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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
Items Along R. r. D. No. 2.

After long silence it Is with
great pleasure that I send the dear
old Sentinel-Journal a few dots
from this thriving community.
After long and rough winter,
we are permitted to sec some pleas
ant weather, and how glad the
farmers are to SEQ it.
Health Of this comm unity is not
very good. Several cases OF meas
are reported, but we hope they will
not get scattered, for tho farm ers
arc already behind with their work.
Miss Rhoda Aloxander, of
Oconoe, is on Il visit to hor 81 ter,
Mrs. Annie Nations.
Calvin Garrett got his hand
badly mashed while hauling lum-
ber last week.
NJ. B. Garrett Is quite sick with
gnp. We hope to see him out
soon.
j. NJ. Garrett, OF the Hughes
section, is having lumber sawed
out to erect an up-to- date dwellip 6
house.
The farmers have got q move on
thom at last, and are hauling guano
home in a hurry. I think they
havo forgotten all about the Union
for they are afraid that somo big
man he's got to mako his living off
Of it. Well, I, for ono, heartily
endorse it. I have longed to sec
the time when the farmers could
stop the spectators from gambling
over their cotton. You talk about
the dispensary and the bar-rooms
and tho card table, but this is the
worst CT all. Mind me, I don t
hold up for these things, for if
had my way at them. the next
whlrl wind that comes along they
would 60 up, or the next rain that
fell they would flow to the depth
OF the sea. Farmer Boy.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
Diepansary Whiskev.

Gentl6men: 1I',rs.~Aara, Coo,
anything in print against the quality
OF whiskey sold by the State Dispen.
sary. 1t seems the people of this
State arc very easily pleased along
this line. l reckon it is beneath tho
notice of some citizons, though it is
very important matter after all.
For my part 1 cannot see WHY tho
state has taken The business entirely
TO Itself, for We cannot get our
moneys worth, or, in palmer words,
va cannot get IL decent drink of whis.
Key, oven when wo do not regard the
price. /, ny self, have paid all kinds
Of prices for the stuff and have not
EeHn able to get IL siugle bottle that
i'taHtes or smells liko wH1sKEY.
The people Of this State certainly
Use it in many ways and will have it
and are not please1 with dispensary
liquor. .-.->-,,,.. >. ... .->. n
The State has thrown out hor
lines against any one dealing in i
any way except through the dis,
sary,'',ct she will bottle and put out fop'
sale to citizens tho stinkingest, tho
"orsL,tasted, (and in effect, the MOST
dcviIish) stuff that has ever keen pus
bei1re human being by any charac-
Ter. ..&.sl
N"w, what L want to bring to the
"""p'c's minds is that everybody has
be'n SO dis4nsted at such u beverage
that they have begun to order I'LL thoys
uso from other states and will finally
quit getting from tho State dispen-
sarius.
Now will you please look at this loss
to the state. Has any one an idea
how much is spent for this stuff in
a year?
We havo the water. and tho grain
to make it as pure as aNy State and
hnve got the power i'll our own hands.
Then why not act honest, and not be
lower down than the worst negro IN
tho mountain cave?
There are plenty of people in this
State who would Ike to mako whis.
key for 81 50 per gallon that is good
and pure. [ cannot get it from the
State at oven 81 00 per gallon that is
either pure or good tasted.
| hope the people will think md
get matters in better shape.
8 Big William.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
Susan Adaline Ellis,

