The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-04-13
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A furry of snow visited Pickens Sun
| day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Med. Bruce spent
last weekend in Charleston.
Mrs. H. S. McKagan, and little daugh-
ter, Elinor, who has been spending the
ed to her home in Greenville Monday.
Montvale school closed Friday, April
7th, after q successful term of five
cipal and Miss Ruth Cannon as assist
| ant.
Three new announcements in The Sem
tinel this week. If you are in the race
you had better let the people know it
before they promise their support to
some one else.
There will be an all day singing at
Flat Rock church, in the lower section
April %, Everybody invited to come
and bring well-filled baskets
Rev. John T. Mann, the blind evan
| gelist, will preach at the Pickens Bap-
tist church Wednesday night at O'Clock
and at the Pickens Mill church Thurs
day night at 7:3O. Everybody cordially
invited.
Last week The Sentinel advertised
for pig which had strayed from its
owner, j d. Holder, four weeks before.
The next day J. w. Earle notified Mr..
Holder that the pig had taken up at
his place. Oh, no, it doesn't pay to
advertise in The Sentinel. People do it
just for fun.
Congressman Aiken has introduced
bill to appropriate 500, 900 for the pur
chase Of sites and erection Of public
buildings at Easley and Seneca. We
| do not know whether it is intended to
divide the money between the two towns
or appropriate 100000 for each place.
| Up to this time the bill has not passed.
l.. S. Recce, who had the misfortune
to get his residence near Pickens burned
about two months ago, has rebuilt and
his family moved into the new house
last week Mr. Rcece wishes to thank
his friends and neighbors for the many
kind acts shown him and his family
during their misfortune. He greatly
appreciates the aid given him.
Pleasant Grove school closed sue
cessful term last Saturday with COM
mencement exercises bye the pupils.
Prof. c. B. Griffin is the efficientteach
eli of this school and we understand that
the trustees have done the right thing
of re-electing him and will give him an
assistant next term. This section of
! the county is coming to the front.
Athalee, the little daughter of DR..
and Mrs j. N Hallum, who has been
dangerously i'll for several days, is now
on the road to recovery. The little girl
has been suffering intensely from a
complication of pneumonia, pleurisy and
other ailments. A trained nurse has
been with her the past week and we are
glad to report great Improvement in
her condition.
The pension money for Confederate
. veterans aud widows in Pickens county
has arrived. Those entitled to pensions
are asked to call on Clerk of Court
Boggs at once and receive their money.
Those unable to call in person must
pension money FOX Pickens county this
year is 81, 123.00, which is little less
than last year But as there are not as
many pensioners this year as last each
one will receive a little more this time
, Rev. Andrew Lee Pickens and Rev
!. Walter Lee Coker, both young minis
Mt. Pisgah church in Anderson county
last Sunday. Rev. D. w. Hiott preached
the sermon, Rev. ID. !. Spearman de-
livered the charge and Rev. Thomas
}! Clydc presented the Bibles. Mr.. Pick
ems is on the editorial staff Of the Green
{ vile Piedmont and IS n brother of Mrs.
+" M. C. Smith of Pickens. Mr.. Coker !:
I pastor Of Mt Carmel church in this
county. Both are young men of grea
u promise.
J, Married on Sunday, April 2, 1916, a
u the residence Of Mr.. M. f. Summey
e near Alice Mills, this city, Miss Corri.
Holcombe and Mr.. William Aiken, al
of Pickens, Geo. B. Hamilton, Esq.
Notary Public, officiating. The happ,
couple accompanied by Mr.: Clevc Davi
:, and Miss IneZ Cantrell and Miss Carri
j. Iiolcombc returned to Pickens afte
the ceremony. AS this. was Mr.. Ham
er ilton $ first experience in tlcing nup
or tia knot he was little nervous bu
% % managed to get through 0. K. = Ease
q. Progress.
At a recent meeting of the Easle
ed Long Staple Cotton Growers G. h
a Carpenter was elected temporary sec
in retary and authorized to prepare cor
* sttution and bylaws to submit at a
or early meeting at which permancr
organization will be effected and al
rangements made to have long st;
- pie cotton gin and warehouse erecte
at Easley. 1t is estimated that {
least | 900 acres in Pickens county wi
be planted in long staple. cotton tn
year. Mr. Carpenter will likely sc
the planters most of the seed
Collie Seaborn got his first chance
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