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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19

IS - 4 ~ 4 Az y Z =
Stribling OH tobacco, which clearly
defined the dangers, and now the edf-
tor of the Greenyillo Daily Nesos, a
Virginian, says:
There may be much profit in grow
ing tobacco ia our State, but ii lis an
expensive experiment and will be n
disastrous one il it is, tried otherwise
than cautiously. 1t is we'll to remem-
ber that tho poorest section of Vir-
gininia is that devoted to tobacco
growing undor the management of
men who have had hundred OF years
of study and experience to guide them.
The crop Is more exhaustive to the
soil than any other, and may fail en-
tirely after having been very fine for
two or three years. .E'..o
With our present light we bcliovo
tobacco will be protiitably grown in q
small way as an adjunct to cotton and
corn, as few acres of it OH O. planta-
tion would not require the employment
of extra help and would utilize the
spare time of regular help. When
farmers have generally tried that sys-
tenn for year or two they can learn
| the methods of growing and curing
the crop and know what hope of profit
there is in it. AT the same time they
will gradually build up home markets
where what tobacco they make can be
disposed Of.
The growing of the leaf is very
small part-gctting it prepared and to
market is where the trouble comes in
and the experience is needed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
,aoAfIrAl soorAT. aossrpl

. NY. F &
whitney and Bayard to Contest Tor sos,nl
supremacy Points About other Lead
prs. S,a
( (Pdsht'gton Letter u, Cleveland Leader.
Secretary Whitney will contest with
Secretary Bayard as the most popnlar
social member of the Cabinet dnrino
the coming season. He has rented the
old Frelingkuysen mansion. which
was the social centre of Mr.. Arthur,s
admlnistration, and is adding o large
ballroom for this winters entertain
ments. This ballroom will be nearly
as blg as the city council chamber IN
Cievelands and will, ills said, be hung
win gobelin tapestries. Whitney has
more money than Bayard, and, though
ne cannot cook the .tcrrapin for his
dinners himself like the Secretary of
otate, he can hire French cook who
Will probably equal him. Bavard
| ought not TO expect TO save much out
OF ms salary as Secretary of State,
even if he does do his own cooking.
Ills position demands more social
work than any other outside of that of
the PRESIDENT, and he is q parsimonious
man indeed who can lay up money in
1T. MIR. Evarts paid out $4,000 more
than his salary while he was Secretary
or State under Hayes, thus making his
four years cost him $52, 900. Bayard
Will get through. Oh less than this, but
nc has family and he wears too good
clothes and has too tasty stomach to
save anything on $4,000 year.
Ylcc-Prcsidcnt Hendricks will live
at Willard's during the coming season.
This living at hotel by 4 prominent
official has of late been looked down
upon by Washington society, but Mr..
Hendricks is such an adroit mixer and
his wife has so many social qualities
that their little parlors at Wizards
will probably be as popular as any
place here.
The fact that Mrs. Logan has house
might lead to the supposition that she
was going to entertain largely during
the coming season. don't think she
Will have as many callers as when she
was in the stuffy little boarding house
on Twelfth street. She is too much
out of the way, and it is q Sabbath
days journey to get to her. The re-
suit will be that hen calling list will be
reduced TO those who really want to
see her, and that it will rather select
than large.
Henry b. Payne will keep house
| HeAt ycaf, ana l. understand he has
rented on Vermont avenue near the
Portland. This will not be great
distance from his son-in-law, and Mrs.
whitney will assist her mother in
many Of her receptions. Whitney's
actions in regard to entertainment lead
to the suggestion that Henry b. PAYNE
and he may be cOncocting q scheme
whereby young Whitney shall be the
Presidential candidate for 1888, and
that his tather-in-law may make him
his heir to his Presidential support.
The opportunities for such post
Presidential campaign arc excellent.
There is plenty Of money in Whitney
PAYNE "bar'f' to run it well, and MIR.
whitney comes from the right State
to make q good Democratic candidate.
This is worth thinking about, and
please don't forget it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
4 HORRIBLE DEATH,
"A Distinguished ex-Confederate Sureeo,
Killd Elm Louisiana

Distinguished ex-Confederate Surgeon
Killd Elm Louisiana.
DR.. Alfred Gourncr, a distinguished
medical practitioner and surgeon dur
ing the waron the staffof Gen. Stephen
ID. Lee, was buried in New Orleans
Thursday by the surviving veterans of
the Confederate Army Of Tennessee.
DR.. Gourncr was killed by boiler
explosion in lbcrville parish on Tues
day. lie went to the river to supcrin-
tend the working of an engine pump
ing water tC the sugar-housc, and soon
had the pump working under heavy
gauge OF steam. Feeling that all was
right he turned to go, when he was
handed his mail by the postDov. He
returned to scan the mail bv the light
OF the engine, and finding letter
from his wife, now absent in Maine,
stopped near the furnace to read it,
when the explosion took place. The
noise brought many to the scene.
Nothing of the engine and boiler could
be found in their place, and fragments
were scattered manly hundred yards
away. Search was instituted for the
doctor. His body was found among
the weeds, 272 feet distant, so horri-
bly, mangled as TO be almost unrecog-
equitable. The engineer was scalded
and will hardly recover, while the
fireman escaped almost uninjurcd.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
YOUR KIDNEYS.
They Need Your Immediate At
tcntiOn.
HERE'S A CASE.

