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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
Salesday in August,

the same being Monday, August 9TH.
1916, the following described property'
to wit: All that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land, situate, lying and be-
ing in Pickens county, South Ca. olina,
in Hurricane township. and supposed to
contain two hundred (2OO) acres, be the
same more or less. Being the same
land conveyed to N. w. Agnew and
Luella Agnew by B. D. Mauldin refer
ence to the said deed is hereby had for
more accurate description.
Terms of sale, one. fourth (4> casb
remainder of the purchase price in three
equal annual installments to be secured
by bond and mortgage on said land
credit portion to bear per cent interes
per annum.~ Purchaser to pay 70
stamps and paper.
A. J. BOGGS,
| Clerk of Court.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

WHAT has become of all those ram
bunctlous fellows who were spelling for
a tight in Mexico and who were cussin' )
Uncle Sam for not taking hand not 80
very long ago? Now's the time for
them to show their patriotism,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

WHEN Mr.. Bryan entered the Wilson
cabinet he said there would be no war
during that administration. And if the
]lngoes don't hurry up the Commoner's 8
words will prove to be true ones.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

IF this country does not 20 to war
with Mexico soon padded cells will have
to be swept out for Williehearst and the
editor of Chicago Tribune, who are now
at the dangerous stage of their insanity.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

LAST week on poetry we were shy;
And now we'll tell the reason why:
Ye editor is on vacation bent
led better come home and pay the rent
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

Two ex-presidents are enough at a
time. So we'll just let it go at that
and keep Woodrow on the job four
years more
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

"CARRANzA sees the point headline
in Charleston Post, You bet he does;
and the point has soldier behind it.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

THE Mexican trouble, it is said, threat
ems the chewing gum industry on ac,
count of shortage in chicle. 1t is ar
i'll wind, etc.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

FROM the lofty Big | Am, Terrible
Teddy has fallen to the level of a com
mon ward heeler in trying to make the
&. 0. z. believe he can deliver the Bull
Moose vote to the old liners.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

IN 1908 Roosevelt stuffed Taft down
the throats of the Republicans and
made them like it. Can he do it with
Hughes this year?
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
Cupid on the Job

Tugaloo Tribune.
The Pickens Sentinel had an account
of seven weddings in its current issue.
Westminster once took the lead in we'd
dings, but Pickens is ahead of her now.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
A New Machine at The
PICK EMS BANK

This machine is really a won
derful set Of steel brains which
we are putting to work in our
accounting department..
With it we can handle our
figure work faster than ever be-
tore and at the same time be sure
that every item in our books is
right.
Helps Us Give Better Service
BY the machine method. every
depositor's account is kept in
balance all the time and there are
no mistakes such as are unavoid-
able with other ways of handling
figures.
The time saving made possible
by the machine gives us an op-
portunity to improve the service
to our customers in all depart-
ments Of the bank.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

MERCHANT submarines avoid the
storm that beset other craft. at any
rate.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
81 PER YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
GARY HIoTT, Manager.

Obitnary notices ana tributes of respect of
moi ,,"nr one hundred words will be printed free
of cnargc All over that number must be paid
for at The rate of one cent word. Cash to
accompany manuscript. Cards OF thanks pub.
lished for onc.half cent a word.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

ROOSEVELT can throw the Bull, but he
can't deliver the Moose.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

CHEER up, brtheren. 'Possum an
sweet taters are a-cOmin!
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
CLERKS SALE.

State of South Carolina,
County Of Pickens.
In Court of Common Pleas.
M. l.. Cox, Plaintiff,
Against
N. W. Agnew and Luella Agnew, De-
PENDANTS.
Pursuant to order in the above en-
titled matter will sell in or in front
OF the court house in Pickens, South
Carolina. between the usual hours of
sale on
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

/ OUR WEEKLY RIDDLE. What is the
smallest piece Of machinery in the
world?
& & The generatorunder lightning bugs
wing. ~ .,.h ~
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13

The eye specialist will be at the Pick
ems Drug Co.'S. store July 81. Read
their ad in this issue for particulars,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
ROLLED yet?
Oh! what a wetness!

