University of South Carolina Libraries
E SENTIN tes er ' BRADLEY, EDrron. thi i BRADLEY & Co., Pito ow Pa so th wi : 'KEN$ 0. H..S. C.: Tr = A 1t 30, 1885. thbpr cent subcrption to th na, Cumberlandiap and Chicag c ,w na im ously. T hat's the wa i . __... _ s invite the attention of the ant >ad men to he letter of the Ion. 0 on of Spartanburg, addressed t e Cothran and published elsewher * ~5Isett of Tira SEN'TINurL. If hi ae . don't knock the triggers fron tantiiailroad men, we don't knoi wson, why. e West Township has driven an spike in the Carolina, Cumberlan< md Chicago Ytailroad. On the 23i it, an election was held on a town subscription, which resulted in i ;f Xp8 in favor of subscription to 61 it, giving a majorify of 43. Thi like butdiness. The only plao the road that is at all doubtfu (the town of Abbeville, and we be aat place will vote the subscrip Let the good work go on. How It Stands. -roperty represented by the rev wuers who signed the petition io n this township on the questio1 3riptioil to the Carolina, Cumber pp and Chicago Railroad, amounte ,158; amount represented by thos< who did not sign, $56,328; by dent real est4e owners, $16,600 a tQtal, not represented on the , f $72,923. It will thus be soot 7issi egr forthe vote represent $33, 3 than al'%thors whose names d< sir upon tho otition. It has been iedl that non-reAident real estate >wning nearly thle entire amoun 16,600, would hhve signed the if they had been req tod to d< is also probable that some o to represent the $56,32 , woule tred the petition had it b on pro them, while a decided mnijority owning no real estate, but whosc property goes in to make the ble property in the townahil fo huhdred thousand doll - wve also signed the petition hI ecessary. From the above :a I facts we do not think it an a >n to say at least $150,000, o roe-fourths of tho taxable p op iie township, is represente( h 10 favor the subsoription- rlhi e case as to the strength o th as to.the strength of the voto i: ship. pyspapers of To-day, generally, and even those wh<s iermned steady readers and clos ', have but a faint conoop)tion o itude and influence the press o try has attained. Firomn a care nation of the advance pages o edition of the American News 'eotory, issued May 1st, by Glo I & Co', of New York, it appearn are 14,147 newspapers and pe p)ublisheOd in the United State! tua!t of these the United Statei 8, an average of one paper fo * 7 persons. In 1884 the tota if newspa1pers 'was less by 82: psent, and while the gain thi -so mar,ked as in some previou is still considerable. Kansa greatest increase, the mumbe while Illinois follows with It is curious to notice the - - the scene of so much politior ring the last campaign, shoul about ono-third as many nos hie State of Pennsylvania. A o the comparative growvth an< of different Boetionis of th specially the Territories, th 'new papers forms an intesi ', and may well occupy th >f the carious. amnrm, 8. 0., April 15 1885. r: Yours of the 18th to hand - t you a paper containing th to which you allude. I wil ito fliat in 1872 the taxable pro ai county was $3,40,560O, ant o. Treasurer's books show $7, little more than double in thir We have voted $3715,000 t< - a 1uiroad at difren tizuc -terest promptly and have re larg"e'wntut of our Bonds slyue of our property mor ntorest en the Outstan<l Sde flhe moerease of pros tinm. the debt is being rear ubur hasrise p$wypoor county to I. .o4~ In assessmnent in i a V~zg railonds, gi rip~ . .po fcilties of market at yeV been1 actively engaed: du enterp~rises smee 185, at use . .n well spent. The (1. La. ........>.be ~cgnlted here durur 'I wl~ohw inarease thenux to thi couny, al (ytnid of the Sitate an on the Asheville roa A ..'