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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
Another Blaze.

On the morning of the 9th inst
Greenvillo had another fire, but not
near 80 disastrous rs the one the
week before. The fire broke out
in the office of the Enterprise and
Mountaineer, over the clothing store
sf F. w. Poe & Go. The stock of
goods belonging to the latter was
insured for $4,000, and valued at
about $4,000. At this writing the
damage to the Mountaineer has not
been ascertaincd. The insurance
was $1,000. The buildings were in
sured for $4,000. The damage is
about ST. 900. Messrs. Poe g. Co.'S
loss was principally by water being
thrown upon their goods and there
by damaging them. But for the
prompt action Of the fire depart
ment this blaze would have been
moro disastrous than the other.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
BRANDING ggAyToN,
Juoge Efeld Proves That He
Gave no Affidavit.

The following letters were sent to
the Grenville News foR publication
by Judge W. G. Field, formerly of
Pickehs, now of Pelzer, who was al
legged to have given affidavits to
B3rayton hurtful to Collector Brad.
ley. Judge Field request that tie
News and Courier, the Pickens SEN
TINEL and the Easley Messenger re-
publish these letters:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, u. s.,
WASHINGTON, Feb. I'd, 1886.
G. W: Sullivan, jr., Pelzer, S. G..
-Deaf Sir: Your favor is to hand,
and In reply, am glad to inform you
that there is no affidavit here bv
Field in favor of Brayton. Senator
Hampton tells me he has received O.
letter from Field denying that he
had furnished an affidavit, and Field
is correct. It is one of Braytons fab
rications.
Very truly,
w. TT. PERRY.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
GeHsIre.

Cendtife is the most universal fault,
says the Marshal, Texas, Messenger, for
which little oan be said in apology and
in praise. It is an enterprise
requiring but ittl6capital and no brains.
1t is wide fieldj Including every human
interest and every active force in all the
realms of attainable knowledge. We
censure the frail, errihg and finite; and
the perfect, the divine and the infinite.
We oensure the good for their virtue,
and the bad for their wise: We oensure
alike the works Of God and man. Cen-
sure seeks superiority, not by levelling
up, but by pulling down. Censure is
pride, seeking fame without merit. 1t
is ignorance affecting wisdom. 1t is van,
ity begging praise without merit. Cen,
sure is the deadly upas tree OF social life
loading tho atmosphere with the ma1a
ria of moral decay and death. 1t deals
with the finate and the intimate in all til,
realms of human thought. 1t. ignores
every relation in life and every position
in office. The king and the begga
share alike its vituperations The infide
and the Christian are the subject Of it
venimous thrusts. The noble and tn
base are covered with it's shiny exhala
tions. Friendship cannot restrain il
love cannot arrest it's whitening curse.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, of
New York, died oil Friday night at
the residence of his sister, Mrs. Ros,
coe Conkling, of Utica, N. Y. His
death was caused by old age. He
was born in Onondaga county, N. Y,
in 1910 and was one of q prominent
family. He was lawyer and was
elected to the State legislature as a
democrat in 1912 He subsequently
became mayor af Utica and speaker
of the house. Ho was the democra-
tic nominee for governor in 1850 and
was defeated, but was elected in 1852,
defeated by the prohibitionists in
1854, elected in 1862, and again do
fcatod In 1864. In 1868 he was tho
democratic nominee for president and
was defeated. Since then he has
declined all public offices, including
United States senatorship.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

The fame hygienic methods are
not equally adapted to ALL One can
sleep with his window open, not only
without HARM, but with positive ben
eft. The depressed condition that
characterizes sleep, the moro nox-
lous night dir, and the liability to
marked changes in the outside tenn
perature, would render the habit
perilous to many others.
SO one must not blindly take o.
daily cold both because others have
tried it and strongly recommended
it: 1t might be death to one, though
life to another. One needs to have
regard to the condition of the heart
and the readiness to react from o
chill to q glow. To some q semi
weekly warm bath is much better.
1t is somewhat the same in the
matter of exercise, which may help
or may harm. One, if at all delicate
should carefully ttnl cut what is
best, both in kind and degree
1t is equally 80 in iho matter of
food. While the vigorous, who large
~ i've out doors, may eat almost any
thing within The limits ot their appe-
utcs, others must learn the limits cf
their own digestive powers, and act
accordingly. 1t is certain that these
limits vary greatly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