For six long, dreary years have been q
sufferer from complaint Of my kidneys,
which failed to be cured by physicians or
advertised remedies.
l began to feel l could never secure re-
lief, as had spent two hundred and fifty
dollars without success.
The disease was so cXcruciating that il
often prevented he from performing my
daily duty. | was advised to try the eff
cacy of B. b. b., and one single bottle,
costing 81, gave me more relief than ali
the combined treatment / had ever re-
ceived.
Its action on the kidneys is simply Won
dertul, and any one VINO needs real,
speedy and harmless kidney medicine
should not hesitate to give b. b. y. trial.
One bottle will convince any one
&. III. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19

Leon aud Alexander McLoy testifei
to the good reputation and peaceable
character of the defendant.
Hugh Murray testified that he saw
Riley at the railroad depot the morn
ing after the night fuss, and Riley told
himthat he, (Riley) had cursed DR.. b.
ABOUT his interference with him, and
had also threatened him. -. "
y. u. DeVecuk said he saw DIR. b.
retreating from Riley, and then saw
tour. or five shots fired in rapid sue
cession. ,r .rr. ,....
The evidence of Kennedy before the
coroner was put in, to contradict his
statement as to what he then eaid.
James Kelly and j. G.. Hemphill
stated that thew saw and talked with
Bellinger about 8 o'clock on the morn.
ing Of the homicide, and he was in his
usual good humor-not excited. (The
killing occurred about eleven O'Clock. !
This closed the evidence. Mr.. Smith
proposed to submit the case without
argument, but the Solicitor declined
| Arguments were then made by
Judge Magrath, Mr.. Mitchell and tho
Solicitor.
On Thursday the case went to th,
jury, after the charge of the Judge. The,
retired at 2.40, p. IN. ATT p. M, tn,
Judge told them that if they agreed BY
ten, he would receive their Verdict
otherwise they could remain. AT tha
hour they had made no sign, and they
were locked up till next morning.
THE RESULT.
On Friday morning the jury return
ed into Court, saying that it was i'm
possible for them to agree OH any ver
dict. A mistrial was accordingly en-
tered. The jury stood eleven for &C
quittal and one for conviction Of man
, slaughter.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
WILL THE SOUTH DIVIDE?
Questions and Answers upon an Interest
Ing Political Point.

Questions and Answers upon an Interest
ing Political Point.
The New York Herald has recently
sent out the following questions to
prominent Southern men with tine
| request that they be answered:
l. Upon what issue and by what
means can the white voters of the
South be divided into two parties,
separated by opinions and interests, as
at the North?
2. Would an interchange of political
speakers Of both parties between the
North and the South be acceptablc to
your1State In future campaigns?
B. Do you consider that the negro
voters are more Indifferent than form
erly to the suffrage, and arc they dis
posed TO disregard the color line in
voting?
4. What is the greatest existing OBJ
lection to break in what is called the
Solid South?
Prominent among the replies is the
answer given by General Fitzhuph
Lee, of Virginia, which is as follows:
L answer your first question thus:
The solidity of the white vote of the
South is the result Of the false recon-
81 poiiSy VI tilc Dor-
ty after the war. The white people
will not practically divide until the
colorcd people do, and these latter will
not divide so long as the few whites
acting with them arc sustained by the
National Republican party's promises
of office and reward. Malone said.
you know, that he controlled the ne
gro vote, and it was only question of
how many white votes he could add to
them to control the State. No South
ern State can ever be long controlled
by such a mixture.
10 your second question | answer:
An interchange of speakers would
make the sections know each other
better, and might do good. We would
like the Republican party at the North
to sec what the Republican party of
the South is composed of.
TO your third question | answer:
| Yes.
TO your fourth question 1 answer:
The fear that our State Governments
| will return TO the condition of things
existing under the scalawag and carpet
| bag Governments, and from which the
Democracy rescued them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
HERES ANOTHER.

