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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
1
The legislature debated and advanced several bills including a Charleston high license liquor measure, while considering education funding, banking powers, and labor topics. General assembly actions covered militia inauguration invitations, investigations of railroads, and preparations for penitentiary and university governance.
Easley news lists residents and visitors including Dr C N Wyatt visiting relatives in Columbia and Beaufort Miss Annie Pepper and Miss Sue Wyatt visiting friends in Easley Mr Harry W Hiatt of Wilmington NC visiting homefolk Easley W C Smith and wife travel to improve health Miss Joe Rankin of Greenville visiting Aspen Camp W C W oyster supper planned for next Thursday Easley Lodge 119 K of P to host banquet on the 19th Col J E Boggs and others to speak Mr and Mrs Walker Spearman visiting Easley Garrison Wyatt buys Finley Whitmire old stand John B Jameson supervised mule shipment stables Irvin Miller in charge of stables during Jameson in Atlanta.
Finley and Whitmire announce relocation to the Sheppard stand on Table Rock Street with new contact phone 64 in Easley.
Rainy weather disrupts plowing and travel on Route 3 causing disheartenment. A singing at William Cantrell's home delighted attendees. Earl Keith of Ooleney visited Route 3. Mail carriers struggle through mud and rain, risking stuck parcel post. T L Bivens moved his saw mill and reports fine lumber. The community mourns the death of Hon Geo B Legare of Charleston.
An enthusiastic executive committee meeting in Easley reorganized the Pickens County Athletic and Oratorical Association. W. W. Benson was named president, J. W. Wallace vice president, and J. W. Ballentine secretary treasurer. The Dacusville school joined, bringing six schools. The county meet is set for April 5 in Easley with track events at 11:00 am and oratory that evening at the Easley school auditorium.
Attendees described the Fifth National Corn Exposition in Columbia as expansive with 25 state booths and diverse displays. The dairy exhibit shows equipment and live cows, including Holstein Jersey and Ayrshire stock, and a scale miniature dairy barn costing about seven hundred dollars.
Mrs Evelyn Gillespie died January 31 1913 at the home of her daughter in Rosman North Carolina. She leaves nine children all living and was 77 last December 27. A Baptist member she endured a stroke on November 23 and had been stout until then. Mourned by Pickens county relatives and friends. One who knew and loved her.
A. A. Jones expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during his wife’s illness and death and thanks the attending physicians. He prays they may lean on Christ and be saved in Heaven without loss.
Secretary Mac Veagh has accepted J. E. Faser’s design for a new nickel to replace the long circulating five-cent piece. Mint Director George E. Roberts will order coinage, with circulation likely after February 1. One side shows an Indian head with Liberty at the top and 1913 at the bottom. the other side features a bison and the denomination.
Garrison Wyatt of Easley announces operation at the old stand near the depot selling wholesale and retail flour hay grain and feedstuffs. Cash terms and a slogan a fair deal to everybody invite old customers and new. He also buys country produce.
Columbia announces E. H. Lucas named second assistant state bank examiner. The senate judiciary committee reports oppose abolishing the hosiery mill at the state penitentiary. Swansea reports a shooting near William Saylor’s place. The state veterinarians meet. Dr. Morse elected president. A coroner’s jury rules Ike DuBose’s Bath death a suicide. McClellansville ships animal skins via parcels post. Isolated smallpox cases in lower Southeast Florence County. State Teachers’ Association to hold March meeting in Columbia. Columbia awarded bronze bust for corn exhibits. Richland proposes township court and municipal court legislation. Charleston Presbytery holding home mission conferences. Elko truckers begin early asparagus harvest. National Farmers’ Union endorses SC cotton warehouse bill. Lykesland appoints George Gary Lee state chairman of the prohibition party. Electric light poles rise in Barnwell. reservoir near completion. Governor’s pardon report printed in journal. Florence reports incendiary fires in county with several lodge halls burned.
L L Baker, district agent for farm demonstration work, promotes a three year rotation plan and banks in several counties contribute prizes to farmers who implement it. Educational Day at the National Corn Exposition draws school officials and students, including 182 attendees from Laurens.
At a meeting of the sinking fund commission Governor Blease offered a resolution to rescind the refunding of the states 5 622 000 bonds. The motion failed with Attorney General Peeples voting for the resolution while Comptroller General Jones State Treasurer Carter and committee chairmen Hardin and Dick opposed.
The American Berkshire congress held its annual meeting in Columbia. Two sessions were held. The gathering included breeders from 14 states and featured an instructive lecture by Prof. C F Curtis of Iowa Agricultural College. Gaffney unveils new fire apparatus.
Robert Coleman aged 65, a respected county resident near Joesville, was murdered by a gunshot wound while reading at his fireside. His son Harry Coleman, about 26, is jailed on murder charges alleging a motive to gain the inheritance immediately.
Pickens-Constable B. B. Laboon along with G. W. Corbin and Gus Aiken of Greenville reported five distilling plants found and destroyed after a scouting trip. A large amount of mash was poured out. Earlier bi county actions destroyed six more plants, totaling 11 plants removed in a short period, all due to vigilant officers.
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