The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-17

Prof. Murphree is conducting
a singing school at Secona thi:
week.
Cotton weighor's election Sat
urday. Turn out and cast youl
ballot.
IN. ID. Satterfeld is saving Il
large quantity of nice lumber neal
G. w. DORIS.
Born unto Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Ferguson, Of near town on the 10th
inst, a daughter.
The new brick building of J.
II. Anthony on Ann street is fast
nearing completion.
Recruits for tho Chinese army
are not accepted unless they can
lump ditch six feot wide,
john d. Harris and family, of
Lenderman, Greenville county,
visited his brother, II. d. Harris,
in Plckens, this week.
-Messrs. J. p. Carey and j..
McD. Bruce went to Spartanburg
Monday in the interest of the
pickcns Cotton Mill. May success
crown their efforts.
-Rov. J S. Porter met his regular
at the Methodist
church Sunday. The protracted
at that church will begin or the
Sunday in September.
The annual catalogue of Glenn
son College is ready for distrlbu-
ton. A copy will lie sent to any
address upon application to Presi-
dent Hartzog, Clemson College,
S. G. 4t.
On Monday last, Deputy Mar
shals Henry Grady and j. G. Alex
der captured a hundred gallon still
and destroyed a large quantity of
bser on waters of Eastatoe river,
They also caught three operatives
at the still.
C. @. Page, who has been store
keeper and guager at L. e. Loop
er's distillory for quite awhile, was
called to his home at Landrum last
week on account of the illness Of
his wife. Mr.. Powell took his
place temporarily.
-Autun CORES pondent in An
derson Intelligcncer of 9th inst:
"Mrs. Emma Major. Of Pickens,
while visiting relatives and friends
in this community was taken i'll
while ut Mr.. j. M. Blackman's and
is now at his residence"
We take pleasure in mention-
ing the fact that Mr.. Jason Giles
PIE, who lives on west end Of town
has tho linest field OF cotton in the
Mr.. Gillespie has been
given up to be one Of the best
farmers in Plckens county, by
several leading men.
Rev. J. e. Foster closed a pro.
tractcd meeting at Secona Sunday.
Fourteen accessioDs we're added to
the church. eleven being baptized
On the first Sunday in
September three mere converts
Will be baptized. This was a glo-
riCus meeting and will long be re-
memhercd,
White & Williams, two first
class painters of Greenville, are
located in Pickens now and will
do painting just as you want it.
II you have any painting you want
done, it will be to your interest tc
see them. Paper hanging, sign
writing and graining q specially
Prices are reasonable.
Last Friday morning the on.
gine Of the Pickens railroad got
out Of fix and several trips were
not made, but on Monday morn
i1g new engine arrived and now
the regular schedules are being
carried out. A bolt blew out
Of the boiler while il was beng heat
up, causing all the water to run
ouC WAS VIZ llolDlC.
Last Thursday night while
Supervisor e. Il. Looper was pass.
ing the house Of Wash Clinkscales
colored, in buggy some negroes
we're fooling with q double barre
shot gun and it accidently went off
one shot going through the Super
vlsor's ear, one entering his neck
AND two going ilrto his buggy. The
wounds are not at all serious anC
he is doing all right.
Ike Simpson, COL, who killed
his brother near Easley about 8
year ago, and who has been al
large ever since, was arrested last
week in Georgia for house-breaK
ing. Sheriff Mcdaniel heard oil
the arrest and from information
received, he is, the man. AS soor
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