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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30
The Correc, Is,rures.

The admission of six new States,
the Gazette figures will add % elec-
toralvotes to the present number, all
Republican, and awill make Re-
publican President in 1892 pretty
certain. Hardly. The electoral
vote will only be increased by Ig,
making it 420 instead of 40I. A
majority of the electors will then be
211 instead of 2O1, but in 1884 Gro
yer Cleveland had 219 electoral
votes, and if he should carry the
same States in 1892 as he did in
1884, he will be elected. Should
he be candidate then, Judging
from the present political outlook,
he will do much better. 1t will be
more difficult for the Republicans
to buy the election in 1892 as they
did in 1880 and 1888. The Gazette
in announcing the Democratic
wave of Tuesday in the Western
local elections says: "Great falling
off in Republican votes and conse-
quent Democratic gains" This
truthfully and logically states the
drift, Jumping the new States as
against US, Democratic prospects
are brighter now than when Gleve-
land was elected in Pitts
burgh Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30
a BIZ Rnsl PredIeiell.

Professor Jones and other English
scientists think that the gas borers
and oil drilIers of America are sub
jecting the worlds population to
great danger by tapping the gas
reservoirs under the earth's crust.
One of these gentlemen say the
earth is a gigantic balloon supported
by internal heat and that the thin
casing of the immense cavern is
more than likely to break in.
This would certainly be disap-
pointment to those who have been
calculating from other causes a
grand confagration of this mum
dane sphere. If it should occur be-
fore the millennium we will be all
in a bad fix, denied the pleasure of
seeing the final curtain drop.
What concerns West Virginia most
is that General Goff and Press Nor
ris live adjacent to immense retorts
and should .bustn take place, they
would disappear before reaching a
decent mark of moral and intellec-
tual maturity. In the face of
threatening danger we would urge
the General and Press to give up
political crookedness and all other
kinds of selfish SHINING and seek
salvation awhile it is yet day.
Nicholas ChronieIe
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30
Not I'm Sympathy with the
People,

SaVanan news.
But dissatisfaction with the ad-
ministration is not the only reason
for the Democratic victories in the
West. There is dissatisfaction with
the Republican party. The Repub-
lican tariff and pension policies do
not please the people of the West.
In the Mckinley Tariff bill they see
evidences of a disregard for their
interests, and in the Pension bill
they see a demagogical purpose to
win the soldiers vote at the expense
of the Federal Treasury. They feel
that there is want of sincerity in
all that the Republican party docs,
and that that party is not in sym
Pathy with the masses of the peo-
pie.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30
GENUINE BARGAINS
TIT
Dress Goods

of which we wish to send every
reader Samples. Write to us and
tell us your needs.
Fifty styles nearly all=wool
fancy stripe suitings, Sc inches
wide, at 25c. a yard.
A lot of double-width CASH
mer, new colorings, made spec
tally for us, only 25c. yard.
All-wool fancy stripes, in choice
new spring shades, SO inches
wide, regular soc. goods at only
3sc. yard.
40 pieces all.wool mixture suit
ings, SO inches wide, 36c. yard.
A lot of all-wool stripe tricots,
choice colorings, 36 inches wide,
44c. yard.
One hundred pieces, everyone
different in colorings or designs;
plaids, stripes, checks and cross
bars; cashmere weight cloth, SOC.
yard.
A lot all-wool 40 inch side
band suitings, 75c. quality, at soc.
a yard.
Another, so inch, all-wool
spring weight stripe suitings, 75c.
a yard.
In finer goods up to the finest
cloths, made in foreign countries
expressly for us, our stock IS COM
plete.
Summer silks of every descrip-
tion in very large varieties.
Write to our Mail Order De-
partment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

The advance in silver is causing
a good deal of discussion in Wall
street There has been an urgent
demand from London for some days,
and numerous transactions in silver
bullion certificates took place on the
New York Stock exchange, Thurs
day. A shortage in the London
market is reported.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

The condition of the iron trade
is best shown by the report Of the
American manufacturers, accord
ing to which there were four more
furnaces in blast ON April 1st than
on March LIST, with an increased
weekly capacity of 7,726 tons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

