The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-02-22

ouI Ill D1rnWeIl county. ...
Mr.. George e. Boggs, the fertilize
man was in Pickens last Monday.
Birds whose wing feathers are no
grown should not attempt to IL,
high.
Tuesday, the 10th, was the last da,
for making tax returns for Picken'
county.
Hon. B. A. Hagood, of Charleston,
visited friends and relatives in Easley
on Sunday last.
j. =. Carey is planning for tue
premium blue grass lot in the Pied
mont escarpment.
Hon. w. II. Bowen has purchased
the Arter tract of land which was
sold last sale day.
Mr.. j. M. Gillespie and family,
who have been down with tho grip
are all improved.
The bridge across Rocky Branch,
near Wolf Greek, is decaying, and
even now it is holoy
II. J. Mauldin, Esq, of Atlanta,
Ga, liz visiting his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Joab Maildin this week.
Judge J. II. hudson has resumed
the pratice of law at his old stand
Bennettsville, Marlborough county.
Mrs. Elias Day, who has been quite
sick during the most of this year, is
thought to be somewhat improved.
Bunk Arter last Saturday moved
out to the Peter Griffin homestead,
just the other side of the gold mine.
Mr.. Anita d. Amhler returned last
Sabbath from visit Of several days
to relatives and friends in Greenville.
A petition for the pardon of w. e.
Nimmons for violation Of internal rev.
enne laws was extensively signed in
Pickens last Saturday.
It would be we'll for the county
commissioners to look after the roads
between this place and Easley. They
are sadly in need Of repairs.
MIR. j. A. McWhorter was in at-
tendance upon q meeting of the Board
Of Examiners last Saturday. He re.
ports affairs progressing satisfactori-
ly IL the South east.
The cases against G.. P. Barrett
and others, in the U. S. district court,
have been transferred to the circuit
conrt docket, and will he heard in
Charleston at the April term.
Mcssrs. Fl. A. Richcy, Jr., and Ivy
NJ. Maulcin left Pickens last Thurs
day for Clemson College; those young
men have the best wishes of The ~EN-
MEL for u happy and prosperous year.
A. r. N. ,Folger is a veteran iuitia-
tor. Last Saturday he assisted r. A.
Bowen in taking charge of the post
office at Pickens. There are now
twenty one lock boxes, most of which
have been rented for the quarter.
1t is certainly great convenience
to have Wick 'Iudgens, the ticket and
telegraph office, MI in one bunch,
hard by the train landing at Euslev
If we had to be denied this convent
ence a week now we would raise IL
howl.
The bridge across Town Greek, at
Lathem & Clements mill, has be, n
moved down stream, by order Of Com
missioner O p. Field, and rebuilt
j. X. Kirksey had the contract.
Mr.. Clements expects soon to restore
the old ford.
The promontory which occupies
the bend in .Suluda River, just below
the railroad bridge, is being cleared
off. When the peninsula which con
meets it with the main land is cleared
off, the Saluda suckers can kiss their
fins Mt each other across it.
J. It. Gentry, formarly Of Shutdown,
and W. II. Nallcy, from near Easley,
will farm the VIM. Kennemore pluce
this year. They have the reputation
of being good farmers, and they will
find the Town Creek hills and valleys
ready to respond to their efforts.
Some mischlcvous hoy slipped into
the furniture store of w. L. McFall,
Monday; and while his clerks were
busy in another part of the building,
opened faucet in n barrel of linseed
oil, letting about five gallons escape.
Business ran pretty slick in that part
of the store for awhile.
The Eusley Democrat Of last week
says: Monroe Smith, son of Theodore
Smith, of Anderson county, returned
home last Sunday from Panama, where
he has been for several years past in
the employ of q telegraph company.
Bad health brings him home, and ne
will not return.
The case Of tho State VS.. Jesse
rrenshaw, for trespassing on lands
belonging to Mrs. Julian, was heard
by Trial Justice Prior last Saturday.
The prosecution was conducted by
b. A. Morgan, and the defence by j.
p. Carey. The Justice found the dc.