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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-10-25

Poll Tax Of One Dollar
ana oo years. except such as exempt by VIII be collected
be at
same time other taxes from "a" male citizens between the of 81 81
March, 1906 five days public
captatcn will
payable
zen
Parties information
the
taxes by check include the charges
RI. w. FARR,
Sept. Treasurer of Picke,a County,
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-10-25
Bridge to Let.

Wc viii let to the lowest responsible bidder
the building of tho Mayfeld bridge, on Saiuda
river, on Wednesday, November ist, at ~
o'clock. noon. Plans and specifications made
known on day OF letting. Right to reject any
&, VI. LYNCH, Sup. Piekens Co.
J: W. WALKER, Sup GreenvNie Co,
Oct, l8--td ''D''''.o'
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-10-25
TreaSurer'S Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, !
County Of Pickens

V711ce OF CoUntV Treasurer PlcKens County, S c.
Pickens, S. g.. September 9Th, 1oos
The Treasurer's Office will be open from MONDAY
OCTOBER 10Th, UNTIL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2oth
1905, WITHOUT PENALTY.
The Rate Of State, County, School and Special Tax ncud
ing One Dollar Poll Tax and One D liar and Fty Cents
Communication Road Tax.
the fiscal Y
~ l. l95 is hereby of County Tan
MONDAY. TOBER 10th, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3oir Ra
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
ATTACK ON SEERLEY
PROMINENT IoWAN is SHOT AT
THREE TIMES, BUT ES-
CAPES INJURY.

Burlington, Ia, March 11.-An at
tempt was made to assassinate Hon.
John j. Seerely, former congressman
and one of the best known attorneys
and politicians in Iowa, last night.
Mr.. Seerley had just passed out into
the hall of the Tama building, where
his Office is, when a stranger stepped
up to him and with an oath said he
was going to kill him, at the same
time pointing a revolver at his head.
The fellow snapped the trigger
twice or three times In quick success
sion but the weapon faffed fo g on.
Another man appeared on the scene,
and rushed upon the would-be assas-
sin and threw him to one side, where
upon the fellow fed from the build
ing and disappeared IN the darkness.
Absolutely no reason is known for
the attempt on Mr.. Seerley's life and
it is supposed the man was demented.
One suspect is now under arrest.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
WHAT WE GOT IN PANAMA.

LATE Young thinks the United
states got full value received when
she paid the Panama Canal company
4 $1,000, 600 for its property. Here is
the list which Mr.. Young gives Of the
property acquired:
1. The right-of-way for the canal.
2. The canal partly dug, including
a strip eight miles long at the Pacific
end in which water now flows, and a
strip at the other END IN which there
is water in a lesser amount.
8. Nearly three thousand build.
ings, grouped in villages about a mile
apart along the entire line of the ca.
nal.
A. The Ancon hospital buildings
and site near Panama, costing the
French $4,000, 900.
S. The canal office building in
Panama.
6. A residence for the director
general, now occupied by Mr. Wallace.
z. Scores Of buildings at Cristobol
Colon, including the two palaces
erected for the families Of the De
Lesseps, father and son.
8. The entire Panama railroad
property,including terminals, and the
Panama Steamship company running
a line of steamers from Colon to New
York.
g.. The splendid depot grounds,
bofaI oud rociJonno rronartiac haIono.
ing to the Panama Railroad company
in Colon.
10. Hundreds of immense ware
houses crowded to the roof with ev.
cry known device that could be made
of iron, steel, zinc, tin, copper, brass,
etc, including literally and actually
enough steel writing pens to load a
freight train.
IL. The great steel dock, 1000 feet
long, at La Boca on the sea in the
edge of Panama, where all steamships
on the Pacific side load and unload.
IL. About $50 locomotives.
Is. About 1000 four-wheeled dump
cars.
IA. One hundred miles of side
track through the canal route, and re-
moved from the Panama railroad ,hay-
ing nothing to do with the railroad.
Is. The great repair shop at Bas
Matachin, now in use, and in which
new American machinery Is being
Installed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

