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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
1
Readers in Pickens and Easley areas share visits and ceremonies. Notices mention relatives visiting near Pickens, campus stays at Winthrop and Clemson, farming talks, church revivals, and a cedar rock youth scene with attendance at memorial services and car purchases.
S B Edens escaped serious harm last Tuesday when his team wagon and driver plunged into Carpenter's Creek bridge near Mrs Jesse Crenshaw's. Syd Edens walked away unharmed. Mrs J D McConnell improves after relapse. doctors F S Porter and John M Crenshaw attend. Coloney Camp No 577 W O W paid tribute to Sovereign Jesse Hendricks' grave Sunday.
The Pickens Drug Co announces a three day one cent sale to run Thursday June 17 through Saturday June 19. Early shoppers are advised to call in advance as many advertised items may sell out before Saturday. Read the advertisement in this paper for a complete list.
Mexico faces famine amid plenty as Carranza stores 12000 tons of grain near Mexico City. Villa seeks peace after defeat at Leon. Wilson notes and Bryan protests fill official circles. Lansing named temporary secretary of state as Bryan resigns amid Lusitania fallout.
Domestic Vice President Marshall backs Wilson’s stance toward Germany and endorses the note to Berlin while Col. Theodore Roosevelt, fishing off the Mississippi coast, inquires about Bryan’s resignation and supports Wilson. Atlanta jitneys are declared common carriers. El Paso docks at Savannah due to engine trouble. MIT secures a $1 million grant. Local obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Susan Keith and Mr. James Patterson at Oolenoy, and Wales Smith Jr. dies in Newry. Irby Mitchell remains at large after a store burglary.
Minnesota voters close eighty saloons in a week. Other U S and labor leaders take stands on politics and reform as meetings continue. Potter named head of Red Cross Mexican relief commission. Gompers endorses Walsh amid criticism of Rockefeller in Colorado strike. Woolner attacks prohibition and urges beverage efficiency. International Dancing Masters ban rag dances for new steps. Naval cadet cheating inquiry at Annapolis proceeds. NAWSA delegates denounce cross party attacks on Wilson administration. Leaders Shaw Upton Jacobs listed.
Sheriff A. D. Hood of Fairfield County was killed during the attack on the courthouse steps in Winnsboro. Jules Smith, a negro charged with criminal assault, died. Deputy Earl Stevenson critically wounded, left arm nearly severed. Rural Policeman J. R. Bulware shot in the stomach and survived. Clyde Isenhower, attacker, died in a Chester hospital. Jesse Morrison, Isenhower’s brother-in-law, shot in the head. several deputies wounded.
Rev R R Dagnall died at his home in Williamston Saturday afternoon at age 77 after illness including pneumonia. Funeral services were held in Williamston with Rev T C O'Dell of Anderson officiating. burial followed in Silver Brook cemetery in Anderson. He was a longtime Methodist minister in South Carolina and earlier lived in Pickens. He is survived by one daughter and three sons.
W O Memorial Service at Olive Camp 685 held last Sunday afternoon June 13 at Cross Roads cemetery with Dr. Porter of Pickens as master of ceremonies. The Chapmen brothers sang We Shall Know Much There. Sov. Sam Craig of Pickens spoke on Woodcraft and brotherhood before a large audience and flowers were placed on the grave.
A timeline chronicles Bryan's life from 1860 birth in Salem Alabama through his 1915 resignation as Secretary of State. It lists education at Spagis College and Union College of Law, law practice in Jacksonville, congressional service, a 1894 Senate nomination defeat, editorship of the Omaha World Herald, 1896 silver plank speech, presidential campaigns, military service in the Spanish American War, 1901 Chautauqua work, world tour, and Wilson cabinet tenure ending in 1915.
William Jennings Bryan resigns from the Wilson administration as secretary of state over opposition to the note to Germany on submarine warfare. President Wilson accepts the resignation with deep regret, praising Bryan’s long service and shared goals while noting the need to pursue peace by different means.
U D C Pickens chapter met at Mrs G R Hendricks home last Friday with strong attendance and an election of officers. President Mrs T J Mauldin and vice president Mrs G R Hendricks led the slate along with recording secretary Mrs W T McFall, corresponding secretary Miss Florence Bowers, treasurer Mrs J J Lewis, historian Miss Bell Yongue, registrar Miss Elinor Knight. Hostess Frances Bruce and Emily Robinson assisted in serving refreshments after the session.
About two hundred relatives and friends gathered at the Hayes family home near Griffin church to honor Miss Malinda Hayes age 74 and Miss Susan Hayes age 61. Organizers hosted a large birthday dinner with abundant food, testimonies, and a group photo session.
Prohibition advocates from all denominations and Sunday school leaders are urged to attend a meeting at Pickens court house next Saturday the 19th at 10 a.m. Bro Johnston urged participation and organizers stress statewide prohibition in South Carolina. Kazin Myers, Central, June 14 1915.
Lawrence observes Children’s Day on the fourth Sunday in June at 10 30 AM at the Lawrence chapel. Dinner on the ground, good music, and prominent speakers are planned. Speakers to be announced. invited guests expected to uplift attendees. Kilzik Mygris, Pastor. Leslie Morgan, Supt.
The alfresco tea under Pickens U D C will be held on Thursday afternoon from five to seven thirty at the court house square. Mrs. J J Lewis and Miss Knight will serve as hostesses. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
H L Huckabee of Norris died Tuesday afternoon at 2 after suffering blood poisoning for 24 hours. A longtime merchant, he moved from Catechee to Norris eight years ago and ran a general store. Survived by his wife and three children, funeral held at Lowndesville Abbeville county, with many Norris attendees. He was a Methodist and noted as upright. Sympathy extended to the family.
Miss Ruth King of this place and A Brandon Taylor of Pickens wed at First Baptist church in June. The ceremony at 6 80 o clock featured a palms and white hydrangea decor, candlelight, and a bridal procession with Lorena Taylor and Mrs Milton King among attendants. The bride wore white satin with lace, veil, and orange blossom accents. The groom, from Pickens, is employed there. post ceremony the couple departed for a honeymoon.
Notice to all Confederate soldiers or widows in Pickens county DC denied pension due to property qualifications to attend a pension meeting. Committees to be stationed at Pickens court house Easley Liberty Central Six Mile Jno. W. Thomas Pumpkintown Matthew Hendricks Dacusville on Saturday June 19 1915 to file applications under the Supply Bill for Pickens Co. 1915.
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