Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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the faslqe 5essenger. LOCAL AND COUNTY XATTERS. Legal Advertising. -Parties having I Legal advertisements to publish, are reminded that there is no law govern ing the matter, and guardians, admin- i istrators, executors and others, can have their printing done at any office they may des nate. SW As THE i MESSENGER Olers a much lower rate t for such work than has been the rtile ( heretofore in this section, those having the interest of their charge in mind, will make a note of this fact. -.-.List of appointments for the An- I derson Circuit of M. E. Church : I Fairview, 4th Sabbath in each month. Harmony, 1st " " " Smith's Chappel, 2d Sab. Savannah chureh, 3(1 Sab." M. E. McKissICK, P. c. -li4p, t -Next Monday It Salesday in Pick- i ens. --We are glad to report that Mrs. s Quilian is able to be out again. -Messrs Nix & Howard are having a large sign painted over their stoe -Snow covered the back mountains last week. -The March winds will soon be here. -Read the long account of the great storm to be found in this issue. --A Grand Chapter of the Knights of the Golden Rule will be organized oii the 4th of April at Spartanburg. -Miss Lillic Gossett, we are glad to state, has 42 schohrs in her school in the Ballenitine settlement. --Read the Law card of Messrs An sel & Newton, and whCU you are in Law troubles recollect them. -Rev. W. H. Kirton preached in th-1m. feth:dist church last Sunday a. very earnest ser'mnon. -Conie onl Canlilates! Give us Voilr names and five dollar bills. We mnean reguilar bank notes Mr. 11. J. Gignilliat.our mnost worthy and accommodating agent at th - de pot, ma(de a trip to Atlanta this week. -We are glad that THE MESSENGEI is becoming so popul ar'. Our subl)script ion list continues to increase.4 -James B. Hester,jr., with the Edi-1 tor,enjoyed a trip to Atlanta this week. Jimmie saw something that he never saw before. -Mrs. J. W. Butler, with Miss S. E. Lewis,passed through en route for Sen eca last Friday. Miss Lewis Is now in Mobile, Ala. --We purchased while in A'lanta a supply of Stationery for job work. if you want bill, letter, note heads or en velopes, in nice style, give us a call. -T1his Is the shortest month in the year, and we gave our readers five numbers of The Messenger, beginning with the 1st., and ending thme 29th. -Mc. are you "'anchored"? G uess you won't be long. The Sea of Pleas- t uire will soon te swelling, and~ t hen you can sail ar'oundl t he corner. . -An appeal for help comes from Spartanburg where. 27 families are re ported, to have been left homeless and destitute by the recent cyclone. --Col. J. E. Ilagood has return-i ed tn Chnrlentonnl --mAttention is called to the change if advertisement of the live merchant, R ) P Runton. Call on hin and see what e has for 3 ou. -We notice in the Spartanburg Her- di Id that C. P. Barrett of Plkens, con- d emplates moving to Spartanburg, to n ractlce his legal profession. ie -For want of space we are com- h( )elled to postpone until next week, gr wo commuiuications, one from "New omer," and one from "Subscriber.'' 'hey shall appear. &I -We regret to state that our Post- C naster has been confined at home a W )ortion of this week from sickness, 1 ut Is, at this writing, able to be up, .jf ut not able to attend to his office. -The first part of the present week a vas beautiful weather for gardening aid farm work. Our citizens, both in C own and county, made good use of ar -Sickness around our town has omewhat abated, and we have tio seri- la ous cases to report this week. Mrs. A zins is still confined to her bed, but a aIuchI better, we learn. -The "beaming" couiteuinnces of W Risses Lula Clyde, Lila Goodlette Vi nd Essie Russell are "beaninig"' cise- n1 L.ere- than E asley this week. Hurry m lp anld return home, to make hearts appy,etc. -Mr J. N. McElreath, Faley's Conl- A ractor andl(] Builer, is now in Ai(er- i on county for a few days. Me. seems 1 ;o lave. his hands ftill of work ill view, h Lid he is the iman that. can fill th- bill ti n all kinds of buildings. ' -Fi iend C. at Pickens was made the bi inhappy recipient of a gizzard through, M 0) he mail on Monday last. le thinks ie deserves a heart. Tiws is Leap-Year, mald now is the time young hlai s to se aure his love and services throIgh e( ife. -Our editur s)C it a portion of Suil lay andl Monday in lckn, leCtin(r Vith some success for his paper, anad )n Tiesday boarded Ili train for At anta, where lie will hay in a supply of N itationary suitable for Job work. I Ilive ti is your' orders at once. 4i --A mtost shocking sceneC met tihe fe ayes of our citizens onl Wedlnesday s1 Horning when~t theC traini arrivedI here mi romn G reenville;one which has not been .0 itneCssed( here before, we believe. it vas that of a big burley negro having w Iid~er arrest a white man of our coun ~y, carrying him to Pickenus Jail from he U. S. Court at Greenville. D)oes it ot senm that out of so many white c narshallIs ini Greenville that he couldl tave beeni sent by one of t hem? Shame n the Court or its officers for submit.ai lug our people to such painful sen es. -On Saturday or Sunda) night to ast, the