err countries. In 1S41 the inflow to
this country was only $4,000. This
was increased to 10000 in 1850.
Conditions in the United States had
much to do with the volume Of the
immigration. In 1861 and 1862, in
the first half of the civil war, immf-
grafton to this country dropped 10
about $4,000 in each year, but IL
started upward again, and after some
oscillations the highest record was
reached in 1882, when the inflow was
7S9 200, a mark which was not
touched again until 1903, when $751;
600 aliens landed in the United
States and remained here. The L.
100000 which are expected to come
in the calendar year 1905 may or may
not be IN altogether valuable acqui-
sition. Regulations which will shut
some of this inflow our are being
urged by immigration oflicials and by
many congressman.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

it's because they quit at 6 p. m. and
don't get home till 2 a. m. It's the
interval that kills, my SON.. The work
gives you an appetite for your meals;
1t lends solidity to your slumbers: it
gives you a perfect and grateful ap.
probation of a holiday. There are
young men who do not WORK, but the
world is not proud Of them. 1t does
not know their names even; it only
speaks Of them as "old so and SOS
boys" Nobody likes them; the
great busy world does not know what
they are here for. So find out what
you want to be and do, and take off
your coat and make Gust in the
world. The buster you are the less
harm you will get into, the sweeter
will be your sleep, the brighter and
happier your holidays, and the better
satisfied the world will be with you.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
I'M


Again the immigration 1o.G is. at
the rise. After making a new high
record in 1903, with an ind wv of
$4,000, the tide lowered to $4,000 in
1904. Now there is another advance.
For the six months ended with De
cember 81, 1904, the im~migrati1n was
100000, as compared with 402 600 in
the corresponding time in 1908, and
$4,000 in the SAM six months of
1902. This shows an upward tenden-
cy from the early months of 1904 anu
the indications are that in the calen-
dar year 1905 the 100000 mark will
be reached.
Russia is furnishing a large propor-
tion of the immigration these days.
The record for that country has just
been broken, with an inflow Of $4,000
in the last half of 1904, as against
69, 900 in the same time in 1903, and
$1,000 in 1902. OF course, the war
is the chief melting cause of the
present heavy immigration from Rus
STA. The Kishineff massacre and the
other outrages against the Jews in
creased the exodus from Russia In
1908, and the a beginning in Feb
ruary, 1904, has added to the volume
since then. A large proportion OF
the Russians now landing in the
United States are Jews, but the ratio
is not quite as great as it was In the
twelve months Immediately after the
massacre of Kishineff.
Trouble of one sort and another at
home is always a prominent cause OF
the immigration to the United States.
The Irish potato famine of 1846-4T
almost doubled the immigration to
the United States. chiefly from ire
land. The current was b~roadened by
the failure of the Instructions in
1S4S-49 in the various German states.
in Austria, Hungary. Ireland and 9TH
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

If one would stand on the sh,~
of the Detroit river and watch the
vessels as they pass to and fro, he
would witness a phase Of water
transportation the like Of which is
not to be e e elsewhere Oh earth.
Here passes during each day no less
than 1900 ships, laden with the pro.
ducts of northwestern mines ana
fields and the coal and manufactured
products of the east. This stretch or
river might aptly be termed the jug
ular vein of the continent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
FLAG DAY At LINCOLN SCHOOL
Flag Day Program at Lincoln School
February %, Under the Auspices
of the G. A, r. and w. r. c..

The pupils of the ten rooms were
placed in three rooms and the pro,
gram here given was the same in zach
room:
Salute the Flag, all pupils.
Song, The Star Spangled Banner.
Song, Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean, Pupils.
Recitation, The Flag, Raymond Nc,
Fate.
Talk by G. A. R. Comrade Carr.
Song, America.
Song, Mt. Vernon Bells.
Recitation, Red, White and Blue,
Maude Savage.
Talk by G. A. R. Comrade ]. B.
Pearson.
Recitation, The Stars and Stripes,
Edna -
Song, Volunteer.
Song, Medley of National Songs,
Song, Marching Through Georgia.
The G.. A. RS were highly pleased
with the program and desire to com
pliment all the teachers for the inter,
est taken in the work. True patriot.
ism is at a high tide in First ward, as
shown by the teachers and pupils on
Flag Day.
1t is the desire of teachers and pup,
lis that Flag Day be observed from
year to year.-Ras Coffin and J. B.
Pearson, Committee.
In connection with the program that
we have prepared as carried out al
Lincoln school, to be placed on rec
ord with the G. A. r. Post, we would
ill., - lI--I
cipal and each of the teachers for the
courtesy they extended to us old sol
diers and for the great interest they
took in the work, and we also heartily
thank the children for their excellent
speaking and singing. The singing
was just splendid. showing that theiI
hearts are all full Of love for their
country. Indeed, patriotism Is at a
high tide in First ward.-Ras Coffin, J
B. Pearson, Committee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

