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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
5
The Sentinel marks 46 years as Pickens County’s oldest weekly paper, noting its long service to the community, persistence through challenges, and a call for continued loyal support to keep improving the county’s newspaper.
The examination for vacant scholarships at Winthrop College and for new student admission will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 6 at 9 A.M. Applicants must be at least sixteen. Scholarships worth $100 and free tuition awarded to top averages after July 6. Send blanks to President Johnson by July 1. Next session opens September 19, 1917. For details contact President D B Jonson in Rock Hill, S C.
Miss Minnie Heard married Mr. B Bertran Porter at the Heard home April 26 in Pickens. Rev D W Hiatt officiated as Ruth Parsons played the wedding march. The couple left for their bridal tour before guests. Miss Heard is a Pickens High School graduate and a teacher. Mr Porter is a Pickens businessman of good character. They are popular with many friends and well wishes come for a bright future.
Miss Gertrude Harris and Samuel Clement Kelly wed at Pickens Methodist Church with Rev. E. T. Hodges officiating. The service featured Mildred Cox singing A Perfect Day and Lohengrin’s wedding march as the bridal party entered. Afterward the couple left for Greenville and on to Washington.
Blind evangelist John T. Mann and his wife will spend May in Pickens County visiting listed churches on set Sundays with morning and afternoon services in Norris Baptist Camp Creek Alice Mills Smiths Grove Pickens Mill Mountain View Secona First Baptist Cross Roads Georges Creek Glenwood and more if needed. Pri or Mr Prerr asks churches to notify for changes and other churches to request visits via Easley or Belton South Carolina.
Messrs. A. I. McCord and J. F. Crane of Liberty were business visitors at the county seat Monday. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hopkins of Central visited her parents, Dr. and Mrs. P. F. Porter, in Pickens Sunday.
Louisville widow Mrs W C Clayton says Vinol rebuilt her nervous weak rundown system and she calls it the best medicine for the elderly. The tonic contains beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates and is sold by Pickens Drug Co in Pickens and stores across South Carolina.
A rough verse recalls Civil War era patriotism with lines about fighting, liberty, and Dixie. The speaker asserts pride, anti-bragging stance, and a plea for a gun, referencing family lineage and Confederate imagery amid a defiant mood.
Regular appointments for Rev. S. M. Jones include Porter's Chapel Mt. Tabor Bethel Salem McKinney's Chapel Gap Hill and Twelve Mile with specific times. Rev. C. R. Anderson preaches at Friendship and New Hope on designated Sundays. Also an Easley sale offers a residence lot or small farm sale next Saturday.
An examination for teachers will be conducted in the court house on Friday May 4 starting at 9 o clock in the morning. Applicants must be at least eighteen years old. By order of the State Board of Education. R T LALLNM Superintendent of Education Ty an.
Notice is given that W. L. Maupin as administrator will apply to Judge J. B. Newbery in Pickens County South Carolina on June 2 1917 at 11 oclock for leave to make final settlement of the estate of Mrs Emily Rogers deceased and obtain discharge as administrator of said estate
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