A Happy andProsper sNew Year

To the FarmersTo the MerchantsTo the Mill Employees'N tI.'T'ceachers .1-

I octorsid Allavin9 4count with us and tch your Dollars grow.Inte'ret on Time Depos' S.

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Established in 1893

A Happy New YearWe greatly appreciate your patronage in the past and solict

your business for 1923. f !t

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VETERAN NOX HUNTER MGORNEPASSING OP FAVORITE MOUNDSGreenville' News.Central.-R. G. (" t") Gaines, 72

year old resident of Central, is per-haps the leading fox hunter of thestate in the number of chases engagedin the game bagged and the numberof years on the hunting trails ofDixieland.

Since he was a boy about thefoothills of Pivkens county, Mr. Gaineshas felt a supreme thrill in followinga pack of hounds and each year hasengaged in a number of hunts. Thisyear, for the first time, Mr. Gaineshas taken but little part in hunting,although he has ordered a number offox from Florida, which he expectsto liberate between now and theChristmas holidays.The fact that he is 72 years of

age is not the principal reason thatMr. Gaines has taken but little partin fox hunting this fall. He is stillhale and hearty and one would nevertake him to be three score and twelveyears of age. It is sentiment morethan any other which prevents thefeeling of enthusiasm on mention ofthe chase, aswas formerly the catse.About a year ago Mr. Gaines and

W. J. Rankin, who resides south ofCentral, went on a hunting trip tothe Waterce bottoms of Kershawcounty. The two hunters carriedalong a total of ten dogs. It wassuch an expedition as had been en-gaged in on a number of other oc-casions and the hopes of each wereraised high. Joined at' Camden byseveral other persons, the party leftfor the big chase.While on the Wateree the boat in

which the dogs were being carriedcapsi'zed and six of the ten animalswere drowned in the whirling watersof the Wateree. The dogs wouldnot have gone down to a watery gravebut for the fact that they were chain.ed and when the boat capsized thehunters were unable to rescue morethan four of the ten.

Disheartened by the loss of sixvaluable dogs, the hunters continuedinto the swamps, where additional(logs were also secured. While con-

tinuing the chase two of the remai'n-ing four dogs belonging to the Cen-tral men went into the swamp inpursuit of game and never returned.It was with but two of the ten dogs-as well as heavy hearts-that the twohunters returned to Central to. tell oftheir unfortunate trip.

Mr. Gaines is widely known overthe state and in many other secionsof the south. He has hunted largegame in virtually every county of thestate at one time or another. Hisgreatest catch, made a number ofyears ago in the mountains of Oconeeco.unty, wvas seven fox in five morn-ings.

"I still like hunting and the chasehas the same tbirill as ever," he said~n discussing hunting," but the tun-timely end of m9 (logs has served todlampen my enthuisiasm when itcomes to taking more trips to thelower part of the state."Mr. Gaines has alwanys kept a paEck

of from eight to a dozen dogs, butthe eight he has now are likely toreceive the bulk of their training onthe red hills of Piecns county un-less their owner undergoes a changeof mind, following the death of hisformer pets.Jim Robeits, wvh odied in An M'rsor

some time ago, was declared to tbethe leading fox hunter of the stateupuntil that time. He and Mr.

Gaine5 were intimate friends, havingengaged in a number of hunts to-gether.

SENATOR DIAD IS HELPING FAR..MERS OF SOUTH.

The U. S. Government is now hold-ing about 25,000 short tons of sodiumnitrate which will be sold in a shor'ttime in lots of 100 short tons ormore. Senator Dial has addressed aletter to the Secretary of War whichis as follows:

"It has recently come to my at-tention that you are at an early dateto receive h. the sale of 25thousand short tons of sodium nitro~teout of the stock n'ow held by theGovernment, located at Old HickryOrdance Reserve Depot, Jackson v'iilo,Tennessee. I notice these sales areto be In lots of one hundred shorttons or more.

