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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30
BAPTIST ACADEMY NOTES

1t is not surprising to see the pros.
ress of Bryan Baptist Academy with
such strong faculty and oo-operat-
ing board of trustees who are always
willing to help us in every way posi-
BILE. and We wish to thank them for
their courtesy toward us, for our ath-
letic grounds and gymnasium, which
is now being built, and many other
things which they have planned for
the accommodation of our school. We
also wish to thank the business men
for their hearty support of our ath-
letic association.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30
Christian Church.

Services at Christian church tomor-
row as follows:
Sunday school at 9:45 a. M; ]. j.
Ray, superintendent. Every scholar is
urged to be present.
Morning service at IL o'clock.
Evening service at o'clock.
A cordial welcome extended to all.
JAMES N. THOMAS, Pastor.
Free Baptist Church.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30

The football squad will open the
season by playing Navasota High
School next Thursday on the grounds,
known as Gammill Athletic Field,
named in honor of Mr.. o. Il. Gammill
We invite everybody to come to our
game and root for us. Admission, 20
cents. We can well say of B. B. A. that
it doesn't only deevlop the mind but
the body as well.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30
Episcopal Church.

Holy communion at 1880 a. m.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Holy communion at IL a. m.
Evening prayer at o'clock.
w. w. DAUP, Rector.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30

Tans, patents, gun metal-all the
popular feathers come in American
Lady and American Gentleman shoes
at the Globe Dry Goods Co.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30

Always watch The Daily Eagle so
you may keep in close touch with us,
for we are coming again.
A STUDENT.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30
Presbyterian Sunday School.

All members of the church are
urged to be present, as we will have
our usual October Rally Day"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-09-30

We have just enjoyed weeks
work, with many things presented u
us which we should grasp. We were
visited by a portion of the board OF
trustees. We also enjoyed an address
made by Mr.. f. NJ. Law of Beaumont.
We are always glad to have our board
of trustees with us, and to see what
we are doing. We have at present the
largest attendance the institution has
ever had and students are still coming
in every day. They are hearing of the
good things B. B. A. produces and the
course of studies it is offering, be-
sides the many other things which
we have.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-22
PHYSICIAN AND NURSE
HELD FOR FOUR DEATHS

HELD FOR FOUR DEATHS
Ubly, Mich, Nov. 22.-Dr. r..
A. McGregor,. the family physi-
clan and. Margaret Gibbs, pro-
fessional nurse, who has been
staying at the Sparkling home
since the death of Cyril Sparkling
last August, were arrested and
taken to Jail, following the cor
oner's inquest, over the body Of
Albert Sparkling today -
The verdict given out by the
coroner's jury was that all three
brothers, Peter, Albert and Cyril,
met death by arsenic poisoning:
Mrs. Carrie Boldly Sparkling the
mother, was not detained.
Sparkling was the third of
family of four men who died
within two years, under cireun-
stances startlingly similar to the
deaths of the relatives of Louise
Vermilya, the Chicago poison
suspect. He died last May.
The first death was that of
John w. Sparkling, husband and
father, who died in July, 1909.
Peter, the oldest boy, died just
one year later. Then came AL
bert's death, and LAST August Cy-
ril, the Youngest son, died.
In each case, the disease of
which the men died, it is alleged,
baffled physicians in attendance,
but the symptoms were similar
in each instance. The suspicious
of the authorities were aroused
by the fourth d"oth ~ the mys-
ferrous chain of fatalities. EaAs
A1rc { moth
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-22
LATE NEWS

7ldays of hearings-31 in Chi
cago, "a in Washington-abou
100000 good dollars of Uncle
SANS money gone; 5000 pages of
testimony, aggregating about 81
900, 900 words; examination of
128 witnesses-and, the Lorimer
investigation is over for time.
To be continued at Washington
Dec. 5.
Andy. Carnegie held conference
with Taft at Washington today.
Sitting up with the Steel Trust
presumably.
Russian trops seized Enzeli,
Persia, today, first act of war.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-22
NEW TALES FOR OLD

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep'r;
He put her in a pumpkin shell.
And now she's a pie face.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-22
GoMPERS CONTROLS A. F.
L.; OPPONENTS BEATEN

