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I VL HE SE NTINEL-J'U NAL E, utored April 2., 1903'at Pickens, S. .. a seoond class inatter, under act of Congroes of March 8,-1879. VOL. UXVIll. 1OCSE, 3OUTH CAROLINA,- THUADAY JUNE, 11108 N Candidates, Take Notice. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 4. To the County Chairmen of th - Deiocratic. Party of Sout Carolina: GENrTLEMEN:-You wNill pleas call to the attention of all cain .T1idates in the Democratic pri .mary in your county the follo w Ing act of the Legislature, al' provcd March 6, 1905, and mak it your personal business to so that every candidate files pledge with the Cleric of Cour of your county as required b, :4aid act NO. 4713. AN AcT Making C.ertain Offenc <s in Primary Elections Mis demeanors, and Prescribinj Penaltis Therefor. -3M~CTION 1. Be iit enacted b, the General Assembly of Souti 4arolina: At or bAfore ever plitical primary election hel( by any political party, organiza tion or association, for the pur pose of choosing candidates fo: office, or the election .of dele gates to conventions, ,in thi -ate, any person who shall. b3 threats or any other form ;o: intimidation, or by the .pay ient, delivery or promise .oj toney, or other article of value vmcure or offer, promise or en deavor to procure, another t< vote for or against any particu I.ar .candidate in such election r 0hti hall, for such consider .:aston, offer to so vote, shall b :.guilty of a misdemeanor. Se. 2. Every candidate of f1riig fer election,' under th 4rwvisions of .Sec. 1,. shall mak< the following pledge and file thi -.ofme with the Clerk of thi Court of Common Pleas for tl i AOilnty in which he is a candi date, unless he should -be a can - aidate in miore than one county iin which case he shall file san' -with the Secretary of State, be fore he shall eiter upon hi 4:ampaigin, to-wit: I, the umder .sig I ed ..................................... 'f the county of....................... -and State of South Carolina candidate for the office of........ ..................hereby pledge tha I will not give iior spend money ter use intoxicating liquors fo: the purpose 'of obtaining.or in fluencing votes, and tlat I shall zit the conclusion of the cam -paign and before the primal.3 ,4 ection, render to the Clerk o: Couirt or (Secretary of State a hereinbefore provided) unde: xth, an iteinized statement o: -ail ioneys spent or provided bj &je during the campaign fo: .4anmpaign purposes up to ilha time; and I further pledgo tha I will, immediately atter thi primary election or election: that 1 am a candidate in, rende atn itemized statement,. undo oath, showving all further mon eys spent oir pr'ovided by mec ii said election: Provided, T1hat: failure to comly with this iro vis'ion shall r'ender' such elect ior mull and void, in so far as thi 'candidate wTho( fails to file th< :-tatemnent herein required, bu -shall not affect the validity o $,he election of any candidat< -cmplying with this section .And provided further., That such stemized statement and pledg< :shall be open to public inspectioi ~a all times.la~io SEc. 3. That ay ilto .4f the provisions of this act shal ibe a mnisdemeanor;~ and any per1 sm upon conviction thereof shall be fined notiless than $104 -nor more than $500, 01' be im I iisoned at hard labor fo 0no~( es than one month nor mnori .han six months, or both fin< andl imprisonment,, in the dis c:retion of the cou rt. Aproved 'March '6, 1905. Very respectfully, WVITux Joxmxs, Chnm. OF INTEREST TO DEMOCRATS The National Democratic Con :srrasion a I Cnnmplnlr n mit tee has begun active operations at its ieadquarters at Washing e ton, D. C. In addition to its [i regular work, it is now prepar ing a campaign handbook which e it hopes to have ready for dis - tribution by July 1-two or three months earlier than here - tofore. The Committee is charged j with the duty of assisting, in , every way possible, the election t of a Democratic Congress. We t wish the active co-operation of F every voter in the United States who believes, with us, that the election of a Democratic Con - gress would greatly benefit the -'country. We must rely upon the people to sustain our work by giving information as to lo cal conditions, and suggestions for our guidance. Each individual can at least aid us by making a contribu tion. Will lie not do so and in terest others in helping us, too? I We wish our campaign hand book distributed as generally as possible, and we will furnisih a -copy,. as soon, as published, to everyone wvho contributes to our - Committee. Send remittances to me at Washington, D. C. JAs. T. LLOYD, Chn. The Tactful Shopman "Let me see some of your black kid gloves," said a lady to a shopman. "These are not the latest styles, are they?" she asked, when the. gloves -were produced. "Yes, madam,'" replied the shopman; "we have had themi in stock only two days." "I didn't think they were, be cause the fashion paper says black kids have tan stitches and vice versa, I see the tan stitch es, but not the vice versa." The shopman explained that Vice versa was French for seven - buttons. to she bought three pairs.