The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-21

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Mrs. j. w. Adams is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever.
Miss Fay McHugh, of Greenville, is
the guest of Mrs. c. E..Robinson.
ary meeting October 4-5. A treat
awaits you.
Rev. l.. E. Wiggins is spending a
short vacation with relatives in the lower
part of the state.
Mrs. Florence Griffin has been quite
sick for the past week, but we are glad
to state that she is improving.
Mrs. w. H. H. Ariail and daughter,
Miss Mollie, of the Enon section, are
visiting Mrs. S. F. Curtis, in Pickens
| The Pickens baseball team was de-
feated by the Glenwood team S to 8, on
the local diamond last Saturday after
noon.
we are requested to announce that
there will be no services at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday, and prayer
meeting for this week has also been
postponed.
Officers LaBoon, Julian and McKin-
ney last Saturday night caught twenty
seven negroes gambling along the Sou
thern railway track in this county. The
fines collected from them amounted to
$3.50.
Married, Sunday, Sd inst, Mr.. D.,
w. Dodson to Miss Bessie Stewart, all
of Pickens county, w. S. CAN'T, mag
istrate, officiating. The happy young
couple have the best wishes of many
friends.
In his lecture about his trip to the old
world Monday night, Rev. Mr.. Compton
says he saw alfalfa twenty FIVE feet
high growing in the Nile valley; tisattt
the soil there is ten feet deep and land
sells for $40, 600 an acre. j. IT.
Il. l.. Henderson and family are back
from delightful trip to Brevard and
other points in Western North carolina.
Brevard is Mr.. Henderson's old home.
While he was awayss Henry Sutherland
carried the mail on route s.
A meeting of the Womans Mission
ary societies of this district will be held
at the Pickens Methodist church Octo-
ber and s. Several good speakers to-
gether with returned missionaries will
be present. All are invited to- attend
this meeting.
John K. G. Griffin was elected treas
urer of Anderson county in the second
primary over G.. N. C. Boleman. Mr..
Griffin was formerly resident of Easley
and has many friends in this county
who are glad to learn of his success and
know that he will make a good official.
The town council has passed an ordi-
nance prohibiting the use of cutouts on
automobiles in Pickcns and given the
chief of police instructions to strictly
enforce the law. Explanatory signs
have been placed on all roads leading
into town so that all may see and take
warning.
JUDY After, wife of Jesse Arter, col
ored, died August 8, 1916. She was
born in Abbeville county and raised in
Oconee county by Mr.. Bush Grant at
Salem. She was member of the Meth
odst church until her death. She leaves
a husband and five children. Her body
was buried at Bethlehem church the
day following her death.
Lawrence H. and Ed Bowen, sons of
Mr.. Reese Bowen, left last week for
Greenville where Lawrence will be as
sistant instructor in mathematics and Ed
a senior in Furman University. An
other Pickens boy, Ossie Hendricks, ia
also member of the senior class at
Furman this session. Vaughan Inabi-
net entered the freshman class at this
school last week.
Miss Merle Hendrix, one of the young
er members of the Ooienoy tomato, club,
is making most extraordinary record
in tomato growing. From her one-tenth
acre she has sold $5. O5 worth tomatoes,
has had 600 No. 3 cans filled. And the
story does not end here. The vines are
still bearing and ripening fruit. This
(, record is something for not only, the in