"I have received numeirous ler'ersfrom persons in my State, asking ifsofaething cannot be done to .havethes* stocks sold in smaillep amounuts.The brotiblo seems to b.4tat 'whilethis .matetial is most sotely *oededIn :te South, the sales are to bein.a a96.. large lets that the peoplewho *eo4 thisi material maeht .swilleI ther inet be 'ahie te' t it' a61ialior 'neelsbly be forced to ay essier

bitant prices for it after it has beetpassed through many different hands,In other words, an operator' buyingone hundred tons and getting goodtitle to it would be able to chargealmost anything lie might- wish forit, and before it reaches the poorfarmer-the man who really needsit-the price will be too high for him.

"Could you not dvise some methodby which this material already lo-ceted in the South, might be shippedto certain points, say, Atlanta, Ga.,Columbia S. C., Jacksonville, Fla.,and other cental places :n the South,and there,sold or distributed throughthe Governient's representatives?

"This matter appeiTls to me strong.ly, inasmuch as the farmers in ourState are now facing a most seriouscrisis because of the low price ofcotton for some time and the ravagesof the- cotton boll weevil, and I thinkeverythig should be done to enablethem to make their next crops at thelowest possible liga're. There is nobetter way to do so, in my judgmentsian to place this sodium nitrate intheir hands at a reasonable price, asabove indicated.''

Senator Dial is right about this.If the War Department would listento the advise of our senator thesmall farmer would be greatly bene..fited.

SHERIFF'S SALE

By virture of act'No. 38, section 27,page 74, passed by the General As-sembly of the State of South Caro-lina, approved Feb. 24, 1917,

I will sell to the highist'bidder infront of the Court House at Pickens,S. C. on Frid , Decei ber 29th, 1922,at. 11 o'clock a.One Buick Six adster Automo-

bile Motor No. 666Said automobile waa\ confiscated

while being used i the illegal trans-portation of alcoh :c liquors on Dec.8th, 1922, in viola ion of said act..TERMS: Cash!

R. R. ROARK,Sheriff Pickens County.

Dec. 8, 1922.

Under the Holl9Bough

E WHO have scorned each other,Or injured friend or brother,In this fast-fading viar;

Ye who by word or deed,Hlave made a kind heart bleed-Come gather here.

Let sinned against and sinningForget their strife's beginning.And join in friendasip now;13e link~s no longer broken.

ie sweet forgivenosa spoken,Under the holly bough.

Ye who have loved each other,Sister and friend and brother,in this fast-fading year;

Mother and sire andl childi,Young man and mialdeni mild,

Conme. gather here.And let your hearts grow tender,As memior'y shaltl ondier

l'sach past uinbrokeon vow;Old loves and younger woningAre sweet in the renowing,

tUnder the holly bough.Ye who have nouirtshedr sadness,Es'trangedl from hope and gladnesein this fast-fnditng yenr;Ye with ~r-burdened mind *M~datal n from your kind-

Cerma. gather hero.Let not the useless sorrowP'ursue your night nnud morrow,Jf o'er you hoped, hope now-Take heart, uncloudi your faces,And join in or "embraces.

Under the hi~y boughg.-Charles Mackai',

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other hand-a sincere desire to build up an independeones and your own old age, will be its own resolution.

This institution wishes you succes s in such resolves and1to serve you in fulfillment of huch worthy endearors.

We appreciate your past business, and wish for you a 1o peosYear.

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We wish all our customers a Happy ancProsperous New Year.

Keowee Pharmacy'R. E. Lewis, Prop. Phone No. 24

TICI Will sell at Public Auction

at my home at the Jim Durhamold home place near Six Mile, S.C. on Saturday Dec. 30, at 10 a.m. the follow1g de cribed prop-erty: HouseholE nd KitchenFurniture, 1 For Ncar, 1 Milkcow, 3 Shoats,~i lot eprn androughness, cotton seed ahd plowtools.

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HOGSWern w have opi hand a car-

load of Hog or butchering, broodsows shoats.

Can be seen 'it ur barn atanytime. //

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