The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, March 02, 1911, Image 6
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Published Weekly.
FICKEINS. SOUTH OAJROLINA.
Beware the grip. Dq not lot it get
a hold on you.
Pride has many a fall these slip.
Very mornings.
Baseball talk has moved on from
postmortems to forecasts.
An extraordinary duel was fought
Xn France the other day. One of the
duellists was hurt.
Chicago is the gem center of the
world, but there is such a thing as
'wearing too many.
.Baseball bids fair to girdle the
globe. The Japs and the Cubans are
taking kindly to it.
One man's attempt at suicide is at
tributed to too much housework. Is
this a sign of the times?
We are told that an illinois woman
has put an end to herself by jumping
into a cistern. Well, well!
What do you think of a hen that
laid 4,000 eggs in 22 years and never
brooded? Can you beat it?
The house cat carries germs in
doors and indulges out of doors in
an excess of vocal expression.
Florida has a bride seventy-eight
years old. And yet there are women
of forty who have given up hope.
A New York publisher tells us that
poor music seils best. So we should
judge from the music we hear these
days.
That proposed halt cent coin would
be about right for most of the things
you get by dropping a 1 cent coin in
the slot.
New York Is to have a fifty-eight
story building. Tenants on the top
floor will be reasonably safe from
porch climbers.
A new play in New York is called
''Hought and Paid For." However,
many a writer of vaudeville sketches
has no such luck.
A Chicago man was Rhot for step
ping on another's corn. 'Anybody who
has ever nursed a pot corn will call
it Justifiable homicide.
A London man who was a contrib
utor to Punch has Just dik, leaving
a fortune of $6,000,000, and we'll bet
his jokes weren't worth it.
We are told that there will be no
babies in these United States after
the year 2020. Another reason for
vrotecting our infant industries.
During the last 34 years, says an
eastern palper, we 'nave lost $5,000,000,
000 by fIre. Even at that old "inade
quate water supplly" is still doing busi
-iess.
IrTnutsk, the capital of Siberia, is
described as the wickedlest city in the
world, It is nowv up to New York,
Chicago and Pittsburg to renewv their
efforts.
Aviator' Paulhan, who has made
$200,000 out of his aeroplane, says he
Is going to rotire from the game.
This looks to uis like knowing exactly
when to quit.
Cu~ring paralysis by artificially In
ducing fever- remindls one of the in
genious plract ititoner who always
threwv his patients into fits and then
cured the fits.
It is had enough to be a (leaf mute,
but when one so aillicted is suied for
slander, it. is carrying tho thing toc
far. Some pe'rsonsi evidently "Just
can't make thefir hands behav'e."
Pupils at Wellesley must learn how
to spell befor-e they' are allowved to
gradluate, It may h)e a good innova
tioni, hut we feari that it will detract
from the quality of WVellesley fudge.
An army ofmler has invented a mutl
tiplex telephone, and it Is claimed for
it that ten per1sons can spea'fk over one
--line. As if we dlidn't have tr-oubles
enough already wvith the four--party
wire.
Mount Etna continues to smoke, but
the innocent bystanders have Come to
the conclusion that there is nothing
doing in the way of lava. Many a time
andl oft have we heard of persons who
"didn't know It was loaded,"
Paris has decreed war against rats,
This does not mean ,a battle against
the rodents, but the' downfall of the
present style of dIressing ladies' ihair,
But w~hile the hobble skirt remains
Paris fashions will not lack for strik
ing features,
Another instance of the hardship of
militar-y duty is the decree that nmem
bers of the New Jersey Natitonal Guard
must refrain from wear-lng patent
leather pumps at drill. HIowever,
there is no order against chewing guma
or using powder puffs.
A Cleveland man wants damages for
having to answer telephone calls tha~t
were not for him and for the (ime he
has lest in waiting to get the nm
be he wanted, Hie will ree0 a
large amount of publio sympathy, iU
he neyer gets anything else.
