The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
Pickens County Items

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Look out for the big announce-H
ment in next weeks issue. See
p. l.. & q. B. Hamilton's ad in
this issue.
An infant child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Tompkins, of the
Dalton settlement, died Monday.
The parents have the sympathy
Of the community.
Read the optimistic advertise
ment of the Pickens Hardware
and Grocery Go. i'm this paper.
You have special invitation to
visit this store when in Pickens.
One year ago Tuesday cotton
was selling for 6 So cents a
pound and cotton seed for about
SIS per ton. This Tuesday cot
ton is selling for IL IA cents a
pound and seed for $40 a ton.
The Pickens township singing
convention will meet with Beth
lehem church next Sunday, Oc-
tober "a, at 9 o'clock p. m.
Everybody invited to come and
bring song books of any kind.
Our mutual friend, AK. Park
Of Greenyille, has new ad in
to-day's paper. Mr.. Park has
been selling goods to Pickens
county people for more than 20
years and always treats us right.
An 1S-year-old son of Mr..
Henry Stephens Of near Liberty
died October 8 after a short ill.,
ness of pneumonia and was
buried at Golden Creek. The
bereaved ones have the sympa.
thy of many friends,
We regret to learn that B. N,
Glazener, a prominent citizen OF
Cross Roads, is very sick and we
hope he will soon be well again
The members Of Olive Camp
W.O. W., were to meet Tuesday
and pick Mr.. Glazener's cottor
for him. Bear We one another.
burdens is a good thing.
The county tax books were
opened for the payment of taxes
Friday, the 18th, and Van Eli
son was the first to paw his taxes
He has been the first to pay fol
the past four years. Upto Tues
day noon only 28 receipts haC
been issued.
Mr.. Burdine Hunt returned tC
San Antonio, Texas, Monday on
No. 80. He spent the past five
months in Oconee, Pickens and
Greenville counties. In Oconee
he was the guest Of Mrs. Mary
DilwOrth the greater part of the
time. -Tugaloo Tribune.
Indications are that Pickens
county will be we'll represented
at the state fair to be held in
(Columbia next week, beginning
Monday, October 25, and ending
Friday, Goth. It is expected to
be the most largely attended
state fair in years. The rail
roads are Offering reduced round
trip rates.
Sunday, November 7, 1915, at
l:30 O'Clock the Bois D. Arc
Camp, w. O. w. will unveil a
monument erected to N. O.
Cothran at Secona church. All
sOyereigns are requested to be
present and participate in the
exercises. Public cordially in
vited. j. j. ODoM, Clerk
Il. e. NOLIN, &C.
The RexalI One Cent Sale will
be on at the Pickens Drug co.
store Thursday, Friday and Sat.
urday Of this week. Those who
took advantage of the other sale
OF this kind at the same store
were more than pleased with
their purchases and those who
expect to take advantage of this
sale should come early, as pres.
ent indications are that there
will be rush for the bargains
offered.
| Mack Martin recently sold q
bale of cotton in Pickens which
brought him $72.35, and the seed
out of the bale brought the total
amount up to more than 500.
Tuesday Walt Griffin, colored
tenant on Mrs. Irwin Hendricks
place. sold a bale for $3.50. rs.
The seed from this bale would
have run the total amount up to
about $88. At this time last
year Mr.. Martins bale and seed