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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
3
In a Virginia town Hugh and Dane Grey attract trouble with a rival, a cock fight, and a chaotic social scene surrounding the lordly visit. Tensions rise as Barbara and Dave confront the youths and a knife threat ends with a hasty departure toward Red Oaks.
A white boy fleeing Shawnees gains shelter with settlers near a Kentucky wilderness outpost. He warns of a Shawnee war party, a fort attack is barely repelled by Virginians, and the dying leader recognizes the youth as his son. At Red Oaks Erskine Dale meets Barbara, Larry Dale, and Hugh Willoughby. fencing lessons begin as rival Dane Grey appears at Williamsburg fair.
In chapter seven Dave uses strength to subdue a bully then earns respect from Col Dale and his lordship. A horse race unfolds with Dave riding Firefly bareback, impressing spectators as the Indian riderovercomes bets and challenges. The crowd roars as Firefly leads by a length.
James Henry of Chicago and his ex wife Mary Henry, aged 63 and 55, have taken a second marriage license to wed again after a long divorce. They first married in 1886 and divorced ten years later on incompatibility of temper.
Crowds watched Lourts James perform a riskiest stunt switching from one plane to another on a rope ladder 500 feet above ground. The ladder contact with the lower propeller shattered his head and body, sending him into the crowd as spectators screamed. Miss Ruth Trissman, seventeen, was knocked unconscious as tragedy struck during the Second Day Woan aerind at Homewood.
J Bedford Edwards, a forest ranger with the British Columbian forestry department, was swept over a 200 foot cliff into the Fraser River after a rock slide while surveying fire-damaged territory. He shouted for help as crew members watched, and miraculously paddled to a shallow spot and was rescued by rope. His would-be marriage to the bride from Vinwond was planned this week.
Arthur Griffith president of the Dail Eireann dies after an operation for tonsillitis. Dublin displays mourning with flags at half mast as officials weigh the impact on the Irish Free State civil affairs and the provisional government.
A westbound Minneapolis and Sault Ste Marie passenger train collided with a truck on the main line, then crashed into a standing freight train on a side track. Ten people were killed and more than twenty were injured. Driver Fred Lam ar ignored freight crew warnings before driving onto the track, causing the derailment and collapse of the smoker area.
Mrs Helen Avera, 27, was freed after a preliminary hearing in Atlanta Recorder George Johnson. She testified that Millard Stevens, 32, her ex husband, threatened her as he allegedly tried to force into her home to take their six year old daughter. She said her husband’s absence, along with her husband Larry Avera a welterweight boxer, supported self defense.
In Shelby North Carolina the Kings Mountain Baptist association reports about 4064 new members added to church rolls during July and August. Rev Warman Stevens led evangelistic meetings at the First Baptist Church and other area churches drawing large crowds and many converts.
The Senate committee voted unanimously to report favorably a resolution by Senator Smith of South Carolina ordering a broad investigation of the entire cotton industry. The resolution targets cotton gamblers and speculators and other evils within the sector.
The largest delegation of American lawmakers ever to cross the Atlantic aboard the Net President Harding sails to attend the Inter allied parliamentary union in Geneva this month. Included are Rep. Montague of Virginia with his family, Rep. Oldfield of Arkansas, Rep. Spencer of Missouri, Rep. Temple of Pennsylvania, Rep. Harris of Georgia, and Sen. Caraway of Arkansas.
An old reliable baby remedy named Dr Thornton's Easy Teether is advertised for feverish colds upset stomach and sour tongue in infants. The powdered antiseptic digestant and stimulant formula claims quick improvement with no opiates and a money back guarantee if it fails. Twelve powders cost 26 cents with directions.
Excerpts from a Boston Transcript cartoon or sketch show two characters debating a marriage. One questions how the couple will live and suggests a prearranged settlement. The tone suggests satire and social negotiation in a private domestic scene.
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