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 22.-The
complete victory of the Gompers-
Mitchell-Morriso regime in the
A. F. of L. convention, when the
resolution requesting the resigna--
ton of all officials from the Ma
tional Civic Federation was de-
feated by nearly three to one, left
the administration in complete
control today.
President .Gompers today
branded as narrow minded the
charge that it was unwise for him
to associate with certain "cap-
tains of industry" and alleged OPP
pressors of labor, such as Andrew
Carnegie.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05

The increase in taxable val
ues Of specific kinds of property
is as follows: Ranks, 500, 1892. 90;
cotton mills, $685. 200.
The banks in this county pay
taxes on S146,S74, the cotton
mills s9S9,34O, the oil mills,
$4,000, telephone and telegraph
companies $35,764 the South
ern railroad $957,61S and the
Pickens railroad $17,O4O. The
total assessment for 1911, ST.
600, 1896, Of which the corpor-
ations assessments are $4,000,
77l.36, which leaves the property
owned by individuals assessed
at $1,000, 3S4.GO. In other
words, the corporations pay
taxes Oh S1,3S6.76 more than
the people.
The auditor has also furnish
ed us With q list showins the
amount of taxes to be collected
this year for the various pur-
poses, as follows:
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05

mine as Mars Hill. Let it be
adopted in all the schools as a
rule of discipline that the boy
found with a cigarette and
using them should receive a
demerit.
Henry Muller, a pious Ger
man, who lived two hundred
years ago, used to say: When
l look upon the youth of our
day | see six grave-diggers,
The first is called 'Drunken-
ness" the second Lust" the
third WRATH the fourth
"Disobedience to Parents" the
fifth Bad Company" and the
sixth 'Idleness." Were he
living today he would have in
cluded that mighty giant, and
the one who is digging more
graves than all the others ex-
cept drunkenness, The Cigar
cite"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
Little Fay Smith Dead.

Little Fay Smith, the five
year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubbard Smith of Easley,
who was injured by an automo-
bile driven by Mr.. Warren
Smith at Easley Tuesday after
noon Of last week, died last
Saturday morning IN the Earle
Sanitarium ut Grcenville where
she had been carried for treat
ment. Her body was carried
to Fairview church cemetery
five miles below Easley and in
TERED last Sunday.
This was q most deplorable
accident and the third fatal ac-
cident to occur in this county in
the short space of one week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith have the
tender sympathy of all their
friends in this sore affection.
Immediately after the death
OF the child Coroner Medlin
went to Easley and empanelled
a jury Of inquest. Testimony
from all who saw the occurance
and Mr.. Warren Smith, the
driver of the machine, was tax
Ell and after considering it for
a short while tEe jury rendered
a virdict to the effect that the
child came to its death from in
luries received by an automobile
driven by Mr.. Warren Smith.
Under a virdic Of this kind, the
Coroner says, he would have to
hold Mr.. Smith on a charge OF
murder and SO informed the
Sheriff. After this virdict was
rendered some of the members
OF the jury became dissatisfied
with their finding and asked
permission OF the Coroner to
reconsider the case. The Coro-
ner was doubtful whether he
had the power to reopen it or
not and communicated with a
prominent lawyer at this place.
/ Upon advise the Coroner dccid.
cd to reopen the investigation
/ which will be done Friday Uo-
morrow at Easlcy.
1t is said that Mr.. Warren
Smith is almost crazcd with
grief on account of the fatal ac-
cident, and it is the general
opinion that it was purely an
accident. 1t seems incredible tC
believe that sane man would
carelessly. wilfully or negligent
" do such a thing.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
The Cigarette Habit.

AS a result Of campaign on
the part Of teachers and stu
dents at Mars Hill College in
North Carolina, large quantity
OF cigarettes and smoking to-
baCco was recently consigned to
the flames and a bonfire made
on the campus. Resolutions
We're adopted calling on the
merchants of the town to dis
continue the sale Of ssDoking
tobacco and cigarettes. ~
This step is commemorate and
worthy Of consideration in other
towns and communities of our
country. There is scarcely any
place where this habit is un-
known and not practiccd, and
the lamentablc part Of it is
daily increasing.
Numbers of boys addicted to
the cigarette habit have traced
their misforJnues and downfall
to it. Wrecked health, prisons
and &sylums testify to it's
deadly work.
1t would be Il blessed thing
if the merchants would all
agree not to sell the poisonous
things. And great good would
result to the coming generations
! if all our schools should deter
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
Death of Mrs. Fields Han