l am merchant of Atlanta; and am
near near 90 years of age. My. kidneys have
attended with eXcruciating pain in the
small Of the back. At times / became too
nervous to attend to business. My case
had all the attention that money could
secure, but only to result in a complete
failure.
b. Is. b. was recommended, and to say
Ihat us action on me was magical would
like. new man-just like l was young
again. In all my life [ never used so pow.
erful and potent a remedy. For the blood
and the kidneys it is the best | ever saw,
ana one bottle will force any one to praise
IT,. A. IL. ID.
Sold by all druggists.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19

The estate of Kate Townsend, bet
ter known as "Thc Queen of the
Courtesans," who was killed in New
Orleans about two years ago by her
rcputed husband, Troisville Sykes, is
again in court. The lawyers have sue
cecded in finding a sister of the dead
woman in Ireland, and have filed q
suit in her behalf. The estate was
valued at 100000. Sykes, the mur-
dercr of Kate Townsend, was her
dcVisee by will.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
A nIindl ana Dear yvor,a,,,

MISS Minnia Wallace, of Atlanta. lost
ner nearing, her sight and sense of taste
sores covered her body and limbs Her
Joints We're swollen aud painful, her limbs
pafialyzed, appetite lost, and she was ekine
onJ = iIssIaSie S u ne Sxbettles of b. b. B
aches and pains, added flesh and strepotl,1 =
and she Is now a well woman. Write ~ ~
her. "
& A prominent Alabama physician said.
IA patient who was almost dying from tie
effects OF Tertiary Syphilis and who ha 4
been treated BY several noted physicians
without benefit, used one dozen bottles al
81 b. y. and was entirely cured. He had
ulcers on his arms and the bones nrotfnded
through the flesh and skin at tne elbow
and death seemed Inevitable, =
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
Good for tho Child.

The ailments of childhood need care
FIJI attention and wise treatment Some
people think "anything is good enough
for child, and there isn't much the
matter with 1t anyhow" But judi
cions mothers mothers know better,
and do as Mrs.. H. W. Perry, Of Rich
mIolld, Va, does. She says: "I take
Browns Iron Bitters and give it to my
children with the most satisfactory
results." Sold everywhere. -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
A MISPLACED SWITCH.
Il Frlghtful Wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.


~ frightful wreck occurred at Blue
stone quarry ncary Pittsburg, Pa, on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
seven O'Clock on Thursday morning.
Train No. 12, through express from
Baltimore to Pittsburg, consisting of
sleeper, two coaches, two baggage
and ono express car, ran into mis-
placed switch and was completely
wrecked. The sleeper rolled over an
cmbankmcnt into the Youghiouheny
river. The other cars were upset and
The whole train was detached from the
engine. Sixteen persons were injured
but none killed outright.
The report of the wreck reached
Pittsbur9 about 8 O'Clock and caused
great excitement, as it was known
that many prominent men of Pittsburg
were expected on the train The acct
dent disarranged the telegraph wires
and it was after 10 o'clock before the
following particulars Of the accident
were received:
The express train was about fifteen
minutes late when it reached the place
where the wreck occurred. At Blue
stone quarry the track makes sharp
curve around the river. a short dis
tance back from the bank there is a
switch at the commencement of the
curve. Whether some one had left
the switch partly open or not is not
certain. The officials of the road say
the switch had been tampcred with,
evidently with the intention of caus-
ing wreck. Had the switch been
open tia train would have gone into it
all right and would have been stopped
before any damage had been done.
AS it was, the train could go on Meth.
CT track. 1he result was that the
engine dashed along the ties, tearing
up the track and causing the coaches
and sleeping cars to break loose and
dash on over the embankment in the
widest confusion. The sleeping car
rolled over and stopped with its side
lying in tho bed of the river thirty feet
below. The two passenger coaches
stopped at the waters edge, but the
baggage car went into the water.
There were many passengers on board
The scene that followed was one that
bcggared description. The cries of
the injured were heard from every
car. The frightened sprang from the
windows and struggled with each
other to escape from the rolling cars,
and the walls of pain were heard from
some who were held within the wreck.
Those who escaped uninjured were
too much startled for q time to render
assistance. Then they began the reg
cue. A messenger was sent to Cor
ncllsville for medical assistance, and
in short timo a corps Of physicians
wore sent up on a special train. The
injured, after having their wounds
dressed, were removed to the hotels at
Cornellsville, where they received
every attention that could be given
them by the railroad company. The
wreck caused great excitement at Cor
hellsvillo, and for hours afterwards
people hurried to the scene of the
accident. The track was blockaded
and torn so badly that no truins got
through until that afternoon.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
Mrs. c. M. Walker. of Wildwood

MIS- z. NJ. Walker, Of Wildwood,
Fla, has in her possession a baby
dress which is seventy-fve years old
and has quite a history. 1t was the
nrst dress ever worn by her father,
John w. Barr, who was born In Scot
land, and is now citizen of Oakwell,
camden county, Ga. MIR. Barr was
the father of eleven children, all of
whom have worn this dress.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
ADVICE TO MoTHeRs.

