The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-29
PICKENS SENTINEL
LOCAL NEWS.


cent coin crop.
Irwin Miller has fine field of new
ground corn on Wolf Creek.
Last Saturday was busy day at all
the trading points in the county.
Corn has been gathered and the annual
"husking bees" are now in order.
Blind Tom, the Jet black musical won-
der, played in Greenville last Tuesday
night
The prize loaf Of bread was made
Z rom the "Cbelisk" flour, sold by Lewis s.
Morris.
There was good display of fine stock
aud nice new buggies at Cross Plains last
Sabbath.
Miss Mary Allgood has been quite i'll
for the past three weeks with fever. She
Is some better today.
There are more new buggies and wag-
ons on the roads of Pickens county than
ever before, and they arc al paid for.
On Thursday, the 22d inst, Miss M.
j. Hendricks was married to MIR. John J.
Jamison, B. d. Garvin, Il. j., officiating.
The dwelling house of Wesley Griffin,
with all OF it's contents. was destroyed by
fire on the 22d inst. The fire was accidcn.
tai.
Miss Martha Smith, of the Liberty sec.
tion, has purchased part of the King
land near Central, and will move to it this
fall.
MIR. Thos. II. Smith, of Grcenvillc,
made business trip to Liberty last week.
He reports Mrs Smith much improved in
health.
-In some sections of the county nearly
all o! the cotton crop has been gathered
The planters report about two-lhlds of
crop.
Prof. Leverrett nj. Loomis has our
thanks for copy of his paper giving his
tory of the birds of Casar's Head and vi
cinity.
Mrs. Thos. r. Price is not recruiting
as fast as she was few days ago. Her
health has been very bad for the past five
months.
AT the residence of the officiating min
lister, Rev. 5. A. Gary, on last Sabbath,
Mr.. Samuel Sattcrteld was married to Miss
Iona Massengalc.
Morris Hamilton, colorcd, died in Lib
'erty last Sunday morning. lie had been
sick about year. The town paid the cX-
pense of the burial.
of this county made against the Richmond
" Danvillc railroad, has been filed with the
railroad commission.
The telephone is proving to be rs great
convenience to the country people as 10
dhose who live in town. 1t will be the
same with a railroad.
Most of the Pickcns county farmers
have been taking their cotton to market as
fast as ginncd. The fall in the price has
checked the movement somewhat.
Amy of our patrons who hold claims
against the county can have them collected
free df charge as soon as they are payable,
by sending US Il postal card to that effect.
The County Allipncc meets here next
Friday and there will he a big picnic and
public speaking at Holly Springs on Satur-
day. Everybody is invited to participate
The SENTINEL publishes each week
more iicizens county news than any other
paper'in the State, and more South Caro-.
.3ina news than any other paper in the
county.
1Messrs. Dave Taylor and John Law
son, of Slabtown, passed through town
aaSt Sunday on their way home from North
Carolina, where they had been on bust
Mess trip.
On last Sunday, the 25th inst, at the
residence Of the mother Of the bride, near
Rice 3, Mr.. Dean Singleton was married to
Miss Maggie Farr, Rev w. G. Seaborn
officiating.
There arc many new dwellings, and
other valuable improvements going up on
the Saluda side of the county The Land
Agency has valuable farm in that section
&O.scll Oh easy terms.
The burning of small clubhouse near
Squire Gossctt's residence in Easlcy last
Monday afternoon, caused quite furry
among the citizens. Everybody breads the
cry of fire these dry times.
Mr. G. Riley Burgess died at his home
In Dacusville township on the 23d inst, at
the age of eighty years. He suffered fer a
long time with a cancerous tumor on his
neck. His remains were buried last SAtur-
day at Peters Creek.
Some esteemed friend, "Makeys Of
fancy buggcs and carriages send their
cat Home card To this office. 1t is neat
and well gotten up, but ii is not near up to
newspaper advertising for selling vehicles
and other rolling stock. Seer
Mr., Thos. Chills, an aged ard respect
cd citizen, died vt his ho!nc in Grcenville
county, on the 22d inst. He was con-
sistcnt member of Salem Methodist church
for many years He was an uncle Of MI
Thos. j. Childs of this county.
Deputy Marshals Jennings anh Roark
left for Charleston LIST Tuesday morning
in charge of Jesse smith and Henry Banks,
United States prisoners, whD have Dccn or
dcred brought before the court to receive
sentence for violation of the revenue laws.
The Easley friends of the SENTINEL
,CaD find ont the amount of their accounts
by asking this office through the telephone.
1t is talking nice now all the time. Any
account due this office can be paid at the
%sasley Bank and a proper receipt will be
=, sent h9 Next mail.
- --Transyl4ania is rushing her products
across the Blue Ridge into Pickcns and
Anderson counties. The distinguished bay
steer of the French Broad hath iorstkrn
the plow and nightly rcstcth his weary
limbs and cheweth his cud by the chccl full
light of the campfire.