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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
1
Zion school represented by trustees Mr. Lesley and Mr. Griffith notes a seven month term with Miss Hattie Earle as principal and two assistants. Dacusville Gates Cedar Rock and others consider taxes and state aid while Dayton district weighs graded schools. The Pickens count y white majority school system shows over eighty pupils per teacher and lofty attendance.
The Dacusville School closes its term on Thursday March 25 1915 with an evening program in the auditorium prepared by Prof EK B Crain and Miss Whirtoth Bayt and Miss Mary Finch. The event follows two successful oral contests with gold medals for top speakers and includes a concluding negro sermon. Attendance is urged with early arrival for seating.
The author reports attending the head camp W. O. W. meeting in Charleston on the 16th and 17th inst. A large gathering of choppers from across the state, praising the order as strong and doing a splendid job, with hospitality noted from Charleston hosts. The text also mentions Greenwood as a next meeting location.
Governor Manning calls all Pickens county magistrates and constables to meet March 27 at 12 noon in the sheriff’s office to agree on a methodical strict enforcement of liquor laws. He requires biweekly reports on progress and urges cooperation with the sheriff to stop illicit liquor sales.
Citizens of Pickens are urged to attend a campaign meeting where mayoral candidates present their platforms. The notice emphasizes voters and candidates receiving a clear mutual understanding. Election day is Monday April 5.
The Pickens Sentinel warns that all subscriptions expiring April 1 1915 will be discontinued next week unless renewed. It touts extensive Pickens county news and bills itself as the only newspaper printed entirely in Pickens county and the home paper of the county. It appeals to residents to subscribe and asks readers to persuade neighbors to subscribe.
D. J. Fant of Atlanta will join services on the third Sunday in April in Cross Roads at 11 a.m. Pickens Court House and Pickens Methodist church will host at 4 p.m. All invited. Fant known as the Christian engineer and will also speak at Glenwood on Saturday night before the third Sunday. D. W. Horr.
London and Constantinople report three allied warships sunk by Turkish mines, two British ships Irresistible and Ocean and the French Bouvet. France and England vow to blockade German ports in European waters. Dresden sinking near Juan Fernandez island is denied by German and Turkish authorities. Fighting rages on the eastern front with gains claimed by Germans and French. Turkish forces push toward Suez border while Italy and Austria near war. Billy Sunday receives 100000 after revival tour.
Vice President Marshall likens the England crisis to 1812 in Ogden Utah and heads to San Francisco to represent Wilson at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Taft urges unified support for the administration in Chapel Hill. Alabama contracts fund Liege rebuilding as Liege bleeds. Texas Governor Ferguson criticizes farmer credit systems. Colorado lawmaker W. W. Howland is expelled amid bribery and espionage allegations involving payments and a detective.
About 2 200 tax receipts remained unpaid on Saturday night, more than usual. The treasurer will turn the books over to the auditor on April 1 and executions will be issued for all unpaid taxes then. Pay before April 1 to save money.
Principal American ambassadors including Page Slirp and Gerard report to President Wilson and Secretary Bryan on commerce talks with Britain France and Germany. Ambassador Guthrie warns Japan against violating China’s territorial integrity. Americans flee Mexico via Admiral Howard as Carranza agrees to keep Progreso port open. Secretary Bryan to host Pan American financial conference due to McAdoo’s illness.
President Wilson and Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia held a White House conference on Britain's embargo on American trade with Germany. They condemned England's attitude as high handed and intolerable as Washington warns of a critical
Anderson residents voted $100 000 for city street improvements last week. Other state items note cleanup week proclaimed for April 5 in South Carolina and 33 warehouses leased by the state under McLaurin’s system.
Will Forrester and Tol Pittman were jointly convicted in Greenville general sessions court of Linn Bruce murder in Greer on February 6 and sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge DeVore on Saturday morning. Both were recommended to mercy and smiled as sentence was given.
Census figures show 1914 U S cotton production at 16,102,148 bales of 500 pounds each with 121,451 bales added post March canvass and 57,618 round bales. Ginneries numbered 24,622. lint not included. Spot cotton rose 10 points despite record output as traders expected a 17 million bale crop. Alabama Louisiana and Oklahoma set new state records. South Carolina gains noted for four-year period.
The Pickens county township boards of tax assessors met in the auditor's office on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week and passed on returns of all personal property handed them by the auditor, but made no material changes in the assessments. The county board of assessors will meet in the auditor's office on Saturday, March 27. This board is composed of the chairman of each township board.
The Anderson college glee club will perform at Easley School auditorium on Tuesday night March 30. An Easley public auction sold the old city hall and lot to Walter G. Couch for 1005 dollars, with possession once the new hall is completed. W N Jones buys T A Julians store on route 6 and will operate at Julian's old stand. Frank Ballentine and his wife visited Mrs Ballentine near Easley, and Hickory Camp W O W delegates attended a head camp meeting in Charleston. A fire at the Easley mill destroyed a six room house and most household goods occupied by Mr Elgin. Teachers Elizabeth Fant and Mary Finch visited Easley. Brandon Taylor of Pickens and others were seen in Easley Sunday.
Prof Thomas Carter closes his second singing school tour night with a program by his class and guests Prof Adger M Pace Johnnie Faircloth Mary Miss Blanche Sentell all of Greenville Our Sunday schools are improving Mr D B Cobbs Junior boys had 57 present Sunday morning Mr P T Sanders attended the W O W meeting in Charleston last week reporting a nice time Alford Bagwell of Greenville visited Saturday and Sunday A Sunday school honor roll is proposed quarterly rather than monthly Few sick folks are improved X Y 4
March brought mild days for farming activity with grain looking well despite winter. The community reports grip illnesses this winter and a child recovering from a month of illness. Local singing events include Pickens mill class and town singers at Tabor Sunday school. Mr. McD Farmer returned from Anderson after visiting his daughter Mrs. Remus Henderson. A Cedar Rock winter school will close Friday March 26. Manning Owens lost a horse last week. A Reapen.
Alec Billingsly died at his home on the 19th and was buried at Keowee the next day. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Oliver on the 14th. Essie Stewart and Robin Stewart visit T H and J C Stewart. Mrs W H Orr remains ill. Claud Mauldin of Gap Hill visited I T Stewart on business. Keowee school progresses under Miss Minnie Herd. T H Oliver spent several days in Fort Hill on business.
Apr 5 to Apr 10 marks cleanup week under Daughters of Confederacy in Sint Carolina and Pickens. Residents urged to clear rubbish around homes businesses and vacant lots and improve the courthouse appearance. More details to follow next week.
Brief Route Three notes report warm sunny days giving way to snow and near zero weather. The Twelve Mile school closed after a successful term with a teachers’ treat. A Georgia notice recalls Judge James R. Brown of Canton, an uncle of ex Gov Joseph M Brown, with details on his birth, education, and career.
A cottage prayer meeting was held Saturday night at the home of A C Edens. Mr and Mrs Ill Porter visited their son R B Porter last Sunday. Allen Edens and Cephas Cantrell attended singing at Tabor church Sunday and reported a nice time. A Sunday school was organized at Mountain Grove last Sunday with Mr Tom Lynch elected superintendent.
State superintendent J. I. Swearingen spent Thursday and Friday visiting rural schools in Pickens county. On Saturday about thirty patrons trustees and teachers attended a court house meeting to hear Swearingen discuss local tax questions longer term state aid and obtaining funds from the state for weak schools. Interest was shown and several asks were made.
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