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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
pICKENS, S. c.. AUGUST %, 1912
RIGHT MAN FOR THE PLACE
Surely No One More Fitting Than
George w. Perkins to Be Treasur'
er Of Roosevelt Party.

It Is eminently proper that George
W. Perkins should be named as treas.
urer Of the Bull Moose party. As a
friend of the plain people Mr.. Perkins
has succeeded In amassing huge for
tune. Incidentally, and only inciden-
tally, he profited quite handsomely IN
the division of the $4,000, 900 which
was the financial result OF the forma-
don Of the steel trust.
This gigantic monopoly has nothing
to hope for in the election Of Presi-
dent Taft, because II was under Ar.
Taft's administration that suit was
Instituted against It. Likewise Mr..
Wilson's election would be disastrous
But Mr.. Roosevelt declined. while
president, to prosecute the steel trust.
and he allowed the trust to gather IN
its great southern rival, the Tennes-
see Coal and Iron company. More
than this. during his seven years. oc-
cupation Of the White House, Mr..
Roosevelt took no action which looked
toward a genuine revision OF the
tariff.
No wonder that Mr Perkins Ia to
be the treasurer OF the new party. He
has already contributed handsomely.
and the barrel is still open. 1t Is.
however, an imposition upon human
credulity to believe that his generos-
ity has no selfish end In view.
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Like an Obituary.

The official address issued to the
country by the Republican convention
reads more like an obituary notice
than like a party platform, and that,
Indeed, Is what the most intelligent
citizens believe it to be.
The platform reviews the life OF
the party, recalling its virtues and
forgetting it's sins, just as it Is Gus
tomary for most persons to do IN
commenting upon their deceased
friends. and In perusing it one can
almost hear the sighs and the soes Of
the men who penned the document
Aside from its evasion Of emphatic
declarations on important questions.
It contains nottingham Antonio Ex
press
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END TARIFF PLUMBER
PLAIN DUTY THAT is BEFORE
THEsDEMocRATIc PARTY.
Foundation Stone of the Predatory
Trusts Must Be Removed-Repub-
!Icans Are Sponsors for Pres
ent lnlqultous Laws.

Mr.. Bryan says. in effect, that the
issue Is the people against the or
gani1ed forces of plunder. So it is.
but the fact does not take US far. How
are these forces organized, and how
must they be met?
The citadel Of organized plunder Is
legislation for the benefit Of special
interests. Behind the trusts, the
money power. the buyers Of legisla-
lures and the corrupters Of govern
ment are bad laws. The forces Of Or
ganized plunder will continue organ
ized and keep on plundering until
driven from the strongholds which
the laws have reared for them.
The chief of these bad laws IS the
protective tariff, making 1t possible to
tax everybody for the sake Of some
body.
The tariff Is the mother Of the
trusts. It's exactions are the founda-
ton Of those great fortunes which,
through groups Of federated banks and
under our imperfect currency laws,
hold the credit Of the country by the
throat-the money power. The con-
nection between the tariff and the
purchase Of senatorial seats by mil
lionaires is as clear as the relation
Of the commodity and the price. And
it Is the tariff which has so swollen
the revenues of government as to
breed thousand extraVagances.
It makes no difference who is presi-
dent OF the United States unless the
legal standing-room of organized plum
DER Is destroyed. The tariff magnates
will snap their fingers in the face Of
the best Of presidents so long as the
protective tariff stands.
The Republican party stansd spon-
sor for the present tariff. The Roose-
Yelt party, according to one Of Roose-
relt's closest advisers, will likewise
be a party of protection. The Demo
cracy is the party Of tar!5 reduction.
The greatest chapter il the recent his
tory Of political rrcgresssveness con-
tains the text of tie tariff bills passed
by the present congress and vetoed
by Republican president.
This is no time for Democracy to
20 to war with itself or to look for
foes within its own household. Let
the fearful Democrat hunt up tbs rol!
calls on the tariff bills passed ct
Washington since Champ Clark lifted
the gavel and scrutinize them. They
give US the measure Of presen.-day
Democracy, for they show how Demo
cracy's representatives bore them
selves when the Democracy charged
the citadel of organized plunder-St.
Louis Republic.
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UNNEEDED NERVOUSNESS.