Observation-Disclosures
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-13
Everything Is Done Automatically

Everything Is Done Automatically
1t prints dates. adds your de.
posts to the old balance, subtracts
checks, figures and prints your
new balance. All Of this is done
automatically. The operator sim
ply writes the amounts on the
keyboard - the machine shifts
from column to column and adds,
subtracts, or prints the date as
desired, without the least atten-
ton being necessary.
Come In and See II Work
There is no method Of posting
ledgers known which equals this
burroughs Bookkeeping Machine
IN either accuracy or time saving.
Come in and see our new Bur
roughs at work in our accounting
department.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27

of the postoffice window. John Perry
received letter. He left the line at
once and walked around a corner of
the building, opened the envelope, and
extracted couple of bills, which he
placed in his vest pocket. Meanwhile
1 had approached him unobserved, and,
as the man looked up from the letter
which he was reading, he saw "A
calibre Colt revolver pointing at his
head.
He tried to draw a revolver from his
pocket, but, seeing that he was COW
cred, hesitated. Meanwhile crowd
had quickly gathered, and tall, thin
man. drew a Colt on both Of us, and,
with a voice as shrill as that of wild
goose, yelled:
81 am the sheriff of this county and
I command peace"
"Mr. Sheriff, 1 am an officer from
Dallas and have arrested this negro
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27

! for numbering q Tfi1s-s man there.
Take hold of him!" I replied. j.,
The sheriff grasped the negro by one
arm and by the other, and we started
for the jail through an angry mob,
which, hearing that the negro was ar
rested for the murder of white man,
threatened lynching. The sheriff
dissuaded them, however, promising
that the negro should be dealt with
was searched and the letter was taken
from him, together with the two bills,
which proved to be Of the value of
fifty dollars apiece. The letter had
been torn, but l quickly pieced the
fragments together and read as fol-
lows:
II enclose you one hundred dollars
! on receipt of which you must go
quietly and at once to the City of Mex
leo. 1 will join you there. Detectives
are onto us, and you must not let them
catch you. 1t would be fatal John
Perry"
I instructed the sheriff to feed the
prisoner, but not to allow him knife
or any other implement with which he
could do himself bodily harm. l ex-
planned that it was essential that the
negro should be brought back to Dallas
in safety, in order that statement
might be obtained from him as to why
he had killed Temple.
was eating my dinner when a dep
uty sheriff rushed into the room, call
ing my name. 49,.
Come to the jail at once" he said.
THAT niger of yours has cut his
damned head nearly off,
AS soon as I had departed the pris-
oner had called the jailer and told him
that he had silver in his finger, ask
ing him to lend him his knife to re-
move it. The old jailer offered the
man his pocket knife through the bars,
and Perry, stepping back, opened it
and cut his throat before the jailer
could get into the cell.
The man had cut the wind-pipe in
two, but he had not severed the jugu-
lar vein. An old physician, who was
summoned, looked at the prisoner.
"Why, that niger will die. can't
do thing for him." he said.
He refused to sew up the wound, but
finally a younger man was found who
performed the operation, myself hold
ing Perry meanwhile, and stated that,
with proper care, the man would live.
About the middle of that afternoon
Perry admitted to me that his young
master, John Perry, had induced him
to go to Dallas for the purpose of kill
ing his partner, Mr.. Temple. He said
that his master had paid his expenses
and had furnished him literally with
money, promising also to give him five
hundred dollars more after the muir
der He said he had not wanted to do
it, and had tried to back out of the
agreement after reaching Dallas, but
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27
Effect Of Heat on Glasses.

