122 acre Farm for Sale Near Pickens with Homestead
For sale a 122 acre farm ten miles west of Pickens nine miles of Norris about 85 acres cleared 37 in timber 12 acres bottom land. The home has seven rooms three chimneys three fireplaces front and back porch a porch well log barn six stalls side sheds good crib and outbuildings plus a four room tenant house. One half mile to store church and school with public road through. 1916 yield about 600 bushels corn 14 bales cotton 60 bushels wheat and more grain. Entire property priced at 3600 or 30 per acre on long payments. Contact G A Ellis Pickens.
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Pickens
Norris
G. A. Ellis
Wagon surge draws buyers to Pickens Hardware sale
A heavy shipment of Columbus Wagons arrived last week and Pickens Hardware and Grocery Company urges customers to inspect the selection. They call the wagons the best value on the market and invite wagon buyers to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pickens Hardware and Grocery Company
Special Prices On Staples Through January First
A local merchant announces sale prices on Sugar Coffee Lard Flour and Feed. Car lots arriving include Cotton Seed Meal Shorts Feed Oats Sweet Feed Hay and Salt. Visit the store or call Phone No. 386 for availability.
Porter’s Pressing Club Promises Prompt Expert Service
Suits pressed at 26c, cleaning and pressing 50c, dry cleaning 1.00 per suit. Special attention given to ladies' suits. Work guaranteed and delivered when promised. We appreciate your patronage.
Hastings' 1917 Seed Catalog Free to Readers
Free Hastings seeds catalog offers 1917 varieties of vegetables farm grass clover and flowers. Readers are urged to request a free copy by mentioning the paper and are promised five free flower varieties to beautify homes. Hastings Seeds cautions that good seeds are scarce and urges order for spring planting.
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Hastings
H. G. Hastings
Seedemen
Atlanta, Ga
Advt
Elbert Mauldin Dies on Pickens Farm in Heart Failure
The community mourns Elbert Mauldin 46 after he collapsed while driving a team on a public road near Pickens. He died instantly. funeral held at Pickens Methodist Church with Rev. Hodges and Rev. Bailey officiating. He leaves a widow Ora Boggs, two brothers, ten sisters, and his father E. E. Mauldin.
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Elbert Mauldin
Pickens
Mauldin
Methodist Church
Pickens Methodist Church
KK. T. Hodges
J. C. Bailey
Presbyterian Church
Texas
Sentinel
Mrs Gillespie Dies After Illness at 69
Mrs J E Gillespie died Saturday night January 13 at her home near Twelve Mile camp ground after a ten day illness of bowels paralysis. She was 69. Survived by husband C C Gillespie and Mrs Robert Ferguson of Pickens county and Mrs J H Seaborn of Cornelia Ga. Also two brothers and three sisters. Funeral by Rev W C Seaborn at Praters Creek Baptist church where she belonged. Community sorrow and sympathy expressed.
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John E. Gillespie
Twelve Mile Camp Ground
C. C. Gillespie
Robert Ferguson
Pickens County
J. H. Seaborn
Cornelia
A. B. Lewis
N. D. Parsons
James M. Porter
J. K. Lewis
Leesburg
W.G. Stephens
Bourbon
W. C. Seaborn
Praters Creek Baptist Church
Mrs J H Lollis Dies at 63 After Declining Health
Mrs J H Lollis died at her home six miles above Pickens last Sunday morning January 14 at 3 o'clock. She had been ill for years but confined five weeks. Death due to dropsy. She was 63 and survived by husband and eight children. Sisters Mrs C W Yates and Mrs Sarah Gravley are among her kin. Twice married first Humphries Hopkins then James H Lollis. A Methodist, funeral and burial were at Porter's Chapel conducted by Rev S S Jones.
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Dilly Lollis
Pickens
C. W. Yates
Sarah Gravley
Humphries Hopkins
James H. Lollis
Simpson Gilstrap wedding at J B Simpson home near Pickens
The second daughter Essie Simpson married Robert Gilstrap on January 7 at 12 o’clock with Rev J A White officiating. Attendants included Connie Simpson and Mary Gilstrap. The couple will reside with the Gilstrap family after a wedding dinner the next day and received many presents.
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J. B. Simpson
Pickens
Essie
Robert Gilstrap
J. A. White
John Gilstrap
Frank Kirksey
Connie Simpson
Henry Simpson
Mary Gilstrap
Legislative notes of local interest feature committee appointments
Representative Findley joins Education military affairs and railroads. Pickens serves Privileges elections roads bridges ferries and state house grounds. Senator O Dell of Pickens County sits on Federal relations as chair and on several other committees. The veto on the game warden appointment was sustained after a prior governor veto. Pickens supported overriding. Findley supported sustaining. Rev I E Wiggins elected chaplain of the house.
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Findley
Pickens
State House
O'Dell
Pickens County
Representative Pickens
Representative Findley
Pickens Methodist Church
House of Representatives
Pickens Township Singing Convention Sets Fourth Sunday
R L Henderson president invites Bethlehem Church and township churches to meet at 20 oclock on the fourth Sunday to use the Praise Divine songbook published by James D Vaughn of Lawrenceburg Tennessee. Visiting singers are welcome and leaders are urged to cooperate.
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Pickens Township
Bethlehem Church
James D. Vaughn
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
R. L. Henderson
Pres
South Carolina Observes Come-to-Sunday-School Day
South Carolina Sunday School Association calls a statewide Come-to-Sunday-School Day on February 11 with Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas endorsing the observance. The drive aims to maximize attendance and recruit regular members with the slogan Everybody in Sunday School on February 11 If you're not there you'll be lonesome. County plan notes three district meetings on March 8 9 10 with state workers R D Webb and Miss Agnes Revenel to speak.
