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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-26

CONNECTIONS.
A. with Railroad fl om Charleston.
with Wilmington, Colun bia anu Augusta
Railroad from Wilmington and eli
points North thereof.
with G ga Railroad from charlotte aAa
hli points North thereof
u. with AsheN Nilie,and SpartAnburg Railroad
for points in Western North Care Ina,
c. with Atlanta and charlotte Division Rich
mond and Donville Railway for AG-
lantu aud all points south aud Wcnt:
L. with atlanta and charlotte Division Rich
nond aud Danville railway fren Al
lanth and beyond
Il. with ~ tn and charlotte Div ision RiOh~
monI and Dunvilte Railroad for an
points south and west Ii"
F. with & Railroad for Charleston H''-
With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusat
Railroad for Wilmington ana tho
n or,h.
With charlotte, columbia and AuphseA
Railroad for Charlotte and the North
@. With AshcTille and Spar tanbi rg Railyoad
from II tlcndcrsCnvlle
IL. W ith 4 llnta nnl charlotte Division Rich.
mond and Danvl.e Railroad from
Chni lot c and beyond
Standard ime us, in Washington, D G..
which is fifteen minutes faster than Colum--
4. NJ. II. TALCOTr, General Managsv.
Fry, superintendent
a. PoPE GqG rral Passenger Agent "
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-26
Notice to Debtors G Creditors

A LII persons having demands against the
N estate of GEO. w. Now WHORTER. de.
ceased, will present them Mt once properly
proved to the undersigned, or be forever bar
red of all claim against the said estate, md
all persons indebted to said estate will please
come forward anil settle the same.; ~.
WM. w. MsWH0RTER, Admir-.
jan 10, 1882 IL
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-26

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
ply to U. l.. Durant, Probate Judge for pick.
ems County, on saturday, 4lh day, of Febru-
ary, 1882, for leave to make final settle
ment with my ward, EMMA e. LATHEM,
minor, and ask to be discherged therefrom rs
Guardian. - -.
]. ROBERT LATHEM, Guardian
jan 5, 1892 is 5x
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-26
Is 49, Ral0f,G az EDaEaViEEe Es He
Change OF Schedule.

On and after Sunday Dec. 18th, 1881!
Pa, scnger Train Service on tie Atlanta
and Charlotte Air Line divis on of the Rich
mond and Danvllc K Il. will be as follows;
EASTWARD.
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-26
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EXCLAIMED OUR CUSTONEES WHEN
they have exnminel our LARGE STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER GOODS, and have
learned at what wonderfully low prices We
are selling them. We have just received and
are daily receiving large lot Of MEMS and
BOYS CL6aH1 ING, CASSIMERS, JEANS,
ard HEAVY GOODS, STAPLE aud FANCY
DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, and HATS,
Groceries, Leather, &C., which We arc sciiH e
at bottom prices. We arc drtGruiincd to self
our large stock. Give us atrh,l.
We pay no rent, no clerk hire, and onl
taxes arc mere song, 50 we can sell as cheap
or cheaper than any one else. We defy COM
petition.
Cotton, Coon, Fodder, and all Country
Produce bought for cash or,hartcr
Try us once and we will not ask you tc
come again. You will come the next time
without an invite
Very respectfully.
]. c. Griffin, iiiffi
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-26

NJ Office or FINAL SETTLEMENT.
~ Notice is hereby given, that will apply
to O. l.. Durant, Probate Judge for Pickcns
County, on Thursday, Odd day of February,
next, for leave to make final settlement with
my wards VAN g. and ELI AS f. ELLISON,
and ask to be discharged therefrcm, !
S. e. CLI DE, Guardian.
ian 5, 1882 6
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
IN THE OLDEN DAYS.