Thin glasses do not crack so easily
as thick glasses when you pour hot
water into them. This is because the
heat penetrates the thin glass so quick
ly as to heat all parts of it equally,
and they hold together in the expan-
sion which occurs. When hot water is
poured into thick glass the particles
forming the inside of the glass begin
to expand before the heat has pene-
trated to the outside of the glass, and
in the effort to expand the inside par
ticles of the glass break away from the
particles of the outer side, thereby
causing the crack.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27

ing the facts at once. This was for
the purpose of letting Perry believe
that the negro would not be able to
give evidence against him, and so IN
ducing him to remain in Dallas.
The extra edition was issued as soon
as possible. John Perry (the white
man) obtained one of the first num-
bers. He at once left his Office and
started for his lodgings, which were
about a mile away, stopping at every
saloon en- route and taking a drink.
Two hours after sending the first
message 1 telegraphed to Sheriff Ca
bel informing him that the negro
would recover. asked him to treat
the message confidentially and to ar
rest Perry; he was then to meet me at
a small station near Dallas.
The program was carried out. We
met and arrived in Dallas together,
along with the wounded negro, who
was conveyed on the same train. The
man was taken to the jail and placed
on cot in the corridor, to have his
wound treated and dressed. While the
doctor was engaged upon this work
the white John Perry, who, from his
cell, could plainly see all that was 60
ing ON, became so enraged that he
attempted to kill himself by butting
his head against the steel bars of his
cage. The prisoner had almost sue
ceeded in dashing out his brains be-
fore he was prevented.
Owing to the high standing Of Perry
the Jail was filled with citizens on the
next day, many of them being friends
of Temple, and leading citizens. Tele-
grams began to pour in from all parts
of the state, rendering the prisoner all
sorts of aid, financial and otherwise.
An able lawyer volunteered to defend
the prisoner, and society ladies sent
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27
WE STARTED FOR THE JAIL THROUGH AN ANGRY MOB.

that his master had threatened to kill
him unless he did so, and that through
fear of him he had killed Temple. he
said that on the Sunday night previous
to that on which the murder occurred
he was about to pounce upon another
man of Temples congregation, who
closely resembled him, and that ne
would have done so had not Perry,
rushed out from the place where he
was concealed and prevented his max
ing the mistake.
1t was essential to lay hands at once
on the instigator of the murder. Ac-
cordingly l wired to one of my opera
tives named Harbaugh to proceed to
Dallas at once and keep Perry under
continual surveillance. I also tete-
who was in hiding across the street
graphed to Sheriff Cabel that the ne
gro had cut his throat and was dying,
requesting him to ask the newspapers
to bring out a special edition announc'
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27

errand, and can get it for You be-
fore she returns"
She sent Liza to the drug store and
got the letter, which she handed to
me. 1t had been mailed the day be-
fore from San All. The rest of
the word was not apparent, because
the mailing stamp had not touched the
paper completely.
There seemed now no doubt but
that the murderer had been found, and
that he was at San Antonio. Having
elected a promise of secrecy from
Miss Johnson, l next proceeded tc the
plumbing shop where had reason to
believe the pipe had been bought.
The brother of the proprietor, boy
of eighteen, at once recognized the
piece of pipe, which he said he had
cut from large joint for the negro
the Friday before the murder. He de-
scribed the man as fully as Miss John
son had done, and said that he could
identify him on sight. l Immediately
arranged for the young fellow to &C
company me to San Antonio at my
expense, agreeing to recompense him
for his time. The boy got ready, and
we left for San Antonio, arriving there
the next morning. While breakfasting
at the hotel telegram was brought
me. 1t was from Sheriff Cabel and
read: .-. .'.
eco to San Angelo, Tex, at once"
Before leaving for San Antonio
had arranged that the sheriff should
examine all letters received by the
maid, with the result that on that
morning one had arrived with the San
Angelo postmark plainly stamped on
it. We accordingly took the next
train for that point, arriving on the
following morning, Sunday, just a
week after the murder of Mr.. Tenn
pie. .'..
San Angelo was a small cattle-ship-
ping town. Within an hour after our
arrival 1 had been able to ascertain
that the negro, John Perry, had left
on the Saturday evening for Lampasas,
Tex. On the following morning we ar
rived at that point. Lampasas was
the county seat and it was court week.
The town was filled to overlooking.
We walked to the hotel, and, on near
ing the postoffice, saw a large crowd
waiting for the distribution of the mall
The young fellow who was with me
called my attention to a colored man,
who was standing apart from the
crowd, and evidently waiting for let
ter. ..... .... ... ... ..-.-..,.
That's the niger sold that piece
of pipe to-" he said.
It was John Perry.
I told the boy to stay where he was
until the negro had been arrested, and
then to follow quietly to the jail
approached the negro, but then decid-
ed to wait until he had received his
letter In few moments the negroes
in the crowd began lining up in front
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27
DAY OF THE CATASTROPHE
OIdtimers Remember with Regret the
Period When the Preserves Had
Been Used UP.

