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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
Notice.

We urge upon all public citizens
the Importance of subscribing asmall
amount toward the collection Of arti-
clcs fol exhibition at the Permanent
Southern Exhibit in Raleigh,
N. G. This is combined movement
on the part Of the Southern States to
secure immigration. Thousands of
the capitalists and home-seekcrs will
visit the headquarters to see what
each section of the different states
have on exhibition; and under no Cir
cumstances should our people fail to
have the natural advantages of this
county shown.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
HARRISON ON A TOUR.

President Harrison and family
with several officials, left Washing
ton last Tuesday for IN extended
trip through the South and West.
Politicians say that the President
is looking over the ground to sec
what his chances are for a second
term at the White House. The
points in the South to be honorcd
by their visit arc Atlanta, Chatanoo-
ga, Knoxville, Memphis, Little Rock,
and one or two points in Texas The
party Will visit the Pacific slope dur
ng their three weeks junkoting.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
H;GIICatlDIl3l.

School Commissioner Bright has
determined to raise the standard of
the grade Of the public school teach
crs in this county. Mr.. Bright called
Mt the SENTINEL Office last Saturday
and gave us a few of the IDEAS lie pro
poses to carry ont in his work as man
aGcr of the public schools. One of
the first things he intends to do is to-
make the first grade Certificate of the
Plckcns county teacher on par with
with those of our sister counties. He
states that heretofore the first grade
in this county has only been equal to
the second grade in Oconee and
Grccnvillc. The examinations Of
teachers will he more strict and every
prccaution taken to come at fair
valuation Of what a teachers know
ledge IS III the way of practical in
structInn. NO catch questions will
Ec given cat, nor will the candidate
be required to answer conmdrums,
but will be examined on live ~ tactical
points and qualifications. The Com
missioner is infavor Of the proposed
rcdistricting Of the county, and to
compel the districts to furnish a good
comfortable school house, or forfeit
their part of the public fund. He
also favors the establishment of the
County Teacher's Institute and wants
to make teachers attend it. Teach
CTS OF experience will receive fhe o1
vantage of having that part of their
education considered in their exam
nation before the county board who
will make allowance for it in the grad
ing. If the present Commissioner
docs not wake up the educational IL
tcrest in the county, it will rot be be.
cause new measures are not taken,
should he follow the plan he has form
ed at present.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
Now PARTIES.

Col. Kcitt says lie doesn't want a
new party but only a change of fname
and yet he urges the formation of a
"Pccple's party" Well, q party with
all the PEOPLE i'll it would be one
sided affair. But he speaks of the
"Capitalist palty". II would be
hard to draw the line between the
proposed two parties. What is a
capitalist? There are capitalists and
capitalists. There are men who own
millions Of dnllars and men who own
thousandS-and then there are men
who OWL TO dollars at all. And
there arc men who own thousands
OF acres of land and men who own
hundreds Of acres Of land and there
are men who own no land at all.
1t IS not wise to lave political di
visions and distinctions on. property
lncs-that might lead to socialism.
For Democrats especially it is a
very nopportunc time to talk abont
new parties just when victory ap-
pears to be in reach
We think it will be found. when
the test comes, that for the great
mass of whites in South Carolina the
Democratic party is good enough,
both in name and principles.--New
berry Observer.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
An AIIlnnCc ESmsiEChS Pnrfy.

Manager Donaldson, of the State
Alliance exchange, is making arrange
mellta to issue scmi-monthly Ali
ance paper for the benefit Of the Sub
Alliances of the State. The paper
will be a small one and will contain
business matter of interest to Alliance
men, such as price lists of goods sold
through the exchange and articles re-
Iatng to the management of it. It
Will be confidential paper to ALI
ancc men and will be sold ut n small
subscription price sufficient to cover
the cost Of publication.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Collectors sometimes find it ncces
S'"v to resort to rather vigorous
measures to secure bad debts. But
the most robust collecting yet heard
OF comes from Texas, from where the
representative Of New Orleans
firm IS said to have recently tcle,
graphHd to the house to say that he
had "collected 81, ,7G0, and uowhidaL
-1or the rest" mentioning the
name of member of the firm that
had failed for large amount
There are a great many ways of Sc
curing what is popular known as sat.
isfaction.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Governor Tillman is authority for
the statement that there is q great
difference in the Alliance and the
"movement." If he is right, oppos
ing the "Movemcnt' does not mean
hostility to the Alliance. This will be
news to some who have maintained
so stoutlv that those who were hostile
to the "A1ovement' were enemies of
the Alliance. Gov. Tillman is the
head Of the "NIoyement."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
An Alliance Candidate.

