The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-07-05
PICKENS SENTINEL.
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A. B. Riley was i'll Pickens les
&eek visiting his friends.
J. e. Boggs, of THE SENTINEL, is OF
q business trip to Walhalla.
u. T. Carey is il attendance upor
the Walhalls court this week.
Miss Bertha Epps, of Kingstrree
is visiting Miss Hortense Mauldin.
Henry Lawrence exhibited cotton
bloom at this office on the 3lst inst
:. DIR w. T. Austin, who is now il
Seneca, will DO in Pickens court week
A.. n. N. Folger, of Easley, is in
town this week assisting postmaste,
Bowen.
Miss Lila Riley il visiting Mrs
Alice Riley, her sister-in law, at Salu
da, N. O.
Craig Baker has q fine cotton cror
just at this time despite the cold and
the drouth.
The candidates who expected O
6ro&d in Pickens last Monday were
disappointed.
There was q severe storm Of wind
and rain In Greenville and Abbeville
Counties last Friday.
HI. A. Richey, Jr. who has been at
tending Clemson college, is at home
on short vacation.
DR. j. T. Williams who has been
quite sick for the past two weeks is
able TO be out again.
Ernest Folger, of Easley q Glenn
Bon College student, visited relatives
in Pickens last Monday.
Last Saturday, deputy j. B. King
captured mule, cart and fifteen gal
Ions of good whiskeN on waters of
upper Keowee.
DR.. w. 7. Field was in town last
Saturday and he reported that the
FARMERS in his immediate section are
still suffering for rain.
Miss Daisy Symmes, who has been
visiting Miss Corrie Bruce for the
past two weeks, returned to her home
In Greenville, last Saturday.
A little son of Thomas Powers on
the Keowee side was severely hurt
last Friday by falling from a straw
stack on which he was playing.
The 4th of July at Piedmont has
AN elaborate program, and no doubt
was a gala day. The occurrences hot
down will be printed next week.
Storekeeper Mr.. Outz was on q
visit to w. r. Price last Sabbath
where he spent the day. On Mon
day he proceeded to W. j. Ponder's.
DR.. Sheldon and Champ Parkins,
of Liberty, were in Pickens Monday
on business. Champ says he likes
Texas very we'll, but South Carolina
better.
w. T. Bowen and Irwin Miller said
up to last Saturday they had not had
good season, but while they were
speaking we think their farms were
receiving the blessing.
H. Lang Clayton, who has been
teaching flourishing school at Town
vile, is now at home near Central
He was welcome visitor among his
Pickens friends last week.
The attention Of those desiring to
secure scholarships in the Winthrop
Normal School is called to the fact
that the examination will be held in
Pickens on the 18th inst.
The friends of e. Clay Doyle, of
Seneca, have reason to be quite proud
of him. He graduated with the
highest honers at the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina.
Several important communications
reached Us too late for publication
this week. We would be glad if o,lr
correspondents would mail them in
time to reach us on Monday.
R. Lenhardt was in Pickens last
Thursday, and also James Burdine on
Friday both of whom said the rains
had not reached their farms. They
doubtless received the blessing last
Friday.
The Columbian electric display was
not q circumstance to the show on
the Slouds on Wednesday night of
last week. The lightning simmer
ed, sparkled; glowed and dazzled all
night long.
While nearly every body else in the
County was revelinS in the blessings
of copious showers last week there
were still some few farms between
Twelve Alile and Keowee Rivers that
were suffering for rain.
.Ca. Jerre Looper exhibited at this
office last Thursday the first cotton
bloom of the season. It was raised
by Will Mccoy; who lives on Col
Aooper's place, and he challenges IN,
eolored man in the county for com
parison Of crops.
Our good friend w. RI. Brvant bo5