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44 _P K NS SENIE _ URN Eutered April '2, 1903 at PickenA, 8. 0., as second las matter, undei act of Congress of Marh .3, 1879. I'l PICK SENT! isa: PICKES, S. C., AUGUST 20 1903. VOL. XXXIII NO, _____II -___________ES'__1_OURNA I Fe3alsii,181-? L g- S T~ !S EMiLiON msrves as a Nl- ito c.irey the veakcied and d :ym aloo iunti it can find S r pot i (:rdinary food. S lf(r fic:ztv , SCOTi'j. & 11w iN -l, Chiimis, 4o') .. l 8 , Now York. N. -,'o an (i1 amagu. AMONG OURSELVES. Alyl)o(ly that has an idea thit its a soft snap to run a ilewspaper such weather its this and itint u news whon there is nothing to writo a bout shotid undeceive thei solvts by undertaking the job for awhil. -G a ffly Ledger. Senator Tillman finds a pleasant field in Wisconsin to diCscu9 the tingro problom and is giving them hi4is usual "hot st tIf." Eight thusand paid their half-dollar a few ovenings ago to hoar him. Well could Tillman cxclaim: "What fools these mortals b,!" Dorchester Dimocrat. 'Tho Chicago papers insist that Tillman has beeii eating 'em ip alive oi the negro 1uostion and then they call upon tle . managers of the joint dubnt to send a bigger boy to mill than lBurson. The matter is that Tillman ihas the facts, the figures and the real son., timont to start with and thus armed he canl cope with the best of them. -Carolina Spartan. * * * Sonator Tilliman has reached a ,position wher) lie can h0lp South Carolina, if ho w ill dirEct. his efforts in a propor lirectioni. Ito cani go aiong tho home-sotEkers and turn th tido of immigration in this dit. rection, We need a good class of immigrants to flvelop our lands and if we can get them here it will add a great force to the solving ot 0111 labior prublemn.-Mamning 'Timties. Several iewspalpers in the Stato atro criticising Sonator Tillia n bo cauiso' of what he said n the do. bate with Senator liurton, of Kan saa, on the) negro question. Sona. tor Tillman was vrl.y mihl il hu talk int what he sai(l Was true. As le was invited to make Ih< sppecli, thero is no good roason why he~ shouild ha~ criticised foi tolling the truth.--Col umbia Rtec. ord. '"The facet that thlero are mnen ii t hat county,'" savs the (Columinhi stato, ini speakinig of the recali r ~ trial of Jett and W'hito in Breathill county3, ''who will go on the stant when by doting so they are certair their lives are imnperilled, is muel in Kentucky's favor. Ilow many are there ini that class who woukl so act ini South Carolina?'" Thii Stato shouldni't ask suich pertmneo Ejuestions. It might make somni patriot blush.-Dillon Herald. Sicidbe Prerenitedi. The startlinig annlounfcement that prevent1ivo0 of siciide' had been discover e.. will initerest many. A run dowi system, or desponden cy in variably pre cede suiicide~ and1 somhiLI1ing has het found that wvill proenti that coniditiom -which maitkes suiceide likely. A t the flrs thought of self destru'ition take Electrit lIitters. It bering a great tonic and ner vinoa will strengthen the nerves an' build up the system. It,'s also a grea r~tomaich, liver' and kidney regular. On ly !00. Sitisfactioni giiuaranteijd by ti The Cause of Many 9Sudden Deaths rhere Is a disease prevailing In th country most dangerous because so dece) U' tive. Many sudde II deaths are caused b It -heart diseasi pneumonia, hea: I failure or apoplex are often the resu - 4 rof kidney disease. kidney trouble is a lowed to advance th~ - kidney - p o iso n e blood will attack thi Svital organs or th kldneys themselves break down and wasi awa cIt by cell. Bla ddecr troublcs most always result fror a derangoment of the kidneys and a cure obtinedl quickost by a proper treatmentc the k'idneys. I you are feellng hadly yo ca~n make 1no mistake by taking Dr Kilmer' Swamp-Root, the great kidney. liver an bladder remediy. It corrects inability to hold urIne and scakc ing pain in passing it, and overcomes ths unpleasanlt necessity of being compelled go often during tihe day, and to get up man limes during the nIght. The mIld and lb iextraordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is sool realized, it stands the hIghest for Its woni derful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root Is pleasant to take and soli by all druggists In fifty-cent and one-dolla sized bot tles. