The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-14
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Mrs. J. P. Carey and daughters.
Misses Floride and Bernice, are VISITING
relatives in Woodbury., Ga.
I The stork visited the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Porter on route 3, Tuesday, Sep
tember 8, and left fine boy.
Guy Curtis, Pressman on the Green
vile News, visited his mother, Mrs. s.
+. Curtis, in Pickens last week.
Miss Annie Ragsdale, of Greenville
visited the family of G. G. Lewis and G..
+. Ferguson on route 2 last week.
The tent meeting is drawing great
crowds. 1t is hoped that much good
may be accomplished by the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Davis, of Inman.
visited the latter's sister, Mrs. Char
lotte Clayton on Liberty route 8 We'd
nesday.
The "Tattlers" were royally enter
tanned last Thursday afternoon by Mrs.
Sam Craig and Miss Ada Craig. Sew
eral out-of-town guests were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Mcdaniel of
Rutherford county, N. c., spent the
past week with relatives in Pickens.
Their many friends here were glad to
see them.
The Liberty township singing conven-
tion will meet at Smiths Grove church
the third Sunday in September. Every
body come. Bring song books and well
filled baskets.
Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Fields, of
Pickens, have moved to Seneca and are
occupying the cottage on North Fair
Play street recently vacated by Mrs.
Phillips. = Seneca Journal.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones Fuller of Green
wood spent some time in Pickens last
week. Mr.. Fuller was elected to the
Legislature from Greenwood in the re-
cent election, heading the ticket.
Mr.. Will Orr died at his home near
Piedmont last Saturday and was buried
at Fairview church on Sunday after
noon. Funeral service was conducted
by Rev. D. w. Hiott. Mr.. Orr lived for
many years near Easley and was an
honorable, upright christian gentleman.
He was 55 years old and leaves widow |
and one grown son.
The opening of the Liberty school
last Wednesday was largely attended.
In fact, it was the greatest opening in
the history of the school. Addresses
We're made by w. j. Hunter, Marion
Boggs, Rev. Mr.. Hodges. j. j. CAN'T
and Prof. B. c. Givens, the superin-
tendent. The enrolment was more than
three hundred pupils and the prospects
for successful year are pleasing.
John Carey has q farm which he
wanted to rent about two weeks ago, so
he put an advertisement in The Sentinel
telling about it. Before the paper had
been published day John began get
ting enquiries about the farm. In few
days he says he was literally swamped
with letters and callers wanting to
know about that farm he had to rent.
He rented it. Advertising in The Sen
tinel gets results.
The first bale of new cotton sold in
Pickens this year was raised by John
Arnold and Dock Cunningham, colored,
on T. A. Bowen's place near here, and
was bought by Folger, Thornley, & Co.
for l5ac pound or $80.64 for the 488
pound bale, counting $500 premium
paid for the first bale. Counting the
seed this bale brought right around
$4,000 1t was brought here Wednes-
day, September 6.
p. E. Alexander of Cherryfeld, N. c.,
has bought the farm of G. T. Freeman
of near Amber and five miles north of
Pickens, and will return to his native
state to live. The farm consists of 739