The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-10-09
LOCAL. ITEMS.

residence in Orangeburg on the I'd inst.
M. L, Pilgrim was committed to Jail at
this place last week by Trial Justice Cos
sott on warrant to keep the peace.
Mr.. Frank Mauldin of this place has
at the South Carolina Col
lege.
Sss;@F ~ The communication Of t. H. r. is
crowded out of this issue. 1t will appear
IN our next.
An eIven years old daughter of Mr..
Alldetson Corbin of this county, seri-
ouslY injured herself by fall on last
Sunday evening. DR.. Bramlett was
called iIl'and gave the little sufferer the
surgical attention that her injuries re-
CURED
But lew people were in attendance on
last Monday, saleday. Only one small
tract Of land, 107 acres, was sold. It
lies within two miles Of Central, and only
brought $500. Bad crops, low price of
cotton and hard times are evidently
having their effect on the price of land.
We the patrons of the Pickens Court
H0uso, colored school, extend our many
thanks to Prof. I. j. Reynolds, for salts
faction given in teaching our school.
H@ did creditable work, and we hope
Goo will bless him.
FHTERPR1sE. News and Courier
hna enlarged to an eight page paper and
made other important improvements.
VIZ congratulate our able contemporary
rlpon its success and enterprise. It is
tho pest paper published in tho South,
and we wish it continued prosperity.
g r. Miller, colored, and two of his
'',iren, aged respectively, 10 and 8
yrGrs, picked, one day last week. 3t2
l"unds of cotton and walked two miles
e tneir work in the morning and back
hn0le at night.
he annual Camp meeting at tie
'nwelve Mile Camp Ground convened on
l~7t Friday and continued until Tuesday
f. owing A very large crowd, we are
L.. rmed, was in attendance on Sunday
md good order was preserved. The
ting was interesting and several join
ga he church.
We direct attention to the advertise
ment of Messrs. Hovey & Townes, of
ttrcenville, which appears in this issue of
IHs SENTINEL. These gentlemen are
we'll and favorably known to the readers
~ THE SENTINEL. They are first class
men, deal in first class goods, ut reasona-
tie prices. Give thom call when in
ItTsenville.
The South Carolina Presbytcry cclr-
e"oed in its somi-annual Session at Lib
sH.y station in this County on last Satur-
dtr. = The session was we'll attended by
.l"rn9"tes and citizens. TIE meeting was
~, earnest and intere'ting one. The next
letting of Pre4bytery will hc held at
'ohnstons, in Edgefield county begin
u, on Saturday, 10 O'Clock II. m, be-
.nra tho second Sabbath il May 1885,.
y, will endeavor tx give n more extended
notice Of the meeting in our next issue.
INFORMATION WANTED. MIR. l.. O.
Nrvman, who subscribed for TnE SEN
*, EL OH the 9th day of July last, and
"rIered his paper to Sunny Dale Post
uiE1o, writes us TINT he has not yet re-
"oived a single copy of the paper. We
B. c sent it regularly to that Office every
yrek SLIGO Mr. Dryman subscribed. -
N'll the Postmaster at Sunny Dale in
I'm us why Mr.. Dryman's paper has
IL; been delivered2 Perhaps an expla-
ler subscribers at other postof1icas
a"ye complained to us recently of the
non-delivery of their paper. There is
,dently something wrong somewhere,
unless it is 'remedied, we intend to
h"a if the Department at Washington can
1T feret out the parties upon whom the
1T rests. The Postoffice Department
,rns established for the accommodation of
tAe people and Postmastersare appointed
+" transmit and deliver mail matter
pomptly according to directions If
=. me of those now holding that position
cre too much engrossed in other affairs,
or are incompetent to discharge their
mites properly, we think change should
30 made=-and the sooner the better.
LONG BUT SUCCESSFUL CHAsE.-Some
me ago Mr.. Jacob Pelham, who lives in
Murray county, Georgia, had two mule
colts, about five or six months old, stolen
rom n field in which he had turned them
ior the purpose of weaving them. He
4pent seven days hunting around in the
neighborhood for his colts before he
iound out certainly that they had been
Btolen. Some one informed him that
hey had seen man going in a certain
Erection ridinnsa blind mare with two
mule colts f5tl6wing, description OF
,ghich suited his colts. He Mt Onco com