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1 THE v PICKENS SENTINEbJo" MaH Ciitcrrtl April 1?3< 1003 ?t I'lchi'im, s. f' tin Hotoliil 'li"> 111t < t < r, uiidiiri'uluimrrH of .tlnrrli 3.1870 39th Year PICKENS, 8. G., FEBRUARY 10, 1910. Number ' W A Very Queer Case A MAN WHO HAS SLEPT FOR SIXTEEN DAYS STRAIGHT Malady of a Wealthy North Carolinian, W&o Went to Toledo to Mar ry. Puzzles Doctots. Physicians and detectives are i mystified over the peculiar con-' dition in which J. F. Smith- j wick, a wealthy cotton mer-1 chant of South Creek, Beau font county North Carolina, ha C i- * J 1 * iciuaiucju iui l/WO weeKS HT> tn< state hospital at Toledo, Ohio. During his strange sleep, whici began sixteen days ago, Smithwick has not spoken over a doz en words and at all times seem, to he unconsious. It was supposed when Smith wick was found unconsious in his room that ho was the victim of ^as, a small gas jo! above his head beinp; found partially turned on. There is no doubt in the minds of phvsicians that Smtthwick's condition has* been brought on by something j besides gas. At no time has the victim come into actual consciousness. At times he opens his eyes and watches the figures in the room,shut does not speak. Smith wick formed an acquaintance with a Toledo girl through an advertisement published in a matrimonial paper. After several week's correspondence he came to Toledo and r met his finance. According to her statement they had planned an early date for their marriage. When he was found unconscious in his room at the hotel the police started an investigation but the whole affair appears as much a mystery as it did the day he was found unconscious. Smithwick is fed through a tube and is given principally liquids. He has not been removed from tho hnsnifal if is feared any movement mi^ht prove fatal. The attending physicians do not entertain much hope- for his recovery. And Smith wick remains sleeping. When he will awake is as deep a mystery as what caused his relapse into the unconscious state. Up to the present he has slept just J384 hours. Several nurses have been in constant attendance working under the direction of att e n d i n g physicians, who had charge of the victims case. Many physicians, both local and foreign, ha^e been called in to see the patient, but all go awav with tho shake of 4-U.. U 1 U * i?ntj uwiu?uiey are as puzzled as tho rest. Bost Kirkland, while in an intoxicated condition, was run over and killed in Aiken county by an Aiken Augusta trollev car. Bon Roland and John Miller, whit.fi- irn in i-iil ?? ? T nvln^An ?V| w . ? JL?II *11 AJUAlll^lUIl on the charge of firing into the residence of John Head atSaxeJ Gotha Mills. Itev. Murdoch Mclver Ferguson, one of the oldest members of the South Carolina conference, is dead at his home in Aiken county. Flint Filled Butter. Butter that was sohl lo tho IOngKsh working d??8cs of the Wftles was adulterated with ground flink Tho ftlnt stones were ground and muoipulMtod Into n sobstance called "Kolwblo stttcn." 'Xbis dissolved In water formed a ftlff JelJy, whlcb was mixed wkh the hot tor, frc3b Knit nud- coloring matter being ndded. The compound resembled a very good looking dnhy made butter. Hurgfs Jvlust' 8erya. Lexington, Ky.?Beach IWyrgls must ervo his aonWnce 6f life ltnprlHonrtiqjit for tlie ipurder of hf* fatfiw, Jbtries Hargifr tho fondled, aecjJrqtog umiuou uy T.n*: IVQ&tiyky ftbtirt of appeals atjffjmfcfort. Hargrls Had asked fbr a rC'hfearTnf of hit appeal to the Qourt Qpfen4? leather? klilt Un?l?. (Jw?ftnWo?d, Mlrg.?SVill TU?rp^a?, It la said, interfered In a doe) bslween bis father and an uncle and fatally afoot his ynota, E. C. Komaine. l*he youth aurrandered to the authorities. The RoDrtalneR "are wealt&y plantar#, living at GriAnwocl. ??