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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
why seek MOSS?.
Writer Takes Issue With Old,
WelI-Wofn Proverb.
Keep Rolling Until Good Ptace 30
Stop 10 Found, 10 Advice Ho
Hands Out.

"The rolling stone" we are impress
sively told. gathers no moss" But
who suggests that moss Is desirable
article to accumulated Uncle Dudley
writes In the Boston Globe.
One Of the penalties Of being young
Is having It dinged into our ears:
you ought to settle down."
When ought I to settle DOWN. At
cighteen7 At twenty-hvs2 At thirty
fve7 II "ssttllnB down" is taken to
mean what It means ON most lips one
ought nerer to esttae down at all. For
on most lips ''Bettling down" means
nothing moro nor tas8 than stale stag
nation.
Every intelligent reader knows that
many, II not most OF his luckiest fluids
have CONE while browsing along the
book shelves, To be sure, one needs to
know how to use a library; how to
choose topic and uye catalogues and
Indexes to dig up the material But
there Is something to be got by per-
sonal contact with tho book shelves
which no catalogue can give. You wan.
Ger along. plucking down n5M this
volume, now TINT That one is mild
ly entertaining; this one Is dull; an
other might be valuable, when :.
Hello! Here It isl .. Every page
embfazoned as with letters OF gold;
and the day on which you discovered
1t was one OF the high days.
There are few fortunate people
whose natural bents are 80 pronounced
that they know at quite an early age
exactly what they wish to do as q life
work. But such people aro relatively
few.
Do they tell you that It is impor-
tant to get your life work started
eariyf 1t ls far more important to
and tho life work which you were
meant to do, whether you find It early
or late. One ought never to be so
settled down that he cannot take up q
new kind OF work II he is convinced
that 1t rs more valuable to himself or
to the community than the kind he IS
In convinced, In short that 1t pro-
vides better outlet for hts powers.
The spectacle of mas7 or woman
tied for life to the wrong mate Is not
half SO pittable as the spectacle Of
lutn of woman tled for life to tho
wrong job.
The father who says to the son In
his teens Or early '20s, ut Is high time
you made up your mind what you are
going to do" is as ridiculous as q ply.
sician telling baby 1t Is high time he
went out for the football team. In
ones teens or twenties 1t Is, to be-
sure, high time one Is busy and active
about some sort Of productive labor,
but to suggest that the job at this age
should be ones permanent choice is
rulnous folly. 1t may prove to be the
very thing, but If it should not, one
Will want On emergency exit.
Does 1t ever occur to us that tho
hope Of the world lies mainly In just
these untamed spirits who refuse to
settle DOWN. =
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Enter the Rouaed Ankle.

Introducing new fad for mllady--
rouged ankles.
Not content with carmine llps and
blushing pink cheeks. latest fashions
have dccrced for ankles Of a delicate
pink. At Second street and Broad
way. the advance guard" Of Los An
geles' elite made her appearance the
other day with spider-web hose and
her ankles tinted delicate pink.
Mere men gasped and halted as the
vision, attlred In the most fashion
able garb, alIghtcd from street car
and unblushIngly made her way
through the throng that quickly gath.
cred.
There was no mistake-thc ankles
were rOuScd and the young woman,
according to modlstes, was but the
first OF the Thousands Of young WON
en- who Will take up the fad-Los
Angeles Express.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Photograph Clock.

Little clocks and big clocks, slow
clocks and fast clocks, grandfathcrs
and otherwise, take back seat be-
fore the twentieth century timcpicec
invention. just hot from the operating
room. This clock Speaks for ITSELF"
Neither dial nor hands appear; the
works are coDtningd In mont oblo,rg
box, measuring 10 inches In height
by 10 In width and inches deep.
a handle appears ut the side for wind
Ing purposes. A voice record Is car
ricd on n baM Of film. this hnnh be-
Ing vcry similar to the standard mo.
tlon-plctun film. A rhonograph re-
producer Is used to translate the lat
cnt sound record into actual sounds.
Precisely on the stroke Of each quar-
ter OF an hour, the voice announces
the correct time In deep, bcll-lke
tones. a hidden button, on being
pressed, will cause the hidden voice
to repeat the time; while nnOther but
ton qucnchcs It's ardor very cffec.
lively.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
What Eor2

