The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-28
Dr.. ". F. Austin, dentist, vii!
33 IL Easley June 2i aud Sd.

aSSOci9roE Will meeb az A'u
church :ae second Sunday in June.
The second quarterly conference
for Pi:kens circuit will be held with
Tabor church on Friday the 9th OF
June.
The teachers of the County will
find Pickens a delightful place to
spend months sojourn n se!f.im-
provement.
Don't fail to attend the old SOL
diers reunion, June Sd. Dinner on
the ground; free to the veterans, 25
cents to others.
The Piekens Cornet Band is
making rapid progress. Most OF
them can blow the scale ~ in some
way. But it won't be much longer
until they can blow in unison.
A. B. Taylor of Pickens, a for
mer Furman student, came to Green:
Vile Saturday, and WAS the guest of
friends at Montague hall until yester-
day.-Greenville News, 26th inst.
Tom Kirksey killed rattlesnake
on Reese's mountain, near NJ. j. We'll
born's on the 2lst instant, that was
twelve inches in circumference, fifty
four inches long and had sixteen rat
ties and weighed eight pounds.
N. D. Taylor has made group
picture OF the school children taken
on the court house lawn and any one
wishing one can buy same from him
while be is 10 Pickens next week; he
also made this same picture with the
court house boldly brought out and
any one wanting a good picture OF
this structure can also procure same
from him.
Among the out-of-town attend
ants upon the commencement exer
cises Friday night, were Misses Corrie
Boggs and -Reames Of Liberty. Miss
Reames, who is native of Tennes.
see, is teaching at Liberty and by her
many charms and graces has made
many friends who are loath to see
her leave. After short visit to rel
atives in North Carolina she will re
turn to her home in eastern Tennes-
see.
Ambitious teachers will do we'll
to remember the well known phrase,
"poor teach, poor pay" School boards
are beginning to recognize profession.
al training in the teachers they en-
ploy and show a willingness to re,
ward competency. Teachers, who
expect to teach in the schools OF
Pickens county will not fail to attend
the Summer School for teachers to
be held in Pickers, beginning Jure
Sth.
John P. Griffin moved into the
Palmer house yesterday. The resi-
dence he has just vacated will be oc-
cupied from the 1st Of June, by Judge
R. o. Purdy and family, of Sumter,
who will spend the summer in Pick
ems. We welcome them, and hope
their sojourn here will cause their
friends, and their friends friends and
others to also spend the heated term
in this sylvan spot.
Fourth of July will be grand
rally day in Pickens; the summer
sch00i so ,ossesessss ssssss
and the Superintendent of Education
expects to have every school trustee
in the county to be present and on
their best behavior; he has also ar
ranged for, and expects to have. His
Ezcellency. Gsgerner D. G. Heyward,
and State Superintendent of Educa-
tion o. B Martin here to deliver pa
triotic and timely addresses.
Mrs. N. D. Taylor has had charge
of the Pickens studio this week, and
as she is equally as good photogra-
pher, or better, than Mr.. Taylor, it is
needless to say, that all Of those who
have given her sittings will be we'll
pleased with the work. It is a pity
that either Mr.. or Mrs. Taylor, one
of them, could not give more time to
the gallery in Pickens. However, we
hope the time is not long until their
business will grow to such mammoth
proportions that they will have to
move here and ssgrow up with the
town." They would be assured OF a
sincere and cordial welcome.
The closing exercises of the
Pickens Graded School were held in
court house last Thursday aud Fri
day nights May 2l and %. Large
audiences, from the neighboring
towns were present on both occasions.
We cannot begin to give even an
epitome of the exercises; suffice it 10
to say, that the Tom Thumb we'd
ding and the Hoop Drill on Thurs
day night, and the Japanese Fantas-
tics and the Graduating Exercises
presentation of Diplomas, were the
features for Friday night. OF course
the dialogues and speeches by the
boys and the recitations by the young
ladies', we're all splendid and showed
that bright minds were handling the
subjects. Out of the lot it would be
extremely hard to select one OF the
participants for a special mention.
The teachers deserve credit for the
painstaking care in drilling the stu
dents and getting up such an enter
tanning program, and to the scholars
too much praise cannot be given for
the manner in which they rendered
their various parts. It was an en-,
ioyable occasion, and one which will
be long remembered by all-teachers,