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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-21

"Our friends in P:ckcns have allowed
themselves 10 DC betrayed by unfounded
alarm into i'll considered action, il the
gathering at Easley and the adoption Of
resolutions can be called action. They
must know enough of Gen. Hagood to un~
derstand that he ia not a man to he swerved
from his course by any such proceeding as
that Of Saturday GresnUiHe Netcs."
The Nr,os would have its readers believe
hat General Hagood has been assnilcd by
The people of Pickens. Nothing is wider of
The truth. General Hngood is respected and
admired for his noble qualities Of head and
heard as much in Pickens As he is in Green
Vile. or my other county except, perhaps
his own county Of Barnwell The Nems
however, by its continued assertions that
Goucral IIagood has agreed to divert the
road ly way Of Greonville, when such is
not the fact, would mako people believe
Z mt he hns knowingly exceeded his powc, or
uhority for Greenviles especinl benefit.
The people Of Pickcns and Ensley know
,..,~ 'i~''s and knowing them, will dare
'.. ..}.. --""thnr the
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OacusYille and Looner Itama.

DEAR SENTINEL: a good rain hns come
at last, il fell yesterday evening, md last
night, this is the first rain in nearly six
weeks.
a definite programme for Prof. Davis
School Exhibition has been arranged, it is
about as follows: Friday June %, 1883,
examination Of the school beginning nt 8
a. NJ; At nom basket dinner; after noon
examination Of school, continued, Friday
night exhibition and addresses, }. E. Boggs
has been selected to address the school.
Prof. W. W. F. Bright's and other schools
hive been invited. Well in fact everybody
Is invited to come and bring with them
well filled basket. Come down Bro. Editor,
and enjoy the biggest time that ever has
been enjoyed NJ Peters Creek.
June II, 1889. SIoMA.
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The EasleY Railroad Meeting.

