t r ..tq ^ *i~~ ~ ~ ~..;' .rrt ,, i. r l,' " , HE SFNTINEL=JORN A Entered April 29, 1900 at Pickens, B. 0., as second elass matter, under act of Congreas of March 8, 1879. V.OL *XXVi PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, f1ARCH 2, 1907. NO. 40 PHILIPPINE ISLES For HAVE BEEN RAVAGED A wer rwo Hundred of Inhabitants teet Were Killed. car= ohai the rKoUSANDS ARE N4W HOMELESS a -_ wo= dry Ar Dispatoh to Madrid, Announced str to the World the First News of the a s Awful Affliction Visited Upon the stri Southerin Part of the Island. of Madrid, $pai, Feb. 25.-A tele gran from Manila, the largest city of Cla the Philippines, khounced Monday at der noon thirt the southern portion of the rol group of islands have been ravaged, The details are very leagfil', car The dispatch says that two hundred 'th of the inhabitants were killed. Clt As a consequence of the terrible af- tri fliction, thousands are rendered home- his less. tn So far no definite news to the Unit- Wh ed States government has been re- an ceived. wt Mrs. Thaw Again on the Stand. W New York, Feb. 25.--Mrs. 1"velyn al) Nesbit Thaw was called to the stand Monday as soon as the judge had tak- Cl en his place on the bench and with- th out any preliminary statement Dis- ha -urict Attorney Jerome plunged into the W erota-examination. Mrs. Evelyn Nes- ti (It Thaw looked somewhat refreshed W after her three days' respite and an- S swered the first question put to her a: confidently. Thaw brought with him a' from the Tombs several packages of w letters and papers, Mr. Jerome, ba as on the previous days of his cross- fF .examinq'tion, continued to jump about w fromlf point to 'point in' the witness' a story. Mrs. Thaw said she had of- C ten been to supper with George W. Lederer and Jack Barrymore. Chief Engineer of M. J. &. K. C. Mobile, Ala. , Feb. 25.--Official an nouncemnent was made Monday of the appointment of N. S.. Jones, chief engineer of th.e Mobile, .lackxn- and Kansas City' railroad to the po4fton of general sanperintendent with fu'l power of cointrol of the business- he tween Mobile- and Middleton, Teann.. The general ofices will be aholishied' antd T. F. Wllittlesey, who iel: tli' position of geneal manager, will g;' to the Seaboard' Air i.ine. h'lle hol ishmeunt. of rhe gtneral oflices is ill; f keeping W. h the policy of B. F. Yoakunm, chairn:tn of the lxard 01 lirec:ors of the 'risco systemt , whc' recently ratie anu inlspee ion of ths. property. Central May Open New Division. t Albany, Ga., Feb. 25. ---A persi, -tent i1mor is in1 irlti ! ilton rail - as h),;i circles het that thao Central o)I Gorgia ra h: - to e-stal)its ^ lw'\ idi vision with ilead(Il iarter: at :\lhally. The pro osed t) e" alivi.,ionl w%ill et -i"na .rom Sith i vilI. , sou thliw. t, to the lv(i lof thei C entrol's lines at .\oi -. lWiry1.' anid F'lor'a. A!a. Proiimi .'euut ilials of the ( ';mra:l were in A~ an.'.lfy . Ga . , Friday , utni1 it is ho e i'ed th:at I ii ir visit: was in ('nnecC Si"ved Train from Destruiction. u otitn far l m- ' v livesi at Glas, .1' i h he 'ale railway, l.he t he whiis 'lhe tIeobl ow 11s befo0 it v.' th e al rd,i t re Al1 tr (2:'s hav' Believe H*le Had I Rit Man. dlisappear garding the resignation, other than I t bhe will join his father in some :uiYh American enterprise within the .xt ifew weeks. It is bolieVell -that Mr rtwo will embark in railway tcon .nicftIon .. .J.. M. Egan, father of the supeilh 1- n1ent u'it the Southern, was for a aun\ber of years president of the Cen ta *I .an'd both are well known in the c-inway world. Frank Egan has I.'iern *in charge of the Macon dlvi -. 4totthe 'SuthOtn since it was cre . .ei IIM. (t'41%4" Jjis ieA.YIug the 1l6n has T;rc -it,il l onlg it stir. jtiPfle,, but a matter of genei-1 regret tz(those who knew of his en'terprise s. tihusiness capacity. ' r. Egan will be succeeded by A. .4. iRell, who is at present superin ,iwdert. (of the Columbus division of; .t3 'Sotf.hern, with offices at Willi::m *an..i'r. BelI in turn, will be follow .a hby . J. L. McLendon, the present .Ntcon train dispatcher., J. C. 'Eifts, 'thb- present chief dispatcher, 4i1lhtsuccede Mr. MeLendon. .KIRX WAW.S THAT $40,000, (e ' Wlt ''Not i I-tavz jo Pay OaynoW'9 Fotff6it rewt6, ik Washington, Feb. 4.6;.-4The case of .:?ie"'a.nited States V'"rIs William &;'r, surety for John ''. Gaynor, -*hosetlrarltion from Canai .on ac amy~ t 'of the charges against 91im In .nnetion with the allegeil ifratrds in ;1m rpilat11y works at Savahiiah, Ga., YtaUmte\l :st rutuch annophhce "some yEers 'n)gm, 'Xt 'tecided by 'the su &exne court. 'i tlfc iU:nited States oh Nfa'uialy favorably tn kirk. 'he -1udt-<( Gaynor's bond was $40,000, Lhi' VSA't who resides at Syracuse, was his only surety. When y- QJf I fled td appear in the Sa -u",rn'ah (iW.itt in 1902, as pledged by VUK.b'fnd ', ide'proceedings were be t.x iii. that Odis+-t to collect on the L% )'ndi. Kirlk xosisted )aynlc'tt on the S.i%n-nd that. he was not a resident of "A,rr"gia; that his property was locat It) iln New York and that. he bad no N,ersundai ar,vice. The dlstrlt court ,k ibe northern district of New Yorl ::t l# ,t.he court of appeals ff goods Mannnikted C BOYS UND~ER ARRE T. PR Misappropriating Big Roll From Ala Atlanta Dry Goods House. lanta, Feb. 25.