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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
4
The Pickens Sentinel will discontinue all subscriptions not paid in advance by January 1, 1915. The policy applies to all readers with no exceptions. The notice urges patrons to settle promptly to avoid loss of service.
Wiley G. Roper, formerly on Pickens route 5, has bought a farm on Central route 4 and relocated his family to the new home.
Miss Nan Robertson traveled to Toccoa Georgia this week to take a position as book-keeper. Well wishes follow her. Mrs Bascom Whitmire near Old Pickens is reported very ill and thought unable to survive for a time after several days of sickness.
Ben T. McDaniel of the Heath-Bruce-Morrow Co. is described as a hog raiser. He killed two hogs last week, yielding over 900 pounds, an impressive tally for an office man.
J. J. Gantt a leading Liberty merchant who runs a furniture store was in Pickens last week on business and this week is offering customers very attractive bargains in furniture and house furnishings.
Mrs J T Richey and her daughter Margaret are visiting her parents in Columbia. Margaret, formerly seriously ill, shows marked improvement and is recovering. Mr Richey plans to join them in Columbia on Saturday.
The Methodist conference assigned Rev. L. W. Johnson to the Pickens circuit and his family has moved into the circuit parsonage. He seeks a horse and buggy for his church work and advertises for one in this issue.
An old advertorial note states deafness cannot be cured by local applications, only by constitutional remedies. It asserts Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness, often from catarrh, and promises $100 for a catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sold by Druggists with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Captain Billy Allgood stopped in town and gave the Sentinel boys a basket containing a peck of Shockley apples. His wife had urged him to bring fruit, and from a single small tree he gathered four bushels of apples for the group. The gesture was warmly appreciated.
I will sell at my home to the highest bidder on Saturday Jan 2 1915 the following property Two mules one good Cutaway harrow one Deering reaper almost new one Deering mowing machine and rake one buggy and harness one Chattanooga disc plow one Acme smoothing harrow and other farming tools F A Hughes Pickens S C
Reverend N G Ballenger was reassigned to the Seneca district after ministering at Pickens. Pickens residents welcomed back Rev L E Wiggins and wife with groceries. County officers destroyed four illicit distilleries and seized whiskey and beer. Hunters Chastain Bridges Finley hunted in Rock Bottom, killing a wild cat. Bill Bowen, a respected colored citizen, died near Secona church after a long illness. Pickens begins Sunday medicine restrictions under blue laws, now enforced after petitions.
A call to action urges readers to join The Progressive Farmer in a campaign for diversified farming and South independence. The appeal casts agriculture as a wartime battle, seeking active support, loyalty to the paper, and a special price offer for the two papers at $1.50.
A 1914 Pickens Sentinel notice details a reader enlisting for the Great War and paying for a year of the Sentinel and the Progressive Farmer. It also reports pork production figures at City Market, farmers bringing meat for grinding, and notes candidate B A Morgan's bid for Congress from the Fourth District.
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