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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1890
Page
5
Open letters between Col. James A. Hoyt and Dr. Sampson Pope reveal a dispute over whether the State Executive Committee voted on a State primary and who can authorize such statements. Pope references Ridgeway speech coverage, Hoyt defends the committee and demands correction or publication of the full correspondence.
A July 1890 correspondence from Newberry to Greenville discusses a May 8 meeting and a June 25 convention, challenging assertions that the State Executive Committee voted 13 to 1 against a state primary. The letter accuses opponents of misrepresenting the vote and calls for corrections, asserting no such primary vote occurred and accusing outside influence of shaping statements.
In Bakersville North Carolina Friday Stokes Burlinson a prominent resident was stabbed to death by Mitchell Green a notorious rough Green is jailed amid fears of lynching by local residents authorities warn against mob action and probe the stabbing dynamics.
A Greenwood burial reveals a defection case from the Army of Northern Virginia. Lieutenant Edward Cooper presented a home letter from wife Mary and baby Eddie that moved the court to grant furlough requests, but the court sentenced him guilty until General Lee pardoned him, allowing him to report to his company.
Norton fled after shooting and killing Willie and John Bird at Norton's stable. The killings followed a mule trade dispute with Willie Bird and his brother John present. John drew a pistol, Norton fired, and both Birds died. Norton is sought by authorities.
A precocious infant at a christening pulls at the priest's sleeve and wipes away the water from its forehead while the ceremony proceeds in a calm, amused mood. The child later remarks that the face did not need washing.
Union, D C July 18 Mr Cox superintendent of Jones Co works on the Georgia Carolina Northern railroad was killed Wednesday evening near Fish Dam in this county A crow bar slipped while heavy rocks were moved striking him on the head He died almost instantly He is said to have been very wealthy.
The governor posts a one hundred dollar reward for the apprehension and conviction of those who attempted to kill the Jacksonboro marshal in Col County on June 27.
General Roger A. Pryor warns that enforcing the Lodge bill would provoke clashes in the South and drive away capital, disturbing racial harmony and threatening prosperity. He argues federal interference could inflame passions and injure peaceful race relations and industrial progress. J Simms, bank president, sees acquiescence possible if law passes, noting Northern capital already invested and deterred by lawfulness in the South.
John Whittaker near Oregon Bend, Kentucky, was riding home when a meteor flashed across the sky and a huge eight foot stone crashed into the wagon bed behind him, pinning the vehicle to the ground. Horses panicked, but the stone prevented escape. sightseers later examined the rock.
Dr Charles K Barlow, a leading dentist in the city, fasted forty five days with only milk or coffee daily. He weighed 245 pounds and measured 40 inches at the start and 201 pounds with a 35 inch girth at the end. His appetite has not returned and his daily board bill for fifty three days has been under 82. He feels well and continues active. his present diet is milk and ice cream.
Jess Mackey, a Black man, was badly cut and beaten by George Batterse Walter Beard and John Smith near the Columbia and Greenville railroad in West Find Greenville. He fled with a knife wound in the back deemed dangerous. The three young men are under arrest awaiting medical and legal outcome.
The State Farmers Institute will be held at Ridge Spring on the 28th and 29th inst. with sessions likely focusing on agricultural practices, education, and community reforms.
The South Carolina State Farmers Alliance met at Greenville with broad representation and a rising membership to 17 500 and 1 052 sub alliances. A plan for a mutual fire and life insurance company was discussed as was continued education and political demands aligned with the National Alliance.
A round of curious notes includes a 750 pound woman buried at New Madrid and 16 pallbearers, Grace McDonough poised to inherit $8 million, Senator Wade Hampton shaving his side whiskers, and vast British Navy and Army expenditures. Other items cover Jenny Lind’s grave, English harvest fears, Atlantic breakers’ force, nationwide Sunday Schools, Capt. McMickan’s Cunard voyages, a Montreal marriage of an elderly Methodist pair, long male bedbound James Melvin, a Detroit German’s failed dollar stack height stunt, and a Rhode Island humanitarian peer’s divorce amid cruelty claims. Also quoted are Sam Jones on Oxford and Bob Ingersoll on infant industries.
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