l owe my newsboy so cents, the
rent is overdue, the beer mans bill is
now immense, and SOS the coal mans,
too. The ice man has not yet been
paid, and though he has been nice,
his bill, I am very much afraid, will
have to go on ice. i've owed my
tailor for a year, and I regret to say,
he threatens now my JOB to queer
unless I promptly pay. I hooked my
watch today to buy a present for my
wife, and I'd just like to know how
I can lead the simple life?-Houston
(Texas) Chronicle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
WOULDN'T BUILD FIRE
Domestic Discord Started from Pro-
verbal Cause.

A nerve fiery little m and a
big, jolly 1 seemingly tender man
appeared in Justice Bacon's court
this morning. The woman was white
she was Maggie Kinney; the man
was black-he was Jesse Kinney;
they were there to settle their diff
culcies.
The allegations Of the woman were
unsupported by the testimony of the
witnesses summoned by her, who
were also those used by the husband
for his defense. The testimony all
showed that the man treated his wife
with greatest consideration except
when he wanted her to get up and
build a fire on the morning he was
alleged to have committed an assault
upon her. Kinney didn't want to
build that fire, and told the woman
SO. He could build a better fire,
though, and cook a better breakfast
than his wife, SO he told the court.
The girl-wife talked necessarily
when given a chance and fatty con-
tradicted the witnesses when they
denied the assault. Husband and
witnesses asserted that they believed
her to be irresponsible mentally.
The fiery assertions OF the little
women, and the calm and half hum
orous denials Of the witnesses and
the big, mild husband made the case
one of the most ludicrous which has
come before the justices lately.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

"A little bird tells us that while
the mayor put in two days going
around and telling the residents OF
Second ward that he was in favor of
dividing the ward, the democratic
leaders would like TO find some way
of heading off the proposition. They
assumed that the republican major
ity of the city council would vote
against it. but were disappointed in
this and are looking for other
methods.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
IA thrifty Scotch woman

"A thrifty Scotch woman who
makes a business of that sort OF
thing,has been selling the housewives
of Davenport who are susceptible to
bargains a lot of cheap lace at a
costly price. The flmy stuff she Of
fered was taken in amounts costing
from 81 to SIS as fast as the woman
could tear it off, and now the buyers
are finding out that what they sup.
posed to be dainty Cluny is nothing
but common machine-made torchon,
not worth half the price they paid
for il.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
o~sKALoosA HORSES.
st. Louis Man Buys Three Fine priv.
ers, Also Two Cars of Mules.

Harrison & McCulloch made the
sale of a good horse from their sta
bles yesterday. The animal was pur-
chased by Howard Bailey, of St. Lou
is, a big stock dealer. Mr.. Bailey
was in the city last fall and drove
the horse. He came to town again
Thursday and again drove the horse
with the result that he wanted the
animal and was willing to pay the
price. The consideration was s265.
Mr.. Bailey while in the city also
purchased a fine lot of mules, forty
four head. Of r. j. Baker, and a team
of handsome coach horses.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
THE American governor of P

The American governor of Pana'
ma is not an alarmist, But he says
there is a panicky feeling down there
among the American laborers on &C
count of yellow fever. And he gives
this warning: until quarters are
available it is not advisable for mar
ried men to take their families to
Panama. Misery for all concerned
has resulted in where this has
been DONE"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Contemplating the fall OF A. w
Machen, the Burlington Hawk-Eye
says: "The penalty is external; its
mark is ineffaceable. 1t is a dread.
full price to pay for the little hoped
to be gained. The lesson is one which
ought to burn itself upon the con.
seriousness of every young man at
whose door opportunity is knocking
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
3 TOM FooLERY

