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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
Gr0unGleSS Runurg.

"Evcry now and thcu," said prom
lnent officer who is upon the most
friendly relations at the White House.
"thcre is publiScd u statement that the
President is dissatisfied with one OF
his Cabincmt Ministers. Nearly every
member of his Official household has
had disagreement with Mr.. Cleve-
land, If newspaper reports arc to be
credited.
Messrs. Bayard, Garlaud and Villas
have been particularly mentioned as
coming under the ban ofthc Presidents
displeaSure. And now it is again re-
ported trat he is dissatisfied with the
Secretary of State. | happen to know
that these rumors arc wholly ground
less. L do not believe President ever
got along with his Cabinet more har-
moniously than Mr.. Cleveland, and he
has not, not ever has had, any idea of
making change in the head Of any one
or the departments. The relations be-
tween the President and his advisers
arc of the most cordial character. and
nothing that | can sec is likely to dis
turb them"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
Y Observation-Disclosures
rho Old rlnlaa Of th.;L soiifh

When q Northern far.nef passes
through tho Southern States, he is sur
prised, and pained--if of sensitive
>nature--to see SO many seemingly bar
ron fields; bare, excepting when COW
cred with the prevailing brown scdge
OF the various, exceedingly poor,
creeping plants called Japan clover,
which include several kinds of Lespe-
Qezd. These old fields are Scared
with gullics, or washes, caused by the
heavy rains, which loosen the fine red
clay and carry it down the slopes.
Naturally, a stranger thinks these bar
rem fields to be worn out and worth
less. This is gIcat mistake. They
are turned out to rest, while Il piece Of
new ground is cleared and cultivated,
and after q time takes its turn of rest,
and the old field is plowcd up and
cropped again. This is the Southern
substitute for manure, and is really Il
mcthod-an exceedingly poor ono, it is
truc-of following. These fields have
never been plowcd, to use this word
Ill its true sense. rhcy have been
scratched over, but the soil has never
been turned, and when a Northern
farmer, or an awakened Southern
planter, tears up this soil with u good
turning plow, and seeds it down to
grass and clover, the yield is quite
equal to that of u good field on Il
Northern farm. The writer has a
field of thirty acres Of clover and Tim
othy Oh land Of this character, broken
up last summer OS8D, in August,
powcd twice, narrowed up three
timnS, and sown with the clover and
grass alone. This has been moved
twice for hay, yielding, in all, three
tons per acre, and the aftermath is
now (Novcmbcr) knec.higc, and would
make the finest pasture, were it not
saved for turning under in the spring.
Another Old field, seeded with Tim
othy and clover with oats, has per-
tcct stand; not a seed seems to have
failed to grow, and is better than the
writer has ever grown at the North in
thirty years experience. This seems
to be the most profitable way to treat
old fields in the South. and if South
crn farmers would adopt this plan,
aud feed stock on the grass in the
winter, the greatest on the fair face of
the South would be covered with
beauty and turned to profit. Among
the characteristic plants of the old
fields, i'll many localities, arc Seeding
pines, which arc SO @cncrallg found in
them, rs to give the tree the name of
Old Field Pine, also call Loblollv
Pine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
Robbed While uo Hold UP His Hands.

On Saturday evening, in dark and
lonely spot in the road ncar Mil;crs-
burg, Ohio, two masked men appear
ed with rcvolvcrs aHi demanded a
pcddlcr's money. lie handed over 81,
which was not satisfactory 10 the rob-
bcrs, and one of them cumpcllcd him
to hold up his hanis while ;hc other
went through his pockets, securing
about $1,000. Tary iHrn selected
abont the same amount in silks and
other fine goods aud jewc!rr from his
wagon. The pcddlcr diuvc t., Millcrs-
burg and made knows the robbery.
Five hundred dollars reward has bccu
offered for the apprehension Of the
thieves
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
Cutting and Curing Corn Fodder

