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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Strange Disease Attacks Cotton.

Cotton plants in fields along the
Augusta road from Greenville almost
as far as Princeton, in Laurens
county, have been attacked by some
kind Of blight resembling rust, but
which appears to be far more pcrni-
cious and banefu in its effects than
either rust or what is usually known
as blight None of the planters ia
miliar with the various diseases to
which the cotton plant in this section
is subjected has the least idea what
this new enemy can be. 1t attacks the
tender leaves and in few days they
tIrn brown, wilt and die.
The boil is not attacked, AMI the
new scourge is evidently not the dread.
ed weevil. First, small spots appear
on the under side of the leaf They
grow thicker rapidly as though In.
Vulnerable little insects were feeding
on the surface and soon the entire
leaf is brown and dead. II !s nc! de-.
voured by the insects or whatever
the cause Of the destruction may be.
but seems rather to be poisoned
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Lightning Bolt Kills Two.

While at work under tree near
the home OF John p. Clark, at Maui
din, in Greenville county, a bolt of
lightning instantly killed Mr. Clark
and Charles B. Garrett, and seriously
Injured George Thompson. VINO was
standing nearby. Members of the
Clark family, who were in the house,
were shocked and blinded by the flash,
but none of them was hurt
No rain was falling at the time Of
the tragedy, though there were cloud2
overhead.
Clark and Garrett fell dead instant
ly The formers body was terribly
burned and bruised in places. and his
hair and beard were singcd. GarretCs
body was likewise burned and both
shoes were torn off. Thompson was
rendered unconscious
Both Garrett and Clark are promi-
nent farmers ana leave large fam
lilies.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Is CONSUMPTION curabIe2 2

Yes. If Rydales Elixir is used in
time; before too much of the lung
tissues is involved This modern.
scientific medicine removes all morbid
irritation and inflammation from the
lungs to the surface and expels them
from the system. 1t aids cxpectora-
tion, heals the liberated surfaces. rF.
lieves the cough and makes breathing
easy. Rydale's Elixir does not dry
the mucous surface and thus stop tho
cough. It's action is just the opposite
it stimulates and soothes. 1t kills
the germs that cause chronic throat
and lung disease and thus aids nature
to restore these organs to health. Tria!
size % cents. Large size so cents
The large size holds 1-2 times Nnc
trial size. II
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Acid Dyspepsia a Very Common Dis
ease

1t is indicated by sour stomach,
heartburn, tongue coated and fabby,
stomach tender and bowels sometimes
loose. sometimes constipated. Persons
suffering from Acid Dyspepsia are us.
ually thin and bloodless. Sometimes
the sufferer is fleshy, but the flesh is
fabby and unhealthy. A Radical cure
OF this disease can be effected in a
short time by taking one or two Ry-
dale Stomach Tablets after each meal
and whenever the stomach is out of
order. They are harmless and can he
taken at any time and as often as Is
necessary to relieve the stomach
Trial size 25c. Family size, SOC If
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
"BIind Tiger" Keeper Murdered.

The body of Jacob Kind, the keep.
er of an Illicit liquor shop, who had
been missing several days was found
floating in the cistern on his prem.
ises In Charleston. There was a great
cash in the throat, several stabs in
the breast and the body was IN a
frightful state of decomposition. His
clerk, Edward Kennedy, alias Grant,
who has been conducting the blind
tiger" since Kinds disappearance, left
Charleston in the meantime with con.
siderable money and every effort Is
being made " capture him, as circum.
stantial evidence points strongly to his
guilt.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Cotton Mill Reoreanized.

The reorganization of the Capital
City cotton mill, at Columbia. was
perfected at recent meeting in which
the new stockholders, formerly cred
itors, participated. OF the $LS6700 of
stock outstanding, there was present
in person or by proxy, $l66,70O.
The following directors were elect
ed: Lewis w. Parker, of Greenvilc; ;
Francis K. Cary, of Baltimore; Rob-
ert F. Herrick, OF Boston; William
Elliott, Jr, T. j. Harper. Edwin w
Robertson, G.. A. Guignard, j. S.
Muller and A. Mason Gibbes, of Co.
lumbia.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Malt Extract Causes suit.

