The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-10-02
Local and Personal.


DIR. w. II. Austin will be il
Easley October 7th and 9Th.
-Pickens is moving for bette,
things. One can feel them coming
Cotton pickers are in demand
This is the harvest season indeed
for them.
Court convenes third Monday
in October. Judge Watts will pre-.
side.
j. V. Griffin, successful far
mer of Liberty was here Monday on
business.
--Representative-elect, J. Ash.
more Hinton, was in Pickens Mon
day.
Hon. M. r. Ansel and wife
spent Sunday with Mrs. @. L. Hol-
lingsworth.
MICS Ada Gillespie m atricula-
ted in the Graded School Monday
morning.
Mrs. Cureton has replenished
her stock. She is 1eady for your
fall trade.
A. M. Morris keeps abreast of
the times and strives to please his
customers. Call and see him.
DR.. Lucius L. Earle, left Tues.
day for Georgetown, S. c., where
he will take charge of drug store.
1t IS doubtful if there is a
town on the continent tho size of
Pickens that has no meat market.
Miss Lula Gravely, daughter
of Isaac Gravely, entered the Gra-
ded School Monday morning.
Rev w. Il. Abbott will preach
at Keowee chnrch on Friday night
before the first Sunday in October.
Il. 0. Mauldin returned to
Charleston Saturday to resume
his studies in Charleston Medical
College.I
j. Allen Dendy, and sister,
Miss Sue, have been On q visit to
the family of their brother, Prof.
Dendy.
James Garrett and sistor Miss
Lola, Of Cateechee, s. c., entered
the Graded School Monday morn
ing.
"A number Of the Pickens
friends of the late w. r. Blassing.
anne attend his funeral In Green
vile Sunday afternoon.
Cotton at St cents means some
thing to the producer. And it con.
tinues to roll into Pickens where
the highest market prices are al.
ways paid.
We have received the proceed.
ings of the twenty-eighth annual
convention of the .South Carolina
State Press Association, held at
Georgetown, s. c., May, 28th,
1902.
There will be an old folks
singing at Golden's Creek Baptist
church the fourth Sunday IN Oct.
Public invited to come and bring
Song books and we'll filed baskets.
w. N. Bolding, Chm.
Its good time to get the cot.
ton out these pretty days. If it
stands very long IN the field, it
dries out, loses in weight, and the
further risk of loss in bad sample
might be e1,tailed.
-Pickens is becoming famous
throughout the county as cotton
market. The top of the market is
always paid here, and at times a
few poi.lts more are paid. The peo.
pie have found this out and know
where to market the fleecy staple.
Rev. Thos. H Medd preached
two interesting sermons in the
Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning and evening. Next Sun.
day closes Mr.. Medd's ministry
with Piokens and Easley church.
es. Rev, Mr.. Grier, of Due West,
will preach next Sunday evening.
Next Sunday morning there
will be Services in the Presbyteri
an church, after which the Com
munion service will be held. Thil
will be the farewell service CON
Quoted by the beloved pastor, Rev
Thos. II. Medd. In the afternoon
ut d O'Clock there will be service
In the same ohuroh conducted BY
Rev. Paul drier, Of Due West, s
Q. He 10 the son Of tho lamente'
Dr.. w. NJ, Grier, who was so lopl
the able President Of Nrskine Col
1ege.
THE seventh, eighth aud nintl
grade pupils Of the Graded sohoo
se"osganized their literary soolet,
for self.improvement Friday after
noon, Sept. 10th. The followin
officers were elected:
Psesident--Hregg T. Mauldin.
V,oa, praa 49,, 1,6wit, Mar1a