The customs officials at Leith, Ire
land, seized, several weeks ago, sew
eral cases of rifles shipped from Ger
many, scenting insurrection in the
threats Of some men in Ulster to re-
sist home rule by force of arms, #
they couldn't defeat it any other
way: Things looked ominous from
another direction for the peace Of
the British empire. After several
weeks Of nervousness, during which
the rifles 9eposed peacefully in the
customs starehouse, it developed that
they had been shipped to theatri-
cal company, which intended to send
instructions as to their destination,
but which, like many another theat-
rioal company, had ceased to tour
after being on the move for some
weeks. Then everybody breathed
easier, and perhaps smiled when no
body was looking.
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DANGEROUS BARGAIN DAYS.

I think that bargain days are be-
coming more and more dangerous,
writes a New York city woman. I
went to a hat sale recently. There
were moments when I thought [ had
broken my neck, not to mention an
arm ana q leg or two. At last es-
capped with hat and struggled
through to a clerk. I asked her to
give me mirror.
"Nirror, madam" said she. Owe
never have mirrors on sale days. We
let them break The furniture, but we
draw the line at the mirrors. We're
superstitious about broken mirrors. :"
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SIMPLY DON'T MAKE 1T PUBLIC
Most Men Travel Under Their Wives
Management, but the Fact
Is Kept Concealed.

DR.. Thomas W. Brophy Of Chica-
go, who claims that American moth
erhood is the highest type in the
world, was asked ( this was not
partly due to TIE unusual amount of
responsibility the American husband
allows his wife in family affairs.
s:Quite true" DR.. Brophy replied.
S"The confidence her husband places
in her makes the American mother
capable and self-reliant. The moth
ers share in family's success or
failure is large ope-much larger,
indeed, than most men will acknowl-
edge.
"T see by the papers, a friend
once said to me, that Footlights is
travelling under his wife's manage
ment.'
SO do most men, 1 replied, but
they don't advertise it.
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Day Of Reckoning VIII Como.


Surely there must be day Of reck.
oning coming for the Anthracite Coal
trust, and 1t Is astonishing that men
so intelligent as President Baer and
his colleagues do not seem to see that
they are Fastening this day by their
exactions from the public IN forcing
up the price of coal at this time. The
addition Of a quarter Of dollar to
the price Of anthracite Is not such q
trifing matter that 1t will SO unresent-
ed. Who would have thought few
years ago that the Standard on COM
pany, the American Tobacco company
and other great corporattona would
ever be brought to terms aaa forced
to dissolve or change their methods?
Some day way will be found by eth
az state or federal authority 70 BRING
the anthracite combination to Its
knees, and for such dsaatte action It
may thank the public sentiment
aroused by the imposition Of not far
from s20,OO0,oo0 as an extra tax to
make up for the increased wages.
which cannot aggregate over $1,000
900 or Ss,000,000 at the most. given to
the miners under pressure.
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And on! my friends! for one thing
at least We should be profoundly CRATE
full.
I'VE are more fortunate than our
fathers In that there Is not the slight
est tinge Of sectionalism In the Aght
we are now waging. The principles for
which We stand are as vital for the
south as for the north, for the east as
for the west."-Theodore Roosevelt at
Chicago.
Mr.. Pecksnin never approached this.
Where did the money come from which
paid the heavy expense OF Mr.. Roose-
velt's prAconyention camDaignf What
considerations moved Mr.. Perkins.
>npr1est OF big business; Dan Hanna.
the son Of his father; the Mceormicks.
who represent the Harvester trust as
Mr.. Perkins represents the steel trust:
Boss Finn. rich through the control of
city contracts, to take chief roles in
the movement to bring him back to
power? AS the Roosevelt managers
held out crisp new btlls before dele
gates from the Black Belt, how i'm
pressive is the proof Of the death OF
sectionalism and the benefcent reign
Of "the principles for which We stand"
over south and north alikel
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
HAD TO Be MANUFACTURED
Professional Humorist Could Not See
Anything Funny About Politi-
cal Convention Crowd.

