The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-01
-There was a goodly crowd in
town Saturday.


Central, were in Pickens Tuesday.
Miss Matte Hester is visiting
Miss Nora Payne ut Fort Hill this
week.
Mrs. Robt. Childs, of near
Cateechee, was reported to us as
being quite i'll.
Mrs. n. B. Higgins, of Easley,
visited relatives and friends in
town last week.
Sutherland & Griffin have the
biggest line Of shoes anywhere.
Call on thom.
Joseph Hendricks, Of Table
Noun tain. was in town this week
visiting friends.
Read what w. II. McFall has
to say this week in another COL
umn and glvo him Il call.
w. II. Nalley, who lives south
of Pickens, brought cotton bloom
to this office on the Goth ult.
"A good new buggy for sale for
cash or acceptable paper. Ap
ply at the JOURNAL Office. If.
Mrs. j. e. Hagood, of Easley,
accompanied by Miss Lily Carter,
of Laurens, visited at Judge Now
bery's last week.
Miss Eva Holcombe, an &C
complished young lady Of Green
vile, visited the Misses Richey
near town last week.
Mr.. j. w. Pace, who lives on
the Ferguson farm sowed five
acres of land in wheat and realized
ten to every bushel he sowed.
-Rov. J, r, Riley met his regu-
lar appointment in the Presbyte-
rian church Sunday and preached
an able sermon to a large congro-
CATION.
The stockholders of tho Lib
erty Oil Mill mot last week and
r. M. Wertz was elected superin-
tondont and j. II. Brown secretary
and treasurer.
Capt. II. j. Mauldin has sent
in his resignation as captain of
the Pickens Rifles. The company
regrets very much to give him up,
but hope to get another captain as
good as he was.
The young people Of Easley
bad most enjoyable picnic at
Cedar Rock Friday and in the af-
ternoon tho Pickens people had
the pleasure of witnessing a beau
tlful parade givon by them.
p. A. Patterson, Ben Hol~
combe, John Allen, jeff Galloway
aud J. S. White were before Com
missioner Thornley, last week for
Illicit dlstilling, but the evidence
was insufficient and they were re-
leased
--ATr. john Brinsdon died at his
home in Charleston on the 25th
ult., aged SO years. He was buried
at Pendleton the 9th ult. He
leaves ii wife and two cll1ldren to
cherish his memory. He was an
uncle of Mrs. J. j. Lewis, of this
place.
john Turner, of near Rock
postoffico, died on tho 9th ult.,
with fever. He was about DO
years old and was buried the day
following his death at the Oolenoy
burying ground. He leaves Il wife
md several children to mourn his
death.
The County Examining Board
wore busy Monday examining the
papers of the applicants for certi-
ficates. 1t seems that the present
State Board of Education havo
adopted q set of hard questions
here of lato from the number of
that arc granted.
Another runaway scrapo was
witnessed by goodly number of
our town people Friday. DR.. Dur
ham, Of Greenville, was in town
on business and his horse got
scared at an engine on tho streets
and ran away, tearing up ono
wheel Of the buggy and the shalfs.
No one was hurt.
Jack Allgood, colored, who
lives near town, got his barn end
about six bushels Of corn and $50
bundles of fodder burned last
week by spark from thresher
engine. His wheat was in the
barn too, but was saved by the
throshor hands. The loss is not
worry great to him.
An entertainment will be
given il the now school house ut
Liberty on tho 9th inst at $3.50 p.
M, for the purpose of furnishing
tho rooms Of said building. The
exercises will consist of music,
cantata, dialogues, recitatlons and