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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29
On The DispcnSnry.

/ think the time has come when all
the people should be outspoken
against the fraud and corruption of
the dispensary law. Now sir, [ for
one did vote for it, but l had no con.
ception of the fraud that would or
has boon perpetrated upon the State.
[ did think wo had some good and
honest men that were not corrupted
by the late war, but they are all dead
Just think of the men and the money
that has been made off Of rebates
Think of the dispensarles in the State
that have squnndered thousands of
dollars of money and their bonds
men not worth straw. Think of
the constabloa the State has employed
at - 90 day and some Of thom not
worth the rope it would take &c hang
them, and still they are protected by
the State law and not one punished
for any crime they commit against n
citizen. They take private property
and convert ii to their own use in.
stead Of turning it over to the State
where it belongs. Now just look at
the litigation in the courts. 1t re-
minds one Of radical times in the
United States court, only more SO.
Think of Judge saying it is proof
enough to convict to find cob stop.
per in a dispcnsary bottle. Now
the way the disprnsary is run it will
bankrupt the State and will not be
long about it. Now here is the rem
edy, let the Governor appoint re
ceiver, call in all the spirits of the
State, sell ii at public ou'cry and
commence anew. Now il this or
some other good plan is not seen for
us to get out of this scrnpc we arc
ruined people. Vow You poor tax
payers don't listen to those men that
arc getting salaries to run the dis
pcnsalics, for thcy will say it is AL
right while they are filling their pocl-
cts and you poor fellows arc footing
the bills Respectfully,
j. IOODcr.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29

--Read Citation notices in an
other column.
Read the advertisement of J
Med. Bruce and consult him.
--Misses---Simpson and
Horton, of Clinton, visited Miss
Corrie Bruce last woek.
II. D. Harris comes to the
front this week with q change in
his ad. Read what he says.
-Shoppard & Ellison, of Eas-
Icy, will be glad for you to inspect
their stock Of goods when IN Eas-
ley. Read their advertisement.
Hunter & Hamilton, of Lib
orty, arc still selling their onor-
! nous stock of goods at cost. Only
three weeks more Of their Great
Slaughter Salo. Read their advor-
tisemcnt in another column.
-Rov. w. G. Soaborn received
telegram last week from Williams
port, Pa, informing HIM that his
son, james e. Seaborn, was in the
hospital of that place dangerous
ly i'll with typhoid fever. He sont
Joseph, another son, to taEo caro-
of his brother. but before he reach
ed Williamsport, James G. Sea-
born had died and his remains
were on their way to Pickons
county for burial. The death oc-
Cured OH the 21st inst, and the
burial was on tho 2Bd at tho Bor-
oughs family cemetery, who're rest
ed the remains of his wife, who
died about q year ago. Alr. Sea-
born was % years old and was an
active and useful member of the
Baptist church.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29
Winthrop College Scholarships
IL / Entrance Examinations.

Tho examinations for The award
Of vacant Scholarships in Win
throp College and for the admis-
sion Of now students will be held
at the I ounty Court lIonse on Aug.
18th at 8 q. III.
Applicants must not be less than
fiftcon years Of ago. When schol.
arships are vacated after Aug. 18th
they will be awarded to those
making the highest average at the
examination.
The cost Of attendance includ.
ing board, furnished rooms, best
light and washing is only $3.50 per
month.
For further information and a
catalogue address President d. B.
Johnson, Rock Hill, S, G.. tt.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29

Notice.
There will be n special meeting of the
Jasper Hawthorne Camp, No. 9Sa, at
Easlcy. August 4th 1897, for the purpose
ot rlrcting young lady rs Sponsor, for
lhe annual Reunion TO DC held In Green
vile August 25th, and to transact any
other business that may come before the
Camp. ID. r.. BRADLEY, Com.
VIZ. }. II. MARTIN, Adj't.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29
Warning Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons that
will not he responsible for any debts con-
tractcd by my wife, Nancy IIallums, IA she
mas lett me without cause or prOvOcatiOn.
J2!w1. Nero IIallumS,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29

DKW0NS Relief Cures Sick Headache,
W." Neuralgia, Cramps, Cholera Morbus
Diarrhna, &c. rs cents for large bottle.
For sale by Freeman Il Hendricks, Pick
ems S G.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-29
The Peoples Journal.
LOCAL I'FE MS.

