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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
4
A nostalgic column mixes sharp jabs at bottled-in-bond spirits and corn on toes with reminiscences of old candies. It comments on local merchants in Pickens and Spartanburg, notes about penny coins, shoewear, and a Lexington Charleston trip, and teases political ads and a legislative sign bill, closing with a quip about Hiram Kantz.
A. M. Carpenter of the Anderson Daily Mail once printed a circular with the Greenwood Journal’s imprint to pass it off as Journal work. The item notes Carey of Seneca, not Pickens, as misidentified by Columbia correspondents and mentions local civic watchwords about thrift and a quip on christening battleships with alcohol.
Praters School honors list includes students from first to ninth grade led by Hoyt Pilgrim and Edna Watson in first grade and Batie Simmons among ninth graders. Teachers are noted among the staff.
Rev S M Jones pastor in charge lists services for each Sunday through month. First Sunday Porter's Chapel 11 o'clock Mt Tabor 330 pm. Second Sunday Bethel 11 Salem 830. Third Sunday McKinney's Chapel Lincoln Linelock 11. Fourth Sunday Gap Hill 11 Twelve Mile 330. Rev R Anderson presides at Friendship third Sunday 11 and New Hope fourth Sunday 11.
Dayton school lists January honor roll across grades from first to seventh and ninth. Notable students include Roma Burns Elizabeth Couch Grace Freeman and Willie Burns with several Satterfield Thompkins and Wilson entries. ADA H MILLER is principal and Gertrude D Foster assists.
Announcement says the teachers meeting planned for Saturday February 8 is postponed to Saturday February 10. Teachers may govern themselves accordingly.
Hastings' Seeds advertise a free 1917 Seed Catalog offering vegetables farm seeds clover and flowers plus five free flower varieties. The ad urges farmers and home gardeners to request the catalog to ensure successful planting and reliable seed quality from Hastings' Seeds.
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