Newton Journal: Some active
newspaper men are never so happy
as when disagreeing with some prom
inent statesman over questions about
which they are chock full or igno-
rance. Editor Hazlett, of Baxter, is
one of them. His conceits lead him
into ways his knowledge never pene-
trated. In his paper of February 16,
he rushes to contradict Congressman
Lacey on tariff revision, yelling no"
to the congressman's claim that pres.
ent agitation for tariff revision,
comes from those wanting lower tar
ifs on farmers interests. To the
Journals question: IF the statement
is not absolutely true Hazlett as
serts that 'the farmers of Iowa, in
fact the entire country, are unable TO
grow wheat enough to bread them
selves" and that "wneat should go
on the free list" This, in the race
Of the fact that though we consume
o%ne-fourth more wheat per capita
than any other people on earth, yet of
the 660,000,000 bushels of wheat that
we produced in 1902 we had to find
a market for 225, 600, 900 bushels of it.
Then we have millions upon millions
of acres of unimproved wheat lands
waiting for occupancy by American
farmers. OF course we need Canada's
wheat to further cheaper our farmers
products, as every bushel thus brought
in drives that much more of our
wheat to Europe.
Lumber should be on the free list,
says Hazlett, for "our forests have
disappeared" and the tariff7sheltered
trusts charge what they please for
lumber. Our American forests are
ample for this country, and those
abominable trusts have a stronger
hold on Canadian and Mexican for
ests, out of the reach of our laws,
than they have on u own
Hides should be on the free list"
says HaZlett, as the duty is no benefit
to the farmer and people could buy
more and better shoes. A careful es.
innate shows that the tarih on hides
amounts to one-eighth of one per cent
on the value of shoes made in the
United States. So a person must
wear $500 worth of shoes in order to
get n cents worth or tariff thereon.
We made $3.50, O00, 900 worth of leath.
er goods, in 1903, of which about $780,
000, 900 was exported. But the farm
er comes in at another place. While
the farmer is burdened with a whole 1
cent Of tariff on $500 worth of shoes,
it at the same time adds to the value
Of every animal on his place from
twenty-five cents to one dollar. 1t is
also free glass and steel that our
friend Graves, so the work of those
great industries now employing mil
lions of workmen that the farmer
helps to feed, will be done in other
lands where cheap LABOR can get but
little bread and no meat. That would
give our farmers a rest.
But why not free shoes to help his
friend Douglass quit shoe manufac-
turing, as it surely would, so he
could dismiss his troubles of tariff on
hides?
Our friend Hazlett's laundering ig-l
norance on the tariff question would
not be worthy of notice was it not
the substance, badly presented, OF
present day tariff agitation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
IN WORK LIES SAFETY.

Robert ]. Burdette: Remember, my
son, you have TO work. Whether you
handle a pick or a pen.a wheelbarrow
or a set of books. digging bitches or
editing a paper, ringing an auction
bell or writing funny t~hings,you must
work. Don't be afraid of killing
yourself by oyerwork on the sunny
side OF 80. Men die sometimes. but
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
. committed appointed by th

"A committee appointed by the
last New York legislature to consider
the economic value of good roads has
submitted a report favoring am
amendment to the constitution athor-
izingthe issue Of $50, $1,000 in bonds
for highway improvements and stat
ing that good roads, in marketing
farm crops alone, would save $4,000
900 in New York annually.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

The Columbus hospital, which
has just been dedicated in Chicago,
is the forty-sixth institution of it's
kind which has been founded by
Mother Superior Francis Xavier Cab
RIM, head of the order Of the Mission
airy Sisters of the Sacred Heart.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

-Marshalltown has just contract
ed by dispensing with her Sixth ward,
while Oskaloosa Is in the midst or
expanding to add a Sixth ward. Com
ment is superfluous.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

16. Forty-five million cubic yards
OF excavation available to the build
ing Of the present canal.
The above is only a partial list of
the property secured. The more one
studies the situation along the canal
the deeper is the conviction that in
many respects the French planned
and worked with much wisdom.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Davenport bank deposits will av-
erage over $500 for every individual
in the town, and the Waterloo Re-
porter considers it doubtful If there
is a city in the country that can equal
such a record.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Booker T. Washington advises
the colored people to avoid the Gus
tom of wearing a five-dollar hat on a
tive-cent head. That is advice which
hundreds and thousands of white
people might consider with profit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

indianapolis Star: An Iowa man
who was Tilted by a girl has received
131 offers of marriage since the news
of his upset became public. Is 1t any
wonder that Bigamist Hoch was able
to go on piling up wives until he had
something over a score?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

"A Colorado paper declares the
~penitentiary to be the workshop OF
the devil. The more thoughtful Oma-
ma Bee observes that the general i'm
preston has been that it is a store
house for the finished product.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
BATTERY FOR IOWA.