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Judge to the prisoner, "and you will rep(
each week, that I may judge whether or
you sign this pledge I will withhold sent
ate this pledge within the year, I will si
you to the workhouse for six months."
Tih prisoner signed the pledge and
So was born the famous "Pollard Pledge
world. The man who had beaten his w
was created became a model citizen. II
was willing to give him a chance.
The Pollard Pledge plan of dealing %v
is strong drink is now followed in man
which it originated, and has been even
'act of parliament. Vermont has incorp4
nm Australia and New Zealand the plan I
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actually% b~een engaged in politics. As a
unusual record. Defeat after defeat h
ofcorK , th epniiiyo t ae e
/lm"wohsawy ae h gr as
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was h admoted to the barown Decembiler, o8
enth~ judcea rsonibt of w ins 18a0, fe
Cear elected to ongess ieos in Ner,19
Arintaamily coniuosl hie roud of.
TOGA FEDRAENE
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A SOLOMON
The author of the famous Pollard
ledge is William J. Pollard. He Was
agistrato of the Dayton Street po
e court in St. L.ouis, when one day
man was brought before him on the
large of having beaten his wife. The
tso against him was clear and he wqs
mtenced to six months to the work.
ause. Then the wife began to cry
id to plead for the man she had
*ought before the court.
"He is the sole support of my six
illdren and myself," she said. "If
>u send him to jail, Judge, we will
arve. I would rather take his beat.
gs and have food for my little ones.
lease, judge, let him go."
Judge Pollard was in a quandary.
e looked at the brutal face of the
Isoner, and he gazed at the tearful
Ife. lie picked up his pen and
rote a few lines on a sheet of paper.
"I have written here a pledge by
hich you promise to abstain com
etely from the use -of intoxicating
Iuors for one year from date," said the
>rt to me at my home two evenings
not you are keeping the pledge. If
ence upon you, but if you ever vio.
3nd a policeman after you and send
left the court room with his wife.
Plan" that has swept around the
ife nine years ago when the pledge
3 kept his word with the judge, who
ith unfortunates whose besetting sin
y cities beyond the municipality in
enacted into law in England by an
)rated it among her laws and even
s in operation.
E OFJERSEY
One of the picturesque figures IL
ie next United States senate will bd
unes E. Martine of New . Jersey.
Fim" Martine is new Jersey's first
emocratic senator in 16 years. He
a man of many mannerisms that
%ve caused some persons to call him
!centric, but it is claimed that Mr.
artine is not all eccentric person by
ay means. The fact is, in his home
)u-would take him to be a southern.
r of the old (lays. On the streets
l Plainfleld you will see him stroll.
ig along, wearing his fedora hat
Kentucky colonel style) shading his
yes, and calling to first one mar,
nd then another.
Like all men who enjoy minglinf
'ith the public, Mr. Martine has his
obbies, and his I)et ones are politics,
arming and oratory. The last-named
amOe to h1m11 as a birthright. As for
olitics, Mr. Martine Is a politician for
he love of it. Of his 61 years 43 have
political stIcker, Mr. Martine has an
is followed his battles, but nothing
tisfalction of runlning ahead of his
1 Into that occupation by inheritance
the soll. W~hen his father died the
st valuable estat es in Plain fleld, and
1 upon01 thle br1oadi shoulders of '"Farmer
lpride in keeping it up. The house at
v Jersey andl has a history that any
UDGE NAMED
The recent applointm.Ient by Presi
onlt Taft of Rlepresentative Waltei
iglewvood SmIth of Iowa to be a
idge of the eighth circuit of the fed.
ral court to succeed Judge Vain De.
inter, lpromloted to the supreme cour:
enich, has (reated considerable stii
I pioliticail circles.
One of the princIpal reasons for
litical interest in the appointment
Judge Smith is connected with the
.et that a candIdate presentedl by
-ogrer.ives for the same position
as Repriesenltative. George W. Nor
s of Nebraska, insurgent leader, who
rocted the revolution Iast March
hlch r'esultedl in the ousting of Speak..
