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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-05-30
His Hat in the Ring.

Senator J. R. Earle of Oconee
has definitely confirmed the
statement that he will be in the
race for Attorney General of.
South Carolina this year. Mr..
Earle represented Oconee in the
House two years, and for the
past eight years has been the
representative of the county in
the Senate. Mr.. Earle has
made many friends throughout
the State during his services as
representative of this county in
the General Assembly, and in
his home county his friends are
pleased to note his entrance into
State politics. He is author of
the South Carolina Form
Book, !" which is in general use
by practicing attorneys through
out the State as a ready refer
ence.-Keowee Courier
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Patrick Henry Boggs.

Piedmont. May 22.-Mr. Pat
rick Henry Boggs died at his
home here today at 2.45 p.m.
He was proprietor of the Pied
mont Inn and was we'll known
throughout this section. In his
death Piedmont loses one OF her
best citizens, being highly es-
teemed by all who knew him.
He was in his 59th year at the
time of MS death.~He leaves a
wife and four children. His
wife was formerly Miss Martha
Chapman of Liberty. His chill
dren are: W.H.Boggs, Easley;
Mrs. Lebby, Greensboro, N. c.,
Miss. Easter and G. H. Boggs
of Piedmont. Mr.Boggs also
leaves three brothers and one
sister as follows: NJ. A. Boggs,
Liberty: Rev. w. l. Boags,
GreenvilIe;; C. J. Beggs, Pendle-
ton.
The deceased was a member
of the Methodist church also
Saluda Camp w, 0. W. Of
Piedmont and the Grove lodge
of the Masonic fraternity iocat-
ed here. The body will be car
ried to Liberty Wednesday and
buried with Masonic rites.
Mr.. Boggs was well known
here having lived here prior
to his moving to Piedmont
and numbered his friends by
hisacquaintances. At the time
of his removal to Piedmont he
was coroner of this county.
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For the City Fad- ers of Pickens.

An Ordinance covering the
sale of cigarettes to minors
under Is was passed as follows:
Section l It shall be lawful
for any person, or persons
either by himself or themselves.
to sell, furnish, give or provide
any minor or minors, under the
age Of Is years with cigarettes,
tobacco for cigarettes Or ciga-
rette paper, or any substitute
therefor. The penalty provided
for violation of this Ordinance
is a fine of not more than s100
or Imprisonment for not more
than 30 days.
The foregoing is one of the
ordinances of the city of Able
vile and it is respectfully re-
ferred to the city fathers of
Pickens for consideration.
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Solicitor Zimmerman Indicted

Columbia. S. c., May %. "A
warrant charging George Bell
Zimmerman, of Lexington. So
licitor of the courts of South Ca
roIina. with assault and battery
with intent to kill was sworn
out Tuesday before Magistrate
Fowles by P. A. Murphy, mem
Der of the Columbia police force
Solicitor Zimmerman gave bond
in the sum of $500 and the case
will very probably come up for
trial in the Richland county
court.
The warrant charges that So
licitor ! zimmerman cut the coat
of Murphy with a knife.
The assault occurred in ahouse.
l112 Gates street.
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More Testimony in Allen Case.

Wytheville, Va, MAY 2--
That Wesley Edwards. still a
fugitive from Justice, distribut-
ed cartridges to members OF the
Alien clan shortly before the
shooting mp of the Carroll court
was the testimony today OF
John Dalton. a young farmer,
in tie case of Claude Allen,
charged with the murder OF
Judge Massie. Dalton also said
he saw Byrd Marion shoot sew
eral times on the court house
green and this has caused pros
ecution to order the rearrest OF
Marion, who yesterday was re-
leased on bail.
Thirteen witnesses were ex-
amined today.
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Richeson E1ectrocuted

Boston, May 21.-Clarence V.
T, Richeson was electrocuted
this morning at 1927 O'Clock.
The current was turned on at
12:10:O2 and the prisoner was
declared dead at 1917. The for
mer clergyman who confessed
poisoning his former sweetheart
Avis Linnell, was outwardly
calm when he entered the death
cham Der and maintained his
composure while the straps and
electrodes were being adjusted
as he sat in the death chair.
Richeson walked to the chair
erect, eyes straight ahead, until
he sat down. Then he closed
his eyes and kept them shut un-
til the end. Seated in the chair,
he was asked a series of ques-
tons by his spiritual adviser,
Rev. II. S. johnson.
During his answer he said;
God will take care Of my soul
and I pray for all. l forgive ev-
erybody.' The last of these
questions was: Are you will
inc to die for Jesus sake!' The
reply, in an even, we'll modulat.
ed tone, was simply liam will.
ipg 10 die.
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Myrtle Hawkins Case.