% . 'i NAIiuiiAL CKUSADE Millions Enlist Under Banner For Lower Food Prices. BEEF BARONS DOOMED nsi?i ?u?in8i nign hTice? is ueing Waged With Vigor and Determination?Already Its Effects Are Felt? Beef Barons Capitulate. Chicago.?The revolt against the high prices of foodstuffs is nation-wide Iti Its scope with millions of crusaders enlisted under its banner. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the gulf to Canada, gfrim determination to break the extortionate combinations and corporations which by arbitrary methods have raised the prices of al must everyinmg edible has made or the movement a huge melting pot in which creeds, color, politics and social status are fused into one great purpose Originating in the middle West, the movement recognizes no section as its center. North, South, East ar>d West are equally in its grip. Perhaps the most opposition it has encountered came in the South, hut that was scottering and occasional, while the enthusiasm with which it was acclaimed in the industrial centers, such as Birmingham, more than off pet it. Individual members of congress are among the movement's staunchost supporters, while President Taft, Car oinai uiDbons aiul many others of national prominence have expressed their sympathy with it. Although tho fight is not yet fully under way, itR Influence is making iteolf felt. The beef harems are reported as curtailing (he buying of their lfve stock to an extent that is flooding the markets with cattle. Retail Pri ces are showing materia", drops everywhere and cold storage concerns, particularly in New York, are said to he almost ready to dump their huge accumulations on the market Way below present prices in their anxiety to clean house before tho mnnv thi-nnfm./..! ? i * ? j Kmuu jury investigations got under way. From the foui points of llie coinpass comes (he cry, "Down With High Prices," and the wage earner and the consumer in general stand to win the fight. FARMERS REBUKE PACKERS. Missourians Agree to Withhold Produets From Sale, Nevada, Mo.?Three hundred farmess at a meeting adopted a resolution agreeing not to sell any cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs or butter for CO days, beginning February 1. Their action a protest against the statements of the large packing house Interests that the farmer and stockman is reonnnoiViln 1 ' ' * iui 11IKU fll'lCCS or loodBtuJfS. r? 1h Bald a letter will bo sent to all the farmers' associations In the United States requesting them to withhold thulr pn/duets from the market. MADE DARING ESCAPE. Prisoner in Floyd County Jail Fools Prison Custodian Rome, Ga.?A bold escape was mnde from the Floyd cornnty jail by ? 11 .. ? - ... da uiiuucii, it juiin>; wniie man. Charged with assault with intent to murder. Two visitors worn an. wod In the Jail to see another prisoner, while Grlnnell wns in the corridor. The prisoner donned a false moustache, which he had in his possession, chantflnp Ms appearance, knocked at the door of the jail and boldly stepped past the jailer as If he had been one of tho visitors. Robbers Chloroform Family. \VoyoroBR, fSa.?Robbors, who flrat chloroformed their victims, robbed J. R. Campbell and his wife at their homo in the country, near WaycroBB, gotting $3f> in cash. The tnonoy had been received by Mr. Cnniplioll in payment for some property, and after spending a pnrt of it he placed the balance under a mattress of his bed. lie knew nothing of the robbery until the morning after; his trousers, with (he handkerchief used in giving tho chloroform wero found in the front ol the house. 