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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-16
NO. 36

the angel sounded his trumpet and
the earth moved, we wonld all know
1t, and that sound would be unwel4
come to lots Of U.S. ." -
AS TO THE PHILOSOPHERS,
he said they wore gentlemen, but
mistaken. They did not know they
were wrong, but they ebould not put
themselves above the word Of God.
These philosophers said that the sun,
was 95 100000 miles from the earth.
How did they know9 He couldn't
be made to bolieve that ono of them
with their spy glasses or microscopes
or any other kind of scopes could see
that far. No one could comprehend
that distance. Suppose you knock
off the 94,oO0,O0O and try to con-
ceive the 1000, 900 left over, You
couldn't do it. BY the eye of faith
you could SEQ that distance, but mot
otherwise. These philosophers would
have to look through something. elss'
besides the microscope. They are
woefully mistaken, 'and the sun do
novel;
HOW DOES THE SUN GET BAoK AaAlN9
The lecturer was we'll received,
and was frequently greeted with
shouts of laughter and hearty ap-i
plause, especially when he wound up
a syllogism with therefore the Gun
do move.' One Of the audience aak4
ed him at the close of the lecture how
the sun got back to it's starting point
after rising in the east and setting in
the west. He said he hasted back,
for the Bible said 'the cum goeth
down and hasteth to the place where
he arose.
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Jefferson Davis.
M1ss1ssIpp1 CRY, Miss,
Central, April rs.

April II, 1878.
GENTLEMEN-I sincerely regret my
inability to be present at the laying
of the cbrner stone Of Ga monument
to be erected at Macon, Ga, in honor
of our Confederate soldiers" The
vent possesses every attraction for
me; it is inspired by the Ladies' Me-
mortal Association; the monument is
to be located in the keystone State
of the Confederate arch; and to com
memorate the sacrifices of those who
died in the defense of our inherited
and ''inalienable" right. What
though we were overborne by num-
bers, and accessories not less efficient,
truth is not to be measul ed by sue
cess in maintaining it against force;
nor is the glory less of him who up
holds it in the face of unequal odds, but
is it not rather more to his credit
that he counted all as duet in the balu
ance when weighted with honor and
duty. On many stricken field our
soldiers stood few and faint, but fear.
less still, for they were the panoply
of unquestioniDg confidence in the
rectitude Of their cause, and knew
how to die, but not to surrender. Let
not any Of their eurvivors impugn
their faith by offering the penitential
plea that "they believed they were
righ."
BE it ours to transmit to. posterity
our hnequivocal testimony to the
Justice Of their convictions, to their
virtues, and the sancitY of the mo-
tivcs by which they were actuated.
1t is meet that this monument should
have originated with tire ladies of the
land, whose self denial was conspicu
ous through all the trials and suffer
ings OF war;. whose genial miListra-
tions in the hospitals, aud at way side
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Mr.. EDITOR: Tho votcrs of our
town and country around would be
glad to know if the contract of our
Commissioners and Col. Norton was
reduced to writing, if so, were tho
Commissioners bound under said con-
tract to pay their attorney continued
expenses. We think every taxpayer
should fully understand this (to them
very important matter.) Can you
Mr.. Editor, through your valuable
paper, give us light on the subject.
MANY CITIZENS.
Central, April rs.
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Bill to Prevent the Destruction Of Birds

oAAA W 4AoVeuG tUo O6SCEucCIOu Oh 6T06
The following act was approved by
Governor Hampton on March. as,
and is now q law:
AN AoT for the Preservation of Ger
tain 1nsectiverous and other Bride
therein named. ..
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
Of tho State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
That no person or persons shall at
any time or place within this State
take, kill, sell, expose for sale, export
beyond the limits of the State or
cause to be taken, killed, cold, ex.
posed for sale or exported beyond
the limits of the State any mocking~
bird, nonpareil, swallow, beebird,
woodpecker, thrush or wren under O
penalty Of $5 for each bird 80 taken,
killed, sold, exposed for sale or ex--
ported beyond the limits of the State:
and it shall be lawful for any person
to take or destroy any net, traps or
snares used for taking such birds
wheresoever found sot tor such pur<
pose.
SEQ. 2. No person or persons shall
destroy or rob the nests of any of the
said birds under penalty OF ten dol.
lars for each offence
SEQ. 3. The penalties incurred for
violation OF any of the provisions of
this act shall be recovered before any
trial justice in the county where such
offence shall be committed, and shall
be paid one half to the informer and
the other half to the county comnis is~
sioners to and for the use of the poor
of the county.
