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The Easley Messenger. _rnull, lie a torh, 11e monre it s shlooh, it shinles. VOL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1884. [NO. 15. .R. R. HIAGOO, Editorand Prop'r. EASLEY, S. C., JANUaRY 18. 1OCAL AND COUN 1Y MATIERB. gii'Mr. J. T. Arnold, after Feb.'the b4, will become the traveling agent for TF H i MMESSENGE R. - We had more snow on the night of t he 16th, but it wasaslight one. -We are glad to say, Our young frienld and printer, Willie Folgrer, is up1 un a ork agAin. ant(last %%R' m ii -The appearance of the weathr j.redicts snow. Maybe there will be -Lookout .Mac, "whi'le the bell rings (r t Itc whistle blows.'' It will be time .t) get out of the way of - the train. --OImN GAINES from Central, hias i il general eharge of ti. wires In Mr. (Gignlillijat's absence. lie is an adept iii the art." -r. J. T. Smith has nmade arrangue ments, to build a two story dwelling on his lot, below A. S. Akin's, soon. Hurrah for Easley! ---1r. J. T. Ariold is rohig to build a1 t wo story residellce sooni. lie has a pretty lot and hi honse will be a gre. (11rinallnt to th town. F. 1. Day has I he contract. -J. 0. Sheek will soon (erect a house for Rev. J. U. lIIlsoni, oni his lot Iar ih. Academy. Day & Sheck are boss wok11mien and they can put up attraut ive buildings. -Let everybody be sure to read til :a vertisemenit of Wilkins, Poe, & Co. Of Greenville. They are amolig the men that canl suit well, th11 farmer, Ineehalic, and others out of their ex teisive line of ha.rdwLre. 'Tiieir beau tiful advertisement is bouild to attract I he readers' eye. -Then read too, the new advertise ment of Robinson & Wyatt to be found omi the 4th page. They are business me1n, and know how to suit their cus tomers, both in goods and in prices. --Col. Black, formerly of th. Pied mmonit lnstitute, was in town on Tues dlay. We understand that he is to move his family to Easley the last part of the week, and, Wvill occupy~ the 0 obb hi mee onl Table Rockc St. -Ai very serious accidIent happened to M1rs. James Hitt on T1hurisday la't. while walking she slipped and~ fell oni the ice, breaking hot h bones in her lett altn, just above the wrist. Dr. Gilli1 land(, j r., was called in, and set the b rokenI atrm. --Misses Lalla Quillian and Blanche Iluidgens have done a noble work this week, ini raising a subscription for Dr. J. R. Riley, who has kindly preached -11. J. GIGNILIAT, o1r VC'y Cl cient depot Itgeit, returne(d home with his wife accompanuy1ing him, fromi Bi mingh nill Onl Wedlesd ry night. The railroad interests were carefily look od after during his abse.ce, by hi ac4 'Mmb11adug "ubs," Dandy Jim from Pumpkintown,'' an1 Wild 3o" from Seneen. -A CERTAIN Lair forimI III the vil lage w h>, observing th.t ta rdiness of JohInic W., iII asking her to ride to, churche1t with jhim, i ealized a striking similarity bet ween Johnniie and a dog's tail. When plaeed inl the form of a Conn tiidrI1 who ca n1 an iswer it? Because each was behitid. She went to church with - and received don ride. --Will all the Po:t Master he very careful about the delivery of T1'i MlESSENGER. Be sire to pit the paperS in the riht. boxes, and only deliver thei to pr)p1er' persols. We have per hipsl) beei at fault s-une, bit we woubl request all otiers to be careful and not let YIpers get misphaeed, or anly other aiccident happen to th -m. We s11 i Inake it a point to :havu them all mai~iled. D~iAis.