The Farmers Alliance of Kinds
county, Miss. has endorsed Hon. Eth
cl BarIsdalc for the United States
Senate, to succeed Senator Walthall.
Seventeen snb,aliianccs were repre-
scntcd i'll the convention, which
unanimously endorsed the sub. treas
nry bill and the Ocala platform.
This action is regarded as placing
Mr.. Barksdalc sQuarcly III the field
for United States senator. Hc was
present and made speech, but did
not announce himself candidate.
Subscribe for the Sentinel.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Alliance men all over the country
arc fast coming around to the belief
that Grover Clcvelrrd is tho best
man fer tEtm to support for the Pres
idcncy in '92. If Cleveland lives and
keeps his health he will be the nomi,
nee of the Democratic covcntion and
will be elected.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
The AbbcvilIc Press and Ronno

The Abbeville Press and Banner
published! last week full list of it's
subscribers, with postoftice address,
and date to which each one had paid.
The list numbers 1880 paying sub
scribcrs, and it is well paid up. 1t is
n showing of which Editor Wilson is
justly proud and shows that his pa
per is on q solid basis. The citizens
OF Abbcyillc believe in the Press and
Banner.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Italy has cooled down and the war
Of words between that government
and this country has ceased. Sccrc-
taly Blaine has turned his attention
to our brothers on the Canadian
shore, and is trying to bring about
better trade facilities with them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

A member of the Farmers Ali.
ance in Kansas has placed new
plank in his household which com.
pels every young man who courts
his daughter in the winter to con.
tribute cord of wood The Young
men OF the ncighborhood were not
consulted when the plank was adop-
ted and kicked against it, but they
come along with the wood all the
same,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

The lntc frost killed all the young
plants in the watermelon lelt from
Mobile to Jacksonville. Very near
all the large planters Of melons in
that section will have to rtrlant their
cntiro crop. Seed are very scarce
and the price is high. This State
will be able to put melons on the mar
kct with Alabama and Georgia.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
. N6

Washington Aulkcy and William
Mailer, two citizens of Gilmor county,
Georgia, were called on by party of
moonshiners on tho night of the Sth
inst. Mulkey was shot and almost
instantly killed, and Mailer was taken
to the woods and whipped almost to
death and one eye punched out with
a gun barrel. He was told to
leave the State Within twenty four
hours. They had beeL suspected of
giving information to revenue off
cials.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
The wheeIbnrro>y Test.

Three or four Of US on the car were
talking about Gen Sherman's death,
says the New York Sun, and, as might
have been expected, one Of the group
modestly admitted that he was with
the lamcnted general on his famous
march to the sea. There was n #o-
man i'll the scat ahead, surrounded by
bundles and baskets, and evidently
going somewhere on visit. The
war talk soon stirred her up, and she
turned to the vetern and quiried:
"W ere you right in the battle?"
"Yes'in
"Dcad men all around?"
"Ycs'm."
"Wounded crying for water"
"Yes'm."
"Bombshe!ls and cannon balls fall
ing around you like hail?"
"Yes'm."
"And you didn't 1un?"
"No'm, should hope not, he mod
estly replied.
Stood right there and never got
scarf eh?;'
"1es'm."
"We!l, now, I don't believe it," she
hluntly exclaimed. 1T ain't human
natur. 1t amt according to things =
Il hope Ny"n do not doubt nay wol g,
madam?"
Eyes, 1 do," she sharply replied
81 don't believe you have got any
more nerve than my Sam has, ond he
can't stand the test"
"TAen you have a test"
"2es, | have. You just s. , fl at
Scottdale, where am going to stop
There II be a wheclbarow mewhert
around there, and you just stand cf
aboHt thirty feet and let me bean
down on you with it., If you don't
jump or dodge or climb q telegraph
pole, I'll give i'll that you are the
bravest man | ever suw!"
"I-I'm afraid / haven't time t,
stop off,, he stammercd!
81 knew you wouldn't have" sh,
dryly replied. "Ihey never do
They talk about bombshells and deat
men and slaughter pens, and the,
make out that they charged up to thu
roaring cannon; but the minute tall
whet barrow they knucklc. You neeC
not say no more. You've wiited.
And he had not another word tt
utter.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
.tEi:incca tn Every S.atc.