The enthusiastic advocates Of cusi-
lace, haVcSaccmpishCd one good THING
they have shown the value of Indian
corn as fodder crop. Those Of us
who have no silOs, must continue 10
use the old method Of drying and pre-
serving the fodder. The silo adds
nothing to the value of the fodder. In
other words, we may get out of the
sllo all the food that goes in, but no
moro. And so with the dried corn
fodder. We may so cure and dry the
corn so as to retain all the nutrimcnt
there is in it.
On the other hand, We can loose mt
riment in the silo, from excessive for.
mehtallon and otherwise; and we can
yer! easily lose equally as much, from
exposure OF the drying or dried fodder
10 ram, or from mold in the bundles,
shocks or in stacks.
In fact, have never vet been able
to stack corn fodder, or to keep it in
bulk in the hay for any length of
time, without considerable injury and
loss. .'.
In my experience, the most econe-
mical way of raising and curing corn
fodder is, first, to sow early on good
lane, in rows wido enough apart TO
admit the use of tho horse-hoc or cul.
tlEator. Second, to keep the land
we'll cultivated, as long as you Get
through the rows witha q horse. Third,
common field corn will make GOOD
lod0er. a large variety of Southern
corn, Will give, possibly, d large pro.
uueL per acre, but the smaller and
earllcr varieties of tlint corn will give
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
Tho Hog for tho South.

LII late number you ask to hear
from Your readers who have tried the
Jersey Reds. They were introduced
here Or years ago from New Jcr-
sey, the writer taking several. They
were not tounG adapted TO the circutn-
stances and needs of the Southern
farmer and were promptly discarded.
They are doubtless grand hoo at
their home in the North, $50 arc the
Chester whites, which are utterly
worthless hcrc), but in the Gulf States
they will not prove at all satisfactory.
The New Orleans Times Democrat
and the Southern Lice &tOcE ,JOuy0uI
arc both perfectly correct when they
teach and continue to teach that the
Southern farmer must take his choice
OF breeds from the blacks--Essex
berkshire and Poland China. The
ESSEX is the prctticst hog of them all
"a model Of gcntlcness and quictncss,
always tnt-no matter how keDt-and
his progeny of the common SOW is
uncqua!lcd by any other male. But
the breed IS rather small and | ALWAYS
mad trouble in Gettinc the young pigs
startcd--ln TACT, far too many of them
are born dead, U am speaking Of the
purc-brcd). For this reason | gave
them up, though with great reluctance.
Inc berkshire is well known. His
blood courses in the veins Of thousands
or good hogs all over the land. ANY
where can be heard "part Bcrkshirc,"
as ample proof that hog is good
one. But with his many good points
-not forgetting that most excellent
meat-hc is too much inclined to be
mischlcvous and even viscious and is
not to be tolerated where ranges and
fonccs are not tirstclass, and when they
can not be kept separate from the
STOCK. The Poland Chinas are not so
generally known. Somewhat coarser
than the blacks, they have all their
good points, but are free from the OBJ
.lcctons that lie against those breeds.
IhCy are large, yet quiet as the Essex
almost any sort will control them
inc soWs are most excellent mothers
(Mr. Persons statement to the contra
rH Notwithstanding. The pigs starts
OIL promptly, grow well and fattcn
well at any age. as Mr.. p. says, they
arc "a good cOrn-crib hog and lard
producer" and that is high commen-
dat1on; for twist aud whip around the
matter as VIC may, we have not solved
the problem of a suitable substitute
for corn af n pork producer, and the
hog that pays'-pays always-and pays
heavily for the corn he consumes is
lhc hog for the South
l will add in conclusion Mr.. Editor
that have spent great deal of money
and time and patience in the cndeavor
to satisfy myself as to which was the
best hog for this scction-have tried
all the breeds | thought worth while to
trY--the big whites and the little
whites, the Jerseys and all the blacks.
And the above statements are based
on my individual experience. - Tuniz
IN So. LiUG-StOck JOurnoI.
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d AsHtSllaAa saaEseR,
shysteF La@yot6 Planning t1 t1oece itxs
G. Confederate Soldiers. .. ..s. ...

