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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
5
Porter's barber shop and Reece's barber shop in Pekens cut prices across all services effective immediately. Shaves now cost 16 cents, hair cuts 36 cents, with other work adjusted proportionally.
In Hogville Sile Smith trades a stove for a fox hound while the Blind Man of Bear Ford is swindled by the Old Miser over a spotted dog. A mule awaits owner at the post office and may be sent to Washington if unclaimed in five days. Zero Peck defeats Dan Mathewsln in a yose trade. Steps into Wild Rose school house were stolen. Assistant Constable probes amid a mass meeting on road questions near Bear Ford.
State of South Carolina Pickens County notice reports petition filings by residents and freeholders seeking a bond issue of 1000 dollars for a new Pleasant Grove School building. election set for May 14 1921 at Pleasant Grove church with 200 dollar bonds, 6 percent interest to be paid in five annual installments.
Preliminary to the Battling Budd versus Earless Ferns clash, Lena Sweet of Masley and Whitie Vaughn of Greenville will fight six rounds. Both fighters are locally known and generate strong interest alongside the main event at the Grand Thursday night.
A Brockport woman says Chamberlain's Liniment cured her lumbago after a year of severe back pain. The ad advises bed rest and quiet, applying the liniment for a quick recovery and features Mrs I J Dann as the testimonial source.
Mrs. B H Whitmire’s illness improved with hope for a quick recovery. J O N Stansell and family visited W S Stansell’s home. Rey and Mrs Jim Davis from Six Mile dined with W S Stansell. Cold weather delays cotton but early corn looks good. J P O Dell’s mule died after getting stuck in mire. Minnie Belle LaBoon visited Tina and Mae Leslie. Verner Watsons stayed with We.
Dr Robert Bolt Day a respected Pendleton physician died Sunday at Leyd Leydley?s hospital Chick Springs after a weeks long illness. He aged 47 son of Elias Day he leaves wife Kate Eskew and four children Robert Elias Jr Nancy and Katherine Day plus brothers and sisters M A Newton W E Holcombe W D Sitton T W Wyatt W N Scott J C Day. Funeral and interment were Monday in Pendleton with Rev Pendleton of the First Baptist Church officiating. The community mourns his loss.
The Rices Creek church schedules preaching on the first Sunday afternoon at 3 00 and the third Sunday morning at 11 00 with Sunday school at 3 00 each Sunday and B Y P U at 7 30 Sunday evenings. Communion will be observed on the next preaching day the third Sunday. Local farming notes mention a hail storm affecting cotton. Births and visits are recorded including a boy born May 5 to Mr. and Mrs Ray Carpenter and various family visits and a surprise eightieth birthday for Mrs Liz Gibson.
Obituary notices report the death of Uncle Wash Stegall near Lathem on the 4th at 71 or 72 and burial at Rock Springs church after funeral by Rev. John Wrenn. Rebeca Sheriff died near Zion church on the 5th in her seventy seventh year and was laid to rest after services by Rev. C R White and Rev. D W Hiatt.
Fragmented OCR data shows entries for cash and banking items including due from banks and bank accounts, silver and other minor coin, checks and cash, and total resources around 153705.29 to 13199.06 range plus various indeterminate figures. The readable portion indicates a historical financial record with sums and allocations.
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