LOCAL ITEMS.
This Is certainly warm weather
"A. B. Walker, Of Hazel, is very
Ill.
500 A. M. Morris tor your dry
goods and groceries.
Texas is harvesting the largest
grain crop in its history.
Miss Boggs, Of Easley, visited
friends in town last week.
Monday was tho first dog day.
Keep out Of the water boys.
Tho condition Of Mr.. Dean
Singleton is much improved.
People do not grow in grace by
looking at the fruits Of others.
Read what DR.. G. w. Earle
has to say in another column.
Born uuto Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff
Holder on the 24th inst, a son.
-Watermelons are plentiful
now and they are Of excellent vari-
Hjr b. A. Hagood, Of Charles
.... spending awhile in Pick
T.. Brock, of Pendloton,
r,~.,y his brother, j. O. Brock, Of
yhm ICE.
~.~::u, Dingley tariff bill became
- i.~ rlday night the 24th inst:
@. ".d light.
~,,, loarn that the Pickens
I}laH school will be taught by
|ut Dargan.
Nj. Ollio( FAINT, of Anderson,
- v.a.t ng at Capt. John l.. Thorn
-, s. is week
Mt j. d. Ratteroe and family,
"I Nl"a ter, are visiting at DR.. J. D.
<'@sorals's this week.
.|, A. christopher took charge
ot t." own Creek school Monday
W''' O. .ood attendance.
h.@. Leseno, Of kingstroe, is
1r lit to her parents, Mr.. and
"".. G.Nb Mauldin, this week.
Mr., ames Roper, Of near town,
s~ 4-.nNg her sister, Mrs. Coat
i!.'.r@. near Liberty this woek.
BE-. VI. Silas Hinklo, of Nimmons,
Urs .v own on business Tuesday
sud r. rts good crops in that Sec
l..H.
,-N,.@ Nursula Kennemore, of
3t.H!> !sited relatives and friends
." e." Cedar Rock section last
v.oL
--ynn machinery for the Nor
lu.lan Mill is being rapidly
uuI -. They expect to start up
a.. 'aN
.....t. 'oster, Of the firm of Bruce
s. 1f,.'' the druggists at Green
.,'.. .... in Pickens on business
t..t ....>..
=, Griffin and Charles Bow
.1l 80. ,nday for q hunting and
ri,...... t., oedition on head waters
:. .>.v. n,.
.-.Ny.. Lancaster, of GAINESVILLE,
:|H.. u.. ler Of Dr.. Il. a. Lancaster,
i cd . it to Mrs. G. l.. Hollings-
,.n., lu.. week.
-,. . CantreIl has q new corn
m.N . operation iii Eastatoe
G,~."... and can do grinding in
I .." est style now.
A Park, that we'll known
r4'...a at Granville, will be
e, IS. II to inspect his stock
O. hen III Greenville.
r. Winchester, Of tho Ha-
u, ... was III town last week
a. S the farmers in that
Sc about through laying
b.
" r. Riley filed his ap-
D,n'r. in the Presbyterian
ch"... day and preached an
OK ., ,rmon to Il good con-
.-. ... indebted to Mr.. j. a.
Be. ; Mile. for q basket Of
nj dr.. They were Of excel
le!. 3D.. ....> and were greatly ap-
pr. ,.n
.H .. Bollo and Rcbocca
Sr'.&, N srs. Ross Moon, Will
M lie. .nu Lawrence porry. OF
neuc trv'.. visited at Old Pickons
la% A...G
\. .Nt"nt of Mr.. and Mrs. r..
l.. t."". 2, near Pickens, died on
tn 4''a r.at., and was buried the
do .ut'oalng at the Enon Bap-
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
corked him with stone. but
Cork said he did It with his fist
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A negro cadet is going to the An
napolis naval academy from Cincinnati,
In the person of Richard Carlton Bum
dy, son of the presiding elder of that
district of the African Methodist Epis-
copai church.
Daily newspapers are now pub
lished by students in ten colleges and
universities in the United States-Yale,
Harvard, Cornell Princeton, Brown,
Stanford, Tulane. University of Penn
sylvania, University of Wisconsin and
University of Michigan.
Vienna university has accepted the
inevitable and granted the degree Of
doctor of medicine for the first time
TO a woman, Baroness Possauer Won
Ehrenthal, who recently was admitted
to practice in Austria after passing the
requisite state examination. She had
received the degree from Zurich many
years before.
Prof. Georg Ebers, more widely
known as a novelist than as an Egyptol-
ogist in the faculty of the University Of
Munich, celebrated his siNtieth birth
day recently Among other gifts he
received a festival compilation entitled
"Acgyptica," containing II essays on
historical and pathological subjects,
written and dedicated TO Ebers by his
former pupils, among whom are num-
bered six German professors.
After Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale
preached in Washington the other Sum
day a number of people went to con-
gratulate him. Among them was a
young lady, who, after shaking hands
with the famous Bostonian, said: "You
don't know me, DR.. Hale, but l know
YOU" His hands descended as if in
blessing, and he said: "Ah, my dear
young lady, don't doubt that chris.
tened YOU" and she passed on in the
crowd. Some one at hand asked DR.
Hale: DO you know her? She is Sec
retary Olney's daughter" "Oh. then
it is all right" said DR.. Hale; Il chris
tened her mother"
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
Hudson Iron company to Dissolve.