~~gand 'will be orpplete .o.Your people no ~fbOU~ity to secure I s square in Mx U&~1A~,. & $ oooth 96 Fron Picki,gvto Johnston. Mu. Elrron: Strsuge to relate, in Of t pVeling fwflitiee by t Ible6es to a ihurch meet s.' sl uld undertge as trip of over tn!i Ad ux leaby pribale convoy alice. Such however is the fact. Two R. E's and one P. E. started for the town of. Johnston, on Wednesday the 8th instant, from different points from Pickens, Liberty and Hamilton, .A oame together on Thursday e morning the 9th, at Capt. William u Neal's, in the county of Anderson. Y At this point, we took breakfast, and arranged 'to travel together in the same vehicle, drawn by two horses, but our team reminded us of Dr. T's two horse churches, "one was a mule." Capt. N. contributed much 3 to the comfort and convenience of our journey, by fixing us up in va rious particulars. Before leaving this point we can not refrain from giving expression to impressions made upon us by Capt. N. as a farmer. Not by what he said, so much as by what we saw. The very place has the appear ance and air of industry and thrift. Capt. N. is certainly a wide awake, progressive farmer. He is enriching his lands with homne-made fertilizers which we regard as a most coin lmendable practice. There were huge piles of compost in his lot, which were being pulled down and distrib uted in the fields. We were told that the great quantity we saw, undis tributed was a small faction of the amount composted, and carried away from the same place this season. By this process the arable lands of Capt. N. are increasing in value every year, and the net proceeds of the farm are also on the increase. Is it not pass ing strange that the great majority of farmers will subject themselves to a rninous tax in the purchase of com1 mercial fertilizers, that exhaust them selves and render the soil less produc tive in the making of our crops when, if they would take more fore thought and avail themselves of ma terials at home, they would nmte'K both themselves and their iwt richer. Capt. N. believes in.y;gaiety of pro duction. On a Klmall piece of bottom land last, ear, which was planted in rie. d made a net profit of between fifteen hundred and two thousand . dollars. He believes in the thorough preparation of the soil for all the va r rieties of crops, whether for cotton, - corn, wheat, rye, rice, &o., and the consequence is that he is repaid, by the richest yields possible. He is Salso greatly improving his stock- In a wvord, he is pushing forward all the farm interests, and keeps up with the most improved machinery andl immple ments of husbandry. It is a great pleasure to visit such a farm, and to hear such a farmer talk, Hie mamg nilies his works, and( bmy so doing he prioves himself to b)e an important factor in the pr.ogr'ess of agricultural interests. We regret thiat our stay with him was so short. After leaving this place, our next halt-at-noon, was at the hiosp)itable home of our friend Major Thomas Martin, wvho gave us dinner and gave us much information with regard to y the people and affairs of Anderson, a and certainly from what we sawv and i heard, Anderson county has made I great p)rogress since the war, an I is e now doubtless the imost thrifty couin ty of upper S. C. Major M. is one of her miost successful farmers, anid as proof of his success he is the own er of near twvo thousandl acres of the a finest land in the county. I Our next objective point was Due SWest, in Abbeville county, which we reached late in the afternoon, and be Wame te guests for the night of Mr. Wm. Pwer.Mr. P. has valuable property in the town of Due WVest, and most enjoyable indleedl was the time spent with our friend and his lovely family. Here we met another "Auld Lang Syne" friend James F. Calhoun who is temporarily residing here, ini order to give his children the rare advantages, in the way of education, which this place aflords. If we were not afraid of giving to our friend a vain p)ridle, which lhe dloes not profess, we wouldI speak of sonme of the striking traits of his, which remind one of his honored kinsnman, the late John C. Calhoun, a name of Swhich, not only his native county and e State, but the whole country will ever s have a just pride. Indeedl it is in r- some sort an honor to the huimaan dspecies that there is such a record ais a that made by Mr. C alhoun. A great & admirer of his once said in a large Sassembly of divines-"Ifq God All ~fmighty ever made a man and placed du selupon a ?Qrn to convince the d world, that He had made a man, that w man was John Caldwell Cahon." We were glad to note the imiprove ments in the town of Due WVest. It is increasing in business andl in po pulation. But it is the colleges, male an eale that give the greatest in teet to the place0. These wewr g lad tk learni were in a flourishing . JundiT on) Eno~(Unn (lo..