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THE PICKENS SENTINEEJOURNAL Entered April 23, 1903 at Pickens, S. C. as second elass -matter, Under act of Congress of March 3,179 39th Year PICKENS. S. . JUNE,8,1ONumber 9 State News I All thit Liti Nows frmh The Walterboro Cotton Oil mill declared a dividend of 401 per cent. A movement is on foot to build an automobile road be tween Columbia and Charleston. Capt. Sam M. Stoll a popular Pullman conductor on ihe Atlan tic Coast Line road, died at the home of his brother in Kingstree. Arthur Meyers, convicted in Columbia on the charge of grand larceny and sentenced to serve 11 years has been paroled by Gov. Ansel. He is said to be in a dying condition. There is a big contest in Dar lington over the selection of a site for the postoffice building. The new depot at Ware Shoals and improvemients made about the railroad have added greatly to the appearance of the town. The Seaboard Air Line is building a steel bridge over Long Cdne Creek, in Abbeville county, to take the place of the old v ooden bridge. The dead body of an unknown man was found near the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line near CharKsto,- The supposition is nat he fell froin a train while stealing a ride. John Y. Garlington, ex-pres ident of the Seminole Securities company, has filed a claim against the company for $24,000 which he alleges is due him for stock sold during the year 1908. Samuel H. Wilson, who died a few days ago at his home in Charleston, left $55,000 to his brother and his brother's chil dren and the residue of his estate amounting to not less than $200, 000, to the Charleston Orphan Home. The annua meeting of the Lexington County Rural Letter Carriers' association will be held in the court house on next Monday, the 31st. This is a strong organization, nearly every carrier and substitute in the county being a member, and it!s expected that a large num ber ofthe carriers will be in attendance. The Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star of South Carolina will meet in Spartanburg June 1.5-16. The occasion will be an important event in the order of the Eastern Star, for among the guests of honor will be Mrs. Ella Simmons Washburn, most wvor thy grand matron, and Mrs. Porraine Pitkin, right worthy grand matron. Miss Marie S. Cromer is county organizer for the Aiken School improvement association. Her excellent work deserves special mention. She has work ed hard for this cause, and her efforts have been crowned with success. She has started out to organize an association in every school district of the county, and she has not met with a sin gle failure yet. A large number of associations have been organ ized1 and are now at work in this county, bettering the conditions of the schools. (Col umbia's splendid tourist ho tel, tb e Colonia, which has been said by many tourists to be the . best conducted and most attrac tive resort in the south, will be converted inth a big family hotel and run in tip top shape. The same management will be in charge of the cafe and of ar rangements generally. Mr. A. E. Gonzales is now in New York to complete arrangem entS for the new deal. The undlerstand ing is that Mr. T. D). Green. who Opened the Colonia undler a ten year lease, will dlispose of his in terest to the o)wners, Mr. Green is manager' of the Woodw ard Hotel in New York, and has a summer hotel at Thousand Paragraphed. ly soction of Sodb CWolna. A citizen of Kershaw county has a four-legged chicken. A white boy while at work in a field near Cope ploughed up a nugget of gold. The total value of taxable pro perty iu Chester county this year is $4,823,525. James A. Waters, a well known citizen of Chester county is dead at his home. The Cherokee Falls Manufac turing company declared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent. Three hundreds negroes left Charleston Monday for New York, where they will work in hotels. The city council of Aiken re fused to pass an ordinance re quiring drug stores to close on Sunday. Prince Russell White, colored, is being held in jail at Green ville pending a search for his 12-year-old daughter, who has been missing several weeks. When court convened on last Wednesday not a lawyer was ready w'th a case. Mr. Feath erstone, acting judge for Judge Prince who is ill, dismissed the jurors because he did not believe it right to keep them away from their farms on account of the delay. Court then adjourned until Monday. The indications are that there will be a very large attendance at the reunion of Confederate Veterans in Chester next month. The people of Chester are mak ing active preparations for car ing for all of the visitors and a general request has been sent out to all camps to send in the names of all delegates as early as bossible. At a meeting of the Sumter Bar association on Saturday af ternoon a resolution was adopt ed recommending the Hon. E. C. Haynsworth for the position of master in equity for Sumter county, to succeed the late Major H. Frank Wilson. Mr. Haynsworth has been a mem ber of the Sumter Bar for a number of years and is emi nently qualified to fill this posi tion. Active preparations are being made for the meeting of the South Carolina Bankers' Asso ciation at Wrightville Beach, near Wilmington, N. C., on June 16, 17 and 18. Secretary Giles L. Wilson, the State bank examiner, is sending out to all bankers in the state the copies of the invitations received from the people of