Mr.. Willard says that in the next
four years the Northern Pacific will
expend 500. 100000 in the North
west, chiefly in Montana and Wash
ington, and will have $500 miles of
road in operation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

The wetzeI Democrat wants to
know who are the Democratic lead
ers in this State. The Democrat is
deluged with hideous ignorance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

Perhaps there is no more reckless
protective tariff advocate in this
country than the Philadelphia Tel
egrdph Protection is its slogan in
season and out of season, neverthe-
less it cannot stand the Mckinley
tariff bill, and it denominates the
report which accompanies the bill
as 81 mountainous fabric of lies and
ignorance In discussing the re-
port the Telegraph says:
"of all the silly things Mr.. Nc
Kinley has yet done, in connection
with the tariff question, his report
to the House in favor of the ways
and means committee bill is the
most grotesque. What possible
sense is there in. trying to fool the
farmers of the United States by the
statement that their industry. is
being prostrated on account of the
crowding of American markets with
foreign agricultural produets2 In
order to back mp this utterly alb
surd declaration Mr.. Mckinley is
driven to quote the importation of
sugar, tea, coffee, fruits, tobacco,
animals and fibres, the latter incIu-
ding wool, hemp, jute, etc. What
does the sugar industry in nine
tenths of the United States amount
TOP 1t is practically unknown in
the thirty six of the forty-two States.
How much tea and coffee are raised
in this country2 The importation
of animals, as everybody knows, is
chiefly confined to first-class breed
ing stock, brought in by fancy far
mers. The carpet men have clearly
shown that the class of wool most
needed in this country is not and
cannot be grown here profitably.
The fact of the matter is-and no
man knows the truth moro clearly
than Mr.. Mckinley himself-that
when he puts our total agricultural
imports at nearly $3.50, ,OOO, 600 he is
guilty of the most idiotic deception.
This statement is made for the pur-
pose of carrying with it a false inn
preston.
1t doesn't pay to indulge in this
kind of deception at any time. The
bill is now before the House and
before the country, and it must
stand or fall upon its merits.
What the people want is the facts.
They want to know how their in
dustries are going to be effected, for
good or ill, by this proposed legis-
lation, and it is the duty of the Re-
publican leaders not to juggle with
the figures, nor to misrepresent the
facts in any particular. Under the
pressue of the party lash, and
through studious misrepresenta-
tions, bill may be passed not based
upon truth or equity, but it will be
the worst political blunder of all.
There will speedily come a reckon.
ing time, and it will be a costly
period for all those responsible.
This determined effort to make the
agricultural element of the country
think that it is being specially
cared for in tariff revision at this
time as the matter stands has the
appearance of being one of the bold
est and most unscrupulous political
schemes ever attempted. In plain
English, it rests on a mountainous
fabric of lies and ignorance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

stanley's return has kindled the
passion for African conquest in half
a dozen nations.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30
Seed.
For Sale

PoRTABLE MILI-3O Horse Power-Dou-
= BILE saw Rigs foot Carriages Head
Blocks All in good running order. Call on
)r address JOHN B. SCHUYLER, Point Pleas
SAINT, west virginia. tapnl 2-4w-pd.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
ON THE FENCE.

This is the term now in frequent
use by extreme politicians, in speak
ing of men who are conservative and
careful in regard to their opinion on
the all absorbing question Of the
fall elections. Just because man
does not go about ranting on
some political question he must
needs be said to be con the fence"
While every one admits that there
arc times when all men are more or
less con the fence" on the politics Of
the day, we cannot see any need of so
many persons being accused of it at
this time. There is no demand for
any extreme measures in South Car
Follna politics at present. Every one
IS prosperous and content except O.
few outside Office. seekers who arc
raising n furor and hellabaloo try
ing to make us think we are going TO
the bad on an inclined road and the
track creased, hoping to get into q
fat JOB under the cover of the dust
they raise. Don't say that man is
ION the fence" just because he don't
knock you do %n when you begin to
paw Up the dust around him and tell
him the government is going to shcol.
tic is not con the fence" The chap
that is raising the row is the one that
is in that condition himself and he
gets mad because the quiet individual
who is on the other side and resting
easy docs not jump up and pull him
over on solid ground.
When the day comes that there is
danger of our State government get
ting into the hands of rascals or vac.
abonds, no man will need to sound
the call the second time for the vot-
ers to rally and turn them out.
There aro no rascaS in Office at the
State House now, and not likely to
be, SO why get excited. The men
nominated by the Democrats next
September will be honest and true,
and will be elected.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
n NaOonlckS Month.

