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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1914
Page
4
Local notes reveal frequent visitors from Easley Greenville and Norris with families traveling through Pickens. Cotton ginnings reach 11 521 bales this year up from 9 298, while new Woodmen Band forms under A V Hamilton. Local births marriages and community updates accompany portraits of prominent residents and upcoming events.
The lawful season for hunting birds opened Monday, 16. The deer season begins September 1 and runs to January 1. Partridges and wild turkeys may be hunted from November 15 to March 15.
The Sunset school opens Monday with Miss Stella Porter as teacher. Carmel school opens with Margaret Attaway. Miss Nellie Freeman left for Gilbert South Carolina to teach next session. J R Connelly visits Sentinel office. Miss Janet Bolt improves after surgery in Columbia. Hagood school to start Monday November 93 with Miss Mattie Griffin. Ruby Baker to teach in Piedmont as Oak Hill principal.
Miss Pearl Findley and her sister Mrs. David Stansell represented the Woman's Missionary Society of Cross Roads at the State Convention in Newterry last week. Miss Ester Gravley will be the assistant teacher at the Martin school starting November 98. Arbor day will be observed after the school opening. The Entre Nous club met with Mrs. W T Jeanes. refreshments were served by Mesdames Richey and Freeman.
Members of the general assembly from Anderson county received invitations from Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson college, to attend Thanksgiving dinner at Clemson college. Similar invitations were reportedly issued to members from Oconee and Pickens counties.
A weekend display at Heath Bruce Mor Row Co featured elen ranges with sales and refreshments for visitors. Factory rep Jack Ridenhour demonstrated a Majestic range and noted production in Missouri. Over forty ranges are in use around Pickens with strong user support. Ridenhour then traveled to Walhalla.
The county chain gang under Capt. Ragsdale and Chief Nealy finished improvements on West Main Street. Griffin Hill has been graded and widened to match the main thoroughfare. Church grounds nearby are being cleaned and sidewalk extended, promising great help to the area.
Last Sunday the 15th marked a birthday milestone for H. A. Ritchey 66 and his grandson Harvey Buck LaBoon 11 in Pickens. Ritchey’s eight children, 31 grandchildren and two great grandchildren joined a dinner at J. L. Q. Thompson’s home though three children Mrs Lathem Mrs Williams and Mrs McKagan could not attend.
The store promotes brand new ladies coat suits in brown black blue red tan and gray from 10 to 20 dollars. Children coats range 1.50 to 6 dollars in black brown blue red and white. Miller brand men’s clothing featured in serges black brown and gray from 10 to 25 dollars.
A good cotton crop this year provides for two years. Rev. B. F. Murphree preached at Six Mile on the second Sunday. Progress in the B Y P U under Professor Mitchell with a new debating club meeting Fridays. The school advances though attendance is below expectations, and attendees gain more with the present enrollment.
A weekly column from the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union outlines its temperance focus and invites contributions. Articles for publication should be sent to the department editor Mrs. C. E. Robinson.
A Pickens Christian women’s group renews efforts to sustain a local Women’s Christian Temperance Union chapter. A committee secured use of The Sentinel’s columns and Mrs. C. E. Ropinsoy will edit the temperance department, inviting contributions and statistics from readers.
Mr and Mrs J D Holder express gratitude to friends and neighbors for support shown during the sickness and death of infant Cornelia Ramsay. May God’s richest blessings rest upon you all.
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