Wilmington to meet there. One of the speakers of the occasion will be the Hon. Chas. H. Treat, treasurer of the United States, who is well known in Columbia, having been one of the principal speak ers at the annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce in 1908. The Edgefield News, weekly, edited arid published for the past two years by MIr. Win. P. Cal houn, discontinued with last week's issue. The reason assign ed is the poor health of Mr. Cal houn. He will resume his law practice now. This leaves Edge field with two live papers, The Chronicle and The Advertiser. Dawson Pott, chief of police of Fort Mill, on Sunday night shot and killed Jack Jackson, a very powerful negro, who was resist ing arrest. Chief Potts attempt to arrest the negro and the lat te' showed fight, taking the of ficer's pistol away. Chief Potts then drew another pistol and shot the negro dead. The wea pon the negro took was a mag azine pistol and the chief thinks he owes his lite to the fact that it was locked and the negro did Inot know how to unlock the Peter Cotes, the negro who shot B. A. Jordan at Johnston several days ago has been cap tured. All of the agents of the impor tant stations on the Columbia division of the Southern met in Columbia Sund iv on the call of Sup. H. A. Willams. Matters of interest were discussed and the meeting is sure to result in good for the service. There were about 100 agents in the city for the meeting. The work of equiping the old state dispensary building with modern fire sprinklers and other apparatus will begin shortly, and in the meantime the sinking fund commission is advertising the various compartments for rent as storage rooms or for manufacturing purposes. There have been several inquiries re cently for rooms, one from a concern that contemplates erect ing machinery of some kind, as the letter asked if the building, was suitable for the erection of shafting. The reply was sent that almost any kind of ma chinery may be installed, the building being in excellent con dition. Jealous Husband Slain A sensational killing occured last Sunday near Bellamy's Mill, in Halifax county, N. C. Levy Marriott was the victim, and Charles Flannigan is charged with having fired the shot that caused his death. Flannigan, according to the report received here, had gone to Marriott's home where part of the morning was spent. Flannigan went for a drive with Mrs. Marriott and upon his return was cursed by Marriott. Flannigan bore the cursing, but when Marriott told him he must leave the house, drew a revolver and fired, killing Marriott instantly. Monday a hearing was given Flannigan at Glenview and he was discharged, the killing hav ing been held justifiable. Mrs. Marriott's testimony was such as to influence this judgment. Subsequently, however, she stat ed that she had been promised by Flannigan that her hus band's funeral expenses would be paid and that she would be supported f~r life if she would testify in Flannigan's favor. Proceeding upon her altered story of the killing, the authori ties again arrested Flannigan, and1 another hearing is to be given him. PRISONER BURNED TO DEATH Guardhouse at Branchville Desiro yed By Fire-Revival Meeting Doing Good A dispatch to the dlaily papers from Branchville, says: One of the saddest deaths that has ever occurred in the town of Branch ville happened here on Sunday morning, the 16th, at about 2 o'clock a. mn., when West Sing leton, a colored man of about the age of 30 years, was burned to death in the town guard house. Singleton was under in fuence of whisky and was ar rested on the street for being drunk and disorderly. The arrest was made by the regular town policeman, w~ho committed the negro to the guard house because he could not fur nish bond. Nothing further was known of the matter until the alarm of fire, was given. Nearly every man in Branchville turned out to the fire. but it was too late to ren der any assistance to the poor dying negro, who expired in a few minutes. The guard house was a wooden structure and was completely destroyed. The revival services at this place continue under the leader ship of the Rev. Mr. Coman, of the North Carolina Methodist conference. Mr. Coman is cer tainly doing a great work and he is meeting with wonderful success. At one service-on Sunday afternoon-he added thirty-nine new members to the hrch. QUESTIONS ASKED TEACHERS. They Must Answer Them Before They Can Get Certificates. On a recent Friday examinal tions took place at every county seat in the state of persons ap plying for examination to teach in the public schools. The law is that no person can teach in a public school in South Carolina without a teacher's certifficate, issued by a county boardof edu cation These certificates may be issued by the county board upon the presentation . by the appli cant to the board of diplomas from certain colleges in the state-the list of these colleges being made out by the state board and placed in the hands of the county boards; and this diploma must be for the full course in college, and not in any special department. As a rule college graduates do not have to stand an examination before the county boards. Persons not having college diplomas must appear before the county boards and stand examination upon questions prepared by the state board and sent - out by that board to the several county boards; and the examination must be held under whatever rules and restrictions the county boards consider necessary in or der to secure a fair examination, without outside help to the ap plicants. Following is a list of the ques tions used in the examination, not including the question in al gebra-those being all the alge braic symbols necessary for copying the six questions on that subject. The questions for the first, second and third grade certifi cates are the same, except that algebra is not included in the second and third grade examina tions. REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRST AND SECOND GRADE CERTIFICATES. 