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, 1904-02-18
Meeting Of National Guards

The meeting of Co. "G," w. y.
which took place in Armory
Hall last Monday evening,
for the purpose of discussing
the question of re-organiza-
ton, was not very well attended,
there being only ten members of
the company in uniform, DIR.
Burke and Col. Crawford address
, 1904-02-18
Presented School With Flag.

a very pretty and effective oc-
%casion took place in the High
Room at school on Monday, when
Capt. G. J Rhode presented the
School with a beautiful flag. both
High and Grammar Rooms tax
ing part Firstly the pupils sang
My Own Native Land which
was followed by Mr.. Rhode in
the presentation of the flag to the
school impressing in true soldier
ly style upon all, the love and
reverence that should be shown
to our %country's flag. The flag
was received by ,Estella Trapp
with the following appropriate
words, after which all stood sing
ing the Star Spangled Banner
and the Captain leading in three
rousing cheers for Old Glory:
In behalf of the school / have
been asked to give a few words in
receiving the flag. AS this is the
first flag the school has ever had
we are very proud Of it.
The first flag was made by
Betty Ross. 1t only had thirteen
stars then, for there were only
thirteen colonies but o we have
had added a star for every state
in the union while the thirteen
stripes represent the thirteen or
iginal colonies.
When we think of what it has
cost US in the terrible winter of
Valley Forge, Gettysburg and
Bunker Hill we are more than
proud. 1t is the emblem of liber-
ty and we should do everything
III our power tn maintain it. We
should reverence it as we'll ~
honor it when We think Of the
sacrifice of our fore fathers.
Our flag has been IGNORED by
poets aud orators. Tue Star
Spangled Banner was written at
the break of day by a prisoner.
We are very proud of our flag
and when we look at it we will re-
member how dear it is to us and
we will try to honor it and never
allow it to be trampled in the
dust
In behalf of the school ! wish
to thank you, Mr.. Rhode for your
generous and beautiful gift. Com
ing from the Captain, we more
fully appreciate the attention and
honor you have thus given the
school. Long may it wave over
our school house and may we al
ways honor and love it as Old
Glory, the pride of America.
Oh! say can you see by the dawn's
early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the
twilights last cleaning,
Whose broad stripes and bright
stars, thro' the pc rilous fight,
Der the ramparts we watched,
were SO calamity streaming?
And the rockets red glare, the
bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
lis the star-spangled banner,
oh long may it wave
Der the land of the free
And the home of the brave"
, 1904-02-18
Death Of E. W. Bennett.

Word was received here last
Monday morning of the death
of f. W. Bennett in the city of
Rawiins at about $ o'clock that
morning. He was employed as a
guard at the penitentiary at the
time of his death. He had been
under the weather for ten days
previous, but was so much i'm
proved on Saturday that he had
concluded to resume his duties
is guard, He was alone at the
time of his death, When found
he could not have been dead but
a few minutes DR.. Finney ex-
amined the body and pronounced
his death due to heart failure.
He came to this country in the
year 1854, and engaged in the
store business with a man by the
name of Redrup. The name
of the firm was Bennett, d Red
rup, and they kept a general store
at the place where the old Emf
grant trail crossed the North
Platte river, some twelve miles
below here, Just above the ranch
of W. III. Johnston. The firm
also ran a ferry at that place. In
the year 1867 the ferry went out
and the firm of Bennett 4 Red
rup dissolved. Bennett then
moved up the river to the present
site of the ranch of John McFar-
lane, where he again entered into
business with Frank Earnest and
Lou Reidsell. They constructed
a new ferry at that place and for
many years it a known as
Benefits Ferry"
In 1878 Bennett took up "A
ranch on the mouth of Jack creek,
now owned by B. c. Fay and G.
W. Burdick. In 1882 he entered
into a partnership with Hon. c.
w. Burdick. Disposing of his
interest to Mr.. Burdick after IA
couple of years he became a pros
pector and followed that vocation
for many years. Of late years he
was, on account of failing health
and army wounds, almost disabled
from work. During the past year
he has been employed rs guar | ut
the penitentiary, and il was there
that his death took place.
Mr.. Bennett was twice a mem.
Der of the Wyoming Legislature.
both times in Territorial days,
the last term being in the year
1882. He was prominently iden-
titled with mining in the boom
of Miners Delight and own
ed mining property in that coun-
try at one time.
The funeral took place at Raw.
Inns, on yesterday, at the hour Of
p. m, and was very largely
attended. Deceased left a wife
and two married daughters. Mrs
Robert Campbell, of Casper, and
Mrs. Clark of Wheatland. Mrs.
Bennett resides Mt Casper, with
her daughter, Mrs. Edna Camp
bell.
, 1904-02-18