In the magistrates court a few days
ago, in Yorkville, John D. Bowen, a
against State Dispensary Constable A
Rose for the seizure OF thirty-three
bottles of Pabst malt extract, and also
for $25 damages. The constable claim
ed that Bowen was selling the ex.
tract as a beverage in violation Of the
dispensary law, and that he was JUS
tilted in seizing it. The jury thought
otherwise.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17

Was searching for some particular
NOOK. AT length his quest appeared
ended, for he drew tho boat carefully
to the shore and held out his hand to
, her. Then they wandered over
wooded knoll near by, This is the
place, l am sure,'' he said at last. II
have seen it often IN my dreams, ana
here is just where the end rested"
She stared at him in mild wonder
mo, | am not out of my mind" he
assured her, Il wanted to tell you a
story, and l had an unaccountable
fancy for telling it 10 you in this spot.
VIII you hear it7"
lis it interesting? Does 1t COM
mence Once upon q timer"
"Of course it does. 1t would be an
exceedingly poor story if it didn't
hope" and the mans face grew very
earnest, that you will be interested
in the poor little story-but-I cannot
be sure
Once upon time when the world
was nearly two decades younger than
1t Is now, boy and girl started from
the hotel down in that valley TO find a
pot of gold at the end of rainbow
at least the boy, who must have been
very mercenary creature, was think
ing only Of the gold. but the girl was
much more poetic, for she cared moth
ing at all for the gold. She only wish
ed to see more closely that wonder Of
mist and light which held and en-
thralled her fancy They got lost: of
course, that was foregone conclusion,
you know, and they were only discov-
cred and saved by q kindly miracle of
fate. The girl was genuine brick,
though, and never taunted the boy
with his raShneSs and wickednesS in
leading her into such peril. The boy
should have known better you see, for
he was considerably older, but he was
always a good bit Of fool. He did
not find the end OF the rainbow, but
for years he dreamed Of II, and in
some mysterious way he came to fan
cy that the treasure was not gold after
all. as his nurse had told him, but that
it was something infinitely more prec-
ious than gold. He was never quite
sure what the mysterious treasure
might be, but he knew that when he
was man he must seek it here-just
on this very spot. for it was here that
the rainbow seemed to end as the chill.
dren looked up to 1t from the valley
below-just here by this little hill"
There was a silence. Her face was
turned quite away. The man looked
at her keenly and then went on with
HIS story in u low voice which, per.
haps, shook Just a tritie.
And so-and so-he came here to.
day. He knows now what the treasure
Is at the end Of the rainbow. wo-
mans heart and a woman's love. He
does not know whether he dare claim
1T or not, but It is the gift which he
most covets from life. And-can I
have it. dear?"
Her face was still turned away The
mans heart had time to grow very
heavy before she spoke
Il was always wildly grateful to you
for not telling that il was actually |
who had proposed the expedition"
You don't mean" he interrupted
breathlessly, that you were"
"And-and-I did want to find the
end of the rainbow, too, and If you
think that we could, perhaps, find-it
together why"
lie was holding her hand in a tight
clasp, and was looking down at her
with eyes full of a reverent, incredu-
lous joy.-Mabel C. Jones in Every
Where"
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
report en- Chain eana Matter.

Report en- Chain Gang Matter
The result of the investigation into
the charges of cruelty alleged to have
been practiced upon chain gang con.
victs bv those in authority was an
nounced by the grand jury at New
berry, the past week. in their final. pre-.
sentiments to the court.
AS VIII be rene mbered, this investi-
cation was held at The suggestion oil
the grand jay several months ago
The clause In the grand jury's pre-.
sentiment relative to this investigation
is as follows:
1--WE have visited and inspected the
conditions and management Of the
county chain gang and cId the con
victs healthy and apparently the ob
jects CT proper management at pres
ent. We nave alao closely scrutinized
the report OF the investigation neld by
order OF the court by f.. Ii. Domiaick
on the 9th day OF March, ana divers
days thereafter in regard to the treat
ment of the Convicts on the chain
gang, and while we are convinced tnat
pun. shment WAS used IL excess OF the
amount necessary Tor the control OF
same By the testimony contained, we
are Ge5arred iro;a further proceedings
by circumstances entiroiy beyond our
control. At the same ti:ae we are
gratiflcd to find that the institution
of these proceedings has effected an
amelioration of the condition Of the
parties mainly concerned
This apparently ends the investgG-
tion, the result of which has been
anXiously awaited by the citizens Of
Newbcrry county.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
bard Of Newberry" a Candidate.

