The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
Pickens County Items

Dacusville township singing
convention will meet with Mt.
Carmel church the first Sunday
afternoon in October at 2.3O
o'clock. Everybody invited.
The election passed off quiet
lv in Pickens, tho there was
much interest manifested. Out
of 3l5 votes cast at the Pickens
box there were 239 for prohibit
ton and rs against prohibition.
The annual w. Nj. U. meet
ing Of Twelve Mile River Asso-
citation will meet with Kings
Grove church Saturday, Sep
tember 25. Rev. D. w. Hiott
will preach Saturday night.
Miss Berta Jones, Supt.
The following has been hand
ed US for publication: Praters
baseball team crossed bats with
Pickens and Bethlehem teams
combined Friday and defeated
them. The score was Praters
Is, Pickens-B Bethlehem IL. Hur-
rah for old PYaters.
We. the people Of Six Mile
church, regret to give up Rev
B. +. Murphree, but will on ac-
count of his health. The church
went into election Saturday,
September IL and Rev. w. NJ.
Walker was elected as pastor
for the coming year. 1916.
j. G. Alexande. has built a
partition in his store room and
his restaurant is now cut off
from his grocery store. He has
also made other Improvements
in his restaurant and wants you
to visit his place when you need
anything in his line. Read his
ad in this paper.
The many friends in this coun-
ty Of Mr.. Thomas II. Parkins, a
J former citizen of Pickens county
and who resided near Liberty
,, will learn with sorrow of his
death which occurred at his
home near Blue Ridge, Texas
! on the 18th Of August. He wa
:, about Is years of age and is sur
:, vived by his wife and severa
: children, and one sister, Mrs. A
M. MauldiD, of Easley.
: Ernest, the ten year-old sol
OF Will Manly who lives on DR.
Cannon's place above Pickens
was bitten by a large rattle
snake Monday morning. Prompt
attention was given the boy and
he is now recovering. The
snake which was killed by Mr..
Manly, was four feet long and
hac ten rattles and button.
Ernest was helping his father
and brother stack fodder in a
barn when the snake bit him.
The Easley Progress says that
Mr.. Nathaniel Duncan, a we'll
known and highly esteemed CIT
izen, died at his home two miles
north of Easley, on the 4th inst
after short illness. He was in
his 84th year, and is survived
by his wife and one son, Robert
A. Duncan, Of this county, and
three daughters, Mrs. James
Tinsley, Of Anderson county.
Mrs. VIM. McCombs and Miss
Martha Duncan, Of this county.
The deceased was Confederate
veteran.
The Pickens county Sunday
school association will hold its
annual convention at Central
October Is and lG. A number
Of strong speakers and expert
Sunday school workers will be
present and it is hoped that this
will be the best county conven-
ton ever held in Pickens county.
This work is interdenOmination-
al and it is the aim and purpose
Of the association to aid and as
sist all the Sunday schools Of
the county in doing more faith
full and efficient work.
r. f. Lenhardt Of Easley and
o. ;. Stewart of Pickcns have
been drawn to serve on the petit
jury and George II. Hendricks
Of Easley for the grand jury of
the United States court to be
held in Greenwood in NOvem-
Der. Those from Pickens coun-
ty who have been drawn to
serve at the Grcenville term in
October are } *. Lathem of
Easley and f. Y. Christophe,
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