---A~ three year old sonk of RbIet Jenkhlu., who resid,-. at Li) ey, di dl of brain fever onl Monda, last after ain illness of three days. Sidney Cotich, wA 1) hal beeln inl bad heaIth for som tim', died at clI. ad vance I age of 74 yea rs, a few mile, below here,'oni Sund-ty lasit an.1 waus bu ried at Siloi (hurchi' graIyvyard inl Ali dersn- Gonty -The followi jig ii a 1i.t of the Grand Jiirors for Picken,.4 conuity, drawn to sevrve for th year 1884 : GRAND JURoRi.--JameA S 11all, Joinies AL hUghes, Josieph W Paee, Rial Barnett, John ) Smith, James.E Oar re"tt, 'Silas 0 Arnold, Albert 11 Arial, Thomnas N. Huntel-, John T Childres; WV K Boggts, BRtylis Gosse tt, W ill iam Aikeni, William 0 Ic ihey, Jolhi A E->sley, J B Rigdon, 1Frank P Berry, Mattha'.w Gillespie. Thie following is a 114 of the Petit .Juirors drawnvt to serve at the appr~oalch Matthiew 'T Smith, E II L-twrencee, .JamesL kI Ga.ties, GJeorge M Maddox, 1) M~cMahani, TFh >mals IL Mc1ahan, J C Cooley, V S Jones, J E Gillesp:ie, C A H~oleombe, J' $ Boweni. W W Plhlips, A J IBradley, Reublen MIc~horter, Le and(er V JoneVs, Jiohn E (G:'saw~ay, WV D) Ilendricks, .J L Boggs, R IH Baker,. L D Stephen s, J Rt Hunt, WV C Gaines, ii L. Mauldini, WV A.. Smiith, WV J Iickle, 'ii' J .Findoley, Perrin A O'Dell, A~ ID Blellotte, ~John1 '1 K~enniemore, Jones King, A F McCord,'J If' Lawre'nce, J II Hlagood, W C Harbin. gg. Mus. P. A. OWvNBEY" wvil board scholar's for the Easley High School at r'easonable nrice. in 4., 1R 881-2 . -We retirn many thanks to W1iss St. Lawrence Fleming of Spa'rtatntbnrg, for an invitationl to attend a "Leap Year Reception" ib the Merchants' Hotel, On the evening of the 1'11 of $hl1 uon1th. No doubt. It wIllI be a bill int altair, an.td We nXAcept.. with pleas ure the kind invitatibn. It people don't beligve Spartanburg is the lace to vis it, let themt try it on)ce, anld oe satishfed. [COMLM UN [CATE).] EA3I2EY, S. C., Jan. 115th, '84. Te zattn1tin of the mIember-hip of Enon Baptist Church are kindly re (IestLed to be present at the next reg Ular Cotnferenlce and Roll call on 1IL 20th intitan. REv. J. W. IlrUTCINS, Mod'r. J. A. URAIG, Ch. Clerk. LCMMUN ICATED.] MRt. ED-ron : Please awiiuc through yo ir paper that the S.. hool lrilstees of Lety'tV 'OwIshi) will mt'et at the town 1 Liberty on Mon. day, dlh! 2$ 11 inst., at 10 o'clock, A. A., for the pu)rpoe ol locating selh ois and employing teachers. If tie pat ron01S of al ny schiool (k sire a _ch >l-hious4e built ot of tuecr share of tile public futid:; Lhey w'1l mtake It known- 01kh it day. All pe.-rsonis intierested Will govern i .melves accordiIigly. L. M1AULDIN, Clerk. [Por Th Me- engrer. *Crop Re~ports. Mu. EnItr) a : I peak a fev Jlnes inl refeienc,! to the c.-op reports. These reports f 1r:h soIle sold food for Se riouls thotitIL when w( are about to m1oun1t the high horse of extravagance. CLe (etuls retutrl of 183,) show that DaIeusville TownIh'p has a populatiotn of over 1,700 people, aml producS '9.73JO buieAs of grain, and 83.5 balez! of cottoti. This TownS.Iip raised all a veragecrop in '71. [L has about 32( horses atl mules--70 bushels per li-ad oil' for this stock (m] that is light feed, they 0u1ight to have 90) bush +), leave 21 bushels per ctapita fo' the p 1ople. TI'h it eentiper t 6Apita f-O r bLreal*d. leav es eight bushel s each, ju st enou,.,h to fat teni one' pig (a little oaie) for each per. soni. TVhe cot totn net will g'ive thlemii about $18 per capita for clothing, edut eat ion, taxes al1 the legion of othtc. I suippose these returtns arel' very nearly correct - p~rob~ably rather large, as sotme mieni are raithier dlispose.d it boast4 o.f what erops lh -y grow. Il costS en otugh mtoney too to in)sure the Cetnsus takers to do their duty somnt $)0 or $''5 for t h State. 