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DEVOED O PLITCS ORALITY9 EDUCATION AND .0 H EEALITRS F H 0NA O VII. PICKENS, THURS j3 1E SENTINEL 16 PUBLISUED ZVERY THURSDAY Air- P. BEADLEY & Co. termas of Subscription. fo eoar.............10 .xMonths .................. 75 Advertising Rates. Adtetlisements Inserted at the rate of $1 00 per sqtuare, of (9) nine lines, Ot LESS, for the Bret insertion, and 50 cents for each subse queat Inser tion. Contraots made for Tvaun, six or TWZLVE months, on favorable terms. Advertisenents not having the number of ?neertions mrked on them, will be published antil forbid and charged secordingly. These terms are so simple any child may understand them. Nine lines is a square one inch. In every instance we charge by the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can be made to occupy four or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the space. gW Advertisers will please state the num her of squares they wish their advertisements to make. Business men who advertise to be benefitted, will bear in mind that the SENTINEL has a large and increasing cir oulation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose trade they desire. PROFESSIONAL NOTICES. L.K. CLYDE ATTORNEY 4- CO UNSELOR AT LAW, GREENVILLE, S. C. Special attention given to collections April 4, 1878 30 6m A. BLYTHE, ( C. P. BARRETT, M. F. ANsEL, J Pickens C. H. Greenville, S. C. 8.0. BLYTHEANSEL& BARRETT ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS ATLA W, PICKENS C. II., S. C. (Office in School Commissioner's Ofice.) Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. March 21, 1878 28 J8 COTunAN, f Rt A CIL, Abbeville C 11 P 1'ickens C H COTHRAN & CHILD, ATTORNEYS <- COUNSELORS AT LA W PICKENS C. II. S. C., Will Practice in all fhe Courts of the State and Courts of the United States, for the Dis. (rict of South Carolina. March 29 1877 29 SSTOP! AT THlE SRERViLLE HOTEL (iRERAhTILLE, S. 0. A. M. SPEIGHTS, Proprietor. .BELLS IN THE ROOMS. June 14, 1877 40 rhe Re..er er a tem ..thCa. 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It is beginning some of the best NEW STORIES! ever published in an American journal, and no paper presents a greater variety of reads. in . it dentalins Brilliant Contiined Stories, Bi llIant Completed Stories, Brilliant Poemsl and Edskys, Excellent;General Editorials, Ex oelleut News Summary, Excellent, Society Let. ~rExcellent Religiona Notes, Notes of Tray YSMotes of Fashions, Notices of New Books, A ?14tt. of New Music, Notes of the Drama, Portrait.s of Noted People, Paragraphs A bout Women, Paragraphs of Humor, Scientific De 2.~ ~tment, Psissle Depalrtment, Mathematical ~ttment, Housekeepers' Department, Cr ~~dents' Department. Ches.. Department, ~EWsto Correspondents, Ohat with Con. ~ ~ wide columns of matter each - ~~rioly #*sar; T wo subscribers $6 a 0 $2.50 a copy' iS ent * ~ot~lea6 #elt at enE ln FOR THE PIcKENS SENTINEL. GaNviLL;, 8. 0., Aug. 5,1878. Dna EkiqtNkl-Notbing has seemed to Attract so much attentioi for the last few days as Capt. Pat ricks recent announcenent of his military school to open here on 1st September next. Every one I hear say anything says it is a move in the tight direction, and will result in much good to the whole country. Capt. Patrick, as an educator, is too well known to need any word of comment from me. You all know him. le for many years before the war conducted the nilitarv academy in Columbia, having graduated with the highest distinction in the Ci:adel, Charleston. Everybody knows with what success he has conducted his High Schobi in Greenville since the war. Hence I am wgrranted in re commending the parents of Pickvns Codnty, and every body else, to send their sons to his military school, which will be presided over person ally by himselt and an able corps of assistant teachers. I do not know whether we shall have a high order of graded public schools hero this year, as no move seems to be making in that direction; but it we should have, it will be eay to convert, or have c-nverted, Capt. Patrick's military school into a higher, or the iighest grade of the public schools, and still naintain in tact its military distihction. This I trust may be done. No leat should ho left unturned, no step taken, no word spoken, that would not ad vance the education of our s ns and daughters; for this is a better hjerit age than all the little wealth we may be able to accumunla'e, though it sh ould be gold enough, not to gild, but to "solid plate" our "outward temples. I took a drive last Friaay evening into the country, going by Chicks Springs, Greers, und to Cedar Hill, in Spartanburg. My friend La w rence Peace, wit hi whom I was riding, ebowed mec all the at tractions, among all of which was mostly the farms. A change is being made for the bet ter ini the mode of fat ming in this country, for I see better crop's, cot ton, corn &c., on lan md than I used to. In fact land that was formerly thrown awiay' is now producing the very best yields. Mr. Peace showed me his chmufa patch of a fourth of an acre, and says it will fatten six hogs. Now, Mr. Editor, do yon see, the chufa crop will just suit your people. You raise hogs plentifully, and you can fattetn them so cheaply that it will be as cheap as the freights on Western tbacon (?)