AT the reunion of the old settlers
of North Texas, at Sherman, Col. John
@. Mccoy, of Dallas, an old timer,
made speech, in which he said he
could remember when VOLTS track
was the most friendly thing, animate or
inanimate, that could be seen for miles
around where Sherman now stands, and
it looked friendly from its resemblance
to q dogs. When the first settlers
came money was not known nor in fact
wanted. One could travel all over the
country and not have use for cent.
Travellers would not be permitted to
pay for lodging and meals; in fact, the
settlers would rather pay traveller to
stop all night and tell them the news
than to not have him stop at all. That
was their only vehicle for news in those
days.
We have improved upon that pc
riod. The planter now charges the
traveller, invests the money in the pa
pers, and tells him the news while
stopping over night. There is smack
of poetry in the picture of Col. Mccoy
which taken off reveals rude log
cabin, corn bread and bacon, OK carts,
coarse clothing, woven at home, and a
poor supply of even that, with no
school house within five and church
under fifteen miles of. To human
nature life was but one remove above
that of the wolf spoken of. 1t required
about four times the work to raise a
crop it does now with people who plow
on wheels, SOW with drills and gather
with patent reapers.
1t is not the spirit of Texas to want
to live yesterday over again. We are
more anxious to get into next year
than to 60 back to last. We take
more stock in a new plan for breaking
up ground, planting corn and cotton,
hulling cotton seed 5. in a new variety
of peach or grape, an improved plan of
making cider, than in the gruesome
tales of our grandmothers. Dreams of
old times and old days 60 back and
back inevitably to the dark ages, and
thence to prehistoric man when he was
something worse than a wild beast.
Old relics and tombs, monuments and
rotten old houses denominated ancient
landmarks" have certain amount of
interest around and in them to people
who try to live upon sentiment. But
that is not current article of COM
merce in Texas. Even the Alamo has
been offered for sale to the state for
the last twenty years and not pur-
chased. Dallzn Planter d FaTmT.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
Profits of Cattle Raising.

But to return to the ranch. Our
host picketed his horse, dropped his
sombrero, and proceeded to light fire
in the stove. While he peeled the
potatoes and fried the pork for dinner
he offered some general explanations of
the business. Most of the cattle here
were originally brought from Texas.
Formerly SIS was fair price. but now
the cattle herders pay from 500 to S25
for a yearling to $50 or $35 for a two
year-old or three-year-old steer. They
are fed on the rich Kansas grasses for
from one to three years, according to
their age when brought. When sold
to the commission men they bring from
SAG to sos. Most of the herders are
freely crossing their cattle with Durham
and Hereford stock, and this results IN
higher prices; from s65 to Ss5. Ticking
the constant increase, the profits Will
be seen to be very large. Probably
there is no business except mining In
which so large fortunes have been
made so rapidly as in cattle raising.
This has become patent to foreign CAPT
talists. The Prairie Cattle company,
Colorado, said to have the largest
herd under one ownership in the world.
is controlled by a syndicate of Scotch
men. and the dividends last year were
30 per cent. Many Englishmen here,
az we'll as in Colorado, have invested
their capital, and the British Society
"a kansas counts large membership.
Colorado Letter TO n. 7. Times.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
THE WHEAT CROP OF 1889.
Estimates of this year'r crop of wheat

Estimates of this year'r crop of wheat
vary greatly.
There is range of quite 100000
900, or from one-ffth TO one-sixth of
the entire yield. The Public thinks
460,000,000 bushels is about the
amount, and says that the reports re-
garding threshing are mot up to ex-
pectations. At the other end of the
line is the Chicago Times, which,
claiming, as usual, infallibility, init
mates that "the total yield will be
more than 600, 100000" and that "no
farmer will gain by putting his faith in
an estimate of less than $40, 100000"
Between these extremes comes TIE Ag-
ricultural Bureau at Washington with
800, 100000, the Cincinnati Price CaW-
rent with 5l5,000,000, and the New
York Commercial Bulletin with 'not
less than $4,000, 000," and threshing
indicating that cit may go higher yet"
Doubtless the highest is the more
correct figure, for we never yet heard
of one of these publications crediting
the southern states with the production
of single bushel. They count Hi
nois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and
Iowa, guess at few others in the
northwest, and then foot up total.
AS large as the production of wheat in
Texas has been this year, and notwith-
standing we have exported carloads,
not peck of it has been reckoned any
more than the crop of Australia. For
months past Texas has been furnishing
the stock for the Washburn and Other
mills of the northwest to run upon
has loaded the New Orleans and other
of our markets for home con-
sumption and export = and yet
these wise compilers of crop statistics
haven't heard of the fact. They have
an idea that only cotton is raised in
Texas and nothing else, unless it is
cattle diseased with fever. For all
that there are few states which will
show any more grain than Texas has
produced this year. We claim that
it cannot only produce the present
amount of cotton grown in the world
when fully developed, but that it is
the finest grain region on earth. We
have tnis year reaped 70 bushels of
oa5s, have 60 bushels of corn, reaped
30 bushels of rye and 80 of barley, and
have threshed from % to 35 bushels
ordinary and 60 bushels Of Nicaragua
wheat per acre. Can Illinois beat this
in single particular? Can any divis-
ion of the inhabitable globe beat it?-
Dallas Planter Dc Farmer.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14