SEQ. 4. In case of failure by any
person or persons to to pay any SUM
recovered under the provisions of this
act, the said person or persons shall
be committed to the jail of the couna
ty for poriod Of not less than five
days, and at the rate Of one day for
every dollar Of the sum recovered
and not paid when the amount re-.
covered exceeds i've dollars.
SEQ. 8. Nothing in this act shah
apply to any person who shall kill
or take any of the said birds for tie
purpose of etudying it's habits or his~
tory, or having the same etuffed and
set mp as specimen, on any who
shall kill on his premises any Of the
said birds in the act Of destroying
fruit or grain crops.
Approved March 25,, 1873.
Gta'Ssy@so
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FOR THE p1cKENs SENTINEL.

Mr. EDITOR: AS Rover has roved
over tho bills and far away, 1 will
spend few moments scribbIing for
your papor, as I deem it tho duty Of
ovory citizen of our impoverished
State to holp on with the good work
accomplished by our Governor and
Representatives, during tho past win
tor. l was somewhat disappointed
that they did not wipe out every STA
>tutc, and rub out the last greasy spot
LETT by the thieves that had been, over
since the civil war, robbing our State
and people, not only of al wo had,
but every dollar we could make by
hard work. There is much to be done
yet to make US once more a prosper
ous and happy people. We need a
few good specie paying banks, such
as We had before reconstruction, Cor,
more properly saying, before destruc-
tion by the thiovos) We need still
greater reduction of foes and. salaries;
VIC need o. change in our Judicial sys>
tenn, we should reduce tho number of
courts, thereby decreaso tltcexpenses.
Many Of the Statos hold wha2 is term
cd courts of common please and quar-
ter sessions, held by one presiding
magistrate and two associates; these
courts to have power to try oil civil
actions, such as collecting all debts
oVer 500, and power also to try all
cases of potty larceny, assault and
battery, and to levy county tax. II
parties in civil actions felt themselves
agrieved to have the right to appeal
to the superior court, by giving bond
and security for the costs. Many of
our States haye these courts, and 90
so far as to have but one court q year.
Our sister State, Tennessee, holds bu t
one court in each county year, and
the citizens of that State live better,
are more quiet and less litigation than
any other State in the Union. If O.
man gets sued for debt in that State,
the whole cost paid by defendant in
nocase is allowed to exceed rs cents.
Our last law makers voted themselves
too much pay; they should put the
low price before the war, which never
exceeded $500 per day: by oil means
it never should exceed that, and then
our members would work harder to
give us better laws for less money. In
truth, the honor shorld bo pay enough
and then our servants would work
hard and come home sooner to stop
their board bills. five mean to re-.
trench, let us shave down every dollar
that we possibly can in the way of
expenses--not only in State and conn.
ty expenses, but in family expenses
also--stop all unnecessary expenses,
stop paying oil our crop brings for
these cheating fertilizers, make our
own fertilizers, plant corn, SOW wheat,
oats, barley, rye, grasses for our stock,
and turn our old fields and all land,
thereby, save thousands of dollars paid
out anhdally for rails, which now cost
more than all the buildings in the
government. But while attending to
our domestic duties, we must not lose
sight Of our most important duty. We
have most corrupt and willy foe to
contend with, a foe that will work
day and night TO gain control of orr
down-troddcn State. For near fifty
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i '- 'Th9 Sen DO ROve." F.
- Tho Washington Post says: The
Rev. John Jasper, Of Richmond, had
an audience Of about two hundred
people aG Lincoln Hall last evening
to listen 20 his lecture on "The Rota.
tion Of the snn." Meet of the audi
snce we're white people.
,.>.. .a. .. .THE IB0TuRER
took the platform at 8 o'clock. He
is almost coal black, about Eve feet
ten inches in height, of muscular
frame and jaw, has a partly bald
head, "and face covered with short
black beard and mustache. He was
dressed in black, with o white neck-
tie md pair Of new shoes. His
years are about 40. The chain TO
his watch got loose from the upper
button~hole of his vest, when he be-
came excited in his DISCOURSE, and
dangled wildly around his stomach
as be rushed from one side of the
stage to the other. His delivery is
good. tshougb somewhat fast, and he
isometimesy mouGha bis .words. His
dialect 10 marked. His voice is clear
and sharp, and Funs at simes into
the sing-SOUg Of the. camp meOting or
revival, and the "YeS, ahl" "Good,
ahl" Ofthe converted darkey. When
speaking quietly and evenly he keeps
bis left hand on lis hip, She arm
akimbo, and saws tue air with his
right. When excited, however, he
charges abous, and gesticnIases rap
idly wish b,th hands, throws back his
bead and ,indulges 10 one or two
lines Of come old-iaehioned. hymn,
the. latter 10 illustrate his meaning
and .isnpress upon his hearers what
he has tOisay. ~. .. ....
