The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-27
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Tnr.~ OF lat, rest Gathered from ya,..n
~GurCri.

OF thv $G0.orO n,,krI foi ;IIn new
bUi,,tln" Orth"Sccnni baptist CHu,rl
of Atlanta. %;jJ,OUD Ill> b"'u secured.
3nI the Moik Ui building Will be
begun Immediately.
--Govcrnor Mckinney, OF Virginia,
has approved II bill passed ut the
recent session of the Legislature, pro
hibiting the sale of tobacco. cigars or
cigarettes to boys umdcr sixteen years
of age.
The dwelling house OF Mrs j. O.
.laNiru. III NuWbrrry. >. G., was d"
#troyrd by tirc Monday afternoon
During tn" fire Il little son of B. II.
Lor"lacc WAS run over by u horse.
and fatally hurt.
1t is believed that at the next
general conference of the Methodist
iIp%copal Church, South. DR.. a. G..
HayGood, Of Alabama. will be elected
II bishop, and that nc will not again
lCclinc tn" biHhoprir.
-Ti" Supreme Court OF 5IisSiH.
sippi has has set aside the sentence
Of John l.. Sullivan and Bud Rcnnrd
his bnckcr, who were cDnvict':. 81
prize fighting. Tn" cr,;c gu",; to IT,"
lower court for new trial.
Jim Gardner, an intoxicatcd col
orcd man. walked out of II three story
wrnGow IN Louisville, Ky, Friday
night. He fell hCndf0rcmnSt, but Iii,
trick skull saved him from ini'n"
dintc death. His scalp was yas?",i
and Il number of his teeth were
Knocked out.
1t has been discovered that N!Y..
Payne, sister of the famous "r'iwht
ing joe Honkcr, and widow. is
living; in Memphis, Tvm.. destitute.
\ movement hr; been started to
raise fundS 10 relieve hrr distress.
which Will be contributed to by oil
soldiers of both arluicS
-R"ports coming from the great
tobacco counties in Western North
Carolina show that ut least one third
OF the plants in beds have been killed
by the colI weather which prevailed
Saturday night and Sunday. THE
peach and apple crops arc also almost
wholly destroyed. The mercury
stood at 10 above zero Sunday mora
ing
Charles f.. Cross. the Na!"ish
bank Wrcrkcr. is serving Il seven
years sentence in the workhousc. \
few days ago IN ull family servant.
who had but recently heard of the
troubles of Cross. walked Il long dis
tanrc to present himself III Ral:iyh
and offer to serve ont In" ScMtrnc" of
Cross. or course NO such ARRANGE.
mrnt could be ma,i". but Tie lcvo
tion Of the former slave to his muster
WAS strikingly shown
According TO the reports rendered
the Agricultural Department Of South
Carollnaduringmonth ending Fcbruu
rN 2S. th"r" were GG,Gt3 tons 0i Dhoa
phatc rock mined. against 52.fG1 for
the same period in 1889. This il ?,p
unprecedented production and makes;
l46.lUO tons mined in six month cnl
ln% February ~. Th" total for E.t
year wa% 2l2.oOo toms. II the ratio 81
the past six months be maintained
the amount mined this year will be-
252,OOO toms.
A singular coincidence occurred
recently III the death Of two brothers
by the name of james and David
Crorkcr~J living in Wake county. some
seven or eight miles south of Ralcioh,
\. {. Both were born ON the same
day OF tn" same month, but James in
1892 and David in 1879. Both died
from pneumonia on the same lav.
last Tuesday, the l2th Both were
hurlcd IN the same coffin. When
married. both married sisters, ON fine
same day. ;mI each one leaves 4
widow and six children.
a novel marriages occurred in
Virginia recently. Tn" contracting
parties wrr" Mr.. John Spain and Mis4
Emily Braton. of Ettcrick. ChcStcr
field county. The couple locked
arms and walked from Et,crick 10
the rcsld,nc" of Rev. NTr. Mr.. Nnm-
drrSllc". in Petersburg, Il distance of
ov"rH mile, accompanied by about
three hundred OF their friends. Tie
which made th" couple nm,
and wife was performed by Mir.
\andrrHlicc, after which Mr.. and Mrs.
Spain walked back to Ettcrick in
glccful spirits
-Gcncral Wade lianplon,of of South
Cif"linh, rll"H regularly. Ho is
SrVrntNtWo years OF age, and only
has one good leg. the other being of
cork. Yet there is never Il bright
day that h" is not seen riding ON II
large burkskm color~d horsr-.vcrv
ugly, but II good, easy saddlcr. On
the paved streets OF Washinrtun
General Hampton rides along in y
slow rantcr. but when the country
roads are reached he urges his ami
mai to II swift %allop, and covers five
or ten miles of territory before re-
turning to his hotel. The Senator
says he feels perfectly ut home ON
horseback, and he believes the cycr-
riS" thus obtained is the cause of his
rOol booltb