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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
4
A Pickens Drug Co advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe pleasant remedy for a sluggish liver. It claims the product has reduced calomel use, promises a money back guarantee if customers deem it unsatisfactory, and encourages keeping a bottle at home for family use.
Rev. A C Brigman of Columbia preached both morning and evening at the Presbyterian church last Sabbath with strong attendance despite bad weather. The item also notes local ginning figures for Pickens gins 1994 bales in 1911 and 1664 bales by Jan 28 1913, plus various town visits and remarks on local roads and residents.
In Gap Hill and Easley areas residents are noted visitors in Pickens with remarks on General James Longstreet seen traveling home after surrender. A 1913 wedding ties William S. Littleton to Cora Mae Gilstrap at Norris with Rev. E. L. Thomason officiating. Other mentions include church gathering plans in Chattanooga for a Baptist missionary convention and groundhog day weather lore.
Pickens Drug Co. advertises Bump's Perfected Paper Fasteners at $3.50 each. Lee Cochran, formerly of Calhoun and now of Anderson, is doing the brick work on A. J. Boggs' house as a first class mason.
The lesson describes Noah leaving the ark after the flood and Noah's altar offering. It explains the covenant with Noah as one of eight major biblical covenants, its main elements including the rainbow as a sign, and its broader spiritual meaning of God's mercy and faithfulness toward humanity and all creatures.
J A Mullinax of Central was in town on business Tuesday. Craig Brosco offers premiums this month for trade. Miss Olive Nealy stays home from school three weeks due to rheumatism. Thomas Welborn of near Pickens runs a dairy. County attendees at the National Corn Exposition in Columbia last week included R E Bruce, J F Harris, Thomas, Gary Hiatt, Ben Hendricks, Ralph Gilstrap, Thomas O Lyell, Doctors Smith and Ponder, and others.
C L Cureton was in Greenville on business Monday. Dr R B Lewis displayed a new idea in front of the Keowee Pharmacy, catching local attention.
Rev D M Ramsay D D president of Greenville Female College delighted the large Pickens congregation with two sermons at the Baptist church last Sunday. A church meeting voted to extend Ramsay a unanimous call to serve the pulpit for the remainder of the year or until a pastor is found, and he agreed to preach one Sunday monthly, the third Sunday. Ramsay is popular in Pickens and his arrival is eagerly anticipated.
An elderly Confederate veteran, Joseph Raines of near Peters Creek church, died last Saturday and was laid to rest Monday in the Peters Creek church cemetery. Comrade Rev. J. E. Foster conducted the funeral. he was about 74 and survived by his widow.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. Endorsed by National Bank of Commerce Toledo. Catarrh cure taken internally. 7 5 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
For Sale some good pigs and shoats and a one horse Studebaker wagon at a bargain. G A Ellis Pickens R F D 2. For Sale two good milk cows. Also improved Square Deal seed corn that made 60 bushels per acre last year with 400 pounds fertilizer. Address Thomas Ramsey Clemson College S C R F D No 1.
For rent a one horse farm in Pickens area with productive land and a good house. W B Freeman is the contact.
A. M. Morris of Pickens seeks ten or twelve young brown leghorn hens for purchase or trade.
Found near Doc Pace's store a fountain pen. Owner may claim by proving ownership at The Sentinel office and describing the item.
Advertises farm loans ranging from three hundred to ten thousand dollars with easy terms. Contact R. T. Jaynes of Valhalla, SC, or J. F. Keown of Pickens, SC for details.
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