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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
4
Obituary notices and minutes of respect under one hundred words will be printed free of charge. Items longer than one hundred words require payment at one cent per word. Cash must accompany manuscript. Cards of thanks published at a rate of one half cent per word.
A collection of quirky rural editorials and humor from North and South Carolina papers. Notes on unemployment advisory boards, farmer profits, and a dry North Carolina bar banquet. Odd items include a typhoid epidemic in Tar Delia and an apple brandy tip from a North Carolina farmer.
A Columbia State piece notes moonlight schools in North Carolina as a substitute for moonshine. It discusses Britain’s blockade enforcement, U S wartime policy, and a proposed retaliation involving munition and food shipments. A reader asks about loganberry juice. the column explains loganberry juice is non intox icating and named after Mr. Logan.
A reader urges equal road access for upper Pickens County to county seats. He calls for a modern wagon road from the South Carolina line to make Pickens the region’s hub, proposing a route from Price's store through the gap to North Carolina, and asks residents to unite and fund the project.
The Clearwater Courant reports the marriage of Dr J Q Edens son of Mr and Mrs A I Edens of Pickens county to Miss Hertha Tjaden in Clearwater Kansas. The wedding included Rev Posey officiating and a reception for 54 guests with a wedding cake. the couple will reside with the bride’s parents before moving into the Grasams property.
Liverymen W I Sutton and Hro plan a one story brick livery stable on North Table Rock near the old city hall. Burney the one month old son of C L Holtzclaw died at home in Glenwood after pneumonia. The remains were buried in West View cemetery. A party including Loyd Smith and sisters Gladys Smith Meryl Martin Ruth Watkins and Hagood Bruce visited Chick Springs and Hendersonville then returned to Easley. On return they passed six showers of rain between Hendersonville and Greenville. S J Crawford of the Hairston mill village had a mountain accident on the S Assa Fry Gap road. the horse bolted, fell with the buggy over a precipice, the horse killed and the buggy lodged in a tree.
A funeral notice from Marietta notes the death of Miss Jeanette Singletary with church and society ties. The resolutions express submission to God’s will, sympathy for the family, and intention to publish in local papers. The family thanks friends and caregivers for kindnesses during illness.
A garbled satirical note in a Louisville Courier-Journal voice mocks Col Roosevelt and Col Bryan with misprints and fragmented phrases. The Newberry Observer cites the vague item while referencing attitudes toward public figures and a joking tone about borrowing money.
The Sentinel lists new subscribers and renewals from the past three weeks. Names include Mrs. W. F. Arial Liberty R4 J. E. Day Pickens R1 J. S. Carren Pickens Mill G. F. Norris Cateechee W. B. Nimmons Sylvania Ga R A Hester Liberty R3 L H Bowen Chicago E C Edens Pickens R4 Frank B Williams Pickens Mill Renewals include J R Connelly Pickens R4 Eugene Roper Greenville C F Mauldin Portland Me R E Bowen Norris S S Smith Liberty Re Davis Rackley Liberty R3 J C Porter Pickens Mill J W Cantrell Pickens RL J H Seaborn Plant City Fla The Ladies Cottage prayer meeting will meet Friday at 4 oclock with Mrs Ben LaBoon all Pickens ladies invited to attend.
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