"sam" Blythe, whose josh stories
about politicians and things politi-
cal are well known, arrived in Chi
cago to '3do" the Republican conven-
tion. Immediately clad in light
gray suit, with a hat and cane to
match, the gray-haired young man
made an interesting figure in the
lobby of the Congress hotel. And he
seemed to know everybody on the
floor.
He was approached by younger
newspaper man, who stood somewhat
in awe of the older mans promi-
nence, and addressed as follows:
Glow are you, Mr. Blythe:?"
"Hello," said Blythe.
"You are Mr.. Blythe, aren't you ?"
'l sure areW
Swell, Pm Blank of the Yankee
Doodle and I've got column of
funny stuff to write and I want you
to tell me funny story about some
Of this gang"
"son," quoth Blythe seriously, "if
you can find anything funny in this.
sad outfit you're pretty good w-Chi-
cago News.
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CAT COMMITS SUICIDE.

Despondent because her four chil=
dren were taken away from her,
"spots," the pet mascot and station
house cat at the Penn avenue police
station, committed suicide Yesterday
by leaping IN front of street car.
The kittens had been taken away aae
by one, and the old cat wandered
about day and night IN melancholy
mood. Yesterday she Fan to the
street car track. A car was approach
ing. but the motorman slapped in
time to avoid killing "SpotS," The
cat was chased back, but later
jumped uader the wheels Of q car
Philadelphia Record,
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MAKES NO FoRCEFUL APPEAL
Republican Platform, Made Up OF
SophlstrIes, Will Be Condemned
by the Voters.

Tie Republican platform raises but
one issue between the Republican
party and the Democratic party. 1t
raises another between the followers
OF Mr.. Taft and those Of Mr.. Rocse-
welt.
The really national issue is, OF
course, the tariff. On this the Repub-
hcan platform is timid. shifty, and In
definite. It declares the Darty's con-
tinued belief in protection. based on
the American standard Of wages"
fings a sop to agriculture and mining
by advocating protective duties for
their products; it puts forward the
long-exploded notion about the need OF
defense against the cheap-labor PROD
ucts of foreign lands. Then, having
committed the party to the underlying
fallacies Of protection, it admits that
some duties are too high, and that
they should be reduced in accordance
with the conclusions Of an expert
board. With the committal to the
broad principle and the broad sophis-
tries Of protection, the Democratic par
ty takes prompt and complete issue.
On the admission that duties are too
high, the Democrats take much more
definite and practical ground than the
bewildered Republicans have dared to
take. In substance the declaration OF
the Republicans IS promise to the
favored interests that the party Will
do as little as possible to reduce their
ill-gotten profits, and will take as long
as possible in doing 1t. The position
Of the party IS one Of sullen oostruc-
ton modified by fear Of popular disap-
proval None but hidebound protec-
tionists and the pampered beneh-
ciaries of the oppressive tariff Will
support the Republican candidate sole
ly because Of this part Of his platform.
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COULDN'T LET THAT GO.

Loud voiced and much excited, a
native Of Butte, Mont, sent up a
cry for bellboy at a hotel in Chi
cago the other day. He explained
that he had just lost a valuable ar
ticle and was sure it had gone out
with his laundry. He handed the re-
spending bellboy dollar to get the
package back at once, if possible.
The bellboy 'tbeat it." as he said, to
the laundry and found that the west
erner's linen had just been dumped
into tub. The lad paved around
in the tub, found a crumpled hand
kerchief and drew forth the lost ar
Iicle. It was glass eye.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
OPPOSES THE DIVORCE RING
Boston Woman Lawyer Makes Some
Sarcastic Comment on Morals
cf the Present Day.

Miss Amy Acton, prominent
lawyer Of Boston, said recently, at
fashionable club luncheon, that the
divorce ring which western women
have inaugurated, is vulgar.
'slt is vulgar" she said, "beeause
it is an advertisement of the fact
that the wearer is divorced wom-
an"
Slipping her black demi-tasse, Miss
Acton added refectively:
q may be wrong, though, in con-
demning the divorce ring-it per-
haps serves some very good purpose.
The number of our divorces is really
alarming. We seem to be approach
ing that state which prevailed in old
Roman times when divorce was so
frequent that on the tomb of an un-
divorced woman was inscribed:
"'Here lies a good wife who had
but one husband.''
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
BRIDGET IS NoNpLVssEB

Mrs. Jenkins had retired to her
room to try to sleep off headache.
She had particularly devoted maid.
Bridget. Bridget now annoyed MEs,
Jenkins greatly by tiptoeing to her
door every little while and peepins
in at her. Finally Mrs, Jenkins
called to Bridget and asked her not
to do it, as it was disturbing her, to
which Bridget replied'
osure, Mrs, jenkins, phat am I
to dos When yez makes a noise l
thinks yez wants me. an when yez IS
quiet I gifts to thinkin' maybe yez
is dead"
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HORRlB BE.
''I had a horrible dream last

