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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
1
Reported counts show Blease with 49 626 votes Manning 33 322 Cooper 25 051 Duncan 542 and Des Champs 226 as results come in from the race for governor.
Townes and Clayton race second rounds for auditor and superintendent of education. Stewart leads clerk, Hinton tops treasurer, Dominick leads congress in county with Aiken likely second. Blease and Bethea renominated for governor and lieutenant governor. Pace injured in Pickens Mill accident. lecture postponed.
Local society notes list guests and visits across Cedar Rock area. Mr and Mrs J W Stewart hosted by Mr and Mrs John Anthony with many neighbors visiting relatives in town and nearby Spencer. Several families including Turner Miller Mauldin Hendrix Smith attended church events and gospel meetings while others reported car purchases and guests from Greenville Anderson Easley and Birmingham.
The Sentinel launches a county contest to choose Pickens County’s candidate for Queen of the Harvest Jubilee in Columbia during October 24 to 27. A voting coupon printed in the paper is the sole accepted method. voting closes September 9.
Mesars J P Carey C L Cureton and W L Matheny are appointed relief committee to locate flood victims in Pickens county and arrange financial aid or work. Needy and able to work will receive jobs at good pay. truly destitute receive aid. Citizens should contact committee or county supervisor with cases or contributions.
News records several visitors and extended stays in the area. Six Mile Donnie O Bryant of Anniston Ala visits his mother and relatives. Ed Curtner and family from Ft Worth Texas are on an extended visit. Miss Leila Pinson from Central visits with Miss Etta Merck and others from Mississippi.
The Oconee Pickens and Anderson County Rural Letter Carriers Association will meet at Clemson College on September 4, Labor Day. Carriers and their wives or sweethearts and sub-carriers are urged to attend for a social and profitable gathering. The meeting will be addressed by President Riggs and Hon Wyatt Aiken. W M Lemmons, President Oconee Association.
Announcement that Rev. W. C. Seaborn will preach at the Ambler school house the first Sunday in September at 3 30 p m Everyone is invited. Social notes list several Sunday visits and illness including Mrs Watson who is sick at Beco Watsons near Clements mill and other local households.
Pumpkintown gossip notes most are healthy with a few summer colds. KE D Hendricks visits family. B F Hendricks heads to Cedar Mountain. Misses Mattie and Hattie White visit friends. A North Carolina paper with risky front page warns readers before the election. In Pickens, the Pickens Mill beats Piedmont 3 2 in a classic game. Hagood Bruce starred. The previous game saw a 7 2 win with Hagood Bruce again shining.
The Whitewater Inn in Whitewater Valley served as a hub for relief observers after the Toxaway dam breach. Water 12 to 16 feet deep flooded the hotel yard, destroying floors and groceries while driftwood and a 40 foot tree cluttered the premises. Crops and roads along the Whitewater and Keowee rivers suffered extensive damage. Hotel owner S D Hinkle estimates losses between 2000 and 4000 dollars. owner W M Brown seeks compensation from the Toxaway company.
A. N. Lumsford, state organizer, led a healthy Red Men lodge gathering in Pickens with thirty three members. Officers elected included Dr. F. S. Porter sachem, J. N. Jewell senior sagamore, J. M. Wade junior sagamore, T. H. Stewart prophet, B. S. Johnson chief of records, T. B. Campbell keeper of wampum.
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