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TlE PICKENS SENTINIR AL. Entered A pril 23, 1903 at Pickeu, N. . a% second cla4s niatter, tinder act of congrems of March 3, 1879 39th Yea"' PICKENS, S. C., JULY, 22, 1909. Number 16 State News I All a- f, Mr. J. F. Muldrov of Darling ton has deen elected superintend ent of the Lake City graded school. It is reported that valuable de- 1 posits of gold have 'o-en foundE at Ten Mile Hill, near Charles ton. Dr. Hugh Swinton fcGillv ray, of Charleston High School has been eleted prof,s-sor of En glish at Convert College. In the court of seSsions at Chester Jim Stvenson, co4lored, was convi'te-d of tfhe nur der of his wife and sen tenced to life imprisinent in the penitentiary. Dr.J. filler u or, a native of Rock Hill.has n' to Europe to sue the city of ris foi .50,000 damiages for k-ing hm in an asvlun. The Pa ri epl claLiml it was a case of mi4istaken ideni- - ty. A commission had been issued of the Germo Vlanufacturingc company of Charleston. Capi tal $25,000. The company will manufacture and d1eal in disin fectants anl germ, insect and poultry remedies. The se'- Of sta~~hs i . crtr to the 1ndus rial Trust company,of Green wood. The capital stock of the company is 8100,000. The corn pany will do a general real es tate and stock and bond busi ness. As usual, the most unatisfac tory thing about the advance it the price of cotton, is the fact that it did not take place until after most of the producers had let go their holdins.-Yorkville Enquirer. C. 1). Stradle of Greeville I .bought his own bankrupt stock Saturday for o00. The liabili ties of concern were $15,300. He paid nearly 85 cents on the dollar. The highest sealed bid was that of J. T. Arnold $12,00~0. There was exciting bidding when the oral bidding opened. The body of MI.FIulton K(lsey Sthe young Augustan who was drowned in the surf at Sullivan's Island Friday afternoon, has not vet been recovered although the beach has been closely watched and every effort made to locate -the body of the unfortunate young~ man. ' Governer Ansel appointed the Hon. W. Hi. Hunt of New- j berry, as a special judge, for the court of general session at Spar tanburg. He will also hold the ag,fcommnuI pleas. The ap pointmentwa~s made on account of the illness of Judge Prince. Announcement has been made at the adjutant general's officei that the two extra companies of the staite militia, those at Aiken and Lancaster, which are the first two to be taken into the coast artillery of the state,. would go into training at one of the batteries at Fort 3Moultrie fromt August 1 to 10. Th'e first shipment of truck; was miadle Saturday from the farm of the Chesterfield Im- I provement comnpany,this being under the direction of the bureau of plant induK try and the farm I demonstration wo)rk. On the land:which was not cultivated for years, good crops have been raised. The shipment of b)eans andl cucumblers was made to the northern markets.. Following a s1ipper given to the wardens and vestry of the Advent in Spartanburg by the Rev. W\. H. K. Pendletoni at the rectory Fr1iday night, a busi ness meet in was held and it wash (erb!-<i t build a parish home un th wl o jining the church fur iH- u- o th Sun thI hu'-or i be i t once. )aragraphed. A charter has been issued to Ihe Cherew Steam laundry; cap tal, *3,700. A commission has been issued o the Bank of Duncans: capital, 15,000. A charter has been granted to he Hetrick Hosiery mil! of Wal 1alla; capital, $113,000. Three negroes were, drowned n the Cheraw Ferry while driv ng across the stseani in the wag ). The Pi Kappa Phis of South arolina will hold a covention it the Isle of Palms this week. The citizens of Edgefield have )rgan)ized a fair association and vill hold a big fair this fall. A commission has teen issued o the Lucas Saving banks of he Watts mill village near aurens; capital, $5,000. While searching for liquor in harleston two Italians tried to hoot the police officers who vere making the raid. Burglars broke into the store >f L. J. Massey at Fort Hill and nade off with $100 worth of atches and other goods. E. L. Barnes has been elected ity treasurer of Rock Hill, to ucceed C, S. May, who was hortin his accounts and .gn d. A charter has been issued to he People's Building and Loan ssociation of Florence; capital, 50,000, with the privilege to in- i sease to $500,000. Thomas Hyatt, a fai-mer of ee county, got into a difficulty vith Charley Jones, a negro ten nt, and shot and killed him. Ie claims self defense and sur 'endered to the sheriff immnedi tely after the killing. The secretary of state has ranted the Beaumont Manu acturing company of Spartan urg the right to increase its cap tal stock from $260,000 to S310, The store of J. C. Burns & o., at Laurens was brGken intot unday night and over thirty vatches were stolen, sonme high riced geld watches and the