--pork. All tihe crops I saw were very fine, they, around Greers not having Buffered for rain. I stayed all night at Gr'ears, and Saturday morning made my way to Cedar lill, where at old Zoar Church was a massive mnoss Sunday School gathiering-15 Sun day schools wi h all their lriends in attendance. And now, you may talk about yourm basket pick.-nicks, but this was the most huge one I have ever seen. The whole thling must have cov'ered ten acres of ground. My being at tihe pick-nmic "'as coincidental, as I was there placing "Ini Memorium" to dearesL little angels (angels now indeed) of my most halcyon days-days for which I sigh and shall never see again. ihence I heard very little of what was said, but a great deal was said and must have been said well, for I never have seen so attentive an gudience. Rev. Dr. Reid, of Reid ville, is a flne speaker, I hear d most of all lie said for an hour, not with. standing I was- at work. The people around Cedar ill think something of themselve, because they think of hemr dead. I have naever seen a grave yard in the ooonrry kept in .?Ih sty)t, It is dressed s. ,$el)' cemeteries. It is easy for every coi gregation, where the dead rest, t meet two or three times a year an dress up the graves of theirj forme friends and associates. It would d us all good. We would feel that w are doing a.work of love for our for mer friends and beloved ones. W would not dread the silent grave a much. It would not seem so cold t us, for we would look forward to th time when others would do sinila services for us. We are creature of habit. Let our boys and girls b trained to this duty. Let decoratioi days be established all over our Stat, for all our dead. It is a shame ti any neighborhood to neglent the dead even if we never knew them. It the, were not our frionds, they were some body's friends-iay, they wer friends of posterity, and hence havi claims upon us. But I had to leave the pick-nii before all the exercises were conclu ded in order to take the down trai for Greenville, and of this I was sor roy-sorry to leave and have but i word with my once old neighbors. DIoDoo. *Am+ A Pleasant Visit. AMR. EDrroR--Being called to Pick ens week before last on church bus iness, we embraced the opportunit' of renewing old friendships. Year ago when w e were driven, with onl family, fron our pleasant home w< lound a safe refuge among the kilu< friends of' Pickens. Being delegate< by the South Carolina Presbytery t< nu6sst in Ihe tormation of a new Pre by e; ian Chim ch at t hat place, w gladly availed ourselves ot the op portunity of tmoiny)mg once more witi true sand tried , friends. The pro. posed et-terprise seemneed to have iI 3Y mpath ly of tihe ent ire community irrespective of denominational differ el-es. A serious fandily afihictiui prevented the attendance of the miiu iter in charge, the Rev. Mr. McLece but t he Rev. Mr. Nall, ci Greenville he oilher a ppoint ee, was present and aided by the Elder', conda cted all th, proceedings in a successful nmanner With no minister to aissist him, anm in a stranuge community, he felt some what em barrassed, but proceede< calmly forward in the discharge c duty. The church was organized oi Saturday, the 27th ult., with thirteel maemnbers. Brethren C. L. Hlollin~gs worth and J. E. Boggs were chosei Elders and Dr. G. W. Earle Deacor As usual in such cases, the womi were largely in the majority. LaE at the cross-first at the resurrectior Now, as then, woman first and fore most in acknowledging her allegiane to her Lord and Master. There wa once addition on prlofession oft fait| and baptistn. A goodly proportiu (f the dismissals came from Ol1 Carmeil, though Greenville, A nder son arid Elberton, Ga., yielded thei quotos to the new organizamtion. Car mel has thus largely conti butted t the formation of three new Presbyte rian churches in Pickenis county,t wit: George's Creek, Central ani Pickens. As the old church thu gives ot her strength to these he daughters, may they, in their time grow up to be strong and flona ish ing vines, clustering around the mothe clhnrch, to shield and protect her,i need be, in her years of comnparativ weakness. So mnote it be. On Sabbath the sacrament was ad ministered to a nn'uber of comnmuni canuts. In the early Sabbath mori we embraced the opportunmty to mee with the Sabbath School. Althougl few in naumber, the conduct of th School showd spirit and energy. Brt Lesley still stand. to Is poet, s 8S. per intendenat and teache of Bibl class, alt bough well stricken in year and is ably supported by some younga er men. May the Pickens' School, I thbo great day ol acovt~ts, show man i~rsin its 4Io~flO ti01rt i. The Internal Revenue Laws and Thei 0 Enforcement. d We have bad a very agreeable in r terview with Colonel W. H. Chap O man, says the Columbia Register e who has been recently appointe< special revenue agent for the divisiot e composed of South Carolina and thi Western District of North Carolina D to succeed Maj. Wagner, of Greens a boro. Colonel Chapman bai jusl r entered upon the discharge of his du ties, with headquarters at Statesville and arrived in this city yesterday or 2 business pertaining to his office. 