The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-12
The railroad is coming. Will you vote


part the railroad will cUmc.
THE trains will run just as near the
court house as the engineer can get.
Wesley Allen, colorcd, died on III,
furm of Mrs. Laura Baker last Tuesday.
Mr.. l. G. Mitchcm, architect, has thc
contract TO build an $4,000 hotel at Hen.
derson, N. e.
Now that It has raincd let the farmers
| sow wheat. Raise your own wheat and be
independent Of "Old Hutch" and grain
corners.
The work on the court house is pro.
crossing nicely. The ponderOus timbers to
support the roof will soon be ready to be
placed in position.
Squire Gillespie of Pumpkintown,
was in to see the SENTiNEL last week to get
some blanks for his court. HIS Honor is
kept quite busy these days.
IL. o. Bowen, Esq, bought twenty
acres or land last sale day three and a half
miles west of Grcenvillc for $3.50, and has
been offered 81 600 for his purchase.
The only way people succeed ut any,
thing in this world is to work for 1t. Then
let ns all push the wheel and roll ND a big
minority for the railroad next Saturday.
The watch given to Mrs. Naomi l..
Clayton by julius T.. Brown son of Sena-
tor Browr, OF Georgia. was bid in at the
sale by Maj. j. M. Stewart for $3.50.
DIR. Riley will commence q protractcd
meeting in the Presbyterian church at
fickcns next Monday morning. lie ex-
pecis the assistance Of DR.. J. L.. Wilson
The Stewards meeting of the Pcken
Circuit will be held at Pckens G. H., in the
journal office, on Saturday the 2fst instant,
at 10 a. IN. All the Stewards arc expected
to be present.
Every farmer around and above Pick
ems who uses fertilizers on his farm will
have the cost reduced two dollars per tor
with The railroad to Pickens. Help secure
the railroad.
Mr.. Matthias b. Richardson, one of the
most successful cotton and corn raisers of
Five Forks, Anderson county, and his
charming daughter, Miss Emma, were in
Pickcns last Saturday.
BE careful of your money. 1t is too
scarce to lose Mr.. f. f. Allgood, of
Slabtown, lost his pockct-book few DAYS
ago with thirty dollars. He found the
book, but the money was gone.
-'Tanta" Bogus writes the SENTINEL
that he saw one first, class passenger on the
veStlhul train at Central last week. This
passenger was pcrchcd upon the bumper
between the tender and baggage car.
Geo. w. Powell was arr, stcd Tuesday
morning on bench warrant by Deputy j.
Z. Jennings and committed to Jail. A
scaled sentence was left for him at tho last
term of the Y. S. Court at Grccnvillc
-"Busincss is business, said the Dutch
man. If you owe us little or big Till,
please come in and see about il before the
roads fccZc up. Iovrs for money,
LEWIS Il MORRIS.
Fresh oysters, fried, roasted and stew
ed viii he served at the Quillian House next
Friday evening by the ladies of the Pres.
hytcrian Church, commencing at D. m,
flo yc Pickens people! come one, come all!
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SENTINEL and have one delivered free from
this office.
Frank Blass"ngamc, colorcd, was be
tore Commissioner Thornley, last Monday
charged with passing off washed nickel
on w. Ii. Nix for Il five dollar gold piece.
1IrDStrC
by Deputy j. G. Jennings.
-Chcslry Bog"s. colorcd, died at the
home Of his son-in. law, near Liberty, last
Saturday, at about seventy years of age.
In war times Chcs was II faithful servant
ana acted as foreman on the farm where
the editor of the SENTINEL was raised.
There is reilion before the County
Commissioners asking for Il new road or
changes on the old one from Liberty to
Fort Hill SO as to avoid the railroad We
hope the petition will he granted and the
road put as far as possible from the rail
road.
The South Carolina Methodist Confer
cncc meets at Darlington on the I'd of De
ccmbcr next, and the State Baptist convcn-
ton meets ut Spartanburg on the }d o! De-
cembcr. Delegates who expect to attend
The Baptist convention should notify s. r..
McCravy, Esq, SO as to be furnished with
a home.
Nothing is Os so much importance to
Pickens just now as the railroad II will
pat Eastatoc and the upper portion of Hur-
ricane one days travel nearer market and
thus add one dollar TO the price of every
bale of cotton they have to sell and reduce
the cost of every ton of guano at least two
dollars.
Mr. Geo. W. Griffin, one Of the most
successful farmers on the s iluda side, last
Saturday, presented the SENTINEL with a
beet weighing ten pounds and ten ounces,
and measuring twcnty-fOur inches i'm cir,
cumfcrcncc. This beet beats the one men.
toned two weeks ago, and also beats any,
| thing we have seen i'm tee line.
Mrs. John NJ Glenn, Mrs. J. p. Smith
and Misses Mary and Amanda Boggs, of
the Shutdown section, visited the Augusta
| Exposition last week and returned on Sat.
urday. They were accompanied 10y two
'buchclors,' Mcssrs. II. S. Glenn and III.
G. Anderson. We suppose the ladies took
these two along to enter them as part OF
the y. G. exhibit (?) Advocate.
MFR. &. p. Hill, who is constable for
the court of His Honor, l. w. Pickcns,
of Anderson county, came to Pickens last
Friday and arrested Mat GambrcIl, colorrd,
one of John Wyatt's brick yard hands.
| Mat is charged with assault and battery on
Duff Wright, colorcd. The hearing was
set for the 10Th inst. Mat gave bond be,
fore Trial Justice Robinson for his appear
| anCc.