ithers of cheap variety. The hief entered t.he store fron.a ar door, through a panel which e had removed by boring holes .11 the way around. The police iave no clue whatever, but Chief sagwell has sent out circulars, earning all jewelers, and noti ying the authorities of other ities. Rush Brown, a negro train and, was instantly killed at aurens Monday morning at ~bout nine o'clock, his head be ng torn almost in two parts and 1s body being run over by the rain on which he worked.. The ecident occured soon after the ocal freight from Greenville ar -ived, while it was shifting in he Laurens yards. Brown was ~winging on the moving train vhen he was struck by a yard witch: the blow threw him be eath the train, which dragged im for fifty yards, beating his ead against the arch bar of the rucks. When the train stopped he negro was already dead. Mrs. James T. Kilgo, widow f the Rev. James T. Kilgo, lied at the home of her daugh er Mrs. J. C. Campbell, at 3lenheim, in Marlboro county. aturay afternoon at four 'clock. Mrs. Kilgo was in her ighty -second year, and her leath closes a life of Christian irtue and of splendid influence hroughout the state. Her dis inguished sons, Dr. John C. (ilgo, president of Trinity Col ege; the Rev. Pearce Kilgo and Fames Kilgo, of the South Caro ina Conference, and Mrs. J. C. ~pbell are her surviving chil A commission has been issued ,o the Beaufont Veneer and Package company: capital, $15, O0. The company will manu Facture barrels, boxes and rates. Gov. Ansel has ordered an Aection of Rutledge county to be held August 17. The petition for this election was signed, ac ording to the requirements. by more than one third of the quali ied electors in the portions of Williamsburg, (larendon and Florence counties proposed to be ut off to forma a new county. The First Natiwial bank of partanburg has purchased the intire stock oft he F"idelity Loan n( Trust conipany paving $294 .1 share for the st(ck, the purchase pr'ie 'l1,t1W11 for he entire stock :iuOoni ing to 88200. TII,e irust ci-mmany vill be absorbed by ibo First ational. W. E. Btrnett is pn s (enlt of the First National and A. M. ChreitzbIurg is ca4hi r. C. R. Briggs,formerly Celivery ,erk in the Spartan- ,n post )fice, dropped dead at the pas ;enger station in Spaitaiburg 3aturday night as he alghted rom train No. 41, which arriv d from Charlotte at 8.05. The hysician of the Southern road xas summoned, and it was .ound that death was caused rom heart disease. _%1r.1iggs iad been working in Charlotte mnd was returning home to ;pend Sunday with his familv. Sherif J. W. White of Spar inburg has offered a reward for :he apprehension and arrcst of Bill Howard,14ailing from Ok ahoma.He is wanted in Spar :anburg for passing worthless ,hecks and obtainin- money raudulently. Howard claims to epresent J. W. Howard & Co., )f Columbia, Tenn., dealers n horaes. He is described >y Sheriff White as fol ws: Six feet high,weights 180 >ounds,clean shaven,light hair air complexion and a ruddv 'ace, dresses nice and when in partanburg wore blue serge it. Referee J. Lyms Glenn,ap ointed to take testimony in e _ ~omplaint of the minority of the ;chool board of Rock Hill district igainst the action of the majori : in selling the old high school property at Winthrop College. mas filed a decision favorable to :he defendant. The attorneys for :he defendants have servedl otice upon the plaintiffs that a n)otion~ will be made before Judge Memn nger in Yorkville Ju!y 15 to increase the tond of :he plaintiff from' $500 to 85,000. The body of young George 3randy, who was killed in Char .otte Saturdlay,arrivedi in Green ville Sunday night and inter ment was made Monday after oon. Young Grandy was 13 sears old1 and was found Friday fternoon at an old stone quary nar Charlotte with his skull rushed. At first it was supposed :he boy had been murdered.b)ut Later developments sustain the belief than he was injuredl in a Eall. He was a son of Contraetor J. D. Grandy of Greenville,who has been at work in Charlotte for some time. In several of the c'huriChes~ of Dharleston on Sunday the pas tors preached sermIf m.-F tn pro hi bition in the plan of endlea voring to dlefeat the dlispen sary at the election next month. A number of the pastors f the Charleston churches have come out in favor of prohibition and have been quite actively at work in behalf of the cause. trying to prevent the vote of that county being cast for the ispensary system. Thle r'evenlue eature of the law especially :ommends the dispensary, part cularly now that taxes are high nd the property must bear the :ost of the extension of the new ewerage system and the bat :ery boulevard scheme. The strong argument of the dis pensary advocates has been on his line. The third regiment of the stafe militia is in camp at Aiken. A man named W. D. Trent, -who has been running a moving picture show at