Cannon from the rules committee.
idge S1mith has been in congress
ne1900.
Judge SmIth wvas born in Council
luffs, July 10, 1862. He received a
>mmoni school education, studied law,
C, andl was elected judge of the Fif
nd re-elected in 1894 and 1898. He
0. HeI has been in tihe house of rep
zuand was re-elected last November.
ESSE EDTORJ
L~uke Lea, practical owner of the
ashyl lie Ten nesseean-American, and(
>ungest leadling politician in Tennes
3e, has been named by the general
isembly to succeed to the seat in
io United States senate held by
ames B. Frazier. His election is
te last echo of tihe tragedy in which
d-United States Senator Carmack
as killed.
At the time Carmack was shot h4
as5 edlitor-in-chief of the Tennessee
a. Lea is generally spoken of ab
hie man wile made Governor Patter
>n" in the first place, and tihe one
ho contributed more subseqluently
uan any other in dlefeating him, after
o hail pardoned Colonel Cooper, im
risoned for the Cairmack killing.
Lea is 82 years of age, a gradluate
f the University of- the South at ee
ranee, andl is the' second Luke Lea tc
ttain prominence in the polities of
,ea, a descendant of Andrew Jaecson
a .1905 when hie took charge of the
thle Cumiberland Telephtone company
)en ithe county u.nit rneaiy plan wa.
* 4
STONEH TO
Movement Begun to Restore
Angle-Tree Monument.
Ancient Mark on "Frontier" of the
Plymouth and Massachusettq Bay
Colonies is in a State of
Neglect.
North Attleboro, Mass.-The presen.
tation of a bill in the Massachusetts
legislature providipg funds for restor
ing the Angle Tree monument and for
creating a small reservation about it,
directs public attention for the mo
inent to one of the least known his
torical landmarks in the common
wealth.
Probably not one person in a thou
sand in Now Engla'nd can tell what
the Angle Tree monument is, or what
it stands for, and though it is in this
town you may nedt'men on the street
here who never heard of it. Yet there
was a time when it marked the bound
ary between the two pioneer common
wealths of America, the Plymouth and
Massachusetts Day colonies.
Here stood two centuries ago a tree
that the surveyors of the original
Plymouth-Massachusetts Bay bound
ary in 1664 thought a good mark for a
"station" in their lino of survey., A
it, therefore, they ended a long,
straight line they had drawn across
what is now southeastern Massachu
setts, from Accord pond, at a point in
the boundaries of the towns of ling
ham, Norwell and Rockland. The pond
doubtless was named to conmemor.ate
an agreement on the boundary.
The line was 27.35 miles long, fro'm
the pond to the angle tree, and its di
rection was west, 20.5 degrees south.
From the tree it extended due west
less than a mile to the Rhode Island
border. From- the pond its eastern
continuation was to the sea, along the
boundary between the towns of Co
hasset and Scituate. Here was the
"frontier" of Plymouth colony.
The tree selected as a mark b$y the
surveyors in 1664, after their long and
slow march through swamp and forest
must have been conspicuous among
Angle Tree Monument.
those about it. But in the course of
timo the tree wvent the way of all
trees and in 1790 the commonwealth
of Massachusetts caused to be erected
an the spot a slab-like shaft of slate
stone 7.3 feet high, about seven inches
thick and about 18 inches across its
!ace. On this was engraved two.
lengthy inscriptions.
Trho passing of nearly a century and
a quarter and the ruthless hands of
vandals have worked a sad change in
the condition of the monument. One
mnight expect to fall in with such a
aeglected monument in almost any
other state more quickly than in Mas
sachusetts. But though Plymouth rock
is hloused in a granite canop~y, nobody
seemed to know or care until recently
what was the fate of this other Plym
auth landmark, at the wvest border of
the 01(d colony.