We publish elsewhere the proceedings of
an important meeting OF the citizens OF
Pickens County, to consider tho proposed
change OF route for the Caroline, Cumber.
land Gap and Chicago Railrond. It is con.
tended Tint tho divergence from the char,
tered line to Greenville will involve nm nd
ditional cost Of four hundred thousand dol
lars, which the hundred thousand del
lars subscribed OF Greenvillc would only 60
one forth towards paying, and the resoiu.
hons announce tho determination OF the
citizens OF Piokens to exhaust every LEGAL
means Of opposing said change. Further
more, President iag"od is urged to make
known the financial aid he needs to the CIT
| liens along the chartered line in order TINT
those who have been interested In tho en-.
| terprise from its earliest stnges mny be af.
forded nm opportunity Of complying with
| his demands. We arc glad to see so much
| enthusiastic interest manifested in The suc
cess Of this grca, enterprise and such n de
termined cfoIt on the part Of muniuipalite,
IN the upper portion or the State TO Becur,
n plnce in the programme. The matters re
ferred to are important subjects for the con
sideration Of the President aud Directors O
the road which no doubt will meet thci
earnest attention. We cnn hardly credi
the statement that the sum OF $4OU, 900 will
be required to make tho necessary diver
gence to bring Greenville on the line, an,
we believe that the engineers figures, wher
the survey is made will greatly reduce thi.
estimate. We desire to Bee our Picken.
friends retain their position on the road
but We also desire the thriving and enter.
Z prsing city Of Greenville to participate in
=, the benefit OF this grenl trunk lino.-Aikcr
Recorder
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AS will nc ..u.. &c..
minutes Of the proceedings OF pun. 49,.
ing at Eusley Station, it. is prop ,sed bv
Grcenville to divert the G.. G. G. and G.. r
X. from Pickens to the Mountain City. W.
tnliy agree with the sentiment Of the reso.
LUTON that the direction arc bound by every
honorable means noi to take the road from
its originators and projectors. Aside from
my sentiment OF justice in the matter, the
increase Of fourteen miles, would reduce
the value Of the whole rond fully ten per
cent to sny nothing Of the increased cost
The value of the present route over any e1 .
,sting route lies in the fact that il is one
hundred and fifty miles shorter than any
other route. and why throw away fourteen
miles OF This advantage is the strange pnri
OF tho movement. To add fourteen miles of
distance is simply reduction OF the nd-
Vnntngc which tho road now has. md tho
company would injure their prospects in
the financial markets if they we're to do so
t""l'sh thing. The talk Of Charleston
giving 100000 or any other amount TO
cnuse the road to be run by Greenville or
"iseWherc Is 20 much ut vnriance with the
past history of that town that We take il for
granted That nobody believes such an event
poss'oih'y Even /: Charleston were
disposed to give any money at all for a
tn6t the
people Of :hat city are crazy enough TO give
money TO divert the roaG from the most di-
rect line TO the West?
Since writing the above we learn that il
Is contemplated TO 60 by every st alton named
IN the charter. except perhaps Bolton.
Where tue citizens refused to give the ex
pectod old. We are aiso informed that the
change OF route by way Of Greenville would
increase the distance not more thnn eight
m'les.-A6depHle Press and Banner.
TO give Beltou the goby would first ne.
cess'tate change of the charter, unless
charters amount to nothing in the building
oil railroads these days az some people seem
10 think. Easiey is one mile nearer viii
li"mst"n than Greenvilie, and il is twelve
miles from Greenville to Easley. But sav
the distance from Greenvile 10 Willinmston
and from Easley TO the same point is the
same then there will be tWeveimiles of nd
ditional road to build from Greenyille 10
Easley. How only eight miles can be
made out Of twelve is a new process IN
arithmetic that we have never yet learned.
Your informant brother Wilson is rather
Ignorant Of the distance or is trying TO de-.
ceiye somebody.
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sister counties Ia enterprise and progress
In climate, soil and every other natural
facility, We are not surpassed by any other
county In tho State, and with energy and
perseveranoe we oan soon place GUY County
in fhe front rank.
When tho Carolina, Cumberland Gap and
Chicago Railroad is baild, orcesssg the Air
Line at Easley, we will have as fine Rail
road facilities as could be desired. Then
with our nufacturing interests developed,
population, fine schools and churches,
wealth and Refinement IN great abundance
would be udded to our County. Who will
take tho initatory step in this important and
vital matter.
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"If it Is diehonorable for Ten. IIagood to
defect his line 10 Greenville, he is already
dishonored, for he has promised to do that
very thing. Grcenvalc Nstos."
General llagood has made no such prom
Use. He is too honorable mnn to PROMISE
anything he knows he has not the power TO
fulfill. He has promised to lay the Green
vile proposition before the hoard Of Direc>
Tors fo- their action and, perhaps, to use his
Influence in favor Of the detection. This is
oil, and the Nr,os does General lIagood q
great injustice when II says that h, has
promised to do thing that he has no au
,hority for doing. Elsewhere in this issue
we publish, by authority Of General Ha-
good himself, his position on the question
Read and compare it with what the Ner
ys.
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ence TO ..lu