Gaffney, has skii)Iped, owing pretty nearly eVerVbody in town. J. S. Starr of Rock Hill has been chosen as the architect to furnish plans and specifications fo-, the handsome new high school building, to be erected at an early d ate on the Beaty lot on Main street in Union. Chief Cion unisisoper Green has rIceived from; Architect L. F. Gomich of Augusta, Ga., the planis and specifications for re nairing the Aiken court house, appropriation for which has been made in the sum of five thousand dollars. Some time ago Mr. R. T. Few ell, president of the Arcade cot ton Mill, stocked the pond on the premises a short distance from the mill with bass and other va rieties of fine fish. These had grown and were beginning to furnish fine sport. One morn ing last week when the pond was visited a large number of fine fish were found floating upon the surface (lead. Some miscreant had either poisoned or dynamit ed the pond. Mr. Fewell has of fcred a reward for evidence to convict. A CIhisitian wor'kers and farm ers' conference of the negroes of the State will be held at Irmo, 12 imiles from Columbia, on the Co lumbia, Newberry & Laurens railway for 10 (lays, commenc ing July 25. Richard Carroll will have charge of the meeting. A large tent has been secured in which to hold the meetings and it is very probable that several hundred neoroes will be in att-en dance, many of them camping. The conference was to have been held, commencing on July 19. On July 24 Commissioner Wat son, Prof. Ira W. Williams, Prof. A. G. Smith of the United St ates bureau of plant industry w;ll be present and make ad dresses alon,_ agricultural lines. One of the most bruta, crimes that has happened in Pickens county for some time was comn mitted some (lays ago on a resp ectahl e lady, 83 years 01(d, living by herself, though close to one of her sons. After she had fastened the dloors and blew out the light a man came to her b?d and de manded her money. She said, "I have no mon' A my son has it." Hethen assaulted her. He gained adlmittance by going up a ladder to an unstair window. The lady does not know positive ly who it was as it was dark, b)ut knows it was a negro by his kinky hair. The matter was kept quiet until yesterday. E'us picion restedl on Sam Vaughin who made one statem(nt whic, connected with other circumstances, led to suspicion, ane he was arrested Saturday evening and placed in bail. The people of the eastern part of the county are considerably wrought up over the deed. Interested through the won derfuly attractive advertise ment of Childs,of Floral Park, a number of people in and around Yorkville bought seeds of the wonderberrv,described as a new creation of Wizard Bur bank that is something like the whortleberry in shape,size and color: but better thanany other known h)erry for the reason that it began to produce early and continued untill frost,. producting delightful berries sutable for pies, or eat ing raw. These berries are now beginning to ripen, and while not a comn plete humbug are really more or lss disappointmng. They are not very sweet nor v-ery acid,but are rather insipid to the taste: and while interesting as a curi osity,do not appear to have much practial value. People who have experimented with them this year will hardly do so again. -Yorkville Enquirer.. The four Chinamen arrested in Charleston Monday afternoon >n warrants sworn out by Im migration Inspector Howard, :harging them with unlawfully ntering the United States were riven a hearing by United States Commissioner Arthur R. Young. Chu Jing and Chi hung were dismissed, both pre ;enting certificates of entry. hu Hung and Lin Dock were inable to present certificates, but they claimed that they had awfully entere(i and they h*v -eu given 60 days to p:. nJice proof. They were released on a ond of $250 each, John P. Grace md A. McL. Martin goingsir! or the Chiaamen. The arre,Is >f the several Chinamen amo: he colony in Charleston ih aused a great stir and they are III excited and fearful of a coII pAete deportation. The expense of the election o e held in 21 counties on dispenl ary or no dispensary will have o be met by the next general issembly. The comptroller gen 3ral has no funds at his disposal Ixcept the following items: Su ?ervisors of registration. -6.825: ommissioners and managers of Aection, $1,000; advertising elec :ions, $300, making a total of -8 L25. Appropriation is for special Aections and it is thought that :he dispensary election would iot come under this head. It ivill be necessary for the state to ?ay all additional expenses for :erk- hire, and rent of booths or election, although such mat :ers are usually arranged bv the :ounties. However, this action >fthe general assembly is ratho.r mnusual and as a result the coun ty attorneys are deluged with letters from the commissions of elections and others who wish to know the law. The