- , been an important factor in the cause '1 of liberal education. She is an Alma l Mater, that numbers among her < hundreds of children, many distin- ] guished sons. Long may the great ] and good work of Erskine College go c on, in blessing, not only the present, f but the coming generation. ] We bade our friends of Due West t adieu on Friday morning and pro ceeded via Hodge's to Greenwood, where we dined with our friend Prof. S. P. Boozer. He showed us a model in the way of a beautiful and con vonient residence, near completion. 1 The Professor exhibited unusual feel ing of pride in taking us through s the different apartments of this build- v ing, but we soon learned the secret L of this pride. It was that the house t was the plan of his wife. It was this fact, that magnified the beauty of i the building in his eyes, and we must add that the taste of the wife was pleasing not only to the husband, ' but to all who are onlowed with an appreciation of the beautiful and t useful combined. Greenwood is a growing place. The trains on two I railroads daily pass through the place. It already has the prospective f of a city, and we trow the prospec tive point is not far in the future. We wou(l like to write of much that we saw and heard during our short stay in this growing town. But we (1 must hasten on to other scenes. a After enjoying the hospitalities of r Prof. B. and his most excellent lady, n we went on our way, via New Market. e1 (It looks more like Old Market).-- a Scotch Cross to what is known among 01 wagoners, as the "Devil's Race A .Ground." We can not tell whence c< this name. It is certainly a hard, el place to get over. The roughest road cl of the whole route, was this noted v race ground. At this point, just as I we were feeling good, that we had got away from the "Old Boy's Track" t we met a colored. pedestru i; who in- ' formed us .thaf. he "I' left Johnston s o morning of the same day. He n told us we had 18 miles to travel, be- ih fore reaching Johnston. This seem- 1 ed to agree with what we were told I at G. as to the distance. After driv- a ing about five miles further, through u a dreary, pine woods country, we met a a young man, who informed us that I Johnston was distant 18 miles. We c insisted that lie was mistaken, that it b could not be so far, that tivo miles e back, we had been told that it was 18 o miles. W7ell, said he, "you will not t get there till you go 18 miles." On 1I at a gate to make enquiries, we were agin to'ld that we were jus~t 18 miiles I from Johnston. On we drove about 2 miles, and stopped wvith a Mrs. S., il for. the night, and here we were toldl b the truth, which was, that the exact b mneasuredl distance to Johnston was e 17 miles. We reached Johnston just h at the timie app)ointed for the convyen. S ig of Presbytery, 11 A. M1., Satur- a day 11th. This .sCeee a great grat- t ification to the R1. IE., who actedl as bi driiver, who repeatedly said on the tl way that lie wvould make eloso con- cl nection at J. We were surprised ft to find Johnskmn a considlerable town r< daily growing in size, beauty andl im- A portance. It has the air and appear. ance, 0on first sight, of a young city. S It is situated in the heart of a thrifty a< section, on the Augusta and Column- n bia Railroad, thirty miles from the hi former and fifty miiles from the latter. t, There are three churches in the place, r< Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian. n A fraternal feeling pervades the place. h~ It was dlelightfl to mingle with this a Christian p)eop)le andl enjoy their hos- v pitality. Our home while there was o the house o,f Mr. M. It was indleed a e ihome to us. Mrs. M. is