Hundreds of circulars have been dis
tributed upon tho streets of Columbia
notifying the public that the next isaue
Of a sporting paper, published in New
York, will contain an illustrated account
of the recent journalistic unpleasantness
OF the representatives of tho News and
Courier and Register. Tho Comptroller
General and State Treasurer, who wore
in the vicinity during one of tho un-
pleasant periods, do not exactly enjoy
the idea of being carioaturod so early in
a campaign year.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
What Can:9De Done,

by trying again and keeping up courage
many things seemingly impossible may be
obtained Hundreds of hopeless GASES Of
Kidney and Liver Complains have been orr
1u Sn5 ny Electric Bi!ters, after everything else
,%n. %%u oeSn tried in vain. SO, don't think
RiI,~ro no no cure for you, but Try Electric
nnne ord ~ a"ere rs no mediciue so safe, 40
trio Bitters win oure DysneN";m t,,.EIeC Eleo
and All Diseases ofthe Kianeys aD!S DiSoetSs
In affections Of Stomach and Ii1oys' 'sDuaole .,s
| come ali UfinarJ Difficulties ~, ing over
ahly 90 eents at DE G. ". EasIs - :" Do'c'e'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
Conc with Il Horse.

The Greonville News of the 9th
instant, says: Columbus Ross, young
man of this county who was pardoned
out of the pcnitentiary, where he was
serving term for arson, last year,
does not seem to deserve the clemency
he received. G.. W. Howard, Of TRAY
eller's Rest, this county, reports that
Ross borrowed n horse of him on
Thursday and came to Greenvillc,
went through Williamston on it on
Saturday, and has not been seen
since. 1t is n small black horse with
n heavy mnne. Ross is rs years old,
short and stoutly built and wears
light mustache. Mr.. Howard is
poor man and cannot afford to lose
the horse. He will be thankful for
any information that will help
him to tecover it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

Prayer is an act of friendship. It ie
intercourse; an act of trust, of hope, of
love, allprompting to interchange be-
tween the soul and an infinite, spiritual
friend. We all need prayer if for no
other purpose, for that which we so
apty oaH communion with God. we
all need friendly converse with him
whom our souls love. ''He alono is a
thousand companions; He alone is a
world of friends. That man never knew
what 1t was to be familiar with God, who
complains OF the want of friends while
God is with him.-PHELPs<
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
PICKENS @. II. IS. c.:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1s, 1886

E4'' For subscription, 81 50pcr 0nnum;
strictly in advance; for six months, rs cts.
CO Advcrtiscmentsinscrtc at one dollar
per square Of one inch 6t less fof the first
insertion and fifty cents for each subsequ-
tnt insertion Liberal discount made to
merchants and Others advertising for six
hionths or by the year.
:, Eg' Obituary Notices exceeding five
lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications
of personal character, when admissible,
and Announcements of Candidates will be
charged for rs advertisements.
E5" Necessity tompcls lis TO adhere
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lhentS.
sc" All Communication and Advertise
ments should be addressed to TIE SENTikRI.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

Open THE WINDOWS EVERY DAY -
One of the most important causes , I
the greater prevalence Of disease and
the higher death-rate in the winter
months, as compared with the milder
seasons, IS the absence Of house ven
tllation "r' its imperfect character in
cold weather. 1t should be unceas-
fngly taught by the family physfcian
that when doors and windows are
closed to exclude tho outer air there
must be some other provision for
the supply OF fresh, air or sickness
will result. Every stove, freplace, or
furnace used to warm house not SUD
Piled with proper fresh cir inlcts is IN
engine for sucking up the ground
air from the polluted soil beneath the
house and for drawing III the sewer
mir through every trap, washbowl,
and closet.
Typhoid feverydyptheria and pneu-
monia are the diseases most to be
dreaded from such causes. There is
reason to believe, indeed, that this
latter disease is much more LARGELY
due to the contaminated atmosphere
OF dwellings, than exposure to cold
and inclement weather, to which lat
ter cause it is usually attributed. It's
relation with typhoid fever has long
been observed by medical writer's,
and recent observation point to the
presence Of some Of the microscopic
hlth organisms as it's causative
sgent.
Thorough ventilation of sleeping
apartments when not actually in use,
md proper supply of fresh air when
occupied, would do more to prevent
hose diseases than any amount of
YARN clothing, chest protectors, etc.
open up the bed rooms during the
sunny hours every day, and lot theIu
in with the fresh outdoor air.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
Excitement In Teveo