'I had horrible dream last
night"
'Well, you had probably eaten
something You should have left fer
Others to eat
s'I don't know whether that was
the cause Of it or not can't re-
member that I ate anything which
/ ought not to have eaten. But /
dreamed that I had made $780,
600"
sEYou don't call that horrible
dream. do you? If I could have 8
dream of that kind I'd never want
to wake up
"But wait. I dreamed that I had
made it out OF a popular song which
I had written"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
ADVANTAGE OF LIBRARIES.


Miss Caroline Hewins, librarian
of the Hartford public library, says
that there are only fifteen states in
the Union that have no library CON-
missions. She cites the state of
North Carolina as an illustration Of
the advantage Of libraries. Eighty
two per cent. of the population is in
the country. Seyenty-seven federat-
ed womens clubs in the state assist
with funds &@d there are eighty
study ibr&i.a::: the largest, at Ra-
leigh, has II $40 volumes and an IN
come of 5000.
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Wilson'S Qualities,

There Is no doubt Of the progress
ivepess Of Wilson. He Is . man Of
unquestionable ability, wide study and
scholarship, and a talent for admin
!strat!on. He is an uncommonly per
suasive speaker and writer, and
comes as near being a practical states
man as almost any man who could
be mentioned now in public life. We
have no reason to doubt his integrity
Of character and purpose. and he 10
above suspicion Of tolerat!ng any.
thing crooked or eorvupG-New York
Journal OF Commerce.
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Finish VIII Come in November.

Among the Republicans who called
at the White House to congratulate
ME-. Taft on his denomination was az.
Speaker Cannon. Messages were re-
ceived from ex-Representative Taw.
ney. ex-RepresentatiYe Bede. ex-Sena.
tor Aldrick, ex-senator Hale and sew
eral others who have retired. 1t real
ly was a great occasion for the down:
and-out club.
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Majesty of Time.

That great mystery OF Tine. were
there no other; the illimitable, silent,
never resting thing called Time. roll
Ing, rushing on. swift. silent, like an
aiI-embracing ocean tide, on which we
and all the universe swim like exhaia-
tions. like apparitions which are. ana
then are not; this is forever very lit
erally miracle; thing to strike US
dumb, for we have no word to speak
about it.-Carlyle.
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Raise the Shout Of "Treason."

"It af1icts US beyond measure to see
that Mr.. La Toilette Is unreconciled.
He is saying extremely .Inpofite and
unparliamentary things concerning the
colonel" says the Chicago Tribune,
altra Roosevelt organ. And, OF course.
to say extremely impolite and unpar-
!iamentary things" violates our ex-
elusive privileges and Is tantamount
to treason" IN the minds Of his ad-
mirers it would seem that the Colonel
is the only man who should be allow
ed to utter those harsh and unparlia-
mentary things.
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Mystery of the pyramids.

One OF the mysteries Of the great
pyramids in Egypt is how they were
built in the sand. How did the slaves
lit these gigantic boulders into place.
especially since that was In the days
when machines were unknown. Sa-
wants and historians believe sloping
Vavs were built leading to the pyra-
mids and the great stones hauled into
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
M. A, IN EITHER CASE.

Elsie Janis, the talented young ac-
tress, was urging friend, one eve
ming at a roof-garden supper in New
York, to remain another year at col
lege before marrying the young man
to whom she was engaged.
"You will ALWAYS regret" urged
Miss Janis, "that you left college
before getting your degree"
"Oh, we'll" her friend answered
mischievously, maybe I'll soon be q
MA anyhow"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29
One Of the Larqes. Elephants,

\ recent writer in the Field rcwS.
paper gives the dimensions Of an ole
Indian elephant, which would scarcely
have been much inferior In size to a
mastodon. According to his account
the animal measured 11& feet in
height at the shoulders, Is feet 8
inches from the tip Of the trunk to
the end of the tail. The distance
from the tip of the trunk to one eye
was feet; from one eye to tbs tail
nearly 131s feet, and the tail was 4Ea
feet in length. The tysks were fee.
inches long.-Harpers Monthly
Magazine.
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DEPARTMENT STORE EPISODE.