a daughter of ja the Royv. Mark Boyd of Newberry. a WVho in all the land does not knowv t Uncle Mark? His name is in all the 't churches. Would that something of t his spirit and( strongly marked piety 1 characterized all the professed follow- t ers of Christ. His daughter, Mrs. M., is a child of af1icetion. She hase not been able to walk for years. Shet does not make this an exetnso for stay-t ing at home. She is always at hert place in the Sanctuary. She has a class in the SundI(ay school. She< rides on a locomotive chE ir. Her re ligion causes her face to sh ine, keeps her heart full, and her bainds busy ini1 deeds of kindness. Her presene makes sunshine all round1 andl about t hier. It is good to be with her andl hearn her talk of the things that pertain to) Christian experience. There are two t children, the eldest a young lady, t Miss Cassie, and the youngest Master b Ernest. We shall never forget our e delightful sojourn with this Christ; family. We regretted1 that there an hour of parting. We need 'write of the Presbytery, as you ha already published the proceedin furnished by another pen. Sufflc to say, that it was one of the/rn harmonious and delightful mneetin we have ever attended. We all f. that it was good to)k there. T 1; , ri . An, )1aSi 1V ; r - m 1pr essiol >n \.ery. Th Pr :ieaiday 11 41. miles or )Ur so of ou rie Thomi Io3 f ?pe set ing - muel )roft t has i ciud 1 typo vhicl t mom >erH . H km as fam11 ly of roud iVe wt- w( aw an )mO, in EIl &c. >ut this >ro. racted c We may give ey a anothe [ron 'he Expo Go andt ruly a gra ents of so be early rould cone] lilure, bul lost perfec roducts, ir le world. ad conple one, all- th 1(d all tha! '-presented lain build, iected1 on1 id has abi )ject wit] 11the bui )nstructe2 mnpty, bu huice, 'iu i" naturt Aike anle rolucts r efore you )ok until till there orthleast ig, ineli liunesoti Iana, i1 g t'illtult es, and r eter are i u the so, f iunera e proud h, tate. th1 n the ce nX uieky, T<1 raiiaAsi 3 vhIat s;he ., m orn the d I love bat a.n a een mad 'c ettern rej hi aive miad he has t ' i ~rieul1tu n irp)risesr, ae expo. ilties, h tir exhil 3preent t .tlaniita. It is nr outh Ca c 2countg ot exaX~ ibit is 'ue Sout t<L Igister ienit. A >ry wvilli 'ide. N. f art, fri 1 anvas ridge of ny) of mi >equal boe pai LCI1 he bird he wate rt ient is f( f the f >ic uredi, ti al heir riui .. .o aini pl th nocking.'c vith tihe . and ha hi iaradis. mnd tha .' *' A ho trop)ic ,re seen weny th asRteflly finding th~ es5t timie - ,, ity of No' u ri now offered. It will be a good invest I ment, and the trip will be proflitabli 3 and so pleasant that you will nevo: 3 regret it. V. Ma. EDrroR: Please allow me spac< in your valuable paper to correc some of the mistakes of W. Aiken In his reply to a comnunicatiol signed "Pluribus Unum," which ap pearecl in Tna SEN'rINEL of the 12t1 ultimo. The writer of that articli endeavored to show that the Post masters at Sunny Dale and Wtiattaco< (lid in July 1884, at the time Mr Aiken become contractor for carryint the mails over the route, fixed a sched ule, which allows the carrier to leav Sunny Dale about one hour beforc the arrival of the Pickens and Bre vard mail, thereby breaking connec tion and causing the detention of al mail matter to be distributed ovei this route for one week. Now at thii statement of facts, this Sunny Da contractor takes exceptions and at tempts to play a bluff game. He say "I have been a crontractor si! years prior to this time, and have perhaps, been more prompt than and other contractor." And goes o1 souiding his own praise in a manno that would seem to say, that he ex pected people to look upon him as being a bigger man than Gen. Grani ever was. Now Mr. six years a con tractor, no one in these parts care a cent how loud or often you souni your own horn up there, but whom you do blow, "be sure you are righ and then go chead." You say "whel I entered into contract with Genera Government to carry the mail on thii route, the schedule time was: Leav< Sunny I)ale at six o'clock A. M." Now, sir, the truth is, when you en tered