Gen. Hagood in n recent private ic,,c. -
us, expresses regret at the uncasiness cx-
cited vt Easley and Pickens by the an
nouncemont af negotiations with Green.
v,lle.to carry The Carolina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railway by the latter
place, aud desires us publicly to correct the
misapprehension upon which he says it is
founded. The proposition aa entertained
TO 60 by GrcenvIlle, is simply to div erge to
shat extent 80 much Of the line as lies be-
tween Williamson aud Easley. 1t will not
affect Easlcy, Pickens or any other point
named in the charter, as points through
which the road is to run In discharge Of
his duty as President, he received and res
ponded to overtures from Greenvillc, to
make that city point upon the general
line, and he is now engaged in getting these
negotiations into shape 10 iay before the
Directors Of the Railway, in whom after
survey and estimates by the Chief Engin-
Ger lies the power Of making the necessary
divergence. Cen. ITngood says he does not
desire to forestall the decision of the Di
rectors, but individually he regards it of
much consequence 10 the road to enlist in
It's favor the money and enterprise OF
areenville-providedn can be done consistent
" NTH good faith 10 earlier promoters of the
ehen'e. and tcithout violation of their pested
'ights. The GreenYile committee at Aiken
we're carefully made TO understand the limited
'o'0e" Of The Presidsnt and his sense of controi-
ing ezisfing obligations. while they were as.
'ured OF his carnest personal tcish to admit
hem TO the benefit OF this great enterprise
ipon as formable terms as practicable under
~ The circumstances.
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giving general satisfact ion to all the good
people who came thore and engaged in the
service. Yes, IL was a day that will long
DO remembered by the good people present.
The communion over, The t,eople repaised
TO their wagons, buggies and carriages for
dinner, for nearly nll had dinner on the
grounds. While at dinner the people were
made sensible Of the fact that Quite a num-
her OF parties from dtstaupe, for nearly
all OF them came from n distance, and some
Of them, their names not known TO any one
preHcnt. had been drinking in the outskirts
OF the congregation, some were drunk and
several minor disturbances had taken place
ut tho spring and elsewhere; there seemed
TO te quite supply Of the ardent on hand
and many had indulged freely. Whether
they brought il with them or procured il
on the grounds is not certainly known.
yet, some were 80 far under the influence
"s not to be able to control themselves and
riot was the result. The parties engaged
In the riot were from GreenVille, some from
the city, others from the county. Their
names 30 far obtained are Joe Bail, Doc
Tanner, w. Press Tanner, Silas Tanner,
J. IL. Hawkins and Petus Moore. Others
are implicated. They commenced the riot
hy accusing boy, Weldon McAdams, n
little son Of George McAdams not yet six
teen years old, of being spy sent to watch
them. He denied it, They then assaulted
him, oursing and abuseing him, and finally
attacked him with rocks aud clubs and
knocked him down with n rock He rose,
drew his knife and stabbed Silss Tanner.
the man that knocked him down, intlicting
u serious wound. All this time they were
yelling, cursing and blackguarding in the
most profane and filthy language, too low
TO be uttered here. 1t made one think OF a
down the country drunken political negro
row, 80 v" gnr was their language and 70
ungentlemanly their conduct. Perhaps there
never was such an outrage perpetrated on q
civilized people, for all this took place in
the presence of a large concourse Of ladies
and children who heard their vulgar lan>
guagc and witnessed their behaviour. Some
Of them cursed the church officials and re
fused to give their names. Quiet was re.
stored by the older men present. Among
them was McElroy Jemison DR.. W. T. Field
7. L. Loopcr, Roswell Hill and others. All
honor is due to the people of this section.
Under the circumstances and Mt any other
! place they could not have been controlled
but they remembered where they were at,
and conducted themselves in the most or
dcrly why, not willing to violate the laws.
The people far and near. feel themselves
outraged, the cry is, "bring them to JUS
tice." This is an other appeal for proh>
bition. TRAVELLER
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STRADLEY S& BARR.
7. W. DAVIS OLD STAND.
state of SOMth CaPOHanaa
County Of Pickens

BY j. II. NEWTON, JUDGg OF PRoe.ry
Whereas, Anthoney Lewis, Caihcrin Lew.
is. and n. b. Parsons, has made suit to me
to grant them Letters of Administration,
with will annexed, Of the Estate and effects
Of jacob Lewis, deceased
These are therefore to cite and admon
ish oil and singular the kindred and cred.
itors of the said Jncob Lewis. de.
ceased. that they be and appear before me,
in the Court of Probate, 70 bo held at Piok.
ems o. H., on the hh day of July 1888,
after publication hereof, atll o'clock in
the forenoon, to shew cause if any thew
have, why the said administration should
not be grAn,ed.
Giyen under my hand and seal this, the
, lltl day Of June a. D., 1888
J. II. NEWTON, J.p.P.o.
june "A, 1881 SO
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LOOK OUT!
The Big Show Still
IN
EASL1CY, ~. Q.