A2AAA
He commenced by saying that his
usual custom was tobegin his lecture
with . hymn, but, he cav there was
no choir presens, he would. cline out
a few verses cad ask the audience to
':jin" him. He read three verses OF
the hymn "The neayings idcclare thy
glorys Lord" and after singing one
Or two lines, by himself, reading
them separately, he was joined by
the colored people in the audience.
BROTHER JAsPER AS A BmLE 1NrEE-
Fiji PREEoR.
He began bis lecture by saying
that he was no grammsrian, and had
never been to school ii his life. If
any Of tho audience expected gram
mar from him they would be mis-.
taken, but they would get instead
scripSural truth and sound argument
based ON the Bible. 1t was owing to
EhO grace Of God that he had ear
rove" ct what he had s'arrove at"
81 come" he said, "bsfo' you to
prove "beEO' I let you, thas the sun
do move" The fret part of bis die
course, he said, might be scatter
ing,' until be got to the land Of
Canaan, but 'when / does get to
Canaan, ] certainly will. prove dat
the sun do move.' He tllen gave
AN ACCOUNT OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC:
how Abraham was about to dagger
Isaac,n when the angel called out 'hold
on Ab'aham, thy faith are tried,
thy love known, 20 dar in de bushes
and get dat ram what have got his
horns tangled, and sacrifice him.
For de Lord was q man of war.
He gave In the same style his
tory OF Iss !! sRpsiyi.y sy4{ ia Egypt ,s and
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i 1nge OF moses and Aaron who were
sent by the Lord 'to tell Phariar to
let my people co. The Lord wanted
bis people to 60, for he was a man
of war. The plaques wero next des.
cribed. When the lice came, Pha-
riar said to Moses, Take the lice
away and III let 'em go; and the
| Lord took 'em away, but Phariar
wontdn't let his people gos' Then
came the fight of the children Of
Israel and 'Phariar' following them,
he having solicited elk hundred
chariots, with captains and colonies
to command them,' and 'the troops
on horseback and the infants on
footing. Then the passage of the
Red Sea by Israe! and the destruc~
tion of 'Phariar,' the Lord having
sent Ills angel 20 take she wheels
from his cbariots; 'for de Lord was
man Of waI.' After some more
diminishing, he came to
THE BATTLG OF THE IsRAELTrEs WITH
THE G1BEoNTTEs,
when Joshua cried unto the Lord
that he had not time to whip his
enemies as the sun was going down,
and WAS told to command tue sun to
stand still; aud the sun stood still
and the moon stayed until the peo~
pie had avenged themselves upon
their enemies. 1T the, sun don't
move what WAS the use of Joshua
commanding it to stand still2 Why
didn't he tell the earth to stand still,
If that was the ono that moved9'-
Our fathers believed in the Bible,
and, he eaid, We should accept their
belief. The Bible is recognized
throughout the land. Every witness
In court is swoln upon it to tell the
truth 1t-is o diviDely inspired VOL
ume, and is to be believed above all
other books, or the words and SCI
entitic doctrines Of all mon. sTurn
to the 'Psalms,' said the lecturer, and
you will find, From the rising of
tho sun until Tho going down OF the
same the Lords name to be praised
1t the sun don't have to move, to
rise and 60 down, why, then, Pm
nightly mistaken. You will all ad.
lnith that l.,3 -
.soLoMAN WAS A w1sE MAN, q.
cultured gentleman and o Chris-
tian. Now he says in Ecclesiastes,
let chapter aud 9th verse: ''The sun
also arieeth and tire e-sun goeth down
and hasteth 20 his place where he
arose. I don't know any grammar,
but l know that while teaching your
children i'll your grammar schools,
when you come to the word arise
you tell 'em it means TO git ND, not
to lie down. You also tell 'eYn that
10 60 down is alsO a movin' aston. I
am sho' no ono will cay that hasteth
don't mean movin'. Therefore, tax.
ing dat verse from Solomon and de
meaning of dc words in it, if de sun
don't move then my name ain'e JAS
perr 0riumphantly) He quoted a
number of similar passages from the
Old Testament, always winding up
with
'THERBFoRE THE SUN DO MOVE
Again he said: You get up in the
morning and see the sun rise; you
sec it move mp. above your head, and
you see it set behind the western
bills. If the sun don't move, then
you can call Jasper a liar.' A gon-
tleman in Richmond had told him
that the earth moved insteadaot the
sun. lie asked him how. The gen
tlemap moved his arme rapidly
around each other in front of him.
and said on its axis. That couldn't
be 80.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE EARrH
TURNED OVER.
