The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-06-28

Ci"FeAieo iuuCu Ill I'LL parts OF u
Site, said the other day that Picker
county deserved the premium .
roads.
People who like first-class tol'acc
chewing or smoking, will do we'll
examine the stock Of W. @. Bramlet
He has our thanks for several sample
nf the weed.
/ hGiag Iary Werner has bought
Hieyclo. The wheel arrived on Mo,
day. She will gracefully set til
fashion for the young ladies on wheeI
i'll Walhalla.-Courier.
Chas. II. Hutohins will use som
dynamite this week to search for nor
fresh, cool wator Oh the Major place
lie is making this one of the pretties
little homes in the county.
! We should like for some ono VIII,
Knows to tell us why last week,
SENTINELs for Redmond did not reacl
that postoffice. We trust our sub
scribers will all be prompt in sondina
in their complaints.
The timely rains last week up and
down the Saluda, spread great good
cheer among the farmers, and the
cotton and corn fairly cracked in their
haste for the 4th of July premium.
Some of our exchanges charge only
two dollars for announcement of can.
didates for Office. They get a fine
patronage. The candidates who come
up with the cash ought to get certif-
Gates of stock in exchange.
The State newspaper makes spe-
cial subscription offer for the cam
paign. The daily edition will be sent
three months for 81, and the semi
weekly, Tuesdays and Fridays, will be
sent six months for rs cents.
While we were still very, very dry
and dusty about Pickens Inst week,
one day 1t rained up to Rice's creek
on the south and the next day down
to Twelve Mile on the north. We all
became more uneasy than we were.
Some curious kind of compound
white man, last week, attempted to
demolish the Cooley bridge across
the Saluda river, with dynamite. He
found the structure moro substantial
than he estimated, and it withstood
the fire.
A man don't know how little he is
till he hears fish cackling on both
sides of him and ice cream churns
gleefully singing, and still he goes
hungry and hot. lie has one consol-
ation--a huckle-berry bush never gets
lightning struck.
For the first time in n good many
months tho citizens Of Pickens, last
Sabbath, met each other on the streets
going to and coming from church.
There was preaching on both ends of
the town Mt the same time. Method
ist and Presbyterian.
Central and Liberty will have a
joint picnic at the old Liberty church
site and Brock Rock, Oh Saturday,
July 18th. All are invited TO come
with baskets. Candidates, who bring
baskets unusually weil-flled, will be
allowed to speak.
j. Nj. Hays and his neighbors had
II fine rain last Thursday, and Friday
mornings, q ID were looking forpotato
slips to set out, while D. e. Hendricks
and his neighbors could go ahead
hauling in their grain. Truly the
showers were partial.
w. w. Ball, who has been editor
of the Columbia Journal since last
February, has formed q partnership
with l. w. Boyd, of Augusta, Ca,
and purchased the entire journal
plant, which has heretofore been the
property of The State newspaper.
There was in Pickens, last week, q
corn doctor as black as the ace of
spades. He furnished much amnse.
ment by his mystic methods of re-
moving corns, bunyans and warts at
twenty-five cents per lincal foot Two
corn cobs were Il portion of his ma
chinely.
The campaign rates adopted by the
News and Courier are low enough tc
put that paper III the hands of all who
desire to keep up with tho progress
OF the meetings. The rates for three
months subscription has been fixed
rs follows: Daily, except Sunday, So
Daily, with Sunday, SO. 25; Weekly 25
cents; Sunday News Is cents.
Rev A. S. Lesley and family were
last week on visit to his father, w.
A. Lesley, near Easley. Since they
camo one Of his children became quite
sick with typhoid fever. He expected
to have returned to his work last
week, but was thus delayed. Steve is
an earnest md faithful laborcr in the
cause, and tho work certainly agrees
with him, for he has grown very stout
and is the picture Of health.
Rev. A. B. Watson, who has Just
closed q weeks meeting in the Meth,
odist church, has certainly been faith
full and earnest in his work, and be-
came very popular with his audiences
There is no doubt that rch rOOd