TO undertake to speak the
thoughts Of friends and acquain.
tances as they realize their loss in
the departure Of a "Mother in
Israeli" whom they knew and
loved 80 we'll, is an effort fraught
| with solicitude, lest some may
mistake tho cause of our failure
and attribute it to re tsons alto.
gether foreign to cur environ t..
The reader of a newspaper meets
all phases Of life's "make-up" and
wien death draws tho somber man .
tie and shuts out from earthly
Wow the loved form, and stills tho
voice, and wakes the sweet smile
that has calmned and cheered so
many through years Of gentlest
mlnlstatlons. it is the privilege
then OF the newspaper to publicly
speak the sorrows of people whose
sympathies are abundant and
whose thoughts are kindIod to
hoIier occupations because of the
life whose deeds arc sought to be
reflected in the limited sphere Of a
printed tribute.
Susan Adaline Ellis, neo Nc
Whorter, was born January is,
1927, and died February 22nd,
1905, being rs years, one month
and six days OF age at the time IF
her death. The Immediate cause
of her death was paralysis. She
was The daughter Of John and Dor.
othy McWhorter, both of Scotch
Irish lineage who settled in Pick
ems District, near the site of tho
now thriving village Of Liberty,
and these sturdy settlers, in COM
mon with others Of their LOYAL
faith and true patriotism, con-
tributed their part in the early
development Of this section, leav-
ing their impress upon the coun.
try. The subject of this sketch
was born on the place now owned
by tho Calumet Manufacturing
Company, the house of hor early
childhood being near the site of
this handsome manufacturing
plant. BY association and by
teachings, her mind became im~
bued early with tho spirit and the
practice Of Love taught by the
Savior, and very early in life she
united with tho Methodist church,
and TO this denomination eho ra-
mained faithful and true, exempii.
flying the living teaching Of Christ
land enjoying that faith which was
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
@ her indeed "the substance of

to her indeed "the substance OF
things hoped for and the evidence
of things not seen.'
Whlle she was loyal 'Metho
dist, she lived above the narrow
limits Of human creed-she was q
Christian, and rs such, worshipped
God, serving Him, her church and
her people. Sho was noble,
faithful wife, devoted mother, the
very embodimeht Of patloncc, and
a true exomplar Of Christian char
lty. Unto her the promise is full.
h'led. "Her children yea, all the
people-rlso up and call her bloss-
Cd Though many years she SUI.
tcred patiently the racking pain of
one ofllicted with rheumatism, and,
Tor number Of months prior to
her death. was confined to her bod,
yet she never waverod, but seemed
TO find more solid comfort as each
day brought her more pain, but
nearer to her iuat reward.
She leaves surviving to mourn
her loss, her husband, three sons
and one daughter. Eleven chlId-
rcn were born in this union, Of
whom nine lived to maturity,
these beng Sarah Mears, now do.
ceased, Mary Gillespie, John l..
Ellis now Of Gainesville, Ga Vir-
gil Ellis, who died in 1880 about
26 years of age, Robt. j. Ellis now
living in Greenvillo county, LAURA,
who died at Gainesville, Ca, in
1896, Lucy Newton, who diod near
Athens, Ga, in 1903, George A.
ELLIS, who lived with her until her
death, Carrie, who died at William
ston while attending school at
that place in 1890. Two died
early, rs infants. Her remains
wero laid to rost at Bethlehem
Thursday evoning February %,
Rev. J. p. Attoway Of the Mctho-
dist church, assisted by the Row.
d. W. Hiott Of tho Baptist church,
conducting the funeral service in
the presence of a large number Of
sorrowing friends and relatives.
She, with her aged husband, Lad
been living for nearly 81 years at
the place of her death, the place
whore they started lite together, O.
few miles to the west Of Pickens.
She leaves surviving brothers
and sisters as follows: Mrs. Har-
rict e. Alexander Of Cummings,
Ga, II. E. McWhortor Of Carnes~
VILE. Ga, Mrs, M. A. Hollings.
worth Of Pickons, Mrs. j. J. Wake.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
Examination for App Jintmlt to
AnnapOiiS.

A. competitive examination will
he hold at Anderson, in tho court
house, Saturday March l1th, 1908,
beginning at 9:3O o'clock for the
purposo Of eiccting u principal and
three ajt.arnatos, to be nam,d as
candidates for appointment Il:
mldshipmnn, in the United Sta res
Naval Academy.
Applicants must be between lG
aud 20 years Of ago; must be able
10 pass satisfactory physical exam
ination; must he bona Gdo resi-.
dents OF the Third Congressional
District.
Tho mental examination will
embrace the following hubiocta,
viz: reading, writing, spelling,
punctuation ana capitals, grammar
geo graphy, history (U. 5. and
WurIda), ariliomc'ic. algebra and
geometry.
a midshjpmar receives $500 an
nn@tiY, commencing on tho date OK
his admission.
Further information, II desired,
ma>' be hNd. by applying t" ne at
Wa 'hington, D. c.. care OF lionsc
of sscprcscntat lvos. Respect fully,
Wyatt Aiken.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08

The rural mail carriers will proba.
bly, DO found fighting tho parcels post
bill, owing to the additional labor it
would entail. Think of hauling fresh
eggs and butter, baskets of brolers
and sundry produce from country to
town. The Rural Mail Carriers AS
sociation will doubtless break ont in
new place if the bill is pressed in
Congress-. They are already demand,
ing more pay for what they .lo and
with burdens above mcntlonod added
to their loads, there would be much
moro "pernicious activity" in politics
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
Bought Cnmberlain's Cough Remedy
and Sent it to friends.

