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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
1
Card from Clar T. Hinton thanks Pickens County for the liberal vote and expresses gratitude to all. Hinton notes ten to twelve years of practical business training in bookkeeping and store work and asks support on September 12.
Joseph W. Pace aged about 75 died after being struck by an automobile on Tuesday. An inquest found he died in an unavoidable accident, the vehicle driven by M. C. Welborn. Pace, who left a wife and several children, was buried at Griffin church cemetery.
The Sentinel announces votes must be in by September 9 for Pickens county’s Queen of the Harvest Jubilee. Voters fill out a Sentinel coupon and mail or bring it to the office. The winner will represent Pickens county in the statewide contest during State Fair Week in October in Columbia.
The body of Waddy C. Garret arrived from Iuka Mississippi after drowning in the Tennessee river on August 16 1916. He was 38 and a noted singer and Baptist church member who died near land after cramp struck during a fishing trip. He is survived by a wife two children and eight brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were led by Revs. Murphree and Abrecrombie at Six Mile cemetery on August 19 with burial following.
Miss Rachael Dickenson of Spartansburg is visiting Miss Maggie G Lewis in Pickens. A former Pickens teacher, she is remembered fondly and may make Pickens her permanent home.
Official Pickens county results show votes for governor and other state offices. Blease led governor with 2142, Manning 936, Cooper 640. Adama 1680 and Bethea 2111 split lieutenant governor. Sawyer 3740 for comptroller. Moore 8763 adjutant general. Wightman 2264 secretary of state. Carter 1629 and McLaurin 2078 treasurer. Swearengen 3747 superintendent. Peeples 3743 attorney general. Watson 3749 agriculture commissioner. Cansler 1151 Fant 1780 Hampton 429 Kelley 241 Thrower 111 for railroad commissioner.
The document names candidates to appear on the Pickens county ticket for the second election on September 12. For Congress Third District: Wyatt Aiken and Fred H. Dominick. Solicitor Thirteenth Circuit: J Robt Martin and David W Smoak. House of Representatives: W E Findley and W C Mann. Clerk of Court: B T McDaniel and O S Stewart. County Treasurer: Olaf T Hinton and Bennett H Powers. County Superintendent of Education: F Van Clayton and R T Hallum.
The first primary at Peters Creek passed quietly with cheers for Smoak and Please, W. H. Williams reelected magistrate for Dacusville township. Protracted Mt Tabor services were postponed to Monday night September 11 and a good turnout is hoped for at the rescheduled meeting. We invite all readers to attend as voting continues on the 12th.
The Pickens graded school will begin the new term on Monday September 11. All pupils must attend the first day and pay an incidental fee of 1.00. Parents should ensure their children are provided with this fee on the first day as enrollment requires payment. Board of Trustees.
Last Thursday August 31 at the residence of officiating officer C H Billingsly N P, Jesse J Chandler married Anna Stegall of West Six Mile. Chandler is an electrician at Liberty power plant, and the bride is well known in Pickens county. Congratulations to the couple. Mrs. James A Hughes of Laurens visited her sons in Easley last week and also called on her daughter Mrs J A McNeely in Pickens.
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