II the earth, Turns around, then al,
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my mind while slept, and this is the
result. Well, thank Heaven, It's ali
explained now. ] ksseae Alice could not
have had anything to do with it. And
now she must explain about that man
III have her up at once, and make her
tell me all about It. I can't sleep till
I know.
DesElte my reinonstrances, Miss Law
son iashea up stairs, and knocked loudly
ct Aliss trxfton's door, crying:
Alice Alice, put on your wrapper.
and come out here at once. want to
see y1u.
In moment, aunt, said the wen
dering voice of the young girl.
would have withdrawn, but Miss
Lawson babe me remain.
4 want you to be convinced, as am
certain you will b when the truth il
known, Of my poor Alices innocence, /"
she mid.
In less than a minute Miss Trafton
emerged from her room, wearing 4 Loose,
cashmere wrapper, and looking more
beautiful than ever.
In few nAcments Miss Lawson ex-
plained%he situation to her, and ssked !:
Now, Alice, who was that man
whom you met tkat nightr
Il would gladly have kept the truth
from you, dear aunt. said the young
girl, her voice trembling with emotion |:
shut as you know so much now it Is
better that should tell you all. When,
at the death Of my mother, you rescued
ne from poverty and misery and gave
me home in your house, / did not tell.
yeu that had brother who had gone
astray was even then an inmate
Of the stale prison You were so good
yourself, and your ideas on such matters
were so strict, that thought it best to
keep this a secret But I have from
time to time secretly communicated with
my brother, and last week, on his re-
lease from prison, / had an interview
with him, at which he told ms, to nv
horror, that another warrant was out
for his arrest on charge Of which he
swore he was innocent. He begged me
to raise him some money 50 that he
could leave the country and begin life
anew in foreign land l had saved
nearly three hundred dollars from your
generous allowance, dear aunt, and this
! promised to give him. l did give it
to him on the night when your money
disappeared He was the man whom /
met at the corner of Eighteenth street
and Broadway. He is now far away
from New York Now you know my
secret; can you forgive met
In answer. the old lady eiasi-.l Alice
to her breast. How env;el lser /
now took my departure, list, however.
receiving u csrsiia! invitation to call
again from the Old la.ly.
l did call again. and-well. Alice
Trafton and / were married six m5,iths
from that night
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OLD 81 o. noEsD DascE..

Old 81 read an article of the Dance
of Death. otherwise the waltz, and re
marked:
"Dey's kickin' up er mouglty rum
pus bout er little swingin' o corners in
dis country"
sWell what is the matter nowf
'.All dis hyar hoorah bout folks pat.
tim juba an sasshain' 'round-now
whar's de harm in dat T.
'Why. they say it is unhealthy and
sinful
"Yes, | sees dat; but, ar hit on
healthy when er ole oman waltzes
round at er camp-meetin' wild fo' pre-
sidin' elders exercisin' dar mussul tryin'
to hold her on the groundl9
THAT not the question
Oats de queschin IDS pintin'l An
l wants ter kno' ef hits sinful fer de
parson to put his arm round de gals an
GO in washen' wild 'em at desc big creek
baptisins r
s.Are You in favor of waltzing and
balls and such unchristianlike proceed
ings r
II amt needer gin ner fer hit, dat l
kno's on, but my hatform on dat is dis .
Ef folks'l keep der boys out of desc
groceries and ballyard shops, an dere
gals often de streets so much, but make
EN- stay at homt, work fer der bred,
prance round in de parlor ez much es
dey pleze, an not shout glory halleloo'
tell dey means hit, darll be er big en-
Hashun in religion in dis country fore
long. Yer heah me Atlanfa Con-
stitution.