A new method of carrying on a
political campaign which has been
the subject for much favorable com
ment from the press Of the country
has originated in Newbcrry This plan
was conceived by Osborn Wells. can.
!idatc for supervisor of New berry
county Mr.. wells is one of the old
school OF southern gentlemen, who has
only recently decided TO enter the po.
litical arena and with the aid of his
unique methods expects to be sue
cessfui in this his first attempt For
over fifty years he has lived in the
county, and at this time has the un.
common reputation Of "knowing and
being known by everyone in the
county"
The method used by Mr. Wells in
this campaign is in the shapc of han3
bins. or circulars In this respect. Il
is moi unlike methods used in o,hcr
campaigns. Bat seldom, If ever, hay
politician isaued dodgers" annouar.
ing his candidacy and soliciting tac
suffrage Of his fcIlow.mcn in verse, anl
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
Cotton Injured by Rain.

The heavy rains o: the past ten
days are beginning to tel on the cot
ton crop. The plant is shedding shapes
rapidly in some sections owing to rap
id growth, Planters who predicted a
record crop two or three weeks ago
now say that they fear excessive mois-
ture will damage the crop to a con.
siderable extent, especially if the bad
streak of wealth keeps uo.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
REFLECTION.

What is the work have done todayf
Heye left IL mark upon the way
A kindly word, or u peasant smile
That has fingered III soLne heart awhile?
Strengthened path or a crooked road,
Lightened the weight ofpNweary load;
Into the shadow OIL someone's night
Sent even tiny ray OF light?
Or have loitered upon the way,
And left my debts for others to pay?
Taking the good that has come to me,
And careless what others rights may be.
Ram Horn.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17

the greater part of the verse of his
own creation. This is the differences
between the modus operandf 0T th;,
special candidate and others who l.
the past have endeavored to issuo
readable campaign literature. Mr.. Wells
has been dubbed the "Berd of New
berry," because of his poetic tenden.
cies, title well placed.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
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{ SOUTH CAROLINA
( STATE NEWS ITEMS.
'Cr. Nesom Goes to Philippines.

Dr. G. E. Nesom, who has been
chief Of the veterinary department OF
Clemson College, for six years, has re-
signed to become assistant chief Of The
bureau Of agriculture for the Phimp.
pine Islands with headquarters al Ma.
Mia, and will sail from San Francisco,
the last OF August. His resignation
is regretted throughout this state
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
MAN ASSUMES ROLE OF HORSE.

Pulls SuIky, With Wife and Son, BIS MiIes
to Worlds fair and Wins Wager.
A st. Louis dispatch says: Hitched
to sulky cultivate William HoH
pulled his wife and their four.year-old
son from Moline. H.. to the World s
Fair.
Mr Hoy. covcrcd tuc distance of 315
miles in just one month, winning a bet
cf $lGGo, which had been placed on
he result
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
The Death Penalty.

Bank tcllers and bookkccpcrs SHOULD
be good acrobats. as they have 10 per
iorm balancing feats daily.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
CANNOT BE 1RIro FOR CONTEMPT.
Chief OF Atlanta Police Department Wins
Case Before Supreme Court.

Chief John w. Ball of the Atlanta
police force, will not go to Jail. BY an
opinion of the Georgia supreme court
handed down Thursday in the Bal
Ormond contempt case the decision If
Judge j. II. Lumpkin, of the superior
court. in sustaining a writ OF prohib.
ton and thereby preventing Justice ot
the Peace Ormond from trying Chief
Ball and sending him to jail for con
tempt, was affirmed.
The Death Penalty.
a little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus mere scratch, insight
ficant cuts or puny boils have paid the
death penalty. 1t is wise to have
Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy
It's the best Salve on earth and VIII
prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores,
Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only 25c
at Pickens Drug Co. II
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17
stNAlons "ioUlnr" On fRtt pASSEs.
ieorgia SoIons Refuse to Go On Record
On an important Question.