We dreaded that trip to the cellar.
Well we knew that good things could
not last forever. With fear and trem-
bling we had approached the shelf, and
had always come away with the re-
ward of our hardihood in hoping that
the trip would not be our last. Then
came the day Of the catastrophe. Com
pany had dropped in unexpectedly at
various and sundry times and always
we had had recourse to the swinging
shelf in the corner Of the cellar, and,
truth to tell, it had never disappointed
us. The day had been cold and dark
and dreary. 1t rained, and the wind
was never weary, or something IKE
that. For once it seemed that we
were to be permitted to spend Sun
day all alone Not, Of course, that we
did not appreciate our friends. But
even friends pail, at times.
We would make the journey down.
stairs again. True, it was getting late
in the season, but there surely must
be one more good pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow. And yet, did we
bring the last one up two weeks ago
when the Joneses dropped in? We
were not sure. 1t did seem that with
the steady inroads we had made on
the supply it was about due for
finish. But fate would not be so cruel
as to mark fms at such a time.
Searching the pages of history for like
cases, we could not recall one single
instance where n supply Of anything
was inexhaustible if used constantly.
But down the cellar steps we VEN
tured, switching on the light as we
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27

went. Past the furnace and through
the dividing door we ambled, the fear
gripping at our heart. On past the
light meter, the gas meter and the
pump we went. Our eyes rested on
empty shelves which once had bulged
like Pharaoh's granaries in the fat
years. All, we were coming to the end
of our quest! To be or not to be
were we to pass the Sunday in the JOY
of gustatorial pleasures or pine away
because of things that were but are
no longer? Slowly we pulled out Jar
after jar, lest by some chance one had
been misplaced. But it was no use.
The last jar Of home-raised, home
canned tomatoes had been eaten In
dianapolis News.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27

him many delicacies of various kinds.
The prisoner had offered in extenu-
alton for his attempt to commit suicide
the plea that he had felt intolerably
Inundated by being accused of the
murder of his partner. He declared
that he was innocent and would be
exonerated in court. Unfortunately
there appeared to be every likelihood
that Perry spoke the truth, since the
main evidence against him was that or
a negro, and black mans testimony
requires to be strongly substantlated
in the south before it can convince the
mind of the average white juryman.
The colored prisoner continued to
improve, and Perry, who had seriously
injured himself, was also on the high
road to recovery when young woman
sent him choice luncheon, in which
was cut glass plate containing deli
cacies. While John Perry was eating
this lunch, the guard being at the far
end of the cell, he suddenly struck the
plate upon the steel floor, breaking
it to pieces. He picked up large, tri-
angular-shaped piece of glass, with
edges as sharp as that of a razor, and
plunged it into his throat, at the same
time giving the piece of glass an extra
twist, which severed the jugular vein,
causing death in few minutes.
The colored man pleaded guilty at
the trial and was sentenced to life
term in the state prison.
The murder occurred on Sunday.
1 arrived in Dallas on the following
Wednesday, made my investigations,
located and arrested Perry, the negro,
caused the arrest of the white Perry,
left Dallas, and returned to st. Louis
within ten days after he had set out,
after having travelled nearly four thou
sand miles.
The Tomahawk., 1916-07-27
Generous Inclination.