80 per cent. average with not less than 50 per cent. on any one branch will entitle the applicant to a first grade certificate. 70 per cent. average with not less than 45 per cent. on any one branch will entitle the applicant to a second grade certificate. 60 per cent. average with not less than 40 per cent. on any one 'branch will entitle the applicant to a third grade certificate. The questions are given below unner the different heads: ENGLISH. 1. Write a complex sentence and point out the subject and predi cate of each clause. 2. Point out and classify the clauses and phrases in the follow ing sentence: I don't know what happened, for I wasn't there to see. 3. Write the plurals of box, ox, child, woman, sky, chimney 4. Use the past tense of the following verbs in sentences: sit, set, lie, lay, take, throw. 5. Define transitive and in transitive verbs, and give illus trations. 6. Choose the proper word, a nd give the reason for your choice: The prize will go to (whoever or whomever) the com mittee (select or selects). 7. Write a paragraph of fifty 'or one hundred words on some piece of literature you have re cently read. (This composition will be graded on spelling punc tuation and correction). UNITED STATES HISTORY. 1. How many years have elap sed since the discovery of Amer ica? 2, What five European na tions established colonies within the present bounds of the United States? Give the exact date of the signing of the declaration of independence. 4. Name the Confederate states. 5. What is the difference be tween tariff for revenue and a tariff for protection? 6. Compare Tecumseh and Osceola. 7. Give the date and result of each of the following battles: New Orleans, Manila. Chick amauga, Saratoga. 8. Name four American in ventors and discuss the effect of the greatest invention made by each. 1. What elements of person ality should a teacher endeavor to cultivate? 2. Describe the opening day of a well-ordered country school. - 3. What is meant by the honor system in school gover'nmentf To what extent is it possible in the elementary school? 4. Name the school virtues which you would definitely aim to develop. 5. Name the incentives to good school work which you have found effective. 6. Describe a correct method of questioning for recitation in the upper grades. 7. Describe the interior and equipment of the school room in which you should like to teach. GEOGRAPHY. 1. Name the largest body of fresh water in the world. (b) Where does the Colorado river rise, and where empty? (c) What is a "delta" and tell where found in the United States. 2. (a) What state of the United States ranks first in pro duction of cotton, and which secord? (b) What state of the southern states has the largest coal and iron industries. (c) Name the states of the United States partly bounded by Lake Erie. 3. (a) What seaport on the Pacific ocean is directly connec ted by rail with Moscow, in Russia? (b) What large island lies near the northern coast of Europe, and to what country of Europe does it belong? (c) Name the two largest islands of the Philipine group. 4. (a) What cape on extreme west coast of Africa? (b) Name the two largest lakes of Africa. (c) Give location of Mozambique channel. 5. (a) Name the four largest islands of the West Indies. (b) What state of the United States is nearest to the West Indies, and about how far is it from the nearest point of the state to the nearest of this group? (c) Wh4a capital city of South America has the largest altitude, and of what country is that city the capital? PHYSIoLoGY. 1. (a) Where is the longest bone in the body? Give its name. (b) How may the skele ton be deformed by improper clothing, or be otherwise injured by careless habits? 2. What is the tendon of Achilles? (b) Why should we take exercise? 3. Describe the blood as seen under a microscope. 4. (a) Name the cavities of the heart. (b) Describe and give reason for the lessser circulation. 5. (a) The pancreatic juice plays what part in the digestive process? (b) Mention some of the causes of headache. 6. (a) Why do we breathe? (b) Name some evil effects of poor ventilation. CIVICS AND CURRENTS EvENT. 1. Write within fifty words a sketch of the president of the United States. 2. How many justices com pose the supreme court of South Carolina? By whom, and for how long a term, are they elected? 3. Define a tax. Enumerate as many kinds of taxes as vcu can think of. 4. Give the official title of each of the nine member~s of the president's cabinet. 5. How many members com pose the general assembly of South Carolina? 6. What are the duties of the county supervisior. 7. Who is solicitor of your cir cuit? 8. Tell what you know of re cent happenings at Messina. ARIDHU1METIC (Solve eight.) 1. Divide 7.601825 by 347.512; niultiply quotient by .05, to the product add 3.45, and from suM subtract 2.115. 