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South Carolina
Schools of Central and
Liberty
R. D. Webb
Agnes Revenel
W. A. Mathews
Sentinel Honor Roll Subscriptions and Renewals
The Sentinel lists new subscribers G. W. Holcombe J. H. Hughes Mrs M J Nickells and renewals C. L. Reeves Bruce Burgess J Hudgens Smith J I Holiday W N Bolding J T Ferguson S A S Porter with R L Henderson noted as missing from last week’s renewal roll.
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G. W. Holcombe
J. H. Hughes
M. J. Nickells
C. L. Reeves
Bruce Burgess
J. Hudgens Smith
J. I. Holiday
W. N. Bolding
J. T. Ferguson
S. A. S. Porter
R. L. Henderson
Pickens Sentinel raises price to secure future publication
The Pickens Sentinel announces a subscription increase from 1.00 to 1.50 a year to maintain quality and ensure steady publication amid rising costs. Editor Ganky Storr urges subscribers to support the paper as a county institution and calls on readers to recruit neighbors.
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The
Sentinel
Pickens County
United States
Pickens Sentinel
Mauldin Named VP at Palmetto National Bank in Columbia
Col. Ivy M. Mauldin of Pickens state bank examiner is elected active vice president of the Palmetto National Bank of Columbia on January 9. He will resign as state bank examiner to assume new duties, likely by March, with plans to split time between Columbia and Pickens.
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Ivy M. Mauldin
Pickens
State Bank
Palmetto National Bank of Columbia
Mauldin
Manning
James Craig
Anderson
State
Sydney Bruce
Columbia
Pickens Bank
Wilie Jones
J. Pope Matthews
Col. Jones
Methodist Church
New Oconee County Officials Appointed After Fatal Gas Deaths
Saturday Governor Manning appointed James M. Moss of Walhall as sheriff of Oconee to succeed the late John W. Davis who died from gas asphyxiation in Elizabeth New Jersey on December 27. Stiles N. Tughs was named county supervisor to succeed the late W C Foster, who died similarly in the same incident. Both new officials were well regarded locally. Davis and Foster had traveled to Elizabeth during the holidays to pursue a wanted murderer, John Walker, in Oconee county. The two were found dead in their beds December 28 from gas escaping a defective jet.
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Gov. Manning
James M. Moss
Walhall
Oconee County
John W. Davis
Elizabeth
N. J
Stiles N. Tughs
Oconee
W. C. Foster
Messrs
Davis
Foster
South Carolina
Netero
John Walker
Griffin Sunday School Re-Elects Officers for New Year
Griffin Sunday school re elected officers and teachers to supply for another year. Superintendent J. W. Hayes attended 52 Sundays last year and gave a Christmas tree. he was re elected without a dissenting vote. The school has about 120 scholars and aims for 175 each Sunday. Readers urged to pray and work for growth.
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Griffin Sunday School
J. W. Hayes
Sentinel
Mr Minter Urges Pro-Good Legislation For 1917
JorL HH Minter writes to Pickens Sentinel urging voters to judge legislators by their votes. He argues for graded cotton with licensed graders to prevent loss to farmers, cites Fred Williams’ cost-saving policies, and urges select representatives inspired by the spirit of Christ to serve for the greatest good.
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Pickens Sentinel
Sentinel
Moses
Chamberlain
South Carolina
Fred Williams
Pickens County
Williams
Abraham
Gideon
Egypt
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Jorl HH. Minter
Pickens Glee Club Plans Public Entertainment
The Pickens School glee club, aided by Miss Eleanor Knight, aims to present a public program soon. Lit society officers for three months were installed Friday: Charlie Yongue president Floy Herde secretary Florence Stewart vice president Paul Sammons treasurer Ella Lewis literary critic Ivy Mauldin Bernice Carey censors. Marie Hiatt absent due to illness as Tenth Grade resumes work after holiday break.
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Agnes Edens
Easley High School
Pickens
Literary Society
Lriday
Charlie Yongue
Floy Herde
Florence Stewart
Paul Sammons
Ella Lewis
Ivy Mauldin
Bernice Carey
Marie Hiatt
Olive Camp W. C. W. Elects Officers for 19 7
Olive Camp W. C. W. installed the officers for 19 7 led by J I Fendley as C C and W O Capps as banker. Others included A Les de N Ligon W Is Cisson and RB Glazener with C Chapman D McCollum and W D Freeman in key roles. After installation Mr Fendley received a silver table set as a token of appreciation.
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Olive Camp
J. I
Liberty Singing Convention at Easley Mill No 3 Baptist
The Liberty township singing convention will meet at Easley Mill No 3 Baptist church on the third Sunday in January at 1 30 PM. All are invited to attend and bring songbooks. W I Cunistoruenr, Sec.
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Liberty Township
Easley Mill No. 3
W. I. Cunistoruenr
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L. C. Gilstrap
Robert Baker Pickens
J. D. Holder
Reece & Sons
Ebb H. Field
D. L. Johnson & W.S. Bradley
Laurens St
Greenville
S. C
Morris & Company
Old Postoffice
Porter
B. B. Porter
Free Flower Seed
Hastings’ Catalogue
Mr. Elbert Mauldin
J. E. Gillespie
J. H. Lollis
Singing
the Sentinel
Ganky Storr
I. M. Mauldin
Columbia Bank
Mr. Miller
Pickens School News
Glee Club
Eleanor Knight
Liberty Singing Convention
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