Charleston city council has been asked for a franchise for another street railway which is said to be backed by Vander bilt interests, and with the grant ing of a franchise the company proposes to construct and oper ate one of the most improved railways in the United States. It is also provided for in the peti tion that the company may lat er on install a lighting plant, the promoters agreeing to furnish power 25 per cent more cheaply than is now done by the Consol idated company. The railway company will operate a gasoline motor car system, thus obviating the erection of unsightly poles and wires. The use of this pow er will make the erection of another independenlt power plant necessary when the com pany determines upon the light ing of the city. Separate accom modations for -white and colored passengers are promisedl and the cmpany also offers a plan of the city sharing in the profits of the car syJem and eventually pur chasing the railway if it should be desired. An Aifileted Femlny Mrs. Catherine E. HIt,(rix, widow of the late Jas. HI. H. n drix, and her 17-year-old daugh ter, Miss Lucy Hlendrix, died on Saturday at their home in the Molohon mill villagxs their deaths occurin:g w ithin a half hour of each other. The fum,erni sevie(s, cond(uctd by 1>v. J. M. FEriday, were hed bi n 1 r da afternoon and the iferna :i were in the Ti:> h graveyard in Ficyd tme' *whip. Both had been vo ill w i:h typhoid fever. The1 daugter when nearly well of th fev\er. took measles, and this was the cause of her death. -Mrs. Heni dirix was getting on very well and vas in a fair way to recov ery, but w'hen she learned that her daughter was dying she was seized with heart failure and died in a very short time. Mrs. Hendrix leaves ten living children, five sons and1 five daughters. The daughters are all married except the youngest child, Catherine, who is seven years of age.-Newberry Obser. ver. - Making Good, Solicitor Proctor A. Bonham has been in office only six 1 months, but he has already SeCureld three murder convic tions. If he keeps on he will make it dangerous to take I himan life in the Tenth circuit. -Anderson mail. Profitable Cantaloupe Patch Mr. Henry Henry of the camp creek section sold a load of can taloupes on this market Wednes - S'IV I or which he realized $19. i T melons were raised on five ro-vs across his garden, about 30 yardi in length, and from the sa.,W patch he expects to gather 2' m.1ore today and sell them. :,crsice the melons began to Lpe Mr. Henry and his fai I r Iive had all they could eat. anca ster news. Macadamg Wearin Out he macadam roads that have been built in Chester county cost I county at least Q3,000 a mile. A few weeks ago we called at tenti.on to the fact that these t good and costly roads are being allowed to go to pieces for lack 3 of a lit tle care and attention, and it seems that the grand jurors who had to come into town over these roads see the situation just as we do. The county authori ies should lose no time in hav in, these valuable roads looked after. for in this matter it can truly be said that "A stitch in t1ime saves nine. '-Chester Lan Died at Depot R (. B3riggs, aged 54 years, di,d suddenly at the Southern paIsIer station Saturday niit. He had arrived from Charlootte on train No. 41 and just as he stepped from the plat I forni of the train-he fell to the 1-round and expired in a few Mr. Briggs had been a resident of Spartanburg for many years and was well liked by all who knew him. He was for a long number of years connected with the Spartanburg postoffice and 1 inl all of the departments in which he worked he made a com petent and polite clerk. Many years' ago, when the postoffice was located in a little wooden building on north Church street, it was Mr. Briggs' duty to. meeti the trains and receive the mail pouchecs. In the darkest hour of midnight and freezing weather he was always faithful to his duty. As the postoffice increas Ied in size he was promoted to delivery clerk, which position he held until a few years ago. Spartanburg Journal. It Wouldn't Interfere. President Mell gives among his reasons for resigning too much interference on the part of the board of trustees with the datii s of the president and a re 'fusai b)y the board to consult the president on the- selection of mnembers of the faculty. Th'iat is one of the things which Capt. Minus said when he was talking to the people of the State about the management,except, trsube reall it,he said that the tobewas the dominance of the oneman power in the board. The c.'olege has had only about ix pre sidente in.about 15 years. An institution cannot do its best wvork when changing its pres idents that often. We would like oa sngest to the board that we believe Senator Tillman would n mk u a g~ood p)resident for the in o tion. He has the ability and it was due largely to the agita on wxhich he began that the ollege was built and he has he~ref or a personal interest in the su~chess of the college. It wo(uld not interfere in the least wi thm any other duties he is now per forming.