The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-02-08
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Happenings Of q Local and Personal Nature.

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~Near.y every o.As. Y>}eoa 20,
moot -" j. trf - viii. severe
Goa or gl.'Hc
~~l}ou'. ,uvrt. ,"n at...,. about
the weather. Just think what The
other fellow is catching,
Tho next festival is that 0 81
Valentine, February 18th, when, 1t is
sail, tho birds mate.
Wells, ponds and water courses
still need much moro ram 70 rAls;
them to usual winter levels.
Please do not hold your coupons
II you intend to vvto them, vote them
now. They count as much now Us
ever.
The cotton acreage in Pickens
county will be materially reduced
this year in comparison with lasi
year.
MANY of the contt stants in the
contest are holding back fo1 "a ru, h. "
Don't fool yourselves, call the world
loXsBAghter."
latest "fad" among the
youhsRg girls is the collecting Of boys
handKerchicfs pnd making "fricnd-
ship shirtwaist."
If any subscriber fails to get his
paper regularly and promptly, he
will confer favor by letting it be
known at the Office.
Although cotton keeps down
the farmers are cheerful and hope.
full. Many of them are anxious to
start the plow for The next crop.
Tile rural mail carriers have
hard time when the blizz ,rds come.
Taking one consideration with an
other, their lifo is not an altogether
happy one.
= If those subscribees who have
not paid us kuew how badly we need
every dollar owing TO US, we believe
that great many of them would
come up and pay us.
If the demand for wood increas-
es for the next twenty wears as it has
for the last, people out in the couu
try '"'l' hum coal, corn stalks, cobs
." 10Y ."&@ kept wood.
''r'na II az merchants are offering
.nrn ~rpai1s in winter goods
.l..j 80 ~ ertisements carefully in
The Pickens Sentinel. journal aud
yeu will know where to get them.
!. II hn.j" H."} ua,n elected to
a>cr.'@ t.r s..a v'l = X. Norris as
,,a@:r,nt i f.. q ...3nee Cotton
tDt1 T.. g t.;ur> ,sHh. Norris s
succosoo. ,.o r.c~,>.~.., - Isaqueena
Mills.
We arc SO well pleased at the
number OF names sent us by those
working for the sewing machine that
we bnve decided to present much
handsomor one than first intended.
The winner will get beaut.
-M"rried, on Thursday, january
Goth, 1905, at tho residouco Of the
brides parents, ut Simpsonvlle, S. c.,
by Rev. D. S. Spearmnr, Mr.. j. II.
Wyatt, of Brushy Creek, Anderson
County, S. G., and Miss Ola Findlry,
of Simpsonville, S. G.
No weather profit cnn tell the
people whether this is to be wet or
dry year. Many are making fore.
casts but mono OF them know what
the future will bring forth. Nature
will proceed along her usual lines
and give tho country the usual variety
Of weather.
Clemson College has been award.
ed two medals by the officials Of the
st. Louis Exposition. The exhibits
from the mechanical and textile
departments won gold medal for
their excellence, aud brouzo medal
was carried off by the agricultural
exhibit, in which was included Prof.
Newman's METHOD of preserving
sweet potatoes.
w. nj. Hudson, of tho Grow
Creek section, came in last week and
paid for his paper another year. II,
is glad we have adopted the cash in
advance plan and says he would not
do without it for five times tho cost.
1t was the direct means Of his child
rem learning to read and says no man
who is the head of family should
do without his county paper, and