The month of February, 1886 was
IN one respect the most remarkable in
the worlds history. It had no full
moon. January, had two full moons,
and so had March, but February had
none. DO you realize what rare
thing in nature that was? 1t had not
occurred since the time of Washinn-
ton, nor since the discovery of Amer
lca, nor since the beginning of the
Christian era, nor the creation of the
world. And it will not occur again,
according to the computation of as
tronomers, for-how long do You
thlnk?-2,5 100000 years. Was not
that u truly wonderful month?
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
On Tho Wing.

EDITOR SEET1Eh: Since leaving home
IN April L have seen great deal Of the
country and people, and thinning it may
interest your readers, will give them a
short sketch of what I haweseen. Start
ing from LoOpers' 1 crossed Pickens aud
Oconee counties from east to west, and
Ill along the route was impressed by the
appearance Of thrift and prosperity of
tue farmers on our side of the river.
After crossing Tugalo travelled through
Franklin county, Ga, to Toccoa, and
everything looked prosperous here also.
While Mt Toccoa L visited the historic
Falls, from Nhich the place derives its
name.
My next stopping place was Clarks-
vile where everything had taken on new
life since the completion of the railroad
to that place. 1 have travelled over
Northeast Georgia and I am now in
Dawson county, and in the six counties
through which I have travelled the wheat
crop IS given up as failure. The
seed, which was extensively sown, will
not be made back. The oats, and even
the rye, have tho rust. Corn is up and
the greater part of it has been worked
over. There was white frost here (fifty
miles north Of Atlanta) on the morning
OF the 9th Of May, and many farmers
who had their cotton well up, as we'll as
those who had theirs to stand, are plant
ing over. The Alliance is on boom
everywhere. [ was at grand picnic at
Jacksonville on the 9th instant, where L
saw fifteen Alliances marching under
their banners to the music of brass
band, with their beautiful badges and
and white sashes. Their marshal of the
day rode white and red horse and was
draped in cotton bagging from head to
foot | tell you they looked like they
mean business. They had their own
speakers, and, although such men rs
Judge James Brown, candidate for Con-
gress from this district, were present.
they could not be heard. The crowd
was estimated at 5000. 60 north, into
Lumpkin county. next, from hero. You
may hear from mo again.
Ct. w. SINGLETON.
Mortimer, Ga, May 10th, 1890.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
APATEeHOTIC POSNTroN

We sympathize with the country
postmaster who pursues the even
tenor of his way, without the luxury
Of envy or political hatred, drawing
with monotonous regularity the salary
that never huctuates over ten, nor
under three dollars per annum. We
wish to remind him of the other per
quisitcs of his Office. He has the
gratitude of the country editor and
of the patrons Of the Office, besides
the consolation of being overwhelmed
with the spring-tide Of circulars
marked "Imp9rtant" "pcrsonal"
Give dollars q day" &c. If our
postmastcrs want anything for search
ing the mail bags for the county pa
pers addressed to their Office, the
county papers and the Populace will
ut once demand it for them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

General John b. Gordon, Genera
Commanding United Confederate Vet
Grams, of Atlanta Ga, has issued gen
eral orders No. 3, in which he an
nounces that the first annual encamp
ment of the Confederate Veterans OIL
the United States will be held al
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 3rd. 4tE
and 5th days Of next July. All Con
federate organizations and Confeder
ate soldiers of all arms, grades and
departments are cordially invited tc
attend this first general reunion OF
their comrades. Railroad rates will
bo one cent per mile for each mile
travelled.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
County Convention,

The County Democratic Convention
is hereby called to meet in the Court
House at Piekcns on Monday the I'd
day of June, 1890, at 1920 a. m. to
elect delegates to the Congressional
convention to be held in Abbcville ON
the 9th of June next, ana for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before it.
The Presidents Of the local Demo
cratic clubs will call their rcspcctivc
clubs together on Saturday the 31st
day of May to elect delegates TO the
County convention
The following is the basis of rep
rcsentation in the convention. One
delegate from every club and an ad
dlhonal delegate for every twenty five
enrolled members of each club.
julius E. BoGds, Chr'n.
j. 2. CAREY, Sec'ry.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
n Politics.,