dreaI excitement has been caused in the
vicinity Of Paris, Texas, By the remarkable
recovery of Mr.. j. E. Coriey, Who was 80
helpless he could not turB in ped or raise
his head everybody said he was dying Of
Consumption. trial bottle of DR.. King q
New Discovery was sent him. Finding 70
lief, he bought large bottle and box Of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills; by tbs time he
had taken two boxes Of Pills and two bottle,
of the Discovery, he was we'll and had gain
ed In flesh thirty-six pounds.
Trial BoStlcs OF this Great Discovery 70,
Consumption free at DIR. G. W. Earle's.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

W1LMINeroN, Del.-Six prisoners
convicted at the last session of the
County Court were punished by the
Sheriff in the jail yard ct New Cas-
tie the 7th inst. r.. j. Hollinps-
worth, a forger. was given an hour
III the pillory, standing in the cold,
which caused him considerable suf-
fering aside from that inflicted by
the instrument OF torture. Harrison
hohwell (coloreO was given five
stripes with the cat for petty larceny,
and a' brother, William Rothweil,
squlrmed under ten lashes severely
laid on his cold bare back. George
Norris (coloreD was punished with
five blows, and Jacob Beechem, q ne
gro, was given five lashes. Frank
Clayport, a Philadelphia "crook,"
was severely whipped with twenty
lashes, harshly dealt, which cut his
back severely A large crowd stood
n the snow to witness the whip
Ding.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

The United States Senate has PES
sed the bill appropriating $50, 900 to
the building of q United States Court
House at Grconvillc 1t is to be no,
ped that the House will take up and
push this bill through, and that it
Will soon become a law, rs such q
building is badly needed in Grcenville
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

The evidence B acoumulating that
Lieutenant Crawford who was reported
as having been killed by Mexican troops
who tired on his command raistaking it
fora band OF hostile Apaches, was delib-
erately murdered by the Mexicana wish
full knowledge that he was an American
soldieR,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

The Greenville, Newberry, Edgefe1d,
&C., Marrow Guage Railroad is meeting
with hearty endorsement from ths vo-
ters along the line at every election Held.
At this rate Greenville can soon boast Of
another rail road.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
An Awful jump,

New York, February IA deli,
cate, brown haired woman, about 80
years old, rode up to the end of the
cable rail road on Tenth aveltuo ycs-
terdny and thon walked towards
High Bridge. She asked several
people the direction to take, and f.
nally reached the structure. She
walked half way across, when direct
~ over the centre of the ice-cloeped
river far below, stopped and quietly
took off her bonnet and cloak. She
laid them down on the brick welk,
climbed over the iron rail and dttict-
~ let herself fall the awful distance
of one hundred and thirty eight feet.
She did not spring out into the air
or hang by her hands, but simply
stepped off to death. Her body was
drawn somewhat in under the great
stone arch; and grazed the pillar be-
fore it fell upon the solid ice, which
broke and let hor body fall partly
into the dark water. Every bone in
her body was broken, and death was
instantaneous. Even if the river YVES
free from ice, she could not have Iiv-
ed after that fearful fall.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

The now Charleston directory will
contain 1860 nsmes-2,417 more than
were in the old directorG-white male
adults 1882, eoiofed a,Ge2, showing n
White majority,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
Registration Notice.

NJ OTlCE is hereby given that the Books
~ of Registration for Pickcns County
will be opened at Pickcns G. H. 9n the
first Monday in each month TO enable Such
persons to register as have acquired tho
right since the last general election, ~
transfer such as have changed their tesir
dcnce, and to renew lost and dcfaced eery
tificatGs until and dincluding the first Mon
day in July 1886, when the law rcmIireT
the Books closed, except for the purposes;
hereinafter mentioned, namely: Lost and
dcfaccd certificates may be renewed untif
thirty days before the general election, and
young cmcn oming Of age after She clos
ing of the Books may register until the
day of election.
O. t. DURANT,
Supervisor for Pickens County.
march 8, 1885 23
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
New Advertisements.
TO ADVERTISERS. Z

n analogue of O9t newspapers divided
into STATES AND SECTIONS will be
sent on application-FREE.
70 those VINO want their advertising tor
pay, we can offer no better medium for
Thorough and effective work than the va,
rious sections Of our Select Local List.
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Newspaper Advertising Bureau,
10 Spruce street, Now York,
Efn a. 1885 n +
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
UNITED STATES SENATE