One glance at the monument is
enough to show the work of the van
-lal has (lone more to deface it than
:ho tooth of time. Names are scratched
ill over both faces, these of freshmen
in a minor college most unblushingly
prominent. The edges of the shaft
have been chipped away by souvenir
aun toe.
About three years ago the condition
af the stone led a number of antiqua
rians, including Major Horton of At
tieboro and a few progressive resl
:lonts of North Attleboro, led by W. H.
Bell, chairman of the board of select
men, to make a concertedl effort to
have the state restore the historic
stone.
'To this end a bill was presented to
the legislature by Representative S. M.
H-olman of Attlebo'ro, who was chair
man of the committee on harbors and
public lands. The bill was duly passed
and became chapter 41 of the acts of
1908. It directed the board of harbor
rnd land commissioners to take such
measures as might be necessary for
the preservation of the monumnent and
appropriated $500 for the purpose. It
was found that to effect the improve
irpent desired land must be bought,
both f'or the proposed reservation, and
l'or the right of way to the monument
'rom the street. The present bill pro
vides for the purchase of half an acre
of land and appropriates $500 for the
mntire project.
At present it is net possible to pick
out a complete sentence in the inscrip
lions. The top of the stone is cut in
the form of a disc, on the south face
of which'appears the words "Plymouthj~
Colony." Fortunately the full text of
the inscriptions is preserved and may
be found in the atlas of lie town'of
Wrenthami, issued by the state. The
Inscriptions are complete historically,
but. gre curiosities in the art of in
.aeriptionl writing.
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911SION4
Vi0N OP MAN IN
Woman elaime to Have *en- Mont*:
Picture of Disaster to the
Battleship.
Washington.-Mrs. A. W. Fraser,
who now resides In New York, claims
to have mentally witnessed the dis
aster which befell, the ill-fated bat
tleship Maine in Havana harbor thir
teen years ago.
Mrs. Frazer states that she 'iAstinct
ly Paw the sinking of the bz.tleship
before she was told of it. A youig
man rushed to her in. her.. cottage,
which was ten miles'from Washing
ton. He told her to tell him what
she could see. .
"It disturbs me to have some one
challenge me to a psychic test," she
Mrs. A. W. Frazer.
said. "Nevertheless, I sat down and
saw a. battleship in full regalia. It
was black. Suddenly it collapsed and
sank into the sea.
"Then I saw, near at hand, a man
in uniform, with upraised sword,
standing with a handful of men. He
had a mustache and side whiskers.
He said to the men, 'Reserve your
comment till you bear from us.' As
the vision disappeared, I heard a
voice say, 'The Spaniards did not
blow up the Maine.'
"Then the young man told me that
news had just reached Washington of
the blowing up of the Maine and said
he was sorry I had seen the ship
black, as all our war vessels were
white. I later learned that the Maine
was the only black ship in the navy.
"How did I see the ship black and
how did the papers later on print a
message from Sigsbee which in sub
stance was what I heard the man in
nniform say,''Public opinion should
be suspended until another report?' "
OLD LODGE BUILDING RAZED
Historic Structure At Williamsburg,
Va., Torn Down to Ma ke Room
for improvements.........
Williamsburg, Va.-By order of
Williamsburg lodge the historic old
Masonic hail on Francis street of this
city has been razed to the ground.
This is the building in which the con
vention was called for the organiza
tion of the Grand Lodge of Virginia,
on May 6, 1777, and In which the de
lIberations ended in the establish
ment of the Grand Lodge of Virginia
on October 13, 1778, it being the first
Grand Lodge of Ancient York Rite
Masons in America. Rev. John Blair,
Past Master of Williamsburg, wvas
unanimously elected Most Worshipful
Grand Master. In 1784 the Grand
Lodge was removed to Richmond, Va.
