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Tfl Pickens SItiE PICKENS, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THU1$DA7 z.6O a Year Invariably in Ad ane Entered at sickens, S. C. Postoffe a Second Class Mail Matter. GARY HIOTT, Editor and Mgr. A NEW MONEY CROP. The potato bik t'.. ir to soon be come an important money crop fo the South. Modern warehouses en able the farmers to keep their po tatoes in prime condition 19ng afte they . lve been taken from th groni ,. while the co-operative mar ketink : associations assure stabi markets at fair prices. Sweet potatoes are grown to i limited extent only in the North am West and East, and even where it il grown the quality is inferior.-' Th< sweet potato ;eaches perfection only in the South, and people of other sections of the country as a rule know little or nothing about it. That sweet potatoes grow in popu larity wherever they are introduced has been proven time and again. The supply never exceeds the demand. All that is needed to make the sweet potato one of the principal crops of the South is a campaign of education, so to speak, in order to acquaint the people of other parts of the country with its many merits as an article of food, and then the es. tablishment of an adequate system of marketing and distributing as is now contemplated for this community through the activities of the local commercial organization. These things can be done, anti they will he done. Southern farm. ers atre beginning to realize theit possibilities. They Cn <do with their sweet po tatev just what the p ople of Cali fornUti have (lone wit t their orange and lemons, and what the people o Oregon have done with their apple: Andi they are not, going to be Ion 'sbout it, either. MR. LEOPARD WILL NOT OFFE FOR SENATE. Mr. Editor: I ha'.'e received m-t letters tromI) all over the sthe (' from many friends in the good o county of I'ielken.s asking me to h conme a candidate for the unl'expir term of the late Senator 'rak: Alexander. Now I wantlt to say may good old fieinds of I 'irkens t aill over the state that I feel ever: grateful to you for' the contid n you have in mle, but I dto not t hii it wod' 1 he right . In t he Iir plaece I feel that I coul dI mIo it goodl for my people in the hou than Ii 1ul at t he presenit time the' senaut.?, as I would be a newv ml in the senate and( would have b little influence att irst with a nt body of men. And that is not ai It would not be right for me to bi den my people to hold an oleeti to fill nay place in the house. TI would; be an uncalled for burd< So I feel that it is my dluty to we where the good people of Picke county have placed me. Of coui it would be aun honor to be a meml: of the senate, and I appreciate I loyal offers of support, but tat pr, ent I had rather remain in the hot because I can be of more servi there. I have not forgotten I large vote that the people gavei in 1920. I consider that a gr< honor. -Let me say again ,that I aIpr9 ate the honors the people have I stowed upIonl me and( I (10 not en to burden them wvith a special eh tion to fill my vacancy wvhich swot; be caused by my resignation to r for the senate. I will not be a candidate for t .senate at the present time anywn Thanking you for past favors a honors, I beg to remain, -Your servant, J. S. Leopard. NOTICE. For the next thirty dlays wve iw contract for bagging and ties to t ginner or farmer for 50 cents r pattern as taken from the ha Contracts must be. made prior to Se tember 1st and deliveries accorii to pleasure of the buyer. Glenwood Cotton Mills. * *-8-s19 Pickens Mills. -CRAMG'S SINGLE COMB RHOO ISLAND REDS. Winmer's at leading Soigthe: abows for past 15 years. Eggs f< fall h'atching at $1.50 per settnig X5. Can -deliver' by parcel post. ~V f. NI. tIRAIG, Pickens, S. C. PICKENS COVN'tY. MOVING FOS WARD. The 1020 census report is indee very- gratifying 'to the people o Pickens county.' It shows the Pickens is the whitest county in .th State. We have fewer negroes tha any other county, while thosente d have are not all illiterates by a larg majority. The report also shows tha counting both races Pickens has smaller number of illiterates that - any county in South Carolina. Ou percentage is 10.7. This means ou of every 100 persons only 10 car not read and write. Greenville r county ranks next, while Oconee and . Anderson are close followers. Pickens county is proud of the r fact that she stands at the head o1 the list. -W has bein only . fev years ago that there were some news paper articles to the effect that Pick ens was at the bottom.. This goes to disprove that fact. If we ever were on the bottom we are not