Hend ersonville, N. c., May
23.-An interesting surprise
was sprung in the Myrtle
Hawkins murder mystery to-
day when two new witnesses,
whose knowledge of a connect
ing link in this case had never
been made known to the public
testified to seeing the girl at
the home of the McCalis and in
company with George Bradley,
all Defendants, Thursday after
noon after she left her home
that morning.
J. G. Cornwell of this city
testified that when he delivered
a load of lumber at the McCalls
home Thursday afternoon he
saw Myrtle in company with
other women on the porch.
E. Long. a merchant Of
Honea Path, S. c., testified that
Thursday afternoon he saw
Myrtle walking in company
with George Bradley near the
home and Lake Osceola
while he was out driving.
DR.. John Hey Williams of
Ashville testified that a young
man whom he thought was
Boney Bradley called at his Of
fee inquiring as to examination
of a girl supposed to be in trou-
BILE, Myrtle, identified by
photograph, later called at his
office in this connection with a
woman he took to be Mrs. Lizzie
Shaft, a defendant, though he
was not positive in either identi-
fcation. No assistance was
given them.
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Groom's Lucky Escape

Atlanta, May 22.-On the eve
of her wedding to E. G. Gilbert.
Miss Clara Parker. member of a
prominent Gainesville, Ga. fam
lily and noted for her beauty,
eIoped with and married B. W.
Sullivan, of Atlanta.
Sullivan, who was to be best
man, was at Miss Parker's home
with the other attt ndants for a
wedding rehearsal. Just before
the rehearsal was to begin, Miss
Parker and Sullivan disappear
ed and so did LGilbert's touring
car, which was in front of the
Parker home. 1t was soon learn
that the couple had fled in the
auto of the groom m-to-be. Sulli-
van and Miss Parker soon reach
ed Atlanta, where they wele
married.
Il loved Ben the best,'' said
the Bride, in explaining the jilt-
ing of Gilbert for Sullivan.
She was my first sweetheart
and I had to have her, sai6
Sullivan,
II congratulate myself l did
not get her." said Gilbert. !
got off lucky. I hope they will
return my auto in good condi,
ton
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Charges Dismissed.

Greenville, May 24.-Magis
trate Samuel Stradley toda,
dismissed the charges of hav
ing in possession and transport
ing spurious liquors fol
illegal purposes brought
against O. K. Mauldin as a re.
suit of his purchasing Two bar.
rels of liquor sold at Iublic auc-
ton here May II, by order OF
Federal Judge Smith, Coming
upon the heels of Magistrate
Inman's. decision yesterday,
that the government. had a
right to sell the liquor. the yer
dict signifies that GOV. Blease
has lost, so far as the magister-
ial courts extend, in his clash
with the United States court.
In view of Magistrate Inman's
ruling that the whiskey pur-
chased by Mr.. Mauldin was not
contraband. the hearing before
Magistrate Stradley was largely
perfunctory. In rendering his
the Magistrate said:
BY agreement, the testimony
taken by Magistrate Inman
yesterday in the claim and de-
livery suit of O. K. Mauldin VS..
]. P. Poole, sheriff, should be
used today in this suit.
From the testimony and
the interpretion given by the
supreme court in the cases Of
The State VS.. Bwokand, report
ed in volume 81, South Caro-
ina reports, page 442, and the
State VS.. Green, reported in ad-
sheets of August. 1911,
page l13. my mind is clearly
that the defendent, O.
K. Mauldin, has not been guilty
Of violating the laws Of the
State. by either having in. pos
session or transporting spiritu-
ous liquors for illegal purposes
and the case is therefore dis
and the defendant hon.
ora ahlv DISCHARGED -
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No Bill Against Muldrow.