Ellcry Scdgwlck, the Boston editor,
detcsts the bcst-seller type Of novelist
and avolls himself Of every opportll-
nifty to rap best sellers over the
kLCckles.
Mr.. Scdgwic5, at Cambridge tea,
was approached by bcst-scllcr nov
eliSt.
Say, old man." the best seller be-
gan, "l'll be sending you Il thing or
two Of mine one OF these days.
suppose you know abou. the success
Of my best yarn2 No7 We'll, by gosh,
shes translated into French, German,
Spanish and Chinese"
why don't you get somebody to
translate her Into English?" said Mr..
Scdgwick dryly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Woman's Responsible Position

Miss Sophie III. IIamant Is the only
woman among SIX persons handling
foreign exchange department In this
country. She mahagcs such n depart.
mcnt In the office Of the Cincinnati
representative Of the Guaranty Trust
company of New York. One hundred
and ihlrty-fivc banks, merchants, and
manufacturers depend on Miss IIamant
for their daily Information about for
eign exchange rates.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08

Miss Hellams Is a popular young lady
of the Shiloh section of the county. Mr..
Garner is originally from Atlanta, but
Is now with the company building the
concrete bridge over Rabun Creek.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Grasshopper PLAGUE?

Mr.. Arthur Gibson, Dominion cnto-
mologlst, states that there Is every
prospect Of q serious plague OF grass
hoppcrs In tie western provinces this
year. AS many ns 1000 grasshopper
eggs pnr fnunrc foot have been found
In MNli.oba, and large numbers also
In the other prairie provlnces.--M
treel Family Herald.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
A Disease. Probably.

Don't you think bolshcvism Is large
ly state OF mlnd?" asked Mr. Cad
spur.
NO." said Mr.. Dubwnltc. "T don't
bolieve mere state Of mind could
make clopio talk md act the way
Bolshcviks do. IT must be constitu.
tional. ."-Blrningham Age-IIcaald.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
To Stop a Cough Quick
LAURENS DRUa.CO.

tako HAYES HEALING HONEY,
cough medicine which stops the cough by
healing the inflamed and irritatcd Tissues.
A box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds. Head Colds and
Group 10 enclosed with every bottle OF
HAYES HEALING HONEY. The salve
should be rubbed on the chest and throat
of children suffering from Cold or Group.
The healing effect Of Hayes' Healing Honoy in
sde tho throat combined with tho heaina effect OF
Groves 0-Pen-Trate Salvc through tho pores OF
tho skin soon stops q cough,
Both remedies ore packed In ono carton and tho
cost Of tho combined treatment Is $50,
just ask your druggist for HAYES
HEALING HONEY.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Hellams.Garner

Last Sunday afternoon at the First
Methodist church parsonage Rev. p.
F. Kilgo united in marriage Mr.. D. A..
Garner and Miss Florence Hellams,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-06-08
Old STUFF.

An exchange predicts that artificial
kisses VII be the next modern inven-
ton. But that's old stun-women
have been using 'em on one another
for years.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
LIBERTY SCHOOL ENROLLS
OVER 400.

Liberty, Sept 1.-The Liberty
high and graded school opened for
the fall term this morning with an
enrolment of approximately 400 stu
dents, which is said to be the largest
enrolment in the history of the
school.
The number enrolled in the high
school department on opening day
was larger than the total number en-
rolled last year in the high school.
1t is also expected that this number
will be considerably increased before
the close Of the term.
The faculty for the present term
consists Of IA teachers, with Prof. l.
n. Foy as superintendent. Prof. Foy
comes to Liberty from Simpsonvillc,
where he made successful record
as head of the school
The opening this morning was the
first held; in the new school building
and because of this and other en-
couraging factors was said by those
present to be the most auspicious
opening in the schools history.
The two mill schools here have
been consolidated with the central
school and all pupils in town will st-
tend the Liberty school, this being
the first term that this had been
done.I 1t is expected that the enroll
ment will reach 500 before the close
Of the term.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08

We cannot understand why one 50
well prepared to live and serve and
enjoy life should be cut down in the
prime of his manhood and leave his
family who will miss him so much,
and leave his church and business,
where everybody had the Utmost
confidence in him as man aAd n
christian. But Gods ways arc not
like our ways.
"Not now, but in the coming years,
1t may be in the better land
Wen read the meaning Of our tears
And then, sometime, wen under
stand"
Funeral services for Mr.. Thornton
will be held at the resdcnc, at six
O'Clock this afternoon Wednesday,
and the body will be laid 20 rest in
West View cemetery. The services
will b. conducted by his pastor, Rev.
S. w. DuBose.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
TABERNACLE MEETING.

