The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-05-23
40 CA II.s ITEMS.
Church Direotory.

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Church in this place at o'clock p. N, ..,..
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New honey dali sale at 10 cents per
pound. (.bsea a.4g;@ n6g@.F
q Thesprospeots for good fruit year
is isexceedingly fine. ".f1s..'...% - j.:
n Thehloafers club has ,reorganized
with aBSinorensed membership.
. We solicit news and campaign notes
from every section OF the County.
"a The farmers seem to be pushing
along with their work pretty we'll
~ Rust in wheat has made it's appear
ance nearly everywhere in the County.
Il May cherries have made their ap-
pearanceS in The market.
Last Sunday was rainy day, and
many were disappointed in gong to
tho big May meeting at Cross Roads.
The commmittee ofthe Grand Jury
appointed toinvestigate revenue outs
RACES, held q meeting at Eastatoe last
Saturdeyand examined FIVE cor six
witnesses. e.a." y 49,. ,.ut.... -.
"A new Democratic Club has been
organized in Pickonsville Township.
Thislmakesa nine in the County---one
moro than we had in the last cams
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The trestle at Seneca River on the
Air Line Railroad is being filled up
with dirt, and the road generally Is
being put in tip top order.
The man who makes two stalks of
corn grow where one grew before is a
beRefnctor; and the man who smakes
one stalk of cotton grow where two
grow before, is also benefactor.
We return thanks to Gen johnson
Hagood, Comptroller General, for an
abstract of the laws of South Carolina,
relating to the assessment and collec-
tion of taxes.
~. Married, at Doraville, Dekalb Coun-
tyS, Ga, by Rev. W. G. HoIbroeks,
Mr.. Al. Weborn to Miss E. G. Ari-'
aib both of this County.
The weather was extremely cool
last week for the season of the year,
and cotton felt tho effects Of it.
A party Of gentlemen are talking
OF putting up government dist;llery
III this place.
.Ahwycr of this pIace while passing
Fort Hill, the residence Of the late
John G. Calhoun, jumped out of the
wagon and pulled splinter from the
fence, snying he intended to have
something from the premises rs o me-
mento.
Mr. ". S. Jones has shown us an
egg,ilaid by a hen belonging to Mr..
Matthew Hendricks, the like of which
we never before saw. 1t is about two
inches in circumference, the same in
length, and is shaped like a hand
gourd. This hon should be closely
watched, for it is evident she is trying
TO start new party. ~. %
-ThetSunday school and common
school at Dacusville have combined
and propose to have q basket picnic
atothaS place on Saturday, 1st of June.
The public are invited to attend, and
requested to bring their baskets of
provisions with them. If we are Rot
on hand we trust our reporter, Bones,
will>be there and write it up for us.
Our Clerk of Court, Maj. Lewis, and
CIV. Taylor, Esq, went down in the
vicinity1of Pendleton last week, on q
fishing expedition. They came back
minps. fsh. They visited Pendleton,
Seneca City and Central, and are
boasting very much oftheir extensive
travels. -.---. ~
Nothing new from the Revenue
force. They have portable ComnIlSe
sioneranow, and as they ignore entire~
.ly the Commissioner at this place and
at Waihalla, wo hardly ever hear from
thems except through some person
who has been maltreated by them.
NoT1cE.-The Committee of the
Grand Jury, appointed at the last
term, Of the Court to investigate outs
RACES committed by Revenue Officers,
will meet at Pickens G. H., on Satur-
day, the 9Th day of June next. This
Will be the last meeting of the COM
mittee, and all persons wishing to give
their testimony had better be present
onthat day. Il. e. STEELE,
= - Chairman.
., The crop Of candidates bids fair to
bo, large, but what kind of harvest no
man knows. The following is appro~
priate:@ 49, H..
t''Fhther, who travels the road so latei"
nHush, my child, tits the candidate;
Fit eXamDle of human