into contract with Genera Government to carry the mail on thi route the schedule time was, and has been for the last two or three year prior to that, time-leave Sunny Dal af 1 o'clock P. M. And as it is we] known, that for the last three or fon years you have been a regular asist ant in the Sunny Dale Postoffice; tha you didn't know the schedule time fo the departure of malls from that oflic Now Mr. six years a contractor, is order to show you what you obilgate< yourself to do, whon you entered it contract with General Governmev to carry the mail over this route, will refer you to the Postnaste Generrl's advervisement of Octobe 15, A. D. 188', inviting proposa for carrying tihe mails in the State< So~nuth Carolina, from July 1, 1881, t Juno 30, 1888, which may bec sCen u page 9 of thiat pamiphalet, and1 read. as follows: "F?ronm SunnyV Dlel b Knob and Rock to Wattacot) an bc,onlce a wecek." "Leave Stunn IDale Saturday at 1 P. M.; Arrive a Wattacoo by 5.30) P. M.; Leave Wai tacOo) Si aurday at 7:30 A. M.; Arriv at SunnyhI Dale at 12 M. Now Mr. contractor, th *se are fact you had1( before you at the timlo thn you mnade yom pr'oposal to Genieri Government to carry the matil onl ti route. You entered into tis. eor tract with your eyes openI. Nov sir, with yoaur six: years experienee a a conltraictor, and your undoubted ii fluence over sonme of the Postmasteri you may be able to have a schedul which wvill suit your convenience, he pults the mails on the wrong day fu the papers to be distribiuted on th] route, andl acts in b)ad faith towardI tihe Government and thme p)eople. Le us have peace. Signed, M. G. VIeKsnURto, April 26.---The L)O(li of five flremaen who perished inl th recent large tire here, in the ruini1 we(re~ buried to dlay, The total 1nun1 ber- of bodies recovered is 37, and(l is believed that more are in the ruin Tlwo other white persons known t be lost are ClaLude Sipes, aged 17, an Charles Hanley. Seventeen of th bodies recovered are unkniowni, bu six of the crew of the Bell Memphia -who were here from St. Louis, ari among them. - it is imphosibile to get their namea at present ats tihe steamler left for S1 - Louis on Wvednesday. One of tha 3 unidlentified victims was a woman. comnuniercial traveller, whio hlad( regri Itered on the Bell Memp1hlis anmd pu his b)aggage abloard of her, wva among tile vict.is. Hius body wr recovered to day in a fair state l preservation. It is believed thlat ni sname was Middlet on. fl Cotton p)lanlted last week is comuin - upi. Y y oardinag Schmo vhich nearly all th - .tracted by b)oilin) - carrots andl gray, sou hly who conmes hoam - a f this sort of diet man but is pale and( poo igor and health. Gliv Bitters-the best toni young ladies with imr J. H. Morgan & Bros.' STARTLING ARRAY OF A TTRACTION. GRAND E HilBZION Or NQTEL1l, NEW ADVANCED IDEAS IMMENSE STOCK TO SELECT FROM. - NO USE IN TALKING, WE'VE GOT > 'EM THIS TIME. BARGAINS. 3 LOOK AND WONDER. 32 pieces 9-4 and 10,4 Sheeting, at 18 Sand19 cents.. No other honse will sell - the same quality for less than 28 and 30 1 cents. r 500 Dozen Spool Cotton, 200 yards on each spool, 2} cents a spool. 2,100 Pieces beautiful Wool Dross Goods, 10 cents. Precisely the same Goods we have sold ourselves for 18 and 20 cents. 1,300 Yards Chook P. K. or Nainsook, 7} cents a yard. Sold everywhere for 10 and 12}. 360 Pairs Misses Hose, (Job) solid colors, 10 cents, worth 20. 600 Pairs White and Fancy Hose, 50. 264 Pieces Linen torchon Edging, 12 - yards in a piece for 15 cents a piece, worth 45 cents. 