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RkAIER'TY ENJOYS STEADY GROWTH. "Fasthet Greving Town in the State" Residents Call it; no Business Failures. 'Ae growth and development of Liberty, the fastest growing town in the state, reads more like a romance than actual facts. From a popula - tion of 368 in 1900 the town jump ed to 1,068 in 1910 and last year when Uncle Sam checked up the folk who live betwveen the Atlantic and the Pacific, a total of 1,705 persons gave Liberty as their home town. But the town has not stopped growing since that time, despite the period of depression Which has grip ped the nation. Business men, bank - ~ ers and others here do not talk hard times. If -there has been any hard times it is a thing of the past, Lib erty business men say. And they believe every word of that statement. The business houses which were buyings and selling goods when the period of depression began are still going on in the even tenor of their' way. With the exception of one, or two minor concerns which were in business for only a short time, there' have been no failures recorded here. The new school building, costing approximately $57,000, was occupied last October but it was not until a few weeks ago that it was completed. The' erection of this structure was made necessary by.. the constant growth of Liberty and the increasing number of children appyling for ad ad mission to the chools. J. F. Bannister, president of the Liberty Bank and one of the town's livest wires, talked interestingly of the g'rowth of this Pickens county town. Mr. .Bannister came to Lib erty seventeen years ago when there were only three brick buildings in the entire town and only 450 per sons called this home. Today the actual number of resi dents inside of the town limits is not far from 2,000, while there are 33 brick buildings on Liberty street. The growth of the town has not been confined to the number of in habitants nor to the number of busi ness houses There are in the town today two church buildings, the Bap tist and Presbyterian, each of which represent an outlay of approximate ly $15,000. Liberty also has a fertilizer mix ing plant, the Franklin Guano com pany, which has a daily capacity of 75 tons. The ingredients are brought 4r SPECIAL BARGAIN'S fOR AUGUST Instei kinds of dry a business was bought their ing new goo e at the new 1 People are I get the new from us the3 - Do you which are si Ladies Si We are showing a nice es made of Figured Voiles at hot wveather for house and couldl buy the cloth much weather. One lot Voile Dressesi out at $1.98. All sizes upi Better grade dresses in up to. $15.00, all at very sp 40 Inch Just the cloth you are lool frock. Former price was price on these goods ... - - - Ladie! Made up in the latest styli Pique. '1hese skirts are sizes, 26 to 32. These skir are closing this lot out at.. J. & P. COA SPOOL COTT( , Black and white aii sorted shades, 150 spools. All nuni from 8 to 100. 1 nriea here, ixed at\ the locp4 plant an sold to farmers throughout this set tion. The plant has had -a success ful existence and has meant much t the dqvelopment of the town. There is also an. ice mill here, hotel where the good meals serve are known to all .the traveling mei between Greenville and Atlanta, als a number of smaller enterprises. Liberty is not talking expansion o: fhe . corporate limits. The stead growth of the town, as in the past will be sufficient to show a substan tial increase when Uncle Sam agair checks up his tenants,- it is believed H. M. Chipman, a young banker is mayor of this thriving municipal, ity and he is 'supported in his en, deavors by every Libertyite--both old and.young. NEW ROAD BEING OPENED. Pickens County to Have Outlel Through Blue Ridge Mountains. Residents of Pickens county art rejoicing that approximately one. third of the road between Pickem and the North Carolina line has beer graded and topsoiled and that the work will be pushed to completior as rapidly as possible. This road, known by the Stat( Ihighway department olli--ials as th "Pickens-North Carolina line high way," is 22 miles in length and con nects Pickens with !Hrevard anc Transylvania county. North Carolina It crosses the ilue lRidee mountain at Eastatoc galp, said to be the low est. gal) in the entire eastern moun tains. The grade on this road is no over five per cent, it. wa. stat e'! ' Sunerv:sor J. T. Alelinnev. Tha tIhis is an excellent bit of engineer Ig is evid('ent, wheti it is considere( that many roads traversing th+ mountains have a grade of from if teen to eighteen per cent. ''his road is being built from the proceeds of the 6 1-4 mill levy pass d by the legislature several year o. When completed it is believe< that hundreds of persons will use this route to western North Caro lina, competing with the routes il Greenville and Spartanbutrg counties Pickens county now has 85 mile )f top-soil roads, according to the statement of Mr. McKinney. Thy longest of these is on the highwa: which parallels the Southern railwa: from Saluda river to the Ocone, county line. The next longe stretch of top-soil highway is fro Easley to Price's store, a distance about 18 miles. O of August being a dull goods, shoes, oxfords a because we sold merchi requirements. We are :is every day. The old 1 >w price, which means a iuying merchandise, hu Low price on new goods r are new goods and nol r August shopping at thi Lmples of many other ( immer Dresses ine of Ladies Colored Summer Dress mI Organdies. Just the thing for thi street wvear, and cheaper than yo less the sewving and making thishc hat sold up to $6.50, special .to clos o 44.. Silk Voile and Organdie, $3.49, $4.9 acial prices. Figured Voile ing for to make a nice cool summi about 50c yard. We have a speci White Skirts ~, of a good quality of Gaberdine ai not soiled, but white and clean. A ta sold las~t year up to $5.00 each. V TS )N d as kbers solt's -se Easley, S1 ...... d THOMlPSON.MILIZER. t A marriage of local interest v o solemnized Tuesday afternoon, I gust 2, at 4:30 at the Hampton A a nue Methodist parsonage, when M Fay. Alice Thomnpson became I bride of Mr. Joe L. Miller. 