1e E is but recently from Washington where he had lengthy interview( ' with both President Hayes and Com missioner Raum relative to the exe cution of the internal revenue law* 3 in this section, and the tenor of their instructions to him may be gathered from the letter from the Commission, er, received by Colonel Chapman since his arrival in North Carolina, and printed below. An' thing that might be said byCommissioner Raum upon the subjects discussed in Wi letter would be (if interest and valu able to the people of this region, bul tHie letter is of especial value ae showing the wishes of the adminis tration as to the manner of the en - forceinent of the revenue law and au indicating its animus towards the i distillers and others with whom th( gover1n men t officers are necessarily 3 thrown in contact. The letter is ai I follows: I W ASHINGTON, July 29, 1878. SW. II. Chapman, Esq., Revenm B Agent, Greentsboro, N. C.: a Now that you are abont to assum, - charge of your division, I deem i proper to placo in writing the verb,. - statemet I il mAde to you before yor 3 left this city. , I earnestly desire that the in'erna revenuec laws shall be eifoi ced peace i ably and quietly and without neces sity of using an armed firce. Thii , can only he done where the officer ,are supported by a public sentimnen ,favorable to the observance and en 3 forcemnent oif the laws. .I wish you to visit the coun' ies o Pickens, Greenville, York, Spart an burg, A nderson and Oconee in Souti Carolina, and such counties in Norti f Carolina as C llector Mott may thinl ipr'oper to suggest, and there co:dei with leading citizens and endeavoi - to interest their sympathies in bebal of the observance of the laws, and i .peaceful and orderly enforcement o; ithem. t I desire you to put yourself in corn . mumcation with such persons as'wist - to puarsue the business of operatinj e distillem ie, and to impress uipol s them the fact that thiereis a fixed de a ter minat ion on the part of the gov r ernment to s1uppress frauds against it I rf.enues;amigl it is implortant tha ou30 should fully explain to them tha r in the end it is more profitable fi -linem to operate legal distilleries an<( a pay the taxes imposed by law upom - their products than to engage ini il :1 rho law for the collection of a tai s ni on dietilled spirits is uniforn r' throughout the country, and the gav , ernent realizes from the tax nearla $ 6,000,000 per annum. W hile this r law remains upon the statute book i t is the duty of every good citizen t< a observe it, and of every officer of tu< United States assigned to that dut) -to enforce it. Tihe pains and penahl -. ties for its violation aresevere. N< a man can with safety violate its pro it visi ms, and any community where j the violations of law are nnmerous ii e soon given over to anarchy and dis . order, and mauny persons are con stantly skulking from tbeir homes t< 0 avoid arrest. This state of thhings iN acertaimbly to be deprecated, but muel Snecessarily continue until the people v of these sections are willing to el~ serve the law Thefe is Do digoition or intgis' r tion on my part to require or allow a vindictive enforcement of the law in a community where those who have been engaged in vi lating the' laws have honestly and in good faith a bandoned their practices. A lenient course has been pursued in many districts where tle circtrostances would warrant it, and it would afford me great pleasure to know that the violat(re of the law in the districts to which you are assigned have return ed to a sense of their duty to the goneral government, to observe the law, and to pay tax imposed by it upon their products. I desire that you shall impress upon citizens generall my determinaw tion that the laws shall be enforced in an orderly and~lawful; manner, avoiding all unnecessary collisions, and by officers who are permanent citizens of the districts or divisions to which they are appointed, and are men of respectability, integrity, dis cretion and courage. I wish you particularly to inform the people that this office is openi at all times to hear the complaint of citizens against. tbe unlawful acts of ( flicers. In this connection you should call attention to the stringent provisions of section 3, 169, United States re visod statutes, which enact that an officer who is found guilty of any extortion or willful 0p ression nnder color bf law shall be subject to in dictment, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one thonsand, nor more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned not lees than six months, nor more than three years. The court is directed to render a 0 judgment against the officer or agent for tile amount of damages sustained by the party injured, to be collected by execution. Under the provitions (of this see. lion the cit izen has an ample remedy, and I know that the courts of the United States would be as ready to afford relief to the citizen against the unlawful acts of officers as to puis the citizen for violations of la.The laws of the United States are enlacted by the representatives of the peoplei, and are designed to promote the general welfare of the wvhole people. The courts of the United States are as much the courts of the people as the State courts, and are as ready to protect the rights of cit izens as thme State courts are. In my opinion, it is essenl ial to the happ1iness anmd prosperity of the country that commanuities