The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-04-30
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There were two efforts 8 s;sr M

s spartan ourg lastWeek
0 The militia OF South Garos;r
f is to be inspected By Col ehssIe.
e Morris Of the United States arnlv
During a-s5orn ii Mon Il o
Sunday night af last week the IS
gro Baptist church and severa
residences were struck By LIGHT.
ming.
The dispensary censtabIes Il
Charleston have been mounted On
+ horseback 50 that they may chase
the fleeing tigers.
-Hartsyille is to have an expert
mentas tobacco farm this year. The
government has sent two experts
there who have begun work.
j. A. Banks, of st. Matthews,
has contributed S275 towards build
ing a eandclay road in 0rangeburg,
county as sn object lesson IN good
road construction. -
Boyd Steele, eight years old,
was shot and killed IN Lancaster
county with a pistol by Miss Essiss
ogbu:n, a young lady Of Is. She
was fooling with the pistol when
it went off.
.-The report of the State dispen-
r'sarS sas ths first fiscal quartsrnss
been eke rands q the gov
ernor: The gross sales for the
quarter Were S65s,126,25 against
s5Ss, ,296:2e for the preceding year.
The orangeburg Times and
Democrat says: aThe plant louise
has cut the oat crop off about one
half of what it promised-to to be. In
some sections of the county the
crop has been totally destroyed. y
Further investigation in the
defalcation Of James s. Campbell
late treasurer Of Richland county,
now deceased, reveals a shortage Of
s11, 900. Mr.. Campbell was res
garded as an honest man, and the
shortage is a mystery
The passage Of the law arroWs
ing convicts .seRtenced for tenyears
20 be atGed on fhe county chain
gangs, is having serious effect on
the penitentiary. Since the first
Of the year only about five able
bodied men have been received
within the walls, while there are
over a hundred aged in6rmed and
malmed who are of no value atsau.
The Columbia Stetesays Mrs.
Robert NJ. Anderson, WHO has been
a citizen of that city FOR many
years, died at her home on PAIGE
avenue Wednesday, after an illness
of two weeks. While out training Z
a vine some time ago, Mrs. Ander-s
son got a splinter in one Of her
bands and through this slight
wound contracted blood poison,
Bud Lee Clinkscales and Lewis
two negro convicts on the
gang of roadworsers, weatia swim
ming in a1river at Martins s mill
aear Abbevi1ie- Their shackles
we're not removed and when they
got beyond their depth wefe-en-
tangled and weighted down by
them and could not swim or regain
the bank. Before assistance could
oe had they both lost conscious
hess. Miller was revived, but his
lost his life.
The public of Charleston is
'atislied and pleased with the man.
n which Governor Hayward las
aiken up the outrageous raiding of
he private residence Of Mrs. Tren-
lolm on East Battery, and it is not
hought likely that the constables
will resort to any such similar raids
n the future. Chief Howie ap-
pears to be much exercised over
he affair, He places the blame 3
or the ral0 on Cnlet Constable
1ammett.
Thomas Nolan, Charles How
srd, William Mckinley and Ed
yard Duggan were convicted in the Z
United States circuit court at Char
eston last Thursday and sentenced
o five years each in the federal
'enitentiary at Atlanta. The men
we're accused of belonging to gang
# outlaws who committed many
obberies IN South Carolina. Last
ummer and fall a number Of post
'hce safes were ROBBED in various
mall towns in the State and in
ONE instances large SUMS Of money
vere secured. The safas ware usu.