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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
4
A collage of unsigned musings covers politics and society, noting Republican leadership, war anxieties, anti-German sentiment, and social quirks. The piece references figures like Grant, Bennett, and Peck, plus cultural touchpoints from socks to Prohibition, ending with a flippant bet between two married men.
A short newspaper excerpt prints a home made verse exchange between Jack and Alice. The missive shows a playful romantic dialogue with dreams of affection and a hopeful promise of a future moment of bliss.
Gary Hiatt of The Pickens Sentinel plans a trip to York Virginia while Booker of the Spartanburg Journal ponders the meaning of the initials D V in a brief newsroom quirk.
A homecoming is planned at Holly Springs church in Pickens County on the third Sunday in May. Former members are urged to attend as the day includes a long service led by Prof. R. M. Bolding, an open forum with Pastor Atkinson, a memorial sermon for Holly Springs dead including Maj. G. M. Lynch by Rev. B. F. Murphree, then refreshments and an afternoon song service.
The Spartanburg Journal notes that nearly every South Carolina county will be represented at the state Sunday school convention in Charleston next month, with Pickens County possibly absent due to no Sunday school.
J F Hendricks of Co D Hampton Legion and Pickens County says he among those still surviving former slave owners and that Jim Griffin of Pickens County also owned slaves. He notes the Tribune inquiry into surviving slave owners and asserts personal involvement.
On Sunday April 16, 1916 at the Durham residence near Pickens Miss Hortense Durham wed Olin Eugene Nalley. Rev. D O Powers officiated before about fifty guests. A large dinner followed at the bride and groom’s homes with generous hospitality and best wishes from friends.
A homemade remedy for pneumonia uses six to ten chopped onions cooked with rye meal and vinegar into a thick paste applied in hot poultices to the chest in a cotton bag. The method claims rapid danger reduction after three to four applications and persistence until sweating begins. Rev. W. GC Seaborn bought a Ford touring car.
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