The most prominent men and Ma
sons of early times attended lodge in
Old Lodge Building Demolished.
this old Masonic hall. George Wash
ington wvas a member of Williams
burg lodge and many times presided
as master, occupying the famous chair
presented by Governor Batetourt in
1769. rTe chair is still in the posses
sioni of the lodge. In 1824 General
Lafayette visited the lodge and pre
sidled as master. For many years the
old building has been unused, and it
was fast falling to pieces when it was
determined to tear it down to make
room for modern improvements.
Noted Cats of MaIne.
Lewiston, Me.-The feline pride of
Maine is a waltzing cat, owned by
Mrs. Lutie Rowe of 80 Lowell street,
Lewiston. Prince, the eat, dances
whenever he hears music of any sort.
This clever feline is one year old
and tips the scales at 11 pounds. lie1
is a fighter, and. thus far in life has
eecaped without serious Injury.
There arrived by express from Gal
veston, Tex., at Hallowell, Me., a few
days ago, a cat that was the only com
panion of Capt. E. E. Wall, who re
mained alone on the deorelict schooner
Holliswood until rescued. It Is pure1
white and weighs 18 pounds. It was
billed by the captain to his wife. The
eat was five days on the trip. On the
box were the words: "Water Mes
Feed me. Tom,
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&ull!I- the eg , 'back, ati..*e
woen Joints. N~ntains no no ttlie,
opim, cocaine or drugs to deade the,
pai. It neutralises the acid apd drives
out all rheumatic poisons froma the sys
tern. Write Pirof muuyo%, 3dInd Jig.
Orson Ste., Phila., Pa.; r me lical&a,
%ice, absolutely free.
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Much moonshine goes into piohs
talks about haking sunshine.
Take Garfield Tea to arouse a sluggish
liver-all druggists sell it.
He is a learned man that under
stands one subject; a very learned
man who understands two.-Emmons. .
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
ake L.AXATVU IROMO Quinine TAM~
k re money It it falls to omrs. Ta
B E's8 signaturo Is on each box. 20.
Didn't Care.
Hewitt-I guess you don't know who
I am.
Jewett-No, at .4 I haven't any wom
an's curiosity about it.
Domestic Ameni Ips.
Father-I think the bay looks like
you.
Mother-Yes, it shuts its \,yes to an
awful lot.
NOT QUITE THE SAAM
Hubby-H-ave you noticed how much
better I rest after a day's fishing?
Wifey--No; but I've noticed how
much easier you lie after .a day's
fishing than upon other days.
IT'S FOOD
That Restores and Makes Health
Possible.
There are stomach specialists as
well as eye and ear and other special
ists.
One of these told a young lady, of
New Brunswick, N. J., to quit medi
vines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says:
"For about 12 months I suffered se
verely with gastritis. I was unable
to retain much of anything on my
stomach, and consequently was com
polled to give up my occupation.
"I took quantities of medicine, and
had an idea I was dieting, but I con
tinued to suffer, and soon lost 15
pounds in weight. I was depressed
in spirits and lost interest in every
thing generally. My mind was so af
tected that it was impossible to be
come interested in even the lightest
reading matter.
"After suffering for months I de
aided to go to a stomach specialist.
Fle put me on Grape-Nuts and my
iealth began to Improve immediately.
[t was the keynote of a new life.
"I found that I had been eating too
rnuch starchy food which I did not di
rest, and that the cereals which I had
~ried had been too heavy.- I soon
proved that it Is not the quantity of
ood that one eats, but the Qnality.
"In a few weoks I was able to go
hack to my old business of doing cler.
cal work. I have continued to eat
3rape-Nuts for both the morning; and
Ivening meal. I wake in the morning
vith a clear mind and feel rested. I
-egained my lost weight In a short
;ine. I am well and happy again and 9
>wo it to Orape-Nuts." Name given
>y Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "The Rload to Weliville," in
skgs. 'There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
.me agpears fromt time to time. They
ire genue, true, and fllU of hUsMan