the final overthrow of the Mamelukes
by Napoleon Bonaparte. who on that
occasion encouraged his soldiers with
the now well'known apostrophe, From
the summit Of yonder pyramids forty
centuries are watching you" The bat
tie, though fought against overwhelm-
ing odds, was not doubtful for mo.
ment The Mamelukes dashed them
selves against the serried squares of
French infantry, flung their discharged
pistols in the faces OF the grenadiers,
and tried to wrench away the bayonets
with their bare hands, while even the
wounded dragged themselve along the
ground to hack with their short swords
at the limbs Of the soldier. But all
their efforts were in vain. The rolling
fire of the French thinned their ranks,
and at length the whole Egyptian army
gave way. The bulk of the fugitives
fled towards Ciaro, and persisted by
hundreds in the waters of the Nile,
many of the corpses being afterward
fishedup and riaed by the French con-
querers. This victory gave Napoleon
his Oriental nickname of Sultan Ell
Kebir" (King of Fire). 1t is striking
proof of the admiration of the Eastern
races for strength in any form, that but
few of the Mamelukes who survived
the battle were to be found later on in
the ranks of the French Imperial
Guard, one of them, Russian, actual
ly becoming Napoleon's most trusted
servant.-N. Y. Times.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
Production OF Sugar in America.

This country ought to make it's own
sugar. The sugar. fields of louisiana,
with wiser management and more
scientific agriculture, could be made to
increase their yield tenfold. A long the
more northern parts of the Union the
climate and soil are well adapted to the
culture cf the sugar-beet. We should
not be discouraged because few at
tempts in this direction have not proved
financially successful. Twenty-Five
years of failure in Europe have been
followed by fifty years of success, until
at the present time twoffths OF the
cane sugar produced in the world are
obtained from the sugar beet. Last of
all, the great Ipdian-corn producing
area of the country is peculiarly suited
to the growth of the sorghum sugar
cane, and the production of crystallized
sugar from this source is no longer a
mere possibility. 1t has already been
realized. Land which will produce
forty bushels of corn per acre will yield
from 900 to 1000 pounds of sugar and
nearly 100 gallons of syrup. In another
decade, instead of having to import
eleven-welfths of the sugar we consume,
as we do now, We may hope to produce
it all.-POpulGT Ssience Monthly.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14

smart. He thinks he is going to teach
these chaps racing tricks on this side
of the water, The truth is that they
knew all about his style of work when
he was swaddling clothes. ! have just
learned the inside of the Derby Gaze.
Ii a man enters two horses for race
in England he is expected to declare
his winner long enough beforehand so
that those who are III the ring may
shape their bets. Now, Mr.. Lorillard
had Gerald and Sachem in the Derby,
and he let everybody suppose he had
marked Gerald to win, when, in reality
that horse was merely TO cut out the
running while Saclem was 10 be saved
for the final dash. Lorillard's agents
here let it remain with Gerald as win.
ner up to the last moment, and then de-
clared Sachem. My weren't the others
mad? They swore high and mighty
oath that Sachem should not win-and
he didn't, though it was perfectly evil
dent to those who saw the finish that he
was by all odds tie best horse in the
field. In addition to his being badly
ridden aud not let so until too late, there
were two jockeys in the race who had
orders to cross him if he came up, even
if their own horses got ruled out for
fouling. This was the way the English
horseowners took Of. ,eaching the Ameri-
can not to be so fresh. reckon he
will be more careful another time, and
not want to DO all the betting that is
back of his horses when they win
Gerald and Sachem were entered for
the Sandown Derby yesterday, but
Sachem was scratched, and Gerald ran.
He did nobly at first, running dead
heat with the two others in the race;
but in the second heat he weakened,
and lost the race bya couple of lengths.
This seems to be good year to back
Lorillard for place, but not for win
ner. Only the horse he has discarded
and sold to Englisnmen are doing
great things. Passaic, thrown out of
the Lorillard stable because he was
though to be no good, caught one race
a while back, and bids fair to do better
yet as the season goes on. Old Wallen-
stein, the sturdy racer, who won many
good contests in America, was sold out
of the Lorillard collection last season
because be was judged as have. out
grown his period of usefulness. Well,
he has won everything he has tackled
up to the present time, including the
Manchester cup. His present owner
paid Lorillard $2,25O for him, and has
won thus far nearly $4,000 on his per-
Torrance alone. This shows what Loril-
lard's judgement amounts tor the
judgement of agent, which is just the
same thing. Luck has pulled him along
q good while on the turf, in spite vi his
smartness, but it begins to look as
though he was about done on this side
of the water. No turfman in the world
is so thoroughly detested as Pierre
Lorillard in England. Folks refuse to
believe that he is square man.-Lo'a.
dom Cor. Chicago NetcS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
Alexandria Before the BOmbardments.

