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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
1
A notice advertises sale of furniture including bedstead dresser washstand organs stoves and ranges at bargains. A.F. Powell operates at Powell's store near Pickens mill.
Prize list includes Ned Williams first prize a Clemson short course and 108 bushels per acre. Lloyd Jones second prize 85 bushels. Ivy Hendricks $10 best ten car exhibit. Furman Davis Felix Howe pig prizes. Several boys earned farm paper subscriptions. Six Mile No 2 wins $10 for most reporters. T.A. Bowen and R.T. Hallum plan a pig club next year with details to come.
Pumpkintown residents condemn Christmas celebrations as drunken and rowdy. B F Hendricks left for Eagle's Normal Musical Institute in Cedar Mountain NC to pursue music teaching, while a recent storm raised water levels. Galbreath moves from local home to Pickens cotton mill.
Oolenoy this week reports Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Simmons leaving for a new home near the Twelve Mile Camp Ground. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hicks plan to relocate near Hartwell Georgia. The holidays bring the wedding of Norman Freeman to Miss Bessie Virginia Jones on December 23. Camp 577 W O W holds its annual banquet. School teachers plan two weeks’ vacation. Prof. W M Hammond and Miss Emma head to Seneca, Miss Annie Laurie Williams to Wagner. Paul Edens departs December 27 for Clearwater Kansas to live with Dr. J. T. Edens.
Words fail to express our sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for deeds of kindness shown during the long illness and death of our husband and father. Their acts lightened our sorrow and we pray our Heavenly Father blesses them. Mrs. William B. Mauldin and Family.
Honor roll names for Mile Creek School include fifth grade Russell Martin and O W Roper. sixth grade Odis Dalton Homer Nix Dora Chapman Ruth Pickens. seventh grade Pauline Dalton Annie Lee Martin and Bennie Duckworth principal.
J L Looper will operate his gun on Tuesdays and Saturdays through the season end as scheduled. The arrangement extends to all remaining fixtures and practices under the current plan.
Cedar Rock residents report guests visitors from Greenville Rochester and Anderson. J W Stewart travels to Greenville and hosts guests Kate Robinson Nettie Lancaster. H Grayson Miller plans to head Mobile studio after Rochester trip. Families welcome relatives from Clem son Fairview Hasley and Marion N C. Revered D W Hiatt guest of J A Jones family. SUSIE.
A list of petit jurors drawn for the special term of court to be held December 27, 1915. Names include Norman M. Boggs, Jno T Skelton, P GC Cartee, L B Freeman, S R Kelley, J T Gassaway, Elisha Gilstrap, J P O Dell, Silas Kirksey, and others.
Rev J E Foster of Marietta route 2 visited on business Jimmie Philips of Greenville vacationing in the community Barker and Philips attended worship at Marietta W A Rigdon sold his farm to J B Fortner and plans to move to Greenville Land prices range twenty five to forty dollars per acre Local homeseekers urged to locate in Pickens county A J Fortner sold land to Riley Moody at twenty five dollars per acre W D Hendricks operates a sawmill on W A Masters place Prof Clyde Griffin of Oolenoy teaches the winter term George M Farmner confined by illness but improving.
A Baptist state convention in Greenville last week drew large attendance and praise. Speakers including Dr. Z T Cody Dr J E White and Dr D M Ramsay delivered epoch making talks on missions and education. Maj T Hyde elected president. next convention set for Newberry in December.
Sunday marriage announcements note Mrs Mazura Revis of Liberty wed to Charles P Park of Cateechee and Miss Pears Capes with Richard M Gilstrap of Easley route 1, all married by J B Newbery J P at his residence in Pickens. Congratulations to the couples.
Local retailer Pickens Hardware and Grocery Company advertises Shumate Razors and straps as ideal Christmas gifts for husbands. The ad claims lifetime guarantees and low prices, appealing to shoppers seeking durable grooming tools.
A notice seeks chestnut utility poles of specific heights including 25 ft 6 in, 30 ft 8 in, 35 ft 8 in, 35 ft 0 in, and 15 ft 8 in. The writer requests contact before cutting to ensure limited quantities. Poles are valuable with a load bringing six to ten dollars per pole.
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