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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
8
The Pickens area notes that J. W. Langston has renamed Pickens Garage to Langston's Garage. The Sentinel invites home visiting reports to feature in upcoming issues and lists various local events and updates from Pickens County including tax collections, campaign plans, soldiers abroad, and a recent fire.
An old advertisement touts Byrd's Oriental Balm as a universal remedy for burns cuts bruises and skin irritations plus relief for croup sore throat whooping cough and other childhood ailments. It claims 40 years of use and urges buying 25 and 50 cent bottles from Blue Ridge Chemical Company Rocky Mount Virginia.
Dedgar Morris of Washington visited his parents in Pickens last week. The Holly Springs Red Cross auxiliary box supper Saturday night netted 63.60. Pickens county did not buy its share of War Savings Stamps but showed creditable effort. James A. Hendricks seeks county commissioner and is son of Hon. Matthew Hendricks. Sheriff Rickman of Rabun county pursued James Moss a horse trader accused of swindling a Rabun man. Moss and an associate were captured near the North Carolina line.
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