The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-10-13
when Bowles drew a pistol and shot
him through the heart. a Coroner S
jury composed Of four Democrats and
two third party men rendered a verdict
of juStifiable homicide.
A Sad End,

VIC toihuhCc aul CouSlueTuUIS ihtblciy I
with the death of Frank Me- |
zick, q young man who committed Sui" |
eide by taking morphine Saturday after t
noon, while in tho company Of Mrs.
hathaway.
The woman il the case ls not quite ,
twenty years Of age, and is The wife Of q
whealthy contractor in Cleveland. She
uuarre(ed with her husband and came
here two weeks ago. She had been
stopping at the wellington Hotel Tor tho
past week, under an assumed name.
She became acquainted With young Ne
ziCll day o; two after her arrival in tho
city, and spent considerable of her time
in his company since,
Yesterday afternoon MeZiCk and Mrs. |
hathaway took dinner together. They |
spent nearly Two hours at the table, eat" |
ing and drinking, and when they left the |
place both were considerably under tho
influence of liquor, Mczick being drunk.
They went TO a hotel, where they en-
gagedroOms, and remained until shortly
after O'Clock. During their stay at the
hotel Mozick swallowed an ounce OF sul-
phate Of morphia. His companion Sc
| cured physician, but MeZick refused
aid, and died at Mercy hospital a ic"
hours later.
Frank Mez;ck, the suicide, was twcn-
| tylour years old yesterday. He was
| private sc ury of DR.. w. Il. Barnard.
| president Of tic South Side Railroad
Transit Company and had bright pro-,
poets for the future. No reason for tic
suicide is krown Except that Mezick had
been drinking considerably of late.
Mezlck's parents arc highly respected
in Baltimore, where they reside, and his
father is said to he a wealthy and inilu'
entail citizen of that city. The LEAD
mans father was telegraphed for, and Is
now on his way to this city.
The South Carolina Railroad.
Under the order from the United
States Court in Charleston, the South
) Carolina Railroad will be puS up fol
sale on the l7th of November and 1t il
stated that there is every probability
that the Louisville and Nashville rail
road company will buy it. For sever
al years there have been reports that
, this great corporation had its eyes or
the South Carolina line, as it now con
trolls the Georgia railroad to Augusta;
|
, ing link nredcd to give an outlet al
the South Atlantic SeibOard. The An
, guSta Chronicle says: "There is hard
ly uoubJ that the Louisville ant
, ! Nashville railroad people aIe going &C
> get Tie cuntiOl ut the south CaTOliu.
railroad. Ihry aic nu~ OrltiuS viii
| that end in view. an>. when LhC .OuLi
' Carolina railroad prppervY is put III
for sale next NUVunbyr tic Louisville
. and Nashville people are gong TO l.,
the purchasers. What ACIDS color It
A the above Is tne fact that among th'
= visitors in the c!ty on last Friday, WA
Judge Faulkner Of Montgomery, gan
: eral ccrlS>i To- thn Louisville GIt
q Nashville. lie speHt some time in con
= Snltation with MAJ. Joseph Is. Com
3 ming, the attorney Tor the Georgia rail-
: road, in which road the Louisville An,
: Nashville owns Il half interest. Wha
d passed between these two gentlemen j
s only known 10 them. Judge Faulkur
u was non. committa! and would say moth
:, ing hut it has leaked out that th
!. Louisville anei Nashville intended g"t
g ting control OF thu South Carolina rail
4 road when it was put up for sale j!
: ! Ovember.' such a change Woul'
= probably bo advantageous 10 I'll con
e Cerned and NEST tHprciaily ~ Charles
= ton.
.Apr"pos Of Weaver.
IT,, .:nm the Des Moincs State Res.
e istcr, the bltCrcs, Republican organ IL
3 Iowa, and II paper WIN IN Las never yet
l ceased 20 v!niy the Sonth, should le
> interesting reudiDy to eX-Consederatcs
4 who are asked 10 vote for Weaver
. The Third party candidate, they wl
see from this home testimony, 'justIy
, made the rebels howl for their inlQuit-
, ies."
2 "GcD. Weaver, better known as Our
3 Calamity Jlm,' should recall his letter
to Chairman Irwin, of the Georgia
7 Peoples party committee, in which he
says that Il find the spirit of rowdyism
3 at some points OF Georgia 80 great as tC
render ii in advisable to attemptto ill
engagements at poinns not already
visited! Think of that from the
chivalrOus knight who commanded the
,, post at Pulaski. Tenn, in l864--5 and
justly made the rebels howl for their
inlquities. Calamity JIM needs the
courage and inspiration of the Gen.
Weaver of wartimes. He ought To
send the women hone and make a can
vass on his own merits and strenth.
He might L OF gain 80 many silver dol
lars, but he could demonstrate that he
was not hiding behind the skirts of
women. He needs the courage OF
Wendell Phillips, Ota Peter Cartwright,
of a j. Is. Weaver when ho was brave
Iowa soldier, fearless in the defense Of
every ri ht."
In the language of the Columbia
State how many ''rebles" are there in
South Carolina who will now "howl" i'll
praise OF this "chivalrons knight" of
war times?
| Much Money Wanted.
| New YORK, Oct. 3.-The American
Protective Tariff League has issued
another "confidential' tloater fund cir
cular to the postmasters of the country.
This circular requests that each post
master become an "otlicial correSpon-
dent Of of the League" in his locality
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