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful niew dis covery and a book that tells all about it, both nfomeo oswamp.nloot. sent freo by mall. Address Dr. KIlmer & Co Binghamton. N. Y. When writing mentiom reading this generous offer in thIs paper. -Don't make any mIstake, but remembei the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer'i Swamp4Root. and the addross, Binghamton bl. Y., on overy bottle. AN UGLY CHARGE. Ashevite Railroad Man Arresteel on ti< Charge of Making False Returne in iteports. Asheville, N. 0., Specil.-As toniliment prevailed in railroam circles when it becamo knowi Monday that 0. 1). Guiro had beet arrosted on the charge of embezzle mont. .uire hold the position o yardmastor with the Southern rail way eC(iulany and a wnrrani which was served during the fore noon charges him with having em bezzled $1,000 by reporting over time on the agts of the lnrg' numbor of men employed undo him and putting the balance if his pocket. When detected two dayb ago Guire sought to compromise, bul the law departieut of the railwa.3 coilpany declined to entertaii such a proposition . Guire, wh( had hoped to escape snch einar. rassnont, was very much affocted whon placed under arrest, and is said to have made surprising ad iissions, saying, among othei things, that his peculations had covered a long period and involved an am.unt much larger than that nand in the warrant, Guire has a wife and two chil. dren who reside on Park avenue. le tried to give bond and thus vs. cape the necessity of having to re main in jail that mght. Several citizens had a conference in thf offico of Justice James just befor< dark, but they decided not to sigi the bond. THREE WHITE MEN SHOT. Datardly Attack In the Country Neat Charlotto by N# groes on White Men Charlotte, N. C., Siecial.-AE Messrs. Alexander Aten, Sam Phillips and Sam and John Law, ton, of Long Creek township, wer( retuni'llig from a camp-meoting al Rock Springs Sunday afternoonl they were met by four negrons whc had been attending a colored camif meeting, and, as the result of - quarrel, three of the white mon were shot by one of the negroes, Sol. Shuford. The white men who were traveling in two vehi. cles, turned to the right to nllowN the negroes to pass, but it is said that the negroes, who were bois. torous and in an ugly humor, de liberately brought about a collis ion bet weon the vehicles in whici the parties were traveling. Sluford, who appeared to be th. loader of thle negroes, dIrew a re volver and, with an oath, begmt firing. The first shot took efi'eci in Auton's body. The negro con, tinnedl to fire until lbehad emuptiet his revolver, striking and sh~ghtly wouinding Sami and John Lawton The woun ded men were catrried( to Davidson College and giver medical attention. The negroes have not yet been arrested. MARITAL J)IM5ENsION. In the early days of marital dis sensmon, in the first consciousnesi of deflection from fidolity, it seemi marvellous that meni and womei are not visited by visions of thei clhildren 's faces, appealing, he seeching them: "Forgive, for bear, bo true; think what it wil be to us to lose the love and life c home and] be worse than orphane( by your volence todey.'' That a man should willingly an< wilfully make his children afrai< -of him and ashamed to hear hi name is incredible, even though w, - se it (done ev'ery day of our liven That a woman should forsake th children to whomi she has givoi *birth, or for any cause forfeit he Sright to call them hers, is more as n ton ishing than that ehe should de ibrtly take their lives. Al 'i excess of insanity might make he tfillf to tbe, for them, but dutflblessing.