Hudson. N. ~. June 2s-Justice
Chester has appointed Frank n. stott
Of the Stott woolen mills. Stottvlle. re-
ceiver of the Hudson Iron company.
His bond was fixed at 900 The con-
Germ is perfectly solvent, having assets
above all liabilities Of S25,OOO, exclusive
of valuable real estate. During its cor
porate existence for nearly so years, It
has yielded to its stockholders an aver
age dividend of II per cent The deca-
dence of the iron industry in eastern
New York is the cause Of the dissolu-
ton. The plant has not been operated
for the past three years.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
Floods In oaIicIn.

Vienna. June 2s.-The town OF Kolo-
mea. in Galicia. has been flooded by the
rising of the river Pruth. Many houses
have been destroyed. and the bridge be-
tween Kolomea and Turka has been
swept away. The collapse took place
while g train was crossing. and it is
believed that many have been drowned
The government has ordered the sol
diery to assist the Inhabitants In the
effort 10 save their property.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
HORRIBLE MYSTERY
Portions ofa 1utilated Body Found
at Different Places.
POINT TO A DlABOLICAL CRIME.
Dne Part Found Floating In the River
and the other Miles Away In tho
Woods-The Victim Had Been
Dead but short Time.

New York, June 2s.-The lower part
of the trunk Of a man was found by
two boys in the woods at one Hundred
and Seventy-slxth street and Under
tliffe avenue. this city. yesterday after
noon. 1t was terribly mutilated and
shows plainly that a murder has been
committed. 1t was wrapped In llnole-
um ollcloth and MANILA paper exactly
as was the upper part of trunk found
in the Eass river or Eleventh street
Saturday. The two are parts of the
same body.
The two pieces were found more than
eight miles apart, one in the water, the
other on land. The part found yester-
day comprised the lower part OF the
trunk from the fifth rib 10 the hips, the
legs having been severed from the body
at the hip joints. IL was wrapped in
three folds of paper and two of oil
cloth. The oilcloth was evidently cut
from the same piece as that which in
closed the upper part OF the trunk II
was new and OF a cheap pattern, bright
red with gilt figures on It. 1t is like
that commonly used for tcblecloths in
tenement houses.
The find of yesterday was in "a bulky
bundle, lying against wall next to I'm
dercliffe avenue, where the shrubbery
was very thick. II had not been dis
sected, which does away with the be-
lief that 1t had been handled by medi-
cal students. Besides, Il had been terri
bly, hacked where separated from the
upper portion. 1t was sent to the
morgue, where it fitted the part found
Saturday exactly.
The Deputy Coroner's Autopsy.
Deputy Coroner OHanlon performed
an autopsy on the upper part of the
trunk before the other had been found
He discovered two stab wounds, one
between the fifth and sixth ribs anc
one between the sixth and seventh, in
the region Of the heart. There was ais,