"You don't stay home as much as
you used to-" NO" replied Mr.. Meek
ton. Society has it's rights, as we'll
as the individual. It seems rather
selfish of me to linger around the fire.
side and monopolize the conversation
of so able and erudite woman as
Henrietta"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-15

families. It would be a decided ad-
vantage to women to systematic
their buying as they could by aiming
to cOnfine it to the earlier hours of
the day and the earlier days Of the
week.
Beginning with the theory that
the saIesgirl does not live to sell, but
that she sells to live, we arrive at the
discovery that we ourselves do not
live to buy, but that we buy to live,
and that the more systematic the
buying is the easier and more agree
able will be the living. We might
apply to our shopping the ancient
question: Is not the life more than
meat and the body than raiment?'"
1920
MERCY! SOCIETY HAS QUITE A
BIT TO GOSSIP ABOUT
There's a choice morseI of gossip
for 400" folks who sit around the
shallow paddock at Lake Forest to
see the county fair and display their
millionaire buds.
Harold J. Bryant, Lake Forest,
member of a sO-called exclusive So
cial circle, Vim. F. Greenwood and
two other officers of the Florida
Everglade Land Co. were indicted
yesterday by the federal grand jury.
They are accused of conspiracy
to devise a scheme to defraUd by use
of the mails and Of actual use of the
mails to defraud. The case has been
under government investigation for
two years. Definite evidence was Sc
cured in a recent raid on the office
Of Bryant & Greenwood in the West
minister bldg.
The government charges are prac-
tically that the company was selling
worthless Florida Everglades land.
JANITOPS CT AIM IEVEP GOT a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-15
JANITORS CLAIM LEVER GOT A
SPLIT-OUSTED

Fred Lever, whom, it is charged,
pried about $4,000 from Chicago "U''
janitors in the past 10 years, was
''raused" by Frank Rouse, sUp't of
buildings and grounds, yesterday.
The janitors got a Is per cent COM
mission from laundries on students
laundry. When Lever got the job of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-15


COP-BUT THE BURGLAR IN
THE CASE ESCAPED
A burglar hunt that bungled cost
the life of an innocent man in Austin
last night.
A policeman called by a girl be-
cause a burglar was in the house
shot and killed the girls sweetheart,
mistaking him for the burglar.
When a burglar was discovered in
a bedroom Pauline EdgeTtOn, daugh-
ter of I. V. EdgeTtOn, 5749 Midway
park, telephone the police. Her ia
Their stood guard at the front door
and her sweetheart, T. Palmer Mil
Ter, went to the rear Of the house.
The police came on the run from
Austin station. Among them was
bet. Serg't Jas. Garry in plain
clothes.
Evidently Miller saw the gun in
GaTTy's hand and thought the bur-
glar was bearing down upon him. He
vaulted the porch railing and fed.
Garry pursued and fired, twice in
the ground, ne says, and then three
times again.
Miller was shot through the heart.
When the EGgertOn family rushed
from the house, Miller, though his
heart was pierced, was still graphing
with the plain clothes man, who was
beating him over the head with the
butt Of his gun, it is said. He died
a few minutes later.
Miller was an official in the Con-
sUmers' Co. and was vice pres. of the
Perry Pipe Co., 1918 W. Madison.
The burglar escaped.
If the Russian drive accompIishes
nothing more it will at least have add
ed that word stocked" to our meager
vocabulary.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-15

sup't of ianitors, 10 years ago, he
made each of the half dozen janitors
come across with the laundry COM
mission split Of IS a month, accord
ing to the janitOTs. Yesterday the
janitors "squealed" and Lever was
discharged.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-15

If the Russian drive accompIishes
nothing more it will at least have add
ed that word "Stokod' to our meageF
vocabulary.
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ONE MAN IS DEAD-KILLED BY
COP-BUT THE BURGLAR IN
The CASE ESCAPED

A burglar hunt that bungled cost
the life of an innocent man in Austin
last night.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-12-28

The remaining 8 per cent consisted
of such defects as chorea, general I'M
soundness, faulty conformation, and
scattering imperfections.
These figures do not represent indi-
vidual stations, but indicate the num-
Der of cases of unsoundness. For in
stance, single stallion may be af-
fected with two or more physical de-
fects and others with but one. A re-
port from all the states having stallion
license laws could not be secured, as
in several no record is kept, but the
figures given may be accepted as rea-
sonably offering an index to the most
common physical defects among pub
lice service stations.
In some of these states certain dis.
eases and unsoundness disqualify q
stallion for service, while in others the
stallion may stand, but the condition of
soundness must be noted on the H.
cense certificate, copy of which is re-
quired to be posted at the place where
the stallion is being stood for service.