l Confederate Soldiers. .... .s. -
a dispatch from Washington to the
Indianapolis Journal says: u ~.
"Eforts hayo already been begun by
the sharpcrS here to "work" the cred
ulous and unsophisticated ex-Confcd-
crate soldiers. a firm Of LAWYERS is
sending out circulars to the ignorant
e&-Contedcrato soldiers in the South,
soliciting their, clicntugc IN procuring
them bounty or damages from the
United States Government.
"The circulars contain q preface in
which it is asked If the party receiving
one of them was drafted, rouscripicd
or otherwise 'pressed' into the Con-
federatc service. If so, he is asked to
read what follows. Theu it is stated
that the Constitution of the United
States pledges protection to all its
citizcns, and if any Of them were
forced to do service in war they are
entitled to damages. An appropriu-
ton is expected from Congress, it is
set forth, to pay these damages. Tho
EncliS law is quoted TO substautiate
this allegation. Each persons ad-
| dressed is requested to remit So to the
| attorneys for the purpose Of dcfial ing
| expenses i'll procuring the apprOpria-
ton. 1t is estimated that ut least l50,-
600 men were forced into the Coufed-
crate service, and it Is intended that
every one Of them, their heirs or legal
representatives, shall have ;ln oppor-
tunity to invest 50 in this scheme"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
YOUR KIDNEYS.
They Need Your Immediate At
tentiOn.
IIIIISE'S 4 CASE.

For six long, drcary years I have been q
sufferer from complaint Of my kidneys,
which failed to be cured by physicians or
advertised remedies.
| began to feel ! could never secure re-
lief, rs | had spent two hundred and fifty
dollars without success.
The disease was so cXcruciating that it
often prevented he from performing my
daily duty. | WAS advised to try the cfli-
cacy of i. =. g., and one single bottle,
costing 81, gave me more relief than all
the combined treatment | had ever re-
ccivcd
Its action ON the Kidneys is simply wvn-
dcrtui, and amy one VINO needs Il real,
speedy and harmless kidney medicine
should not hesitate to give b. l.. Il. II trial.
One bottle will convince any one.
G.. II. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.
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HERE'S ANOTHER.

l am 4 merchant of Atlanta; and am
hear 10 years of age. Ny kidneys have
been inactive and irregular for many years,
attended with eXcrucating pain in the
small Of the back. At times l became too
nervous to attend to business. My case
had all the attention that money could
secure, but only to result III q complete
failure.
that irS action on me was magical would
be z mild term. One bottle made me feel
like new mall--just like ! was young
again. In all my life | never used so pow
crful and potent q remedy. For the blood
ana the kidneys it is the best | ever saw,
ANA one bottle will force any one to praise
1t. y. l.. ID.
Sold by all druggists.
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12S Main Street, Columbia, 8. c.
+ G e n y
FsAnS E& 5pEEiS ONLY.

