The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-06-09
The health of Rev. B. Holder has
What improved.

le health of Mrs. f. j. Hunter, OF
enuleton is improving slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Lewis visited
friends In Pcndleton last Sabbath.
Mr.. James Raines has put asubstantial
plank fence around his lot on Garyin street.
--Loafers were shut out OF the new court
house last Sabbath. 1t is now near enough
complete to be locked when the workmen
are gone.
Pursuant to the will, the property OF
the late A. g. McMahan was appraised
last Monday. His widow is left with O
COMPETENCY.
Mrs. j. Med Bruce and Mrs. w. M.
Hagood attended the marriage OF Mr.. G.
G. Twitty and Miss Mamie Evans, at Spar
tanburg last Thursday.
On last Sabbath David Butler, color
cd, was married to Martha Weeks, color
| ed, at the residence of the officiating Off
Ger, b. d. Garvin. trial Justice.
Mr.. Rex Dalton and others from tho Mile
Creek section report that their lands were
terribly washed last Friday. Nearly all the
streams were out Of their banks.
The excursion to Taulah Falls last
Saturday was complete success. AL
though the weather looked threatening
there was good crowd on board.
Last Monday was sale day. The shcr-
III sold sawmill, cngineand fixtures. He
also sold about I 300 acres mountain land
to Col. j. e. Hagood for Is cents per acre.
The Twelve Mile muddicd up the corn
crop very much last Saturday. 1t was out
nearly all over the bottoms. Mr.. l.. D.
stephens says it was not as high though, as
1t was four years ago.
-Mr. D. II. Hopkins, has made the edi-
TOR OF the SENTINEL as fine aud as nice a
pair of shoes as can be purchased any
where. They are made of the best kanga-
TOO and fit like lady's kid glove.
Uncle Ephrian Gilstrap has lived on
Little Eastatoe forty years. Hc says it was
four feet higher last Saturday than it has
been since he has been there. Much dam
age was done to the growing crops.
MIR. Sam Hinton was painfully but not
seriously hurt one day last week by kick
ing mule. The hind leg Of the animal
struck Mr.. Hinton twice in the back and
made al ugly place on one Of his ears.
MFR. F. NJ. Morris has a fine field of
wheat just west Of town, and Mr.. J. s.
Murphree also has q good crop of wheat on
his field Oh the Easley road Mr.. w. A.
Mauldin of Easley will have to harvest his
this week.
Maj. G. n. Lynch was in Pickcns last
Tuesday. He says the Oolcnoy last Satur-
day reached the high water mark of seven
teen years ago. Much damage was done to
the growing corn and the farmers there
abouts were busy Monday trying to redeem
their corn from the mud.
There was a small sized freshct in
some parts of tho county last Friday, cs-
pccially in the Crow Creek section. The
streams overleapcd their banks in about
80 minut cs after the rain commenced. At
John Thomas Portcrs the wind did consid-
cradle damage, unroofing his crib, blow
ing down fruit trees and fencing.
MIR w. II. Kay has made many and
very desirable improvements on his lot near
the Methodist church. In addition to q
neat garden, he has enclosed his yard with
beautiful picket fence. If he will have
Sloan Bros to send him some of their
paint SO shine it up, he will be ready for
the advent Of the steam engine