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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
4
A local paper from Pickens South Carolina presents a poem titled The House By The Side Of The Road. The piece reflects on empathy for all travelers and urges kindness over cynicism as people move along life’s highway. The narrator seeks a welcoming, shared dwelling by the road.
The Sentinel reports a day with Superintendent of Education Clayton visiting Ooleney, Rock, and Pleasant Grove schools. They praise Ooleney’s new brick school and 125 pupils, note Fortner and staff, recall Mathew Hendricks, and describe Rock’s consolidation debate and new facilities. The Pleasant Grove stop covered a four room building, a large auditorium, and Mr Mayfield as principal.
Readers weigh in on a horned snake sighting near Rocky Bottom and a Rock Hill editor’s report. Col. Rion McKissick defends local observations and promises more facts next week, while questioning sensational claims and calling for exact witness details.
Bethlehem school district voters approved adding six mills to support schools, totaling eight mills, securing a seven month term. Hampton district also approved $800 in bonds for a two room new schoolhouse, with Mayor G L Cureton donating four acres for the building and grounds.
Ernest Craig has accepted a position as salesman at the Benson store in town, adding to the local retail staff.
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