Representative Jerry Simpson left
Washington on the Sth inst, for
Olean, n. Y, to spend the next ten
days in the work OF proselyting the
farmers of Weston New York. The
national lecturer Of the Alliance, Mr..
Willitts, also left yesterday afternoon
for New Jersey, where he hopes to
awaken considerable interest in the
Alliance cause. lie has already made
a Journey out to Ohio and sown the
seed from which he hopes a large crop
of Alliances will grow. This activity
on the part of the Alliance leaders,
according to Senator Pcttcr's stute-
mcrt to United Press reporter, is
due to the fact that movement is on
foot to carry the Alliance IDEAS into
every State of the Union before the
next campaign. Senator Pct1cr also
spoke hopefully of the conference to
be held in Cincinnati on the 10Th of
May, and said that it was The fore
runner Of the organization O new
party.
The effect of the recent visit to Re,
preventative Simpson to New England
is viewed with some alarm by tn ,
members of both Republican and
Democratic parties in New Hamp.
shire. Both parties there have dis
covered low cqrally divided the vote
is, and it would not take many con-
vcrts to the Alliance IDEAS to give the
third party the balance Of power
State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
editor Gonzales Of The Stato mn

Editor Gonzales Of The State and
Capt. W. j. Tajbert, superintendent
Of the penitentiary, were arrested last
Thursday on peace warrant sworn
out by the sheriff of Richland county.
The cause of the arrest was the antici-
patton of trouble between these
men on account Of the recent news
paper controversy between them.
Capt Talbert gave bond in $500 to
keep the peace. The editor refused,
claiming that he had not taken any
steps that warranted the arrest.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

The returns from the elections in
various towns and cities in the West
on the 9th inst, show thai the Dem
ocrats have been victorious in a ma
iority of the contests.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

The Internal Revenue Department
calls particular attention to the new
law which goes into effect on Nav
lst. On and after that date the
$40 per wear for the right to sell
manufactured tobacco and cigars is
abolished and everybody can sell the
commodities without the customary
spccial license.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
4 Queer fanx Case In Eihiann.


Abncr II. Bowen died in Delphi,
Indiana, about year ago, leaving
$4,000, ,o3o, though he never paid
taxes Oh more than a few thousands
the assessors being afraid of him.
On his death his estate was moved
on for back taxes. The heirs failed
to agree on the administrator, and
the Court appointed the county treas
urer, whom the heirs fought until
last Wednesday, when the County
moved that Bowcn's estate be taxed
on s2,OO0,0GO personal property.
The heirs Immediately bcga1 to pack
up their possessions; trunks, valises
and satchels and boxes were brought
into requisition and stored with
notes: mortgages, bonds and stocks
" lth these III their possession tic
heirs departed on the midnight train
The widow IS now in Urbana, H.
linois, Edward Bowen IL Chicago,
and a. 7. and Eta Bowen on their
way to Philadelphia. All have given
up their residence in Indiana. except
Nathaniel Rowcp who retains the
real estutc. When the announce.
mcnt Of the retreat of the heirs was
made yesterday no oncnppeared more
smprinea than the attorneys, who
declare they had not received hint
of the intended fight of their clients.
A bank owned by the family is in tie
hands of the assistant cashier, and
depositors have commenced run on
it.-News and Courier.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Tho Work for the Columbia Cen
tcnnial still goes on. Nearly every
county has been heard from except
Pickcns. No one has yet made q
q move to have it represented in the
celebration. Will we be left out?
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
=. BoGGS, Editor and Proprietor.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1G, 1891.