- That she shorul' shut them out of her he-art ane d wound andl inuo them by dit Sgracing herself andl~ deser ting then B couid only be the p~roduict of snel moral aberrat ion as to seemn beyon< s our eimiprehensioni. Patience scomns a mengre wor' sto apply to the situations out c which snehi tragic cone guences air - slowly evolved. Yet if in thos crucial days of testing in which th r' character and force of the love o men01 and women are found out an< - disclose themselves, this homol; but pathietic virtue could he brough to bear; many a deoserted homn would find the wife at her post e duty, many a mother, now absent would bless8 and kiss her boy good night.-The Knigh t. Th'Ie IBejt Prescriptiolla for Mai Chills and Fevor Is a bottle of Gnovu S TAAM LUPSCIOmr.,.'rOmo. n f asihay Iron anfiu(ni In a tstlessM form, M euro-ito pay.,id Boy Adrift at Sea. Now York, Special.-The Mor gan lino steamor Eldorado, whici arrived hero Thursday from Oal veston, had on board i twelve year-old boy who was found adrifi in an open ljoatabout 100 miles of the Georgia coast on August 10. Ile was linked and Ilmilost dOac from exhaustion. After tho lat ihad boeii revivod some ho told Capt Prescott that with two other boyl he was fishing outsido the harbor of Havana when the boac broke adrift and they wero unable tc row it ashore. Two of the lads seeing the land rapidly receding, plungod into the witer and swam for tho shore. The other was un. able to swim so far and remained inl the )oat Without food or wator util picked up by tho Eldorado. Make Norfolk Great. Norfolk, Va , Special. -The Great Rock Island and Seaboard Air Line raihway interest, whose comblhi nat,ion was affected Wodnes. day, has obtained options on the entire water front of Portsmouth, Va., giving it tho greatost deep water terminus in America. Information has been received hero that the Rock Island, now in control of the Seaboard, will have division headquarte-rs in Washinug. ton, an(d will operate a close sche(. ule of through traiins by agreement with tho other roads. CHILDREN BURNED ALIVE. Were Lock(-d in a Hoaue by Their Patrents Who wet Away to Attend Cturch. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.-In, formation has reaciol the city of a harrowing tragedy, by which the four children of Charley Iine-, colored, were burned alive lit their home o the farm of Ernest Weber, near Wingo mills, 18 miles above the city. Charlely IIiniesq a(d ( his wife decided to go to nwetiig Sun day night at a church of worship for colored people abo;ut one or two miles from their home. Like great many people, whit" and colored, they thonght the best thing to do was to lock the children up in the house whilo they wore gone. This was quickly detormined on, and foir little colored childrei, rang in1g in age from 3 to 12 years, were locked lp in tho house. Or, their return the Parents were greeted with the appallinig sight of smouldering ruins an(d charrod obl)jects where their quniet, unpre tentiouis cottage had boon1 sitiuated. Durmitg t he night, in their abI sene,~ tihl house (caught on firo by sonic mean andlSI 1( t he clhildron I, the en t ire hiousehiold effeicts and thle buiild inig wo.re redileced to ashes. SEABOARD IS SOLD. Two stories out1--one that It onues to Htck Jaland,,-The~ Other any. A. 0. 1. ased! )4outhern tionahit It. Thle report was conifrodl in Now York Thrsa of the sale of the Seaboard Air Line raiiroadl. Tfher are two reports in circulation. One to the effect that the Rock Is and1( and St. Loutis4 & P'an Fran..i ciSCO interests desireid to puirchlase the Seaboard Air Line, and the other was that the now owners of the line were the At lntic Coast 11ne anid Southerni irailway, joint While no authorized statement could be0 obtained it. is Jearned from unofflcial sources that capi talists representing the Rock Is. lan and ito St. Lotuis & Sant Franicia. CO titheri had1( bou~ght, or were likely to buy, coiitiol of tile Sea. board Air Lino on the curlb. r ThecSe4aoad Air Line stockI advnce 24and2!! on rumi~ors that .the control hatd changed hands. 