The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-26

loo tnuch fain for cotton.
I, ID. Harris quotes close price
on goods in his ad this week.
~ JohnE. Singleton of the Loope
section wasi in Pickens last Frid ay OIL
business.
Many drummers are now visiting
the CITY soliciting orders for fall an(
winter goods.
Miss Josie Earle is teaching {
'Aourishing school at Wolf Greek
school house:
THE infant of Maj. and Mrs. J.
M. Stewart, has been quite sick but
,is somewhat improved,
= Messrs. B c. Johnson and nj.
Il. Day, two progressive citizens of
Easley, were ia Pcke MS Friday.
Misses Freda and AIargaret
Hughes, of Rchland, s. G.. are on a
visit to the family of Mai. j. j.
Lewis.
Mrs. Flora Lathem has been
elected to teach the summer term of
the Mile Greek school, which opens
August 7th.
= An ice factory and laundry are
two things Pickens should work to
start. Both could be made paying
What is tho matter with the
home crop of watormelons? We have
no personal knowledge that any of
them are ripe.
We received several first Gotten
blooms, but up to this time we have
not received the first watermelon or
the first basket of peaches.
The recent and inexplicabIo up
Aard bounces of the cotton market
have made the faces of the farmers
take on far moro satisfied expires
sion.
This is the season of the year to
prepare for having fall gard H..
Every one can have good garden in
the fall by going at it now in the
right way.
State Superintendent Of education
0. B. Martin, and wife, of Columbia
spent a portion of last week with his
relatives, AIr. and Mrs. j. w. Earle
near dickens.
The farmers in this section ARE
in good spirits about their crops
though some of them are complaining
that we are having little to much
rain, especially for cotton.
Prof. W. J. Spillman, Agrosto
logist U. S. department of Agricul
ture, will speak to the farmers in
Easley July 31st at IL a. N. Ear
mers should not fail to come and hcal
him.
-Hovey Earle hos been elected
principal of the school at Cateeche'
and his sister, Miss Hattie will b'
his assistant. Mr.. Earle is goot
teacher and no doubt will do much
to build up this school.
AS usual thing in speaking o
q birth it is said that 20 bouncing
boy" or a "sweet little girl baby" was
born, bnt in this instance "a little
Mann" was born to Mr.. and Mrs. A
A. Mann, on the evening of the 18th
instant.
The game of ball between the
Liberty and Plckens teams, which
was played on the Pickens diamond
last Friday evening, was az pretty ,
game as has been played III lone
time. Both teams played good bal
and the score at the end Of the game
stood 7 to 4 in favor of Pickens.
"A. b higgins requests us to an
nounce that there will be n bis
Educational Rally on the first Satur
day in August, being the 5th, a
Gates school house. Everybody in
terested in education are requested t,
he pre- sent. Prominent speakers hav.
been invited to address the meeting
Bring we'll filed baskets and picni
on the ground.
We are glad to sec that th
educational interests Of the count,
are being taken care Of, and Kallic
are being. held at the various schoo
houses for the purpose Of moving W
along educational lines. a call az
pears elsewhefe in this issue for q
rally ct Gates school house on Au
gust 5th. Others will follow later
Let the good work go on.
"A good citizen of the Pea Ridg
section says he approves of our editu
rinl on trading at home, but says b,
cannot trade in Pickens whom othe
towns pay him n quarter of a cen
more per pound for his cotton tina,
he gets here and they will sell hin
goods just ns cheap and even cheapel
than they can be bought in bis HON.
market. Our merchants should iu