The Compton tabernacle meeting
will begin in Pickcns next Sunday
morning at II 100 O'Clock with Mr..
Compton preaching at the first scrv-
ice. DR.. Miller, the Bible teacher,
will arrive Tuesday, and Uncle Char
lie will be here for the entire meet
ing.
The tabernacle has recently been
repaired and made as comfortable as
possible and the grounds cleaned off.
People from all sections are expect
ed ito attend the meetings.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
r. T. THORNTON OF EASLEY
DEAD.

Our town was shocked by the an
nouncemcnt Tuesday afternoon that
our fellow townsman, Mr.. r. II.
Thornton, was dead. Words can
not express our sorrow in the loss
of this good man. Mr. Thornton
was born and reared near Hartwcll,
Ga, and was SIS years old. Before
ne came 10 Easley he was agent of
the Blue Ridge Railroad at Ander-
son for some time. Twenty years
ago he came to Easlcy and associat-
ed himself with Mr.. w. w. Robinson
in the mercantile business, buying
out the interest of Mr.. w. NJ. Ha-
good. ST. Mr.. Thornton was one of
our very best citizens and vii lbe
greatly missed by our people. Po-
lite, cultured, accommodating, al
ways with a smile he would greet
his friends. He served as school
trustee for several years, and did
much to build up the schools Of the
city. For some time he has been a
ruling elder in the Presbyterian
church Of our city.
Mr.. Thornton leaves his widow
who was Miss Goodlet, of Spartan
burg, s. c., before her marriage, and
the following children: Mrs. Paul
Mcdonald, of Georgetown, S. c.;
Mrs. Harry Savage, of Easley; Mr.
Goodlet Thornton, of Greenville, S.
c.; r. T. Thornton, Jr., and Ben, Of
Eagley.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
Ok'd RY FURNITURE MEN

San Observation-Disclosures advcr-
tisng, followed up by attractive win
dow displays, is the best antdotc for
slumping sales, declared S. H. Cony-
bcaW, Ct Lancaster, Pa, in IN ad-
dress to delegates to the National
Furniture Dealers convention which
prcXImatcIy 1000 delegates We're il
attendance. Othor speakers included
S. e. Kohn @: Dcnvcr and H. + Dud-
Ky c! Ogdc'n.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
PICKENS COUNTY COTTON
CROP FAR ABOVE AVERAG

Pickens county not only stands
the top of South Carolina counts,
IN the percentage Of its people VIII
can reaad and write and at the to-
III percentage CT white population.
but the latest government cotton re-
pert says Pickens county has the best
cotton crop Of any county in the state
save Cherokee.
The condition Of the cotton crop in
the cotton growing states on August
rs was little less than SO per cent
of q perfect crop. I'm South Carolina
the condition was SO per cent. In
Cherokee county it was 70 per cent
and in Pickens county it was CT per
cent. Oconec was next with &C per
cent
This means that the cotton crop
in Pickcns county is as good as usual
and far better than the average
the state. This crop was
made at the very smallest possible
expense and if the flcccy staple sells
for around twenty cents Il pound il
viii mean a good profit for the far
mcr and many will regain their loss
of last year. TwcntN-c2nt cotton ana
Il ncrmal crGp will put our county in
good financial shape
Not only is thc cotton crcp Of
Pickens county good, hut thc corn
crop Is the finest in years. and III
other crors 81, good in most oe th2/
county. =
With all crops bringing good pi-
ccs this will mean much to our COIN
ty. and cur people are very op.imis-
tic.
Not only is Pickens county al The
top in education and farming but
it is right around the top in good
roads, and is at the very top in good,
and christian citizenship.
Our people arc awakened and old
Pickens county has begun its drive
to attain the undisputcd topmost
peak among South Carolina counties
in things that count for something
toward making this world q better
place to live in.
These things are not matters that
we should beast cf, but rather cause
for gratciulnusS and thanksgiving,
and an inspiration to spur us onward
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
New Road Will Open Up New Country