The much advertised, discuss
ed and investigated case in An
derson of Magistrate W. j.
Muidrow for assaulting Editor
Cheshire of the Anderson In
telligencer some time ago has
been dismissed by the grand
jury finding no bill. The Daily
Mail of the 22nd. furnishes this
account of the case:
The report of the grand jury
in the case of Magistrate Mul-
drow and Alderman folly of
this city, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill,
was quite a surprise Wednesday
morning, Solicitor Bonham
was taken off his feet by it.
The result of the grand jury's
deliberations was not an entire
surprise, however, for after ex
amining witnesses Monday the
Jury asked for additional wit
nesses Tuesday and this indicat-
ed that the members We're not
satisfied up to that time.
It was reported that the grand
jury stood Il to three on the
proposition Monday, but that is
about all that could be learned.
The members of the grand jury
are from the IS townships and
most of them are farmers and
are reticent when it comes to
talking: Judge ". F. Cox of
this CITY, one of the members
was not present as he has been
i'll,
One of the grand jurors was
asked for a statement as to why
and how the jury could have
arrived at a conclusion which
puzzles those who are not con-
yersant with court matters.
He said that he would not talk.
That the members of the grand
jury had appreciated the fact
that they might be criticised
and that they are prepared te
meet the criticism.
The grand jury mad acted, he
declared, for the best interests
II Sc peace and dignity of the
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SsSliO00iiJ USoS,AAo VAAS p~tSAS - "
s75, 900. and they are now in the
library Of congress. Admiral
Selfridge, then lieutenant in
the navy. acted as the agent of
the government, and to them
the papers were delivered in
Canada in July, 1872. In 1873
Col, Pickett gave. the seal to Ad-
miral Selfridge. in whose pos
session it has remained ever
since.
SAT the time that Pickett is
sued his fac c-similes he publish
ed a letter from the firm that
made the great seal. certifying
that these electroplates could
not have been made in any
way but from the genuine seal.
While these general facts have
been easily ascertained from the
Benjamin records in the library
of congress, the fact that Pick
ett- gave the seal to Selfridge
has only recently come to light
| by the unearthing of Pickett's $
letter books.
II have known this myself
since last October. when Judge
Walter A. Montgomery Of
Richmond made known the
showing of Pickett's books A
friend of mine who stands high
! in the historical world has been
working on Admiral Selfridge
for a year or two, trying to in
duce him to present the great
seal to the Confederate museum
in Richmond with the under
standing that the ladies in
charge would give the library
of congress certain public rec
ords. l suppose this is the con-
sumation of the proposed trade.
In 1883 William E. Earle, a
South Carolinian, residing in
Washington, was presented
with three of the bronze copies
by Col. Pickett. He sent one of
these to the Office of the secre.
tary of state of South Carolina
| with his compliments. It was
published in the newspapers
that Col. Earle had been given
the great seal Of the Confeder-
acy and had presented tito the
State of South Carolina, In
consequence of that publication
and its republication many
times since, I receive a great
many letters asking questions
about the great seal,
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Children Injured
Ordinary Cathartics and Pills and
Harsh Physic Cause Complaints

ordinary GanarucS an0 fnlS anG
Harsh Physic Cause Complaints
You cannot be too careful in
the selection Of medicine for
children. Only the very gent
lest bowel medicine should eyer
be given, except in emergency
cases. Ordinary cathartics, pills
and purgatives often do more
harm than good. They may
cause griping, nausea and other
distressing after-effe that are
frequently Notwithstanding.
We personally recommend
and guarantee Rexall Orderlies
as the safest and most dependa-
BILE remedy, which we know,
for constipation and associate
bowel disorders. We have such
absolute faith in the virtues Of
this remedy that we sell it on
our guarantee of money back in
every instance where it fails to
give entire satisfaction, and we
urge all in need of such medi-
icine to try it at our risk.
Rexall Orderlies are eaten just
like candy, are particularly
prompt and agreeable in action
may be taken dav or night; do
not cause diarrhoea, nausea,
gripping, excessive looseness, or
other undesirable effects. They
have a very mild but positive
action upon the organs with
which they come in contact, ap-
parently acting as a regulaSive
tonic upon the relaxed muscu-
lar coat Of the bowel, thus over
coming weakness. and aiding to
restore the bowels to more vigo-
rous and healthy activity.
Rexall 0rderlies. commonly
completely relieve constipation.
Z - =
except of course when Of a sur
gical character. They also ov-
ercome the necessity Of constant
lily taking laxatives to keep the
bowels in normal condition. 8
sizes of packages, 10. 25 and SOC
Remember. you an obtain Rex
all remedies in hckens only at
our store The Rexall store. The
Plckens Drug Company.
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Mammoth Warehouse