8torm In South Georgln, viormne, <?i.?a severe hurrlcfiao, ?x<l-fonrth of ft mllo wide, iKisaefl ovor thtH place and did conslde.Table damago On the plantation of Warren Winiams, near tho town, several houses were deatrotyed. Tlie plantation of L. M. Powell, n fow miles northeast of the city, also suffore<l considerable damage. Sovei'al persons were reported Injured In tho path ef the storm. Zelaya Goes to Belgium. "W 1 /??* - ? - Mexico uity.- jone Zelaya, formerly jwroqldent of Nicaragua, and who haa Been fh Mexloo City slncn the last of fyieemfeer, lofl ovor the Mexican railway 10c Vera Cru^, from which port ho will ?*11 on PVbfruary 4 In a Spanish stoamor for Bolglunx. v Reduce Wheat Dirty. Laredo, Tex.?Owing to the scarolty of wheat the Mexican government haa decided to reduoo tho duty on t&at .oereal beginning with Felwoary, * \ V Kenesaw M. Landis. Fudge Before Whom the Meat Case Was Brought. r" 1111 * Judge Kenesnw M. I.andls of the United States district court for the north ern district of Illinois, before whom t lie govern incut suit against the inoni | packets was brought. Is the.J>uist who Imposed tlie $20,240,000 Que on 11u> Standard Oil company. MAGAZINES FIGHT RATE. I ; Publishers Declare Postoffice Depart ment Made Error of $60,000,000. Washington.?That an error ol j more than $00,000,000 was made by J the postotlice department in its psti i mate in the deficit of carrying second viuoa n?cw. maviei, 10 tliaigCU Ull1 Association of American Magazine j Publishers. Some* 25 leading magazine publish ' ers appeared before the house com i mittee on postofflces and post roads and made strong arguments against | the proposed raise in rates. A pam : phlet entitled, "The Answer of the Magazines," attraccd great attention. | According to tills statement., (horn is ! not ft deficit In the postal department j of $17,000,000 ns the department alleges, but actually a surplus of more than $10,000,000, when the specllic loss on rural free delivery Is taken into consideration. "The department's figures of $f!1,000,000 loss on second class matter Is wrong by over $60,000,000," it is declared. MAY BE A CANDinATP I Editor John Temple Graves Said to Have Eye On Congress Seat. I Washington.-?Col. John Temple ; Graves, editor of the New York American, one-time candidate for t!ie United States senate from Georgia as a Democrat, and subsequently a can! didato for vice-president as a Hearst Independent, may be a candidate for i congress from New York city at the next election, it is said. If so, ho will oppose William S. Bennett, a Republican, and will run ns an independent Democrat. Cohmel Craves is a native (Georgian and a former Atlantian. SHOT BY CAR THIEVES. Special Officer Boyer, of Southern Railway, Dies in Columbia. Columbia, S. C.?Special Offienr Samuel H. Iloyer, of the Southern railway, who was shot through the | lungs by one of three negro ear thieves whom he surprised at their work In the Uoyster yards, near Co' lumbia, died in a local hospital. ThroB suspects. Eugene Davis. Ben Little and David Richardson, <ire believed to have madr> their way into North Carolina en route to the north or west. Rich Legacy Left To Church. Eatonton, Ga.?Under the will ol the late Mrs". Emmellno High Wright Union Chapel church on the Kast Putnam circuit, receives the home ol ; Mrs. Wright and 100 acres of land j adjoining. The church is one of the i /vi r>.I - inuuiuni ng wi iiiin.iiii. ii is near ino celebrated old Tompkins inn, on tlie old capital route. The membership within recent years has been depleted | by death and otherwise, and the fact i that the church Is to be perpetuated i as above staffed will be of interest to Methodism throughout both t tie county and state. ShiDD Welcomed Homo Chattanooga, Tenn.?With hands' playing "IMxIe" and "Homo, Sweet . Homo," Captain Joseph F. Shlpp was | greoted