A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physi-
cans and Druggists at its home.
a REMEDY that ,ir. C. w. O'Ncill, Good
water, Ala, says raised his wife from an
invalids bed, and ne believes sdsed ht1.
A REMEDY Of which prominent Atlantis
merchant said: 81 would have given 5000
as soon as | would q nickel for what tive
bottles Of your medicine did for my
A REMEDY in regard to which S. j. Cas-.
sells, NJ. d., Druggist, Thomasville, Ga,
says: 81 can recall instances in which IL
G9gS,rS6e:d1 9g, reItef qtter all the usual remedies
A REMEDY about which DR.. r. b. For
rcll, LaGrange, Ga, writes: "I have used
Tor the last twenty years the medicine
ynu are putting up and consider it the
pest combination ever gotten together
for The disease for which it is recon-
mended.
A REMEDY about which DIR. Joel Braham.
Atlanta, said: 81 haze examined TIE
recipe, and have no hesitation in advis-
ing its use, and confidently recommend
a REMEDY which the Rev. II. B. John
SON, near Marietta, Ca, says he has used
in his family with the utmost satfac-
9on, and recommended it to three fami-
lies "Who found it to be just what 1t Is
recommended.
fEhED1 OF which PembertOn Ig0rsOn
q DenniSon say: ave have been selling
It for many years, with constantly in.
creaSing sales. The article is a staple
with us, and one of absolute merit"
n REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin &
Lamar say: owe sold 80 gross in four
months, and never sold it in any place
but what IL was wanted again"
a REMEDY by which DR.. Baugh, of La
Grange, Ca, says: 81 cured one of tho
most obstinate cases Of VICARIoUs MRN-
SITUATION that ever came within my
knowledge, with few bottles"
A kennedy of which Dr. j. G. Huss, of
Notasulga, Ala, says: 'I am fully con-
Vlnced that it is unrivaled for that class
OF diseases which it claims to cure"
n REMEDY about which Major John G..
Whitner, of Atlanta, well and favorablv
known all over the United States as \
General Insurance Agent, says: "I used
this remedy before the war, on q large
plantation on great number Of cases.
0t1o0ys aotth absolute Success."
a REMEDY about which Mr.. J. W.
Strange, OF Gainesville, Ca, eertifes
that one bottle cured two members of his
family of menstrual irreguarty of MANY
years standing. .
This Great Remedy Is
Bradfeld's FEMALE Regulator.
Send for Treatise on the Health and
liapplne$S OF Woman, mailed free.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co.
Box 28, Atlanta, Ga.
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The Old, Old Story.

Why do we hear so much about dys-
pepsia? Simply because so many pco
pie it. Why arc so many people talk
ing about their cure from this dreadful
discase2 Simply because they have
been taking Browns Iron Bittcrs.
Thus it is with Mrs. Taylor, of Lynch
burg, Snmtcr county, S. c., who says,
81 have nsod Browns Iron Bittcrs for
dyspepsia with most favorable results.
| believe this medicine is all that IS
represented" Dyspcptics aud suffer-
ers from neuralgia, weakness, etc.,
should try it.
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TIE NEWS OF THE STATE,
Some OF tho Latest Sayings and Doings in
South Carolina.

-"Drn"c" hogs are selling in An,
dcrson at six ccnts per pound gross.
Hon. II. q. Scuddey, Of Andc"-
son lccturcd Oh temperance at Spar
tanburg, last Saturday night.
The Darlington Tindicutor wants
INC Legislature 10 pension the disa =
bled Confederate soldiers ofthis State.
The UeroM says deer are plcnti-
tul around Summcrvillc, and invites
Northcrncrs there who arc in quest O f
sport.
The pump-housc on the North
eastern Railroad, two miles from
Charleston, was burnt last week; loss
$500.
The Summervillc Herald edito-
rlaliZcs the Legislature to repeal the
Trial Justice system and establish in
lieu system of county courts.
A fine mare, three mules and one
Jersey bull were burned up Saturday
night in the stables of A. C. Means in
the city of Spartanburg.
Capt. w. $. McKerrall, editor of
tho Marion Star and TIE Cotton Punt
died Friday morning. He was a law
yer and gallant Confederate soldier.
Robert G.. Bishop, of GafTnev,
mortally wounded policeman a. N.
Turner, who was attempting his arrest
at Blacks, and although made his es-
cape.
AT Summcrvillr last Wednesday
night, store ocCudicd bv NJ. W,
Webb and owned .bv Mir. Kornnhan.
was destroyed by fire. Loss 81, 300
| above insurance.
The grand jury of EdgcGcld re-
commend the abolition of the trial ius>
ticc system and the substitution of
county courts, and that tax of one
dollor per head be imposed on all
dogs.
Mr.. Lewis Jones, ol Scranton, who
was in the employ OF the ronnvcticut
Calender Clock Company, and was ret e.
ting $50 per month, lost his position
by being served with Il subpoena in
OrangeDurg TO appear at Court as IL
witness for the State against Mr.. Holly
Brown. The company said they could
not afford to lose the time. notwith-
standing Mr.. Jones had collected ST.
600 alone in Orangeburg for the com
auny, and his testimony was worth
h''i'iHS' "9 "c HHc" HotHlUS ABOUT inc
case.
Mr.. d. B. Wheeler, Of Nawberry,
has glass bottle that is very likely
older than the discovery of America.
IL was probably made by people who
inhabited this continent ages ago. The
bottle was made in the shape of
gonrd, and while hot the bottom was
pushed in so as TO give it bottom TO
stand on. The neck is about four
inches long, and the bottle holds u little
less than quart. 1t was dug out of
a bed of phosphate rock in one of the
mines near Charleston, and was sent
to Mr.. Wheeler by Mr.. w. A. Tribblc. |
who is overseer at the mines. Mr..
Wheeler has presented the bottle to |
the museum of Ncw6erry College
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The annual meeting of the stock