:, iR; mRs; WIEstow's soorHINo sgRue shoNit al.
ways be used for children teeshing Itsoofbee
Ihe Guild softens the gtnas. ailays ali main
49, 49, Mlnd cole and Is the best remedy fof
lil,r5,n99,sa,g Twenty.iiye cents bottle
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
TALK ABOUT TOBACCO.
A Practical Farmers Experience with the
Weed-IIow to Plant, Cultivate and Cure
ORANGEBURG, November ,.

ORANGEBURG, November =.
To the Editor 0fthe Ne,CS und COu-
T2er: | have cultivated tobacco for nv
own use for smoking purposes, for the
last twenty years, and will give YOU
my experience with it for the beuefit
of your readers who contemplate Civ
ing it trial next year.
First. For the sced-bed select some
open spot in the woods where there
arc not many tall trees, as too much
shade rctards the growth Of the plants,
while some shade is advantageous.
Early in January, if not sooner, make
a large brush or log heap on the bed
and burn it thoroughly. | then spade
up the soil about ten or twelve inches
deep and again burn q brush heap
upon it, and then let the spot stand
for week or two, or until there
comes q shower of rain upon it, when
| again spade the ground (four or five
inches this time), SO as to have it in
the best tilth. l then scatter the seeds
over the spot and brush them in very
shallow, the seeds being so very small
you have to be very careful or YOU will
have them too thick. If too thick on
the bed they are apt to be spindlinp
and are easily wilted down when
taken to the field. Otherwise they
will be stout and in better condition
to withstand the rays of the sun.
Plant beds Oh old lands do not thrive
nearly so well as in the woods.
Second. In this latitude / find the
worms q very troublesome enemy to
the leaf and also to the seed that is
left to mature. If the bug that dcpos-
its the eggs is not Cradicatcd the weeds
should be looked after twice if not three
times week. Worming does not
commence, however, until some time
in Jane or about the first of July and
continues until the tobacco is ready
for the knife, but not so much after
the leaves begin to get tough as when
young. If any worms should be left
on the stocks that are put in the house
for natural drying they will there
destroy the tobacco. This danger is
not hard to overcome, however, par
ticularly it artificial heat is rcs0rtcd to
for drying purposes,
Third. If the ground IS in full tilth
and n good stand is obtained carlv, q
second crop can be made from the
stubblc.
l have two kinds of seed, mixed
one narrow leaf, the othcr a very
large, broad leaf. The narrow leaf is
finer and ycllower than :he broad leaf,
but the broad leaf will grow taller and
heavier, and make far greater yield
side by side have no seed for sale,
as L only keep enough for. myself and
q few neighbors. ...'...
+. II. GRAMLING.
The Tobacco Boom In South Carolina.
(brom the Marion Cotton PIont)
Wishing and working for the vel.
fare of our farmers, Cotton Plant eau.
tions them against flying Off at tan
gent. The Netos and Courier, with
It's interest for our farmers, is ably
the cultivation OF tobacco
in our State on a large and extensive
scale. We advise our farmers to 90
slow on this question. The impoVer-
ished condition OF our soil has nearly
our State, and tobacco
is u much greater exhauster of the
soil than cotton. Several months AGO
yVn 1Anhlfaho1 a iafiop of Mr. N n
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19

Tho State Fair in Columbia was q
grand success. In number and variety
the exhibits were quite as good as
usual and the crowd was immense.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-11-19
WOMAN 7
Grace a0ds in all her steps, HcaeenI
to her eye,
IN eoe'y gesture dignity and loee!"l

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with the exercise of common sense,
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-03
Beginning to Comprehend.

A significant break of the negroes
FROM the Republican party seems to
to be taking place in Texas. Presi-
dent Cleveland's Administration is
80 different from what these deluded
people had been assured by their
Republican leaders that a Democra-
tic Administration would be, that
the reaction which was inevitable has
already commenced, and the blacks
are fast finding how they have been
hoodwinked and abused by tire Re-
publican politicians.
The break in Texas is lead by Rev.
W. r. Carson, who is considered the
foremost man Of iiis race in the State
III point of education and influence,
and. who has been foi several years
Secretary of the Texas Republican
State Executive Committee. He has
written IL letter to the press formally
severiny all connection with the Re-
publican parry, of which he has here
lOfore been faithful member, de-
claring that he has been deceived by
it and asking his people to change
their political associates with him.
He is making speeches urging this
course, and has created something Of
stir in the State.
This is simply another straw point
ing to . revolution which, sooner or
later, must come, and which is to
emancipate the blacks from poiitical
bondage and divide their vote be-
TWEEN the two parties.