on them, some coffee and an egg
apiece.
The next day we had a very
easy trip. We got to a little
place called Trinidad about two
o'clock, and rested our mules
until the next morning. We had
a companion by the name of
Buck. who had a camera He
took several pictures of the ma
tives, and one of our outfit. |
have made arrangements with
him to send one to you and one
to Mrs. Cluff. Probably he will
send you some pictures of the
natives, also, but you will not get
them for a long time, because he
has TO send the films to his friends
in Canada for development. You
will get the pictures from there.
On ii following day we went
to Cameagues. a very pretty little
city. At one time it was the cap
ital of Honduras January 22nd
was the worst ride we had on the
whole trip, We were in the sad
die for fourteen hours, without
any dinner, and but a poor sup
per when night overlook us.
1t was a native house out in the.
timber. In the morning we went
reaching Tegucigalpa, the
Capital, and found it a very pretty
place. / missed the pretty dusky
damsels that | had heard so much
about. They are dusky enough.
nut far from pretty. On the
morning of January oath we left
the Capital at about s O'Clock.
After making twenty one miles
we arrived at San Juancito, and
on the top of the mountains,
when we first came in sight of
the town, we were 1900 feet above
the sea level. The climate is far
from tropical, and in the morn
ing one can get around a fire and
it Just as much as if he
were in old Wyoming.
When we got to the mine we
invited to stop and have
dinner, and you can bet we did
MT refuse the invitation. The
owners and bosses are all Amer
leans and we had the best meal
since We left the boat After din
ner We went on down the noun
tain, towards the Pacific ocean, TO
the town of San Juancito, our fu-
ture home for a time, and there
met Mr.. WedGle, the of
the mine. He treated us finely
and said if we were miners he
would put us to work. We re-
fused that offer, when he said he
would give us work in the shops.
But it is almost impossible to get
here at anything unless you
the language, so we con-
that the best thing for us
to do was to stay here awhile
and put in our time studying.
| am going to commence going to
school this evening. l will not
have much to spare for letter
writing from this on.
w. E. Andrews.
Large Decrease in Water Supnlv
, 1904-02-18
The Usual Way.

Mumsey, How do You manage to
keep a cuwf Is it not more expensive
than buying milkt'
Numsey. at would be il I had to
keep her. " her, but my neigh
bors keep her"
, 1904-02-18

Ho'' lIA IlhO
gage and sent the train back tc
the Porte for the pile driver to
fix the bridge. The food was
caused by the heavy rainfall on
the mountain and soon went
down; we got across, but found
very poor accommodations. The
next morning we got a hand.
car and eight natives to run il
for us; so with ourselves and our
baggage on a little fiat car, about
the same size, which they pushed
in front, we started for San Pad.
70, about ten miles distant.
We rested at Rio Blanco. a
Little station out five miles from
Choloma, where we saw our first
native railroad. The road was
composed OF n rail. The car
used was about ten feet wide and
fifteen feet long, with a wheel
at each end. This wheel had a
double iange to keep it on the
track. This car was run by six
natives, three on each side. who
balanced the car as they pushed
it along on the track, holding to
handles fastened to the car.
A few miles further on we came
to a village where the women
were washing, and it was a great
sight. They waded ont into the
river until some of them were up
to their waists in the water, where
they stood, washing the clothes,
and it was not nice clean water,
either.
We arrived at San Padre about
noon, and found it a very inter-
esting place. 1t is about the
size of Rawlins, but inhabited al
most entirely by natives. There
were very few white people, Cor
Il ringgoes,' as the natives call
them,) in this country. They
finally got the bridge at Choloma
fixed, SO that the train could cross
and it overlook us at San Padre
and at about two O'Clock we were
once more on our journey. They
have but one train on this entire
road. The road is SO poor, and
the grades SO steep, we didn't
make very good time. We got
stuck three times on one little
grade, and finally had to back up
a mile and take a run for it and
that time We got over it.
We arrived at 5 O'Clock p. M,
January 10Th, and also at the
terminus of the great and glorious
Honduras r. r. We had some
trouble in hiring mules for the rest
of the journey. They wanted Sl35
for the use of two mules, from
there to the Capital, about five
days ride. So We just hired them
for one day, which would take us
to a place called Santa Cruz,
where we were told we could get
cheaper accommodations. 1t cost
US SIT for that one days trip and
a moro" THAT is a native driver
to take the mules back.)
We left Rmaento at 8 O'Clock
the next morning, and rode for
ten straight hours without any
dinner, through the rain and
mud, the latter being from six
inches to two feet in depth all of
the way, and more of it was two
feet than otherwise. At last we
reached Santa Cruz, tired and
hungry, had supper and went to
bed, tired and wet through.
January 10Th. Had two mules
to take us to Tegucigalpa, the
Capital, for the little sum of SS5,
and once more we mounted and
were on our journey. We contln-
ed all dry with only one expert
ence. We stopped to rest the an
imals about noon-on the top of a
high mountain, when close to
the road we saw an orange tree,
lust loaded down with nice, big,
yellow oranges, and of course we
made a rush for it. Imagine our
cbagrin when we found that it
was a sour tree, one the natives
Us, for making vinegar, and
, 1904-02-18
LETTER FROM HONDURAS,