240 Dozen Irish Trimmings, 20 cents a dozen. These are what we call Bargins. SILKS, SILKS. r This Department has never been so full of dazzling beauties and- attractive 1 3 Bargains as now. - F'or 1Istancae, o 1 A beautiful display of Summer Silks in the most desirable changeable effecta, splendid quality-Cloth only 45 cents 1 per yard. The same quality cloth is soiling right here now for 65 cents per yard by comletitors. But here is the e wonder. How did we get them is the question. A magnificent line of Sarah Silks in all j r the desirable shades, every thread war ranted pure Silk for $1.0) per yard. They are richly worth $1.50 per yard. r Groat Bargains in Black Silks. e Many other attraesious in the different Deprtient., but haven't the space u here to quote thema. Thia Stock is worth tho trouble to pay it a visit. RESPECTFULLY, . H. Morgan & Bro., fWHOLElSALE AND RIETAIL MER 0 CHANTS, GRE~t~ ENVILLE, N. C. Tax Notice. e OFFI(CE C'OUNTY TREFASURI ERI, Pf eiKxNs, S. I'., Ajpril 12, 1885. s \T O)TICE is herebyh gi veni that this otlce 1' will lbe oipen fromn May 1st to 310th, Iiclulsivt' forJ the (collectioii of thle fir st .1 inosta:llmtica. of Staite, Counity, Sebool. IRail- 1 road and P<-!il 'T'axes fo'r the fiscal year acmci iainig No vembetr 1st, 188.. T- axpamyers aire given t.he opt ion, as here. totfore, of payinig oine-hialf their taxe's at ,this coIllectio n and the other hail at t,he fail e. cllection, or t.hey mnay pay the who le ofa thiir taxes in t.he fallI, with a penalty in adkdit ion of live pier (cnt on the May in-. stallment. Tholnse who dlesire to pay the ] whole of their t axes in May will be per Snut,ted to do so, and they will be receipted ,t in ful!. 1'The f ollowingr is t he rate' of taxation, viz: SState 'Tax................5.} Mills. e County...................3 mills. Itailroad...................8 mills. (1h1ol....................2 mills. 4 1Past Indebtedness.........13 nills. Tfotal.....................21 mills. Poll'ITax...............$1.00. T1axes aire paabhle in UGold and Silver ( Coin, U~iited States Cuirrency, Nat isnal l1:ank Notdes and Coiponus of the val id Contsol idatedl 1londs1 of this State, known ias ' 'Blrown llondis,"' and on the B. nds1 of *this State known as "DI eficieney ioids. " For thle coniv&eiee of the tax payers iI 5 will be at the fol.1lowing pulaices, at thec o timues stated buelow, for the collect ion oif 4 taxte: I Cent ral, 'Thursday, Mayi~ 7th, 1885. e I Lierty, F"riday, May 8th. S E tDcu(, vhiiTuechry., May 12t. I [urriennue, Friday, Mauy 1th-iv And ini my oillle alt the Cou.irt Htouse on tl all (other daiys inot mniiit ion ed ab ove. 1. . Juroirs', (Conistabhles' and1( Witness~ Certi- r fieates~ will he received for taxes. Ta';xpayeVrs are requested to be at the .above pla:ces, by 3 o'clock P'. MI. of each t (ay, as I am (omplelled to leave abo,ut that d time ini ord(er to reach the nuext ap)poinit- t All inoformiat ion as to taxes freely given d biy nmil or ot herwvise- t H J. T. HILL, Treasurer Pickens County. r ap) 161, 1885 28 t f d An Ordinance \ TV a meeting of the Town CounciJ P ick enus, held April '43d, 1885 following Ordinance as passed: B e it ordained by the Town Coo Pickens, that the Ordinai'.-f sai passed on 12th dlay oif A it an Ordiniance to ralise* e Tlown of P'ickenus for th .other purposes, and t h "May, 188 1, lhe and( the r entacted :and mwle th~ amneinments: Tan leetion of TPown' r the( 15th day of .h' 0 until the first. dIa o pena'&ty., {L, S.)1By urd12 a W. Tri McF ALMA A C Won A IP R 3 t. o A. 1H I' ] Mose.sue i Mose bum M Lal done t Ta mites o Chir dan , Ghih dan Ew lal naw Tub lal tan< Hot traluf g Esubad ti o Dozen Fish Ho: first Correct Sc. READ [ew Calicoes, Now Hat: ow White Goods, New r ling. ame Store-same and see m. Plant more Pots Bring ChiekenH Bring Corn an Bring Turnip ( Bring Money, 3ring anything yo oil to W.T L. XLWor OAe X: PICKENS C. 4. PA. MOE ro'r DEALER IN GI ON ~ECTIONARIES,SE JARS, MEAT, LAR ~ gr ~offee, M~oIlasses, Vi gei adny other thingsi toi)m oen. FINWARIE! . Stmpod and Sea ~ h irgest loL over broiigI I am prepared to n i Cinds of inw~are. Stovo Repairs furrr Rooting, Oluttori i Wr specialIty. I will pay the Hig aho lartor, for Hides, ,an 11 Country Produo, A. 4. mar 19, 1885 T. G. B .K Jeweler and W Ig cain St,, 2d Coi .U Sewving 1 THE NEW AMET NI he New Automatic be 'lose cash buyers wa WIRE EN VI j mar 5, 1885 \ OTIEishrb 'ill be opened at P~ rst Monday ini ea'ch ersonis to registe-r gight since the lae. ranIsfer such as8 hl en1ce, ad to rena erel i nter - efacedi C iirty da' otluag nm a SC ~~ONTANLY STCON ~~SE 'RUMP, Mauggr, ~iAIN T., CLUMBI, t.0