What a way to go, huh? >SUICIDE IN CHARLESTON >[June 11] J. I. SORENTRUE, 45 years of age and a retired merchant of >Orangeburg, committed suicide at the Argyle Hotel here some time last night >by drinking carbolic acid mixed with soda. -----Original Message----- From: Toomean2@aol.com [mailto:Toomean2@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 3:36 PM To: SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCSPARTA] "The Free Lance" Issue: June 19, 1903 "The Free Lance" Issue: June 19, 1903 JIM WILCOX'S VIOLENCE A special from Elizabeth City, N.C. says: Jim WILCOX, twice convicted of the murder of Nellie CROPSEY, left here today in charge of Sheriff F. T. WINSLOW of Perquimans to begin his 30-year sentence in the penitentiary at Raleigh. Previous to the arrival of the officers at the jail he offered to sell the jailer a pistol, and to his amazement took a 38-calibre revolver from his pocket and fired three shots, then gave it to the jailer. He claims that he carried this pistol during both trials. It was fastened to his leg by his garter. When the officers appeared he had to be carried from the jail by force. He cursed and swore at them, refused to wear a neat suit of clothes provided by his father and insisted on wearing old trousers and worn shoes. He said to the sheriff: "I shall not stay at the penitentiary. I shall be back here, soon. A few embers here, some houses there and a match will make a blaze. People will know when I get back." WELLFORD WRINKLES: [June 14] --Will BALLENGER is sick. --Ernest TURNER is at home from school. Jim VERNON went to Pacolet yesterday. --E. F. BUSH of Greenville was here last Thursday. --Mrs. John McCARTER visited her father, S. BALLARD at Campobello last week. --Mrs. GUY is visiting Z. G. PITTMAN's family. WALNUT GROVE GLEANINGS [June 15] --Mrs. Alfred AIKEN is very sick. --Uncle Rufus SHANDS, a highly respected colored man of this place is lying at the point of death. --Mr. and Mrs. J. W. CALDWELL and daughters visited in this vicinity Sunday evening. SUICIDE IN CHARLESTON [June 11] J. I. SORENTRUE, 45 years of age and a retired merchant of Orangeburg, committed suicide at the Argyle Hotel here some time last night by drinking carbolic acid mixed with soda. MOORES MENTION [June 17] --The mill near here belonging to Robert OTTS and brother was washed away in the freshet, as also was the old gin house, and the bridge at Otts' Shoals. Long years ago a man by the name of PINSON, living near Tyger river, cut two words, "High Water," on a rock and left it under a little holly bush to mark the height which the water reached at that time. Saturday it was above that height. --Will JOHNSON and Olen COLLINS of this place left for Woodruff the day before the rain, and Mr. COLLINS stated to his family that he was going to stay until the rain was over and so he did for it began raining after he left, rained so hard and washed away the bridges so the Messrs. JOHNSON and COLLINS could not cross with mule and buggy had to board with Dr. LANHAM and finally wait until a boat was made before they could cross Nesbitt's river, and then had to leave the mule and buggy. --Mrs. Onie FLOYD and sister, Miss Eunice STEADMAN and children of Layton's visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.R. JAMES and daughters. CAVINS CHRONICLES [June 15] --It was the old cotton gin at Hill's Mill that washed away in the recent flood and not the old factory and mill as reported last week. The gin was washed away once before in the year 1852 in the August freshet of that year. The gin was rebuilt about two years later by James L. and Albert C. HILL brothers and sole owners of Hill's Factory at that time. The people who live in the fork of the river, just across from here are hemmed in with SCOTT's gone on South and MARSHALL's gone on North Tyger they can neither come to Woodruff nor go to Walnut Grove. --J. A. PEARSON has an enterprising vegetable farm. He has Irish potatoes and onions. "Don't imagine that because the world owes you a living it will hunt you up to pay the bill" free post Lisa ==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== If you need to unsubscribe send mailto:SCSparta-l-request@rootsweb.com with one word in the bottom of the message: unsubscribe We hope you will join us again soon. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237