The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-23
Liberty Locals.
What is going on in and around Liberty,
Correspondent to the JornNAL.l

Liberty, S. c., September 10Th, 1897.
Miss Fannie Sheldon il visiting her
brother DR.. Sheldon.
Miss Mary Martin, Of EaSlry, visited ut
Rev. W. IL. N"rknan'S Saturday.
Miss Ella Workman, e the Easlry
Graded school, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. w. X. Boggs and daughter. Miss
Nina, visited relatives in town Saturday.
Tho oil mill is being cleaned up ready
for work and will be started in Il week or So
People still want to rem, and buy land
around Liberty to get the benefit Of good
schools.
There was Il considerable amount of
cotton marketed here last week as low us
prices are.
Mrs. 4. F. McCord and son James. of
Atlanta, are visiting her daughter, Mrs. j..
III. Brown.
-Thr firm Of Hunter 4 Hamilton have
dissolved c"partncrShip. Hamilton selling
his interest to II. \. Hunter.
Married, September 10Th lSo7. j. IT,
Moore and Miss :. J. Sprarn;,n. John II.
BoggS \. r., "tliciatcd. An of pickcns
county.
An infant child Of Thos. Bradley, IF
Atlanta, died there last week and was
brought hero for inrrnrnt at the Ruhunal
cemetery.
Cotton is being hauled to the gin rap
idly and they are putting in all day and
part OF the night, ginning about twenty
bales Il day.
Prof. Lawrence Mills and :. &. Stewart
have returned from Il ten duNS mountain
trip. They visited as far as Hog Back
mountains, returning via white water falls,
Walhalla, etc, and Prof. Mills hats Eonc to
his home ut Camden.
j. Mcde Smith. IN aged and we'll known
citizen of this county, died in Columbia the
7th inst lie had been there several months
for treatment. He was about 30 wears of
aye and leaves Il large family To mourn his
death. His remains were Elid to rest at the
Zion hurying ground.
There is some talk Of starting II rarcr
here soon. An enterprise which has never
been undertaken at this place. All the
either towns in the county have tried their
hand and we think we might We think il
Il poor town that has moi sufficient local
talent to rnn paper. 'TiS true We have no
dispcnSary, hut there is some fine old fields
near by. But we d" not hold the opinion
| as some seem to, w: that the whiskcy bar
per business. We Hold That the key of
printers ink is the real essential. Ills
about enough to shock the rrrvr OF Il glass
eyed monkey to see Il pruhihitonist adj
NclllHtlllcut OH Il h;il room screen OF WlllS-
key key. Yet It's virtually done. why :
whiskcy tells the biggest lie. In Somu
quarters you are ahunirnble if ynu favor
| the enforcing Of the liquor law and have n,,
rights or privileges too sacred to hc assaulted
| even Ivy some who hold office in the church
and make some prctrntions to he religious.
What next"
| The sensation after sensational trial
| No ), was held nj EaSlry the other tlaN
| and verify it would seem that Andy Jones
| four for II copper lawyers We're about tc
| their wits end when they rhipprd in and
employed an attorney 10 help bring THEN
dear noble Andy out Of Il hole, ESQ report
has il anywayD They We're evidently af-
fraid of an EaSlcy Jury as we'll ~ Magis
| tratc Currton, for we understand that Con
stable Pools Grim" suddenly lo"mrd mp t.
such wonderful proportions that it did no
come within the jurisdiction OF Il magistrate
after these great law surgeons had Swayr,
the crime f"riMagi>tratc Garvim tn try. Ila
ha, glorious tactics these - gratifv littl,
animosity. Nrril; things are coming to
pretty pass in this country when amy whit,
men much less professional church mem
hers will boast Of hiring an attorney to de
| fend Il negro in violation Of the law against
a white citizen and officer in the discharge
OF his official duty. &.