The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-08

Si"h'tScu young corn ana cotton.
60 to w. g. Dramlctt's for your cheap
groceries and goods Of all kinds. lie will
please you in quality, quantity ard price.
Col. j. T. lIagood was in town last
Saturday but returned To Grecnviilc Mon
day to take testimony i'll the rail- oad tax
cases.
Miss Mclenco Thornley, Went 70 SOAR
tanburS last Saturday 10 allcul the com.
menccment exercises Of Converse Cvliure
this week.
If you want 10 think Of your yontlf,,,
days read Sloan HI0s ,:;i. YOU want to feel
refrcahcd drink S.oaa's Soda Water when
IN GrccnYit.
Sam AShnorc Got hralc last M0A1ac
lie has been gone about NlOc months and
III that time has seen > good deal of the
wild and w0Oy wet.
john McCrark"n was before judge
NcWbcrY last Girurs;iHi tn be cxugl;,.",i fer
lunacy. ihc testimony WIS insufficient
and he w"s discharged,
Lieut.! i. G. MaulG!n is now stationed
at Fort Mcpherson near Atlanta, Ga lie
stopped in PickCns about two days last
week Oh his way to Atlanta.
MIR. John B. Cleveland, Of Spartan
burg, has been appointed receiver for the
Augusta & Knoxville and the Port Royal
& Western Carolina railroads.
We hope to he able IN few days to
tell our leaders that the railroad will he
finished up right away. Something is
brewing which points in that direction,
but we don't know.
..--Su3ar'is going up. 1t is now II pounds
to the dollar, that is the 1cst granualr,l. Il
is to be hoped that Congress aud President
Cleveland will lose no time in lcl:raiug The
ubiquitous tariff law.
MIR. a. G. Maryic'1, deputy cri}actar.
was in Town last Miond4y. Un 'Huas;lay
he went "U' 20 Nia:Sy li0,!Htniu 10 tart I'D
fruit iii Eilcry for Tally Eihb. lie vii:
Still fruit as soon as it gets ripe enough.
Next Saturday is the exclusion to
Tsliulah falls The train will leave Spar
tanhurg and will stop only at Easlcy and
Central in this county. Several expected
t. so from Liberty but will be disappoint-
On our way to Grccnville last week.
we saw more and batter whc 1t than for sew
cral years. We especially mention that of
Mr.. N. AlcN ahan and Mr.. ". 0. Rich.
cy. Whose gentlemen certainly know how
- farm.
ME- W. O. Bradley, a conservative of
AoDcvillc has been arpointcd Chief Clerk
III the Treasury Department at Washington
st salary of i;?,n0J Il year. His appoint
nent "I2 stcIhu'; ~ Senator BAiicr and
lion. George Johnstonr.
-Rcv. II. Dewitt Talmaec, pastor Of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle, having threaten
CD to resign his Office unless The debt of
the church, which amounted to 500, 900
or more, was paid, will continue in his pus-
toratc, as the debt has been paid.
"A petition has been circulated and
freely signed by the citizens here asking
that the mail from this place to Easlcv be
changed so as to leave here instead of
Easey. If changed it will leave here at
T:3O Il. M, and return at l2:30 p. M, and
leave at 3 p. M, and return at T.
A party consisting of Mr. G. W. Gig
nillict and family, Misses Huffman, Miss
Llcrctia brennan and Mrs. }. w. l.. Carey,
Of Seneca. and Mr., j. Med. Bruce nlid
family, Dir. j. +. BOggs and family, Miss
Corric Bruce, Miss Ncttie Symmcs, Eugene
Alexander, Larry Thornley, and one or two
others had delightful pic mic at Old Pick
ems last Wednesday.
Col. J. Wash. Watts of Laurcns has
been appointed Statistical Agent for this
State Of the National Agricultural Depart
mcnt The salary is $500, and Colonel
Watts will be able to fulfil thc duties of
The Office without changing lis residence.
The appointment was secured through th"
intervention Of Congressman Shell and
Senator Butler cr.-Advcrtiscr
Gen. John B. Gordon, the distinguish
cd Georgia statesman and soldier. has con-
scnted TO deliver an address to the &.lrViT-
Ors of the Sixth South Carolina Cavalry,
A reunion of Tie survivors Of this rc@i.
ment will be held at Greenwood on the .:El
of July and the Survivors propose to gather
there from nj parts OF the State There will
be big barbecue. Every Old veteran that
can should attend
Col W. T. Wclbornc Of Oconcc cG,:n.
ty, on returning from this county where
he had been on visit. and going down a
long hill near Old Pickcns in q buggy, the
harness broke the horse began 70 kick and
the buggy WAS turned over Col Wcihornc
and his sOn Leonard who was with him,
were thrown out. The Colonel was not
seriously hurt but his son received very
severe cash on his | cad, one Of his cars
being partly cut of. DR.. Clayton Of Cen
trail, Was sent for and gave the required
medical attention.. The son was badly
hurt but was carried home Thursday.
While on a visit to Pcndlcton and
Fort Hill week before last we visited the
old stone church which has perhaps the
largest grave yard in the up country. Hero
we saw for the first time the grave OF a
lady who was buried on top Of the earth.
Some brick had been laid on the ground
and ccmented and the coffin sit on it and
an arch of brick built over it. Here toe
we saw the first tombstone. TO live mans
grave. In other words q man who is now
living has his tomb stone sitting up Mt the
place where he intends to be buried. Ills
name, age and an ncription is cut On tho
atonc, and blank place left for his death
II is sad that others who arc now burco
there hNl h"ir toiH1s pat there before tl.ny
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