1End or Bitter Fight. r '"Two physicians had aL long and stnhl a born light with an ablscRss Oin miy righi Slung" writes J. F. Ilughes ol DutPont thmoughit my3 time hadl comei. As a las resort I tricdl Dr. Kings New Discovery for conlsumflptioni. Th'ie beneitfit I re(ceive( was strikcing anid I wa':s on my feet in few day's. Now I've entirely regainet my health."' It c'onqtuers all Coughs (lolds and( TIhroat an Lun ~i Ig troubles 1 (uarnteed by the P'iekens Druig Co PrI iie 50 andiu $1 .03. Ti ial bottles free. The State's First Bale, Augusla recoivo(d its first bale o f the ne0w .cottoni crop Wednesdal 1 nigh t. It was5 giownl by II. C r Folkc, of il-mbe~rg, and was con t signed to Popo & Fleming, oif An a gusta. Puts an Endl to itAll. ,A grievous wall ottimnes comes as - result of unbeaotrable pain from overtaxes organs. Dizziness, backaohe, livcr comn plaint andi constipation. Bunt thanks ti i Dr. Kings Newv Life Pills they piut at end to it all. They are gentie bu Sthorough. Try them. Only 25c. Guitr o anteed by Plckens Drug (jo. WRECK ON SOUTHERN, FIUEIGHT TIAIN's WILD RUSH )OwN THE MOUNTAIN. Engineer Averill and Fireman Air Killed in the Death Trap at Melrose. Urakos Ealed to Work. Spartan burg, Aug. 13.-Another disastrous wreck occurred this af ternoon it 2:15 o'clock ol that death trap of the Southern railway known as the Melroso grade, where so many people have boon inijired, sone killed and thousands of dol lars worth of property destroyed A freight made up of a big mo gul engine and thirteen box cars loaded with coal, was coming down the mountain side on the Melrose grade. When Saluida was reached Etigi ticer Averill found that the train was beyond his control, and the brakes would not work. Down the heavy grade, one of the stop est in the United States, the train literally flew. There was no opportunity for the engineer or fireman to jump. They remained at their posts until the huge locomotive diverged from the track and plunged with indescrib able force down an embankimient, carrying death and desolation and destruction of property in its wake. The engineer, J. II. Averill, Jr., was killed outright ; tho fireman, H1. Air, of Asheville, N. C., was also crushed to death. A brake man, whose home was at Biltmore, had both of his legs cut off by the car wieelps, and there is littlo, if ally, hope (-f his recovery.' Eleven of the thirteen cars aid the mammoth engine were totally wre"lced, andl(] the oal is heaped about th scene of the tragic acci denit in heavy, black mounds. Engineer Averill wasi a son of Col. J. 1H. A verill, of Charlostoni. Col. and Mrs. Averill, and the wife and children of the deceased are spending the summer at Saluda, only a short distance from the scoe of the wreck. TO FIRE THE WARDEN. Man Who eat Diinond Queen Must Leave His Job). Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Warden Allagood will be discharged freni his poBitioll at the stato prison farm, and there will be no more whipping of feialo con victs in Georgia, as a result of tho story told by Mamio Decrist to the in vest igatiing comm iittee. That story, alleginlg thalt she was whaip1:ed bo caiuse she nieg'cted thle amorous advances of WaVrden Allago.>d, hasi caused such a shock throughout the state as has never hwforo been ex parlenced. Governor Tekrrell1 has requested that thin prison comm~iission dis clhairgo AlIlagood, and th is regn.tit will undoubtedly ho grantod. The p~ublic is divided as to the truth of the woman's charge that she was improperly approached by Warden Allagood, but whet her the condunct of the wvoman was goodl or' bad ; w hether her character was blemished or spotless, wvhot her she has told the truth or not these questions are not argued for the present. A white woman has been flngged by a white man-one a convict at the mercy of a man olothed w'ithi authority of the law -the other the m'an above all oth es supposed to see that the pitiful creatures under his charge ale hus inanely treated. It is also probable that Mamio Decrist will be par dlonecd, and1 it is certain that the developments in her case will eliminate many of the brutalities whlich have disgraced Georgia's convict system. ARRESKTKD HISl WIFE. Atlants, da., Spoial.