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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
3
The Pickens Sentinel notes a seasoned complaint about a front end and plow design, asserting only farmers manage to make it work. The phrase “yankish” signals critical diction about equipment fit for the field.
Local items list residents visiting relatives in Greenville Clemson and Asheville. church meetings county home picnic and a Shriners gathering. Mentions Rev G F Kirby Miss Vesta Ashmore J H Newton and J E Boggs. Also reports a rail sale, a life of Our Savior showing, and a all day Concord church singing.
The Pickens Band, made of local talent, played for the old soldiers at the reunion last week and earned high praise, with a spectator noting they matched the Piedmont Band in quality despite limited formal training.
L. M. Baker aged about 29 died after several weeks of typhoid fever at his home near Six Mile on the 4th inst. He leaves a widow and four children. The funeral and interment were at Mountain Grove church the day after his death, with services by Rev. B. F. Murphree and Mr. D. E. Garrett.
A communication from Easley in the Anderson Daily Mail reports a high level meeting between Southern and Pickens railroad officials. Rumors say Southern objection to a crossing during construction of the Old Carolina Cumberland Gap and Chicago line resurfaced as city and county officials previously opened a wagon bridge at that crossing and the ice was broken.
The note suggests extending influence to Anderson Court House if proper encouragement is found. It hints at wide city implications and invites patience to see how events unfold.
E J Watson reports the Rock Hill plan reduced cotton acreage by about 16 percent across 11 principal growing states. He estimates the 1912 harvest will be about 2,500,000 bales smaller than 1911, with further risk from poor seedbeds and late planting. Carryover from 1911 is seen at around 2,000,000 bales.
News of the death of Mr J H Abercrombie reaches late. He lived in the county about eighteen years and moved to Oconee three years ago near Salem church. He died May 20 last with sadness to many who knew him.
The deceased, a devoted Methodist, was laid to rest in Salem the day after death. He was 90 and is survived by a wife six children and numerous grandchildren and friends mourn his departure.
The South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs announces scholarships: one Winthrop valued at 104 dollars with free tuition, one Confederate Home valued at 100 dollars, and one Lander College valued at 40 dollars. Applicants must be 16 or older and unable to pursue education without aid. Apply by June 25. exams at county courthouse on Friday July 5 at 9 a.m. For blanks and info contact Mrs. Frank B. Gary, Abbeville, S.C.
Books for subscription to the capital stock of the Table Neck Land Co. will be open at the office of the Heath Bruce Mor row Co. on Friday June 14, 1912 at 12 o clock. Rh E Bruce and D W McLaurin, Board of Corporators.
An ordinance by the mayor and aldermen of Pickens SC in council assembled declares it unlawful for any person or company to exhibit any play, comedy, tragedy, interlude, farce, fortune tellers, wax figures, or traveling shows without permission, as part of a city regulation.
The ordinance authorizes the mayor or acting mayor to grant a license and sets penalties for violations. Convictions may incur a fine up to 100 dollars or up to 30 days hard labor on the public works. Ratified June 10, 1912, with city seal.
The city of Pickens imposes penalties for deceitful acts to obtain money or property by false tokens or counterfeits. It outlaws false pretenses to obtain signatures or valuables with intent to defraud, with fines up to 100 dollars or up to 30 days in jail. The ordinance was enacted and sealed on June 10, 1912, by Clerk W X Mauldin.
D. B. Finney offers four good horses in exchange for milk cows. Contact details not provided.
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