'Thie sameI enicutlation1 for E. LSIe TPownship withi her 3,OO00 peopjle out 450 horses, leaves ler with 10 .busheIh per' capita, anud about $20 cottoin moUne.1 to buy the rest of h.er bread, meat andi other necessairies. Pickens come~s in with :3 bushels per capita after feeding holrses, intdes and people., and abouit $14 (-ash from hart c'otton. ' iThis to Ime Is a sad picture. Tihe other T'own~ships of t h.a county are I think aboit with PIclkens ill p)Ilt of pluctilvenles. Since this is be'foi'e is we must gin and end'are it. But let us proth by jand enlarge ther soon and fast, If I po.jib'le, though this year we divded theii by two. Halve the figures aove If you please; live mid butild accord ingly. Oatght we not try to get some food inl our air castles. These Town ships coipare favorably with otlers of the State and very far i'had ofanany. But few in the State produce 1ore corn than those above mentioned. Da cuisville reports 53,000 :and E4jasle-y3 5 0, 003, and Pickens 45,000 blush 'Is. We produlce soinu things else, peas, potatoes :6(I tlrlIps, whieb is iequIrted to tuake up the food list. We hive itulerous (logs, with a few milk cattle that go very deeply hito the bread Mr. Editor, I wish you weul(d have sonie one to make a caulculatioi and tell us what tie per diemi is among the far merI, counting 3 0 days to a year and Countmig a 1k )rSe a hanid (since le Is a expen1sive a one as we have. -A farmer entered4l a ce rtalin storn inl Colutnbia lault seing the prolprietor busywa1iting upon a utunblr of custom ers, left, saving that he wouIld be back againi. In a -I rt ie he returned,but he fotml more custoners than before. Again L went out., liui inl a half all hmoumrretrii'nued. lie found the clerkS than ever and growing desper ato shmted out: "I guless there's., no0 ehance for lee to be, w tied oil here to day. I'll go to sole store where they ( 't advertise." lie did so, and Wls soon waiti-d on, for they lad no rush there(.-Paliletto Yeoman. . ... ............... . . . . Married, by Rev. W. B. Singleton. December 30. 1883, Mr. D. L. CONrLEJ1Y I ud Miss E F A int M t, all of Pick en&s County. By Rev. J. 1). Wilson, at the resi lence of tie bride, Oil Jan. 8, vM. MULLTNAX and Mrz. JANE HAIt (iOvE, all of Pickenis cointy. By the samie, oin Jan. 10. at the resi dence of the bride, LEVI SToNE am nn( Mrs FR ANCIS COTHIRAN, aU of Pick enis county. At th2 rlesileinnce of the bride's moth CIr, on the 25thl of December, 188:3, by lRev, A. C. Stepp, RoBlEtR MILLS PRkEST'ON BROOKS BALENTINE ai Miss CLEo)PATIux H ASELTLI NE Vic'ro RiA EMLINE LAFAYETrTE BOLT, all of Lauren1s county. Our.Cotton Market ha~is beeni quiet and lower. Sales for tihe week 32 Flourpe barrel ............. ...0$ i hr n.................5@ .. . ....................6 @S. 4-4 "' . .. . . . . . . ... . .. . .. . t ~ -- *.COUN'iRY P.ROD)UCE. C'ot ton............................8}@10 E ......'...................2.......15@u20 B. te.......................52 O hickens.................. ....@0 Corn.........................70i25