hero by at least 10,000 of his fellow citizens when he alighted from the train that bore him to his homo from Washington, where he had Just completed a sentence in prison for j cuniempi or coun in connection with ' tho lynching of Ed Johnson, a negro.1 Tt was the most unique reception ever accorded a private citizen of Chattanooga, and probably one erf tho most unusual occurrences in tho history of tho country. ( Premature Blast Fatal. New Ortoans.?A special from Po'i I Idmon, C. R., report* the des?th of Ave men and the Injury of two other* i at tho Planta Cobadilla mine, nour Port Limon, onv January 12. The j premature e**' ' tt of dynamite was l responsible . f tragedy. J el, 1 JOY THAI BRINGS WOE Shock of Sudden Glad Tidings at Times Turns the Brain. IT HAS DRiVEN PEOPLE MAD. Some of the Saddest Cases of Lunacy Are Those Where the Mind lb Unablo to Stand the Strain of Ncv/s of Unexpected Good Fortune. It is no exaggeration to assert, said nu as.vluui cl<> i<a* <>f Ion;? and varied experience, that there are scores of men and women in insane asylums WllO ililVI' I i f i ?! : i 11 V ^..i.l ili through excess of i y. Many <>f those cases which are, i my opinion, tlio saddest of ;iII have come under my own observation. 1 remember in the very llrst asylum with which 1 was cimmvleil one of the patients was ;s strikingly handsome and very well edu< ated man, who was as sai " as yon or 1 except on one point, lie wa < really a man of considerable v.eaoh, i uI his delusion was that 1 io wa ; iper, and he Would tell tiie nio^: j,;.; | tales of bis destitution, l.i .:u:i. . \. ;tl! tears in his eyes, for a few < jipeis with whieh to buy bread. According to i'i story told me, he tuv ?',in , .i >\i .iiin\ inn chant. In his \ uili Ik; had fallen anions evil .i : i :>s and had led I such a dissolute life that his father not only llireatem I to <lisinhcrit hlin, hut forhade hint > . er to enter his house a^ain. After thai he seems to have sunk into the Invest depths of poverty until he \\;ts v. lad to earn a few toppers l>y selling papers or matches in i le> sir< It was at this 1- -I and lowest slacn that news eamo him that Ills father had ilieil ii i * i . ii ili'H in? was heir (o :i 11 hi< vast l'ortuno. Tho sudden now; cmiiiiJ'Ii'Ii'I.v lurned t lio man's brain and hrouirtil <>n sueh a condition of oxritoment that no had to ho sont t<> an as. Itnsi, and when lio calined down njrnin he had lost all rcoolledinn of Ids '.:n<>il fortune, and XiotllilliC (.ulil >'.\ his 1I1 !ii-ioii thai lio Wilson the \ r >: > i 1 :*\ .11 ion. Another patient in the same asylum was a yoiin;r nil i' hi Ineid nioinents n most 1111i*lIitr<-111 !' 'low. wh >se "brain was turned," the s.i. in^r |v. <>n learning thai he had | .1 - . d an examination. lie had sat 1 r the matrieidation examination at the I'niveivity of London, 011 passing wld' h lie had set his heart and hart as'- ) a friend in l,on don (< win- the :? nil as soon as the names were sereened at Burlington House. j Ahoul three weeUs later eanie a fa[ tal telegram, I*:iiI* <i sorry," which sent the you::- in.iii into the lowest | depths uf <!i -1. :r : ir lie was too old to sit a;:ain. \ >i num.v hours later, however. <.i. another telegram, " 1 'asset! hoi: r vrr; sorry erusii so jtreat tlitl t >t : ai;n this morning." 1'lie lvvuM >:i It Ii11ir was so great that tiie siuth reason nave way. and lie l.i i 11:.?* vi' lent in his excitement t! I had to he conlllietl. Fortunately lie \\ . i >>t with us long and is now. I :i i ul:nl t>> know. dolnj< very well as a ! ii>>i\ Disappoi. : :l ; < >. ds many po??