The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-03-31

-Kcmembcr the town election comes
t Monday. Go to the polls and cxcr-
your freedom. Vote for coed, conscr
i've men to administer the affairs of the
( for the next year. BE sure and not
any ''rottcn drftwood" in it.
-lMr. Lemuel G. Hendricks well to do
llhighly respected citizen OF Anderson
ltty near the PickeDs line, died at his
ae on the oath after lingering illness.
death was caused by pneumonia. He
buried the day following his death.
We have in the SRNTINEL office peti-
ns to Congress for the passage of the
| which provides for the punishment of
,sc who tamper with the produce mar
by dealing in futures. All who are
ling to sign it will please call early, as
wish to send the petit, on in about 10
While in Abbeville last Saturday, We
re dincd by the Press and Banner. The
ire tsaDseo of the cditorxof that enter
sing Journal the better weNiike him. lie
oWsi1ow to make an editor enjoy him.
f and he certainly understands the news
per business. Hope to meet you again
OF, brother Wilson.
Mrs. NJ. ID. Cantrell died at the home
ler}husbanu on the 9th inst, of pneu
oaia resulting from grip. Her remains
u:sinterrcd at the family burying ground
tho late Jacob Lewis. She was a good,
lrstian woman, and besides her husband
I'd children she leaves many friends to
get her taking off.
Mrs. Evans Nicholson, a daughter of
Id. Cantrell died last Monday. Her
glsband survives, but is said to be serious
q i'll. The remains were buried at the
'tcwis burying ground. AS will be noticed
Elsewhere in this issue, her mother died the
Jay before. Truly the hand of affection is
Sorcly pressing this household.
In private letter to a gentleman of
shis place from Charleston it was leaned
that the contract leasing tho right of way
Of the Cumberland Gap railroad bed to the
Pickens Railroad Company had been sign
ed by the proper authorizes of the Cumber
land Gap road and forwarded. The dirt
will soon fly. SO look out for the cars
while the bell rings or the whistle blows.
"A map 6X4 feet that gives you the pic
lures of all the Presidents and their auto
graphs from Washington to Harrison, when
and on what issues each was elected also
the electoral vote and popular vote OF ev-
cry candidate for president, the population
OF the United States for every five years
from the first to the last census, with the
largest and most complete map of the Uni.
ted States ever published. Price 500
Comes with the SENTINEL for 80 cts. Ev-
'ry school and family in the county should
have one.
We met last week, Mr.. Sullivan, a
stockholder, director and active manager
m m tee Wolf and Tiger Mining Company
Oh SPartanourg. There has been much
published about the rich finds of gold in
:he l district belonging to the company Mr..
Sullivan says that the gold veins Of the
Earth run with meridians, and he thinks
there Is little doubt about there being rich
deposits of gold in Pickens county. Cas-.
nal prospcctors in this county share the
same opinion. If we had land and i'm
provement company to invest small sum
in paying some expert, We confidently be-
lievc it would be tho means of adding
thousands to the wealth of our county.
Something like this must DC started up.