should not be kept in a state of excitement over the question of a conflict of authority between the laws and courre of the United States and those of a State, and, to avoid this, citizens should be encouraged to appeal for redress Sagainst the alleged unlawful aets of offier s of' the United St ates to the ceurts of' the United States. You will understand that in writ.. ing as I do I do not disparage time chtaracter or' juri:bdiction of the State courts,8 but I wish to point out to you that the laws of the United States not only make provision for levying taxes and collecting them, but also for the protect ion of the citizens agnie st the mi- conduct of' its officers; that these taxes are to be collected through the instrumentality of the oificerse and courts of the I'uited States, and that all grievances can be better redressed in the same man-. ner. Respectfully, GEEN B. RAUM, Comm iiissioner. Conversation with Col. Cbapman aseures ns that the administration- is deternmined to carry ont thme spirit of the Commissioner's letter, arnd withi this letter be is in thorough accord. [lis dbalings with the distillers of his div ision will be firm, yet mild, and he trus's that the better elss of thme people of aM part~ei l hold uP bis hans InMit p dbly justice to the governmentat' satisfied that thie Is le I thd ceesary to end the 'I r6''W have hitherto attended tht of the revenue law -a 40Uw tion which has been long.. MI. voutly wished for. Rules Governinr the Printy for Piokens County. RULE 1. The primary eleotio* Pickens County shall be held on day, the 80th day of August, 18' the usual place of meeting of each ,lub. RULE 2. The Secretary of *ses 3'ub shall make out and furnish a falt list of all members of his club to the managers of election, who shall ber hree in number, appointed by each ocal club. The managers of election ihall have power to add, in their di 3rotion, any further names to the poll ist of persons who desire to join oft ,he day of election. RULE 3. The polls shall' be opeon rom 8 o'clock, A. m., to 4 o'clock, P. 4. When the polls are closed the nanagers shall at once proceed to sounL the votes, in publio, and make t full retut n to tho County Exeeutive Jommitteo by 12 o'clock on the day ifter said election. This return shall ate specificaly the total number of votes cast, together with the number >f votes for each candidate,.. and all ,ho votes together with the poll list& ;hall be given to the County Execna ive Committee at the same time. RULE 4. The County ExeoutlvS Dommittee shall meet at 11 o'clook, k. M., on the day followin the pri% mary election, at Pickens . . They shall receive the ballots and teturns trom the several club.q, aggregate such returns, and declare the result ot the election. If there be any contest from any club the said Executive Committee shall have power to hear. and shall at once docide, such contest, and such decieion shall be binding and final. RULE 5. No candidate shall be voted for in the said primary election, and if voted for such votes shall not be counted, unless such candidate shall7 at the time of tho election, be a mem.; ber of some Democratic club in Pick. one County, and pledge himself to itbide the result of the primary eleo Lion and support the nominees of the party. RULE 6. There shall be voted for it the ensuing primary olectiou the 'ollowing officers: One Senator, two Representatives, one Judge of ?ro-. Sate, three County Commissioners, ne School Commissioner,one Coronet, ne Coun ty Auditor, one County Treas irer, and one 1 rial Justice for eachr ownship., The voters in each~ townw ship only shall be entitled to vote (orthe rrial Justico for such township. The persons receiving the highest number f votos for the respective offie o tr which they are candidates shall ber :ieclared the nominees of the party for such offices. RULE 7. In case there shall be a i between any candidates in the prim' mary election, then another election shall be held at such time as the Coun, Ly Executive Committee may desig-. uzate, to- determine who-shall be the nominee for such office, under the re gulations herein. before prescribed. Provided: That in case either of the aandidates who may tie, as aforesaid, shiall withdraw in favor of his oppo.. nont, no second eleetion shall be held, On motion of J. R. Gossett,Eq.a A series of meetings were appointed bf Lhc Executive Committee, for the purpose of affording candidates an >pportur~ity of addressing the people, , somnmencong at Pumpkintow-. Satar :Jay, July 27th; Eastatoe, Tuesday August 6th; Ho ward's Shop, saturday August 10th; Central, Wednesday August 14th; Liberty, Saturday Aim gust 17th; E~asley Station, Tuesday August 20th; Cross Plains, Thursday August 22(1; Dacusvlleo, Saturday August 24th; Pickens C. H., Monday August 26th. Each meeting is to be old at 10 o'clock, A. M~. All candi.. iates are requested to be present, and iddress the people. R. E. B OWEN, Chairman. D. F. B~RADLEY, Secretary. I is computed 'that the tomb of St. Charles Borromeo, in the Cathedral of Milah,' contains in precious stones a~lone value to the amount of SI,000,-. 000. Indestructible collars and cuffs are on exhibitio~n in New York. Tihey resemble linen, but need no washing, soils being remnoved by theapld tion of a damp cloth. A young woman of Wvkb O C1i