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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
1
The message praises a new, improved cotton marketing system and the shift in attitude among farmers, shop workers, and businesspeople. It highlights cooperation, the East Easley Chamber of Commerce, and recognizes Tom Bowen for his pivotal role in mobilizing community efforts across Pickens and surrounding areas.
Mrs. Sarah A. Galloway, aged nearly 84, died last Monday after a long, useful Christian life in Coloney. Born in Henderson County North Carolina she spent decades serving others including nursing the sick during a measles outbreak. Survived by six children and multiple grandchildren funeral held on Holly Springs Tuesday.
Mrs Atha Lee Gray wife of W O Gray dies at her Liberty area home in the early hours Sunday April 60th after a short illness. She was a niece of the late Laban Mauldin of Easley and leaves seven children. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Rahama churchyard with Rev E W Mason officiating.
Mrs. Nancy E Crenshaw died unexpectedly after a period of poor health at age 64. She was a Christian, wife and mother, member of Antioch Baptist church. Her husband W. J. Crenshaw preceded her in death seven years, and she leaves a mother and eight children. Katomah.
News from Bailey reports John Brown died last week at home eighteen miles south of Atlanta after a mule kicked him in the face while feeding. Found dead in the barn about three hours later, he was a Pickens county native married to Cannice Jones. He leaves a large family and Alenko Brown of Cateechee as a brother.
A full house filled Central school auditorium on Monday night May first for a postal improvement week gathering led by Postmaster C G Rowland. The program featured devotional services and talks on community roles, with a Wesleyan College quartet, and an audience vote to hold a similar meeting on the first Monday night in June.
Miss Cleone Clayton spent a few days with her brother F Van Clayton in Pickens. Rev J W Guy conducts revival services at Six Mile Baptist Church this week. Mrs Joe Watson of Atlanta spent the weekend with her sister Mrs J S Hall. Mr and Mrs FE C Martin of Easley spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs L Martin.
Services at Pickens Baptist Church include Sunday school at 10 a.m. observing Rally Day, followed by an 11 a.m. preaching service. The pastor will deliver a rally day sermon on The Sleeping Church and a evening sermon Life's Preparation aimed at younger members but suitable for all. Public invited.
The M E Church and Sunday school plan a Mother's Day event on May 14 during the Sunday school hour. Frances Cox's class presents a program including a Seonge Home Sweet Home and recitations by Ruby Hester Natalie Mathews. A duet by Sara Stewart and Inez Alexander and a class song Sweet and Low are also planned.
There will be a Sunday school day at Mt Bethel on Pickens circuit next Sunday in May. The program begins at 10 o'clock with speakers on Sunday school work in the afternoon. The public is invited to attend. D. J. Wudson.
The Pickens Baptist Sunday School convention will meet at Secon church on the first Saturday and Sunday in June, instead of the fourth Saturday and Sunday in May. A full program will appear next week. The date change was ordered by convention officers.
The Sentinel assures readers it is the most widely read paper in Pickens County and presents advertising as the best choice for reaching locals.
Henry Pike extols Crow Creek twelve miles west of Pickens praising its corn land and cotton potential amid boll weevil odds. He notes two stores run by D T Alexander and T A Stewart with crops rented to long-time tenants, a water-powered grist mill owned by Jack Dalton, a Notary Public and surveyor, and a two room graded school plus a telephone line to Pickens. He calls for a good topsoil road.
The County Superintendent of Education reports a surge of permit requests last year, granting fifty. With teacher shortages not looming, applicants must hold a high school diploma with two years of college or pass an exam before the County Board. those lacking will receive only a one year permit, and a second permit cannot be granted after a prior one.
A brief note identifies the radio bug as the newest nuisance in the nation, highlighting its rising presence and impact on communication and privacy.
Pickens residents will vote on 12000 dollar bonds for school improvements with claims the levy won’t rise. The note cites recent bond votes in Central Wisley Kosky and Liberty as context, highlighting widespread school spending while warning for ongoing deterioration if not funded.
The article notes worship services at Golden Creek Baptist Church with 11 am Sunday services and communion observed. It covers canceled Hurricane and Central Township Singing Conventions due to a misrouted gathering, invites clubs to coordinate with committees, and lists visits, illnesses, births, and local events involving residents such as the Green family, the Robers, and others.
All present and former members are invited to a Koancee Camp W. O. W. meeting in the hall on the night of June 6. Several state officers and other prominent visitors will be present. A. S. Porter, Clerk.
A mutiny of about 150 convicts at the State Penitentiary in Columbia during the afternoon ended with 11 wounded prisoners and no guards hurt. Police and prison reinforcements dispersed the mob after convicts refused to work and armed themselves with sticks and improvised weapons.
The wedding of Miss Aly Winston and Mr. Thomspson took place Wednesday evening at Kort Mills Ohio with few attendees due to the grandmother's recent death. The bride, a Raleigh native, wore a dark blue poiret twill traveling dress and received a corsage of bride roses. The groom, a Pickens, South Carolina native, is connected with Edgar Poag cotton broker. After the ceremony, the couple planned a trip to New York and will reside in Elmore apartments after June 1.
Miss Lizzie Kimbal and Mr J W Brewer of Liberty were married recently by Magistrate L S Dens.
Dr J M Crenshaw and family move to Liberty where he will establish home. He was a long time practicing physician in the upper county and has been unable to work for two years due to health. The community offers best wishes to the family.
Memorial exercises will be held May 10 at Grace Methodist Church with an address by Rev. IT A Knox. The event includes a cemetery march and a flower decoration of Confederate graves, led by committee Mesdames Dives Baker Townes and Patridge.
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