Seven to eight days left in Sentinel contest vote count
The Sentinel announces an impartial committee of Pickens businessmen will tally votes after the March 21 close. Prizes include a $700 Cote Piano, a diamond ring, and a Draughon’s Life Scholarship. second and third place choose from remaining prizes. A new George Barr McCutcheon serial feature debuts this week, boosting reader value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Pickens
J.T. Ricney
Pickens County
Joan C. Carey
Keowee Pank
Frank McCatt
Pickens Bank
the Sentinel
Cote Piano Manufacturing Company
Fall River
Mass
Keowee
Draughon
Business College
Greenville
New York Sun
George Barr. McCutcheon
How They Stand Below Contestants As Of March Seventh
A partial list shows contestants and vote counts up to Saturday night. Names include Miss Mabel Henderson 405000 Miss Lila Ballew 402000 Agnes Golightly 439000 Miss Nelle Robinson Kate Black Annie Belle Brown 390000 Miss Essie Clayton 427000 Miss Lillian Ramsay 441000 Miss Nina Porter 370000 Homer Edens 490000 Mrs Ben Hendricks 431000 Miss Essie Kelley 422000 Robert Welborn 419000 Mrs Jesse Morris 432000 Miss Etta Mae 000 Raymond Cox 415000 Coy Martin was arrested in Pickens last week by Sheriff ene Martin escaped from air at Brevard NC about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Nelle Robinson
Kate Black
Annie Belle Brown
Essie Clayton
Clemson College
Lillian Ramsay
Pickens
Nina Porter
Homer Edens
Ben Hendricks
Essie Kelley
Robert Welborn
Jesse Morris
Etta Mae Ee de Ae
Raymond Cox
Coy Martin
Ene Martin
Brevard
N. C
Ivy M Mauldin Named State Bank Examiner
Governor Blease appointed Ivy M Mauldin cashier of the Pickens Bank as state bank examiner for a four year term, succeeding B J Rhame. Mauldin, a Clemson graduate and Pickens native, will likely take effect in April and also serves as a Clemson trustee. James H Craig of Anderson was named assistant state bank examiner.
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Pickens
Blease
Ivy M. Mauldin
Pickens Bank
Mr. Mauldin
B. J. Rhame
Ansel
Giles L. Wilson
Mauldin
Pickens County
Clemson College
C. L. Hollingsworth
T. J. Mauldin
S.C
Cuba
Vera Eston
L. R. Eaton
Central
J. McD. Bruce
James H. Craig
Anderson
Negro convicts escape from Pickens county chain gang
Four named black convicts escaped last week from a Pickens county chain gang while digging up a stump three miles from Liberty. Sam Hunter was captured after a brief shooting. The others Henry Perry Will Johnson and Monroe Richardson remain at large. Mash Cannon aided in Hunter’s capture and was pardoned.
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Pickens County
Liberty
Sam Hunter
Central
Edgefield County
Roark
Gainesville
Hunter
Henry Perry
Will Johnson
Monroe Richardson
Perry
Johnson
Richardson
Cannon
County School items spur county teachers to state meeting
Pickens county teachers plan to attend the state teachers' meeting in Spartanburg on March 19 20 and 21 with Supt Hallam slated for two talks on school trustees and securing annual reports. A Roanoke school house has been turned over to trustees and funds offered to inspect new rural schools. An educational meeting is set for Martin's school house on March 13.
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Pickens County
Spartanburg
Alium
Roanoke
Martin’s School House
Hallam
Robbed Store Suspect Shot After Break-In
A man giving the alias Grady Scruggs of Bozeman Montana was shot last Wednesday night after breaking into W R Price's store ten miles above Pickens. He was not seriously hurt and jailed in Pickens County. He confessed implicating three other white men, but the tale is doubted. Sheriff Roark found the real name Fred Benson, living near Brevard North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Scruggs
Bozeman
Mont
W. R. Price
Pickens
Pickens County
Roark
Fred Benson
Brevard
N. C
Chamberlain Tablets for Constipation Ad
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as excellent for constipation. The product is described as easy to take and mild in effect and urges readers to give them a trial, noting availability through dealers.
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Chamberlain
Good Things to Eat and Drink
A feature lists items from B n Hall Coffee Armoury including sliced bacon crystal omino sugar volanee and tea reflecting a shopper’s aroma of pantry staples and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
n-Hall Coffee Armoury
General Assembly Adjourns Over Budget Adjustments and Vetoes
The Columbia General Assembly adjourned with committees named to audit penal and charitable accounts and to inspect state officers books. House actions sustained or overridden several vetoes on the general appropriation bill including library funding and hospital and library provisions. The session debated dispensary elections, medical inspection, and the 2 cent rate bill while failing to adjourn sine die as midnight approached.
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Gov. Smith
Senate
Sharpe
Ketchin
Williams
Moore
de la Howe
Abbeville
Mullins
Johnstone
House
State Board of Medical Examiners
State Colored College
State Park
Confederate Infirmary
Historical Commission
Secretary of Historical Commission
Historical
South Carolina Agricultural Society
South Carolina Poultry Association
State Hospital
McKie Merriwether
Edgefield
Hamburg
Butler
Lide
Senator Lide
Gov
Blease
General Assembly
Charleston
Laney
Young
Union
Crouch
Buck
Cedar Rock Community Notes Visitors and Church Attendance
Cedar Rock reports visitors to see relatives including Clarence Lathem of Miami Arizona and Elmer Hendrix of Greenville. Local residents Miss May Jones and Ada Miller are among those noted as guests or weekend visitors. Rev. R S Sanders preached at Cedar Rock church and Mrs. R T Jones is ill. Residents from Coloney, Concord, Zion, Dacusville and Bethlehem areas are listed as attending services or visiting family in the Cedar Rock region.
