The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-11
PICKENS SENTINEL.
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Mr.. Jno. +. Stewart has moved into
the Lesley house on Main Street.
IF you want tenants, let it be known
through the SENTINEL and you can get
them.
Mr.. W., A.. Hendricks has sold his
firm 1ear Easley to Mr.. O. L. Martin for
$4,000.
Mr.. Anthony Lewis has been quite
siok with pneumonia. He is now col-
valescent.
Lawyers Carey and Boggs are at
tending the extra term of court in An
derson this week.
Several members of Keowee Lodge
A. f. NJ, attended the meeting of
the Grand Lodge i'll Anderson yesterday.
business in real estate has been
brisk here for the past week, and several
plots of land have been sold ut good
prices.
Taxes are being paid very slow, and
the treasurer has had rather dull time
20 far. About one. third Of the money
has been paid in.
The Pickens Mission Of the nj. T..
Church has been abolished, aud Rev. l..
nj. Merritt has been sent to the West
Anderson circuit.
Our new court house is assured.
The bill has passed both branches of
the General Assembly and will be among
the first approved.
We have applications every week
for information about farms for
sale and rent. If you want to sell or
lease, let it be known.
The many friends of Mr.. Will w.
Griffin are pleased to learn that his brok-
en- limb is fast getting we'll, and he will
he able to get out soon.
The State Grand Lodge A. +. VI.
met III Anderson last Tuesday. a grand
banquet Mt Hotel ChiGuola WIS one of
the featules of the occasion.
None but sneak and galoot would
Intercept and break into dispatch that
did not belong to them.
That old 'chcstnut" of tho pig
weighing three or four hundred pounds
1s played out. Nothing less than seven
hundred goes for news any more.
Rev. @. G. Harmon, the new pastor
of the Pickens circuit, will preach here
next Sunday at II o'clock am, and at
Porter's Chapel at $50 pm. same day.
On the 7th inst, at tho residence of
Capt. Written, in Central township, Mr..
Willie Gnrvin was married to Miss Ella
Whitten, Rev. j. ID. Wilson officiating.
The Minutes of the Twelve Mile
River Baptist Association are ready for
distribution, and those entitled to them
can got them by calling at the SENTINEL
Office.
Mr.. Job T. Smith, of Liberty, saws
that the champion ear Of seed corn Civ
Ell him by the SENTINEL, il the best he
ever used. Ten bushels from q single
ear.
There will be no arrest arising from
the recent term of Judge Lynch's cour.
i'll Central township. The verdict and
sentence were righteuous and will be
sustained.
Our citizens never borrow money 70
buy carriages and fiue horses, but to il?-
prove their furms and make the soil
more productive, hence they always pay
their debts.
On the evening of the 4th inst, at
the residence Of the father of the bride,
Mr.. Jno. Henderson, Of IiasIcy township,
Mr.. Oscar Pepper was married to Miss
Jessie Henderson.
Large numbers Of wagons from the
low country have been passing to the
upper portion of the county in quest of
corn. That grain fluids ready sale at rs
and so cents per bushcl.
"A certain young lady in town is dis
tressed oyer tho los1 of a plain gold ring
with ''his' initials engraved insidr
Bring to this office and get the reward
The initials are three letters, M. +. w.
The Methodist Sunday School in
vites the Presbyterian and Baptist Sun
day Schools to attend and participate in
the Christmas tree Mt the Mctnullist
Church at Pickens, Xmas, 1890.
Our farmers have about completed
the sowing OF wheat. The acreage lut
in this year i3 small. They have found
out that this ls not Il wheat country, and
will use their land for crops that pay.
---Pickens county farmers have sold
several thousand bushels of corn to men
from the low country this fall, and wag-
Ons aye still coming for it. Good corn
land pays rs well as cotton land in this
county.
Tho people III the lower part Of the
county still complain of the dangerous
condition of the bridges on the Liberty
road. Some one will get hurt ut those
bridges, and then whose will be the
blame.
Our merchants are now ready to sup
ply you with all tho latest christmas nov
elites Mt city prices. Patron .ze your
home market. Santa Clause has unload
ed large cargo here and all classes will
find tricks to suit them.
Our people are just beginning to re-
alize TINT Picken is coming to the front
rs one Of the banner counties Of the
Piedmont Belt. Outsiders are coming
iii aiiii securing homes and farms while
lands arc cheap. Now is your chance.
Only fourteen days more till Christ