A staff correspondent of the Green
vile Daily News recently visited
Pickehs county and wrote the follow
ing article about the Pickens Bre-
ward highway for his paper:
One Of the richest and most pic
turesque sections of South Carolina
is soon to be opened to the outside
world with the construction of the
road through Eastatoe Gap connecting
Pickens and Brevard.
The highway commission Of Tran
sylvania county this week informed
County Supervisor j. It. Mckinney
that the North Carolina county would
meet the road already started by
Plckens county thus giving top
soiled road thru the mountains.
Until this week no assurance had
been received from the North Carolina
authorities that they would complete
thelr part of the road, although the
Pickens county officials were acting
under that assumption. Had the
North Carolina county not been will
ing to cooperate the object of the
road would have been defeated and
the new highway would have been of
local benefit only.
AS matters now stand, when the
highway is completed it will give a
through route from the lower part of
the state to Western North Carolina.
Lake Toxaway will be Approximately
90 miles from Gl eenville, by way of
Pickens
But of even more Importance than
the construction of highway con-
Meeting the states of North and South
Carolina is the development of sec
tion of the state which long has been
held back because of poor road facili-
ties. This is not said in sense of
reflection upon any of the officials
OF this county or of Pennsylvania,
but it is known fact that this sec
tion has never seen the kind and
type of roads with which other sec
tions have been blessed. The few
roads in the mountains were poorly
laid off, for the most part, and very
often could scarcely be Travelled be-
cause of mud.
The route taken through the Blue
Ridge mountains is the same surveyed
many years ago for the Cumberland
railroad, which it was proposed to
build through the mountains to Knox
vile. The survey was made before the
Civil War and many other surveys
have been made since that time but
the route chosen by the original sur
vcyor, whose name is unknown to
the majority of present day res
idents of Pickcns county, has never
been improved upon. 1t called for
the crossing of the Blue Ridge noun
tains by the Eastatoe Gap route and
more than half century later civil
engineers selected the same route.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
TO BREVARD 80 MILES

~ ~~AsI <hlSlI CO m1LEO
The distance from Brevard to Pick
ems is slightly more than 30 miles,
22 of which are in Pickens county.
The first eight miles of the route from
Pickens has been put in good condi-
tion except for two bridges over the
Twelve Mile creek.
For beauty of scenery the new
route cannot be surpassed in South
Carolina. 1t opens up country com
paratively new, and where the pic
turesque beauty of the mountains has
not been destroyed by advancing civ
ilization.
Mount Pinnacle, the highest point
IN South Carolina, is in plain view
from the new highway but the en-
gineers very carefully avoided it's
steep sides, the roadway winding
about through the adjoining valleys.
While Mount Pinnacle is compara-
lively we'll known throughout the
rest of the state, not SO in this sec
ton. Not one inhabitant in ten in
Eastatoe township knows Mount Pin
nacle by that name. 1t is known loc-
ally as "Bald Rock" or Bald Knob"
because Of the barren, rocky surface
on the southern and eastern side of
the mountain.
The fertile Oolenoy valley is to
the right of the new highway and it
is thickly populated by industrious
people. The head waters of Twelve
Mile creek are also crossed while
some of the tributaries of Saluda
river are but short distance away.
Eastatoe township has one distinc-
tion which perhaps no other township
in South Carolina can claim. There is
but one family of negroes in the en-
tire township and, as might be expect
ed, there are no families of foreign
births. The population is 100 per cont
American and the majority of them
can date their ancestry back to the
days when Daniel Boone would sling
his rifle across his shoulder and come
Il visiting his kin hcreabouts.
Mayor G. l.. Cureton, Of Piclens,
who accompanied this correspondent
over SO much of the new highway as
has been completed, is enthusiastic as
to the possibilities of the new high
way. 1t will mean much to pickcns
and Pickens county, he thinks but
most of all he. is glad OF the oppor-
tunity it will give the residents of
the Eastatoe section to have easy
communication with the outside
world.
The road should be completed be-
fore next summer and unless all in
dications are wrong many tourists
will next year enter the Sapphire
Country by the Eastatoc Gap road.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08