aIeAanuTla before Tile commandments.
The City of Alexandria, which is now
paying SO dearly for its passing notorie-
ty, may be defined as a level Algiers,
its chief defect being the utter absence
of those picturesque heights which add
SO much to the beauty of the magnif-
cent capital of Algeria. The old harbor
is now almost entirely dismantled, and
the basin allotted to foreign shipping
runs right up into the town. The rail-
way to Cairo, striking off from the
southeast side of the town, passes a
sandy fiat, completely exposed to the
fire of any large vessel at anchors in
the roadstead. Three miles west of
the city, and connected with it by O
line of horse-cars, lies Ramleh, which
represents the uptown" of this Egyp-
tain New York, and contains the villas
and gardens of many of the wealthier
residents. The environs of Alexandria
are as flat and sandy as Coney Island
itself, and the dust is quite unbearable
in the hot season, which reaches its
height in August. The most ornament
al part of the city itself is it's grand
square, a magnificent open space adorn-
ed with fountains and thickly planted
with tropical shrubs and trees, under
the shade of which scores of loungers
sit every evening to listen to the music
of the band. All the best shops are
in this quarter, and its sidewalks form
a fashionable promenade. Several of
the larger hotels Of Alexandria are built
facing the sea, and during the hot sea-
son it is customary to serve dinner by
moonlight on platform overlooking
the water, the splash of the waves be-
low keeping time to the rattle of knife
and fork above and the ping" of the
all -pervading mosquito. The most pro m
inent object in the night view of the
city is the Pharos. or great lighthouse.
which is well worth visit.-N. Y.
Times.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
SJYINDLING INSURANCE OOM
pAkTEy


A long line of innocent though un.
sophisticated Pennsylvanians are smart
ing under the loss Of millions of sheck-
els ileeced from them by what was
known as graveyard insurance, which
sprang into existence about year ago
in Lehigh county. Everybody invest
ed and risked their money on some
decrepit old wretch whom they ex-
pected to die, for it is principal Of
this species of insurance that you need
not be interested in the person insured
to risk your money on his life. In Sc
leoting, therefore, person on whom
to lay policy the investors naturally
chose the weakest and most feeble pos
sible, in hopes that he would die soon
and that they would thus come into
their money at an early day. Thus,
an aged negro in Bucks county, over
90 years old, deaf, blind and paralytic,
had risks on him to the tune of $780,
900. Such system was, of course,
immoral and dangerous in the extreme,
as the Pennsylvanians soon discovered
when pair of dutiful daughters who
had backed their aged mother to die,
becoming Disguised with her hardness
in leaving this world, helped her along
to that undiscovered bourne" with a
dose of arsenic.
Last years reports of these com.
panies explain their style of business.
OF one hundred and fifty-two that made
reports to the State Insurance Bureau
of Pennsylvania, one hundred and
forty-six, with membership of 80, 1896,
had defaulted on their policies. There
had died during the year l4,0S4, or
% per cent. of all the persons insured
in those companies. AS the average
death rate of Pennsylvania is only 3
per cent. it follows that people belong
ing to these graveyard concerns must
have died eight times as fast as UNI
insured persons, due to the fact that
nobody was insured in them until he
was on the verge of the grave, whence
the name graveyard insurance. :"
There fell due on these deceased men,
bers $23,75O,00O, which, of course,
these companies could not pay, or any
thing like it. They paid instead,
$750,000, or little over 8 per cent.
of what they owed, so that those who
held a policy for $1,000 received just
$50 and no more. The agents of these,
in the meanwhile, had collected $4,-
100000. Of this sum, the engineers
and promoters of these companies re-
served s3,250,0OO for themselves, re-
turning the policy holders $4,000,
or 20 cents for every dollar they had
paid in.
1t is estimated Pennsylvanians have
lost $lO,000,000 by this swindle.
There are similar institutions only
differing in name travelling over the
whole country. We expect every day
to hear of their collapse. Beware of
these Greeks even while bearing gifts.
Dallas Planter Dc Farmer.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14

