The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-03

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! Tho more one traYcls and LOOKS
at the promising crops and drags
over the miserable excuses FOL
roads, the more forcibly he is i'm
pressed with the false idea of econ
omy that seems to obtain amOngs
us.
"TO market, to market,
Can never be said,
Till the people turn out
For a good road bed"
Tho Atlanta Journal which cir
culatcs extensively in this part {
South Carolina has given matcri;
evidence Of furthor enterprise i
) issuing in addition to the rsgula
daily, for six days in tho week,
Sunday edition which is thorough
y ~ up-tO.dato both rs 10 nows an
mechanical got up. It is one {
B the best and most roliabIo demo
> cratic newspapers published in q,
United States and easily at Tn
~ head among those published i
the Southern States.
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@ Fourth OF July.
g Friday, next, is the fourth da,
july. 1t will De tittlnGIy ObSrrVot
. lh,oughout South Carolina, anc
doubtless throughout the southern
states. Thls is as il should be. In
the times VIII tho colonies were
battling for the right against the
arbitrary exercise of England !
authority, the southern states wore
! foremost in demanding a just exc.
rulion of the laws and the first tC
raise a telling protest against the
unreasonable cncroachments O
Great Britain. They also SEN
forth The most effective clement 0
tho army aud furnished the mos
competent and patriotic comman
ders and soldiers.
Surely the people Of the south
crn states should feel proud Of tn
part thoY played in the rovolutio
and on in tho devclopmcnJ Of tn
country because they have given
the Union the best and highes
examples of American genius all
craftsmanship and patriotism.
GOOD CROPS MIY HAS7'El
GOOD ROADS.
| Pickens county never had bet
ter prospects for good crops an
never were they worked better nc
have the people ever had bette
opportunities and advantages i
doing the work. 1t is an inspire
ton to all the people to see tt
good results of their timely MI
constant efforts to mako crops tn
year that will compensate ft
some of the failures of the pa
three years. Our people have m
these three successive reverses, v
might Call them, yet they began tt
present year with hope and /
newed determinations and II
present prospects stimulate thel
and nerve them to meet condition
that, with poor prospects at pre-
ent, would have been we'll nigh di
hearten,ng.
Crops will soon bo "laid by
and the people will begin to thin
of travelling about some and wi
have timo to attend the state an
county campaigns a.,d to Wis
friends and bo on hand at tho V,
J rious meetings usually hold durin
the season between "laving by
and "harvest" times, But wit
all these good prospects ahcat
thorc is one ever present obstac1
in the way Of satisfactory onloy
mcnt of tho pleasures incident
tho time. The roads throughor
! tho country arc in such conditlo
that it is serious business to tray
el. And while the means availf
!, BILE for thorough working of th
roads are very limited, it appear
that the people with one accord ar
looking out for and studying tn
road problem seriously and ar
going to agitate that question til
something that will benefit tn
people permanently Is accom-
plished. It is hopeful sign tha
tb;s onaot;on 1o boo,in,>;oo. - In,