The many friends and
tives of Mrs. Fields Hayes w
shocked to hear of her dea
which occurred at her homo fivX
miles northeast of here last,
Monday morning. She was
taken i'll Sunday and gradually
grew worse until the end came.
Medical aid and all that could
be done for her availed nothing.
The immediate cause of her
death was accute indigestion.
Mrs Hayes was a daughter Of.
the late L. j. Childs, and leaves
a husband. several children and
brothers and sisters besides q
host of friends to. mourn her
death. She was about IS years
old and had been for MANY
years a consistent member of
Griffin Baptist church. The
funeral services and interment
took place at Griffin the day fol-
lowing her death conducted by
the pastor Rev. w. j. Foster.
We tender sincere sympathy to
the bereaved ones in their sor.
row.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
THE LABEL CASE
Former Members of the Dispen-
Sary Board Placed on Trial.

| AASHAOSAo VI ulC AlopClI"
Sary Board Placed on Trial.
Press dispatches from Column
bia announce the trial of l.. w.
Boykin and John Bell Towill.
former members of the state
liquor dispensary board; w. O.
Iatum, former commissioner of
the dispensary; M. A, Goodman,
a liquor salesman, and Dennis
Weiskopf, q Cincinnati business
man, were placed on trial in
that city OH a charge of con
conspiring to defraud the state.
The case is what is known as
the dispensary scandal and has
been on the docket several
years.
1t is alleged that Boykin, To
will and Tatum, as members of
the board, through Goodman
and Weiskopf, purchased from
a Cincinnati concern $4,000
worth of labels for whisky bot
ties. and that $4,000 Of this
amount was returned to the
state officers as graft"
The supply Of labels bought
in 1905 was enough to last the
state ten years. The dispensary
was abolished in 1907.
The charge against Boykin.
Towiil and Tatum is conspiracy
TO dcfiaud the state. The in
dictment against M. A. Good
man, liquor salesman, on the
same charge, has been nolle
pressed. The conspiracy against
Weiskopf, of Cincinnati, also
for conspiracy to defraud the
state, will likely be not pressed
after he has testified in the
present case. There is also an
indictment standing against
WeisSopf charging perjury in
j his testimony before the inyes-
tigating committee when he
swore he had not paid rebates
any one connected with the
: te dispensary.
; Iater dispatches from Colum-
bia, Tuesday morning, say:
After nearly 35 hours delib-
GRAFTON upon the testimony and
the law, jury of II citizens of
Richland county declared itself
Monday morning unable to
reach an agreement as to
whether l.. w. !Boykin, j. B.
Towill and w. O. Tatum, for
mer state dispensary officials,
are guilty or not guilty of the
charge OF conspiracy to defraud
the state in the purchase of
II 900, COO labels for the old state
dispensary. 1t is understood that
the majority Of the jury were
( for acuittal. "
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05

Mrs. Caroline Wimpey died
on the 22nd Sept. ult. aged
about SO years. Her remains
were inferred in the cemetery at
Cross Roads the day following
her death, the funeral services
being conducted by Rev. j. NJ.
Looper. She is survived by
three children, Mr.. Ed Wimpcy,
Mrs. Mary Lark and Mrs. Ma
haffey.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05

The daily papers of this state
published last week the follow
ing news from Anderson:
From present indications it
seems that the approaching race
for congress from this, the Third
district, is going to be a trian-
gular affair, with Wyatt Aiken,
the incumbent; Jas. Fl. Craig,
county auditor, and DR.. E. G..
Doyle, Of Seneca, as principals.
Auditor Craig has been in coun-
ty politics for five years, having
served two terms as auditor and
now serving the third. He is
well known over the district, is
a2@Eessive an" is popular. Dr..
will also make formid-
4 kandidate, being welIlknown
ssgAar. Thara. seEe2aseg
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
PICKENS, S. c., OCTOBER S, 1911.
FOR SERIOUS THOUGHT.
The Bible.

lhe Bible.
The character of all true lib
erty.
The forerunner of all civil
ization.
The molder of institutions and
governments.
The fashion Of law.
The secret of national prog
ress
The guide of history.
The ornament and main
spring Of literature.
The friend of science.
The inspiration cf philoso-
pliers.
The textbook of ethics.
The light of the intellect.
The answering to the deepest
of human heart hungering.
The soul of all strong heart
life.
The illuminator of darkness.
The foe of superstition.
The enemy of oppression.
The uproot of sin.
The regulator Of all high and
ali worthy standards.
The comfort in sorrow.
The strength in Weakness.
The pathway Of perplexity.
The escape from temptation.
The steadier in the day of
power.
The embodiment of al! lofty
ideals.
The begetter Of life.
The promise Of the future.
The star Of deaths night
The revealer of God.
The guide and the hope and
the inspiration of man. West
ern Christian Advocate.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
WOman'S Position in Africa.