now. Many things have contributed to bring about this change. Briefly mentioning a few we find that good roads has had a significant part in the change. Good roads combined with the automobile has probably been the greatest factors at wot-k .to bring this about. When people have good means of transportation it car ries them away from home to mix and m1ingle with their neighbors, consequently broadening their vis ion and opening up new fiieds of thought and endeavor. Another thing that has helped de. crease our illiteracy is the moving picture show. People have become interested in the theatre, and to at tend one is to read a great deal. This has brought about study on the part of illiterates who attend. Probably the greatest thing which has helped in this struggle to rid the state of illiteracy was the World War. Numbers of our boys who went. into the service of the U. S, left hllom(e u nable to read and write - but returned freed from the shackle! of illiteracy. P Yet another thing that .has beet of vital importance in bringing abou this wonderful change is the adult o lay-by schools. These schools hay done a wonderful work. They wil R continue to (o a greater work. The have b. en the saulvation of hundred of men and women during the pam . t'w years. d 'T'he people' of -Pickens sho0u.ld n d be ctt tent with just being on to h-t should strive to go still forwari d ''ley should have for their mottl "liore we s;triv," nd111(1 for the ne: en years should strive to bring thec dI Iercentage.u fronm <10.7 to considle ;o aly\ Lunde(r n' per 'ent. -ef we in the next fewv years brir k cur. pere stage below 5 per cent v s ,vill be classed as a wvhite count .e We should not be content wvith heii se the wvhitest as far as rac is co in cernedl, but should strive to be tl m whitast as far as intellect is co a eer'ned. .MARRIAGE. r-. is A marriage that was quite a su n. irise to their friends was that rk Miss Floy Herd, of Pickens, to M ns B. F. Freeman, of Easley, which c -se curryd( in G;reenv'ille last Sunda >er The bride is a very attrtactive your he lady and a dlaughter* of Mr. and( Mi as- R. F. H-erd, wvhile the bridegroo se is a son of Mr. Bowver Freema ce Both have numerous friends wvho a: he offering cong'ratulat ions. at NO SUBSTITUJTE OFFERED. Say what you will about druggis ii- offering something "just as goot eybeun it patys a better p)rofit, tI re fact still standls that ninety nine o1 c- of a undred dIruggists recommer 1(1 Obain erlain's Colic and Diarrho< in Remedy, when the best medicine fI dliarrhoeal is asked for, and do so b lhe cause they knowv from what the y. customers say of it, that it can 1(d dependled upon01. WOOD YARD FOR PICKENS. I have opened a wood -yard Pickens and am prepairedl to furnia the people wvith oak and pino wo< for stove or fireplace and in at he lengths. My yard is at the Picke er I.Can also furnish white oak fen< posts. Am still running a public dri and prep~ared to do hauling of kinds on short notice. IhaveC a complete wood saw outJ and can go to your house and sa your wood. A. A. Pace. tf Phone 3213. Pickens. >r Mechanic Overalls for men ar boys. Union mlade. Hayes Depat ment Store, Easley. t- OOLENOY HIGH SCIXOOL NOTES. The first monta of the work of the Oolenoy high school, under the lead d 'ership of Prof. A. B. Fortner, has . been most satisfacto'y. The results t obtained have been far above what e the most - oplbiJniatie expected. In n other words Oolenoy's trustees and 0 patrons have no hesitancy in saying e that they have the advantage over all other schools of the county in t this respeot. I The one year normal course which I has been added this year has attract r ed much attention. It is being taken by a number of very promising stu dents. The slogan of pupils taking this course is to satisfy fthe board of education for a first grade teacher's certificate. They say, "Watch us next May." Whil pre$icgl Y,. ..no , advprtise it 'of the- scho has' been put out, the class of 'work that is being done has attracted considerable attention. -As a result w.e have pupils who were last year students at Six Mile, Eas ley graded, Grove and Central high school of Greenville, respectively. The Oolenoy high school literary was organized the second week of school. The active members are pupils from the high and irammar school departments. This part of the school work is, with each meeting, becoming more attractive and bene ficial. It is a looked-forward-to part of the week's work. It is held weekly-the last hour of Friday aflternoon. The trustees of the school have ia cently furnished the school with teacher's desks. This adds much to, the comfort of