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Pickens Sentinel

Location

Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1916

Page

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Pickens Chautauqua Delights Town in Free Fund Drive

Citizens of Pickens backed a free Chautauqua with a rapid fundraising drive from $1 to $10 gifts. The event drew large crowds for Dr Tincher and Alpine Yodlers, Dunne and company, and Dr Grimm, with tent audiences in rain turning out for performances and lectures at the schoolhouse and Methodist church.

Pickens Dr. Daniel Columbia Con 'T Company Dr. Tichner Dunne and Company Eugene Lockhart Tincher Grimm Pellagram Hospital Spartanburg South Carolina Iit, Ito

Birthday Celebration For J H Riggins At Home

Friends and relatives gathered July 2 at J H Riggins farm Liberty route 3 to celebrate his 36th birthday. About 100 attendees enjoyed a meal in the grove then music led by his brothers and others. Riggins, son of A B Riggins, is a respected local farmer with strong community esteem. The event supported the chautauqua’s success and plans for next year. Reverend D W Hiatt holds a revival this week at Doctors Creek Church Colleton County.

J. H. Riggins Liberty Route 3 Mr. Riggins A. B. Riggins Liberty N. P D. W. Hiatt Doctor 'S Creek Colleton County

Visit to Table Rock and Mountain Region in Pickens County

In Pickens County near Table Rock writer travels with John L. Scott and Rev. Walter Coker. They describe hotels, springs, and mountain scenery, plus picnic gatherings from Pickens and Easley. They meet local residents including B B Hooker and W A Masters, noting hospitality and summer resort appeal.

John L. Scott Greenville Walter Coker Anderson County Table Rock Saluda B. B. Hooker Mt. Pinnacle Bald Knob Henry Zed Jones Jones Pickens A. D. Attaway Mr. Meredith Mrs. Powell Margaret Sara Jonnie Eula Glennie Attaway Mattie Finley Lara Pickens May Pepper Mr. Masters Amos C. Sutherland Henry Jones Oolenoy H. H

Local notices and society items from Pickens area

The issue lists church and community events including graveyard cleanup at Porters Chapel on Friday the 21st, memorial services at Golden Creek Baptist on the third Sunday in July, Ivy Park chaperones for a July schedule, and a Porter family reunion planned for August 7 1916. It also notes crop damage from floods in Buncombe Henderson and Transylvania counties, local visits by F E Alexander and Dr L F Robinson, tomato weighing thirty ounces and a reference to subscription renewals for The Sentinel.

Golden Creek Baptist Church Liberty, Norris

Mrs E H Craig Hosts Valley Brides Recption Honor

Mrs E H Craig entertained last Wednesday for brides Mrs Billie Craig of Valhalla and Mrs Sam B Craig of Pickens. Guests greeted by Miss Ada Craig, received by the hostess and guests. An ice course was served. punch by Bernice Carey and Floy Herde. Vocal selections by Mildred Cox.

E. H. Craig Billie Craig Valhalla Sam B. Craig Pickens Ada Craig Bernice Carey Floy Herde Mildred Cox

The Pickens Sentinel Seeks Subscribers for Better Paper

The newspaper urges readers to renew or recruit neighbors, promising more news service and features. It argues a larger subscriber base will improve the weekly in Pickens county, noting the price of two cents a week.

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Campaign meetings span July to August in Third district

Campaign meetings for the Third district begin in Pickens on July 27 and end at the Orr mill in Anderson on August 24. Locations Easley and Central are scheduled for July 28 and 29, with county campaign plans not yet arranged.

Pickens County Pickens Easley Central Orr Mill Anderson

Machine Installed as Bookkeeper at The Pickens Bank

The Pickens Bank adopts a Burroughs Adding Subtracting machine to automate ledgers and statements. It inputs old balances, checks, and deposits to compute new balances, prints dates, detects overdrafts, and prints OD in red. Monthly statements are produced instantly, with balanced accounts and accurate records.

Pickens Bank Burroughs

Margaret Edens 93 Dies in Coloney Family Matriarch

Mrs. Margaret Keith Edens died at 93 in Coloney after living with her son Elijah C Edens. She survived by ten of eleven children and 249 grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her funeral was led by Rev. W C Seaborn with many in attendance. Her life highlighted wartime motherhood and Southern resilience.