stab wound back Of the left collal
bone that extended down to the apex o
the left lung.
DR.. O'Hanlon found too. a bruise OF
the left forearm, and under the righ
forearm was a confusion showing III
shape of heel with the imprint Of hol
nails, like those in heavy boots.
He found an incised wound In tn
palm OF the right hand, which, he said
was probably caused by the victim
seizing the weapon with which he wa
attacked. There was no water or serur
in the lungs. The lungs were well file
with air.
There wns a knife wound two inche
long in the apex of the heart CORE
spending TO the wound between tn
ribs Numerous contusions were ais
found on the body, which DR.. O'Hanlo
thinks could have been inflicted afte
death.
The doctor stated that the man coul
not have been dead more than 80 hour
and perhaps not more than "a. He ca
culates the mans age at about 35 yeaI
and height at 9 feet 10 inches.
The central office detectives and III
detectives of the two precincts I'm whic
the parts of the trunk were found ar
investigating the case.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
A VENERABLE GOVERNOR.
Father OF the Movement which Di
vided ola Virginin.

Father OF the Movement Which DE
vided ola Virginia.
Francis H. Pierpont who was gov
ernor of Virginia all through the war
and the reconstruction period, but who
likes best and can rightfully claim, the
title of Father of West Virginia. is
still alive. and at his home in Fair
mont, Marion county, in the newer
state, he often tells the story Of how
24,0OO square miles of the Old Domin-
ions 10000 were saved for the union
and from the confederacy. The ex-
governor is now SO years old, his hair
is white, his face pallid, and his step
uncertain. but his health is good for
a man of his age, and his mental facul-
ties are unimpaired. He never fails TO
resent with energy any expression he
hears or sees of the very general belief
that there was anything irregular and
OF doubtful legality in the division of
Virginia and the erection OF its west
ern section into q separate state. lie
shows that in the years 1868, while at
Wheeling he directed the proceedings
which ended in the numbering of Vest
Virginia among the sisterhood ofstates.
he was the governor Of Virginia, and
that after the new state had come into
existence he was equipped with duly
elected officers Of every rank, he re-
mained the governor of Virginia, with
headquarters at Alexandria, simply be-
cause Richmond was i'm the hands Of the
enemy. John Letcher's right TO the title
of the governor, received, OF course, no
recognition from the federal authori-
ties. After the war was over Gov. Pier
pont was reelected and served until 1865
so that ne has the peculiar distinction OF
lnving been chief magistrate Of one
state in three capitals.-N Y. Times
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA.
City Of Rome Arrives After a
Thrilling Experience.
BROKE OUT IN THE FORWARD HOLD.
Only Prompt Action by the Captain and
Crew Saved the vesseI-NO Cause
Can BE Assigned For
the Fire.