2. Simplify 3 1-5 plus 4 1-3 minus 5 1.4 multiplied by 617) divided by 3 1-2, 3. Find the weight in tons of the water in a dock 24 feet deep and covering 1-10 of an acre giving that a cubic foot of water weighs 62 1-2 pounds. 4. Find the simple interest on $2,000 for 2 years, 9 months, 18 days at 7 per cent. 5. How many meu are re quired to cultivate a field of 7 7-8 acres in 5 1-2 days of 10 -hours each? Given that each man completes 77 square yards in 9 hours. 6. On a map made on a scale of 6 inches to a mile, a rectang ular field is represented by a space of one inch long and 1 inch broad. How many acres are there in the field? 7. At what rate per cent. will $2,259 amount to $2,565 in 4 years at simple interest? 8. If the wholesale dealer makes a profit of 25 per cent. and the retail dealer a profit of 40 per cent. what is the cost of an article which sold at retail for $18? 9. What fraction of 39 gallons is 3 bushels and 3 pints? If a gallon contains 231 cubic inches and a bushel contains 2150.4 cubic inches, Answer asa com mon fraction in its lowest terms. From Central R. 3 James Durham and wife, of the Six Mile section, visited at the home of B. P. Smith, Jr., recently. Miss Marie Billingsly, of Cen tral, spent the week-end with her friend, Miss Louella Bell, of this section. Charlie Evans and wife were recent visitors at the home of Perry Smith. Marion Evans and wife spent Sunday with his parents. Charlie Durham and wife of Cateechee, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Satterfield. Calhoun Stephens has set him self up to a nice top buggy. We will see what lady gets the fist ride. Hope it will be me, but am sure it will be Miss R. K. Hello, Pansy! Wake up. I like to read the news from your little city. What has become of old Roos ter? Why dont you wake up and crow I like to hear you. Wish Dreamer would give us some more of her good pieces. I know she could find time to write occasionaly. Mrs. Lawerence Merck, of Ca teechee, recently visited her sis ter-in-law, Mrs. Bud Kelley and her brother, Alonzo Satterfield. Mr. Bud Kelley and wife vis ited at the home of Mr. Shirley last Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Pinson, who has been quite ill, is able to be up again. This section was visited on the 20th by a heavy rain. We needed a good rain, but am afraid this one will cause the grass to get over the 6c. to 7c. cotton. Some gardens are nice and some of our folks are eating white-head cabbage out of them. The debate at Garvin school house was well attended on theI 15th. Several of the boys took a hand and delivered splendip orations. Don't forget that the debate isevery Saturday even ing at 8 p. m. Hello Owl! Wake up! I love to read your articles. What has become of Miss Pansy? Guess she is grieving about A. D. Wake up correspondents, and write more to the dear old S.-J. If that lovely old bachelor had stopped he would have received a cordial welcome and gotten a bouquet, too, aud I would have pinned it on his coat for him. How about that, old bachelor? tou Old Contedi. You .boys are gttig kiid o'grAy, You old Confeds; You surely ain't got long tb stay, You old Confeds; Old Father Time is after you. He's worse than were the boys in blue; He'll get you all 'fore he gets through You old Confeds. With old "Pap" Price and brave Stonewall, Yoi Confeds; With Robert Lee (you fought with all,) You old ex-Rebs Half starved, you faced the boys in blue, When clothed in rags and tat ters, too, And braver soldiers no one knew Than you Confeds. No north, no south, to you they say, To you ex-Rebs; No more you see the boys in gray, No old Confeds. Sweet peace is here you gladly yell; You're satisfied that all is well; But when you think of those who fell, And hear once more the mus ket's hell, You'd like to give one Rebel yell You old Confeds. And don't forget the boys in gray, The brave Confeds, Who can't be here with you to day The deaa Confeds, Amidst the screaming shot and shell, Amidst the thunderbolts of hell, They bravely fought and, fight ing fell The soldiers deod. A silent toast to them now drink, To each Confed; To comrades dead let glasses clink, To your brave dead. You drink to soldiers that you knew, To your dear comrades brave and true, Who sleep beneath the southern dew Their restful sleep. You love your country and its flag, You old Confeds; In {its'.defence yo'd never lag, You old Confeds; But long as heart beats in each breast You'll think of those who sweet ly rest 'Neath flowers by south wind soft caressed And when old Gabriel- blows his horn, You old Confeds; Will fall in line on that great mon You old Confeds. The master then will say to you; "Just take your seats in that front pew; There's nothing here too good = for you You old Confeds." William E. Fowler. See what you missed, you bash ful man. Wonder how the old bachelor and Miss J. of Greenville, is get ting along by now? Flower of Pea Ridge How's Thisi We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for rey case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hailrs Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. we the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi ness tratsactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING. KINNANI & MARVI, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Bali's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly, acting diirectly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testi monials sent free, Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggisa. TaeHail's Family POis for constipa