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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
4
A jumble of local notes and jokes from The Cherokee News and The Sentinel. References to Thanksgiving, fashion, suffragettes, rising flour costs, and pickpocket incidents intermingle with reflections on modern times and newspaper life in Pickens county.
A fragment notes a shopper at Fair Week in Columbia who seeks a costly lamb but alters the order to rice after price concerns. The brief emphasizes cost anxiety and a quick substitution.
A humorous town note reports Dunk Botts, a notorious Hogwal correspondent, visiting recently and wearing shoes. He remarked he nearly sold his half-soled pair during the stiramnady.
The Greenville News laments the practice of appointing young, under seasoned lawyers to defend capital defendants in Pickens County. It urges the 1916 Legislature to extend the Carey law statewide and require at least five years of practice for appointed counsel, with compensation from the county. It notes a push toward universal public defense and equal justice. Mr. Clements of Atlanta then visited Pickens, staying Monday with Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hendricks on his way from Washington where his daughter Sara Bess studies.
The Sentinel reports a steady gain in subscribers over two weeks and notes Frank Christopher, once a Pickens barber and employed in Liberty, has opened his own barber shop in Liberty.
The Town Council of Central announces sealed bids for the purchase of $10,000 in bonds issued to establish and equip a municipal electric system. Bids due by November 17, 1916 at 2 p m in Central, with bids opened that day. Offers may be reviewed through J J McSwain of Greenville. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
Citation by Probate Judge J B Newbery summoning the kindred and creditors of Samuel Young to appear on November 23, 1916 at Pickens Court of Probate at 11 in the forenoon to show cause why letters of administration should not be granted. Seal of J B Newbery.
Demonstration Agent Bowen notes several nurseries provide favorable prices on fruit trees this season. Greenville residents Mr and Mrs H A Jennings and daughter visited relatives in Pickens Sunday. Captain E W Ragsdale resigns as Pickens county chain gang superintendent after many years. Claud Welborn appointed to fill the post and Ragsdale plans to move to Anderson county. Pastor Wiggins concludes illustrated lectures at the Methodist church titled The Slums of Chicago with strong attendance and calls for another series.
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