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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
1
Local notes list weekend visitors and short trips among Pickens residents and nearby towns. Visits include Stella Hopkins of Greer, Sydney Bruce of Seneca, and families from Forest City to Greenville. The Fort Prince George Chapter D A R meets April 1 in Liberty to study Francis Marion and Rebecca Motte.
Lenhardt School will hold closing exercises on Thursday April 7 starting at 8 oclock. Music will be supplied by the Hagood concert band of Glenwood.
Central Drug Company of Central South Carolina announces that G T Hudson will locate in Central from the Virginia medical college. The store recommends him as a graduate and licensed druggist and asks for customer support. Also notes arrival of spring coat suits sport coats and dresses from Folger and Hendricks.
The Pickens town outlook is the brightest in its history with new roads, a mountain highway to North Carolina, planned waterworks and sewerage, and potential 24 hour electric service from Southern Power. Voters previously approved bonds totaling 55,000 for these systems. funds now in banks await installation as municipal efforts resume after the election.
All persons with claims against the estate of the late W. M. Strickland must prove and present them by May 1, 1921 or be barred from payment. All debtors must pay the estate by the same date to the undersigned.
The estate of the late Elisha Alexander must present proof on or before April 15 1921 or be debarred from payment to R A Alexander Administrator RID Central SC.
I will grade cotton seed Wednesday and Thursday April 6 and 7 at Folger and Hendricks store in Pickens at ten cents a bushel. I will also grade at the same place Wednesday April 13. This will be the last day I grade this season, FE Lusk.
Gem Novelty Co offers a hemstitching and picoting attachment for any sewing machine with easy adjustment and full instructions. Price 2.50 dollars. Box 1031 Corpus Christi Texas.
Easley and Pickens subscribers brace for an April 1 rate hike with local service up about twenty percent and tolls rising for calls between Pickens Easley Greenville and Vickens Bailey. Business ties between Pickens and Bailey intensify opposition as many plan to disconnect phones starting April 1.
William Augman Jenkins born January in PS 71 Sandylat Greenville county died March 22 1921 at his Rosman North Carolina home. He leaves a wife Miss Spearman two children Danae and Jostles, his father mother and two sisters preceding him. Buried near Pickens beside his parents with Masonry services and Rev C R Abercrombie officiating.
In Pickens South Carolina the court sells to the highest bidder on April 4 1921 the property of Joe Crane as ordered by Judge Geo Prince. The items include a nine horsepower Hercules kerosene engine a 14 inch Williams corn mill 85 feet 6 inch belting and related pulleys. Cash terms and resale rights apply if payment is not made. The sale site is Pickens courthouse.
The court documents for the estate of the late N. S. Strick have been signed, initiating probate proceedings and the assignment of executors and assets under applicable law.
The Pickens County Athletic and Oratorical Association will stage its annual contests on April 8 and 9. Boys and girls oratorical events occur Friday night at 8:00 p.m. in Norris. The Clemson College track meet follows Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Track entrants must meet eligibility rules, with schools limited to one or two participants per event and at least one rep from each school in both athletic and oratorical contests.
Mrs J C Hunter hosted the Keowee chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Friday. Vice president Mrs A L Johnson presided. Poems by Timrod and Paul Hamilton Hayne were read. A paper on Historic Interest of Charleston was presented. Several local residents and students attended. Funeral for John Harvey Burroughs announced for March 27, 1921.
Gov. R A Cooper has appointed Mro W Julian as rural police for Pickens county after his seven years in law enforcement and two years as Central chief. He reports strong local support and has already filed several cases. He requests public cooperation and prompts to call day or night. Also notes Capt J H Rowland's recovery, Dr J D Bearden improving, and Mrs H F E Seaborn's return from Greenville.
Fresh shipment Huylers candies just in at Pickens Drug Company. Do not miss our regular Saturday candy sale with candy at about half price. We carry 38 kinds of face powder and will order your favorite if not in stock. Information requests to Sentinel office for license C4841 near Pickens.
V A Ferguson died at his Central home on March 22 aged seventy four after a life spent largely in Pickens county. Funeral services led by Rev C R Abercrombie were held at Bethlehem Church cemetery beside his first wife. Surviving children include Mrs Benfelder Mrs Tom Freemiu n and Mrs C C Lewis with sons Charlie and Frank. He was well known and regarded as a jovial citizen.
Friends announce Dr I L Valley as a candidate for Commissioner of Public Works in Pickens for the upcoming municipal election.
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