The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-02
Pickens County Items

The following speakers are
expected to speak at the w. o.
w. picnic at Mt. Carmel next
Saturday, September 4: Hons.
M. r.. Ansel and John M. Dan
iel, of Greenville; Hons. R. A.
Cooper and G. A. Power, of
Laurens; Rev. d. w. Hiott, r.
Il. Hallum, j. p. Carey, Jr.,
and Sam B. Craig, of Pickens.
Prof. Lueo Gunter, state SUI
pervisor of elementary schools,
with Supt. Hallum, visited Len
hardt and Vineland schools
Wednesday morning of last
week. On the same dav they
also met at Rock Springs church
with the patrons of the newly
formed Lathem district and dis
cussed the school conditions of
that district.
Mr.. John f. Miles had a fam
lily reunion August 22, at his
home near Liberty, at which
were present five sons, three
daughters and forty six grand
children, besides a large number
Of friends. Dinner was spread
under a large oak tree and all
had d nice time. After the re-
past was served songs and talk
were INDUCED in by those pres
ent.
The Pickens oil mill ginnery
is now ready to gin cotton, All
the machinery has been over
hauled and put in first class
shape and customers of the gin
merry will get good work and
treatment. Last year the first
bale of cotton ginned in Pickens
was on September /, but it now
appears that the first bale this
year will be ginned about Sep
TEMPER Is or 20.
The marriage Of John Milton
Williams Of Atlanta, Ca, tc
Miss Crystal Ella Alton OF
I Greenville, August 26, was OF
interest to the people of Picken:
county. Mr.. Williams is one O.
our best boys who has mad,
quite success in business. II,
is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Grad,
! Williams of the Mt. Carmel sec
ton. We congratulate him OF
his good fortune in securing on,
of Greenvflle's best and faires
daughters for his life compan
ion.
The w. O. w. picnic at Six
! Mile Saturday was a most enjoy
able affair. The speaking was
in the auditorium of the acad.
emy and w. G. Mann delivered
| the address of welcome in a very
happy manner. Among the
speakers were ID. w. Hiott and
Sam B. Craig of Pickens and j.
NJ. Daniels of Greenville. Taylor
H. Stewart also made a short
talk. A picnic dinner which
surDasses description was served
and enjoyed. The people of the
Six Mile section are among the
best and it is always pleasure
to visit them.
Several boarded the recent ex-
cursion at EasIey for Talllah
Falls. Jovial and genial George
Williams happened to be at the
ticket window in the depot when
q young lady and her old moth
er came in. Helping her mother
to a seat the sweet young thing
tripped swiftly to the ticket
window and said Gas if it were
one word) Two to- -TaDulah. -
OF course good old George Will
liams wasn't used to anything
like that, but he managed to
get his breath and say ':Oh you
kidn' before he happened to
think that the young lady was
not flirting at all, but wanted
two tickets to Talulah Falls. Ga.
j. M. Wood, Of Nine Times.
was in town Monday and re-
ports that his son, James NJ.
Wood, Of Murphy, who was Bit
ten by a snake Thursday night
was much improved Sunday.
Thursday night Mr.. Wood
heard some rats in an old build
ing near his house making quite
a disturbance and he went to
see about it. He raised a plank
from the floor and put a cat un-
der the old house where the rats
seemed to be, but the cat i'm.
mediately jumped back out.
Catching the cat he was lust
putting it back under the house
when a snake bit him on thc