New York. June 2S.-The Anchor line
steamer City of Rome, Captain Hugh
Young, has arrived from Glasgow and
Moville, after a thrilling experience
with fire on board ship. which fortu-
nately was quickly got under control
by the ships splendidly equipped and
well drilled fire crew.
Captain Young reports that the City
of Rome sailed from Glasgow and Mo-
vile on June 49, with Sc saloon, 80 sec
ond cabin and $50 steerage passengers
and q cargo of general merchandise.
Fine weather was experienced during
the entire passage. On June "a from
$3.50 a. m. to p. m. the steamer sighted
no less than 20 icebergs of various di-
mensions. Saturday proved a very
pleasant day. and the City of Rome was
steaming along rapidly toward the
American coast At 2:30 p. m, in lati-
tude ALPS, longitude 1929, the bridge de-
tected smoke issuing from No. hold,
Immediately forward of the bridge.
The chief officer was quickly sent for
ward to investigate and the captains
worst fears were verified. as dense vol
umes of smoke began to ascend from
No. 4 hold The fire alarm was quickly
sounded and the ships crew beat to
quarters.
Prompt Action Of Oaicers.
Meanwhile an officer was detailed to
notify the passengers. who were calmly
sitting or prOmenading the decks. The
ships fire crew promptly responded to
the captains call, and in few minutes
hose was stretched along the deck from
the engine room to No. hold, where
the fire was then raging Steam and
water were quickly turned on into the
burning compartment. and at 8 p. m.
the fire was under control Further pre-
cautions were then taken to prevent the
possible outbreak and spread of the fire
to the adjoining compartment.
Another detachment of the crew were
ordered to stand by in case OF emer-
gency, and streams of water were kept
constantly pouring into the burning
compartment and on the main deck in
the immediate vicinity of the fire. The
cargo in the burning hold consisted
chiefly Of jute goods and other general
cargo and will probably be a tota
loss.
Captain Young Is unable TO assign any
reason for the cause of the fire, but Il
is supposed TO have been caused by
spontaneous combustion. The City Of
Rome proceeded at once to her dock
after a brief inspection at quarantine
The exact nature or the amount o.
damage cannot be ascertained until th'
steamer matches are taken off and th'
cargo discharged.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
peath Of Attorney Gross.

Newark. n. j.. June 2S.-Philip W.
Cross, former city attorney of this city.
is dead He had been IN for several
months of jaundice. Mr. Cross was born
at Sharon. n. y, in 1913 He entered
Oberlin college, o., and when the war
broke out enlisted in company x, First
Ohio volunteers. He was several times
city attorney the last time during the
administration Of former Mayor Leb-
kererber. He also served in the assem-
bly, in 1867 and 1877. Mr.. Cross left a
widow and two children.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
FREAKS OF THE MISSOURI
Farmers Who Find Their Fields Have
Disappeared over Night.

"
Disappeared over Night.
Of course you've heard of the Gu
rious freaks of the Missouri riyer-the
big Muddy" how the sudden, treach-
erous mountain waters roll down in
mighty floods from Montana and Wy
oming, ricochet from side TO side of the
broad valley they have eaten deep into
the soft prairies and pour headlong into
the Mississippi near st. Louis; how,
night and day, winter and summer, the
twisting torrent shifts its channel,
cuts its banks. undermines railroads,
astonishes the muslSrats, keeps the fish
studying guide-posts, worries the
bridge guards. and sets the farmers
crazy. For, just think of it; the Ne
braska farmer whose land stretches
along the river goes to bed thinking he
will cut his broad acres of golden
wheat in the morning; but 10, in the
night, that madcap river has entered
his waving fields, and like snow they
have melted away. Grain, fences, trees,
buildings. land-are gone! And a
great, sullen, yellow food boils and ed
dies where his harvest smiled yester-
day.
Next week, very likely, the reckless
stream will make his neighbor across
the river a present OF 100 or more acres,
Just because he doesn't need them. OF
course it was natural for man who
lost his land that way to look longingly
across the river, and think, after awhile,
that the newly-made land over there be-
longed to him; and many a wearisome
lawsuit has been begun to recover title
to made" land which lies, maybe, eX-
actly where the lost farm lay, but on the
other side of the river. Perhaps there
is some equity in such claim; but the
trouble is, that sort of thing is going on
all the time, and the courts said they
couldn't keep track Of such pranks;
that land acquired by accretion-marlS
that word-should belong to the farmer
who owned the river bank where they
were thrown up; that if the river took
your farm, you would have to fish it
out of the stream you lost it in; at
least, you needn't ask the courts to give
you another for it.-Frank II. Spear
man, in St. Nicholas.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
Hnrses Perish In a Fire.

