The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-11-11
Local and il rsot1al

Whitsitt Hiott left Pickens
Monday for Abbeville, where he
has accepted position with the
Abbeville Press and Banner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy McFall, Mrs.
II. Il. Allen and Arthur Allen
attended the Jones Howard
wedding at EasIeY last Thurs
day.
u. 5. Stribling and Hal Hiott
were elected at the last meeting
to represent Pickens *. Of p.
lodge in the District Conven ton
at Seneca November Is.
Word from the Green> lille hos
pital states that Mrs. w. c..
Newton of Pickens is improving.
Mrs. Newton was taken to the
hospital about week ago.
We are sorry to learn of the
illness of Avery Looper at the
home Of his mother in the Cross
Roads section. and we sincerely
hope he will soon be restored to
good health.
O. S. Stewart who has been
ill quite a while was on the street
last week. He is gradually re-
gaining his strength and his
friends are GLAD that he is able
to be out again.
Thanksgiving is almost with
us again and our mouths are be-
ginning to water for the big fat
turkey. In this issue Of The
Sentinel we have some very ap-
propriate reading on Thanksgiv-
ing.
Quite a number of Pickens
people went to Greenville Satur-
day and attended the football
game between the University of
North Carolina and Clemson
College, which the North Caro-
linianS won 8 to 7.
Mesdames j. NJ. Stewart, Lou
Curtis, r. A. Hester and Melvin
delegates from the la
dies missionary society of the
Pickens Baptist church, left
Tuesday to attend the state con-
yention of women in Spartan
burg.
A thief entered the cotton
house of Mrs. j. O.. Cooley. a
widow residing several miles be-
low Liberty. on the night of No
vember l, and stole between fif-
ty and one hundred pounds of
seed cotton. John Welborn, a
renter on j. p. O'Dell's place,
has been arrested CHARGED with
the theft.
Our good friend Burch Lewis
has come to our aid again. Sew
eral days ago he drove up to The
Sentinel office and brought some
potatoes, two of which were ex-
ira large ones, being sufficient
for two meals for a large family.
The smallest potato Burch
brought measured twenty-six
inches in length. He brought
us some pears too. which we en-
joyed. Come back again Burch.
Last week we mentioned in
the locals that the church at
Norris had decided to build Sun
day school rooms. We should
have said the church at Catee-
chez. The church which crowns
the hill in the center of the viii
lage will be beautiful when the
addition is made. Work has al
ready begun and the money to
pay for it is in sight. People
can DO when they try, and the
people Of Cateechee have mind
to work.
Mrs. e. Frank Looper is seri-
ously i'll at her home near Pick
ems and all the children have
been called home. She is suffer
ing from an attack Of appendi-
citis and doctors have been in
constant attendance at her bed
side for several days. We are
glad to report that her condition
is reported as improving Tues
day afternoon and trust she may
soon recover
Last Sunday at Secona the w.
.. w. unveiled monument
oyer the grave of Sovereign
Cochran, and later in the day
at Griffin a monument in mem.
ory Of Sovereign Arthur Thorn.
as was unveiled. Large crowds
attended both. At Secona Hon.
j. M. Daniel of Greenyille deliy.