The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-20
MIR. j. O. Brock went to Eas-
Icy on business Friday.


Try one of tho now patent cot
ton harrows at Sutherland q Grif
fins.
Tho JOURNAL gives all tho
latest news and will continue tt
do so.
DIR. G.. w. Earle reports ,
great deal of sickness in the coun
try at present.
Be snre and 60 to Charleston
the 25th of this month. The tril
is we'll worth your money.
Mr.. Nj. r. Boggs, a prosperous
farmer of near Central, was il
Pickens on business Monday.
"A good new buggy for sale fol
cash or acceptable paper. APP
ply at tho JOURNAL office. If.
Mrs. J. J. Lewis, who has boon
on an extended visit to relatives
IN Charleston, returned home
Wednesday.
II. D. Harris comes to the
front this week with Il change in
his advertisement. Read what he
says in another column.
-"Bee" Lewis, that popular
salesman of the Clark Hardware
Co., was in town Monday and says
he certainly can sell hardware.
DIR. Earle has tho finest gar
don wo have heard of. I1o has
bean, tomato and squash blooms
in abundance and won't be long
before he will have beans to eat.
The bridge across Eastatoc
river that was let out some tinle
ago should be built. 1t is Il dam
gerous place to ford and should be
looked after by the County Super
visor.
Married on the 9Th inst, at
tho residence Of Notary Public,
w. X. Merck, Miss Maggie f.
Smith, daughter of Mrs. O. c..
Smith, to MIR. f. G.. Stewart, Mr..
Merck officiating in his elegant
and felicitous style.
Ward Hendricks, colored, was
struck in the head with q weight
by Dave Hendricks, colored, on
Wednesday the 10Th inst, and was
considerably bruised up. He is
not expected to live. Tho quarrel
took place at @. II. Hendricks
store near Easley.
Capt. r. j. Mauldin, of Pick
ems, was in the city this week.
His address on memorial day at
Anderson was a ehaste and clo-
quent production, and marks him
as young man of unusual abiii-
ty. Pjckens may we'll be proud Of
him. .-Greenville Mountpinecr.
"A Sabbath school was organ
lied at Tabor church the second
Sunday in this month and the fol-
lowing officers were elected: W.
w. Hammond, chairman and sec
rotary; S. R. Day, Superintendent,
with Jessie Ellis, as assistant; w.
M. Murphree, choirester and w.
A. Hunter, assistant. They hope
to have a good school there.
For the interest and benefit Of
Pickens county, $40 bill is
waiting for the person who will
got the best write-up Of Fickens
county, embodying the advanta =,
ges, resources, &c. Pickcns court
house to be included in tho write
ND. Not less than threo nor more
than ten columns Of tho JOURNAL
to be entertained.
-~Greenville Nows 10th inst:
There in an historic old rocking
chair on exhibition in the display
window Of Westfield & Hollams
furniture establishment. This
aged piece of furniture is the prop
erty of Col. J. e. Hagood, of Pick
ems, and has just been upholstered
by the Greenville firm, 1t is made
of mahogany taken from tho cabin
of the old battlcship "Constitu-
tion," which was used by tho Uni
ted States in the war Of 1912.
The chair was presented to the
late Hon. John G.. Calhoun, of
South Carolina, by John Randolph,
of Virginia, while the latter was
Federal secretary of state.
Tho JOURNAL is indebted to
Prof, J. G. Langston for tho First
Annual Report of tho Graded
School of Easley. The following
are the officers and teachers:
Board of Trustees; j. b. King,
chairman, {. ". Martin, secretary,
A. w. Folger; Teachers, John G.
Langston, Principal Seventh
eighth and ninth grades; Miss
Ella Work kman, first assistant,
fourth, fifth and sixth grades;