The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-03-19

promise E"E".' 10 marry another.
Mrs. Jane VI. HorJ, OF Allegheny
County, prnnsyIYani;:. celebrated her
lo"ih birthday recently. Two OF her
Grandchildrcn arc missionaries in
Egypt. Her great -graudpavvnts were
IRISH, who came 10 America in
IN" seventeenth century and settled in
cumberland County, Pennsylvania
JoHh CnrnHhan was her father. and
hcr uncle. James Carnihan. waS Prrsi-
Gent of Princeton College from 1So3
10 1913.
Among the wcndrriul old Indies told
oJ during the year was Mrs John
Rockwell. Of Chicago. Il mnmbrr ~
the family of Eugene s. PIX. ehr
Will reach the century mark il She uv,,
until next April. This woman was IN
he" Dos when Chicago was vrt in il.
SWAddlin% rlo.n"S. having been born IN
th" year tha, sort Dearborn was OK.
tabli$h"d-l% l%O:;
NEVER TOLD I.lE
~ IL" lown oE i."yIjCn. \. y. lives
or did 1--we in The spring uf 1902; 70
mariiah!c ccntcnariam of the name OF
James Stewart, who adhuccS evidence
to SHOW that he has passed ;llr iUi;h
milestone Oh liir'S .iour!rr \ pc
culiar distinction ait""hr# to Stewart
despite his extreme age. lie avowS
thai in all his long life he has never
told Il lie Notwithstanding the lctum
Of writer's and philosophers thai all
mon are liars. From his earliest yout il
until he was ninety Ne WAS i free uSr,
Of alcoholic bCvrr;i i"rS. and the Tobacco
habit had him tightly i'll its grip. At
ninety. however, hc "SWOrr off, Since
then his motto has been: "Snun liquor
and tobacco rs YOU would Tho dcvil''
1t is we'll known that many negroes
reach "n extreme old age but liz most
cases convincing proof 10 verify their
claims iS lacking. "Inclc Elijah" BicI-
SOC i; either Il liar or Il m;raclr. for lie
phi forth claims last wear thal hr WAS
born in It'll thus being i3l wears old.
He = 4 Southern "i!:;rNy," who sill en-
joys life. and while hH may not he thr
oldest in"n in his country. rs he as.
SORTS. no orc doubts that he is 4 con-
lrnnriln.
John Carey. :: Cn!0vcd man who died
in Washington. u. g.. Suuc years ago.
had written evidence 10 show that lie
WAS IL! years Of age. II" had pIDHrS
to show that hc was an officers snr-
want with RrauG0ck'S nrmy when it
WAS rrpulScd ncar pitishurg. twenty
years before The Revolution. "Unrlc
Benz Brown, o. Richvicw. Ill.,. nj the
ago OF Jog is growing an entirely new
crop OF wool on th" top Of his head af-
ter being rs bald us Il billiard bail for
forty years. Last July. Ferry ChrSnry.
Il rOi0rcd man in Trnnr>Spn died at th,.
alleged age of 1876. AS slave no had
belonged TO Jonnthan Jackson, ut
ClarksNilic, Va. on the Roanoke River.
and when twelve years old hr Haw
George NaShington. "GranGmotlirr"
Stewart. an inmate oc the Home FOR
Aged Colorca People. in Chicago, died
ut the alleged age OF 12S.
HAD LlyEr III YEARS.
tnQurSt;0nHhly' on" Of ;hr most re-
marMAh!" cHntN!ln"innS who PASSED
AWAY during; l!r last year WAS %rnor,,
Catalina" Flores. Who died 1T Pasadena,
CAL. III the az" Of III. This wonLrr-
ful woman had lived in parts OF three
ccnturicS-moSt or The timr under the
was in poSSrS>irn OF all her faculties
almost 10 the end.
On Il lonely island. opposite la
Crosse. in the Mississippi River. Nue.
%r-Ga. n'0iNrr OF Chief Red sSunLr. he
famous Wiunrirr"o warrior, died 1T the
axe OF IDS. Size wa# said to be the
oldest Indian in WISCONSIN. Daniel
smith. tn" oldest man in Michigan
died ii Nrrvilir. ~ |inaw County. aged
III. lie never touched liquor. Erithcr
did he smoke. hut hr ch"wrd lona Geo.
Iliram Crnnh. Il rcuStoncr Of lhr War
OF ISL. died at D,mbrook. Oneida
County. ~ V. AGED lO3. He WAS the
last o' the soldiers Of thai war OH the
pension rolls.
The oldest member Of The Polish coll
ony in Chicago. AIRS. Eva WilrnSsa,
died III .Iriy ai iEc ;:~i. Of iN". Another
remarkable cruivnhrinn WAS Mrs. Kate
Ticl"n$ki. who dirI at C0!dwatrr,
Ai!ch. in April. a""h 112. a; Morirrnl.
in November. Mime. Elizabeth O'Rcii!y,
who had livru in three centuries and
under five SONCrriGnS OF Great Britain,
died after reaching the l01th milestone
IN Ifc's pilgrimage. Mrs. Anna Doug
las died in Frankfort. Ind, after paSs-
ing her l0lst year. ILrr youngest child
W;lS sevcnty-iivc years old. Mrs. Ma
hala Waters. said to be the last OF the
twenty-five girls selected BY the Mayor
OF Washington to assist In receiving
General Lafayette, in 1926. when he
was the Nations guest died at the
Capital. in October, aged ninety. Mary
Jane Edwards. the oldest resident OF
Nnconpin County, Illinois, died Dcccm-
bcr %. after being on earth 100 years.
Alexander Gunn. aged IA. ana his
wife, who PASSED the century mark
four years $3.50, were still living ut
Harrington. Kan. last March. They
were married $cvcnfy-scv"n years ago,
and II was claimcd that they were the
oiicGt married couple in inc United
States. Their record SccrA" 20 hr
rciil>Ecl by thai OF Mr.. and Mrs. Naicn-
tine Oylik. J3G Holt avenue Chicago,
h0th hclUg ccniHnaranS. vino c"lcbrHt-
"d The Scv~niy-ninth anniversary of
their marriages January %. 1902. Th"y
are undOuhtcdi" The Oldest married