-Rill Adams, a negro laborer of Green ville, S. C., camne to A tlanta Mon dayV with a wairrant for Rosa Ad ams, his wife, chiarginig that she committed larceny by dlisp)osing of Imortgaged property. A iderd by Patrolman Cooper the nogro ar rostiid hiis wife a nd she was sent to police barracks. Adams claims lie was deputized to Comle to A tlanta and arecat his wvife, bu1t, as the proceeding was rather uniusual, the woman is he ing held at police barrascki until the authorities at Groenvillo can h)0 boardl from. Cholera Infraitumi. This disease lhas lost its terrors since Chiamberlaln's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhioea Remedy caimo into general use. -The uniform suiccess which attends thie utse of this remedy in all cases of b)owel complaints in chilbben has made it a favoite whecrever its valnse has~ become known. For sale by P'ickens D~rug Co. and Earle's drug store, Pickens and 'T. .c.Hunter- Liberty. Marlboro After Scotch Immigrants. Bennettsvillo, F. U , SpecinL. An effort is on foot by A. J. Math oson, who has visited Europe sav crai times, to induce a colony of bra wny ScAtch men from the onorth of Scotland to como to this coun try and tako the place of the no. grt.os who have left hero in such largoi numbiers within the last few years The "Scots" are p or but intelligent, hard workers, indus. trious and would nake good citi wmus. The question of farim labor ors is a serious one, the poor white laborers have gone t-, tih citton mills, the negr<.es have cong'ega ted in towns and cit 1 nld em i grated to Georgia aid FluriJa, while largo iumbers have voi.o to New York, New Jersey, Washing ton, 1). 0., and other northern statos. ft is claimed that these immigrants in laIge numbers can be put in South Carolina for $15 each, provided the railroads can be interested and furnish local transportation. I find nothing better for stomach and liver derangement and consti pation than Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tiab. lets.-L. F. Andrews, Des Moines, Iowa. For Sale by Pickiens Dcug (Co. and Eirles Drug Store, Pickens, and T. N. liunter. Liberty SOUT dEutN L ,ilORiR4 (10 TO VIlt GINIA TO WORK. Charlotte, N. C., Special.-A par'ty of about 25 negro mon left Charlotto Sunday night for Inlet, Va., where they aro to join the forces alrealy there in the work of double- tracking the Sou thern rail, way. Another party of about 25 men left Tuesday morning for that place to a'so help in the work. The crowd that went up the other night camo mostly from White Oa.ks, Sh(O., while those that left this morning were from atound Charlotto. The forens that are nlow egaged on this work nun her soveral hundrod, and nearly overy day large nubners are ad dod. The Death Penalty. A little thiing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere scratch, insignifi cilit cuts or puny boils have paid the death penlty. IL is wise to have Buck len'S ArnIicaL salve ever handy. It's the best salvo on earth and will prevent fatality, when burns, cores, ulcers and piles threaten. Only 25c at the Pickens Drug Co. PACOLET COMPANY RECOVERING =DODS. Thel' Pmcolet Manufacturing Co., is sItill rt covern g property that wa losat ini the, lmod ot' soveral mnonthIs ngo. Ftor the last severail days the company has had a wagon going thlirough then Colut ry gathmerinmg up cloth that was carried from along the0 river banks since the June Iloods b~y thme popple. It sems I hat imanhy people u em t to the rivoer an elpei~ld t hmelvyes, says tihe J1.urnal1i, b)oth white aind colored, tcloth anld otheri things from the wicknge, all of nhich was en tirely wrong and now they are having to give up their booty or be0 prosecuted and( brmo ugh t hofore the mnajesty of thme law. Thio company is prepPared to is sue search warrants for all houses where they are refused admnission. TIhey have a magistrate with their wagon) ready to issuo warrants wvhen they meet resistance. They bring a wvagon lead, anywhere from 40 to 125 bolts. This cloth is found in many houses whore it would be least expected. It is a lhttle funny to hear how some people have the good3s hid