The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-15
PICKENS SENTINEL.
LOCAL NEWS.

-Read the notice of the town council
and clean up your premises.
.,E7=Capt. J. A. Griffin has been elected
Town Marshal for this place. -:
--:Kizzie Lanning, colored. died last Sat.
uriay night of consumption.
.,-Ex.Judge j. b. Kcrshaw has resumed
The practice oflaw at Camden.
:. The hardest rain til at has fell here this
spring fell last Tuesday morning.
The excursion to Tallulah last Satur-
aav was success ami all who went came
pacK well pleased with their trip.
Nv. A. Barton, life insura nee agent
'os. GEcenvillo, was In town last week on
business. 49,. -
Capt. ]. l.. Thornley, has laid in scv-
erM Thousand shingles and will shortly re-
cover the hotel;
Preserve your fruit, 1t will costs you
only one cent pound IL you usc fruitinc.
'. 1. Lewis g. Son sell it.
"A careful estimate Of the acreage and
condition of the cotton crop this wear shows
about the same as last year.
MIR. Lee p. Orr has given universal
eatis1action as jcweler since he has been
mere. Give him your patronage.
..-Lieut. r. G. Mauldn graduated with
the dcSSre of batchelOr from the Columbi-
an Law school al Washington last Tues
day. ~ '
--Laurens is going to build a S1OO 600
cotton factory. The books of subscriptioo
were opened recently and $50, 900 " ere sub
acribed the first day.
%. B. Vanwyck, shoe dealer OF Ander-
q n Qooi n,,k loo
the benefit of his creditors. Assets and
liabilities about Sc, 600.
-Fruitine cost you g. a box and will
PreservNtwcnty-hve gallons Of fruit, No
cooking or sealing required. Get a box
from j. L. Lewis & Son and try it.
1t is said that the Sassafras Gap Turn
Pike road Is being put in firSt-class condi-
lion Tor travel after 1st July. 1t is also said
That the capacity of Coopcr's distilery viii
be doubled. wa
MI NJ. b. Moore, of the Grow Creek
section, lost n fine mare on the yh irst
by being checked TO death 1t is thom"hi
she was checked on fodder. She died in
about twelve hours.
An old justice Of the PEACE from New
purS visited New York the other day to see
no" tnc 1ammany justice machine works
but found it so drcary that he went to slccn
and was fined $3 for snoring.
MIR. w. +. McFall sent ten and a quar-
ter pounds Of money to the Easlcy R,nl,
last Saturday. 1t was all in one cent nicccs
and there Nas 800 Of them. He still has
ABOUT 100 or $50 which he is keeping for
seed. i0'
The trustees of Clemson COLLEGE, mo
at Fort Hill Wednesday night in extra srs.
sion TO elect president. A number OF
ballots were take without an election.
mere Is getting to be too much politics in
the College.
MIR. n. w. Mcdonald REQUESTS us 10
state that he is having his threshing mach
Inc ovcrhaulcd and will be ready soon to
'thrcsh the wheat for the public and cat
thclr fried chickens. Hcssrs Byars L. Nor
gan will assist him.
by mistake we said that Mr. VIM
Achahan had,very fine wheat on the Green.
Viiie road, IN last weeks issue This GEN
tleinan doubtless has fine wheat for he is
an excellent farmer. but we are told th At
II is Mr. L. II. McMahan that has the fine
wheat on the road.
,-Ncws was received in this county last
monday that Martin Bowlin, son OF Hr
MAI. Bowlin, of this county, committed
sulcidc by shooting himself through the
head en- the 9th inst He WAS living at the
umtc IN bisnsrk, Ala: No cause is known
here. for the rash docd.
b. ~. Stewart returned from his trip
- the wild and woody west last Wcdnce
DAY. This is three Of the boys that have
returned. There is yet one lone wand -, II
from THIS place, Willie Price, and we cx-
pcct him to return soon. Let us sing.
'.fhcre is no place like homo"
John McCrackin WAS adIudpcd fit
SUBJECT tor the iunatic asylum by the Pro
p"'c c"ai' last week. The papers has been
sent to the Superintendent foy i;.y.;ection
and examinations. Il + not knovn v neither
!hc board Of Asylum physicHr1 will say he
IL proper subject for that place or not.
Gleanwhilc John is in Jail.
Tile Central Amateur Minstrel Club
VIM give an entertainment in Academy Hall
Monday evening Juno 10th. Will YOU
please grace the occasion with your pres.
encc2' The programme, besides music.
rccitatlons and plays will embrace some
novel features. The ladies of the Prcsby.
terian church will be requested to furnish
ice cream and ether refreshments. Only
O sm Ill admission fee.
"A party of young people from Central
and Grecnvlllc passed through town last
Monday evening on q happy mission. Thcy
were gong 10 BrcVard to witness al inter
state marriage. The contracting parties
are Mr.. Jeff. Gassaway, Of Central and Miss
Annie Zachary, of Brevard. The marriage
was scheduled f. Tuesday night and 1--WE
presume ii took place, inr there are very
few things that Cau prevent such contracts
being cOnsumatcd.
We regret to announce the death OF
Miss Harriet McCrackcn, which occurred
in Grecnvillc city on the 9th inst, at the
nome OF Miss E. j. Sterling. Miss Nc
Cracken was so years old she was the sis-
ter of the late Samuel McCnckcn, q man
well known, and of some prominence in
This county. She was native of Ncwbcr-
ry county, but came to this county while
quite young. She was consistent mem.
Der OF the Methodist church for many years.
She has always had the greatest respect OF
tho people among whom she lived.
DR.. Wallace, the Surgeon from Green
vile, 5. G., will be at Pickens, G. H., Junn
10Th, goth, 21st and 22d An persons
needing Surgical attention will find it TO