The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21
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.'1'1'' now TOWNS GET rnHlR asBs.
Bill Arp Takes q Tour ana Observes q
Many Thtngs--Dull Towns sy asi,a
IS PHO&re9siye' Places, ,. z q 81

I rNsStsJ sSthfSoT--outk sAOWnB
Progressive Places. 4
How epbemeral is fame. This wosd
!. is of Greek origin and literally nfAana
y for Q day. and was ahplled 70 he
i lives of certain insects. fts meaniI,e 3
life or fame or wealth or happ 81 I'll
snything that is OF brief or unceFt air
duration. was Illuminating about
this because /, have been down tt
BRrnesville and Thomast0n, two pros
porous towns, one In Pike and q he
other In UpsOn county. i9g inquired sol
several good citizens who Mr. UpsSIi
was and they could not tells Finally
an old gentleman Fsaids that he was e
member OF the Legislature from Oglel
Thorpe county and was "a very great
and good man and died .early, sand the
egislature Of which he was q nember
made o hew county and nsmed 1t for
him. But now there is not tpe man In
u hundred In that county that knows
anything about him. I,Sdtd not 6rd
any body who knew what MIR. Thomas
the town WAS named for. 81 ust so did
not find anyone, at Barnesvllle who
knew what Mr.. pike that county was
named for. So L had TO walt till got
home and examined my books and
learned that Zsbulon Piae was q great
ooAoAok Al otlo Wdr VI aOll--bnhb @USlOrO
tnat he explored%yhe tar west, and was
the first man to discover aud ascend
that very high mOuntain which has
ever since been called "Pike's Peak
The town OF Zsbulon took his Chris
tian name or rather his Jewish name,
Tor ZebulOn was the sixth son OF Jacob
and his descendaptg beosme sailors.
Nobody coGld sell mo w hos sBsrnesyillle
was named fer, Nobody cares very
much who acy town or county was
named for. The present seems to be
part will sOOpspass into oblivion for the
old men are nearly all dead. Not long
ago l read how an Englishman was
walking about the beautiful cemetery
OF Gettysburg and met o Confederate
veteran there and said to him:
These grand monuments and grave
stones will forever perpetuate the mem
cries Of the brave men who fell, but
lear your Confederate dead will soon
pass into. oblivion unless you give
them cemeteries and monuments like
these;" No." said the veteran, Ours
Will last as long as these, for every
stranger who comes here will naturally
ask the same question that you did
WHO killed all these people who are
buried nere T" -
a. AS travel over the South can tell
o prosperous town from o stag nant one
> by the wheels that are turning. sne
) sfpoke stacks and the hum ~ nacht
: merry, or the absence o. all theee-- :
GAINESVILLE II ::s.s:iag ahead aad 80 Il
9 Thomp ,von, for both have cottol
/ nils already and are building more
Q Thomaston, can boast ofHhaving tn
b oldest cotton factory in Georgia for 1
Il wae built In 1888; and has been adde
,fd TO In later years. and now la erectin
/ another with q capital Of &iQ0. .0Ot
y livery ryWhere are visible the signs {
3 progress and business activity. Th
g new hotel recently built by+Mrs. Sane
p-l wich ian gem Of beauty and remtnt
10 the traveller OF Florida and the trepic
"a sidences OF modern architecture. TT
Il auditorium nearly coinpleted 10 q ma
DSa H&f Gr eoian beauty. An elc~-.
v gele.ss1 81 Sa.s. the new hotci. :c-,e9sectr
20 plant zig nd man
lr homes and wilt s0oH Tight the stree
6 OF the. little city. Mrs Sandwic
3; estapliehedo this plant aud sowns |
T. just ponder 1t q moment. A woman
II the foremost factor in the advsncin
8 progress of q newb born CITY. sNow /
8 they will let her tear down the oil
ante -bellum courthouse and erect
8 new one she will do 1t. But she can
/ Vote--when 10 this fossiliferOus relic O
past age TO be- reformed. The dirt
!. les1 negro in GhiS town has a vote II
PeIectlng lta ruler, while q widow W hi
t pays the highest tax is excluded. al
3 put one ofNthe teachers Incur pu bl Il
tschools are women, but they have nc
Z OF teacnlng our childfer lard
wick bill Ia dead, and the
, speak no i'll Of the dead but Ps sSoetper
bill would have been to- place the bal
lot box just where the Jury box is now
: ln,every county there is q commission
81 OF honorable men who select the men
, who are fit to serve onsthe jury and
: their narneSonly, are placed In the Jury
!. box. Men OF bad moral character or
, exceeding ignorance are excluded
, We have known instances where mon
because Of their notorious Woes. The
rightatO cit upon d jury and try cssee
involving life and liberty or properly
is of far more Importance than the
privilege Of voting. Then why NOT
! purge the ballot box as we'll ss tbs jury
box. Many good negroes would be- put
In ana come bad white men loft out. II I
: am not afraid OF being left opt, Reader
Eare your The ballot has BgOt to be
purged In some Way.ss&nheras arc on V
twonty counties that option hss
not succeeded In driving oIit3 Whisky
Fand saloons and In nearly 2al lsof these
| twenty the white vote wenld expel
them, but negroes and yaHA bonds and
, saloon owners ovesrideS Ill WI laof d
large majority of the peop MI In Spa'a
Ing county It was admit tbist no.
q IgrOes carried the dayandl XII led I'll aD
9 lmuch wanted reform: 1.-THE mothers
G and wives and sisters could agye seb tssa,
8 the majority for prohib Ion III Id
n have been overwhelmings no doubst
9 II. II it 10 not considered prop iot
8 women to vote IN politicsf laatterf
+ surely they can be! triisted in mora
measures that affect the; vol fara { 3,
+ their husbands and sops ,atd s fbfo ii ssFs
+ and also In all educational on d III d
a tions--why does; not s0rno nd eEi oer5o
@ the L. gislatprs ssy tth o. great SbiIz hear
n and brain champ lon this reior,npp Th,
3 people are ready for its aud Sysl 4 & sRy ],
Daniel has come tnjsd dgment. u
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