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Anderson Farmers and
Mechanics Fair Association was held
on "Wednesday, November II, and,
after paying all expenses, declared a
IVislon of assets which will paw 15O
20 lOO per cent. on the original stock
The association retains its charter, and
9 e,n, new .orgaization will probably be cf-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03
CONCLUSION.

In closing his message the Governor
says: "ln conclusion, | invoke your
attention to the responsible duties for
which you are now assembled, with
the sincere wish and the confident hope
that your labors may be wisely direct
ell to the advancement Of the best in
tercsts Of the people"
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ADVICE no MoTusRs.

MRS WiNsLDw's SOOTHING SYRuP should al
WAYS be used for children teeLhing. IL s0oIhes
the child, softeDs tDa gums, Riiays all pain
cures Wind collie and Is the best remedy Tor
Julyl4Ltyt
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THE PENITRNrIARY

reeeiyesits due share ofattention. The
whole number of cohyicts in confine-
mont during the year was H.
458. The number ON the 31st day of
October WAS 946, decrease Of III as
compared with the corresponding Pc
Rod of last year OF this number 826
were coloFedmales, SO colored females.
10 white males and 5 white femaIes'
sIhe cash receipts for the fiscal year
Nyerc @86, ,632 16 40 tliis amount, ais
showing tho earningo OF tho pifson,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-17

Rev. A P. Boude recently interviewed
the venerable conductor, Capt. Lewis
Barley, on Valley r. r. train. The
Captain thus told how be got to be rail-
road man ''My home was on the line of
this road, seven miles below Winchester.
One morning in 1871, went to the station
on some business and was there when the
train came along: The man who had
charge Of it had no one TO help him. He
was conductor. engineer and fireman. He
asked me to get on the engine and fire it
for him. told him | would do so if be
would give me permanent position. He
told ME to get on, fire that trip and be
would see about it. 1 got on the engine
and fred for some time. 1 was promoted
and in 1S45 1 became conductor and have
been running in that capacity ever since, -
''But." said be-, turning his rnoistened
eyes heayenward and putting his hand
over his heart, "the best part of it ig,
that through GODS mercy, l have never
had serious accident-never had a pas
senger hurt on my traln.o
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FerAOnai.

