The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-30

III you want to see q prosperous school
i'll Ftckcns, turn out next Monday morning.
-The cattle are not yet rid of the dis
temper. II. ii. Smith lost two last week.
j. f. Caulcy brought us an open boil
OF co'toh on the 2Sth. lie has Il good crop
both Of cotton and corn.
Mrs. II. A. Lancaster and Misses Au1ic
llollingsworth and Elizabeth MchIillar Wis
itcd Miss Mary Werner, of WaIhalla, last
week.
John ID. Harris, Of Grcenvillc, accom-
panied 10y his wife, visited his brother,
THORNLEY, d. Iarrisj of Pickens, last Sat
urday.
The boil worm has hit the Texas cot
ton crop right bctwt eli the eyes in many
places This may cause that 2,5OO, 600
bales of the Lone Star staple to 90 glm-
mcring.
The ordinance of baptism was admin
istcrca to five converts ut Mountain Grove
last Sabbath, by the pustor. Rev. !. e.
Foster. The Others who joined were una
| bic to attend.
Misses Estellc, Nina and Josie Bonrs
on BlackStock, Chester county, are visiting
Miss Lidic Smith. They are on their wnV
TO visit their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Al.
eAaider, OF ElStatOc.
j. L. Nix has just finished good well
! fnr the Bethlehem school district nt a cosi
to the school fund Of $500. This is the
second well for tic purpose made in the
county. Croswcl's was the first.
-Rcv. g. r. Shatrcr, the pastor in
charge of the Pickcns Circuit, is abundant
in lnbors this summer, going right out of
one mc"li"g into another. He commenced
meeting at Dacusvillc last Sabbath.
Prof. w. NJ. McCasan and his family
have moved to Clinton where they have
received that cordial welcome which is
greatly appreciated by them aud their
friends and which they richly deserve.
W. Q. Hester, who has been holding
forth in Washington for some time past,
is at home again. He says Pickens is too
SLOW FOR him and that he will soon return
to deeper waters and grccncr pastures.
-Arrivals at the Amber House: a. II.
PctscE, Mrs a. II. Pctsch, Mrs. II. II.
Jordan, Miss Maggie Jordan, Miss Bessie
MoroSO, Miss Alice Morus0, Miss G. T..
Burgess, Mr. r. l.. II. Bcntz, Charleston,
). G., II. l.. Amber, Grccnvillc, 5. G.
Mrs. Rcbccca Curtis, wife Of Silas Cur
lis. died ut her home, the j. A. Stcwar,
place, Oh Mile Creek, lust Saturday. Her
remains were buried The day following at
Six Mile. She was about forty-1ivc wears
of age. The funeral was conducted bv
". &. Mauldn.
-Rcv. Il. j. Rook, PASTOR closed an in.
icrcsting rroractrd meeting at Pickrns lasl
Friday night. His earnest and faithful
work was greatly appreciated and will no
doubt yield much good fruit. There was
one accession to the church, to whom the
f,T hntS ,,.;lt
on the next third Sabbath.
Louis Barr, of Grccnvilc, was in
Pickcns last Tuesday and took measure
mcnts to put in hydraulic ram to drive
the cool spring water from the dale cast of
Col. 1Ingoods into his yard. He also sub
m;itcd estimates for filing Il tank on The
public square With water from the b. d.
Stewart spring ut tic foot Of Pcndleton
avenue
Samuel Carson is saih to have killed
himself last week, by taking an overdose
OF morphine. On "Wednesday he was
found almost unconscious and past speak
ing in an outbui!ding near his home on the
Eighteen Mile. He died that night and
was buried the day following. The coro-
ncr held an inquest OF Friday aud The vcr-
J t WAS To the effect above stated. Car
was II pop llar and promising young
M about twenty-one years of age, aud
untimcly taking Off is the cause OF great
row TO his friends and relatives.
We doubt if there is a boldcr or better
spring in the county than The one on j. -.
Stewards lot at the foot of PrndlrtOn ave-
nue.. 1t bubbles mp from the cleft granite,
pretty, cold, and clear, fills Il fifteen gallon
basin, thea rushcs down over the rocks at
something near twenty gallons per minute.
IL is hard to tell what it would be worth TO
have that stream sent up to fill 5000 gal
Ion tank on the public square ard have The
waste to fall in q 2,0G0 cistcrn in another
part Of the town. We. would then have
the double blessing of being supplied and
protected. Such thing is feasible and
practicable.
Remember that the Pickcns High
Schooi "opens next Monday, Sept. Sd. Let
us show our interest in the school by giving
it good opening. Pickcns has had large
schools and there is no good reason why
we may not have large school now.
There is a sufficient number OF children in
and around Pickcns to keep up a school of
one hundred scholars; ST. let us 60 to work
and have large attendance. Circum-
stances arc favorable to have the best school
here at the court house of any point in the
county. Let us be awake to this matter
and not only patroniZc fully ourselves but
induce Our friends over the county to do
so. If we neglect the education OF our
children we place them at il disadvantage
in the great affairs IF life.
An Appeal.
TO the Churches Of Twelve Mile River As.