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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
8
Locals attend visits across Greenville, Piedmont, and Walhalla with guests from Liberty and Keowee. Revival meetings set at Grace and New Hope churches in upcoming Sundays. Court resumes Monday with Judge Sense presiding. Homecoming at Liberty Baptist postponed to October.
Mr J L Gravley broke his collar bone last Saturday and friends hope for a swift recovery with no complications. Mrs Johu Shirley will lead T A Gary's military department this season. Opening of latest styles begins next Monday. Gary's advertisement appears in next week's Sentinel.
The community notes praise Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Robinson for scuppernongs. Residents Clarence Porter Hendricks Finney Vernon Jones return from the mountains. Julia Fober visits Washington with her aunt and blogs about the city. A Baptist Missionary Society meets with twenty members. Reece’s gin shines for the public. First bale ginned for W. H. Herd. Adolf Schulze engaged to beautify the Pickens cemetery.
Prof. Simpson will address the league of women voters on the subject of the Parent Teacher Association in the courthouse Thursday at four in the afternoon. All who have children in school are urged to attend, and others may benefit as well.
Mrs Dalmar Blakely formerly Miss Nannie Porter arrived from Langley Field Virginia where Captain Blakely has served the past year She will visit her parents Dr and Mrs I B Porter in Pickens and relatives in South Carolina before joining Captain Blakely at his new post in New York
J. W. Hayes has secured the contract for an $8,000 girls dormitory at the D A R Industrial School in Tamassee funded by the New York chapter D A R. The dormitory will be a valued addition for local girls and Tamassee community. The article also notes local students leaving for college and mentions Rev R A Hudson seeking a shoe repair after the primary election.
Sam B Craig esq is named to the Pickens County Board of Education replacing C E Robinson. He lauds citizen education as government’s key asset and pledges to aid boys and girls in gaining broader schooling while F W Clayton and J W McElveen serve as fellow board members.
The Liberty National Woolen Mills will send a representative to Reece's Barber Shop next Tuesday to display their line and take measurements for buyers. A note directs readers to see the ad in this issue of the Sentinel. Dinner at Elisha Chastain’s home featured Mrs. J P Carey Jr and daughter, Hovey Gravny of Pickens, Alv, Walter Hester, Matthew Kendrick of Easley. Pickens county vote tabulation credited to Pickens Drug Co Dr J D Yongue and I V Clayton for providing returns.
Solicitor David W. Smoak of Greenville planned court preparations in Pickens on Thursday. He aims to clear the docket in Pickens County soon. The Gosnel case won’t be tried this term, but several other murder cases remain on the docket.
Sanford Chappell married Lucy Dodgens on September 10 1922 in a ceremony officiated by Rev R Hudson. The couple wed with friends in attendance at the bride’s father Dadeess Gyitt section home.
Mr. George M. Fortner of Pleasant Grove, age 78, testified as a witness in a reference case. He said he lives where he was born and has spent his life there, drinking water from the same spring his parents used. Is there another mother in Pickens county or elsewhere who can say as much.
Work on Chastain and Carey’s new hotel in Table Rock Cove progresses rapidly under Jerry Wade and Alex Canneon. The supervisor reports the Pumpkintown road improved, shortening travel from Pickens and Greenville. Chastain says visitors arrive daily, with over fifty people enjoying the site last Sunday.
Friday and Saturday screen at the Alexander Theatre features Hoot Gibson in The Galloping Kid a whirlwind western comedy drama with added attraction Harold Leyd in Billy Ulngce Esq
A note offers mules for sale at an old stable near R K Nt, claiming prices have risen since spring but inviting buyers to inspect before purchasing. The writer asks readers to come and look, promising fair dealings for those who buy and sell.
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