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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1890
Page
9
In London, Rev. Talmage argues from Acts sixteen the path to salvation through belief in Jesus Christ. He contrasts historical faith with heartfelt trust, extols Christ’s atoning death, and urges immediate trust to avert death’s fear and secure eternal life. He uses passion, vivid imagery, and personal appeals to seal the message.
A Greenville News report describes the State Alliance Ix Change office on Main Street as active after three weeks. Donathon, the State Business Agent, and assistant Thos M Berry outline a cash brokerage model with price lists from manufacturers, county agents, and sub alliances. Farmers finance orders with minimal interest, goods shipped direct to county agents, and widespread county participation anticipated.
Captain Gooding recounts the Portland bark Tewksbury L. Sweat wreck in the South Pacific. The crew escaped to Potent Island where an Englishman, Charls Irons, living as a native, aided them and arranged a canoe voyage to safety. The tale ties to letters from Somerset House about Irons, suspected of being William Charles Frederick Lyons, living among the Patents natives for years.
Morris heirs plan to challenge the will on grounds of undue influence after the acquittal of Mrs. Morris in the chloroform death case. The estate and a 10100 dollar life policy to Mrs. Morris trigger potential lawsuits and a fight by Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company to withhold payout until final judgment.
In Washington on January 30 Senator Ingalls and Senator Butler met after Ingalls speech on the negro question. Butler challenged Ingalls with a question about his motives, and Ingalls quoted Roman history about private laughter at the gullibility of the Roman people before walking away.
Reporter recalls a barefoot preacher named Robert Bell who, after being dismissed from the Biddleville Presbyterian Church two years earlier for preaching barefoot, erected a pulpit by a cabin and preached at top voice to an empty yard. He vows to deliver three sermons daily from his own yard.
In Flootenville district at W. T. Respess place a week or so ago two Black women died under peculiar circumstances. Viney Todd dropped dead near the well at her home and Susan Respess, aiding burial preparations, fell near the same well within ten feet of the spot where Todd died. She lived several hours afterward.
The captain of the steamer La Place reports that sailors who shouted Long live the Emperor while intoxicated were secretly executed in a Rio de Janeiro prison.
Gen. E. T. Stackhouse, president of the Farmers' Alliance in South Carolina, talks with the Sunday News about a Charleston County sub alliance, the college case soon to be decided, and the movement's rapid expansion. He cites practical gains and ongoing questions about debt, crop failures in Lancaster, and the jute monopoly, with details on organizers and membership.
The African Methodist bishops met in Seton Aln Cuarneston D C. They revoked Selma Alabama as the next meeting place due to race prejudice after the expulsion of Rev. M. E. Bryant. A ballot chose Philadelphia over New Orleans for the next conference site.
Charleston South Carolina residents react to a chamber of commerce executive committee resolution endorsing Congress's tonnage subsidies for American built ships. Doubt surrounds chamber approval and likely congressional support as public opinion in the city and state favors opposing subsidies of all kinds.
Jan 9 report from Denison Texas notes serious trouble as the Chickasaw Nation prepares to collect a five dollar per capita levy on white residents for the privilege of performing manual labor.
In Troy New York on January 29 a woman identifying as Mrs McGrath from Chicago shot Edwin Firth a noted inventor on a city street. Firth was mortally wounded and the shooter alleges she was deceived by him.
General Boulanger struck his forehand against a chandelier in his Jersey residence and sustained serious injuries. He received medical attention and his condition was described as severe.
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