The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-10-25

Gathered Hero and IhCrc from On.
Exchanges and Oth, Sources.

Exchanges ana otlt 4 Sources.
The survivors Of lInml. toms Legion
will have II reunion In CNlMmhia Fair
week. y room in the State House has
been secured for holding The session.
The Ncwbcrry cotton mills began
running on full time last Monday morn
ing. The mills had been running on
thrrc-quarLcr time for the past thrco
weeks.
--tov. J. &. Kilgo, formerly Of S. c.,
has been selected rs a delegate from
the N. G. Conference to the Methodist
E1umcuical Council which meets in
London next year.
--Rcv. A. Nj. ChreitzberE, tho SC
niOr member OF the $. &. Conference,
hns sold his house on SullivHn's island
Charleston hurbOr, and it. Ia said he
will move 80 Columbia.
There is Is lively rae, for the posi-.
tion Of State librarian. The Icgisla
turc will eject in January. There arc
already eight entries, with ~ number
| Of counties TO hear from.
The stock kholdcrs Of the big cotton
| mill at Whltmirc, New berry County,
kno"n is the Glcnn-Lowcry Co., have
decided to increase the capital stock
from $500, 900 to $500, 900.
Wild geese arc already appearing
in the Catawba river in York and
Chester. The believer in signs may
draw his own conclusions about the
severity Of the approaching winter.
Gen. Brilingcr has decided that
the two miles limit required by the
law to SEPARATE distilIcri,s and school.
houses and churches must be m&a.surcd
by an air lire and not take the wind
lngs OF country road.
The grand jury in Columbia has
taken action in regard to gambling.
The owner Of the place where w. Is.
Smith is alleged TO have killed man
is indicted and CUDumbiu's chief OF
police Is named AS IL material witness.
"A piece OF campaign nOws interest.
ing to some South CarOlinians il the
fact that John G.. Capcrs is making
McKinlcy. Mr.. Capcrs holds place
Az good salary in the Government
service AT Washington.
---EucncHcr Lutheran Church has
lately undergone enlargement and
many identifying changes, and il is
now one Of the handsomcst church
cdilices in Columbia. Tho S. G.. La.
thcran Synod is to hold its 10th an
Dunl session in it, beginning Oct "a.
1T IL said that the south western
portion Of Samda County, IN which the
towns OF Batcsburg and Ridge Spring
arc situated, and hracing almost the
entire railroad mileage OF the county,
will make an effort TO be detached from
SaluGa County and return to EdgcGcld
County. The scheme will be strongly
opposed by Saluda County. -,
The United States supreme court
has ngain uphold the cOnstitutinnality
Of the South Carolina registration law,
in the case Of Daniel Gray Wiley
| plaintiM in error. vs. SinkIcr and
others. The court held that Wiley =
| right to vote for mem bcrs Of Congress
was uhdOubtpd, but that the plaintim,
having failed 10 rcHiaLcr, the defect
was fatal.
MIR. James NJ. 5tOkcsbury, OF Up
| land, Pa, last week purchased and
decided to the "Industrial Home fOl
! Colorcd Children in Columbia, lan(
adjoining tho institution, on which he
will build n dwelling house for Sup't
Richard Carroll. Mr.. StOkcsbury't
sister, Mrs j. Lewis Cr0Zicr, who wat
in strumcnt8l In establishing the Home
has already given $50 for its main
tcnanCc,