DR.. Dennis says: Woman iY,
Africa is regarded as a scandal
md a slave, a drudge and a
disgrace, a temptation and a
terror, blemish and a burden
at once the touch stone and
stumbling block of human
systems, the sign and shame Of
the non Christian world"
Polygamy is universally prac-
ticed; a mans social standing
often depends upon the number
OF his wives. AS the women
do all the work, the man WHO
has a number of wives stands u
better chance to become rich
through their service.
NJ. b. Ritzman, in the Mis-
sionary Record for April, says:
The African husband. as Il
rule, is q lazy, eNacting, indo-
lent man. Woman is his
drudge. While her lord and
master lounges. snuffs, smokes,
hunts, guzzles beer, or gads
from llraal to kraal discussing a
recent case Of withcraft, or
gorges himself With meat like :,
boa constructor, she, with a
child on her back. and a heavy
hod on her shoulders, goes to
the fields, digs the hard soil all
day long orpulls the rank weeds
from the garden, for she is both
miller and baker, cook and
farmer, and beast of burden.
Woman's position is we'll illus
trated by the story of the native
African who ordered his wife
to carry him on her shoulders
over deep and perilous ford Of
a river. She Obeyed his COM
mand successfully. The hus-
band on being, demonstrated
with by a white man, asked in
astonishment, Then whose
wife should carry ne over if my
own does notD
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
TWO PITCHFORKS
Senator Tillman Buys a Pair of
New PitchfOrks.

NEW fltCnIOfkS.
Senator Tillman spent the day
in Columbia on the 22d ult., on
personal business, according to
press dispatches, passing most
of the time with his friend, DR..
Babcock. He returned to his
home at Trenton on the after
noon train and carried with him
two real pitchforks.
The senator bought the pitch
forks uptown and had them
sent down to the union station
for him at train time. They
were wrapped up in paper until
they were unrecognizable, and
when he told DR.. Babcock what
was in the bundle the doctor
insisted they ought to be un-
wrapped and carried openly by
the senator, so the paper was
taken off and Pitchfork Ben
toted the two pitchfo1ks home
on the train without any con
cealment. Two of the senator's
friends, Congressman Lever and
Mr.. r. |. Manning. happened
to be present and assisted in the
opening I'D Of the characteristic
packages. 1t was seen that the
tines were tipped with gold and
the senator was twitted about
hosting the gold standard
against which he used to pro
claim eIoquently in the days of
l6 to | or bust
But the senator is very much
more interested these days in
pitchforks agricultural than
pitchforks political. The news
that there will be at least one
candidate to oppose him for re-
electi0n, Col. w, j. Talbert
does not seem to have disturbed
him at all. Senator Tillman
expects to make at least few
speeches. The senator enjoys
meeting the people, and ONLY
the strict orders Of his physi-
clans and Of Mrs. Tillman, who
has always been his chief cd
wiser, have prevented him from
going around more this summer.
1t is his determination to offer
for fourth term in the senate.
That may be set down as Ger
tain.
IF Senator 1'illnan is re-
elected, or rc-nominated in the
1912 primary, he will on the 4th
OF March. 1913. begin his fourth
term as senator from South Car
olina. Having served as gov
ernor from 1891 to 1895, he was
1lrSt elected to the senate in
1894 to succeed Gen. M. c.. But
ler, and took his seat on 4th Of
March, 1895. He was re elected
again in 1900 and again in 1906,
both times without opposition.
Col. w. Jasper TaIbert, for
sncrly congressman, has an
nounced he will be a candidate
for senator next year, no matter
who else runs. Gov. Blease has
announced that he will be a
candidate for senator if Mr..
Tillman is not in the race; other
wise he will seek ire election as
governor.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
North Pickens Appointments.

J, The following are the appoint
'ments Of Rev. e. l.. Thomason,
Pastor Of the North Pickens cir
cult for the Year Of our Lord,
1911. Let everybody encourage
the preacher by keeping his ap-
pointments in mind and giving
him good congregations:
Porter's Chapel 1st Sun. LA. m.
Friendship lst Sun. 3 p. m.
Bethel Cd Sun. II a. m.
New Hope Cd Sun. 8 p. m.
McKinnie's Chapel Cd Sun IL
a. m.
Salem 4th Sun. II a. m.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
Another Sad Death.