-Otis Clark and 1 ly Willis, two 16 year old boys, dor e arrested Sunday night by De- me lves Bayne and S.tarnes, and ih- evE orated at police barracks, a wh ge of suspicion being entered on lail state deket against them. spE >ine two weeks ago Clark, who ing ked at that time for the Famous, N the goods store, at 124 Decatur Ju, tet, was sent in 'the afternoon with voi um of money, which he was in- foi icted to deliver to the general of- a s of the store in the central part le city. Although tiere was but ed .80 in the envelope entrusted . to di rk, the sum was in bills of small tl oninations, and it made a large te: 1. it Lt ti4e psycological moment Clark gi ne in contact with Grady Willis, wi result of the meeting being, so sa trk alleges, that he betrayed his be st and appropriated the money to tii own use. At Willis' suggestion, 3 two boys lit out for Macon, at bE ch place they spent the funds, di d remained until Saturday night, fe en they returned to Atlanta. A Clark declares that. his relatives sc 1- make good the sum wrongfully w propriated by him. ' rady Willis, he youth whom ir ark charges with participation in e wrongful conversion of the money ' I d a short and meteoric career with cl ne, women and song a little less s6 an a year ago. At that time he i enployed by the Knoit & Awtry a L ioe company, from which , It was leged, he embezzled in small sums . amount aggregating $700, with hich he kept up the pace that kills, ing profuse in the bestowal of his c vors on a certain chorus girl. He I as proseeuted for larceny after trust l few moi'ths ago In the superior ourt, but wlien the case was called', is fornar- nimployers reqested that. be noT prosied, his rtlatives hav ng made rest.ituition. .ludge Roan ave the rnaetter that. direction, \'illi , Laving first solemnly promised 'tire' ourt that he wonTd hencefocth waii he-straight amd narrow path. BOY ACCID'ENTALLY KTLLED. rwelve-Year-t15d. Youth Is Kll(ec by DiscRarge sf Gun. Decatur, Aia:., Feb. 25.-Little Richard Horton,. agef ablout 12 years, ied Sunday morning at in o'cock. Late Saturay a.eterncoAn tlie little erlow was pi'ayihg with a 22 -raliber Flobert rifle ati the home of Is par Qnis, Captain and Mrs. loy C Ifor ton, at "Wilder Pfavh," abot three -niles from Uttcat tre, z'hen 'coming down a stairway his foor slippef: this department,.. is doing some ue work, teachig, her pupils. that mIusic has a sout that. sings. The readingsr and recitations. were all well lone,, and the "Annette Literary Club" has good reason. to be proud . of its success. 110 evening was mush. eojoyed by all. who, atteuded. Hon. .J. E. Bogga. was present and gave a very pleaint, talk, whick was m.uch. eiajor d, but, owing to some oversight or misunderstanding he wa on the tail-end of the prograrame, and. had to cut a firet-class oration down. to about ton. minutes, to the regret of the audience,. This is the first entert.ainmeut. by tha club, and they are to be con-, mended very much. for the class, of . goods they delivered. to the audience, and. their next programme will draw a packed house. "An Explanation." HAZEEL, Pickons Co., Feb. 21. ao the "Churches" of the Twelve Mile! \ River .Baptist. Ajiooiation: De Brethron,,Siaters and Friends -- feel o oxplanation is due you on account of 'ro "Mlinutes" being so late coming out. an use Rogfer the following: First, we have three churches that wore not repreeented by letter at the last session of the aseociation, and..in order to make the very best report in the "Minutes" and to the Stato 13aptist conveniiou and to Washington, I). C., and to the American lhyetist Publication society, * and soie other places I had to make out reports 'nd send to. I did not a want a singile church luft out, so I took the oid "Minutes" of 1905 and a wrote to eaichl a sepairao letter, the r pastor anRd clerk of all three of the " churches, (.I was alIso waiting for BJro. >r Atkinson's re'port tou come in), and 0 "1 awaiting their reply. Someo few iweeks had chap: d (no letters), so .1 appele to the cler'ks again. Still no0 reply. Byv ii.Li tin I1( had a spol ie of severe sicknies:s, cold settled in my a ycs, nd thebenlue so affheted I could not reaid nor write until I had of thmn treato I S all th.is a ccounts 1- for my~ delaiy. (Though on the 29th 1of January one of the boss piniters htold me1 tha t they1 had1( neverO r'ceived he the paper to in int thoi oni. le said >r- they mide (an11 order, but the answer came bac1k t hat the house had been uddestroyed by Iure thec samei( day~ the .a lettro raita.share ear of the saineo (accordinug to theu inoney aithey paid). TILhantkin)g you again, I ul-rmainyor obedienlt servant, 1er11..rmiyo A. T. W,Nr1uNTr-'ra alin- Keep the bowels open when you have mely Kold a use a good remedy to allay co te lan ~~iO of the mucous mxein raes influ bes is Kennedy's Lamtive .Hbrney. andhTa. 1t contains no opiates, movey ate bowels, drives out the ol., .*I 4eiatble and tastes good, t.old bj Piokens Drug Go.