The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-08
PICKENS SENTINEL.
LOCAL NEWS.

Splendid rains!
.Picnics and-weldings!
The dummy must be built!
Who has the "fevcr.dc lcrt2"
Hard work snd plenty Of it, is tho
motto of the farmers just now.
Mr.. Chas. j.. Hopkins, Of Cwscr's
Head, was i'll town last Monday.
Mrs james Hunter, OF Pcndlcton,
visited Mrs j. Il. Boggs lust Mondny.
Capt. Hunter is having a new roof
and otherwise making improvements in
his plant.
Mrs. Sheriff II. Brown has been
quito i'll with nervous prostration for
several weeks.
Bugs have made The carly plant
Drop n failure. All plants have been
ravaged by them.
Mrs. Frank Sloan, OF Walhala, visit
ed her brother, Maj. j. J. Lewis, sever
al days last week.
Miss lucy Ellis has returned from
a weeks visit to relatives in Atlnlta and
other points i'll Georgia.
Sale day was quiet. "Juhn Farley
corn" was absent and only few candi,
dates wore on the ground.
MIR. J. G. Stribiug, of the south
west corner OF the county, lost his liz"
bloodcd mare last Saturday.
. "A postoilicc Inspector WAS around
last Thursday, looking after :hc =. NJ.
Plckens was found all q. Is.
Mr.. Gideon Ellis reports The first
mess of new beans and Irish p0taturs.
They were served last Friday.
The chicken crop is late this season.
"FTying si&e" would be in good demand
in town at the present writing.
--Mr James Hunter, Of PrnGlcton,
wNs i'll town last Monhry. His iiriM w;,~
intcrested1n some Of the land sales.
The County Commission c-, have or
dered guide boards, put up ut all forks
Of roads and crossings. Gooi, boys.
j. w. Norwood, Of tic Savings
Bank, and lawyer Geo W. Taylor. Of
Greenville, were i'll picEcMs lat Thurs
day.
MIR. J. ". Pace is quite i'll with
pneumonia, and one of his; small chill
dren is also quite SICK with &uniWcr
complaint.
Mrs. Il. +. Nelson, WHO has been
sick for some time, is somewhat in
proved. Mrs. Isaac LAng>ton is Ill!
'convalcac:ng.
Mr.. Eugene Runion is in frnm thp
West to regain his health. He il STOP
ping with his mother, Mrs.. l.. II. Run
ion, Of Piedmont.
Mr. Wm S,ulo-s ,,I f,,,;I. r
Piedmont, passed through town last !'r-
day, enroute for !ir. Smith rGrtcr'%, t.,.
father of Mrs. Sanders.
Our livery man still continues TO in
crease his stock. The prospect now is
that the business will pay Il handsome
profit here this summer.
Tho rains last week stopped farm
work, and gave the farmers an nxci,,;H 10
coma to town on sale day, which wa.;
generally taken advantage OF.
The reports from differcnt parts Of
tho county are that there viii not DO
more than half crop OF wheat raised
Rust is the cause Of the shortage.
Mrs. w. r. Ballard and son. Ciny-
once, of Campobclc, are visiting Mrs.
Ballard's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. =.
weeks.
Tho timbcr5 Of the old covered
bridge over thc Kcow2c, were suiG ~.
the Commissioners for six dollars, the,
irons and bolts to be turned over to Tic
county.
Mr.. Thornley, y. Harris, of GrcaM-
vile, was i'll town on sale day, lookir
after real estate Investments, h,.t as the
property did not go, he will have to
come again.
--Mcssrs. Lewis & Morris have iue4
received a large consignment of stoves
OF all styles and prices, which ihev otlHr
at reason able rates for cash or on time.
Give them call.
There was very little h;aines4 trans
acted at the DOCTORS meeting IN Lihnrty
last Friday. The utt"n,tanco Was aliIn
The next meeting vii! DC at Central on
Wednesday, June Ath.
jas. Nj. Spcaman, Of Liberty, was
before Commissioner Ihornlu, Ia i Mun-
day, charged with selling whisky with
out license. lie was :ruI up to tnr
August term Of court.
--Ihe county clerk has recorded: ;t.iI
year five hundred and forty-%cyrn c9,nt
tel mortgages and liens ca crrD; for
sums less than 500. No dolht there
nre several hundred not recorded.
The refreshing showers last Satr.
day were very acceptable to our garden.
ers, and caused them to smile as tbcv
thought Of the nice dishes Of vegetables;
shat would soon grace their tables.
Tho salo of lots belonging to the
county last Montay, did not realize us
much rs tho commissioners cXurrtri
and they were bid in by thc chairman
and the sale deferred to another tirAc.
MIR. j. P. Carey went over to Gcnc,
en- last week to see after the damage thai
had been done to his hotel property hy
the recent fire at that place. Ii is
thought by somo that the fire was the
work OF ''iire-bug."
The third Sunday in May will be u
big day at Six Mile Church. There
will be preaching in the i"rrno.m hy
Rev. w. G. Seahorn, also prcncIiiu" or
an address in the evening, intcra},rr,;ntl
with some good music. Evcryhody l.
invited to attend, and bring their din.
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