CTILL they come and yet they 90. Those
~ Or MARBLE BUREAUS will not stay.
All kinds of Walnut and Panel Beds, conc
and then are gone.
Spindle, Trundle, and Single Beds, all
prices.
Bed Springs, Wire, Shuck and Cotton
Mattresses, Chairs and Rockers, oil grades.
large variety Of Extension, Kitchen.
Teapoy and Center Tables, Parlor and
Chamber Suits. Lounges, Cradles. Cribs,
Whntnots, Hat Racks, Umbrella Stands,
Chromos, Notices, Frames, Sc, Kitchen
and Side Board Safes
Always on hand n general line of Under
takers Supplies, consisting of Caskets,
Burial Cases and Burial Robes. for both
sex. all styles. Collins Trimmed in any
style Of Handles and Plates, at all hours.
All Goods ut bottom figures. Cali and
see for yourselves. No charge made fon
looking. Accept thanks for past fnvors..
A. Nh. EgUNEDN.
PROPRIETOR FURNITURE HOUSE.
G. 10, 1883 81
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n march ON Iirsv .,-,.... A........
people; but there never was, anu never
will be ngnin, u worse mistake made, and
these Greenvilisns will be sadly disnr-
pointed in their >chemc. We have got no
citizen, MIR. Editor, 80 dead to his own in -
terest and the interest Of the Who'll. country,
as to refuse to sign the right of why; if wo
have j know not who he is or where he
halls from. We cannot have such drones
in Pickens, and if they can not be induced
to sign the right Of way freely, think tho
best thing that can be done is to buy
their land and let the O. G. @. and c. Il. L..
pass through.
will await the action Of the Railroad
meeting here before ! say anything mores
Well, the meeting is over and am rejoiced
10 know that live men yet arc among US,
men who represent principle as we'll ns dol.
lars and cents. When we see such men rs
Col. Bowen, Major Bradley, Col. Hngoud,
Capt. Hudgens and many other prominent
men Of Pickens, togeih her with the IN )neyed
men of Anderson, all pulling together in
this grand movement we have no dread Of
flank movements"
noticed one thing in regard to our meet
ing thnt did not exncily understand, and
that was the absence of some of our public
and prominen: citizens at the Court House.
These gentlemen may have very good ex-
cuse, but We know nothing Of them. We
| believe, however, TINT there would have
been n better turnout of our friends from
Pickens Court House il this meeting could
have been postponed until next June, or
perhaps October 1854. Look ont friends,
E"sley generally polls near 500 votes, and
this vote always tells the news.
If Onr Grcenvillc quill driver could see
the improvements going up in Ensley, and
then try TO purchase good business lot
here. he would certainly conclude iha, We
see none Of the ghosts he refers to. viz:
| 'Greenville on top" flank movement,
&C. With three cheers and tiger for the
G. C. g. and C. X. r. remnin yours for
| luck, CnocKrT
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STRADLEY & BARR
Gl'eenVille, -. Cs

ing you can buy Dry Goods ~ cheap or
cheaper from us than any House in our
line of business.
The increase IN our trade stands fully
onc-third over aud above last ycnr's snlps
What we mean hy that is, We will sell at
the very lowest living profit.
M Salesman in our House W II hc allo cd
to misrcrrcscnt Go"ds One price only is
prce.
H"cause we sell you Bl:c Black Cash
'hink II is worth
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The Author of ariel"

Many Of our readers doubtless remcnSer
little book entitled "Arie" or the Eth
nolcgical status Of the negro" which on :
deavored 10 prove by the Scriptures that
the negro had no soul. The author Of the
book, Col. Buokner II. Payne, died recent.
ly in the Davidson County (Tenn.) asylum
Of which heshad been an inmate since 1870.
lie was "a years OF age, .and died blind
man and o pauper.
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DEAR SRNTrXHL; 1t has been some little
time since penncd You n few dots on Eas
ley, etc. And | should have remained
silent still, bnt rom the incl that n small
handful Of Greenvillians are trying to cnp-
ture our new enierpri>e--thc e. T.. G. and
=. X. h. by ''tiank movement" am in
"'ncd to think that these very aslutc gem
'''s time without their
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Casmcrcs in douhlc-wid,h from 25c to 81. .25
Nuns Yelling, Grape and Henrietta cloths.
We have just received somo new Goods
IN this line, French Jersey Cord and IIe-
b"'roes Cloths very. light for summer
wear. Send for samples.
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cable nnd absurd: ~ "IA.. D.. r|t ....
thought OF in the first instance cxcep. :..
the local character OF the French Broad
ana Atlantic H"al. The gentlemen who
passed through here, expressed themselves
very decidedly in reference to the final 10
cation Of the line.-.Saimda 4ryus.
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They have n very .iam.lsome line which ney.
or fails to please They have never been
more successful than tins season in dress
goods-three large lots having been already
sold, aud now they have just opened the
fourth lot. They cannot account for it on.
ly in this way: When they have n customer
Tint has "been looking around" they nl-
ways tell them they have the pre-; ticst and
largest stock Of 'rcss goods TO be found in
town, Beautiful half wool dress goods nj
lOc; they will put their II 3c cashmere dress
goods against any l6c goods in town. or
this goods alone 2, 900 yurds have been sold,
ihls season; it is tho queen of cheap dress
goods, and will last ns long MS goods ,,..you
P"y 23c for. Somebody lost some money
somewhere, when they bought 40 bolts of
dress goods worth 25c per yard, for they
bought them so they cnn sell them Mt Ice
per yard. Nuns yelling in all the ne W fash>
ionable shades. W. a. B. O. G..
(They will save you money on Dress
Goods.)
Black Goods.
They are their pets--tbc darling Of their
hearts. Therefore they take more pride in
this department than any other. They never
let customer 90 out if price or quality is
any consideration. Black cashmere NJ l21
double width black Grape goods at zoe; our
zoe double width black cashmere is aston
Isl '"gly nice quality for the price-only 8
yn'"s for dress pattern-,just think of il!
Black oil wool bunting ut 2Oc; black lace
bunting nj lGc: black cashmeres at l2A. 25
3I3, 40. so, Go, SOC and Sl.OO per ward
For Doc per yard they will sell you rs nicc
goods ms OIL would buy n few years ago.
Black Nuns yelling from 20 to 76c per yard;
bI"ck silks from G0c to 81 IS per yard their
$l.oO black silk is extra good; blnck alpaca,
20, 25 and 83c buys their b., ag silk finished
"Ipaoa.-as pretty as $l'OO black silk. T.,
b. G. 7. C. A.
G-h"y will not DO undersold in BLACK
Goods)
BE sure md give us u call when Won come
TO Greenville.
STRADLEY S& BARR
7. W. DAVIS OLD STAND.
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PERRY ROYCE REAPERS,