WHEN he said he had lived in Ne
vada several years man who looked
something like church deacon step
ped forward and asked: my friend,
is the Bible respected in that state2"
@Oh yes" do they have churches2'
@Plenty OF en-" And the Lord rules
there as well as in New Jersey?" well,
i don't know about that" was the doubt
full answer. when bought mining
stocks for 20 per cent. of their face
value and saw them jump to 80 above
par I thought the Lord had q firm grip
on the state; but again. when / struck
q silver mine worth millions in digging
fish bait aud sold the whole for 9 gal
lon of vhiskey which burnt the soles
of my boots, had dim suspicion that
he devil and Nevada were part
ners is stocking the cards
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
An Interesting Possibility.

The rumor thst the Arabs are in
Fenching at Heliopois, a few miles
east Of Cairo, suggests the possibility
Of a very striking coincidence. 1t
would certainly be a singular instance
Of history repeating ITSELF we're the
late Of Egypt to be a second time de-
dded upon the same field thst witnessed
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14

A DAKOTA girl has earned her right
to the endearing title of "duck." While
crossing the river near Valley City, her
canoe upset. She tied the canoe to her
ankle and swan ashore. Another young
woman of the same territory has adver-
tised for a husband as follows: II
mean business. If there is any young
man in this county who has as much
sand in him as pound of plug tobacco
1 want to hear from him. have a tree
claim and homestead, am good cook and
not afraid to work, and willing to do
my part. II any man with like amount
of land, and decent face and carcass,
wants a good wife, can I'LL the blu. >
Exchange
AT a meeting Of the Austin Literary
club few nights ago, during the dis
cussion, the president Of the club spoke
Of printing having been invented dur
ing the fifteenth century. at is an
internal, blank lie" interrupted Hos
letter McGinnis, one Of the most in
telligent young men in Austin. I've
q life Of Christ at home, and every
word Of il is printed, and be lived I8ore
than three thousand years ago." The
president said be stood corrected
Tsras Sgtin0S.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
An Earthquake.

The earthquake shock at the City Of
Mexico in the middle Of July was an
extraordinarily lively one. According
to correspondent the walls OF severa
houses fell, great many edifices were
badly cracked and the churches suf-
fered. At least eighty per cent. of the
buildings in the city were moro or less
injured. The water in the fountains
and lakes overlooked. The pipes were
broken and there was q great scarcity
of water, In the main square, two very
large lamps fell and were broken to
pieces. Two men were killed by fall
ing from scaffolding. People rushed
out of their houses and kneeling down
in the middle of the street, raised their
hand to Heaven and prayed aloud. Some
sang litanies and others confessed their
sins for the benefit of all who could
hear them. Children ran out OF the
schools crying and wringing their hands.
The balconies of the houses were full OF
ladies sobbing and praying fervently.
Horses and mules, whether alone or
attached to vehicles, suddenly stopped,
stretching out their fore feet and refus-
ing to proceed. Husbands and wives,
mothers and their children babe each
other an eternal farewell. Those who a
few minutes before protested deep
hatred for each other now fell weep
ing into their greatest enemy's arms.
But this feeling did not last very long,
for the next day eight or ten robbers
broke into a tax-collector's house, stab
bed the collector, ill.treated his wife
and carried off $4,000.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14
American Horses.

Mr.. LoriIlard doesn't seem TO have
very good luck this year in England.
The reason is that Mr.. Lorillard Is too
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-09-14

SMART men are ike good yeast, sure
10 rise.-FranlJorf Herald.
TEE political situation in EGYPT Is
almost ~ bad ss il is in Pennsylvania.