'I bride is the daughter of Mr. and M J. L. 0. Thompson, of Forest Ci F N. C., formerly of Pickens, wh< r I she was bore and reared. She is very attractive young lady, ve - popular,, and has a large circle t friends, both in Greenville and i native county. The groom is a young m - much admired for his streling qua - ties. A native of Georgia, he b been in Greenville for several yea and holds an important position th clerical departtnent of the V ginia-Carolina Chemical Co., of tl city, and is held in high esteem his employer4, and fellow-workers. Immediately after the ceremoi the bride and groom left for No York and Atlantic City. They w be 'at home in Greenville after A gust 15th.-Greenville News. ATTEND CONFERENCE AT BL. RIDGE. Five hundred i ntoeefted in hum rel(ationships were registered in t Southern IndusItrial confren I which closed last Sunday night Blue Ridge, N. C.,, after a three d s session. - Amontg the leaders and speak< - were Chas. R. Towson, New Yoi D David Clark, Charlotte, N. C.; Jo .eitch, New York; C. E. Hat< t Greenville, S. C.; B. E. Greer, Gret ville, S. C.;Arthur M. Dixon, G; i toii.ia, N. C.; C. C. Robinson, N York; W. l. Sherar'd, Whitmire, - C.;, F. W. :\eWane, Lynchbirg, V I.. W. Clark, Spray, N. C.; D. Kerr, Canton, N. C.; Fred Tate, Iii - Point, N. C., and Rev. George Stov s Nashville, Tenn. I i)elegates present from Easi a were L. L. Lackey, N. E. Smith a - Roy R. Smith. i No more beautiful place for st a gathering could be found than I s 1,391 acre tract of the Blue Rid 2 Association. e Here, too, the summer term of I r Southern College of the Young Me Christian Asociations, the traini e center for Y. M. C. A. secretari at is held and its students were acco: mn ed the privilege of attendance up of the meetings of the Industrial C< ference. off month with us we ar nfd clothing. We were andise . at a low price. d'oing business just like igh price goods we owr big saving to our custoi t they are refusing to pa and that's exactly what the same goods you 10< s store and note the sa' ~ven greater values. We Misses and Chi Beautifully made up), of go atrimmed with lace and wvide uI years. These dIresses sold tcarry them over, so here you ever heard of...... New Pri 8 Men's heavy 240 wt. OverE Mon's Best Make Overalls and others, full cut and w< Boys Boys and Bosgood heavy Blue Ov< d. Youths sizes up) to 32, mi men' s overalls, our price i Low Shoes, iWe have mfadle a~ finsi ithan carry over any lov Te marked down the price rei 0Just note a few of the pri Vlin L. C. "The 'Store nrs HOft iss of Ii OF PICKI as in ' is als by. . ay I he in gWill meet a bly in August for will be several :B and plenty of will also be pe, oIf you wan' to be here for Remember R'ain or shine. i Bing Wh: ed we. l di hntmeee go ed on A gone Wha ers. $ wl belee thatehisl the geahn thenby at] ke ate last tme yom woe is, you will bes abe o m shal beto mae it hae o di d All sies Ro em t o ed lto$.0 e are ogon. Wt nheyrg. The beliwoerfu that his ,e on verls. Yhsll B verl Pumpns andt Orgdie Desse Ion all oxfote Orandi pund neathey huptil nex7eso. We havetgongt thre go chost o deruln value. on lt Ta's las sr. Busy".75 deu)utlietebsngaei-h - - - - - - - - . - . . .. . 5 n 8 NS AND ANDERSON COUNTIES t Easley on the Third Monday a three days session, There [thousand people at this session stock to sell and trade. There )ple hereto buy horses and mules. t to sell, buy or trade be sure the three days. the dates, August 15, 16 and 17, it You Have and Come eet With Us. The- Coolest Store inTown and the Lowest Price s y month by making special prices on all aber. The reason for our good July ~ople know about it. They came and od. *We are keeping up our stock, buy, we buy now is brand new merchandise tccounts for our good July business. words they are buying where they can Bolt's. Remember, when you buy goods ere in our store. ke. We are quoting a few specials ime in and let us show you. Ladies fine Kid Pumps, straps and plain styles, in both brown and black leathers. These styles sold up to $8, marked down to $4.98 Ladies Oxfords, black and( brown, medium and high heels. Values up to $6.00, now- - - ----- --- - ----- ---.....-....$2.98 an d $3.49 Men's fine lowv shoes, brown and black. leathers, in English and blucher styles, with rubber heels. Values that sold up to $10, marked down to- ----- .- _..- --.....-- ...$3.49 and $4.98 Special Prices on Cotton Goods 36 inch Sheeting, yard----_------_-_....-.. -._-_-__-_-_-.... -..c Good heavy Shirting Cheviots, yard -- ---- ----- .. ....-....10e E xtra heavy Cotton Plaids, yard -- -- -----------....8 1-2c Best Apron Ginghams---- -- ---- -----------------l..1c Utility D~ress Ginghams------------- --c Good Grade Dress Ginghams -- ---- -----------------.. ..1c 36 inch Percale-- -- ---- ---- -- -- -- --- --.-- .....-...-..15 36 inch soft Bleaching -- ------- ----- -.--,....-...-...12 1.2c 30-4 Brown Seamless Sheeting----..-.- ....-........-.... ..-....29 Goodl heavy blue Overall Cloth .... ......:......19e Lad( Lassi1e Cloth----------- . - -- -.. -.--.- ---.. -...19 Amoskeag A CA Feather Ticking .-.-...-...- .-.25c Heavy Mattress Ticking----...--..---_-....-...-_-_.-_-....55 27 inch Birds Eye Cloth, 10 yard bolt-...-...-...- ............$1.98 Best Table Oil Cloth-..--- - -- -- ,- .. ...........-..-...-35c . ~Men's three and four C o . ply Linen Collars, all styles and sizes from 12 1-2 to 18, just half of former price Phone 58 1sc or 2 for 25c