"Nlr. Wombat, I have been with
you long time, but by eyesight Is
failing now. I have been in several
departments of the store, laces, silks
and lost goods through The shoplift-
ers. I guess I'd better resign"
@Not at all, my boy" said the
head Of the department store. "You
have been with me for years and You
shah remain as long as YOU like. III
put YOU in the srindstone depart
ment. don't think You'll lose many
Goods there"
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A GREAT FEAT.

"some people have marvellous
memories"
"For instance:"
ssThere is a book reviewer in this
town who has been known to remem-
Der the names Of the principal char
acters in best seller for as long
as Two weeks"
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Freaks Of Nature.

Some naturalists who have been to
the antarctic and the higher regions
Of the Alps, have noticed flies with
out wings-ates that look more like
ants. Wondering whether cold had
anything to do with this wingless con-
dition. they took wasps, just hatched,
and kept them in an icebox for 40
hours. Result: Wingless wasps.
They tried the same experiment with
several other kinds of insects ana
always with the same result.
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Feminine Philosophy.

Lady Mary Wortley MontagT WgQte
ron. Venice at the age Of si1ty-eight;
1T is eleven years since have seen
my figure in a glass; the last refec.
ton I saw there was so disagreeable
I resolved to spare myself such mort1'
fcation for the future, and shall con.
tinue this resolution to my LIES end.
To indulge all pleasing amusements
and avoid all images that give dis
gust is, in my opinion, the best meth
cd to attain or confirm health"
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In the last address on this subject
we saw that the denial Of Christ's res

urrecuon MADE our
preaching Y AIM
our faith vain. and
left US still In our
sins. We now pro
ceed to set forth
some further 70
suits Of such do
NAL.
w. If Christ be
not risen from
the dead then
we arc found
false witness
es.
T b e W O r d
found" means to
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RECENT ACQUISITION.

''What is that awful knob on you
forehead::"
THAT is my bump of adversely"
Bump of adversely? That's a
new one on me.
"It's new one on me, too. l got
it this afternoon when my head came
in contact with beam in the eel
lar"
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TEXT Cor. 15:14-1s, 2s-s2-"And n
Christ be not risen. then is our preachins
vain, and your faith Is also vain. Yea.
and we are found false witnesses OF God;
because we have testified Of God that ho-
raised up Christ; whom he raised not uu,
II so be that the dead rise not. For if
the dead rise not. then Is not Christ
raised: And II Christ be not raised, your
faith Is vain: ye are yet in your sins. = =
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IMPRACTICAL IDEA.

q think each delegate should vote
at the outset for the man he thinks
would make the best nominee"
ENfy dear sir" replied Senator
Sorghum. with every delegate vot=
ing for himself, we should never get
anywhere"
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The study Of comparative religions
Is becoming more and more popular.

It is an excellent
thing for Chris
tian people to
weigh the relig-
ions Of the world
and for the non
Christians to real
iZe the power Of
Christianity. One
CT the systems
that is being stud
led IS NIohamme- e.
danism. and il IS
held by some TO be
a stepping stcne
to Christianity
IN examining
the various sys-
tens Of religion.
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PAYS TRIBUTE TO VETERANS.

Mrs, Carrie Feldkamp is an old
lady at Corryville, a suburb of Gin
einnati, who makes it point to
place flag upon the breast of every
veteran who dies. Her husband and
two brothers were in the war, and
she says they told her of so many
kindnesses done to them that she
tries to repay the obligation with
this little tribute to the dead.
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MhX Eonrii

George ". Perkins says that nobody
dare steal a red-hot stove under the
eyes of 90,o00,0 900 Americans. Maybe
not. But If the harvester trust would
not It would not because o. any we'll
grounded fear that It's reputation
would be injured.-Louisville Courier
journal
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SIMPLE, ONCE YOU KNOW.

GLOW do you manage to keep your
cook, Mrs. Enfield? You have had
the present one several years, haven't
you?"
eyes, Mary has been with rs ever
since we began housekeeping. | find
it easy enough to keep her When
ever any of our neighbors offers her
a dollar week more than I'm pay
ing her | give her a raise of a dollar
and a half. It's very simple"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-29

The Democracy Is a party which
has kept faith And a party which
promises certain D2h'ic .c'v:ce* and
then performs t'.y;:. i!':e k!Ei O.
party th2t ila::-.. :,