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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1892
Page
3
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The Sentinel rebukes Governor Tillman and supporters for labeling opponents as dupes and fools. It accuses the Journal and Tillman backers of inflaming prejudice and threats, while defending independent voices and warning against personal attacks.
A reflective admonition on personal change as time moves forward notes that old things pass away and all things become new. It urges readers to consider changes in their lives and those around them, to act kindly, aid the needy, visit the afflicted, and avoid regret in the coming year, ending with a quip about a sunbeam between cradle and grave.
A debate centers on two officeholders one paid £100 to £150 yearly and editor with a free pass, and another unpaid editor with a free pass. The piece questions reciprocity while noting Gov Tillman’s remark about asylum cows and a $36.86 per head sale price. Taxes on the cows are stated as $10 each.
In Brevard North Carolina on a Friday a U S marshal and deputy seized a fugitive sought in South Carolina. Sheriff Hart led a pursuing posse to free the man, a chase ended with the marshal and prisoner returning to Brevard and a horse recovered. The episode sparks warrants and calls for a stern, if theatrical, punishment. The letter-wagging correspondent also cites a proposed South Carolina state ticket led by Wade Hampton, praising his leadership and quoting his boast on preferring governorship over the presidency.
The Savannah News notes Gov. Tillman faces a cow themed dilemma in a bid for a second term. Taxable cows bought for the state lunatic asylum and cattle travel on an express to Augusta are cited as political hurdlers. The piece links cow related incidents to Tillman’s broader governance.
A Charleston traveler recounted a tale involving deputy sheriff Green of Anderson pursuing a man named Morris alias Williams for cotton theft and an arson charge. Morris was captured at Rutherfordton and brought to Anderson while two young women from Anderson allegedly pursued him for a different purpose. The story suggests a planned elopement with a share of the ill gotten money, though the ladies’ knowledge remains disputed.
The Orangeburg correspondent reports evidence that during the recent Alliance versus Jute Trust contest J. W. Stokes urged use of cotton bagging in the Cotton Plant while allegedly using jute bagging himself. The note adds Stokes did not own or edit the Cotton Plant in 1889 and notes his 1890 purchase and presidency of the State Alliance.
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