|?K? to asylum l.ut i very seldom (lull success in \\ t!rives a man uiii'.l. ( It had this r;i: however, on ; one c?f my lii i iii in- The jrirl lie loved I;.mI : . ,i to India l<> Ue> n house for Ii i- I i other before lie had K-rewi'd up Ii < iavce to the point of proposing to !: r. Iml an olier followed by mail very i. ti> !?l_. after her. Weeks an 1 ii' miis passed and no answer eanie to tin- inipalient lover until, afler waiting two years in do [-I'.III, IH- IM . .1 n: I lll'l'11 ID il K III WHO had 11<> 111is -r I>111 her money ha^s to !*<> <1111111>*11< 1 ln'i' and I'lir whom lie had not ii parti' li- i ! >\i'. S> r< ely, however, was his i.ile sealed I hail lie received I lie l"i de paired of letter from India. a>'< ; : intc his offer and oxplaining that the ill's brother had received and i>ii 1 id the letter, which had only just l?en found and had come into her hands. Within an hour of thciceipt of this letter the mail v. s i raving maniac, iiinl, alih<?ii_h hi - eondiiion is improved, I doubt whether lie will ever recover his re:isu:i. In another remarkable ease il was j i m: jov ;u -111 u" hit l: 11 < l >:i in I again that rohbod m hid;. patient < f her reason. UlT llllsha!a> I was 11ic? < :ipt :i In of n incrclmnt s!ii;> \. 11i<-ii was reported to have gone ilown willi all ha:nis. The widow hail ?I i pI>' iiioliriiotl her husband for in irly a year when one day oil returning from a walk she found him s i i tin in tin- drawing room as halo and robn t as over. With a shriek she fell unconscious en the door, and when she recovered her reason was none. Ii seems that her husband, after dealing for some time, had been picked up l>y a passing i 4* I I*ll 1? 111* * iilnl I. ' 11 l-.w?n l'in.Kk.1 /in ' l'? ' west roust of Africa, from which ho ! had returned homo by.the first nvnll- | able vessel London Spectator. Charitable. It Is siihl of tlio author of a volume of biography that bis verdict <>11 the great of his eh< en peril il is much that of the New Hampshire parson at the highly approved funeral of a parishloner: "brethren, we must agree that our deceased friend was mean In some things, but let us In Christian charity allow hat he was moaner in others." oom oiars. Poet"?rV TJtiU? CJIrl?Your pnpn owes n.,v jrp.i monoy. l.nwj-cv's Lit(lo Girl ?That's nothing. Pnpu MilI?1 ho w?n Kind to pet off with hlu llfo.?Hftltlmoro American. THE AGILE ESKIMO. Habit Enables Him to Scale Ico Clad Heights With Ease. "In all my experience 1 h;\<l never encountered n rougher, mere (UH'u nlt country In which to hunt tlnin i;i Kllesinere Lund," writes II:;j i .. Whit nev in Outintr. "nnliimi ;i. i - - .. ? have believed these mountain -I , with wails of smooth r?> k : !n itln i with a crust of hard ice ami suc.v. quite unscalable. "In places they were almost pencildicular. Ha rely did they Viw ice to serve as foot or hand h< ! i. ai i Jutting points and tirni m i bowh were too widely scatl-ml to l>> < !' much help. "In tills his native land t!: ' has a decided advair i"<> while hunter. Itis lifetime < ' i once has taught him to ;:l< i e tec Hint liolr?l> , case that are rsJei: din . !I<- ; fearless, ami rw< the nam ,> Is not lits snperii .* as a < !; ' "As if by ma^ie and v.! ' parent effort the t\v<> I: ' the slippery walls far inc. Mow tli?y did i, I ;niiw, Now and : ;i i!? i \ t to "lit steps in t i: ice < r l i;%! * i.... .. i hoeii luirlod flow: w. .! ilrod feci Im l lie l "1 whs astonished cwn :,t pronrops, mill wh'-u I ; behind mo I folt ;i : l'.nl I here was no I: no lo<>k mbbod me ? !' a . try ii. "Tlio ICskimo lias n > < distance. Hi' is ond . <1 * artistic instinct < wh'n li draw a fairlv '< it i lino with v hi' li 1 i-; ;!i . miliar, hut ho cnniini toll it Is from one point t<? : wlion KsUliuos told to :i hound fur \v:is very < dovelopod t h:i I wo were This they nre novo:* ; un- < >1 not indloMlo. "Tllo Kskluios Iimvo ;i v. 