The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27
From Cateechee

After long silence we will let the
readers of the dear old Sentinel hear
from this side again. While we haven't
been contributing any news to the col
umns of The Sentinel of late, we have
been constant reader of it and we are
proud to say that we have the best
county paper now that Pickens county
has ever had. The writer has been a
constant reader of it for 32 years.
While we will admit that there may be
some county papers-weekly papers, we
mean-that contain more editorials than
The Sentinel, for the editor, we notice,
is loath to give his views on, a lot of |
"dead-headed" stuff, such as we read
in some other papers; yet, taking the
county news as whole, The Sentinel is |
on top.
Farmers in this section have their
crops in fine shape now, but the way it
has been raining for the past few days
they are likely to get grassy. Cotton is
small and not very good stand in some
places, while corn is looking fairly we'll.
Haven't seen any extra watermelon
patches yet, but don't guess that mat
ters much, as the candidates have quit
treating. We are sincerely glad that
they have, for man that can't be
elected on his merits without having
to buy votes ought not to hold an office.
We hope the voters of Pickens county
will look well and think great deal
before casting ballot for the two men
who want to represent us in the next
general assembly. There is something
more to be looked at about those two
men than their collar and tie' and the |
smiles they may have on their faces
when they meet you. The common
class have been fed on promises until
their stomachs have become like doc
tors patient when he mentions salts
they gag when they hear promise
made. The candidate that makes a
promise now just to catch votes and
doesn't try to comply with that promise
when he gets elected had as we'll make
up his mind to retire to private life
when his term of Office expires
What we need is some laws repealed
] that we. have on the statute book and
| some put on it that we haven't got.
For instance, the dog law, for one. We
| have communication dog tax, which
means SOC on the head of every dog in
the county. How many dogs in Pickens
county are listed? Not half of them.
We know of men working for wages
who can scarcely keep up their families
who have from one to three old, worth
less dogs to feed. How many cows
have gone mad or had to be killed this
year on account of worthless dogs?
Then, too, think of the danger that
people as we'll as stock are in when an
old, worthless dog goes mad Give US
law that requires every dog to be
muzzled, let the state furnish the muz-
zles and charge them up to the pur-
chasers. When dog is found without
a muzzle let all peace officers kill that
dog at its owners home or anywhere
else Also make the owner of that dog
give a good and sufficient bond for any
damage that that dog may do. When
this is done, then you will see worthless
dogs exterminated.
There are other needed laws we would
like to speak of, but space forbids We
may have somethisg more to say along
this line later
Some correspondents to The Sentinel
have spoken about how progressive their
Sunday schools are. The Sunday school
at Cateechee has an enrolment of 100.
with an average attendance of l4O.
There have been as high as 2O4 present.
AS the church building was insufficient
to accommodate the audience the mem
bers have just recently completed four
more classrooms, bought new seats for
same and repainted the church. G. f.
Norris is superintendent Of the school
and w. r. Hutchinson secretary. Bro.
Willis of Six Mile is the pastor and he
is doing good work. The Lord has
touched the hearts of men at Cateechee
| under his preaching that we never saw
reached before. May the Lord continue
to bless the efforts that are being made
at Cateechee toward saying the souls of
men and women is our prayer. B.
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