On on ImpoFtdnt UueStIOn.
The Georgia senate Wednesday lie
clined to express Itself on the ques.
tion OF whether or not committee
members, whiting state institutions
shall receive money for transportation
VIXEN, as a matter Of fact, they rode
on free passes.
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
Uncle Jed Too Grasping

1t had long been almost a proverb
I'm the village that Jedediah Perkins
didn't know a chance when he saw
one" The public discussion Of this
falling had often come to Uncle Jed's
ears, and had sounded loudly in them.
Worst of all. he had to admit that he
was, in the language of his neighbors,
easy" He paid the most for what
he bought and got the least for what
he sold of any man within dozen
miles.
But uncle Jed saw chance at last.
A railway runs close to his house, and
in the middle of winter during a tre-
mendous snow storm. passenger
train was stalled in the cut through
his south pasture. and was unable to
go forward or back.
After it had been there about half a
day Uncle Jed saw his chance. There
were hundred or two passengers,
eager to buy food. He had large
store of ham and bacon. He would
have Aunt Sarah make it up into sand
wiches, and they would clear small
fortune.
$50 that's what we DONE" said
Uncle Jed, telling of it afterward
I'VE made up every bit of ham in the
house into sandwiches and took 'em
down there and offered em for sale
for quarter apiece.
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
Court Waited for Scrap

The practice of law in the country
may not be so lucrative as in the big
city, but it is vastly more amusing"
said lawyer of prominence up in
Senator Platt's home town, Owego
zone experience rewarded me for all
the trouble l had in getting to the
scene of the trial.
The case was going along smooth
ly and was examining an important
witness, when from the rear of the
crowded court room this remark was
interjected in a loud voice.
THAT mans liar
Il hesitated a moment. expecting
the judge, a bluff country jurist, to
take some action. He said nothing, SO
I continued to question the man on the
stand.
Presently came another cutburst
from the voice in the crowd. 1t was
to the effect that the witness had no
truth in his makeup and his story
was an offense against justice. Still
the court said not a word.
Feeling that it was up to me to do
something, l asked the judge to have
the person who dared to interrupt the
proceedings committed for contempt.
The judge leaned over to me and
whispered:
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
Cure to STAY Cured.

.Wapello. Iowa. Oct. 10. (Special)-
One Of the most remarkable cures
ever recorded in Louisa County IL
that Of Mrs. Minnie Hart Of this place.
Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight months
and when she was able to sit up she
was all drawn up on one side and
could not walk across the room.
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak
ing Of her cure Mrs. Hart says:
"Yes. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me
after l was in bed for eight months
and know the cure was complete
for that was three years ago and
have not been down since. In four
weeks from the time l started taking
them l was able to make my garden.
Nobody can know how thankful am
to be cured or how much I feel owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills.
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths of
the suffering the human family is heir
to, will disappear.
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13

Nov I caIlated a mans hungrys
them folks would be willing to pay a
quarter for a good big homemade
sandwich. but they held back. They
was plenty would pay dime. I could
"a sold out twicet over at a dime
each-but l only sold five at quar-
ter
"I'll wait till they get hungrier,'
SIS l. l went outside and set on a
snow pile and watched them fellers
shoveling out that train. Seemed to
me they want like to git the train
out before next summer so l didn't
hurry about going abroad again with
them sandwiches. Jes' as l made up
my mind it was time, though, along IN
front come one of them rotating
whirligig plows they sent up from the
other way. and before you could say
Jack Robinson away went the train
behind it through the cut it made.
well, sir. as l sat watching that
train hadn't gone moren two hundred
yards before l see | had made great
mistake not to sell them sandwiches
for ten cents. I see it plain as could
be- An I'm seeing it yet, for Aunt
Sarah an me has been living on ham
sandwiches fer three weeks, and they
amt half used up.'-Youth's Com
paniOn
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
Fight with Sewer Rats