The lightcst Reaper in the world. IL
cuts any crop that Reaper can cut. Is is
the ligh cst draft Reaper in the world. IL
il the simples, Reaper In the world. THE
PERRY ROYCE can run on sleeper hill
sides and on roughcr ground, with smaller
steam, and faster. and no, break in pieces.
than any other Reaper in the world, and
cnn cut larger number Of ncres Of grain,
with less expense for repairs, thnn any
other Reaper IN The world
Agents also fnr ~ t,,-. ~ 7 -
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AUGUSTA, Ga, Juno>15.-Ex Gov.
Charles j. jenkins died last night II t
his home in SummerviLlo, near this
nitN. -.
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Outlets Magnolia Cotton Gin

"f"' O'eum Engines, NepaTMorS ana
Saw Mills.
Outlets Magnolia Cotton Gin
has come in competition with nearly every
other Gin on the market at tho State Fairs.
etc., and in every instance has beaten all
competitors, and taken the hons,s for fine
samples. light draft, and quick and good
york Il is acknowledged to make q clean.
er mud smoother sample, with less nap than
any Gin known TO the trade.
The Excelsior and 0riswold Gins enioys
an exceedingly high reputation, aud those
who have them would not exchange for
any other Gin, which speaks well in their
praise.
The Excelsior has circular roll box and
patented ribs which ore 80 construc, ed that
it is almost an imposiblity to choke it.
We have sold quito u number OF Farquhar
Steam Engines, both Horizontal and Vcr-
ticlc, and in every instance they have Prov
en- TO be just rs recommended, and have
great deal considering what is expected
| of Machine Of this kind, besides II mum bpr
| OF tbam were sold to parties who had no
experience Whatever in machinery, and
took their hrst lesson ON the Engine purch.
ased
For Ginning Cotton the Vertical Engine
Is preferable from the tnct that il costs less
Is more easily managed and requires less
fuel.
Mr.. FnrQuhars reputation for making
Saw Mills ls full equal to that of his En
gines and Scpnrators.
Catalogues with prices and ter.,s to be
had Of us. Correspondence solicited.
J. II. Morgan & Bro.
CIR EHGN WILLIE, .. q.
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Machinery Notice.

aaiiests improved Light Draft Marnolia
Cotton Gins.
Mnssey's Excelsior and Griswold Cotton
Gins,
f"fquh"r's Steam Engines, Scpasalors and
Saw Mills.
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AGENTS ALSO FOR THE
HS@Ehey'S Patent ERevetsfs
bile Tooth Harrow.
Standard GAltlvatOrs--HeiqH
ing and Walking.
Standard Reapers g. Mowers.
The Justly Renowned
Telegraph Feed Cuattcrss
CELEBRATED WAYNESBORO
ECLIPSE SEPARATGDRS
ALSO FOR THE
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The Excelsior and 0riswold Gins enjoys
an exceedingly high reputation, and those
who have them would not exchange for
any other Gin, which speaks well in their