tirely too small and hot for summer
work. The people in this district
have awakened to the need of addi-
tional educational facilities for their
children and are going to have them.
1t is being planned by the depart
ment of education in Pickens county,
cooperating with the Federal and
State departments of education, to
+ put on an agricultural teacher in the
four schools of Peters Creek, Dacus-
vile, Mica and Maynard. 1t is also
planned to put on similar teacher
for the Pleasant Hill, Long Branch,
Six Mile and Gates schools. The
Federal and State departments of
education will furnish three-fourths
OF the cost of maintaining the salary
OF teacher, while the districts will
be paying only one-fourth. This is
a branch of study that has been sad
~ neglected by the schools. 1t is
hoped that present plans will mate
rialize and that other schools will
also take up this work.
The enrolment in the fonty-two
schools running in Pickens county
this summer will be about Is per cent
greater than last year. This in
crease is probably due in great part
to the new compulsory education law
The average attendance, which has
in past years been about 60 per cent
will be aroond 80 per cent this sum
mer. This is beyond all expectations
and goes to show the increased in
terest in school work.
New Town and Rock school dis
tricts voted down the proposition to
consolidate and build large central
school house. The vote was 28 for
and 58 against, many ladies voting
for the first time. sLeaders of the
opposition to the consolidation plan
state that to consolidate the districts
would make the new district too
large and leave many of the children
too far away from the school house.
The Pickens high school has re-
mcdeled it's old building, doing away
entirely with the auditorium and con
converting it into class rooms. Thirty
six new desks have been ordered and
will he installed this \ynnk Tho true
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08
EDUCATIONAL AWAKENING
7. GAINS. MOMENTUM HERE

Although the adult school work
has passed for this year vet we
hear from all parts of the county
comments cor. .erning the w.rk done
For the information of all the follow
ing will probably be of some interest
This past summer we had ten
adult schools running. 1t mad been
hoped that many more than this nun
bar would have been organized. but
on account of limited funds it was
impossible to have more. Should
the legislature this coming session
appropriate more money for this pur
pose it will be possible next summer
to 90 greater amount of good along
this line.
In the ten schools organized the
total enrolment was 1876, with an
average attendance of 1O5. This is
an average of e per cent of the
enrolment and plainly shows the in
terest in the work. When 81 per
cent OF 1856 grown people take an
active interest in improving them
selves it seems tEat this is the only
Recommendation that our legislature
should want TO govern their making
the necessary appropriation for the
1urtherance of this work
Another interesting feature of the
work was that Of this enrolment 48
were taught to read and 48 we're
taught to write. This means that
there will be 4S fewer marks on the
1922 club roll 1t means that there
will be 48 more people signing hteir
own checks. 1t means that 48 more
people in Pickens will be able to
able to read their own newspaper
and also their Bible.
Can we place too much Importance
On this work? Can we with this
work expect to have better citi-
zenship or a worse one? Are peo-
pie who can "ead for themselves
more capable of intelligent thinking
than those who cannot read?
While Pickcns county is on the top
rung of the educational ladder as
compared with her sister counties,
we cannct stop now and sit idly by
while others arc striving and push
ing ahead. Will the people OF Pick
enssallcw our county to be surpassed
by other counties now that we are at
the head?
Lee the representative of our
grand old county pause and reflect
on this thing. Let them in the depths
of their hearts seriously consider ev-
cry part of this work and at the next
session of the legislature work ac-
cording to the dictates of an awak-
ened conscience.
Hagood school district did herself
proud Oh last Saturday when she vo-
ted $4,000 fer the purpose of building
her children school fit for them to
go to. Hagocd school, within the
shadow of the court house, should
have cy,e of the best schools in the
county, but until this summer little
seems to have been done about the
matter. Now Hagocl 5 hcol district
can boast of g We'll equipped house
and a a'seven months term of school
A few weeks ago she voted six adj
ditional mills to obtain the state
guarantee of scvdn months school
and on last Saturday she voted 26
to @ in favor of bonds to build. Con-
gratuatons to you, Hagood school
district.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08

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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-09-08

Twelve Mild school district says
chat she will not be the last in the
county to do something for her chill
dren. This district now has on foot
$1,000 bond issue and anticipates
moving her present school house out
of the vale where it now is and place
it near the public road. There will
be much interest in this election, not
only by those living within the dis
trict but by FRIENDS on the outside
of the district.