the teachers and gives to the school room a more pre senting appearance. The Evelyn Dew Memorial has been formed. Some sixty odd vol umes condtitute the first list. Money has been raised to make addition, to this number at once. It will be re membered that Miss Dew was a for mer teacher here and that she died while at home (luring 'the Christmas holiday, some two years ago. The comnmu ity desiring to commemorate her wo-k and to perpetuate her memory could conceive of nothing more fiting than a memorial library. ' Friends' of the school are to con Ltribute a bookcase at an early date. An announcement of considerablk interest was made recently by Pro fessor- Fortner diing chapel exer cises. A'-close friend of the schoo! t has offered t handsome gold medal to .tl ,ptpil of'f1"tiAhool -iak. ing the highest average -for the en p I tire seven months of school. Othei l- attractive rewards are offered in tht grammar school lepaltlment. et Patrons and parents interest .d it ir thorough school work for their chil -- dren are cord(ially invited to visi the school. In our case "seeing i: ig believing." A /e Promninent Visitors Here. y' Mr. and M1rs. ,1. I. Reece~ and~ lit ig tie son, J1. 1 ., .Jr., of .Jleieson City T lenni., ar( here for. their. annlU va 10 i t' in at thie home of t.Iheir pareint s onbi. and .\irs. Mlatthew fIendrix These visit ors are al ways the sOu~tre ofI great plIeasur e to a widC ci rel of frijend(s anad relatives throughout not only the immediate section hut (he entire coun~ty. Mir. Reece ia r- d(ean of Carson and Newman College, of________ r. c- FOR POSTMASTER AT PICKENS, T he United States Civil Service .3 C ommission, at the request of th( m P ostmgaster General, announcesa n. competitive examination for p~ostmas re ter ait Pickens to be held September T his examination is held undler the PrIesidlent's order of Mlay 10, 1921, and not undler the civ'il service act o andii rules. * Apply at the p)ostoflice in Pickens, tor to the Unitted States Civil Service d Commission, Washington, D). C., for a application form 2241, and forms r2223 and 2358 containing the (late e- and places of examirfation and other irlefinite ifrain >e Applications must be properly executed on form 2241, and filed __ with .the Commission alt Washington, D. C., in time to arrange for the exaII nition. United States .Civil Service Com "mission. y C. C. CHRISTOPHER is Attorney-at-Law. ePractice in all Courts. Office over Pickens Blank. 11j Pickens, S. C. itt w * * ' * *p * * * 9 MARTIN & BLYTHIE * *Lawyers. * -- *Masonic Temple, Greenville, S. C.* *d Benj. F. Martin. * ~u E. M. Blythe.* t - * 9 - 4 . * New Shoes AT PRICES VJ Shoes,,like every other line yearago. Yob- don't have to pay can buy good dress shoes for both i and $3.5O. All of 'ur old stock in marked down on today's level. , 01 will soon show you as complete in A complete stock .Qi ,work. to gi satisfactj. ' ' . - Your Walk-Overs are here is unsurpassed at medium prices. None better than Walk-Ov gee us for your shoe nee shoes of quality, at prices that wil FOLGE "The store where price." lothiig, Shoes, Jial c SFive South I M.IISSIOne (1 \ls CMfodiren aratt insater*. educationai work, ifong. (h China: (4) Millard Theron ftnin, Will educational wyork, Temuco, Chile. Fromn the larger -proceeds of ther Bap: ist 7i al illion Campaign the lFor eign, .sIon Board of thor Southern Balptit Convention has been enabled t to send ont1 more than IOQhnew is.-r 5iona~tries Ninice that movement wasa lnaunvh ed. it is announc ned, andl of that n nTinihrr sixty young nn-n' a nd womeni, reprlesetin g tourit e. stIa: t,4:ave jus ,t 5 sailed for' Ch ina. JIa ita n. A frica, Brazil, b~ Argentinta and Chile.. Di' additi-on to a tho--'. Drt. and ~ *.\ r ii0-1 iB J of b Kan sas City will sail S eteber 14 to b become, repre.w n tathesc. of t h B loard l in Europe, while D)r. ati .\l W. A. o Hlamlett of Ansti i, Te\,s. havA just ai sailed for .Jerusa&lem, where they will el main talin headtrgiuater in t acting as the < Near' l'ast repre.enttivies 'of -the ic Board, el Tfhe new mnissionait hs to China and pi Japan sailedi fromt Seattle, Saturday, Augtust 27. on the ilankeye Statte of the Admiral laine, while' those for Hra- er zil, Argentiuna. (Chile andt Africa sailed gr from New Y'ork on the Aet.ust Atugust TI' 7- 'Fhey wvili he enga~igedl chiefly in it evan geliic, educa unal, medical and o aIgr'iuturai wvork~ andi wil hesa thoed att vaious poimts in these filids, a \\hile a l arge numbehrr of new workers of hae bena sea ou: h the floardi since Ri thle be'gitnninig of theII Capigniftt, at i least 100i oilier cnable h~ young men and .ina w< men1) could hi.a'Itemp~lyed to advant. I': age if they w'vo available, Secretary cc 'J- I. I ove advi.w.'