The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-17
PICKENS SENTINEL.
LOCAL NEWS.

hcrVous prOstratlOn.
Miss Lizzie Philips, of Easlcy, visited
friends In town this week.
Cotton picking begins in the lower Sec
ton OF the county this week.
Put in good lick for tho railroad. 1t
Will bc money in your pocket.
Miss Leila White, of Anderson, Wis
lieu Miss Thornley, the past week.
..-Miss Dora Folgcr, of Easlcy, visited
= Misses Murf and Ncwberry last week.
-Pckcns county will have ten or fiif-
Teen thousand bushels of corn to sell next
year.
Miss Corrie Bruce is visiting her
.rienu' MISS Sarah Grogan, 'of Washington,
PROF. j. A. McWhortcr is to teach a
ten months school at Zion near Old Pick
ensvilc.
Lewis u Morris have their new ware
mouse about finished, and arc filling it with
heavy groceries. ''
CThe Mountain View high school at
Easicy opened last Monday. Prof. II. IL.
Willis is principal
ben Griffin will have fresh beef at the
Puphc square next Saturday morning in
time for breakfast.
MFRS. Thos N. Hunter and Miss Ju,ia
callahan, of Liberty, visited friends in
Pickcns last Tuesday.
The colorcd folk camp-mcctnr COM
mences at Union camp-ground todav. /,
will continue until next Monday.
The annual camp-mcctinc at Sandy
Sprr gs, commences today (Thursdav) and
mt;
The County Commissioners at their
last meeting ordered the old road from T.
ID. Harris to Murphy's mill closed up.
MIR. John f. Gassaway is building -
new house OH his "Rigc' farm. lie viii
have 40 acres cleared on it this winter.
Miss Ncttic, daughter of r. J. Bowen,
or Easlcy, has gone to Elbrrton, Ga,
where she will attend school this winter
The Improvement spirit is on in Libcr-
ty. Mcssrs. Job +. Smith and l. II
Brown will erect new residences this fall
The High School opened last Monday
with Professor JuStuS us Principal The
attendance Of pupils was very tlattcrinr,
considering the short notice given
"A railroad to the Court House will
bring $lN0,0OO in capital and scores of
and this influx will help everybody.
Mr.. Dock McMahan sold the first bale
'ot new cotton ut Easley last Saturday nj
% cents. Is. L. Thomson was the pur-
chaser.
The rules of the Sandy Springs camp
ground published elsewhere will do first
rate for Twelve Mile people they should
read them.
There is no sign Of strike Of cotton
p'ckcrs in this State. In the lower coun
Ties the farmers arc paying 30 and 40 cents
per hundred.
Postmaster IL. b. Hendricks went
down to Columbia this week. Treasurer
Ioungblood looked after the Office during
his absence.
There is to be a big Alliance rally at
Liberty on Tuesday, October 9th. Pr0mi-
ncnt sp:l'icrs will address the people, and
blS time is expected.
DR.. J. NJ. McBr;fa, of PcnA!cton.
preached an able and interesting sermon in
the Liberty Presbyterian church last Sab
pa'h. The house was crowded.
-Bcv. B. Holder will preach at the
iTcsoytcrlan church Tomorrow Thursday}
evening. Service to begin at 7:30 o'clock.
The meeting will be prGIactcd from mex,
Sunday.
Last Friday while Mr. SoEn a. Easlcy
was on his way to Grccnvillc his horse be
came frightened at Il slaughter pen and ran
away, throwing Mr. Easrv oul and liz iur
ing him painfully.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. II arris were called
70 GreenHihc county last SATURDAY by the
p serious illness of their sister, Mrs. Turner,
OF Grove township. 1lcr condition is con
,sldcrably improvci.
--Easlcyis solid ,on tho railroad The
citizens Of that townhave already obligat
ed themselves TO g0their pro rata Hur-
'rah for Easley! Shells willing To work for
tho county's advancement.
The prospect is now thai the small
grain cx0p in this county will bP largely in
creased this fall II we raised small grain
En proportion to the corn crop, our farmers
[ would Sc more independent.
The subscription of SEQ, n00 that tho
;townships arc asked to take in the Pickcns
and EaSlcy railroad will not be Il G0na-
tion. The town and townships s,.l,scrib-
ing will own tl,gt much of the ropd
Mr. Irwin Boggs, son of NJ. A. Boggs,
of Liberty stood the examination for the
Citadel Calctship last Thursday. he made
n fine record, in the nintics, and will no
doubt pass 1hc board O.. *. We .Ccngratu-
late Mr.. Boggs.
Prof. J. r. Dargan leaves for Spar
t"nburg to-day where he will assume his
duties as professor of logic and metaphyS-
les at the opening Of Converse College.
His family will not go over until the last
of the month.
MIR. John A. Davis, who has been the
agent of the II. & d. at Liberty for the
past two years, has been promoted to the
agency at Blacksburg. This is ore Of the
best paying offices on the Air LEc, and
Mr. Davis is to be congratulated.
Tho cotton ginn.rs are getting their ma
Gllincy in sh&pe for the fall work. Mcr-
chants and gin owners have bought very
little bagging and ties as most of the farm
>ers have purchased their supplies of these
articles through the Alliance exchange.
Mr.. A. A. Dilwor,h, All old and re
.spccted citizen Of Brushy Creek town. An.
dcrson county, died Monday afternoon al