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Pickens County
Pune
Crosswell
Zion
Rahama
Symmes
Long Branch
Wolf Creek
Prater’s Creek
Martin
Mile Creek
Hagood
Holly Springs
Flat Rock
Clarence Lathem
Miami
Arizona
May Jones
Cedar Rock School
Coloney
Robert Stewart
Near Pickens
Cedar Rock
Millie Hendrix
Miss May
Rasley
John Anthony
John W. Stewart
Greenville
R. 8. Sanders
Mt. Airy
R. T. Jones
L. #. Smith
Slabtown
Geo. H. Hendrix
Dodgens
Alfred Dodgens
Jno. Looper
Dacusville
Abner Looper
Messrs
Guy Thomas
Tom Brascale
Charel
Bank Statement Affidavit for Pickens County 1914
A Bank cashier sworn statement from Pickens County South Carolina dated March 4 1914 attested by a notary public and bank directors verifies the truthfulness of the bank's condition. The document records the names Jno C Carey Stewart and Boggs among the signatures.
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Keowee Bank
Pickens
S. C
South Carolina
Jno
C. Carey
Stewart
C. J.P Carey
Boggs
Carey
Pleasant Grove News Roundup March 5 Farmers notes and departures
Rainy weather muds roads as Miss Annie Williams closes a three month term at the Grove and leaves with best wishes. Misses Fortner visit Greenville while H D Anderson advertises sale of sawmill machinery as he contemplates leaving. D S Barker acts for Columbia Guano. Small grain crops look fine and campaign year chatter begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Williams
Wagner
the Grove
Lillie
Ethel
Essie Fortner
Greenville
H. D. Anderson
Anderson
D.S. Barker
Columbia Guano Company
Pickens Route 5 News Roundup
Local notes report Mrs. Della Porter and two children at the Porter home. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hudson visited their daughter Mrs. Earle Simmons. Mr. Earle Simmons had a wood-chopping last Tuesday. The little child of Mr. Bob Hannah is improving from pneumonia. Mr. Ivy Brezeale visited Mr. Claud Porter last Sunday.
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The
Sentinel
Bob Hannah
Earle Simmons
Della Porter
Ben Porter
Wesley Hudson
Ivy Brezeale
Claud Porter
County Teachers Meet This Saturday at Graded School
County teachers are urged to attend a meeting next Saturday the 14th at 10 30 a.m. in the graded school building. Superintendent R T Hativum notes the State Teachers Association will meet at Spartanburg on the 19th 20th and 21st of this month and hopes many county teachers will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers? Association
Spartanburg
R. T. Hativum
Co. Supt
Education
Tax Books Close Saturday in Pickens County
Pickens county tax books will close Saturday evening March 14. After that date all delinquent taxes will be collected by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens County
Dacusville News Highlights Local Happenings
Mr Ollis Lee Sutherland is very low with fever. W N Jones returns from northern markets with spring and summer goods. Eva ani and Effie Roper of Greenville visit Dacusville. Prof J F Watson and Mrs Elva Duncan lead the improving Dacusville school. Rev Lightfoot of Chattanooga preaches well in Dacusville. R Latham of Miami visits his father J R Latham. ScHooL GIRL.
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Ollis Lee Sutherland
Eva Ani
Effie Roper
Greenville
Dacusville
W.N. Jones
R. O.latham
J. F. Watson
Elva Duncan
Elva Farmer
W. N. Jones
Ford Williams
Geneva Looper
Bessie Thomas
W. M. Ponder
John Bowen
Lightfoot
Chattanooga
Tenn
R. Latham
Miami
Arizona
J. R. Latham
J. R. Looper
Missionary and Educational Rally at Peters Creek Church
A two day Missionary and Educational Rally is set for Peters Creek Church on Saturday and Sunday. The program lists devotional services by J. P. Robinson and S. Looper, talks on church efficiency finances apportionment and Sunday School education, with general discussions and planned adjournment.
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Peters Creek
J. P. Robinson
J. EB. Foster
J. F. Watson
Best
L. H. Raines
J. B. Findley
S. M. Looper
J.T. ‘Paylor
T. Hallum
Geneva
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Mmmittee
Easley
Mabel Henderson
Lila Ballew
Agnes Golightly
Sense Eeeenes
AL L. B. Odell
Stens Liberty
Parsons
L. B. O’dell
State Bank Examiner
Folger,fThornley & Co
Columbia
Clifton
Sumter
Kershaw
Epps
Belser
Supreme Court
Sullivan
Delaughter Joint
Rock Hill
A. W. Singleton
Ada Miller
Dean Singleton
Clarinda Clark
Lou Cisson
Joel H. Miller
Willie Miller
Homer Jones
Elmer Hendrix
Henry Bates
Walter Adams
Bethlehem
Ee Orate O A
Ecaialealusmaie
Willinery Shop
Pickens, S. C
Folger, Ghornlep& Co's
Ixtra Vo
Pleasant Grove News
L. B. O'Dell
Coleman Mustard
van Camp
van Camp Gorn
Burnham Corn
Franklin
Rumford
B. F. Parsons, Pickens S.C
Ovington
Orton
Pickens Hardware & Grocery Co
Srey
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