.t MIssion Money Gets Results. h Of the umore tihan $25.000,000 thtt has bee c ollec("ted( in cash on the 75i ha IMill ion Camitpaign to date, about $5,. i~ 0.00has gone to foreign mk~'oti. 'hIs has mtade it Dossible auut only to strengthen the old work on all fields of and employ age n m ber1 o f .t IN wa-s 515 515 s. a 010 ias guau-gs 11u1 For Fall 'RY NEARLY BACK TO PRE W4 of merchandise, are from .3. 1-3 $12.50 and $15.00, or even $10.00 nen and womien for $5.00, $6,0Q at high price shoes are about gone, ur new fall and winter stock is co: as you will find in the county. shoqj for men, women, boys and < and 4n the way, for both men ani ers. Few as go od. is for fall and winter. We. are I fit your pocket book. *& HIENI quality in merchandis st and Gents' Furinishing ali for Pictorial Review Patterns. daroliians S iies for Chi eez~ewo od, evantgelistic work, Pochow, ina; (3 Miss Hannah Jane Plowder ston, evangellatic. work, Canton, Ci ntissionai, but to do0 much other rork, iniclud ing bui1(lig or ma klnn ubstantial additions to 35 boys' chools, 17 girls' schools, 27 mission esidlences, five hospitals anild dispen atries, fourij light andl lower palangs for iission Compiounds, 26 church build igs, .four colleges, seven theological rminnaries. In addlion, asaistance has een given seven church building loani RBciatljongsxnwsain a' een openied and equllppedl, land has Ben bouight for the enlargement of 3verai mission compounds, a home for 'phans in Italy has been establIshed, id a block of ground has been pur tased it the heart 6f Rome for head garters for the work in Italy, a tho gical seminary, publishing house, lurch and mission residence being ovided on this property. Enlarge European Field. As a result of the Campaign, South n Baptists have beent enabled to ea ly enlarge their work in Euirope, ley have carried on mission work in ily since 1870, but now they -have Oined liii new Work in Jugo-Si:Wia, ingary and Roumaiai, and have im ide itgin ning, through the distib utioni flibles, in he Ukrain0 and Sout hern 'asia andt~ Siberla. To act as5 the ropean re apresentativyes or the Iioardi this en lairgedl program. D r. :i ud .\i r. '.rett 01ll of (ansats*City w-ir. re iti*iny named1. They will priobab lly ike their headquarters in Swi;z - id. The first work Gouthern In1ta ye ever rdone loov'ing to the(Ir.e. tion of Mohamnmedani lands lid P1) undiertakenl int Pal.egttin j ria, gnid Dr. and .irs- WV. A. Ilaiett Auslin,. Texas. !;m 'onr't Tr lom. w"he..- - md Wintr kR LEVELS. to 50 per cent cheaper than a now to get a good shoe, but you d $8.00, and even as low as $3.00 and what few we have left are ning-in every few days, and we :hlidren. Every pair guaranteed women. Quality and style th'at prepared to fit the family with )RICKS e comes before the i 4 ail As ia and Chile I w"V China; (2) Miss Grace Stribling, We: ,Kingstree, evangelistic work, Soocho nla; (5) Miss Cornelia Brower, Sumnt the wYork of the native evang< ists. It is Planned to establish church, theological seminkary and c lege, hospital and Orphanage at .Jer salem as soon as praelicable and th seek to reach other points in Pale. tine and Syria from this center. .Minister to 900,000000 People. W ith the enlarged foreign misslo programi of .Southern Baptists that di nomninationi is now operating in 1' countries on every side of the globel andi has in its employ p'ractically 50( foreign missionaries andl twie that number or native Wbrkers trained in the mission schools. Trhrough its present missionary operations the, Board is seeking to minister to 475.Z 000,000 yellow people, 4,000,000 browii people, 200,000,000 black people and 225,000,000 white people, making a total of 900,000,000 nleople, or more than half' the Popuilat ion of the globe. Numblered among its wyorkers :n re-iddy on the rield are 21 foreign p~hysicians and 8 foreign mission nursea who last year' gave 154,070 treatnments. TIhere are now fillI missioni churc~he.s 0n the for'eign, fields5 and1 of this numberh' 184 are se If lf..' t ing. The a 'ct-a g Cm ibuti Iions of t hese m ission~ chu i.he i"ci (f y C) totdnom i tonal ti-nose V wa -~' per u mmb er, t he Clisli ans ni the toreign gjeids 1e-4iottd ig mmr i)*d er ally aus a resut t th'(le 75 .\liiiion (:m j)aignl. Th n ew mnissionai es sailing at this lime wetre cont ributed by the following stirtes: Alabama Iwo, Arkansa: ene, Gteorgia five, Kentucky six, Loui.sianta two, Mississippi fonr, -\issouri /-four, North Catrolina three, South Crina fiye, Tennessee five, Texas fifteen, Virgintia six, Iowa onte and Pennasyl