Interesting Notes Of Travel From g sar-
atoga Boy Mules and Mud, Natives.
and Torteas, Sour Oranges Fleas, and
Dusky Damsels--A Country Where
One Has to Speak Spanish to Get
Along.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
Twelve Mile Happenings,

Gentle spring is hear again max :
ing glad the hearts of both old and
young.
The farmers are blowing early
and late. Some are through plant.
ing cotton seed and corn, and some
haven'tplanted anything.
We are pleased to see the chain
gang in our section working on
the roads.
L. l.. Lawson will give "a phono-
graph entertainment at A. B. Rig
gins home on the night OF the 28th
inst. to which the public is gen.
orally invited. He will have some
100 or 130 pieces to select from
and u small admission will be
charged. Everybody come and
enjoy the music.
The health of this community is
very good.
The peach crop is a failure.
Wheat is looking very promising
now. Cow Boy.
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each year, principally taught by
ladies.
The Methodists and Missionary
Baptists are largely in the majority
OF all other religious denominations;
with a light sprinkle Of Presbyte-
rians and few Primitive Baptists.
Good improved farms can be
bought here for $3.50 to $500 per
acre.
The whites and blacks are near
ly equally divided in Attala coun-
ty; the whites cutnumbering the
blacks a little.
The farmers are getting along
spIendidly with their work. Most
Of them have their early corn
planted, and are making prepara-
tions for the bump r cotton crop of
the State, or at least it seems that
way from the amount Of fertilizer
that ia being used or hauled out this
spllng. I guess we will take or
z cents for our cotton next fall.
Success to The Sentinel ournal.
r. w. j. Parsons.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
Hazel News.

Farmers are getting a move on
themselves these fair cool days.
Health IS very good at this writ
ing.
Corn planting is the order of
the day now.
The two-year- old son Of w. w.
Aiken is improving slowly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grant and Mrs.
h. j. Winchester visited in the
Oolenoy section recently.
An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. R. Hartley died on the I'd inst,
and was buried the day following
at Antioch church.
If the chain gang is needed any
where it is in this section. The
roads are so bad that the u. S.
mail rider had to stop and hire
some work done on it before he
could go his way. wonder where
our County Commissioners are. /
guess they can't get up here as the
roads are 80 bad. When he gets to
hunting votes / guess he will come
around.
A Sunday school has been or
ganized at New Friendship NJ. E.
church with w. II, Gilstrap as
superintendent.
~The frost left us a few peaches
and a good many apples.
Come out candidates and lets
see who you are. If ] was one
would want to hold that little space
in the paper as long as possible
if had to pay $500 for it, as
would be afraid / would not gel
an office, 80 the space would be g
little better than nothing.
| Well, the big May meetings will
soon be on hand.
| G. w. Parrott has decided not
to move on his farm until this fall
Mountain Sprout.
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From Prater.