-[Detroit Free Pross. Pearidge I will try and give you a few Ldots from this side, after being quiet so long. - Farmers are somewhat behind with their crops, but everybody is scratching to catch up. d Messrs. Pickens and Stephiens Swere pleasant callers at the hiome of J. A. Hunnicutt la~st Sunday. LHealth good in this part of the moral vineyard. 3 There will be an all-day sing l1ing at Praters church next 3id ISunday., All lovers of music are invited to attenid and bring well-filled baskets.. The boys of this community .met last Saturday on the T welve IMile ball ground and had a fine >practace game of ball. The I .core ran 11 to 8. The boys are playing fast ball this time, and Ssay they are going to play Pick ens next Saturday afternooni if athey can get a game. Mrs. W. C. Seaborn visitedl at . the home of her daughter, Mrs. 'P. C. Robertson, last Sunday. IWith best wvishes to tile 01(d S. -J..., etc. OtiwWHEEL. Piokens, R.F 0 5 -l If you 'will allow me space in y onr pan~er I will give you a fe dots from this side of the county. Capt. J. J..Herd had a bee robbing Satuiday night and took out some 75 or 100 pounds of fine honey. The fine rainls for the past week have greatly benefitted growing crops. Health remarkably good at this writing. R. . F. Herd and his two daughters, of Pickens, were the guests of J. J. Herd, Saturday night and Sunday. J UN'APPLe. Norris Excuses never fill a meal bar rel when it is empty nor buys the baby a new coat when the old one is worn out. So we will not offer any for our delay or shortcomings toward contribut ing news to the S.-J. Suffice it to say a man can't work with out tools. Farmers in this section have been making good use of the pretty weather. Crops are look ing fairly vell considering the late spring. W. N. Maddox and Newt. Sentell have the finest cotton in this section. T Ars. ANm. Perry and son can lead on corn. We can't say much about the small grain crop, for there is not enough of it in this section to give it a fair test. Owing to the Continu(ed wet weather last fall the farmers were prevented from .sowing very much wheat. What the good ladies will do for feathers (straw) about July to renewv their heds sa uest ion. The only remedy we cani ofinr is shucks or leaves. llis r miids the writer of speniding the night once where there were shuck beds. About 2 o'clock in the morniig the big turning over with every one in the house took place. 'I'he old guard dog, supposing, we guess, there waIs some one in the shuck pen, raised a bark. About that time the old cow began to bawl and the old horse, thinking it was feed time, b)egan to squeal, and then the old man began to rse11 his old1 woman for not stirring up the Bed. The writer was meditating over vwhere so many night bugs could hide so well in the day time, whien all at once this thought~ occurredl to h im: "'We may liie till (lay by the beopof God, but if we do, will we ever look like ~anything?" God dleliver us from a shuck bed and a lazy wvoman. The Cateechece Sunday school picnicked at Lay's bridge last Saturday evening. Rev. W. G. Mauldin was the orator and made an eloquent speech. Sup per was then spread on the ground by the good ladies, lem onade furnished by the. other sex, andl a general good time was had. R1ev. A. C. Boiter, of Green ville, has just closed a 4-weeks' mieetinig at this place, with 50 additions to the church. Mr. Boiter is an earnest worker. Not a single sermon was preach ed by anyone else during the meeting. Some one whom then devil has a 'mortgage over. and is just about ready to close it, set fire to his tent on last Mon day, about 2 p. i., while no one was present, af d burned it and about 20 of his 187 chairs. Fifty more of his chairs were damaged more or less. Mr. Boiter, determined not to be downed, by the help of God and some good people at Cateechee built a brush arbor, repaired his. chairs and carried the meeting right on; also made him up a purse of $65 toward buying him another tent. He expects to buy another one this week and begin a meeting at Liberty in a week or ten days. He expects to be in Oakway, in Oconee county, about July 15. j The prayers of the wicked, we are taught, prevaileth nothing so J. Alonzo Brown says he is confident the Lord heard the prayer published in the S.-J. a few weeks ago, for on last Sun day, about 11 a. m., he was in formed that his presence was needed at the residenmce of Thos. Hawkins, near Cateechee. In obedience to the request he gathered his top-piece, jumped inl his huggy, and in a few in utes found himself standing be- 1 fore Oscar Hawkins and Miss Ninnie Gillespie, who were wvait ing to hear the words that soon made them man and vife. After congratulations by thir many friends (and a. goodly nunber were preseit), all were ilnvitcd inl to the dining-room. Here we can't do the subject! justice in Irin:t and we shall nct try, but all who saw us at the table can testify that we did more than justice there, or to put it, plailer, we didl Mr. Haw kin an tmijustice. AM iss Gilles pie is a (aughter of WI. Clil lespie, near Camp Creek church, and a charming young lady Mr. I-HIwkinIs is a promising young farmer of Caleechee. They are at hon to friends at the residence of the groom's 4 father,9Thocs.Hawi. Two youing hldies, not over a thousand miles froEmi Norris, took advantage of Leap Year on last Sunday and called on a certain young