smoke-house of E. T. D~or- ~ ey, who resides near this place, ~ ras brokeni into and robbed of a uantity of bacon and meal, The heif has not yet been caught. y ~tealing is getting too common f n our midst. Let- every body keep M: "close eye" on their smokehouse, se. G4 -Col. R. E. Bowen, Vice Pres- .n dent of the C. C. G & C. RI. R., ras in town on Thursday. ha --Jaines Burdine, the father of ab av. J. Tally Burdine, and one of or e oldest citizens of the county, t ed on Monday last, at the resi mee of his son, J. T. Burdine, he iar Pickens C. H. le was bur- on J on Tuesday last, with masonic YO nors, at the fatnily burying ound. er -The Cash family is in trouble ain. W. B. Cash, son of E. B. ed Cash, shot and dangerously ounded two men in Cheraw-W. B, . Richards, town marshal, and ci mes Coward, Cowar d being shot X cidentally, occasioned by a inis e at Richards. He should be -lI ptured and dealt with at all haz ds. -Constable C. T. Martin, of thisu1 ace, had quite a lively race w st week after Brooks Ferguson, negro charged with burglary. 'lieu Mr. Martin and his comrade as about to apply the rope to their ~ ctim's hands, with daring bold- A 1ss he refused to submit to what NI ight nave* been the inevitable, id procceded to make his escape. shot from the pistol took effect I the body of the burglar, but did ' )t so overcome him as to render s arrest a certainty. Mr. Mar- a n and friend renewed their search b 'him the next day. He was found .t not captured. Tle country i rer which lie made his way, was I >t well adapted to horse racing, id the search had to be abandon- X 1. ( OUR PICKENS LETTER. C - P~j1cEN,(s S. C., Feb. 26, 18's I DEAR MFssRNGEu: EditorS and ewspaper wvite tsdo have a toigh ne. Yo.r "C" correspondentoc >uailly gets int o luke-wvarm water but o r' the last few days he has been in ti chI hot-water that he~ h is adopted the C otto of the gr eat Byron. [Iere's a sigh for t hose who love me And a smilie for those who hate, hi te ver sky's above me' Here's aL hearit for anmy faite." A young man ini town reee ~d by all this week a duc~k's gizztard. lie p~ uild not tell for his life what it meant he a got dlowni his book on the '"Lan1 age of F lowers,'' and could~ get no _ I from it. I Ie then inuqui:-ed of a end1(, ai by a good old stanid-by wias I that it meant lhe could get the arti of the littl'e "Duck" who sent it. 3 is busy inquiring all over townt who (d a (duck for breakfast last Monday Miss Luce Ilagood is on a visit to ekens, exchanging the sea-breezes r t he frosty zephyrs of the Bslue ridge. ty they fan to her a pleasant visit. Editor J. R. Iagood1 and Miss Lula )odlette spent last Sunday up here.\ c was beamring and he was boom- ol l Me, Bruce's friends wonder why he er s so settled downi in life. T1hey are out to calculate that he has ansh 3d. Miss Sue Ellen Lewis Is off on a trip Mobile, Ala. "Heavy, heavy haigs over your ad," is t h, sentence proiounce(I up the gizzard reporter. We will send nt an Invitation to th. hanging. We heard a Dacusville fellow say the ater day the storm blow all the feath i off of tho' chickens i hi country. 1. 11. Hagodd has moved to town to ucate his children. Miss Liua Clyde is visiting Mrs D. F. -adley. Mrs. LaRue, an accomplished Musi m and ilished scholar, succeeds Mis.K ininie Edwards as music teacher. ke Comes from Randell's "Imy Mary ud," and knows well how to tune ver throats. Maj. R. A. Child has gone to Ander n Comt this week to defend an im Ortant uiirder case. Georgia's delegatioi in the College ) here is this: Caln hair, meanderin g ith pellucid gold, and inky-black, sil ) tresses, which the breezes delight hold up and fan. C. ElWMENUALa. Married, on the 17th instant, by Rev. Cobb. it the bride's father's, W'. cD. Nix and EmIzA 1. 'l'oLIJsoN, I of Pickens county. Oi the same (ay, and by tle same, th,, bride's; father's, Wu. A. Tomii ON :u1Id Miss M. C. COLLINS, all of ickenls counity. ........................................................... Our Cotton Market has been tuhll id lower. Sales for the week - dies. We quo1te: acon........................... i. 00@0 lour pe r barrel ............. ...... Shirting.......... ............5(@1 rmts................ ...........5 (8 arns......................85@(0)S COUNTRY PRODUCE. o tol0 ...................................81@ 16 ggs ......................... .....15@ 20 tittel............. ................15 _20 hickens ............................ 10 )20 or....................... .......80@~86 1%Tctice. 7 will be at Liberty on Wednesday -the 5th day of March next, at 1'1 clock, fo the purpo0se of letting con-. acts for the Drainage of 1 8 Mile reek. Terms and other partienlars Lade knowvn on day of letting out ELIAS D)AY, County Coimmissionier Pickens Co. Fe b 22--20 Wagonufor Male. ~W E haive a goodI two-horse wagont for sale cheap for CASIH. For irticuilars call on A. M. Folger, Eas y, S. C. KERNERSVILLE MAN'FG Cu. Feb 22--.tf THE SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, EISSOL4VED BONE Acid PHOSPH ATE, SOLD BY SA AC WILLiAMS Easley, S. C. 1IVE me a call, and get pries. 3 I will be pleased to serve all the J friends of the Pacific Guano Id of the Acid Phosphate'. See me at the Warehouse on East id of the Depot. Feb 22-..tf