Secret home cures and cotton yields advertised in 1910s era ads
An eclectic page features home cure claims for morphine heroin and cocaine, plus a private sanitarium offer with guaranteed cure. It also touts Gal N Mitchell’s cotton yield claims, a sugar Loaf Cotton Farm listing, and multiple For Sale ads for refrigerators scales Wyandotte birds Bronze turkeys Campene eggs and related farm supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O. Box
Atlanta
N Mitchell
Oungaville
N. C
Carolina
Southern Scale and Fixture Company
Columbia
S. C
John Doe Finds Cash In Cross Ties Trade
A neighbor in Pickens County turns idle days into income by making cross ties. In 14 days he produced 14 tie lots, earning 31.05 dollars, averaging about 2.21 per day. He paid off a 500 dollar land debt and now has banked stock tools and cash. He calls the work Starvation Poles Salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doe
Pickens
John
Don’t forget to read the advertisements this week
A brief reminder highlights weekly ads urging readers to check sales and discounts to save money. It emphasizes shopping circulars for potential bargains and special offers during the week.
Local Social Notes and Community Happenings From Pickens
Local notes list visits and family events across Pickens including Miss Essie Finley’s improving health, visits by Mrs. Hagood and Mrs. Allgood to Greenville, and several relatives visiting kin in Pickens. Also noted are baptisms, a moving picture venue opening, and community meetings such as Knights of Pythias reorganizing, plus school cleanup and track events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Finley
Julius E. Boggs
Pickens
Ernest Alexander
Kedinee
C. B. Hagood
Hasley
D. A. Allgood
Greenville
Lou Curtis
John B. Jameson
Easley
C. B. Finley
Ora McFall
N. D. Lesesne
Kingstree
L. O. Mauldin
Robt. Ferguson
D. J. Roper
Flora Lathem
Scott
W.M. Hagood, Jr
Elizabeth
Friends
W. H. Lark
Mountain View
Anderson County
Almo D. Chapman
Liberty
T. A. Bowen
B. B. Porter
Ed. Earle
R. B
F. D. Waldrop
D. W
H. W. Hiatt
K. of P
Westminster
N. A. Christopher
Eva
Verner
Needmore
Knights of Pythias
Order
Clement Kelly
Central
Aymond Taylor
Anderson Hospital
W. T. Griffin
BE. W. Hiott
Atlanta
Sam
Railway Post Office Department
D. W. Hiott
D. H. Russell
Anderson
Mt. Pisgah Church
Sigman
Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Alice Mill
Plat Rock School House
R. B. Neal
C. F. Adams
Seneca
Ford Automobiles
Hurricane
W. Jones
Ben Hendricks
L. J. Wiggins
Georgetown
Brother Wiggins
J. F. Crane
Robert Sanders
B. C. Baker
Dr. Black
Eugene Brown
Porter
John GC. Ellison
W. S. Murphree
Hugh Ellison
Murphree
R. E. Steele
Keowee
Calhoun
Seneca Journal
Geo. T. Bryan
C. K
Chreitzburg
Ofck Hill
Pickens Inn
B. Lewis
Pickens Opens New Moving Picture Show This Spring
Pickens will launch a new moving picture show opening Saturday night April 17 in the hall over Findley and Stansell store. Screenings will occur Tuesday Thursday and Saturday each week with R C Barrett in charge and a program of good pictures. Admission is five and ten cents.
Pension Money Here For Pickens County Pensioners
Clerk of Court A J Boogs announces the county receives 7694.50 in pension funds for Pickens and eligible residents. The breakdown lists 3 class A recipients at 96 each, 1 class B at 72, 20 class C1 at 48, 78 class C2 at 28.60, 28 class C8 at 48, and 95 class C4 at 28.50, totaling 226 pensioners in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Boogs
Pickens County
Robbers Loot Two South Carolina Post Offices
Robbers blew open safes in Honea Path and Williamston post offices last Tuesday night, taking 1751 dollars in stamps and 76 dollars in cash at Honea Path and four dollars in stamps at Williamston. No arrests yet. Two men were detained in Marion New York Friday as suspects but released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honea Path
Williamston
Marion
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Biltmore Ice
Pickens Drug Company
Rexall
J. N. Hallum
Sentinel Office
Vandiver
M. C
Atlanta Nursery Sales Co
Fourth National Bank
Nancy Hin
Porto Rico
Triumph
Golden Heauty
F.o.b
Florida
Fi. Bhiall
Beck
Preston
Nancy Ifali
Morte Rico
Providence
Fred Fil
Caatle
Dixie Flour & Grain Co
Chamber of Conmerce
A. Odom
Globo Optical Co
Masante Temple
Capital
M, & BF. Distributing Co
Concord
T. D. Harris
Artanburg
Darlington
Chester
W. J. Causey
Jones Farm
Kershaw
Lewis Jones
Oscar K. Mauldin
S. C. Hl
Vor
Swandale
Peerless Tire Co
S.C
C. M. Doss
Cooper
Tex
C. W. Necessity Co
P.O
Charlotte, N.C. A
Gaines & Gassaway's
King Cotton Seed
Wh.sutherland, Pickens
J.P. Waters
LaGrange, N.C
Pianté Vandiver
B.S Griffin
Oup
Keowee Pharmagy
Nyal Store
Roe. Lewis
Wah den Gy
Keen Kutter
Oliver
Kutter Hoes
Bruce Morrow Company
Pickens, S. C
Lawrence Jones
Jones
Hasley Progress
Craig Brosco Pickens
Our Food Shop
J.T. Flynn
Martin Building
Easley, S. C
Oxfords
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