The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-22
NEWS eLBANrNGs.

West Virginia contains $4,000 persons
over ten years of age who cannot read.
According to the official statistics
there were in Arkansas on June 80,
1882, 1,415 School.houses.
The new city hall at Rome, Ga, has
just been completed at a cost of SO, ,000
The street car companies of New Or
leans altogether collect about 10000
fsEes daily.
Ex-Gov. Warmoth, of Louisiana, has
been in Maine buying machinery. Tor a
beet root factory on his plantation.
Two years ago Wesson, Miss, was on
1y pine forest. It has now cotton
mill employing 1000 hands, and nearly
5000 Inhabitants.
The Texas cattle drive for the coming
spring is estimated at 100000 head. OF
these not more than 10000 will reach
the open market. The rest will be re-
serve cd for ranch purposes.
Convict labor is being utilized upon
plantations in Arkansas. One hundred
are now employed upon the plantation
OF Mr. Neil, below Little Rock. They
profess to like working there better than
staying in prison.
The question of a canning factory is
beginning to be agitated in Greenville,
sc. Practical men are figuring on the
subject, and have demonstrated that
such factory will pay large profits on
the small capital required.
Northern manufacturers are exploring
the Virginia mineral lands. Recently a
purchase of $4,000 acres was made by a
Pe2nsylyania company. A superior
quality of ore has been found, and it
will be shipped to Pennsylvania fur
naces.
In the eeven months of this fiscal year
the public debt has been reduced tri-
fle over ninety five millions. This gives
promise of a total reduction in a year of
fully 100 millions. We still owe nearly
1000 millions, about one half of which
amount is now redeemable, but one half
OF the redeema able debt does not bear
ihSerest.
Memphis Avalanche The Atlanta
Constitution states that the Marietta
and North Georgia road is the great
route for quail hunters. The other day
there was $4,000 worth of dogs (cash
valuation) in the baggage car on that
road, attended by $4,000 worth of ne
groes (old yaluation) On the return
trip they had $3.50 worth of birds, which
they counted while eating $40 worth of
lunch.
Jim Chang, Chinese merchant who
reeently established in Waynesboro,
Burke county, Ga, was visited by a
party of men who proceeded to break up
his shew CaRes and otherwise abuse hi
property. They then ordered him to
ahut up his store and leave at once,
which he did. Tho indignation seems
due to the fact that Burke county
white girl had sometime before married
Chinaman, and indiscriminate VEN
gence was considered in order.
There are 4O,WO square miles of al
most unbroken forests in North Carroll
ma, comprising pine, chestnut, oak, ma
pie, beach and hickory timber in their
finest growth. 1t is estimated that in
ten years the timber..alone in North Car
olina will exceed in value the present
total valuation ofall the property in the
State, including land. The State grows
nineteen varieties of oak, and it's pine
forests are of the heaviest. The build
ing Of new railroads will rapidly open
this region to the Northern and Eastern
lumber markets.
An inebriated citizen of Butts county,
Ga, got in front of an approaching
train On the new road not long since, and
by wildly waving the tattered remains
of a sanguinary-looking kerchief sue
ceeded in stopping it. The conductor
alighted and inquired the object of the
danger signal, when the inebriated citi-
zen solemnly drew a bottle from the
depths of his inner pocket and remarked
that he merely wanted to "set 'em up"
II is recorded of the ungrateful official
that he acknowledged the kind invita-
tion by the vigorous application of a
box-toed, number TO-
There was a new departure a few
nights since at McMinnville, Tenn, to
q, raise money to buy church organ. The
plan devised was a sale of the young la
dies to the highest bidder. The young
men were out en- masse, and one by one
the fair ladies were knocked down by
he auctioneer to the highest bidder
Many of the bellies brought fabulous
prices, one ecstatic bachelor bidding
theayen and earth" for the pirI of hi.