The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-10

week.
There we're several showers o
small hail stones in the county ias
week, but no damage has been nc
ported.
The pushing farmers on Bethlehem
Ridge. south Of the court house, re
port their new ground burned off ane
the corn planted.
Wheat was much injured and re
! iarded by the April freeze, but it is
now making rapid strides toward a
very good harvest.
The section just south Of Easley
was visited by q heavy rain storm
Saturday, accompanied by hail, thun-
der and violent wind.
Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. A. Trez.
want Folger, of Easley, on the 9th
inst. daughter. Mr.. f., thinks it
is probable that he will have to deco.
rate her with the name "Free Silver. "
Henry Lawrence has the e'brag corn
on both sides of the Pumpkintown
road just this side of Town creek.
He fertilized it with cornstalks, and
80 far he seems TO have made good
hit.
Rev. @. r. Shaffer filed his ap-
pointments at Pickens and Bethlehem
last Sabbath, preaching earnest and
appreciated sermons at both places.
He is certainly capable of much hard
work.
James Rosemond colored, is doing
some fine farming on the Neal place
He. has about eighty acres in cotton
and has raked about a ton of Bermu-
do grass into the road to bo trampled
under the feet of men.
Bob Robinson and some friends
attended baptizing at Pisgah last
Sabbath. Bob is nothing if not q
Baptist, and he led his thirsty ani-
mails to the pool to drink and they
plunged in and we're immersed, all
but their heads.
There was almost hurricane in
the neighborhood of Central last Sat
urday, and the wind was strong
enough to pick up one of AR. Hop
kins' little boys and ride him short
distance. We have heard of no seri-
Jus damage so far
Representative Izlar, of South Ca.
rolina, who recently made his advent
i'll congress, met an old college chum
in Representative Cobb, of Alabama.
They had not met since 1856, when
they attended Emory College togeth
er, at Oxford, Ga.-Washington Post.
In the account of the union meet.
ing, the election of Hon. W. T. Bow
en- rs moderator, was overlooked, the
reporter not being present at that
stage Of the proceedings. The elec-
ton was unanimous, and he presided
with his accustomed promptness and
courtesy.
There are now two papers in Green
wood, the Leader and the Advocate
They are quite young, but old enough
to shoot. The editor of the Advocate
put ball in the arm of Rowell, the
editor of the Leaader, one day last
week. He says he shot in self de-
fence and winged his game.
7. D. Harris has made for his cat
tie splendid panhandle pasture by
enclosing q portion of his land, just
south of bis dwelling, and extending
the handle of the pan so as to take in
about fcrty feet of Rocky Branch,
just below the bridge. Thus the
cattle have to feed from the pan and
drink from the handle.
A family of six tramps passed
through Pickens last week. They
begged from door to door, and were
recognized by several whose sympathy
prompted them to feed the hungry.
They were here about one year ago.
They must have m orbit around
which they revolve once in year.
They are one man aud two women
and three children.
In the case of J. T.. Amber vs.
Larkin Hendricks, tried sometime
ago on claim and delivery proceedings
before Justice Il. G.. Robinson, the
jury assessed damages against the
plaintiff in favor of the defendant at
the sum of $3.50. The motion for a
new trial was refused last Thursday,
and judgment entered puestant to
the verdict. This was case under
tho stock law.
Land sold cheap last Monday, al
though there was good crowd pres.
ent considering the fine weather for
Turning Twenty acres of the
Keith land on Georges Greek was
sold to J. r.. BogQs for $40 90; The
brick store at Easley was sold to II.
Earle Russell for $1,000 and fifty
acres mountain land sold under exc.
cution to w. r. Price for $500. This
closed the clerks and sheriff's sales
for the day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton, the devot-
ed wife of +. Van Clayton, died at
her homo near Sharon last Saturday
morning aged sixty years. She had
been n consistent and faithful Nom