New Orleans, May 21.-Assu.
RANGES of hearty cooperation by
the New Orleans cotton ex-
change, board of trade and 9TH
er commercial bodies were made
to the city dock board endorsing
the establishment here of a
mammoth cotton warehouse.
The project provides for the
handling of 3,10O, O,0OO bales and
the storing of GOO, 900 bales in
season with minimum handling
and storage charges.
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Blease Paroles Two Life Termers.

Columbia. May 20.-Two life
termers were recipients Of the
governors clefaency today, one
receiving a full pardon and the
other a parole. The fssss
Henry Gillian, convicted at
Newberry in February, 1903, of
murder with recommendation
to mercy and sentenced. to life
imprisonment:in the penitentia-
-ry, who received a full pardon.
Major Green, alias VIM. Green
convicted at Orangeburg March
1909, of murder and sentenced
to be hanged, but whose sem
tence Gov. McSweeny commut-
ed to life Imprisonment, was pa
rolled.
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State VIE New $
Matters of Interest Here I'D There
Over South Carolina.

county. He was asked if there
is any POLITICAL significance in
the matter and replied that he
does not know the POLITICAL
leaning of more than four OF
the members of the grand jury
and that had nothing to do with
the matter, as both the two de-
PENDANTS and the prosecuting
witness, Editor Y. B. Cheshire,
have been of the same POLITICAL
standing and the grand jury
has nothing to do with that
whatever.
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Not in Pickens, Please.

A mans size still, full o:
human interest and new corr
whiskey was captured in An
derson county in broad day.
light Monday. AS a matter OF
fact the illicit operations were
being conducted very close to
the Greenville county line but
to be geographically correct the
still was in Anderson county,
in Brushy Greek township, near
Pisgah chulch, between Pied
mont and Easley and 18 miles
north Of the court house, and in
the corner of Anderson, Pickens
and Oconee counties.
Arriving at the scene of op-
erations about noon, Deputy
Martin found in a pasture back
of the residence of Dave Aiken
a nice family still. we'll broke
and gentle, the purring steam
of which was singing a limpid
refrain of corn mash. Tending
the still were David Aiken and
his wife and their son Anderson
aged Is or Is. The boy
and the woman were released
on bond but David Aiken was
brought to Jail. The still was
conducted on the property of
Sam Reeves, but it is believed
that he knows nothing of it.
The still was of 80 or 70 gal
lon capacity. Deputy Martin
poured out 800 or 400 gallons of
s'beer'' Or the slush that is dis
titled to get the liquor and Is or
30 gallons of singlings, as the
distilled liquor is known the
first time it is run through
Daily Mail.
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Can You Ask More?
Your Money Back for the Ask
ing. You Promise Nothing

We are so confident that
we can furnish relief for
Indigestion and dyspepsia.
that we promise to- supply
the medicine free of all cost to-
every one who uses it according
to directions who is not perfect
" satisfied with the results. We,
exact no promises and put no
one under any obligations what
ever. Surely nothing could he
fairer. We are located right
here where you live; and our.
reputation should be sufficient
assuranceo of the genuiness Of
our offer.
We want every one who is
troubled with indigestion or dys:
pepsia in any form to come to-
our store and get a box of Rex
all Dyspepsia Tablets. Take
them home, and give them a
reasonable trial. according to di-
rections. If they cont please {
you, tell us, and we will quickly
return your money. They have
a very mild but positive action
upon the organs with which
they come i'll contact, apparent
ly acting as a regulative tonic
upon the relaxed muscul.r r coat
Of the bowel, thus overcoming
weakness. and aiding to restore
the bowels to more vigorous and =
healty activity. Three sizes, 25
SOC and 81. Remember, Rexall
Remedies are obtainable only att
our store-The Rexall Store:
Pickens Drug Co.
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First Bet on Election.

