The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-05-06

spent Sunday in Pickens.
The Pickens school will close
the present session June9.
I Decoration Day at Gross Roads
church, Thursday, May 6, 1916.
Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs.
PerryJ. Gillespie, Sunday, a son.
Mrs. Isiah Cox and Miss Mil
dred Cox spent Monday in Green
| vile.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Jones Fuller of
Greenwood were in Pickens this
week.
Rev. B. 4. Murphree is re-
ported to be very sick at his
home.
Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs. J. P.
Carey, Jr., on the 9th ult., a
daughter.
A severe hail storm visited
parts Of Anderson and Oc0nee
counties Sunday.
Miss Essie Hagood of Easley
visited Mrs. @. Bruce Hagood in
Pichens last week.
Mrs. w. l.. Matheny and
Miss Grace Mcdaniel spent Mon
day in Greenville shopping.
Miss Margaret Attaway left
Tuesday to visit her brother,
Rev. Drew III. Attaway, in Rock
Hill.
| Besides other recent improve,
ments Porter's Barber Shop has
installed a haywood water
heater.
j. G. Stewart of the Keowee
side spent Sunday with his
father, Robert Stewart, near
PiCkens.
d. r. Evans, OF Central route
2 paid The Sentinel an appreci-
ated call while in Pickens last
Saturday.
Miss Matte Finley, Marie
ElmS and Nora Smith spent Sun :
day with Mrs. j. r.. Partridge ]
in Pickens. 4
Bascomb d. Mauldin of Gap
Hill, one Of the county's best ,
citizens, was a visitor at the
county seat Monday.
B. G. Ligon of Elberton, Ga,
spent part Of last week at the
h ONE Of his father-in- law,
Squire John Gravley.
We regret to report that Mrs.
Il. D. Harris, who has been
seriously ill for sometime, does
not improve very fast.
Misses Ruth King Of Easley,
Ruth Rainey Of Norcross, Ca,
and Mary Adams of Greenville
are guests of Miss Lorena Taylor.
0. G. Wilson has resigned as
engineer at the Pickens mill and
gone to Greenville. Tom Ligon
is now engineer at the Pickens
mill.
Ernest Patterson of Greenville
has been elected chief Of police
for Easley to succeed j. II. Nc
Kinney, who was appointed
rural policeman. w. w. Capell
has been elected policeman in
place of George Corbin.
Fred Collum, who lived at
the old Neal place at Pickens
vile, near Easiey, died at the
home of his mother in Batesburg
Monday. He was travelling
man and married daughter Of
Col. w. A Neal, formerly of
this county.
II. w. Cochran, of Toccoa,
Ga, is on a visit to his son, e.
l.. Cochran, near Pickens, and
other relatives in the county.
Mr.. Cochran is a native Of An
derson county and lived for
several years in Pickens county,
latermoving to Stephens county,
Ga, near Toccoa, where he has
made his home for the past three
years.
In trying to board a moving
train, Walter Evans, negro
boy, was killed at Lathem cross
ing last Thursday. 1t seems
that the freight train had slowed
down for Lathem and Evans
with several others were trying
to beat their way and in swing
ing the train lost his hold and
fell under the wheels, his BODY
being cut in two. The negro
lived in the Lathem section.
No inquest was held.
A standing invitation is ex
tended to all men to attend the
Baraca class Of the Pickens
Baptist church. This is one of
the best and livest class in the
state and probably contributes
more literally than any other t
class it's size in this section. 1t
is constantly engaged in some
good work. Every manin Pick
ems who does not now attend !
Sunday school should join this b
class. You will be welcome. s
We were favored Monday :
with short call from Rey. w.