away. Th'le cloth is returned to the. miills and1( what is not damaged is rC-arranged and sold and thoe dam-. a'ged is worked over and disposed of with the other damaged goods. Taikeni WYith Crampse. Wmiu. Kirmse', a member of the b~ridge g~img working near Litt leport was taken sudndenly ill 'I huiday night withm cramps ndl a kind of cholera. Ilis case wa's sno sever~e that hie had to have thme members of the crewV wait on him and Mr. (Gifford was called and consulted, ie told themi hei hand a medicine in thme form Chambem - lain's (Colie, (Choera andi Diarrhoea ibm edy that ',he thoiughat would hl.p him ou t andu accordingl y several doses were admiinistered wit~h the result that thme fellow was able to ho arounmd next day. Thme inidelant speaksc quite highly oft Mr. (lilforwd's imedoicines.-EI kader, Iowa, A rgue. This remedy3 never fails. Keep It in youmr home, it. may suae life. F'or sale by Picke'ns D~rug Co aind Earle's Drmut Stoie, Pickens, aind TV. N. 1Innter, Lib erty. Masny Scisool 01alldreu nyre Sickly. Mothecr Gray's Sweet 'owders for Chmilren, us.edi by Motho (oray, a nurse iu Chtidrenm's Ilmon New York, nreak up Coldns in 24 hmours, cure i'e verihness~, Iieadachu~ie, Stomachei trouities, Teeth tng iskorders, andt desitroy w~ormsi AL t l rug gi4tsm, 2c. mpiile mallit ~i tRFt K. Addiress, A hien O.mmhnsted, Ie RoyI, N. Y ".JVf* Early. Rlsors The famous ilitle pills. NEGRO AND WHITE MAIR ARE LYNCHED TOGETHER. NEGRO FLECD AN) WAS CA.'rTUJg) IVY PO1004,, 1hUT T11F. Vimi'r MAN RUIMAINEI, AT 103L-'. Mob Took Both Mea A way aad LIynched Them Qulekly. Albany, Ga., Aug. 14 -Reporth recoived here this morning are to the effoct that a white man narned l'hompson, atnd King Wrigitman, a negro, wero lynched yesterday afternoon at Hartsfleld, a ltti village, in Colquitt county, sixty miles southeast of this place, for assaulting a white woman near [lartefield last S aturday night. Full details of the lynching have riot been receivedi hero yet, but it is known that a posse which had boon searching for the nogro Wrightan :n had Caltured himin ten miles south of Albany yostorday afternoon. Thompson, the white man, it is reported, had not endeavored t, escape, and was at his home whl n the mob captured him. Thle two men were lynched to gether by the band of infuriated men who had 0been pursuing Wrightman since the ight of his crime. As soon as the assault upon the white woman was reported a posse was instantly organized, and the iunt for the two meu begun. Wriglitman fleLnd had been in aiding in the different swamps of Dougherty and Colquitt counties. Thompson had remained quietly it ho re, and it is said, had made 1o attempl)t to escape. After the mob had secured Wrightruan, yestordity afterno), hey welt t inmmediatcly to Thiomp on's louse, whore they found in, and taking him with the iio ;ro, carried him to the outskirts f Hartsfield, and hanged thimn to t nearby treo. STORY OF THE, CliE. On Saturday night, Augi.st 1st, Widow Mathis was called to the loor of her home, in tie little vil age of Hartsfield, Colquitt coun ,y. On opening the door she was ;eized by two men, dragged into ;he yard and assaulted. Sho ree )gitized her assailants to be a vhite man namen Thonipson and t, negro, King Wrightman. Be. .ore parties whom her cries at. ractedl arrived the assailants had led. Thompson went to his hlome', not ~hinking that he would be moles ed, and the negro took to the wamps. ~~ TJhursday miorn ing iniformnati:>ni a tj his whereabouts was receivedl md a posse of seven men) startedl iut in pursuit of him. H~e was aught in Dougherty county, ten niles below Albany, and carried >ack to Hartsfield. On the way back to Hiartsfield vith tihe negro the posse called by rhomlpsonl's house. Ho, too, was tamken in charge by he mien. Late ~i tihe afternoon they reach ad the little village where tihe ri me occurred1; and there TLhomp on and his negro confedcrate yere strung to tile samne tr:e. It could1 not be learned by the non1 jusit wVhat part eacih performed nI tihe crime. Thle actual assauilt being charged o thle other by