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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
1
Plans for Pickens county field day on April 8 foretell a large turnout with Superintendent J E Swearingen attending. Two brass bands will provide music, prizes are arriving, and county officials urge widespread participation and basket bringing.
Pickens fans urged to attend a Friday night fundraiser at the courthouse to support the high school track team with prize boxes auctioned to funders. Local lawyers call on Chief Justice Gary to revoke an April civil court special term due to crowding and farming duties.
The Palmafesta Parade in Columbia will offer a $500 prize for the best county float with three sections floral trades display and county seats. Forty-five South Carolina counties pursue queen candidates with Richland supplying honor guests and the event includes a grand diamond ring prize for Queen worth $500.
William Thomas Bowen, a Pickens County stalwart and veteran, died March 19 at his son T. A. Bowen’s home after two years of declining health. Funeral services were led by ministers from Greenville Pickens and Liberty, with burial in Liberty cemetery. He served in the Confederate army, helped abolish saloons in Pickens, and held offices in the state legislature and constitutional convention. Survived by wife Rebecca Allgood and children including Dr Wy. Bowen and J. R. Bowen. numerous siblings and nephews attended the service.
A meeting at Liberty city hall organized a new baseball league with Easley Mill Glenwood Alice Liberty Central and Pickens Mill as members. Two Anderson mill teams may join. if not the league may be named Pickens County Textile League. Mayor Allen Easley is president with J P Garrett Greenville sport goods firm as VP and Ben Woodside Easley Mill as secretary treasurer.
Mrs J I Reece of Jefferson City Tenn visits family in Colenoy with her son J I Jr. Laura Bailey of Winthrop College plans a rescheduled Dem onstration at Ambler school due to mud. Hendrix and other families spend weekend with Colenoy folks. New Town two room school under way funded by Pickens Lumber Co. Home additions and teachers named. Ockerey high enrollments rise modestly. Mycelyn Dew Memorial Library holds 130 books. New Oocenoy trustees elected W B Tendrix W E Edens Jr W R Massingill.
Pickens county residents name multiple candidates for Queen of Palmatesta with nominations still possible. Listed contenders include Miss Nannie Morris Miss Bethel Mann Miss Jonnie Attaway Miss Trances Cox Miss Ruth Smith Miss Nell Hill Miss Emily Robinson Miss Louise Gravely Miss Claire Richbourg Miss Bertha Cantrell Miss Daisy Martin. Readers urged to vote as coupons from this paper count as votes and subscriptions earn up to six hundred votes. Contest runs three weeks more.
Pickens County figures prominently as Ed Chastain is hailed as the county’s top hunter and trapper. He reports trapping over 600 muskrats, 50 coons, 63 minks, 150 skunks and civet cats, 10 wild cats, 24 weasels, plus other species over ten years. He ships skins to St. Louis Chicago and New York and recounts hawks owls deer turkeys and squirrels killed, noting high-value pelts and earnings from the trade.
The third quarterly meeting of Division No 1 of the Woman's Missionary Union begins at Glenwood Baptist Church Easley on Saturday March 25 with a 10 30 a m devotional by Mrs G E R Williams and sessions on mission work and Sunbeam reports led by multiple members including Mrs Jas Golightly Mrs J J Connelly and Miss Virginia Ligon.
The Glenwood Mill village at Masley presented Solicitor David W. Smoak with a handsome engraved watch after his work in prosecuting the Ross Powell case. Superintendent M. BE. Garrison announced the gift, funded by local subscriptions, at Mr. Smoak's office on Saturday afternoon.
Six Mile won 9 to 3 on Pickens court in a hard fought afternoon game. Six Mile drew 22 fouls to Pickens six as most winners' points came from free throws. Hurrah for our girls.
Mr Welles Chapman a well known citizen of Pickens county died at his son Mansell Chapmans home Saturday night Interment was at Antioch Sunday He was about 1 years of age and a Baptist church member Survived by his wife and children Rural Policeman R T Chapman Mansell Chapman Mrs L S Reece Mrs Irvin Dodgens Mrs Will Elenburg Mrs Anthony Ellenburg all of Pickens County One brother Jim Chapman of Quebec N Y another brother Currie Chapman died about a month ago
Friends mourn the loss of a twelve pound baby boy born five days earlier at the Hunters home in Lynchburg Virginia. The infant died Saturday March 16 after internal hemorrhage despite blood transfusions. Father Mr Joe Hunter sought help from medical care. the child’s mother is Mrs Jennie Robinson formerly of Easley and the family lineage includes Mr Jno Hunter of Liberty.
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