The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-11-04
Road Sheriff's sales in this

issue.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Hagood, OF
Easley, spent Sunday with rela-
tives in town.
About twenty-five membe. OF
the Pickens Rifles will go to Co
lumbia the 10th inst.
-Commissioner Thornley, has
had quite q number Of Internal
Revenue violaters before him fol
the past two weeks.
Read change IN tho advertise,
ment of ). II. Morgan & Bro, OF
Greenville, on first page ana call
to see them when in GreenVllle.
-PuoroanApus:-I wish to al.
nounce to the people Of Pickens
and surrounding community, that
T will be III Pickens in few days.
Can make anything from a tin
typo to al 8x1O photograph. Views
and outdoor work a speciality. All
first class work. Will DO pleased
to work for you. Respectfully, R.
l.. Henderson, Photographer.
The fourth quarterly confer
ence for Pickens circuit, wilt con-
vene on Saturday the 18th inst.
The officials will please be on hand
from @ Gch church in duo time end
let each Steward bring up full
report and lot all trustees bring a
written report az to value and con-
dition Of each church building.
Also of parsonage. w. M. Harden.
Says an agricultural OK
change: "Those are hard times.
We let our timber rot aud buy
feucjng. We throw away ashes
and buy soap. We raise dogs and
buy hogs. We grow weeds and
buy vegetables and brooms. We
build school houses and send our
children to be educated away from
home, and so forth and so on until
we arc broke. Yes, these are hard
times.
-Salesday passed off quietly
Moudny. Tho following is what
was sold: J. J. Sitton, cashier,
vs.. R. l.. Gjlstrap, 256 acres on
waters of Little Eastatoe river was
sod to j. e. Boggs for $3.50; w.
M. Prince, ct. al, vs. James Spear
man, SO acres on waters of Grow
Creek was sold to j. P. Carey for
$4,000; J. M. Barr, adninistra-
tor, VS.. Samuel Barr, ct. a., so
acres was sold to j. p. Carey for
$40; R. r. Wyatt vs.. John G..
Wyatt, ct. al, ono steam engine,
one cotton gin, feeder and CON
denser, ono press, ono saw mill
and fixtures was sold to J. T..
Boggs for%$3O.
An oditor Of q Western news
paper is mourning the loss of two
subscl clibers. Number one wrote
asking how to raise his twins safe
ly while No. 9 wanted to know how
to rid his orchard Of grasshoppers.
The answers went forward by mail
but by accident he put them in the
wrong envelopes, SO that the man
with the twins receivcd this ans
wer: "Cover them carefully with
straw and set fro to it., and he
little pest, after jumping in The
flames for few minutes will Le
speedily settled" And the man
with grasshoppcrs was told to
"give castor oil ond rub their
gums with bone"
Thursday, October 20 at II a.
m., there were committed near
Sunny Dale, in this county, per-
haps the most shocking tragedies
ever known in PIcEens county,
Rev. James u. Burdine, who had
been drinking liquor to oxcess,
went into the cook room of his
residence, where his wife and Miss
Dryman were preparing dinner,
with a 3S callber pistol in his hand
and, after telling Miss Dryman he
would not hurt her, took hold Of
Mrs. Burdino and fired two shots
in quick succession. Miss Drv-
man saw Mrs. Burdine sink INTO
chair and fall over to the floor,
and as sho was running away to
call the neigbbors, another shot
was fired. When the neighbors
arrived, intense excitement and
confusion prevailed and every ono
seemed to be afraid to approach
the cook room. After short while
several wont in and found Mrs.
Burdin on tho floor dead, with a
bullet hole through tho head, and
Mr.. BurGine sitting IN chair
apparently asleep, but one pistol
ball had passed through his left
hand and another bullet had gone
through his head. Ho was not
doad, but was 'mortaIly wounded