Policemen with drawn clubs last
night fought sanguinary battle with
an army of big sewer rats on the
steps of the Trenton Avenue and Dau-
,phin street police station.
1t was curious side feature of the
terrific storm of the late afternoon.
The downpour had flooded all the sew
ers In that section of the city and
two scores of rats-big, ferocious deni-
zens of the city's underground ave-
nues-were forced to the surface
They sought shelter on the streets.
only to y find pavements and cutters
flush with water. Plunging madly
through the miniature flood, the rats
sought a shelter and the most avail
able point of vantage was the high
steps of the station house.
Here they backed up. apparently
waiting for the storm to blow over.
1t was just before the 6 o'clock roll
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13

"T'd do it, counsellor, but don't
know how to draw the papers.
THE court may have been weak on
law, but he was strong on human ma
ture. He pondered moment and
then turned to the witness, who was a
big chap.
"Do you know who it was that
called you liar?' he asked.
81 do, your honor said The wit
ness.
"'Can you lick him.? the court que
ried.
That's what can
"'Then you go and do it, ordered
his honor. This court is adjourned
for fifteen minutes until this little
matter of court etiquette is adjusted
THE witness left the chair, singled
out pugnacious looking but under
sized man in the crowd. grabbed him
by the collar and yanked him out into
the sunlight. In five minutes the wit
ness was back. slightly ruffled in his
appearance, but smiling broadly. He
resumed his place on the stand. the
Judge raped for order, and the trial
OF the case went on.
There were no more interrup
tions.''
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
Ode to Disappointmen mt

Come. Disappointment. come,
Come in thy meekest. saddest guise:
Thy Christening rod but territies
The restless and the bad
But 1 recline
Beneath thy shrine.
And round my brow resgn'd. thy peace
full cypress twine.
Though fancy flies away
Before thy hollow tread.
Yet Meditation. in her cell.
Hears with faint eye the ling ring knell,
That tells her hopes dead
And though the tear
BY chance appear.
Yet she can smile and say. MY all was
not laid here.''
Come. Disappointment. come!
Though from Hopes summit hurled
Still. rigid Nurse. thou art forgiven,
For thou severe vert sent from heaven
To wean me from the world:
To turn my eye
From vanity.
And point to scenes of bliss that never.
never die.
What is this passing scene?
a peevlsh April day.
A little SUM- a little rain,
And then night sweeps along the plain,
And all things fade away.
Man tsoon discuss'd)
Yields up his trust.
And all his hopes and fears lie with him
in the dust,
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13

call when the bluecoats report to the
station for night instructions When
the first comers reached the steps
they saw the rates. The latter show.
ed fight, and the policemen waited
for reinforcements. AS soon as a
Sood-sized squad had gathered, the
men drew their clubs and blackjacks
and charged in body.
1t was n short but ferocious strug-
gle. The rats, driven to a corner,
fought viciously, and the clubs played
right and left. The end OF the en-
counter was the death of most of the
rodents. the bodies of which were
cast back into the sewers that had
been their abode.
The police say it was one of the
most thrilling experiences they ever
had Roll call was delayed until the
rats. which barred entrance to the
station house. had been swept away.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13

what he was. He has taken a few
more precautions against the seasons
storms-a rushmat protects his back
and HIS felt hat is drawn further
down to shield his face. But the for.
est is always sending back the echo
OF his valiant hammer wv many
sudden tempests have broken over his
bent back, how much adverse fate
has fallen on his head, on his house.
on his country! He continues to
break his stones. and coming and 60
ing l find him by the roadside, smiling
In spite OF his age and his wrinkles
benevolent. speaking-above all 10
dark days-those simple words Of
brave men which have 30 much effect
when they are scanned to the break.
ing OF stones.-From The Simple
Life" by Charles Wagner.
Gilpin observer., 1904-10-13
Content in Honest Toll

In my country of Alsace, on the
solitary route whose interminable
ribbon stretches on and on under the
forests of the vosges. there is a stone
breaker whom / have seen at his
work for thirty years. The first time
/ came upon him / was young stu
dent setting out with swelling heart
for the great city. The sight Of this
man did me good. for he was hum.
ming q song as he broke his stones.
We exchanged few words. and he
said ut the end: "Well. good.by, my
boy. good courage and good luck!"
Since then have passed and repassed
along that same route under circum-
stances the more diverse, painful and
joyful. The student has finished his
course. the breaker Of stones remains