The Congressional convention for
this District has been called to meet
at Abbeyille on tho 9th of June,
hence the necessity for an early Coun,
ty convention to elect delegates 70
the Congressional convention. The
call will be seen elsewhere in this is
sue. The clubs Of course will pro
cced to organize ut once, and
elect delegates to the convention to
meet here on the 2d Of June. This
is a busy time to call the farmers
from their work, but politics will not
wait the lido in the affairs of men,
Let every club send up n delegate for
each twenty five members on its roll.
We are glad that in attending the
convention, many of the delegates
will be able to kill two birds with one
stone, rs the County Alliance has
been called for tho same time and
place. The two bodies need not con.
tilct in the lcast, because most of
tho delegates to the alliance will
doubtless be sent rs delegates to the
convention. When one convention
ndjomns, the other can be immedi-
atcly called to order.
When all the clubs meet for the
purpose mentioned in the call, they
should adjourn to n day to be agreed
upon not later than two or three
weeks. There will be business of
special importance sent down to tho
clubs from the convention.
1t is the sacred duty of all good
Democrats to make this the liyeliest
campaign ever held in this district
There is going to be desperate effort
to rob us ofyour Congressman, and
every democratic vote will be worth
ten times its weight in gold.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
NOn-Hseaident SMm mons.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County of Iickeps

SOtulty OF 1lrkSpS.
Common Pleas Court.
Summons Complaint nos Served.
George w. Griffin as executor OF the lus
will and testament of Alyah Gcifin, de
ceased Plaintiff
Against
Elyira Robinson, Eliza Williams, Lucfrd;
Grl1lln, Adeiinc Roberts, Martha vii
lllms anu Robert T. Griffin, Defendants
10 the Defendants above namcd-
You are hereby summoned ana ycouiref
TO answer the complaint in this action,
which is this day filed in the Office of tho
clerk Of court for Pickcns county, and r.
serve copy OF your answer to the said
complaint on the subscriber at his 0fficc al
Pickcns, s G, within twenty days ATTIC,
the service hereof, exclusive of The day
or such service; and if you fail to answcI
the complaint within the time aforesaid
the plaintiff in this action win aDplv tC
the court for the relief demanded in tho
complaint.
Dated April 10th 1880.
tsEA-~ j. NJ. STEWART, G.. G.. p.
j. Il. CAREY, Plaintim g Attorney
10 the absent defendants; Adclinc Rob
crts, Martha Williams and Robert r.
Griffin:
rake notice that the complaint and sum.
mons, of which tic foregoing is copy, in
the above entitled action was Glcd in tn,
office of the Clerk Of Coug5 for Pickcns
county, South Carolina, at Pickcns G.. II
1890 p''i'
j. L. CAREY, Plaintiffs Attorney.
tsEAT" j. NJ SrEwARr, G. G. p.
Dated April 10th 1890.
apr24wG
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
Important Information for mnnv

The proper and picturesque route fol
Dnslnes and pleasure from this city tc
the Catskill mountains, Saratoga and
other New York State resorts, is by the
Vest Vest shore Railroad. BY taking the
Pennsylvania Railroad, passengers will
make direct connection with the West
Shore in the Union Depot at Jersey
City, and commencing about Juno 18th.
drawmg-room cars are run through with
out change
For tourist books, time tables and in,
formation regarding the West Shore
Railroad, call on or address II. B. Japco,
General Eastern Passenger Agent, 3G3
broadway, or j. e. Lambert, General
passenger Agent, Vanderbilt Avenue,
New York City.
".'ilNndsome Excursions, handsome
~ illustrated book giving descriptions of
tho Hudson River and New York State
resorts, will bo mailed on receipt of five
cents postage. ip5
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
y. BE-. FsOGGS, Editor.
THURSDAY, MAY %, 1890.
TEE s:xECuTIvE Comm1TrEm.

TEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Tho Executive Committee of the
Democratic party of Pickens county
is hel cby called to meet at the Court
House on Monday, the Goth day of
May. Business of importance. The
following are The members: Easley
club, J. II. Bowen; Liberty, w. D.
Glenn; Central, II. G.. Gaines; Hurri-
cane, j. Z. Boroughs; Pickens, J. p.
Carey; Cross Plains, G. II. Carpenter;
DacusNillc, j. W. Thomas; Fosters
Store, J. II. Robinson; Pumpkintown,
j. d. NJ. Keith.
j. 7. CAREY, j, e. BOGGS,
Sccctary. Chairman
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
FOR SCHOOL COMMTSSIONER

ESqulrc j. II. MULLINIX is rcpcctful-
~ announced as a candidate for School
NommlSsioner subject to the action of
ton.
j. r. GLAZENER is respectfully an
nounccd as candidate for School Com
missioner, subject to the action of the
Democratic party in the primary election.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

The Governor has refused to par
don Andrew Fow, convicted of per-
jury at the February term of court
IN Oconee county, and sent up for
one year
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

Jutc is still on the come down.
Cotton bo%%inS made of jutc two and
Il quarter pounds to the yard, can be
bought ROW at six and q quarter cents
per yard. 1t is said that this rcduc-
ton is not made on account of the
'alm"rS fight against jute but to
break down the jutc mills that refused
to enter the combine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
FOR COUNTY commissioners

~, VIZ DOI4i NDNI VI IDoIONE EI(.
The many friends of THOMAS POW
ERS, respectfully announce him as a can
didatc for County Commissioner, subject
to the action of the Democratic primary
election. SIX MILE.
The many friends of MATTHEW
HENDRICKS respectfully submit his
name to the voters Of Pickens County for
the office of County Commissioner, sub
Jcct to the action of the primary election.
MANY VOrRRs
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

Life size statues of Stoncwall Jack
son, Jcb Stewart and a. p. Hill will
be placed at the base of the Lee stat
ne in Richmond. There will be three
others but they have not been select
ed as yet. General Joe Johnston
should be one of the others.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

Discriminate in the use of the word
"couple." Don't say "a couple OF
boys fell down while skating;" A
couple Of prizes were offered" Use
the word two. Oaly those are cou
pied who are bound together by some
special tie or intimate relationship, as
husband and wife.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

Some of our brother editors who
belong to the Alliance, do not go
with their sub-Allianccs in the en-
dorscmcnt of the March nominee for
Governor. They cl'im to belong to
the 'Farmcrs' Movement" and give
them column, but they proceed to
"pull the rhine" off of TiIlman just
the same.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

Judge Kershaw WIS applied to for
bail in the case of the lynchcrs of
Lexington county. r. c. Caughman,
one of the ringleaders and promi-
nent citizen was refused bail and re-
manded to Jail. The trial will come
off next month.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

1t is reported that the Alliance ex-
change at Dallas, Texas, has swindled
the farmers to the tune of three
million dollars in the last three years.
Politicians inside of the ring is said
to be the cause Sensational devel
opmcnts arc promised the public.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

1t is estimated TINT during the
year 1891 over eighty thousand
bales of cotton will be required to
keep the mills Of Spartanburg going.
That is twice as much as that county
IS now making. At present prices it
will require four million dollars to
buy that cotton. To manufacture it
1T will turn loose at least q million
dollars year amongst the operatives.
80 cotton mills arc not insignificant
concerns after all. They bring mon
ey and people into the country and
increase wealth and population.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

When o. newspaper man turns
preacher he has 1t heavy load to car
ry, and meets with many things to
switch him off the main line? Com
pared to him the lawyer convert has
an easy time. Rev Sam Smalls has
been beaten once for Congress, but
now he has determined to run for the
Legislature in the next primary.
Poor Sam! He has too much poll
tics, and too little policy and common
sense to succeed we'll. If he does
not quit trying to get on the political
train, the next thing he knows the
demon drink will trip him, and he
will fall under the wheels and be
manglcd.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

Several newspaper correspondents
have nominated Col. j. L. Orr for
Governor and some of our contempo-
raries have endorsed the same. Col.
Orr would make us a good Governor
and can easily lie elected if he will
consent to make the race,