WAsHiNGToL, D. c., Feb. II, 'SG.
My DEAR SiR I have received your
letter of January 30th and in accord
ance with your request, / have exam
ined the papers in the Bradley Bray
ton mattor, but find no affidavits
made by you.
din very truly yours,
WAUE HAMPTON.
w. G. FIELD, Esq, Pelzer, S. G.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

MatyI6adfs Legislature was Gh6 only
one to adjourn out of respect to the
memory OF Genezal Hancock,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

Judge Wallace decides that physi
clans certificate is only ground of excuse
for road def"nlter and by no means
proclude trial justice from examining
into the character and extent of the dis
ability.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
SHE is Coming,
SHE is comingl

hOlO 10 SohiihSSI
Spring is.
We could see her color id tile sk;es
feel her gentle touch and SNUFF ber
breath,-too impalpably sweet to be
called Is "fragrance'--for a "fra.
GRANGE" is an appeal to the senses
while the breath of spring touches
and enlivens the whole being
We could see and feel it yester-
day.
1t was lovely day-the advance
guard of the spring and summer days
to come trooping after while in glo-
rious, glittering righteousness:
There will be cold, dark, wet days
yet but the bright and balmy ones
will be more and more frequent un-
til April and May brings us an at
mosphere full of brightness and
splend0r and fragrance and all the
glories and beauties of natufc.
Before very long the gentle BREATH
of spring will kiss the last wrinkle
and trace Of winter from the earth,
blow away the snow and ice and
chill in q light mist and leave warmth
and fructifying power in hills and
valleys, woodland and field:
The jonquils will put up their
green aid yellow heads.
The snow drops will follow.
Then vlolets, roses and all the
flowers will follow fast in beautiful
battalions.
All of which is very fine indeed.
But no beautiful battahons, no
glorious green mantle of grass, no
more glorious and more useful array
of garden sass will you have,
Unless you go to Sloan Bros. and
lay in stock of grass, flower and
vegetable seeds.
Then can you with good conscience
get out your plow;
Call on the colored brother you
board and lodge to gird up his lions,
go forth and quit him manfully.
Expostulate with your favorite
mule to the same purpose.
And prepare for gentle spring.
COLUMBIA, S. c.; january 7.-When
the Legislature adjourned the State
treasury held about $G5O,OOO, an
amount in excess OF the holdings of
the treasury at any time during the
last ten years al least. The payment
of the expenses of the general assem-
bly, and of its various appropriations
and the payment of interest on the
State debt has reduced the amount
to about $5O0,000, which is however,
pretty formidable sum.
There will be no May collection Of
taxes this year, so that the 5000, 900
Usually collected during that month
will be lacking. The Administration
desires to AVOID the necessity Of Dor
rowing money during tile simmer,
and it Is believed that with the lar
ger surplus now on hand the Gov
ernmert can be run until the fall
coIte ion Of taxes without borrowing
alolinr. The comfortable condition
OF the treasury IS due in great part
to the close collection of taxes last
year; and it is Il subject for congrat-
:nat on to all citizens.-Cor. News
| aI!d Ourier.
On the aSh inst. Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock died at his headquarters at
Governors Island, n. T. He was the
hero Of many battles and was loved and
respected by tho American people.
Judge Wallace decides that a physi.
clans certificate is only aground of excuse
for road def"nlter and by no means
prnclude trial justice from examining
INTO the character and extent of the dis,
ability.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

On the ath inst. Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock died at his headquarters at
Governors Island, n. T. He was the
hero of many battles and was loved and
respected by tho American people.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18

1t has been decided by the rail road
managers in charge of the line of railway
south Of tho Potomac and Ohio Rivers
to change the guage of their respective
lines, i'll order that there may be q uni
form standard throughout the States,
Mexico and Canada. Tho roads in the
South are five feet, those of the North
and Northwest are four feet, eight and
one-half inches. At Wilmington, N. O.,
and all other places whore these differ,
ent guages come in contact complete
transfer Of freight is necessary; and in
case of through slecpers, they have to
be lifted from one set of trucks and
placed OH another, involving much ex-
pense and considerable delay. The
width of the Southern roads will be re-
ducod three inches, as this is more con-
venient and sufficiently hear the stan dard
for safety. Monday the last day of May
and Tuesday the first day of June havo
been set for the timo III which to make
the change. 1t is estimated that it will
cost the various railroads concerned the
sum Of S150,00O
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
A Cows Value.

