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

MT. W., A. hendricks mas SOlU nl'
farm 1ear Easley to Mr.. @. T. Martin fol
$4,000.
MIR. Anthony Lewis has been quit,
siok with pneumonia. He is now coli
valescent.
Lawyers Carey and Boggs are at.
tending the extra term of court in An.
derson this week.
Several members of Keowee Lodge
A. +. NJ, attended the meeting Of
the Grand Lodge in Anderson yesterday.
Business in real estate has been
brisk here for the past week, and several
plots of land have been sold at good
prices.
Taxes are being paid very slow, and
the treasurer has had rather a dull time
80 far. About one third Of the money
has been paid in.
The Pickens Mission Of the M. T..
Church has been abolished, and Rev. T..
Nj. Merritt has been sent to the West
Anderson crcuit.
Our new court house is assured
The bill has passed both branches of
the General Assembly and will he 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
be able to get out soon.
The State Grand Lodge A. +. ".
met III Anderson last Tuesday. A grand
banquet at Hotel ChiGuola WIS one of
the features of the occasion.
None but sneak and galoot would
intercept and break into dispatch that
did not belong to them.
That old "chestnut" of the pig
weighing three or four hundred pounds
ls played out. Nothing less than seven
hundred goes for news any more.
Rev. G. 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 tho 9TH inst, at the residence of
Capt Written, in Central township, Mr..
Willie Garvin was married to Miss Ella
Whitten, Rev. j. ID. Wilson officiating.
Tho Minutes of the Twelve Mile
Rlver Baptist Association are ready for
distribution, and those entitled to them
can get 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 a single
ear.
There will be no arrest arising from
the recent term of Judge Lynch's cour.
in Central township. The verdict and
sentence were righteuous and will be
sustained.
Our citizens never borrow money 70
buy carriages and iiue horses, but TO ila-
prove their furms and make tho soil
more productive, hence they always pay
their debts.
On the evenm + of the 4th inst, at
the residence of the father of the bride,
Mr.. Jno. Henderson, of Tiasley 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
Solb. llNI }oiull iuuS safe NJ 10
and 50 cents per bushel.
"A certain young lady in town is dis,
trcssed oyer the loss of plain gold ring
with 'his" initials engraved insi,Ir.
Bring to this office and get the reward.
The initials are three letters. NJ. e. w.
The Methodist Sunday School in
vites the Presbyterian and Baptist Sun
dny Schools to attend and participate in
the Christmas tree Mt the Mctnudist
Church at Pickens, Xmas, 1890.
Our farmers have about completed
the sowing OF wheat The acreage rut
IN this year ia small. They have found
out that this is not IL wheat country, and
will use their land for crops that pay.
--Pickcns county farmers have sold
several thousand bushels of corn to men
from the low country this fall, and wag-
ons are still coming for it. Good corn
land pays us well as cotton land in this
county.
Tho people in the lower part of the
county still complain of the dangerous
condition of tho 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 SUD-
ply you with all tho latest christmas nov
elites at city prices. Patronze 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 Pcken is coming to the front
as one Of the banler counties Of the
Piedmont Belt. Outsiders arc coming
III and securing homes and farms while
lands arc cheap. Now is your chance.
Only fourteen days moro till Christ
mas. Forgive yonr enemies, pay your
debts, settle with tie printer and be at
peace with all mankind ready to start
IN on the New Year with light heart
and clearer conscience than ever before
The SENTINEL Job Office has lust
received lnrge lot Of stoc,, and is now
ready to fill all orders for anything in
the JOB printing lima with nentness and
dispatch, Every kind of work done, and
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