Mr.. i. W. j. Fletcher, a druggist in
Victorih, Australia, Says: A customer of
mine, swas SO pleased with Chamborlains
Cough Remedy, which she had used for
her children when suffering from colds
Group, that during fortnight's timo sho
had obtained at my shop, nine bottles,
which sho sent to her friends in different
parts OF tho state, telling then how much
good u hnd done and advising them to
give itn trial. For ssle by Pickens
k'snS Store. Earle's Drug Store.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08

lin Of Liberty, j: Alva McWhorter-
of Eas 'oy, and Mrs. Laura j. Mash
burn e Gainesville, Ga. Her
brothers, w. Alfred McWhorter of
Atlanta, and Andrew McWhorter
predcccascd her several years.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-08
.PENROSE, N. G. NOTES.
Entertaining Letter From Rev.
N. L. Jones' ---SpeakS
Highly Of
"ZEKE" AND THE CONTEST,
The Church Contest In North Carolina
Painted one Church and Helped
all the Rest Wonderfully,

The following letter from Rev
NJ. l.. Jones, former resident OF
this county, but now Of Penrosn, N
o., is somewhat bolated, but neyor.
theless good. 1t was "pigeon.
holed" and overlooked until now,
for which we humbly beg Bro
jones' pardon, and assure hun
that In the future we will try and
be moro careful with his dots.
Editor.
Ponrose, N. g.
Editor Sontinel-Journal: Please
allow me space in your highly ap-
preciated paper to say few words
to the many friends in m native
homeland. AS l wish TO sbeak to
them all, + think throus sh your
paper is a fine %ay' ASH have
been away from over there over
four years many changes nave nat,
urally taken pIacA some, perhaps,
have forgotten me, Yet l am daily
thinking of all OF you and Often,
pray for you as I thiuk Of the
many kindnesses that were bestowed
upon me by you. l think often Of
you III your church work, your
Sabbath schools, your singing
classes and the good meetings we
have had together, also of tho
many houses | have helped you to
build; thinking thus of the many
pleasant and happy hours we have
spent together has prompted me
to speak this way, and let all who
would care to hear, know that I
am still in the Gland of the Sky"
and am as we'll as mon of my nge
generally are, and my wife is we'll
My daughter, Bertie, is married
and she is we'll. The young pl each
er we are helping to go to school
is we'll.
"Uncle Zeke" can tell you why
people that live over here are GEN.
orally we'll, hearty, fat and sassy,
II he wants to. He can tell q lot
Of things if you will ask him. There
was Il lots OF truth in " hat he said
about old Pickens county. Flo is
an all round gentleman and most
heartily commond him to you and
the good people of your county.
am glad to zee that you have
inaugurated 81 painting contest.
"Zekc' CAM ruu one to Perfection.
[ hope it will be productive of as
much good in Pickons as it was ia
Transylvanln. Over here it did
more than paint IL churcl, it
stirred others to work. Enon
church house, whilo it fnilcdto win
out IN the contest, has been re-
painted inside and outside and
looks like Il new house. If it had
not been for the contest this church
would have been without the new
dress.
We got a nice "pounding" from
tho sisters and children as an an
preclntion for my work on tho
church. There is noble people
at Enon.
Row. A. w. Beck breaches at
Enon on the first Sundays.
Hoping this will find it's way
to your homes.as message of love,
and pray that You, ono and all, tho
Editor aid Z-lo included, may
have y prosperous and happy yoor.
= 61our friend, NJ. l.. Jonos.
r9Ihe farmers page and correspon.
dents columns are good features Of
the old Sentinel-J Journal, and I
hope all will take interest enough
in these departments to keep them
filled each week. 1t will do YOU
much good.
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Bought Cnmberlain's C0ugh Rcmrd,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
Taking Precautions.

