of AindCrson vouonty all his lif. and was consider ed as a yuong man of starling char acter and ability. It was stated by a relative of \l r. Bagwell that the youn-!1 ma n had been married only a short time. IIe is survived by his .ou ne wvif , his father and several I)rot.hers and sisters. lle was a nephew of W. L. and .1. how i S TOP and you see his car. Ask I Most likely estinig story a ments --befoi found. Mone unkept. Trou morous to e man who wet Finally U. Tires ever sin Perhaps it's t Tire buyers thal phatic in their p year. When these Unitc Hend( L. Bagwell of this countg. The body of I. V. Bagwell, who was drowned in the Savannah river on Wednesday was found on Friday morning near what is known as Jack ('raft's island about one-half mile below where the, young man was : dfrowned. '' The funeral was heldi Ait White u Plains church -riday afternoon. : 'l'he bereaved family have the I sympathy of a host of friends in the tragic death of this young man. ( EASLEY ROUTE TWO. Going swimming is the order of 5 the day in this section. Mrs. Mattie Willis, Misses Susie v Griffin and Rose Holeombe attended o the Starnes-Ilolcombe wedding in d Greenville last week. f Miss Mary Me31ahan, of Green ville, visited irs. J. E. Stone re cently. Miss Hazel Perry has returned home - ;after attending school in Greenville. A large crowd attended Sunday school at Georg es ('reek Sunday. Aliss Rose IIoleumhe, of Easley, 11r;. R. E. I loleombhe, Airs. C. K. Starnes and \1r-. YIank , of Greei ville, visited I! Fontntaint inn \\ 't. neaday. \l 11r. S. C. ('htalonaln andl daughter vis itedi 1lr. ('ha,;Ionan's fa:thler Satur" day n ight. ! r. ( 1 l ury 1l lumbe, of .-\nder -on, is spedid- the e wee with 11 r. 11 -rhert, Iloleohe. Mr. I,. B. I"retem:an. of .'lasley, wais visiting in the "'eedtore" sectioni Suntday. little \l is:. 31d ay I.ee l.ooper, of the Latheu section, visited the Ilisses ('hapmans rcently. Don't forget pre:chi ng services beguin at Georges (reek Sunday, and will continue throgt'hott the week. 3Hiss hula (isson visited I r. S. C. ('hapmian and faniily Saturday THE U. S. NOBBY 'I Where the going is spe with snow, mud or sa country where naximur the road is a factor, no ot yet devised Is quite so e wholly approved by m< ion, as the U. S. Nobby Its very simplicity-t diagonal knobs, grippin is the result of all the y Rubber experience with of road the world over. ery one iedtoexj nuch they talk to the next man ever-ythii with U. S. Tires on bar gains' lim why. tinued Ii know w) you'll hear an inter- They, bout his tire experi- ' goo r'el) -e the answer was it is. V y wasted. Promises baick it ii ble on the road--hu very one except the The're it through it. Your uponl the S. Tires. And U. S. sizecd ,ip, ce. Wheni * * tires fror are new) he experience of U. S. Sodt make~ them more em- Squiare-d reference than ever this r~lal as befits 1 nmen have tried most largest rt ited S dStates II ~rson & Williams !ight. Miss Sadie Fisher, of Anderson, pent last week with Miss Rose Hol. om be. The Kay-Smith reunion was quite suceess. A large crowd attended hursday and of all the good things to 't, you never saw the like. ITo look t the table it didn't look like hard imes. \liss IHattie King and Mary Ellen rillin are visiting Mrs. G. C. Grif n and family. hiss Earle Holcombe spent last eek h West Union and Miss Pearle mith returned home with her to pend a week or so. Mrs. R. E. Holcombe, of Green ille, and little Miss Ruth McKinney, f Simpsonville, spent the day Thurs ay with Mrs. B. C. lolcombe and imily. Misses Myrtle and Janie Sudduth isited Miss Ellen Miller Sunday. Wonder what has become of "Bill lue?''" Come ahead, we all like to ead your items. They sure are lle. Come ahead, all you correspond Mail orI ''NON You giv answer i SOUT'I'IER1N 1E4IL T AND T1ELEGRA P I r -W READ cially heavy nd, in hilly n traction on her tire tread fective, or so storing opin Tread. hree rows of g the road ears of U. S. every type )erience dsdve g by the way of "staggering ', "hurrah dIiscounts", (discon nles at less" and so forth they wat not to get. want a fresh, live tire. 'With a ftation. That's everything it says tith the people behind it who p. * * * are 92 U. S. Factory Branches. local U. S. Dealer is drawing mi continually to keep his stocks complete-to give you service. iver he gets one or a hundred n a U. S. Factory Branch, they v made this season 's tires. you at a net price. Full values. ealing. A reputable maker. A dealer. The whole transaction he leadership of the oldest and Lbber organization in the world. 11 Rubber( - - Ea[ euw, and let's make this dear :tl4 paper better every week. Somebody's Darling: MARRIED. A marriage of interest to the many friends of the contracting parties was that of Mr. Joseph T. Chastain, of Pickens, to Miss Minnie Swayngham, of the same place, which took place at the residence of the officiating officer, J. Alonzo Brown, on last Wednesday, the 27th inst. The groom is well known around Pickens and the upper part of the county and is a prominent farmer. This is his second marriage. Many congratulations. DRAKE REUNION. All descendants of James and Agnes Drake, who were among the first settlers of Abbeville county, are requested to meet in reunion at Old Greenville church, four miles south east of Donalds, on August 16, each bringing his best lunch. elephone Oflen it is cheaIper, in timue and expense, to tclIhone than to write aletter.. The extensive toll liies reach'la 1iost 1 everywhere and the low lSTAT'I'ION ''O STA ate m akes the cost small. e the message and get the Lt 011CC. 'Try it l CO PAN Y Sat U S.I R A L C D ar oTires e. S. CANTRA