-Newberry Herald an Rears Admiral Rixey Is sent to sea by the next administration wili: he command a hospital ship or .Just be an ordinary d'octor? is the questionp 5w novel c1relat Few Prisoners rhere are only three prisoners in :he county jail, which certainly speaks well for the county. prob ably this is the smallest number wer known to be in jail at this Ame of year between courts. Drangeburg News. Eggs Thirty-six Years Old. Mr.. J. L. Woodward, a well known farmer living on R. F. D. No. 2, showed us some hen fruit his morning that was nothing hort of a curiosity. One egg, a mall one, is 36 year or more old, iaving been laid and given to &r. Woodward when he was a )oy of 9 years and having been arefully kept by him ever since. Phree others, of just about the ame size, lack juFt a few years )f being just as old, while anoth r, a little longer and a little lar ,er in diameter, was produced n 1889. Mr. Woodward is very roud of these curios, and is nat irally interested in knowing; vhether anybody in the county Las anything in the egg line hat can complete with those ust described in antiquity. hester Lantern. Chinese Are Workers. Everybody in China works hard, iven those who have reached the fighest positions. It is related of a nember of the Chinese cabinet that he eft home every morning at two o'clock Ls he was in duty at the palace from :hree to six. As a member of the rIvy council he w. ;ngaged from ix to nine. Prom nii - until eleven ie was at the war department, of which he was president. As the mem er of the board of punishment he fas in attendance from 12 'till two and Ls a member of the foreign office he ipent every day from two till five or ;ix there. In addition he frequently ;erved on special boards or commis flons. For a Tough Steak. To make a tough steak tender spread the- steak with olive oil instead f beating it to bruise the fibers, which lets the juice run out into the Ire. Let it remain an hour or so be 'ore cooking. Broil quickly so that ,ch side will be thoroughly seared, len prop up your broiler. so as to be t little irther from the fire, for the flower heating through. That cooks :he inside juices without losing them. Kelt a small piece of butter in two :ablespoonfulls of vinegar and pour it >ver the steak while hot. This makes kn appetizing gravy. Lemon juice can le used instead of vinegar, if pre erred. Russian Epicurean Coffee. This coffee is made of a quantity of ~offee, fruit and cognac in an open >owi. The coffee is first laid in the >owl and a quantity of finely chopped tpples and pears make a second layer. 'he whole is then covered with cog ic, which is lighted, and there re nains a highly aromatic and delicious yrup which is the epicure's idea of ussian coffee. At first this appears tstrange drink, but It soon becomes ery popular. The idea of using fruit rith coffee seems to be confined to :he Russians, but it suggests interest ng possibilities for experiment. White House Silent. The Washington Post reported a ew days ago the "White House si ent," but we don't believe it, and would be sorry to know it was true. With the White House silent the re public would be in peril, for who can save us but Teddy the Terrible with hiis fleet under way to scourge the Pa cific of- all enemies it may meet? The Post cannot fool us with any such canard. When the White House Is silent it will be after March 4, 1909, and full high noon at that. Unless, horrible thought, that "my policies" have been repudiated by the Repub lican congress and Uncle Joe and Ald rich have succeeded in sitting on the lid that Taft, even in his stoutest days, could not keep down. But why dwell on such an absurdity as the White House being silent, and the Re pubMcan national convention months away? We all like to hear the Roose velt roar and see the Republican pea nut politicians tremble, however bold they may pretend to be in secret. It's all very well for Loeb to give out as surances of peace, but there can be no peace as long as Roosevelt rules the roost. Republican Paper Sees Light. Revision of the tariff is the one thing in which every citizen is inter ested at this time. In the public mind it outclasses railroad-rate regulatien - and even currency reform. The people are tired of being robbed through the tariff manufacturers who sell their goods abroad, after paying freight across the ocean and all expenses of rehandling, cheaper than the "pauper foreign labor" from which the tariff is supposed to protect them can make similar articles. They insist that the home market shall no longer heap riches upon such men, whose foreign business shows that much of their American prices is sheer robbery. Chicago Journal (Reu.)'