'stung to donth' from ov? r | view. They in ! < :ily <;in : > t promptly, hut sleep smi h! as I hoy Ira vol when r permit. Tlioy yol sus;on tin;; hard frozen v.. moat or blubber. Thi ! do, for II Is s'i Ir<p: ; j-i i' invariably nauseated > siieeood vor\ well Willi ; i . doer's meal wln :i ! had i'. BLUNDERING r.Ev . Mir.tnUno TU,( M .1-. < Words ar?J Foeliit',. . "Druiikcmioss is I lly! i < claimed Hlsliop May < ii; ' 1 lords <111 a eolobr;:led n<> horrified was the pr-iai ! the papers next nxu'iiin,; 1 Kivcn utterance t<> : hi* \ nalian sentiment, "? : k Jolly!" I.ord Salisbury a 1 . tnaUer, but one of bis I : 1 spoiled when a careless i> oil his reference t > "i, Manitoba" into t lie nn>a acles and men at t'. I< . r. Sir Will lit in I Iatvouri \\.. quoted once. "< J iv.t t is I \ Kpliesiaiis!" lie cm!. plot form, but a r-oun j "(Jroat IMnah: W hat . : l.aiU u f knowledge ol i; talions is a |?ri:: . < porting'. I o." i Hindi* l !: I. from M:' " I. IJiil * Ill IK Tho ill y rcippr'ii : <! "tako him down" \va in <: could not iinlko lie:; I ir mysterious lit tcrmin*. i.u , tho sound as fur ?s pnssil. . Ills pen and prodwi'd 111* f Kcm: Tut come, thou boiM< . t . in lionvon she cropi and r Tin; speaker w;i> t:il; i more senses than <>iif. .. j. MWCTH. Know Where He \Vn:s. "Wlion I wns >;|iul.vii . i 1 Bald n musician, "tlioy u ? ?! < a talc about n mull 11;1111< I odd <>M charaot* r. \\ li ) i i bono in i?no of ihc lliero. ()no i inio i li< \ \ 11 o i a now ovortnro. T11r i- .. Hnrpor \\ as a lit do lu ll i .1 i. tlio moil. l?of<?ro l hoy > i;11 onil time tlio loador ropi for not coining in in- ri r< : i tho olhor players. \\ lion i oil It again llarpor ouuio i t. two or lliroo I i !ii11 r lender stopped mid. * a lot of profanity, den .n.. I If the trombonist knew lie n about lialf a dozen nop others. "Harper nodded. 'Tli:i; said he. 'I can caleh t:;> u it its any time 1 want t " .".i . I phla Telegraph. Hie Great Lo^-,. "Well. (Jni'g?\" (>\< in 1 t > I. or as ho jrivelod c>no el' IT ! : . < 0110 Now Voiir's <Im.y. ",imI a ?, <1 V> on last yooar?" "Aye. malstcr." was llio r< i ';*". " wur a bad ycear for I I ?ild l missus. 1 did loso my I i, <1 id loso my <lop. Ami wr.r a ! dog too."?London News. Self Pr^'-ction. "Yrtll flUln'f r "'<! n wlo" "I was driven .u it. Now ;tlio fibber won't try to noil mo nny tonics or hnlr restorer."?Louisville CourierJournal. Never ndrt the bv". ,i of ye ionlfty's troul>lo to that of tomorrow. Tlio quo Is pnst; the otbor niny 1 < - con:?. ? - * mm??pf^| ?' - ~.h] -t ? J: K ^ * * i-v n . ..irf (.*' \ V" ? \T > <5t? , ,V ; ^^;fl i 'i, ' x f]4 ' ' . . ' - ''-I! ' : | . 4 i * r: >.h ,\ \(? ? r,rA - v. , ? < '"--; ,* * r- ? . I V t, 9 i ' v: L ; V*- ?* ? "** " * ? i' ^ H V: . " TV AitTSi i vr . - i. S r- | . >v . *' n M : : ' i V f / V 'AJ ?v ? r*"* *' t " : , i : met* i i > >; ;or- d.]V$?i j > i . liVs't | , the | lir^- nriccs.; 1 i:.i. ;v iTi;js?stive , , - -#r nr. . ;n. nt. . y vlli 'iv;or c :\n tdlU I . : .rthoM, . : 'Mv >->;i 5^<e pi * ? ? . ' , *' ' U --?< - * *! TT I }. ? a-. 1#.i u .# O '.. " rD/n> n n ( ;; c- & & ; iUa?i Ae ' , * A ! i ne mere rmite.ials to ot is require kiypAyjcacye. i v . ol: :< fertiliser source iroiti * plant food is 1 Each ingj R oyster* good: with a view ol the plant iron until harvest* is not ovqrfc ' ] time and i-ta r\t! r. ' V Wvf - ,V.V yen sexperiefy every bag. 17 e? TflADE * Sol J foy rellaftft , - V "'*} m ' ? r H F. S. EC-;-/. ! : : v -' -'TT" * *r'r- 7 "*?" pq>. a. I?. uayl i'otaanium. , \ v Aw 'ji i .. v. f.ira.- . telephoning m file 'Telephone s *r \vo?r and to'ar y .eclTiWr.vj iilt F f-fQiri his hor plan service c; j $x>!;iet write or to - . >:terA aririly J:? sfiecia ffl? .valut ;n the rHB V/I ich the ce goes With