The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-10-28
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Happenings Of a Local and Personal Nature.

"A good knife froe to all who pay
up. s-
Seed Oats for sule at II. G. Chr.
ter's, Liberty.
Quite crowd left this week for
the Stale far.
B. +. R'ackcrby near NorrIe has
q beautifully located homo.
Take advantage Of onr knife Of
fer. 1t is good proposition for you.
Cotton is coming in lively these
days and trade is accordingly brisk.
1T will BY you to read r. G..
Carter's now advertisement and get
posted on p!ces.
james p. Carey and Mai. j. J..
LOWS ottend'd 4 tho Federal court
in Grcenviile last week.
Tho bottom lands along the
he,dwattrs Of Twelve Mile river are
yielding large returns this year.
--Aieck Cannon is getting nice
home and good farm in good shape
on part of the Maxwell place he re-
Gently purchased
ID. T.. Kay of the Six Mile SEC.
tion has made good crop on his up.
land. >lle has some fino hogs to put
in his smoke horsc.
Mrs }. w. Earle and Mrs. j. c.
Jennings, of Pickens, and Mrs. Toccoa
Earle, of Central, left Saturday for
Columbia. They will attend the fair
this week.
james NJ. Gillespie who resides
in the Prnters section is rcnodelling
his dwelling and will have, when it is
finished, a very comodious and con.
venient house.
-Douglas jenkins of Grecnvile,
spent last Sunday among friends in
Pickens. Mr.. Jenkins is now en-
p'cyed on the ,oportorial staff Of the
Greenville News.
-Rey M. p. Matheny of Green
vile will begin services Mt Old Pick
ems church on Thursday night before
the fourth Sunday in November II. xt.
Everybody come.
In the contest for $40 premiums
offered by G. q. Rowland, for the
b, st. colt sired by his horse was won
by BIuford Alexander of the Stewart
section. 1t is fine colt
-Marred, on Thursday evening,
Oct. 22nd, 1903, at the residence of
Rev. j A. Lewis, Mr.. William Gray
to Miss Alice Farmer, all of Pickens
county, ,. j. Johnson, N. r., offiici-
ating.
Isaac Hallums and wife Georgia,
colored, have neat home between
Liberty and Norris. Isaac keeps
fine pair Of match mules and
makes corn and meat and is indie
pendent.
w. r.. Price has good corn crops
on his Oolenoy bottoms. He has
fenced up big boundary Of land anil
built big cattle pen and barn and
is going into the cattle business on a
largo scale.
A. a. Pilgrim of the Six Mile
section is hog raiser of first class.
He has n 7.months.old pig that will
weigh 200 lbs. It has been fed on
butter milk and raw and cooked
sweet potatpcs.
-Dr. Nell, President Of Clemson
College, is overrun with students. He
hns to house $40 students and it is n
heavy task. Mr.. Schilletter by hard
work and activity supplies the bread
and meat for these boys.
%. nj. Watson Of Calhoun, ia op-
Grating n dairy at that place, milking
twelve Jersey COWS. Clemson College
uses all his milk and butter. Mr..
Watson is an energetic young man
and is building q neat dwelling ut
Calhoun.
John P. Smith near Cntcechee,
has the most attractive home west of
the Twelve Mile river. He has an 8.
room two story dwelling built in the
most attractive style. He is one of
the hest farmers in that section hav-
ing 20 acres of cotton That will prob
ably make 1G bales.
Tho Lawrence bridge over Koj-
wee, has been finished and open for
travel. This is an iron bridge and is
good one and the supe, yisors of
Oconee and Pickens are to be COM
mended III having this good struct.
ure put up. Seneca gave the con.
tractors $3.50 bonus to finish it by
The 17th Instant.
- Gltnn higgins, tho seven year
old son of a. W. higgins, living in
the Pea Ridge section, has bean pick
ing cotton this season, and for the
pnst two weeks he has been averag-
ing IS pounds day. His father,
who has good crop on lands of j.
@. Garrett, Kill make fit, en- bales Of
cotton and other stuff accordingly.
Mrs. Ann Griffin, locally known
rs the "Mother Of Pickens," celebra
ted her Oath birthday last Saturday.
Mrs. Griffin and her husband, EIihu
Griffin, were the first settlers in The
corporate limits of the now thriving
town Of Pickons. Mrs. Griffin is re-
markably well preserved for woman
of her age, and enjoys visits among
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