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al wlEo arg SoHs WILLING 70 se
cEPT 5Esss cHzIsT r
PROMISED HEsssxf
EaE aEsEEsF ekEHEzxs


s call FOR q national con fezIt ion 4 81
IsraeIites who are nov wiling to aecspz
Jesus Chfist as tie promised Messiah
Of the world. with al. who did accept Of
him during the past ages b. their fore
fathers and retained their isleniitv 81
belonging to the stock of Islae IS
name or e1llereise, Is hereby called
God says, IN Gen. xix. To- The seep
ter shall not depart froia Judah, nsf
lssw=gIver fr51n between his feet NATL
Shiloh come an anto hin shall sl1e
gathering q the people be- The sess
ter and the law slxef departed from
Judah about enc thousand sight hun
dre3 and seventy eight sears ago
Therefore Shileh has come. and
knew him not Tie stsIecE cf shis
convention sEell be-.
First, to form an alliance of I'd the
converted Jews and ef Israel ihrongls
out the w0Esd.aHd 10 appoint 4 SCI ilae
to confess the SIN ef the nation ii
jecting Jesus Christ. tie san Of Cod
and crucifyiDs him, thereby bringing
the wrath ef God upon the nalisn
Therefore God hath SAID the nation
shall be dispersed throughout tie a=sfla
81 the fallness Ct Eeatiles IS CONS
God has promised that, .siE sFe e5
Eour sins, be IS faithful and Just e fss
give rs our sins, and % cleasiss rs fsta
AL ansighteogsness
Second. Is form q basis -i,E nstiozsa
existence, upon the NeN Eestsnent
Scriptures as the statute aid law q
the nation
Third, to implore the powers Of the
werld to restore Palestine to the people
of Sod; for this IS the day Of eraee
TIE conflict N tie Est initiates 5ssst
the day Of the Lord IS 4 hand
Correspondence By everx one IS ss
tied, fixing al early date. and Issaee,
hold the convention 81 5labtss 81 ~
srorsd are rsastssest to publish tbs ss65ics.
Address DavID RosENBURe. 4I D.
Columbus, 0ilio.
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ger Of corrupting them still exists. Dir.
Southland thinks that the theory ef the
sgstem may BE kept up, 50 as to main
tain the rights of The States, As ii tic
present system, and Jet have the people
cess their preference directly for
candidate and that plan car be
proposed which will rid the country
from the dangers 81 the concentration
Of party machinery and eorrupting IN
aueaces G. A.
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The leading editorial writer's on the
London Times get 200 guineas per an
mum, which is pretty fair salary. The
largest salaries paid in America are not
quite equal to this DR.. Connery, the
managing editor Of the New York
Herald, receives $4,000 Whitelaw
Reid of the Tribune, $4,000 Chas.
Al. Dana. editor Of the New York Sun,
So, 900 besides his profits as stock
owner Hubert, of the World, SIC, 900.
The Boston newspapers pay well.
Haseall, the editor Of the World, gets
$4,000, and has just received years
leave of absence to go to Europe, his
salary being continued. The Western
press pays very fair salaries. The lead
ing editorial writer on the Chicago
Times gets 5000 and the managing
editor, $4,000: Watterson, Of the
Courier Journal, s BOO, and an inter-
est in the profits Sheehan, of the Chi.
cago Tribune, 5000 The largest sum
paid in America to any editorial wri-
ter is that received from the New York
Herald by Mr.. Chas. Eordhoff. He
gets $4,000 year, and writes when
and what he pleases.
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An Irish nsatFon entered i ls0yeas
Office: Is this the place. sssr. wAefe
people git diyorces
Is. occasionally We engssse in thar
ssst Of business. What can Se do fssf
ron, madam
ssFaith sue. I'd ike to git divorce
from me husband. Patlsriek
what Is the naa1tsr WITH Patrieks
madaIaE
..sslre and Pathriek giss drunk, sur.
That's lad. Bat hardly tlsink
that alone Wiz be sufficient eanse. Have
yoa no other e0mplaint
Indada / have, s1r Pathriek bates
me.
Yes, yes, I see. That adds cruelty
to drunkenness. But. madam, you da
not seem to suffer much IN youn
anee from Patrick's cruelty. think
you must find a stronger reason befona
the court viii grant yoa 3 divorce.
Well, sur besides all that feas
sur, that Pathrick isn't thrae to me-
ssAh now. madam yea begin ta talk
business, What reason have yoR for
thinking tiiaa Patrick IS ussEsikhfcl e
yea4'
sWeil, sur, | may say tiiaf ITS ms
self that has strong suspicion f1sai
Pathrick is not the fsther e ma Jast
choild