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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
8
The notice advertises suit cleaning and pressing services with prices 25 cents for pressing, 50 cents for cleaning, and one dollar for dry cleaning. B. B. Porter, proprietor, guarantees work and praises special attention to ladies’ suits.
Local residents travel and visit relatives in Greenville and Easley while church meetings, revivals, and cemetery cleaning draw community participation. Officials report a whiskey still crackdown and a Madison County theft case leads to a suspect's arrest and $45 recovered.
The notice proclaims Frank G. Allgood as a Cotton Weigher candidate in Pickens for August 1 1916 and N D Parsons as candidate for August 19 1916. It also records a court sale in Pickens County Hurricane township, a 200 acre tract described via deed, with terms: one-fourth cash and three equal annual payments at 8 percent interest, purchaser to pay stamps and paper.
The notice states Rev. W C Seaborn will be laid to rest at Porters Chapel on the fifth Sunda a. It is signed by Mr. and Mrs M N Simmons and references the departure of a newborn infant.
Hazlehurst residents note extended visits of War Clayton and family from route 3 while Elizabeth Williams of Crateechee remains ill under care. Louise Davis visits the Clayton household along with Tirzah Hughes and Annie Ruth Hodges from Orangeburg, Liberty, Massey, and Taman areas.
A. S. Porter announces candidacy for re election as magistrate of Pickens township under Democratic party rules.
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