The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-20
PICKENS SENTINEL,
LOCAL NEWS.
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visiting j. +. Hagood, il.
Mrs. Licina Alexander is suffering
from an httack of bronchitis.
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the dummy line for Pickens
-~Dr. aud Mrs. T. A. Miles were quite
sick, ut their home, in Greenvillo, last
Monday:
MIR. and Mrs. w. II. Davis, of Bro
yard, N. g., are visiting Mrs. Mary T..
Alexander.
Mrs. g. L. HolIngsworth is still
kept III doors by tho lingering effects of
tho grippe. E
Bruce is doing good guano bust
ness and sells as cheap rs the agent Mt
Tho sailroRd.
Mrs. j. Bud Looper, after an ab-
pence OF some two weeks from the city.
has returned.
.-Capt. j. l.. Thornley, is quite sick.
he has been confined to his room tor
several days.
The sheriff is busy now serving
& summons on tho jurors for the coming
term of court.
The family of Prof Dargan has ar
rived and rloved into their new homo
on Lewis street.
-Messra. JAS B. Williams and Mari
on Simmons, of Grcenv lie, were in our
town last Tuesday.
David II. Tcmpieton, Of Powers,
Laurcns Co., is in Pickens, settling ND
tho estate of his mother.
Mrs. DIR. Frank Smith, of Easlcv.
visited her mother, Mrs &. l.. Hoilings-
worth, Sunday and Monday.
Phillip A. Porter has been drawn
on the grand jury for the August tenn
OF the U. S. court ut Greenviic.
Some of the farmers in this commu-
nifty are ready to plant corn and have
that cotton ground furrowcu out.
,u On Thnrdoy, the 18th instant, Mr..
Tom Gossctt was married to Miss Annie
Freeman, all of Easlcy township.
Mrs. G. w. James has moved to
Mr.. T.. Il. Kellcy's near Six Mile. j.
T.. Boggs has rented her property here
The expenses of the recent term of
the U. S. court at Grcenvillc, was Just
81 ,259. &C; per day, and it lasted two
weeks.
Hon fruit has bcan SO cheap for the
past week that some persons say they
cant afford to raise it for eight cents
dozen.
There is poor prospect NOW fer n
crop OF small grain. The fly and little
green bug have about killed ont the oats
md wheat.
j. G.. Griflin's saw and griSt mills
and cotton GIN are now complete, and
arc quite an addition 10 the wealth Of
the community.
Several Cf Onr citizens are suffering
with severe colds. No one will admit
that they have the grippe, us it seem" to
9avc become chestnut.
The road oversccrs have had their
respective gangs of men out on the
roads putting i'll the three days w,atafa
ordered by the county board.
--Pickcns is sadly III need Of
pelter as there has been such an iirrCa4
III the canine population Of late that tllVS
'elnNN dog has become Il nuisance.
Auditor Clyde says thnt the pconlxN \
have come up moro prompt than ever
before, with their tax returns, although
there are great many Ge!ingucrts yet
On last Tuesday ut tho residence of
the father of the bride, Fl. j. Lewis,
Joel II. Griffin was married to Miss Ma.
~ Lewis, Rev. W. B. Singleton oflici-
ating.
What are yon doing TO boom the
town or county? You must not rest on
your oars and try to come in for the lack
pot when you have not helped to shuttle
the cards.
The Libertytes are on the lookout for
bride but it seems as if the Young man
has pulled some moss over their eyes, rs
they have failed twice in making the
right prediction.
The Clerk has been quite busy the
past week getting things in shape for
court. Several parties have been bound
over for raising II disturbance ut Twelve
Mile Camp ground last fall.
An engineer has been employed to
make survey Of the route ard estimate
the cost Of building the proposed dunn
my line from here to the railroad. The
survey will be made this week.
Special commissioners Amber and
Bowen last Thursday surveyed the new
road from Secona to the Camp ground.
1t Is on n bee line and only three and
one-half miles and is an easy grade.
Rev. S. j. Cowan is still conducting
the Holiness meeting at Walhalla. 1t is
stated that the attendance is very good
though not so large as before. 'ris not
known when the meeting will close
Several youths of tho community
are sadly in need of the finishing touch
being put to their boyhood term, by a
complete dressing down with II raw hide
30 they will learn to behave in church.
On last Thursday, 7. Edward Craig
was ndjudgcd non compos mentis, and
sent to the Asylum at Columbia. Reli-
gious excitement and an insdious dis
ease was the cause of the loss Of his
mind.
The Alliance men here about arc not
making much fuss but are doing II lot of
quiet work. They are buying for cash
and say they will do SO all the season.
aud what they can't pay for they will do
without.
Pat. Russell, q brakeman on tho
Air Line was killed ut Westminster on
tho 18th inst. by having his head mash