hachelor, He met the Occasion, we are told, wonderfully we*1, for he dove around1 like a duck making a nest, ml in a short wvhile had dinner ready. The ladies, we are toIld, ate dinner, . compli mented his cooking very highly, and left without washing the poor fellow's dishes. B. Lady Ernestine Hunt, eldest daughter of the Marquis of Allesbury, owns and operates a horse ranch at Calgery, Alberta, on a stretch of land nearly 40, 000 acres in extent. Emigration to Canada from the United States in Jarnuary and February increased 61 per cent., while foreign emigrants arriving at Canadian ports de creased 36 per cent. Over 1,000 American settlers reached Sas katchewan on March 19. The common impression that all per sons in English upper classes are en titled to coats of arms is erroneous, for there are Instances of noble and an cient families who have no right to use hiereditairy coats of arms and scorn to take a grant at thuIs late day.--London Satundy 1ew n v. CHINESE LANGUAGE. Difference Between the Written Char acters and Speech. The dialects or languages of the Chi nese emplie are very numerous and dtissimilir. Thus a Chinese speaking the dialect of the Kwangtung (Canton) province is not understood by a Chi nese residing in the neighboring prov ince of Fukien. The language or dia lect spoken at Shanghai would be quite etrange to the people residing at Pekin. Written characters of Chinese are, however, understood and recognined. by sight throughout the whole empire In the same manner as our Arabic nu morals 1, 2, 3. 4, etc., are recognized by the eye throughout Europe. But as these numerals when pronounced or read have entirely different sounds at tached to them in England, France, Germany, Italy, etc., so the Chinese written characters are spoken in to tally different words and sounds in the several provinces of China, with, however, the important exception that the mandarin language is spoken or lnderstood more or less throughout bree-fourths of China or, roughly ;peaking, ini nearly all the provinces lorth and west of the river Yangtze. The language known as Weu-lI is the nedium by whieh the classical books )f China have been handed down. It a par excellence the written language )f China, but It is not generally under Otood by the great mass of the people. rhe spoken language-viz, Mandarin nay also be written, and there is a good deal or (olloquiali literature in %landarait. Versions of the Bible in the ocil patols have also been produced in soveraIl districts of the southeast, ahere the dialects are very numerous tud diverse. li the Chinese written language 4 hre are over 40.000 distinct charne ers or sylbols. and this vast number Sa'eng constantly increased by 'the tddition of iew chareters to repre 'ent new selentilic vords and modern Ideas. Althouigh the Chinese are considered i literary peopfle and have inaturally a LIesire for eduent ion. yet owing to the extriem l ditL~ilty of mastering the - r'hinese crwt ers it is estlinated that )IIY 9v iII len of the population' can read or vii te.-Contemporary Review. LIVED AFTER HANGING. Vien and Wcmen Who Survived-the Ordte-i of the Scaffold. 1 liumera ble Istances of resuscita loll 0mt hliianging are recorded. lien y ill. granted a pardon to : woman named luetta de Halshan who was t'SiMnded fromli 0 o'clock on a Mon Mny to sinrlse of Thursday and after ar "enm1i to." Dr. Plot tells of a w11s who was haniigeId tip thirteen lames wlihout effect on necount of the >eIe:lr voldit Ion of his windpipe, it iving been converted into bone by lisease. AnnIe Green, a .servant girl, was iatnged at Oxford in 1050 and recover !d fourteeiI hours afterward under a loctor's trentiIent. Mrs. Cope, who 1vas hantged tit tlte saime place eight eaa later. nico recovered. Ont Sept. , 1724. Margaret Dickson was hanged f Edinburgh and recovered Ivbile be n1g carried to the grave. Site lived 'or ninny years afterwarc and was mIvetrsally known as "Half Hlanged Wiggle Dickson." A housebreaker namned Smith was tanged a't Tryburn in 1705. A reprieve mame whien he had been smspended a inntrier of an hour. He was cut down, aled and revived. William Duell, hang ad In London in 1740, revIved and svas transported. A man htanged in Cork in 17115 was taken in hand by a phiysctelu who brought him rounui in six hours, atnd we are told the fellow bad1 the nerve to attend a thteatrical performnance the same evening. RIchard Johnson, hanged at Shrews bury, Oct. 3, 1000i, obtained a promise from an undersiherify to place him in the coffin without changing his clothes. After hanging halt an hour he still showed signs of life, and on examnina tion it was- found he had wrapped eords about his body connected witha books at the neck which prevented the rope from doing its work. The apparatus was removed and the man hanged effectually. It may be orfered ins'explanation of the cases mentioned that there was nos dirop used at executions in those days, the culprit usually suffering asphyxia without tihe cerebral column being broken.-London Tit-Bits. "Your wife used to like to sing, and she played the piano a lot. Now we don't hear her practice at all, flow's that?" "She hasn't the time, We have two children." "Well, welli After all, children are a blessingt"--Tit-Bits, . . ' ..a