The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-04-23
PICKENS SENTINEL.
LOCAL NEWS.

MAJ. j. II. Amber was quite Ill last
suturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Will H. Chapman, Of Llbcrty is
quite, i'll with pneumonia.
Misses Lucia and Marie Folger, OF
Easley, visited relatives in Pckcns last
Saturday.
Some of our merchants have received
the ''no tariff sugar, and it goes at eigh'
teen pounds for dollar.
Prof. John II. Price, of the Liberty
High School, visited his father, Squire
Price, last Saturday.
. The frying chicken crop is late this sea-
son, thus far there has been none on the
market.
ON the 14th inst, Miss Josephine
Heard was married to Mr.. w. H Alcxar.
der, Rev. John Ellcnburg officiating
Miss Estellc Boggs, of Mt. Carmel,
Aobevlle county, visited her nt,mother
Nirs. Sarah Alexander, of Eastatoe, this
week:
BE sure you arc right when you send in
fhe news from your locality. 1t is impor-
tant to get everything straight In news
paper.
Mrs. j. l.. Thompson. of Brevard, is
very i'll, her mother Mrs II. A. Richey of
this place has been with her for the past
ten days.
The email grair crop promises to he
good this season. 1t ia said that Judge
Durant and Capt. Elias Day haye the finest
wheat in the county.
r.-The farmers on the west side OF The
county have caught up with their work.
They are getting in large acreage and
their land is in fine shane
Have you planted full corn crop :?
IL Will De too late to plant in June when
you are paying $l.25 per bushel for corn
TO do until crops arc matured
Uncle Mike says that if all the puano
that has been hauled to the upper part of
the county was piled together, il wo,,,5
make bigger hill than old Glas:s ~.
The Baptist OF this Community orc
working with will TO get the proposed
Ac% cn'ECh u'fer WY. All are interested
In this and shoul" iend a helping hand.
The epidemic of grippe that has been
t,repa'hng III this county for the past sixty
uays, mas departed, and our citizens are
enjoying their accustomed good health.
Old Joe Welborn, died of old age on
+hlrs- F'reemans place on 18th inst. He was
owned by Col. w. +. Welborn l.. nli-bcl
Eu'n days and was considered an honest old
man.
1t would suit every one concerned to
have the schedule of the county mails chang
cd to leave this place on Wednesdays and
Saturdays, instead of Tuesdays and Fri
days.
On Sunday, the 10th inst. at the resi-
dence of the officiating officer DR.. J. b.
Fcatherston, II j., Mr.. Brown A. Foster
and Miss Laura Williams were united in
marriage.
Bill Miles has become tractable, and
has given up the idea of cheating the gal
lows by starving himself. The sheriff will
have everything in shape for the final act
next Friday.
Several Of our citizens are anxious to
erect substantial improvements on their
town property. III some lumber man would
locate mill near here he would find it a
paying business.
The r sidcnts of tho Keowcc side arc
getting rather impatient about the new
bridge at Old Pickcns. Several parties
want tho bridge moved which will tend
keep back its completion.
There is yet large quantity of corn
In the upper part Of the county fer sale.
Now is the time for thosc who have it to
put it on the market, lest they fall into the
same error that cotton holders did last fall
The promoters Of the tclcnhone line
from this place to Grcenville via Easley cy
poet to have it in opperation by the lSt or
18th of June. Now if some half dozen
men will get after the short line r. r..
perhaps it will be run to this place early in
'92.
The patrons Of the postoflccs on the
Amber route are anxious to have it SO ar
Z ranged that the mail will 60 and come the
same route. They say this can be done by
leaving Rivrrvicw off of the schedule and
making Wattacoo the terminus. What say
you all2
MIR. Robert Kirkscy, of this place, re-
ceivcd his diploma as q full tledged NJ. D.,
mt the commencement exercises Of the Col
lcgc of Physicians and Surgeons, at Balt-
more on the 18th inst. He has been ten.
dered position on the hospital staff and
will accept it.
This year promises well for Pickcns
if our real estate holders do not advance
their property to fancy prices on account
OF the settlement of the 'old court house"
question, and the prospect of a railroad at
an early day. TO put put up the price Of
lots too high will tend to keep investors
out.
Municipal politics were VAIN in Lib
'erty last Monday, Five young men were
refused at the polls on account of not hav.
ing registered. They were loaded into II
hack by the steering committee and sent to
Pickens to register, and returned in time
to vote. The school fund will get V from
the boys.
The Easley Oil Mill closes down this
week after prosperous run of five
months. Dir. B. G. johnson, the supcrin-
,tendent, certainly deserves the hearty
thanks Of the management and stockhold-
ers. The mill has done great work for
Easley and the county, already. The div
idends in this respect have been declared
1t has used great many cotton seed, and
made and distributed many tons of fcriIi-
'Zer, thus saving to the people Of the coun-
~ many hundreds of dollars. Hmrah.
Tor the oil mill, and all other home enter
'prises.
mir. VIM. McWhortcr who lives near
Denver in Anderson 70 a..