The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-05-17
PICKENS SENTINEL,
NDCAH, NEWS.

Auts w ouAoGNaJ/ 30 os A"AA ~e'J "o
Libsrty.
Last Monday the Nd court house
ssised its hat to the new.
Mrs. 8. p. Bruce has been quite
sick for the past ten deys.
Cashier w. @. Smith had to excuse
hinasell from business last Monday.
G.. w. Bowen has been appointed
70 the ofioe Of general deputy mar
ahal.
, Nrs. Eliza 9. Hunter. Of Pendfe.
ton. has beeh 4uite feeble for several
weeks.
Several faithful sidewalk hands
were conspicuous by their absence
laet week.
Tho bridge on the Liberty road
near the Perkins place, needs mend.
Ing with o new one. =
Tho West End had three or four
times as much rain last Monday as
tho other portion Of Pickens.
The singing school had an auspici.
ous beginning last Monday. Prof.
J. II. Loopar has an interesting class.
Joff Moon and his crowd worked
out tho section of the Liberty road
between Rices and Wolf Greeks, last
Saturday.
There should be some mutual ar
rangement among the denominations
20 have public worship in Pickens on
each second Sabbath.
Last Saturday Col. Hagood's office
furniture was moved from the old
coNart house to the. Folger building
near the Hotel de Thornley,.
The infant daughter Of Rev. John
Il. McBryde died last Friday. He
has the deepest sympathy of many
warm friends in this sad bereavem ent
"Wheat,straw will be wheat.straw
this summer" as the old negro said
about shucks. 1t appears now that
the crops viii be short, shorter,
shortest.
Rev. j. @. c. Newton, Of Kobe, ia
pan, 10 in attendance, as a delegate,
upon tho Memphis Conference. He
will visit relatives and friends in this
county before his return.
On the 9th inst. Mrs. Jane Smith,
the postmaster at Liberty, was mar
ried to j. S. Smith, the liveryman.
ThS ceremony was performed by Rev.
j. T. Mcbride, at Pendleton. No
eards, and no kin.
The Clemson boys had a fine ride
70 Rock Hill. to witness the laying of
OF the corner stone of the establish
ment which is to be Clemson's little
sister. 1t also will be guaranteed to
have an India rubber liver and elec-
trio lights.
Christopher Jones and John Lesley
got into q fight last Thursday, at
Richard Rosamond's shop, and Jones
snote Lesley on the ear with his
teeth aud nearly cut off the lower
lobe thereof. And Lesley's blood
was upon his own shoulder, and his
2ather's name is Dennis.
The district school mass meeting,
at Easley last Monday, was very
Yuuch III the notion of healthy school
tax. Rev: J. r. Riley, D. D., was
chosen chairman, and the crowd was
highly pleased with the courteous
manner in which be presided: The
@eotisg adjourned to meet next Mon.
day.
vesy appropriate and touching
nae,norial services were held in the
Walhalla Baptist church, on the fret
Sabbath in this month, in honor of
the lete pastor, Rev. r. W. Seymore.
Members of other denomination par
tieipated, and representative of each
pronounced eulogies on the life and
character Of the deceased.
Mrs. WA. Smith died at her home
at Pelzer last Monday morning. She
was about forty years Of age. She
leaves . husband and several children
20 mourn their loss. Her remains
were inferred last Tuesday at the T.
Smith bArying ground, the funeral
being conducted by Rev. G. r. Shat
for. w. A. Smith is quite i'll.
The case OF the State vs.. II. M.
Griffin for violation of labor contract
with Mrs. e. A. Brown was heard
last Saturday by Trial Justice Stew
art. The defendant was acquitted.
He was indicted under the law made
for the "protection of laborers," but
IL was not on that ground that he es.
capped. The contract was insufficient
20 sustain o prosecution.
Jeremiah Looper makes claim to
che most gentle and sensible cow in
che burg. He tells a we'll vouched
story of how it deliberately walked
into the kitchen during the April
snow, and quietly stood by the stove
until Mrs. Looper did the milking,
and then walked out and back to the
lot. The COW is Devon J ersey. and
o fine specimen Of beauty among the
bovine species.
Baild up and pull down. There
was a strike in pickena last Monday