each. So the posse0 lynched bo0th the wegro and tile white manl. BRIDE'S TRAGIC END. [)ropped Dead Two Hours After the Wedding. Charleston, S. C., Special. Wednesday night Miss S. Malone was married to Mr. Charles Cal ho0un1 Tyles. A t 8 o'clock, two htours later, the bride died in the arms of her grief distracted bus b~and. The yountg couple had boon enlgagedt for mon thl. Miss Malone wats anl invalid, suflierinlg from con sumption. Lately, however. hl( r healthi had greatly improvedI and WVednesday nl )igh t Mr. TFyle and htersel f determnined to wait no lon ger. The marriage ceremony was. performiel by thle Rov. A. E. Cor nish~, of St. .Johnis Hlomeitead, ini tim prelsence of a fow frienlds. Tlhie newly married couple held at brief reception) at the home of tile bridec's aunlt and theu rep~aired to the home wvhich tihe groom had pre p~aredl at 93 Nassau stree-t. As they crossedi the thlreehhlold the bride fainted, a sta eamn of blood pouting from hler mlonth. She wias pro niouniced dead within all hlour, Both of tihe youngl people were well k'nown nnd( nonnular inl the city. W.1. McFALL, J. S. WVII President. * The Pickens DEAT ('!Cotten Seed Meal,I Ginning Cott Capacity 50 J R. H. CURETON, Mgr We want to buy all th< top of the market for them. A first-class ginnery. Satisfactory turnout and a f As soon ae the season meal and hulls for sale. We will be ready to gi your last one. WANTED AT ONCE Wood. Help us to make a su, giving us your patronage at measure and running over.' The Pic A LETTER FROM A PICKENS COUNTY SAILOR BOY. U. S. S. Cinconnati, Colombo, Coylon, July 6, 1903 The Pickens-Sentnel Journal: Mr. Editor: Enclosed you will find some clippings from the Coy lon Standard that might )e of in torust to some of the readers of your valuablo paper if you soo fit to publish them. I am glad to say that I am on joying myself fine. We left Ville Franche, France, on the 21st of May and arrived at this )Ilaco the 20th of June. We had a very line trip with the exceptions of the heat coming through the Red son, and we had four days of very rough sons on the run from Aden, Arabia, to this place. We are on our way to Cii Fu, China; and expected to get thero about the middle of July, but we have been dalaved already about fifteen days on account of the Raleigh which broko down just after loaving Adeni and had to return to Aden for repairs. She left there about the 3d and expect hor here about the 13th. Although we are in the tropics, it is very pleasant here, there is a Iine( sea b.reeze all the time. We are living high and~ having great spot driving in Rick Shaws. I Irovo all about the island near Dolombo. On every side one is mrrounded by almost all kinds of tropical fruits, Bananas and pine apples can be had for the trouble of taking thoem, as many as you Ban carry. I will send you a picture of a Rick Shaw and a singalese lady. 1 received one copy of the Senti 10l on arriving at this place. I hope there will be several ot thenm waiting for me at our destination. It is like receivmng a letter from home to get the paper. You will pleaso send paper care of Postmas ter, Sanfrancisco, Cal., instead of Navy Department, at Washing toln. Wishing you much success, I elose. Your friend, Joe 1H. Keith. IR,low are some clip~pinlgs from the Ceylon Standard, published on the island of Coylon, sent us by Mr. Keith: "We extend our deep sympa thies to the officers and men of the Royal Artillery in the terrible ac cidernt whlich occulrredl on Saturday morning, while a salute was being fired in honour of Independence Day. No less (1o wo extend otur condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased men, inl tihe old count ry. It is long since Co. lombo has beon the scene of such a dellorable occurrence, but it was 0one of those occurrences, con stantly met with In life, wvhich come at the most unlookod-for ti moos, and from causes which are not always easy to dliscover. One hiundred and1( twenty-seven years ago on) Saturday British soldiers woie dying in) contending against the flag which now British soldiers have died in honouring. The tranislation furnishes much food for thoulght and--though the event wre, unfortunately, attended by sneh iain ful accomnpaniment--also thannregiving, that the great En glish-speaking Powers of the world are, no0w bound together in a b)0nd( whlich shall never be broken. The eloquent andI sympathetic words sp~okeon by Capt. Rodgers of the SO0N, R. E BRUCE, Vicc-Pres. Sec. & Treas 161 Mill Compa ly,4 iERS IN lulls, Oil and Liuters.,-"1 on A Specialty. 