Coloney Margaret Keith Edens Elijah C Mesdames Mary Jane Roper Rebecca Williams E. C P.N. B Robi Samuel A. K W. E. Edens W. C. Seaborn Pearl Southerland Chastain H. Z. Jones Dacusville Table Rock Messrs. Scott Greenville Hiatt Pickens Walter Coker

April Showers Hit Pickens County Hard

A steady rain from Friday night to Monday damaged rolling and bottom land in Pickens county. Mail carrier J. W. Langston was unable to cross Route 4 for the first time in seven years. Route 3 rider R. F. Hed also faced high water near Pete Price. Crops, especially bottom land corn, are feared damaged.

Pickens County J. W. Langston Uncle Sam Bud Chastain R. F. Hed Pete Price

Pickens Route 2 Rain Dampens Local News

Weather fault lines and community notes from Pickens area report heavy rain in the region. Typhoid fever recovery for Wesley Curtis of Six Mile is noted along with Mrs. H. H. Wright’s improvement. D. E. Garrett withdraws from the House race. Local visits and family updates follow with several residents mentioned by name.

Wesley Curtis Six Mile H. H. Wright D. E. Garrett Garcie Lee Little Brother Cheehee Mr. Lee J. L. Miller Washingto Bess Dalton Cedar Springs Mountain View O. S. Stewart Sloan Durham Ford

Death of H. M. Rampey in Liberty

H. M. Rampey died at his Liberty home on Wednesday July 5. He leaves a wife and nine children including Mrs. J. T. Gaines and Tom Rampey of Liberty, Mrs. C. S. Porter of Easley, Mrs. Will Rogers of Westminster, and others, plus 13 grandchildren. A Methodist for forty years and devout Christian, he loved singing and church work. Funeral and burial were in Liberty.

H. M. Rampey Liberty J. T. Gaines W. S. Brooks Tom Rampey C. S. Porter Easley Will Rogers Westminster J. Davis Jule A. M. Rampey Herbert Newton Pickens Rampey The Methodist Church

Also Mentioned on This Page

Craig Brosco Pickens Drug Co HA Nealey John L Thornley Hhautauqua Fund J T Taylor Meswain & Craig J F Alexander Porter’s Barbershop T A Bowen AD Attaway BF Parsons E H Craig Taylor H Stewart N A Christopher Ad Boggs R T Hallam L Valley Willie Edens Med Bruce Hiawatha Hotel W C Newton J H Bruce Pickens H& Gro D Yongue J C Alexander D W Hiatt, Jr Mack Christopher I F L Finley J C Jennings A C Gravley J. Hughes Benton H Powers J L Hames Jack Sutherland J T Richey B B LaBoon J. Cureton Weldon Christopher Stewart Verner Christopher T A Seawright R E Bruce John C Carey H.henderson Co Pickens Railroad Co Keowee Pharma James P Carey, Jr D Waldrop Folger Thornley Co J. Matheny E Findley John A Morrell B Hagood MN Jewell J D Holder J J Boggs R Roark A M Morris J M Stewart C E Robinson A Aiken City of Guy McFall C I* Brookshire G R Hendricks J E Christopher Frank McFall T Abercrombie B Holland H E Jones Thomas Ligon F Mauldin E Wiggins Johnson A Chastain Furman Holder F Hester Pickens Oil Mill J P Carey W Julian T McDaniel T L Bivens Hal Hiatt J B Craig A Hagood T W McFall John Roper R F Herd R L Henderson Dr L . Robinson Harrison Edens D. Wistar Daniel Clemson College Durno and Lockhart Durno Pickens Co Porters Chapel Naomi Sandifer Bamburg F. E. Alexander French Broad River Buncombe Henderson Transylvania Counties North Carolina Sentinel Hobbs- Henderson Co’s Earl Seaborn Louie Thornley John L. Thornley L. F. Robinson New York City Norris Cateeehee Ivy Park W. L. Matheny Vesta McFall J. J. Lewis H. A. Nealey W. C. Newton Porter B. S. Porter A. 5. Porter the Town of Pendleton, S. C Pendleton City Public G. A. Ellis Pickens, S. C J. H. Wiggington Salem, S. C Henry Shanklin Addie Hiatt Josie Chastain Southerland Hare Sentinel Office
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