The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-09-04

llollS PoloIo, IhS le'A Aho- Aoo ''VVi
time for play.
Pickens county counts amor
her voters big element Of tn
most Intelligent citizenship of tn
state, It takes only glance a
the tabulated result Of tho stat
election to demonstrate this fully
The fight is on in earnest oet"e:'
John Gary Evans and A. o. h"',
mer. This is race on which boast
ful political calculators find 1T ol'-
fcult to settle any positive opinions
this far before the election. Ihlngs
are crystallizing, however, and 10Y
next Saturday the result may be
known with comparative certainty.
Local pride always plays a con-
spicious part in elections. This ls
creditable to any community when
the man put forward ior oillce
measures up to tho requisites OF
Office, and there never was time
more opportunc for the assertion OF
tho privilege Of helping good mon
to places of usefulness and trust.
Pickons showed up SO well in the
last election that politicians are
seeing the weight of our vote as a
factor in state politics. Pickens
county practically cast the decl-
ding vote in the late race for state
Superintendent of Education, and
she may decide other results in the
second primary. This approxl-
mate full vote Is gratifying for
many reasons, not tho least among
which is the prestige and lmpor-
tancc it adds to the county.
Some of the newspapers OF the
state would have US believe that
the election ofO p. Martin to the
Office Of State superintendent Of
Education will prove q public Ca
lamity.
All tho public school sense is
not bottled up in Mr.. McMahan
and Mr.. Martin 10 as young and &C.
tive and patriotic as Mr.. McMahan
and perhaps quite as we'll Informed
on ali matters appertaining to tht
office. No doubt tho business O.
t office will bo carried on will
as good effect az under Mr.
1ahan, and we do believe Mr.
~.,lahan has worked reform il
school matters Of South Carolina.
When the Southern Railwa
completes the scheme Of double
tracking its line from Atlanta t
Charlotte, this county will hav
added to her attractions the dit
tinctlon ofhaving within her limi
q part Of the trunk line of one {
tho greatest systems Of railways
the world. Every improvemel
inaugurated by this railroad mea'
some advantage to Pickens count
and every clement of growth in tt
county means positive benefits
the people. The legitimate q
vancement Of any enterprise moa
a corresponding advantage to t.
people touched by it, and when t
progress is represented by ra
roads, the benefits to DO deriv
ought to prove of lastingquality.
w. Jasper Talbert ID essentially
politician-onc Of the smothest a
ticles in that line that ever "car
down the turnpike" Hayward is
the midst Of his fist political fig
with Il lead that ought to ilatter al
candidate for any Office with aut
an array of worthy competitor
Some predict the result in Hey
wards favor with assurance, 9th,
good guessers shake their heads
doubt, This much to our min,
briefly stated. ia certain; Table,
10 hoping and moving for suoeet
with deep schemes, we'll laid. !
tho event Of his election and re
election two years hence, 40 Go,
esnor, he will Offer as the M ost TO,
haidable candidate possible to In
Imagine in South Carolina politi,
against B. r. Tillman for the Uu
ted States Senate four years hene