1t seems that accidents like
trouble never come single, and
it is painful to have to chronicle
another in our county within q
week. Last Thursday after
noon after Mr.. B. H. Whitmire.
who lives near Cedar1Rock, had
finished his days work and was
watering his mules at the well,
one of them became playful and
began to pull and run back
ward. Mr. NVhitmire's two
year-old child was il. the yalr,
and the mule was backing to-
ward it! Mr.. Whit &
ing that t6 release the rYfule the
child would escape, turned it
loose. AS he did so the mule
ran backward over the child
and stepped on its head, frac
turing the skull, from which
the child died in about two
hours.
The funsral was held at Cedar
Rock oiiustR the next day, con
Quoted by Rev. G. A. Waters
MIR. and Mrs. Whitmirc have
the tender sympathy of hosts
OF friends in their sad brrcave~
ment.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
Property and Taxes.

The auditors looks of this
county would astonish many if
they could go through them and
unravel the mass of figures they
contain.
For the present year they
show a gain in taxable property,
but the percentage of increase
is not as large as it should be,
and not as large as it will be.
The greatest gain is in personal
property which is unusual con-
sidering the fine and high priced
lands in the county.
Here are the figures Of the
total assessment for taxes for
1910 and 1911: Real estate 1910,
81, ,452.857; 1911, 81, ,452, ,939, or a
gain Of only $82. Personal prop
erty 1910, $1,476, ,494; 1911, ST.
653,255 or a gain of S176, 761.
The total gain for 1911 is S212,-
425. 1t will be noticed that
there is $2OO,3l6 more personal
property than real estate. This
makes a bad showing for one of
the best counties in the state
where lands are selling from $25
to 5000 per acre.
The auditor has furnished us
with a statement of gains and
losses in taxable property by
townships for 1911 over 1910, as
follows:
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05
PickenS County Lands the Best.

oOshtJ 1-niluS tiiC DtSle
a prominent business man Of
Grccnvillc reached Pickcns last
Saturday morning in his auto
mobile, coming from Anderson
by Liberty. He was accom-
panied by another gentleman
and one of our townsmen. He
stated that they had toured q
large portion Of Grccnville and
Anderson counties, but VIII
they reached the lands
the ridge between here
erty in the section 1911 :
where Mr.. $. A, Roptchers
said it was the best farming
section they had seen. They
expressed surprise to see such
splendid farms and progressive
farming. The developments and
advances Of agricultural inter
cstS among our people will
measure up with the best
Our lands are as well improved
and productive as any to be
found, and yet the surprising
part is that occasionally some
fellow will get Georgia struck
or the Texas fever.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-10-05

spr. and Mrs. j III. Crenshaw
,alM little daughter, Lois, of Ma1
itietta. Route 2, were pleas
A$allers at our office last M0H
The Ordway new era., 1911-09-01
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Love Works by Wire

By M. J. PHILLIPS

Hello" said Neil Blanding: rs this
Broad f1ve-nine-eight-seven?"
Nine and 1--we" sound much alike.
especially when the line is not work
Ing we'll. A girls voice at the other
end Of the line said "Yes." in that far
away. eerie. impersonal tone that .
contrary telephone will sometimes i'm
part
This ia tho Williams.v Valentine Ma
chine company. Please send ono Of
your trucks down for a pickup"
Just moment. please" returned
the other voice. little more distinct
ly. you have the wrong number. This
Is Broad fve-five-eight-seven."
OH" calculated Blanding: Il
wanted fve-nine instead Of five-dve.
Beg pardon"
"Granted-Mr. Blanding!"
Blanding secured the express com.
pany's Office and delivered his mes
sage before allowing himself to pom
der on this most surprising rejoinder.
The girl with the faraway voice knew
his name.
He was humble unit in the big Of
fee force Of the Williams-Valentine
company. He knew scarcely a score
Of persons In the city's swarming hun
dred-thousands. and certainly. he re-
called to himself. not a girl with SO
pleasant and well-modulated a voice.
Blanding looked about the ofice
speculatively. Was 1t q joke Of one
Of the stenographers. using another
phone crossed with his? No. All
were at their accustomed places. Per
haps. then. his conversation had been