From the minneapolis Journal.
Governor Bla nch,rd. of Louisiana, was
describing the precautions that a certain
veteran physician had taken against the
spread Of a contagious disease.
KNOWING the people he had to deal
with" Governor Blanchard said. "he saw
that his rules We're carried out before one
of these people lief, their homes. They
had tiicked him in the past. lie would
not be tricked again. He was like the
Camden clergyman of my boyhood.
This clergyman once married a certain
huckster who. after the de-
clared he was unable to pay a wedding
fee. ana so, willy niliy. the clergyman had
to let him off.
Some years later the good man found
the same hlckster before him with an,
other woman. His first wife had Sled.
Now he desired to yoke with a second.
The minister was wiling enough to
remarry the man, but this time he wos!id
take precautions.
so, leading the bridegroom To one side.
he held out his hand and said in n low
voice:
"'My fee
"'Oh, yes. of course said the huskster
coufusedly. and he placed IL %banknotc in
the clcrgyman's palm.
THANK YOU said the clergyman. with
a bland smile. That is for the first time.
Now we Will have the Tee for this occasion,
please
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
CHRONIC ERYSIPElAS
Cured by Or. Williams Pink Pitts,
Although Whole Body was
Affected.

Erysipelns or St. Anthony's fire is 3
most uncomfortable disease on count
of the burning, the pain and the dis
%tigurcment it is also u very grave dis
order, attended always by the danger OF
involving vital organs in it's spread.
The case which follows will be read
with great interest by all sufferers as it
affected the whole body, and refused to
yield to the remedies prescribed by the
physician employed. Mrs. Ida a. Col
bath, who was the victim Of the attack.
residing at No. 10 Winter street, New
buryport, Mass. saws:
In June of 1903 l was taken i'll with
what at first appeared to be q fever. 1
sent for Il physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erysipelas and said it
would be a long time before | got we'll.
inflammation began on my face and
spread all over my body. My eyes were
swollen and seemed bulging out of their
sockets. was in a terrible plight and
suffered the most intense pain through
out my body. The doctor said, my
case was a very severe Que. Under
his treatment. however, the ilf1amma-
tion did not diminish and the pains
which shot through my body increased
in severity. After being two months un-
der his care, without any improvement, I
dismissed him.
"Shortly after this. on the advice of a
friend. | began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, two at a dose
three times 4 day. After the second box
had been used ! was surprised to notice
that the inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
me so much agony had disappeared. AZ
ter using six boxes of the pills l was up
and around the house attending to my
household duties, rs we'll as ever"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers in medicine or may be OBJ
tanned direct from the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady. NY.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
Six Doctors Failed.

South Bend. Ind. Sept. -. (Spe
~cialJ-Aftcr suffering from Kitt,ey
Disease for three years, after taking
treatment from six different doctors
without getting relief. MIR. j, q. laude-
man OF this place found not only relief
but a speedy and complete cure in
Dodd's Kidney Pills. Speaking of his
cure, Mr.. Laudeman says:
Eyes, | suffered from Kidney T'rou-
Bile for three years and tried six doc
tors to no good. Then | took just two
boxes Of Dodd's Kidney Pills and they
not only cured my kidneys, but gave
me better health in general. OF course
! recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to
others and | know II number now who
are using them with good results"
Mr.. I.audeman's case is not an eX-
cepti0n. Thousands give similar ex,e-
riences. For there never yet was a
east of Kidney Trouble from Backache
to Rright's Disease that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills could not cure. They are the
only remedy that ever cured Rright's
Disease.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
Road Linked with History.
From Evcrybody's Magazine.