Dubuque, Ia, March 11.-Through
the efforts of Adjutant General Thrift
who has arrived from washington.
Iowa win get a four-gun battery. It's
location is undecided.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

"A two years experience with a
country newspaper in Iowa is worm
more than the same time spent in
any so-called modern school Of jour-
nalism," declares the Iowa State Reg.
lister.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

An expert in fishing writes that
suckers do not bite, but draw in the
bait bodily. The boiling propensity
has been frequently observed in get
rich-quick schemes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

"A Worcester, Mass, mar found
500 in a bible which he had not
looked into since 1861. The moral OF
the incident, according to the Gate
City, is that not to read the bible is
a good way to save money.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

THE way some people talk, Says
the Webster City Freeman Tribune,
about the farmers keeping the roads
clear of snow in winter and free from
weeds in summer one might be led to
think the farmer had nothing else to
do"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

1t is said that "a peck of Marcn
dust is worth a kings ransom. o.
kaloosa could have bailed out the rul-
ers Of the whole world yesterday at
that figure.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

The railroad rate Dill, the meat
trust prosecution, the Standard Oil
agitation, all under republican admin
istration, makes it look to the Jefer-
son Bee as though Roosevelt AMI the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16
GIVEN EIGHT A
Dan Shepherd Sentenced For Killing
Chris Womelsdorf. ;

Fairfield, Ia, March 11.-Dan Shep-
perd was today sentenced to eight
years in the penitentiary for the kill
ing of Chris Womelsdorf near Bright
on.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

2 The Sioux City Journal affirms
that a preacher who is rubbed up
against a good deal or hell is sure
to preach about it.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

In Denmark there are $4,000 'ru-
raj land owners. More than half
own not more than one acre, $4,000
have less than four acres, and only
1000 have more. The small land
owners mainly occupy themselves
with the egg and fowl industry.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Simply because there is no prom.
Use of an unusually large crop of
good roads talk this year the Dayen,
port Democrat thinks possibly there
may be some increase of good roads
work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Omaha pastors report the results
OF recent religious revival meetings
there satisfactory. Each conversion
cost $3.50.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

There never was a better time to
be a loyal republican in Oskaloosa
than just now. In fact there is no
excuse for being anything else.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

The astronomer or the OttHmwa
Courier has sighted another reason
why Iowa is better rnan Russia to
live in-"the seed corn train"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

1t may be considered settled that
it doesn't pay to crowd the yellow
peril at a distance of 5000 miles
from home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Every week Of delay on the in
terurban means thousands Of dollars
of loss to the business interests OF
Oskaloosa. ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

There are ffty-three Sundays in
this year-one more than usual. AL
ways something to be thankful for.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Uncle Sans bill for coffee last
year was $s1,ooo.OOO, and the number
OF pounds imported was over a bill
lion.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

The old Fifty-Ihird regiment band
at Marshalltown has been re-organ-
lied under the lame of the Marsnall-
town band.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

The sap is running and the buds
are swelling, but we have the frogs
yet to hear from.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

Spring has begun to whisper
again, but trust her not, rs the advice
OF the Mason City Globe-Gazette.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-03-16

republican masses were not sucn e
plutocratic outfit after all.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
Lawyers Great Fee.

The romantic story of how the late
Dr.. Arnold Pam. one of the foremost
lawyers OF Vienna, laid the foundation
for his wealth, is related in the news
papers of that city. About Il quarter OF
II century ago Il local jeweler named
OFT died. leaving . fortune of 1000, O0C
horins. He was Il bachelor. and he left
no VIII, nor were the courts able to find
u the name or whereabouts of any
of his relatives. Arnold Pam devoted
himself to the task of finding them.
For months he followed clues in Aus
tria and Germany, and was finally re-
ard by finding not one or two rela-
tives but thirty. The money was
handed out to him to be equally d.
vided among the claimants, while he
himself received $50. 900 forms. "a record
fee. During the night when he had
the seven millions in his house, he ap-
pointed the thirty heirs guardians OF
the sum. Some of the heirs promptly
sguandered their shares, and one OF
Them came pack to DIR. Pam to sec If
he could get another slice.