Gen. John r. Cooke, G. S. A., died
at his home in Richmond, Va, on the
9th inst. He was q nntive of Mis-
souri,, and brother. in-law to Gen. j.
T.. B. Stuart.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

P. r. Barnum, the veteran show
man, died at his home in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, on the 7th inst, after q
long illness. He was known all over
the world, and was the greatest
Snowman on the globe.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Secretary of State Tindall, on hear
ing of the death of Governor Fowlc,
of North Carolina, at once ordered
the flags on the capitol to be raised
at half-mast in houor of the deceased
ofIicinl. 1t WAS mark ofrcspect due
70 the dead executive of our sister
State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

A mammoth cotton shed at Mem
phis, containing 10000 bales of cot
ton, was burned On the night of the
9th inst. Loss $325,OO0. On the
Same night The large Union Stock
Yards at Cincinnati were burned at
loss of 100000.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

The Mississippi Alliance has de
posed it's official organ, the "Missis
sippian," and this action has caused
split in the order. The sub-treas
ury scheme, backed by C. w. Macuno
is said to be the rock on which the
order will split. The deposed news-
paper held that the Democratic party
and the cause of white supremacy
should be held above anything else
by the Alliance members, and the
sub.treasury faction think that their
scheme should take precedence, hence
v is war among the brethren. |
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Reports from Charlotte, N. G.. say
that the city was on the eve of rece
war. Whites and blacks were under
arms and a collision was looked for
at any moment. The threatened
lynching of negro who had murder
ed peacablc Italian merchant on
Saturday was the cause of the trout,
10
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
Corn and Pork.

MI. Frank Smith, saws the Spar
tanburg Spartan, is one Of our prom
mcnt commission merchants. He
does large business during the
year. He keeps well informed on the
price of goods he sells. Last Sat
urday we asked him what it would
now cost to lay western corn down
here. His reply was 80 cents by the
car load: We are giving away no
commercial secrets when we publish
this. The farmers should look at
that 50 n long time before they cor
cludc to plant all cotton. Then Let
them study the fgurcs~-GJ to s..
That means that they get only that
much for their cotton. Study these
figures. Consider the big crop of
cotton made last year. There seems
to be a surplus of half million bales
Then bc sure to plant for great album
dance Of corn. We asked Mr.. Smith
how it was that bacon kept so low
when corn and wheat were hirh.
lie SAID: "Gou see the corn crop of
the West was n rar;ial failure last
year. In many sections they hardly
made enough fer their own use. Ow
ing to the very light corn cron hogs
OF all sorts were rushed int. 90. .nar-
kcts because farmers coulG ID
them. The hog market W.. rr.
stocked. That kept bacon Gown
while corn WAS rising. Now that
hogs are in the hands of dealers we
may look for rise with prospect Of
great and sudden nuctl. innS y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Germany las taken eff the embar-
go against American pork and the
"Dutchman" can now regale himself
on our hog to his hearts content.
The pork trade with Germany will
bring thousands CT dollars to this
country,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

A cotton picker has been invented
and tested at Waco, Texas, which
promises to Fevolutionize cotton pick
ing If it realizes all that is claimed
for 1T. The entire weight of the pick
er is about 1000 pounds, of q light
drauGht and easily drawn by an aver
age pair OF horses or mules. Only
two laborers are required to operate
1t; 1t is said it will pick 90 per cent.
OF nj! open cotton, and will gather
per day from 5000 to $500 pounds,
or two bales. The lint is as free
from dirt or trash as that picked bv
hand. 1t does not injure the plant.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Two negroes, Sentry Butler and
Hampton Nelson, were hanged Mt
Sumter last Friday, for the murder
OF Capt. Maxcy last fall. They way
laid and shot him as he drove home
from town.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Attorney General Pope says that
the State intends to take control Of
the Coosaw River phosphate if it
takes twenty years to do it. The
General has his ''Irish" up now in
good earnest, and the fight wakes
warm. Very little headway has been
made rs yet on either side.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