- boOS q VAdSahtiS.
y hundred years ago he eyes OF
America We're on the southwest. We
We're on the edge of war With Spain
over the closing OF the Mississippi: and
under orders from Washington, Will
HinSOn. in command OF Fort Adams,
held solemn conclave With the Indians,
who owned the east bank of the big
river, and by treaty established IL Sal
cred postroad through their country.
race. crossed the Tennessee at Cot
herl's ferry below the Mussel shoals.
and striking the hills back Of the Big
Black. came down 10 NntchcZ aud on
10 New Orleans. with a branch TO the
Walnut hills. The roa was more than
a military necessity. for 50 man. pi-
rates infested the Mississippi that mer-
chants returning from New Orleans
needed the safer route home with their
money.
After it was opened 1t became all
things to the southwest. Methodisln
went down that way in the person Of
Tobias Gibson; later. Lorenzo Dow fol-
lowed him with the camp meeting
spirit. Old Hickory marched his army
down to Nltchez over this route in 1918,
II marched it back again the next
spring. And from that day till nearly
our own 1t has been the great center
of that country's activity. Now the
railroads have come. tire settlers have
moved down into the valleys and
opened up poorer roads in the beds OF
branches and through swamp low
lands. But the Trace is st:il there
pom it's ridges, the best road Of them
all
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
Comforts for "Helio" Girls.

FROM the New YORK sun.
The ~lnternationa! Exposition of So.
cial Economy, which is being held at
Liege. Belgium. has notified =. NJ.
Greer. private secretary TO {. n. Beth
ell. general mag of the New York
Telephone company. that the company
would receive a silver medal iii rccoGni-
ton of it's welfare work among its EN-
p!oyes.
The company'S methods of caring for
the comfort OF the telephone operators
drew the highest praise from the ofti-
GERS of the exposition. The telephone
company has seventeen exchanges in
Manhattan. II employs in all about
900 operators. In each of the eN-
changes a suite Of rooms has been set
aside for the exclusive use of the young
women. The suites include locker
rooms. where each girl may keep her
sitting room. supplied with the latest
with an medicine outfit. In
a thoroughly equipped kitchen and dim
ing room tea and coffee are served free
of char-e.
The quarters are in charge Of n ma
iron, who looks out for the comfort of
her girls. Half hour relief periods
, morning and afternoon give the oper
a,ors time to enjoy the homelik" sur
~!oundings. This relief from the strain
of their work helps greatly TO keep the
girls in good health and adds much 10
their efficiency. so much that the COM
pany feels that the Investment has
been a paying one aside from the ques-
ton OF humanity.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29
The Desk Sergeant's Reform.

LII Nv ''hiS aaSi'-
One day this week ii reporter hap
pened to drop into a certain police sta
ton house in BROOKLYN in quest of
news. II chanced to be pay day, and
the patrolmcn We're in good hu,nor-all
but the sergeant. who was ON desk duty
when the reporter called. You look
lwfu! sour FOL, Il pay day. sergeant"
the reporter remarked.
DO sou see that roll of money!" the
man in blue answered. holding up for
the reporters ediicalion Il Sood-sized
roll of bills: well. every bit of il. ex-
rept two measly dollars. belongs TO race
track friends. Five years ago, when I
was on duty down in coney island. l
was asked to go with d. friend to see
the races. ] never saw a horse ACE in
my life and l went more out of curl
osity han anything else. My friend bet
on the first race and Won a fair sum. If
he had lost. this money ! hold i'm my
hands now would not have to be paid
out to the-Samb!ers. but as it happened
he won. and ! thought | could do the
same in the next race. One Of the
Pinkertons. who was talking with us,
advised me not to bet. Don't begin 1t,
sergeant he said. Il know as much OF
the game as anyone on tho track. but
I'm 1000 to the bad Unfortunately
did not take his advice. and ] played
one OF the 'dopes' and lost; lost Il fai,
sum: but ! lost more than that honey
I lost all the good sense that was ever
in me ! became an Easy prey to
every sure thing that WAS given tt
me. but l am going To Quit now
The reporter expressed Il. doubt O
the officers firmnesS of will to carr!
out his good intentions. Say, youns
fellow. I'll tell you what I'll do will
you" answered The sergeant. III be
you these s. that ! own that ! won
ever gamble again
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-29

English Narrows. We saw the wrecks Of
several steamers that had been lost iIt
the crooked. rushing tide.
AT CarOnei. Chile, We encountered
thieves tina surpassed in ingenuity n
Determination even the negroes or
Rridgntown.
on May 20 Andrew Hansen. n;
cut his tlroat With a razor. His life
WAS saved through the excellent sur
gerry OF MY second mate. MI. Lawrence.
who sewed the cut with ordinary
thread.
/ led tn. way through Santa Barbara
channel. and on June 4 reached the
Golden Gate.
I have taken many voyages. but ncv-
er one at who's" finish solid lane felt so
good under my feet.