Dear Editor: Please allow me
space in your paper for few words.
/ think Farmer's Boy hit one
lick in the right place last week.
He and S. G. both seem anxious
to get rid of the whiskey business.
[ em in the same notion. | un-
derstand the voters are to have the
opportunity to get rid of the dis
pensary ct next election time.
Surely we can get rid Of it then
[ believe it is the greatest evil III
our country. Surely no child OF
God can CATER giving proper
thought to the subject) vote to
keep such an evil in our midst.
We get some money for schools
from this source, but no devout
man will want his children educat.
ed by such sinful means. Besides
the people Of this country are
abundantly able to educate their
children if they only will.
Rev. w. G. Seaborn filled his
regular appointment at Praters
Saturday, preaching a very inter.
esting sermon. Rev. M. P. Ma
theny preached in his stead OF
Sunday. He preached an excel
lent sermon to an attentive audi,
ence.
Miss Maggie Morgan is just re
5 covering from u severe attack o
pneumonia.
Most of the farmers in this sec
tion planted their cotton seed las
week.
Rev. w. G. Seaborn has treated
himself to new top buggy.
Earle Seaborn of Pickens, wor
shipped at Prater, Sunday.
April 18. Little Babe.
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clnko is the county seat, and con-
tains about $500 inhabitants. not
including the cotton mill opera
tives. HesterAllle is about two
miles from Koskinko, and is n
beautiful little village of several
hundred people, exclusive Of cot.
ton mill. Koscinko has an oil mill.
spoke factory, which runs six lathes
and each lathe turns a wagon or
buggy spoke every five seconds.
The shavings turned from the
spokes arc carried by machinery
and deposited at the engine room
door of the oil mill for fuel. Next
comes electric lights, also run by
the mammoth engine Of the oil
mill. Koscinko also has wagon
factory and water works. The
tank is nearly 100 feet high, rest
lag on strong iron props filled
with water pumped from deep
well by steam power.
This part OF Mississippi is about
as broken as the eastern part of
PicFens county, and contains large
quantities OF creek and branch bot.
toms, which are very fertile.
These lands have been cultivated
in corn and cotton, alternately,
from forty to sixty years without
being fertilI2ed, and is still making
from fifteen to thirty bushels of
corn, and one. fourth to three.
fourths of a'bale Of cotton ! er acre.
Oats, ribbon cane, peas, irish and
sweet potatoes, and all kinds of
vegetables grow to perfection.
Mississippi has an educations
suffrage. That is an elector must
be able to read and write or give a
reasonable explanation of come sen.
terce in the constitution of the
State, when read to him, before he
can vote. He must reside in the
county two years, and one year in
the election precinct, and also be
registered six months before u gen.
eral election or he IS not a quail
fed voter.
Our State and county tax is 1871
mills. Public roads are worked by
contract. All men between 18 and
80 years old are liable to road
duty, and have to pay commuta.
tion tax of $8 or work on the roads
eight days.
Public schools run four months
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
Pickens. R. Ed. No. /.

Farmers are moving along nice.
ly with their work, putting il
guano and planting. Wheat is
looking fine.
Rev. O. M. Abney filled his reg
ular appointment at Bethlehem
Sunday morning, preaching an ex'
cellent sermon to an attentive au,
dience.
Misses Lille and Nora Gilstrar
and Mary Newton have e-entered
the Pickens Graded school.
Money has been collected to pur.
chase library for Bethlehem
school.
The health Of this community
is considerably good at present.
April 18. Il. e.
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year visit about August. Bless
your soul, it would not be Mr..
Child so much as 1t would be the
"slicks."
We hear that Mrs. J, II. Clay
ton has l25 little chickens hatched
out. Grey Eyed Girl, is it 50?
Wonder how Grey Eyed Girl is
getting along with her chickensl
We hopc she is having good luck
for the Grey Eyed Girl always car
RES a full basket out to church
when dinner is served.
Well, the writer is not having
any luck with chickohs, and he
wants some of Pansy's gourd seed
so he Can raise martins. Pansy, if
you will be kind enough to send us
some of the seed Of that gourd, we
will return postage.
Lucius Reid, who has been in
Georoia for seyoroI voora j. ,,;.;t
ing relatives in this community.
pov y u c,
,noa -, o,,,, t1..,
Mra y wI,: '"a'
T;horfn lat u,o1.aa1 "
''0Gl'0' 'oSo VIII DC Liberty
H","' ~ y" NJ long an" i"''lilS
" '0" ''''o ~ '""U ''"oe' w.
e - go" i'"y',''"''' ''s'"eS
~ Joy So0o 'ei'oW, ana we
''"0o " Si'o hi'il up we recon-
'l'"u "','' ",'0 Ills "i'e 70 'he sooo
poop'o ol liberty ana '"e surround
'"b community
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
Cedar Rock Chat.

The health in this community is
very good at present.
Miss Essie Farmer is visiting her
uncle, Lum Clardy, In Anderson
county.
Mrs. Hattie Craig visited friends in
Pickcns last week.
G. W. Bowen came through with
a road machine and made some good
improvements on the roads. He is O
fine road man and all his friends
wish him SUCCESS in his efforts.
Miss jamie Ferguson closed q suc.
cosstul school ut this place the, eth
inst.
Ellis Trip md u McCollum
went to Greeuyillo on business this
week.
The farmers are having fine wealth
er this week and they are making
good use OF it. Cotton planting is
the order of the day now.
jeff Welborn came through this
community this week talking for votes
of course.
Wheat is looking very we'll consid.
eriDg the cold weather.
The fruit is all very near killed in
this neighborhoo1.
The Blue Eyed Girl wants to know
if those who. have not tho gospel
will be saved. We are taught in our
Bible they will be lost, therefore we
ought to be more careful to the mig
oGory work.
Black Headed
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
From Cateechee.