New York, June 2s-Fire in the lum-
ber yard and packing box factory OF
Frederick Buse. llO4 10 1112 First ave-
nue., did damage TO the amount of $2O,-
900. Thirteen horses which were stabbed
on the premises were burned, the fire.
men being unable to save them. The
fire began in a pile Of rubbish in the
boiler room. The Manhattan Cornice
and Roofing company, whose building
adjoins the box factory, suffered to the
extent Of $4,000.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
sIIrht NE n Chnnce.

OF course they were both dear friends
of the girl under discussion. Feminine
critics are always dear friends of the
ones they criticise.
"She has such a lovely disposition,
said the first dear friend.
"And she is such n brilliant talker,"
said the second dear friend.
"And she is getting little DID," said
the first dear friend. but ] see no rea-
son why she shouldn't get married, pro-
vided-"
"Yes?" said the second dear friend,
inquiringly.
provided" continued the first dear
friend, with an air of deep concern, "she
ever meets a blind man.
"Yes. Isn't it too bad?" returned
the second dear friend.-Chicago Post.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
ChiIe,s Nnw Cabinet.

London, June 2s.-A dispatch from
Santigao, says that President Ezra
zuriz has accepted the following oabi-
net. to succeed the ministry of Senior
Antunez, which resigned June %: Senor
Orrego HUGO, minister of the interior;
Senior Morta Vicuna, minister for for
eign affairs; Senor Ismael Tocornal,
minister of finance; Senior Amunategui,
minister Of justice; Senior Vergara, min
lister Of war; and Senior Prats, minister
of public works.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
Rrn ovor bv n TalIyho coach.

Medina n. Y. June 2S.-Julius Graz
SAINT. "a years old, living on clifford
street, In Rochester, has been probably
fatally injured. A tallyho coach con-
tanning 26 persons and drawn by four
horses, ran over him just north Of this
place. Crasant was evidently asleep in
the middle of the road and was not
discovered by the driver Of the coach
until too late to prevent running over
him
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
Ouiet At Key West.

Key West June 2S.-Everything is
quiet here. A squad of United States
soldiers were sent from the garrison 10
guard the Fort Taylor reservation at
the request Of the contractors, as there
is n quantity of dynamite for blasting
purposes and other ammunition stored
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
Direing on from the Ground.

Not all Americans lnow it, but pc
troleum was produced in Scotland long
before it was found in the United States.
In Scotland it is got from a shale rock,
and is not found in liquid state at all.
For many years the mining and refining
of this shale was a vast industry. It is
still important, but as American re-
fined oil can be sold cheaper in Scotland
than the product of that country, there
has been a great falling Off of the Scot
tish product. The Scotch shale is
black. and is found 400 feet below the
surface in a region known as the oil
fields of West Calder, between Edin-
btrgh and Glasgow Paraftin wax,
ammonia and lubricating oil, in addi-
ton to Illuminating oil, are made from
the crude oil or tar that is got from the
shale by crushing News.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
rh. Poll, p1nna sale.

Nashville, June 2S.-By decree of the
chancery court Polk place, in the cen
ter Of the city the home Of President
James Polk, was sold for distribution
among the heirs and brought only Sl5,-
900. 1t is not probable the sale will be
confirmed. but that the property win oe
again offered at public sale.
Evening journal., 1897-06-28
steamer sunk.

Huntington, ". Va, June 2S.-Ths
steamer w. f. Nisbet. owned by the
Cincinnati-P Pomeroy Packet company,
bound for Pomeroy. has sunk one mile
below Central City The boat is on the
bar in but FIVE feet of water. Her
c~fgo is not damaged, and the passen-
gers are all safe.