3ales Per Day. seed you have and will pay Capacity 50 bales per day. ine sample is our guarantee. opens we will have plenty of n your first bale as well as -500 cords of 4 foot pine 2cess of this enterprise by id we will assure you "good kens Oil Mill Co. ing, at general muster, will be re. ceived with much appreciation by all classos of citizens in this Col oily. TH. E "Gt~ornos Fouirr.'' CE.EnAorAT ONs IN COIAM 110. TiE AMEIR1AN CoNSIi, "Ar HOMF.'' Saturday the 4th of July, as our readers qre aware, was the nation il holiday of the United State.of Amorica. 'The two American cr -erIs, the "Albany" and theIin cliati," now il harbo celobra ted the day in true An rican fash ion, the rojoicings being thorough. ly in keeping with the glorious3 traditions of the "Stars and Stripes." The two vessels present, ed a gorgeous panorama of colour, being covered with a wealth of flags and bunting from stem to stern, H M S "Highilyer" was also gaily decorated with flags and ponnants, prominent among which the stars and stripes floate(d proud ly in the breeze. Many of the other vessels in the harbour also had lavish displays of flags and the Larbour wore a gala. holid y app'earance. On Saturday last-the "Glori our Fourth"-an appalling and most deplorable accident occurred at the Saluting Battery in the Fort. The day was one': which all Ameri cans and Englishmen as well set apart for uninut errup1ted enjoymen t and interchange of national salu tes. It had been dlecided b~y the Military Authorities in Colomnbo to honour the A mericans and their cruisers now in port by firing a salute of twenty-one guns. Ac cordingly a detachment of' the 88th Company of the Royal Garrison Artillery marched to the Battery and there commenced the saluting. All went well until the 21st-and last-gun was fired, wvhon Gunner Higgins laced a blank 31b). charge of powder in the muzzle of an old muzzle loading gun. The charge, unfonrunately, exploded a little too soon1 with the result that Gunner Higgins was killed on the spot and Gunner Clarkc, who was standing closo to the muzzle, in order to ram the charge home, was also very severely injured-so much so that he expired at 4 :45 p. mn., the same day. Prompt ac tioni, however', was taken in thio matter, and the deceased as well an the inljuredl man wvere removed quickly to the Station Hospital, where the latter was attended to with the utmost care. lit proved of no avail, however, for just as the funeral party were marching out of the Barrack Square with the ro mains of the unfrtunate Gunner Higgins it was reported that Gun ner Clarke had also expired. The Americans, who had looked forward to an enjoyable day, and had fixed their Sports Regatta and Officers' "At Home"' for the after noon. unanimously abandoned all enjoyment out of respect for the men who had (lied wvhilst docing them honour. In this connection it must be0 mentioned that the flags and all signs of decoration that were seen in the early morning were iminmediately taken downVI, and almost every American sailor wvho had a chance of coming ashore, as well as all the lhherty muon already ashore, were p~resent at the ceme tery. One of' the latter, after the funeral rites wore over, placed a beautiful wreath on the grave-an act which was gratefully appro ciated lby their British cousins. Gunner Higgins was a young man, 23 years of age and~ had served in the Regiment for only four yearn and nine months, He was popular ini his Company and the number of~ his comrades who fell in quito spontaneously to participate in the funeral obsequies wvas quite enough t I p~rove hi4 pol~ularitY.~*