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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
4
Readers are invited to leave names and addresses at Keowee Bank to receive a monthly art calendar free. Each month brings a new calendar and card, and when kept together with ribbons forms a complete year collection of reproductions by well known painters.
Local items include Miss Helen Boggs visiting Mrs. W. W. Robinson in Easley and Jas P. Carey Jr attending the Columbia fair. Dr R F Smith of Hasley visits here. Mr S P Freeman of Griffin church section at the county seat. Dr Porter in Westminster with a sick sister. Cotton sales up last Saturday, fuel costs favor wood vs coal. Levi Geer of Anderson visits. county commissioners meet with light business.
An assorted page includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure touting internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, plus other ads and notes. It mentions a Griffin Baptist church bell fund, a Majestic Range demonstration, a Greenville base ball crowd following Philadelphia 5 Greenville 4, and Casey Porter of Pickens as University left guard in a 22 to 6 win over Clemson in Columbia with 10 000 spectators.
The young people of the Methodist church with friends are staging a two week away production titled Al Martins Country Store. Proceeds will cover church interior work expenses. The notice urges everyone to attend.
Reverend Mr. Cheney, aged newcomer from Georgia, died in Liberty on Monday. His remains were sent back to Georgia for burial. He had run a mercantile business in Liberty and made many friends. Deputy Collector Merrick sold a mule and buggy forfeited to the U S. The grey mule turnout was bid in by H B Hendricks for 18090 dollars and sold the same day.
An advertisement claims Leonardi's Golden Eye Lotion stops eye twitching and inflammation in one day, with guaranteed results or money back. It advertises the product as sold by 8. B. Leonardi & Co. in Tampa, Florida, at 25 cents or prepaid by mail.
Teachers hosted a Halloween party last week yielding about 12 dollars from admissions and candy sales. Proceeds will improve interior school rooms. A stereopticon show contrasted the Elep not, Bull Moose and Ass with humorous political quips. Mack Christopher broke his right arm after a fall near the court house. Dr Valley set the bone and he recovers.
Good two-horse crop for rent to the right man. Located one and a half miles of Pickens on Has ley road. W. P. Stewart, Pickens, S. C., R. F. D. 1. 3b.
A purse containing some money is lost in the town of Pickens. Finder should return it to The Sentinel office to receive a reward.
One horse farm available for rent located one mile west of Pickens. Eight acres include good bottom land and upland balance. Contact P. A. Porter for application and details.
Porto Rico reports a remarkable new remedy, Dr. King's New Discovery, praised by Ra mon T Marchan of Barceloneta for curing multiple coughs and colds and a severe chest cold in his brother and over 20 others. The ad promises relief for threat and lung troubles with trials, priced 50c and 1.00, guaranteed by Pickens Drug Company.
Last Saturday evening Miss Louise Gravley daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Gravley hosted a birthday party for friends. Guests enjoyed a formal reception at a well furnished table followed by games and music. The hostess received many nice presents and warm congratulations from attendees.
The Pickens Oil Mill will operate one battery of gins each Monday after December 1 to process long staple cotton. New gins have been installed to handle this cotton and assure quality ginning. A special offer mentioned for a week only earlier. demonstration week ran November 11 to 16.
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