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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
3
President Warren G. Harding designates Thursday November 30 1922 as a national day of thanksgiving supplication and devotion. He urges Americans to gather at family altars and in houses of worship to give thanks for divine Providence and continued abundance for the year ahead.
Advertisement notes a new Melrose and Pointer self rising flour promising superior bread taste. It claims strict quality tests and invites buyers to purchase at Odoms next to Bolts while also promoting Ford Sedan for sale and fruit cake ingredients from Bennet Mercantile Co.
Columbia reports 14 million dollars of cotton added to October stock at the State Warehouse. Commissioner J Clifton Rivers says plans extend warehouse operations to receipt and storage of nonperishable farm products and canned goods. A special inspector will help implement the new law expanding state warehouse activities to all farm products and integrate with diversification programs and the Cotton Growers Cooperative. The system partners with Cotton Growers for storage at assembling points and uses state receipts for financing, inspection, counting, and reporting.
W H Fullbright a Pickens county farmer won a free Chevrolet car at the Anderson county fair drawing. Mayor Fant and Attorney Leon Rice supervised a ticket draw from a dry goods box with a child helper selecting numbers. After verification and three witnesses, Fullbright received the car.
Edwin Bolt reports his Harvest Sale lifts November business in Easley aided by high cotton prices. A double Page ad runs for the third week, signaling a record volume. Bolt plans to continue strong through Christmas and travels north to replenish stock for special sale values.
A ten minute Wilson demonstration in the Macon auditorium topped the Georgia state Democratic convention's final session. Delegate James A. Holleman praised Judge Walter F. George as United States senator while the audience cheered and waved handkerchiefs. Veteran leaders call it the greatest demonstration in Georgia in a decade.
Fairfield county residents voted yesterday by about four to one in favor of issuing 500000 dollars in bonds to finance permanent roads. A vigorous summer campaign supported the measure.
A Yarmouth Light quip notes editors edit such copy as misprinted local mishaps. It humorously cites injuries from everyday incidents like a can opener accident and a dog bite near the church social. The snippet lampoons routine newsroom work and the dull stream of local notices.
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