The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-02-06

~ jury, regarded as the pol
ladlum of liberty, one has only to
note the fact that though the
present jury law is conceded to be
unconstitutional and no man
charged with crime can be forced
TO trial, yet defendants with So
rlous charges against them are con-
sentlng to be tried and moreover
demanding hearing before juries
composed Of their peers.
| For real business energy and
far-sightcd progressivcncss, the
town Of EaSley is really distin.
gushing herself in present efforts
to effect the organization and be-
gin the building Of another cotton
mill OF most crcditable proportions.
The cconSummation of tins new enter
prise IS matter altogether posi-
ble and withal quite probable, since
the proposition is bong fostered
by thorough-going business men
who are able to influence sufficient
capital to assure success to the un-
dertaking, and with experience to
direct the enterprise along divi-
denu paying lines.
| IA that f,o,>, &Jo
Six Mile section asserted last week,
there IS no better agricultural
county in South Carolina than
Plckens, and no better section Of
PlcHcus than that in which Six
Mile church is the center of settle-
mont. y few mole years and these
, facts Will be dem Jnstated to the
satisfaction Of investors and home
seekers OF the most deslra bic kind.
Already that Section is asserting
Itself and establishing ITS right
and claim to more public attention
and more careful consideration at
the hands Of all officials at the
head Of public improvements
COOP roads conventions and
speeches galore will not help travel
IN this county until the practical
suggestions are tested by way of
requiring number Of days work
sufficient to place and keep the
ways in respectable condition
The EXCUSES for roads we now
patiently tolerate, simply to keep
clear Of tresspass charges, arc dis.
cretitable to the county, a source
of additional expense to transpor
tation and a travosty OH clviliza
, tlon-they are a succession Of rut,
, and holes, presenting most prom
, ising prospects for damage suits
i and sundry claims tor broken We
hlclos. They are dangerous, az
we'll as inconveniont, and out o1
7 harmony with other evidences of 6
& progressive, up-to-dato county.
J. MERCHANTS arc gradually work.
q ing towards tho cash principIo OF
% business and in this there is q
hoalthful tendency towards di.
4 rcct'ng the people in tho way of
- economic expenditures. While ell.
- dcavoring to take care of thom
y selves IN this respect they are do
ing q very great service to the poo.
y ple not only in the way Of tho re.
:, duced price at which their goods
arc delivered, but also in the re-
stralnts the cash system throws
around many buyers who reckless.
"a " contract debts before any pros.
@ poets Of paying for them have mn.
> tcrlallZci and oven before the time
j. Tor actual use of tho goods bought
on time has arrived. This country
G needs to practice generally more
|, genuine, practical acomomy.
a On the proposition to establish
+ a soldiers homo in South Carolina,
tho legislators seem very much
divided. 1t is argued that the
a home would DO saving to the
4 state in that the expense in main.
i, tanning it would ho much loss than
| the amount now paid to deserv~
!, ing pensioners, while tho condi-
| tons emitting ono to its benefits
would be made such that no man,
now improperly receiving Of the
states bounty, could partake Of
the benefits Of the homo. We do
not know that 0Dy are now recaiy,