BY the time this communication
is printed the majority Of the far
mers will be through planting.
Some commenced planting corn the
middle of March and planting
seeds OF various kinds has been
the order of the day ever since.
The apples and pears are O. K.
80 far, but the peaches are killed.
There will be no cherries to amount
to anything, 80 If the black berry
crop should happen to be a failure
we don t know what the poor farm.
or will wrap his dough around this
summer, provided he has any to
wrap. Tho only alternate that we
know OF will .be a little eight cent
chicken so hurry up old woman
and set all the eggs you can.
Mr.. r. r. Child says he is in the
swim, as he already has 100 little
chickens Matched out and 90 eggs
setting. Mr.. Child says he raised
$50 chickens last year, and out OF
that number lie ate them all but
ten. Ifthe writer was of the fem
mime gender, he would slick his
hair back, powder his face, put on
that "tother" dress and our No. z
shoes and pay Mr.. Child leap
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27


potatoes. He also has one acre IN
ms g'rden. lie has been eating
vegetables out ofhis garden for two
weeks
MI ~ o. holIInS had Tine COW
~ SeC ller leg broken Few days
ago ''l" li"' 10 De Kiiied
~ 'oi'ii ufaht ana lamiIy, VINO
ia" 'ileir mouse ana haoy burned
up so'''o ie" uays ago, request me
"i''ei ~ return chclf thahK% l" Nhe
puppy oi ''''S anu "oJoihlh2 c"uh-
'les ior 'helr FlhdheSs. GIVE, yes,
l'c"'Y give. NlVe as God has glvon.
eS' 'hoy gave ana gave freely.
he l'ord gwen and The Lord
C"KeIh away; blessed be the name
ol 'i'e ''oro'
On the account Of house Mr..
Grant and wife went to the cotton
mill, while his three single sons will
board with his married son on the
P'"ce where Ihey dld I'VE, and Guilt
V"'e Vhe crop 'hey had started.
Since writing the above we have
received the last issue OF The Senti-
nol-JonrnaI, and note in the letter
from Stewart that White Rose had
been III our town. BY the way, we
are sincerely glad to know that she
landed home from Cateechee safe,
for II we mistake not it was an awful
windy day, SO much so that White
lfose mad TO take her hat in her hand
when she came out of the store, and
the last we saw of her she was going
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From Menen, Idaho.
April 17tb, 1904.

April 17th, 1904.
To The Sentinel Journa,:
Alter five months cold weather the
weather Is fine now,
The farmers are very busy plowing
AMI sowing grain and repairing the
canals, etc
All sheep on the range are doing
well and al stock on the feed yards
wlntcrel well. Thore was consider.
able loss on tho desert.
The health of the people is good.
Snow is from two to ten feet deep
on the high range.
Grass is growing nicely through.
out the Snake river valley.
We will move our pr lvate office
from here tomorrow to Spencer,
Idaho. We are still at our post.
working IN the sheep herders mill.
Thomas Lynch.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
sciatlc Rheumatism Cured.

al have boen sntj ject to sciatic rheu.
matism for years, !" says T.. II. Waldron,
of Wilton junction, Iowa. my joints
were stiff and gave me much pain and
discotnfort. Ny joints would crack
vixen strnightened up. / used Cham
uberIain's Pain Balm and have been thor
soughly cured. Have not had pain or
i.nehe from the old trouble for many
onOnths. 1t is certainly most wonder.
iul liniment." For sale by Piclena
Drug Co.. and Earle's Drug Store, Pick.
lens; and Hunter & Pickens, Liberty.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-04-27
Musclessore, joints palnful-rheumatism

Sore muscles or painful joints, may
mean an approaching attack of rheuma-
tism. Elliotts Emulsified Oil Liniment
rubbed on the affected parts will relieve
the pain and soreness, aud prevent
rheumatism. Elliot's Emnlsified Oil
Liniment is satisfactory rubbing lini.
ment for all soreness, stiffness and lame
ness of joints or muscles. Pickens Drug
Co.., Pickensj w. A. Sheldon, Liberty.
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say never swap when a man is too
keen
Mr.. Noah Hendricks, of Texra, is
on visit TO his father, Mr.. James
Hendricks. Noah is doing we'll in
the West. B.