The Carolina Spartan says. When
You announce that good COW.
well attended to, is worth $15 month
to family where there are six to ten
persons to eat many will deny your as
sertlon. They just know that it ia i'm
possible for q COW to be Worth $3.50 n
year. That they say is worth as much
as horse and no cow is that. A fair
COW with good shelter and feed will ay
erage u gallons of milk day the year
round. At 90 cents gallon that will he
worth 5O cents day, or $15 month.
This statement is made in order that the
average farmer may lie brought to con-
slider the value Of good COW and then
he may be induced to provide generous
food and good dry stall in winter. The
next step will be to improve his stock
by judicious selection and the rejection
Of all poor mixers. Many of the COM
mon cattle, called scrubs are excellent
COWS and deserve better treatment The
man who expects a cow with a handful
OF shucks and a few cotton seed with O
| h.',o "i9n ""'cI Slop, 10 give rlCn nOur-
lshlng milk, is about as stupid as the
COW he owns. During the coldest wealth
er, the flow OF milk can be kept fairly up
if the cow has warm stable and inoreas-
ed rations. Then many persons waste
much milk in raising a little measly
scrub of calf that will be worth very
little when it is three years old. Any
calf may bo taught III six weeks to drink
warm slops in which there Is an abun
dance of flesh forming food, such as
bran, meal and the like Feed your
calf thus aud give tho milk to your chill
dren and work hands. In tlieso times of
low values and scarcity of morley, in
creased attention to tho COW will help
out the family living and keep down
the grocery accounts A good COW we'll
fed and milked is worth twice as much
to family as fifty dollar lien.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-06-05
uofh LEGTsLATURE

The Legislature resumed It's adjourn
cd session lu Trenton on Tuesday. THO
session only lasted two days AS the
Count had decided The eoustitutioBalty
of the railroad tax case and there was
nc emerging to lie met. Governor Alb
belt sent in four special messages: on
the ~inadequacy Of tie appropriation Of
$4,000 for publication of laws; calling
attention tOthe balance due for The State
expenses at the New Orleans exposi-
lion; congratulating the Legislat sre on
the tax dcCisiou and reco mmending
thero2eal OF the law limiting the local
tax on railroads 10 / per cent; and re-
peated tile neglected suggestion con-
tanned ia the Governors annual mes
rage to pass u bill authorizing the At
torney General to begin a suit 10 as
certain whether the Morris and Essex
Railroad Company has not made fraud
ulent tax returns TO the State to the
amount of many thousands of dollars
during a number of years past. A
veto TO the sugar bin for the benefit of
The Rio Grande company WAS sent in
together with others. "A joint resolution
by Mr.. hoe was reported authorizing
the appointment OF a Commission to
ascertain the value of the shore fisher
les Oh the Delaware River below Tren-
ton; with a view OF their purchase by
tie state.
On Wednesday II bill to investigate
tile false lax returns of the Morris d
Essex railroad was discussed and pas
sed both houses. The House passed
the sugar bounty bill over the veto but
it failed to pass in the Senate. Speak
er Armstrong called up the county To-
cal option bill which had been laid on
the table at the regular session. The
Democrats charged that it was not
pure love of Temperance principles
but rather a desire to capture temper
ance votes at the fall election that
prompted the Republican Speakers ell
thu6aiasm on the local option question.
Tie bill was defeated by a vote of %
to 81 as was also a high license bin.
All ) O'Clock the Legislature adjourn
ed sine die. The Governor has APP
pointed Assemblyman William II. Cor
bin, Colonel Duffy, of Essex, and Got
fried Kruger, of Essex, as the COM
mission to superintend the er ection OF
monuments on the Gettysburg battle
field to make the positions of the New
Jersey regiments which participated in
fine fighting.