The first bet on the election
has been recorded. A we'll known
citizen who has not shaved in
many years and whose beard
extends nearly down to his waist
has agreed to have it cut Oft II
Blease is reelected governor.
Spartanburg Journal.
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An Old Coin.

Mr.. J. F. Bradley. county
treasurer of Abbeville County
has in his possession a rare coin.
It is a 5O-cent piece.of the vint-
age of 1918, the date on
which is quite legible, in fact
the entire surface of the coin
bears e. idence of the fact that
its owners, past and present,
are not careless in their hand
ling of coin. Mr.. Bradley says
the first bid of $1,000, more or
less, takes this rare specimen.
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Lions and Lambs Together

There is no time to renew po-
litical possibilities of twenty
years ago. Such men as Thur
mond, Evans, Brezeale, A, W, i,
Jones and hosts of others who
are warm supporters Of Senator
Tillman, and known as Tiilman
ties, are locking arms with hun
dreds of other Tillmanites to oy-
erthrow Bleaseism in South Ca
rolina.-Gaffney Ledger,
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Rejects REPORT

May 23.-The general assem-
bly, this morning refused to
adopt the majority report of the
committee on Romanism, sub
mitted yesterday which urges a
comprehensive plan of attack
on Catholicism, among the
evangelical churches Of the Uni
ted States and Canada.
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Figuring Col. Green.

Colonel Green was never paid
less than ten dollars per day
and sometimes he was paid as
high as twenty dollars per day,
which is six hundred dollars
per month. .-Oraneeburg Times,
Democrat.
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Seal of Confederacy.

That there is no doubt as to
the genuineness Of the great
seal of the Confederacy, which
has lately been returned to
Richmond by Rear Admiral,
Thomas O. Selfridge. U. S. N,
retired, was stated by A. S.
Salley, Jr., secretary of the
South Carolina historical COM
mission, who has made a care
full study of the history of the
seal.
II see by the press, said Mr..
Salley, that some doubt has
been expressed as to the genu-
inenes of the great seal of the
Confederacy which has lately
been returned to Richmond b7
Rear Admiral Thomas O. Sell
fridge, U. S. N, retired. To
we'll informed students of Con-
federate history there is nothing
surprising in this story. It has
been known to hundreds since
1873 that, the great seal was
preserved. In that year fac
SMILES of it in gold. silver and
bronze were issued by Col John
T. Pickett, the first Confederate
commissioner to Mexico, who
was then practicing law and
selling Confederate curios and
relics in the city Of Washington.
Records in the library Of Con
,gress show how Col. Pickett
came by this seal.
''On March %, 1865, five days
before the excavation cf Rich
mond, the Confederate secretary
of state, judah P. Benjamin,
sent William J. Bromwell. dis.
bursting clerk of the depart
ment, to Charlotte, N. g., with
three boxes of the belongings of
that department.. to be put in a
place of safety. Bromwell was
ordered to stop in Danville and
get. three trunks and four boxes
of records and property Of the
state department. which he had
stored some weeks previously at
the Danville Female college,
and take them along also. He
took the ten packages Of records
to Charlotte, arriving there on
April /, and stored them in a
room in the court house. Five
days later he wrote to Mr.. Ben
jamin that he had placed all OF
the boxes in six large strong
boxes without disturbing the
contents and had marked these
boxes with his own initials in.
stead of Confederate state de-
partment, in order to attract as
little attention as possible.
In September, 1866, Rrom'
well, who was then practicine
law in Richmond, accepted a
position in Pickett's Office in
Washington. Soon after this
Pickett offered to sell the com,
plete records of Mr.. Benjamins'
office to men of prominence and
wealth in the South. Not sue.
ceeding in doing so he offered te
sell to Secretary of State Sc.
ward the large and valuable
documents of the late Confeder
ate States, embracing all Of the
papers belonging to Mr.. Benja
minis office. The price asked
was s5OO,OOO. This offer wa:
declined, but the government
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Union, May 22.-John Henry
May and Clyde May, aged 22
and II, who on Friday were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment fer
killing Henry Bocha, were tax
en- to the pen today.