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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
1
Easley and surrounding towns report gatherings and travels to the Chattanooga reunion. Obituary notes include the death of 28 year old Roxie Moore of Easley. Clergy visits, anniversaries, and Concordia Lodge actions are recorded with numerous family and regional names.
Mrs. Ella C Holmes Whitaker, aged about 49, died at her Bradley Avenue home in Easley. She leaves husband W J Whitaker and daughter Mrs Essie Meyers. Funeral held next day at the home of Dr J H Meyers, with Rev D W Hiatt and others officiating, burial at West View cemetery. Whitaker, a longtime Baptist, remembered as a devout Christian and devoted mother. The notice includes hymns and family remembrances.
The Old Soldiers meeting will be held at Cross Roads church on Friday June 6 at 10 a m. Ladies will decorate graves first. Commander B C Johnson of Jasper Hawthorne Camp Wasley leads the event with short addresses by the pastor T J Mauldin of Pickens and E P McCravey of Easley. Dinner on the ground. Bring full baskets. Prof McD Weams and others may sing. Quit work that day and come.
Jay Boggs of the Glassy Mountain section died last Thursday after a lingering illness of consumption. He was 20 years old. He was buried at Tabor cemetery the following day. Mauldin thanks friends, Griffin church members, and physicians for kindness during his illness.
The Cedar Rock area reports a rain revival for farmers and a string of social visits. Mrs. Jane Singleton and daughter Sallie of Westminster visit A. W. Singleton and Ada Miller, who recently returned from Saluda Seminary. Local gatherings include a successful Enon singing and an unveiling at Dacusville. A prominent farmer buys a touring car, bringing the count to five in the area. Crayton Burgess is seriously ill. Various residents visit Joel H. Miller and Saluda events, with Charlotte native Cynthia Ellis visiting.
A family reflects on their father’s passing and God’s will. They mourn a husband and father of nine, note two daughters in heaven, and thank neighbors for kindness during illness while trusting in eternal life. The notice closes with a subscription request to The Sentinel.
The eleventh annual reunion of the Veterans of Pickens County will be held on Tuesday June 8 hosted by the Pickens Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Judge Ilderton W Bowman will be orator of the day with Crosses of Honor to be awarded to late applicants. The Pickens Band will provide music and a picnic dinner will follow in the grounds of the Court House.
Veterans gather on North Lewis Street at 10 15 a m under Capt W B Allgood for a march to the Court House. Music by Band prayers by Rev D W Hiatt intro by Hon W T O Dell an oration by Judge Hderton W Bowman Dixie crosses awarded talks by veterans benediction by Rev John T Lewis and dinner on grounds open to all
Local column reports road widening from Freemans bridge to Mrs Jesse Crenshaws and praise for supervisor candidate Jimmie. Two men, Robert Hughes and Arthur Looper, were injured when scaffolding failed while covering a crib. they are recovering with Dr W M Ponder of Dacusville attending. Other items include visits by J D McConnell and relatives to Belton, musical entertainment by L B Williams and Lewis Morgan, and Miss Ethel Turner visiting family in Dacusville.
The new depot at Norris is completed and will be occupied soon. Visitors include James A. Whitten and Burnett Whitmire in Basley, with Whitten acting as postmaster. Mrs Emma Williams hosts the Arnold family in Norris, and Lola Whitten shops in Liberty. A boy named Joel Newton born May 18 to J. J. Newtons. J Alonzo Brown ill recently. Local guano sales exceed fifty thousand dollars this spring. James II Parsons leads several bands, directing one in Newry. J B Robinson attended a Greenville horse show.
A marriage of unusual interest will be held June 25 between Miss Catherine KE Robinson of Easley and J. P. Carey Jr of Pickens. The bride elect has taught in Pickens schools this past session and Carey is a prominent young lawyer of Pickens. The announcement appeared in The State on May 25.
Miss Nannie Sloan of Greenville was the guest of Miss Norma Griffin last week, sharing social time and hospitality in the community.
The Pickens Mill community reports copious showers refreshing crops and gardens. H Jones moved near C B Hagood's. Rev C A Waters and J T Abercrombie returned from the Baptist Convention in St Louis. A hunting trip yielded 21 squirrels and a ground hog.
Dacusville Route 1 reports farmers finished planting and awaiting rain while Rev. Crane of Greenville preached two sermons at Peters Creek. Rev J K Toster and family recovering from lagrippe attendable. Miss Christine Sutherland visits parents. Samuel I Robinson buys a Ford but won’t use it for mail. Local residents send best wishes to The Sentinel.
The honor roll for Calhoun School is shown with student names and two monthly averages. Seventh and sixth months are recorded for each student, including Toudle Smith 98 98, Dick Smith 96 97, and Virginia Lawrence as teacher.
Miss Jennie Hendricks of Wasley will wed Mr. Ebb IT Wield of Pickens in a July 8 ceremony at 4 30 p m at the bride’s residence. The forthcoming union draws wide interest from friends across the area.
The Pickens graded school will hold closing exercises next Monday and Tuesday evenings. Monday features grammar grades with two plays and a concert by the Pickens Band at 8:30. Tuesday presents graduation exercises with five graduates, including Stella Porter, Ossie Hendricks, Alberta Yongue, Esther Eden, and Robert Baker.
The Knickerbockers at School, a historical drama of New Amsterdam life, will be performed Monday evening June 2 by the 4th through 7th grades of Pickens graded school.
The first to third grade class presents a Monday night play in June about seven boys creating a garden. Mother Nature and friendly fairies Sunbeam and Raindrop wake the flowers and lead a flower party inviting the Bachelor's Buttons and the young gardeners who tended the blooms.
The commencement exercises will take place Monday evening for the Pickens school graders. An admission fee of 5 and 0e will be charged to defray expenses.
The play The Bachelor's Congress will be presented at the auditorium next Friday evening. Admission is 15 and 25 cents, with proceeds funding a recently purchased new encyclopaedia.
A Corn Club participant from Liberty Route 3 describes his farming practice. He plowed land with a No 10, bedded it, and subsoiled with one horse. Rows are 44 feet apart with 18 inch drills. He planted two acres using eight sacks of 8-2-2 Franklin guano and plans first cultivation with a four inch gopher and side dressing with high grade guano and nitrate of soda.
A sizable turnout filled Porters Chapel Sunday for Sunday school. Mrs Lem Grawley returned home after tending to her ailing mother. The Manley family welcomed a daughter on the 16th, a fine addition to Farmer's Wife.
The infant child of Dr. and Mrs. I A Seawright died last Wednesday and was buried at Sandy Springs cemetery. Sympathy is extended by many friends.
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