1t is reported that Wall street
spectators have made extensive pur-
chases of silver, anticipating sudden
rise in prices if the free silver bill
should become a.law, which is highly
probable. 1t Is very seldom that the
Wall street n..npulators get left
when there is any chance for a
"spcc" in any branch of the market
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Despite all announcements to the
contrary Allianceman McGrath is de-
termined to start that peoples party he
has been talking about, and he also
intends to start it in Cincinnati as Der
original programme. Apparently it
IS to be made up chiefly of people from
k1nsas. At al events he saws he in
tends to'haTe 2,0cO of Jerry Simpsons
ncighbors on hand Savannah News.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

The recent troubles with the Ital
lans at New Orleans will prove bcnc-
ilclal to this country by bringing the
attention Of our economists to the
fact that the large influx of immigra.
ton to this country of a low class of
foreigners is injurious to us and cn-
dangers our institutions. Our ports
should be closed to all ncw comcrs
from this paupcr element of Europc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
I'm Behalf of tho Cumberland Gu
Road.

Judge Cothran, Mr.. A. w. Smith
and Hon. j. T.. Bradley are off in
Charleston in the interest Of the Cum
berland Gap road.
AS we understand, they wish to Sc.
cure the sale of some OF the first mort
gage bonds of the proposed road.
This is practical movement, and
one in the right direction. If Charles
ton will show some substantial inter
est in road which will vastly bcnc
fit the city, those of rs in the country
will be encouraged to put forth more
effort to construct the iron highway
which would put us in direct commun-
lc"tion with the City by the Sea.
The merits of the road have been
thoroughly discussed, and this people
have manifested their zeal in the mat
ter by voting five per cent, of their
property 60 this enterprise. But we
need the help of Charleston; without
aer help, we will scarcely be able to
bplld lt.-Prc&S and Banner.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
ThC EflOriIn SCnatOrshIn.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, April 9th.-Thc
sensation of the day here Is the pub
lication in this mornings Floridian
of letter from Scnstor p. T.. Rod
gers, the President Of the State Alli-
ancr, in which he says he cannot sup
port Dunn for United States Senator
because he is a national banker, nor
Call either, Lccausc the latter is not
i'll sympathy with the demands of the
National Alliance. The letter also
appeals to the Alliance legislators,
who number fifty five, clear major
itv, to unite upon straightcnt ALI
ancc cardidatp.
This action of Rodgers, who has
been straightout advocate of Dunn
heretofore, put Dunn out of the race
and opens the field against Call.
Over half of the Alliance legislators
are supporters of Call, however, and
the prevalent opinion is that they can
not be turned from their allegiance
to him.
Call does not favor the sub treas
ury bill, but is in sympathy with the
Alliance on all other Demands The
Alliance men throughout the State
are divided on the Sul"treasury bill
Calls friends think a joint caucus will
be call.I in few days and that he
will be nominated ON the first ballot.
State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
~ DIOAN IIOJCE
GREENEILLE, s. c.

Has been newly refittcd and cxcelently
furnished. 1t is first. class in its appoint
mcnts, and is one of ihc best hotels in the
South. Situated in the hcalhicst and
most del ghtful locality in the country it
otcrs superior attractions to visitors. 1t
cuslhc cannot be cXccllcd in any city,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16
EARN Burned Near EaAIey.

EASIEl, April l0.~-This morning
about . O'Clock the barn of James
Robinson, who lives one and half
mics north Of Easlcy, VAS discovered
to be on fire by some hands at work
IN field near by. 1t was then too
late to save anything. Mr. Robinson
ana lamilv were not in sight of the
barn at Che time it was seen to be
on fire. The origin Of the fire is I'm
known. Loss 1900 bundles Of fod.
der, one load Of shucks, three wagons
four sacks Of acid, four sacks of GU
ano and the building.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-16

Secretary of State Tindal; SAYS:
More new enterprises have hcen
started since the present administra.
tlon went into power than ever before
IN the same 1enghth Of time in the
history Of the State Since the 9th
of last September he has issued near
ly one hundred commissions for new
cnterprises.-News.
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EASLEY, s. G.
| g. FITZGERALD,
PHOTOGRAPHER,

GREEN WILLIE, S. G.
Over Wcstmorcland Bros. Drug Store.
All work done by the instantan c0us pro-
cess Also make enargcmcnts from old
pictures to any size in water colors, cray
on, India ink, oil and plain photographs