The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-19

L
g visiting friends III town thi
week.
See change in nd. of J. H
Brown, of Liberty, elsewhere il
this issue.
MIR. M. b. Williams, of Pierce
town, was in town on busines
last week.
! Read the change in the ad. O
Clyde & Nalley, of Easley, on frs
page this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Alexande
left last weok on trip to relative
md friends in Oconee county.
w. N. CAN'T is hereby an.
nounced a candidate for Cottor
Weigher for Liberty Township.
The protracted meeting al
Mount Carmel church has boon
been postponed until til fifth Sun.
lay in this month.
j. II. Langston went to Pied
mont on business, last week, and
reports tho farmers in that sect
ion needing rain very bad.
-Whiskey is reported as selling
in Klondike at 800 por gallon.
1t would keep a good many fellows
sober in other places at that price.
Atlanta will have another OK
position in November 1898. This
one promises to be the grandest
ever had. Preparations are now
being made.
Mess. Sam Higgins, and j. r.
Glazencr, of Easley, passed through
Pickens last week Oh route to
North Carolina, where they will
spend some time.
-Brevard Clipper says: Mr..
and Mrs. j. S. Hendricks, of Pick.
ems county, and Mrs. j. A. Giles
pie were visitors at the home Of
j. G. King last woek.
C. A. Hamlet, blind man Of
Augusta, Ga, Is in Pickens this
week selling several good books.
He is we'll recommended and has
a wifo and several children to sup
port. Holp the blind.
-On Saturday the 18th inst,
Mr.. Jerre Loopor handed us n boil
Of cotton which was gathered from
his field. Mr.. Looper is a model
farmer and will be in the race this
fall for the one who pnts the first
bale Oh the market.
A very interesting protracted
meeting closed at Griffin church
Sunday with seventeen accessions
to the church. Tho meeting was
conducted by Rev. B. Holder. The
baptizing will take place the Sec
ond Sunday in September.
w. Nelson Bolding, of Prater's
section, is the champion farmer.
He handed us on the 18th inst, an
open boil cotton. This is the first
one we have seen this season; he
says has about twenty-five acres
of the feecy staple in cultivation
and will in short time have cot.
ton to pick.
Married, on the 10th inst, at
the residence of the officiating
minister, Rev. j. +. Lewis, Mr..
Oscar Cothran, late of Texas, but
now of Oconee county, to Miss
jamie, the beautiful and accom-
plished daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
O. P. Field, of Pindor. The happy
couple have the congratulations
of many friends.
j. e. Boggs and Il. X. Hud-
gems have ro-organized the Pickens
Land Agency with Offices at Pick
ems and Easley. They already
have ON their lists, valuable farm
and timber lands which they are
offering an good terms to such as
oan make a small cash payment.
II you want to buy, sell or ex-
change, you will do we'll to soc
them.
-Oconee News says: A man
by tho name of W;n. Goss com.
mitted suicide at Old Pickens by
shooting himself in the mouth
blowing out part of his brains
last Monday. He lived until Wed.
nesday morning but never spoke
He is thought to be from Madison
county Ga. lie had been there
about q month. There was a wo,
man with him who claimed to be
his wife.
The Pickens Rifles met in
thoir armory Saturday and re-or.
ganizod and elected oom missioned
officers. The following were elec.
ted: Ivey NJ. Mauldin, captain
A. S. Porter, 1st Lieutenant; d. A
Cooper, Second and j. D. Griffin,
third. The regular meetings are
every first Saturday in each month
Let evory momber take an interest
in the company and make the
Pickons Rilos the champion com.
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