= FSCNOual.
The first lawyers ad mitted to the bar OF
Highland, when it WINS made a separate
county ia 1917, wer e--Wm. Frazier,
Reuben D, Hill, VIM q. Terrin. J. G.
Woodson, H. Fl. Master s. J. K. Shaver,
SYlvanus A. Byrd, and WIN. skeen. All
are dead, except the last named on the
list.
| Prof. WIN. b McGilvray OF Richmond,
native CT Augusta coun ~. has been
elected State Counsellor for Virginia, OF
the American Institute of c. WIGS Of Bos-
ton, Mass. The body numbers over 800 OF
the leading scholars and scientists Of the
country.
Miss Jennie Fulcher, daughter of Capt.
E. a. Fulcher, is visiting the family OF
A. Craftsman. Esq, OF Harr :sonburg.
At the marriage OF Miss Minnie G. Jones
| to MI. Geo. I. Johnston, IL the Methodist
church at Front Royal, Va, last week,
| FREUD of the bride. Miss Fannie E. Tan
nehill of Staunton, played the wedding
march on the church organ.
Judge Smith of the Hastings Court and
day by wagon, for a two weeks fishing
excursion to Travellers Repose, in Poca-
| hontas county, W. Va.
Judge Vim. A. Hudson, Of Hudson q
| Patrick, has been appointed by Gov Cam
eron, a Notary Public.
| Mr.. Col. j. B. Brown, of Florida and
| daughter. are .guests OF Mr.. J. A. Tenn
pleton.
We sincerely regret to see that Mr.. g.
B. Somerviile, Of the firm Of G. B. SOM
erville 81 Co., is about to close up his
mercantile life ON account of i'll health.
| fiourishing speciality of a chinaware es-
| Establishment, 5he only enc in the city, and
| it is a loss to our citys business to see
him leave it. We hope that the estab-
| lishment may be acquired by some man
like him and continued. The stock is to
pe sold privately unless business man
| shall offer FOR the whole.
Messrs. w. W. Patterson and E. I.
| Jones, OF Staunton, have obtained pat
| ent for q writing tablet.
Capt. B. e. Patterson, Col. O'Ferrall's
former law partner, has announced him
self for Mayor Of Harrisonburg.
Capt. w. Fl. Kable has been visiting old
friends III Charestown, W. Va.
Prof. G. H. Winston Will conduct the
services at the Y. M. g. A. Sunday af
ternoon. at 4:30.
L. IL. Antrim, Treasurer; J. Fl. Hob
good, Clerk, and 7. j. Harlow, Sergeant
alarms, have been elected for the town
Of Waynesboro.
Mrs. W. T. Richardson, of Richmond,
who has been guest at Kalorama. left
yesterday with her daughter, Mrs. Nellie
Tate Talbot, for Jordan Alum Springs.
Hon. Walter Fearn, q. S. Minister to
Greece, is visiting his family, who are
guests at Kalorama.
Mrs. Hill of N. Y, with her daughter,
Mrs. Zabriski. is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. DR.. Arthur.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-07-17
StonewalI jackson and Judge Thompson

StoDewalI jackson and Judge Thompson.
The story told in the June Century
about the interview between Stonewal
Jackson and Judge Lucas 2. Thompson,
just before Jackson left the Valley to Join
in the attack on Mcclellan around Rich
mond, is rather different from the occur
rence Itself which was witnessed by
one of our best known fellow citizens,
Mr.. John W. Abby. 1t was just
as Jackson was starting for the Rich
mond lines, and there was much curl
osity mixed with anxiety in Stanton
about his leaving the Valley. Jackson
was sitting IN the barber's chair in a
shop under the Virginia Hotel, now oc-
cupied by Mr.. O'Rear. Judge Thompson,
who was on intimate terms with him,
walked into the shop and.in his CONVERSE
tion made many efforts to find out where
he was going. AT last he asked the ques-
ton plainly. Gen. Jackson looked up at
him quickly, and simply said, ''Well,
Judge, ii you just get your musket and fall
in, you will find out exactly where 1 am
going" A few minutes after, the General
put on his old V. M. l. cap aud mounting
his horse, rode around the Virginia Hotel
corner and out of town by the Waynesbo-
TO road.