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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
6
The Greenville District Conference moves its dates to April 8 9 and 10 from April 7 8 and 9. Services begin Wednesday night at 8 oclock and the conference closes Friday after the morning session. At least a hundred delegates are expected and the public is invited.
Pickens Chapter U. D. C. ends its meeting urging a town clean up day. Committees are appointed and all ladies organizations urged to participate. The mayor welcomes help and calls for cooperation among clubs officials and individuals to make the town beautiful through cleanliness.
W H Gilstrap of Murphy and W A Gilstrap of route 3 were in town on Monday on business. Miss Tirzah Hughes of Liberty route 3 ill, Miss Essie Clayton visiting. J J Chastain lost a mare to pneumonia. Town Creek school closed Friday under Prof Earle Keith. Colie Seaborn to represent Pickens High at state oratorical in Clinton. Married life joins Ates and Brezeal in Pickens. Multiple notices on local visits, illness, school closings, and public events.
The paper asks correspondents to sign letters before publication and warns that unsigned communications will not be published. It notes a list of good correspondents and invites more writers to send their names with their letters.
John Gary Evans declares he will not seek the U S Senate seat this year ending his bid and leaving the race without his candidacy.
Prices offered for Barred Plymouth Rock eggs and other farm items appear from W B Freeman and J Milton King in Easley and Pickens. Craig Bros Co markets Mexican Hats and farm wares while a lost hood for an automobile top is reported near Folger Thornley & Co.
Advertisement lists wheat flour at $4.95 per pound, sugar 20 lbs for $1, head rice 20 lbs for $1, oil 12c per gallon, and plows 44c. Encourages customers to visit T. D. Harris for purchases and deals.
Mack Christopher has returned to Pickens after spending several days with his brothers Rev. W. A. and Bristow Christopher in Duncan.
An event at the Oolenoy school house on Friday night April 8 begins at 7 30. A small admission fee funds the school. Everybody invited.
The mayor proclaims Monday and Tuesday, April 6 and 7, as cleanup days. Citizens are urged to bring all trash to convenient collection points for removal by the public cart, with officials ensuring disposal.
Prof. J. W. Ballentine of Pickens attended the closing of the Twelve Mile school Saturday. An educational meeting and picnic were enjoyed. Prof. B. G. Fields was the efficient instructor in charge this session. Patrons are interested in education and expect improvements to facilities soon.
Doyle Loop er won first place in the Monday preliminary to select a speaker for the Pickens county oratorical contest to be held in Easley Friday night April 17. Harry Robinson took second. The county track meet is set for Easley Saturday April 18. Representative Fortner of Spartanburg, a Pickens county native, who sponsored a bill to ban white teachers in black schools, announced his candidacy for railroad commissioner.
A 19th century style advertisement boasts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh with a $100 reward for any failure to cure. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, urging readers to send for testimonials and noting Toledo, Ohio as the address. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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