The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-03-15
4- Born unto Mr. aud Mrs. o. H..
phnson, of Easley, on the 7th inst.

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N. d. Taylor will be 10 his Pick
ns studio next Wednesday. Remom
or the day and don't fail to patroniz
him If you want good work.
The young people are gettiD,
very much interested in the scholar
ship contest. Do not hold your Gou
pons, send them in and let the inter
est grow.
| Rev. 0. M. Abney filed his reg
Mar appointment in the Pickens
Methodist church last Sabbath morn.
ing, proa ching a forceful sermon to q
large aud attentive congregation.
B. @. Baker, who has been 10
quite bad shape from rheumatism,
has so far recovered as to be able to
be out, but he is not going to take
any Chances of return attack. Hs
left yesterday for Hot Springs, where
he Will undergo q thorough treat.
ment. His many friends sincerely
hope ho will come back entirely we'll
Next week is court. We ask all
our friends and Subscribers, while in
Attendance, to drop in and sec us,
make ibis Office their headquarters;
bring your families and let them see
u NICE print shop. The presses will
lie running Monday afternoon and
Tuesday morning, and we will tax e
pleasure in showing you through the
office.
We are trying to treat the peo-
plo FUR, and are giving them all that
we Can find in the papers for or
against dispensaries. As the ques-
tion in this county is being some.
what warmly aGitutcd tho columns Of
this paper are open to both sides.
Any one who cares to can write
about it either way and their name
will be prntectsd.
I'VE are requested by l.. G. Cur
tee, secretary of tue Pickens County
Singing Convention, to announce
that when tho convention adjourned
ut Cross Roads last August, there
vas no timo Or place selected for the
next meeting. Any church Wishing
tho convention to meet with them
can so notify the president, Hon
Laban Niauldin, Easley, S. G.
&C. W. Hunt, of Mountain Rest t..
reports curiosity monstrosity, Il al
foamation or phenomena ut his farm
in shape of combination Calf half
calf and half mu|e--which was born
last week. It's feet are those Of Il
mule, small and shapely, and have
40 sign of calls cloven houf. It's
hend and ears also are quite mulish,
beariug O decidedly closer resem
bianoe to q mule than calf The re
'mainder of the body of tho creature
is that of calf. At three days o1
age the little frenk was alive, appar
emily healthy and gave every promise
of growing to maturity .-Keowee
Courier.
"A few of our delinquent subscrib
ers have given us the cheering as.
surance that as soon rs they sell
their cotton they will settle up, ard
they will sell when cotton goes up
How long could n newspaper last il
all liza subscribers were to proceed on
this basis of payment? It really
strikes us that man who ia able tC
hold his cotton for high prices oug ht
to raise dollar or two to pay the pa.
per man who has no cotton to hold
no corn to eat and 90 wood to burn
--in fuct he has nothing to boast ot
except Gnc crop of promises, and
these do not pay the printers bills
- One of the many laws of the
State that has fallen into disuse i,
that relating to tho care and pre-
servation Of trees along tho highways
Section 459 Of the code reads as fol
lows: "Whuever shall wilfully O.
wantonIy cut down or Kill any trc
growing within ten feet of any roa,
which may be laid out, altered O
mended by authority of The count
supervisor Of any county, which shall
bn direction of highway surveyor i,
charge oi such road, have been lef
standing az convenient Of shade tt
the said road, for each tree so Gu
down or kiiled shall be fined twenty