The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-08-16

few small boys, aged from twenty
five to thirty--fiVo years, going to the
school, and some of them, not having
learned tho rules of school, got into
q quarrel and disturbed the neighbor-
hood with their angry and blasphe~
nous words. Thoy had knives drawn,
and finally we believe, oamo to blows,
and wound up in general free fight
amongst thom. Somo of the parties
came to Trial Justice Taylor for n
warrant, but did not succeed in
obtaining one. The teacher War
ran Jenkins, colorod, was with
tho party who applied to the
Trial Justice for a warrant, and from
tho hilarious manner in which ho
gave tho Justice an account Of tho
origin of the difficulty, we judge he
thought it capital joke, and nothing
worth the serious consideration OF
teacher or peace officers of the County,
in fact we are told hat he advised tho
"boys" to fight it out and stop quar-
reling so much. If this be truo, it
shows him utterly unfit for tho res-
ponsible position of teacher, and he
should be promptly looked after by
tho school officers of the district, and
if it can be established that he used
such language to the bolligerent
"boys," the County Board of Exam
iners should promptly revoke his cer-
tiicate of qualification, and let tho
Trustoes employ teacher who will
keep order in tho school, and set
good examples before his scholars
He has on his roll, we learn, ninety
odd scholars, with ovor eighty attend
ing regularly every day, and is paid
out of the public funds for his services,
and the Trustees should see that he
performs his duty. We have heard
the scholars cursing and quarreling
on tho streets, and from thcse Incl
dents infor that there is no discipline
Or restraint upon the scholars attend-
ing the school.
Salt dissolved in slop ard given to
hogs at night is said to be suro pre-
vcntivc of cholera. A pint of salt is
for Is or 20 hogs-lcss nuns
Der of hogs a corrcspondingly less
quantity Of salt. This remedy is sins
plo, cheap, easily applied and should
DC tried by all who own hogs, for this
terribly destructive disease, wo arc
informed, has made its appearance
amongst the hogs in this section.
John Burgess, colorcd, and Mo
Carter, white, two rovcnuo strikers,
got into a quarrel about a pint bottle
last week. They finally camo to
blows. Cuffee, it seems, was getting
the best Of it, when McCartcr's mother
camo to his assistance and knocked
the negro down three times, by blows
on the head with Il hoe. Tho negro
ran after the third lick over tho head,
but tho old woman pursued and gave
him several blows on the back rs he
ran. The negro pretended to be dy-
ing for several days after tho affair.
bat we loarn that his condition was ut
no time considered precarious. Of
course, all the parties came to town
for warrants as soon rs tho fight on
ded, each claiming that they were in
tho right and that the other was in
tho wrong. Neither party procured a
warrant, trial Justice Taylor wisely
concluding to wait until tho smoke of
battle cleared away sufficiently for
him to survey the ground moro satis>
factoralIy.
A chap of this town, who stood at
the door of Sacona Church, last Sum
day evening weok, during service in
order to see certain girl homo, was
heard mournfulIy to calculate, when
she came out and gave him the grand
bounce:
IT'S sweet to wait, but, oh, how bitter
TO wait for girl, and then not get her.
Sow plentifully of winter turnips.-
The seasons tor sowing havo been fno
and wo trust mono have lost the op-
nOrtnnitY for nnttinr nlnntv of sand