The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-14

poets for good crop are far bette
now than last year.
Miss Rachael Dickinson, who.has bee,
making her home in Pickens for tn,
past year or so, has gone to Pendleton
where she will make her home with he,
niece. Mrs. James Hunter.
Frank r. Hit. 45 years of age and ,
resident of Greenville, dropped dead or
South Main street in that citv )nst
Thursday night. He was brother OF
John Hit of Pickens county.
During an electrical storm Saturday
lightning killed mule and severely
shocked another mule and a COW belong
ing to John S. Gilstrap, who lives on
e. l.. Cureton's place near Pickcns.
Mrs. Ivy Mauldin and daughter have
gone to Columbia to join Mr.. Mauldin
and make their future home there. Mr..
Nauldln was recently made vice -presi-
dent of the largest bank in Columbia.
The Pickens Township Singing con-
rentien will meet at the Wolf Creek
school house next Sunday afternoon at
: o'clock. Good leaders are expected
End everybody invited to come and
oclng songbooks.
Miss Olive Boggs Newton of Pickens
: the guest this week of her sister
Mrs. 0. Il. Hinton. Miss Newton has
.ust returned from Stateburg, S. c.,
where she has been engaged in teaching
the past session. : Easley Progress.
We see by the Greenville papers that
Edd Bowen of Pickens has been win
ning some more orators medals at Fur
man University. Mr.. Bowen has won
about all the medals for oratory at the
university during his four years there.
He was II member of the class which
graduated this month.
T. Riley Allen has returned from a
trip to Chickamauga Park, near Chat
tanooga, Tenn, where he visited his
son, Roy, who is a member of Uncle
Sans regular army. While there Mr..
Allen says he also saw several other
Pickens county boys, all of whom seemed
to be getting along well.
Mr.. Horace Davis is at his home in
Pickens recuperating from an operation
in which he had an eye taken out. Sew
eral years ago the head Of nail which
Mr.. Davis was driving flew off and
struck him in the eye and it has since
been giving him trouble until recently
it became necessary to have the eyeball
taken out.
Israel Ferguson, one of Pickens coun
tvs most prominent colored citizens, is
arranging meeting to be held in Pick
ems on Saturday, June lG, for the pur-
pose of arousing colored people to the
necessity of growing and saving food
stuffs. Both white and colored speak.
ers are expected and everybody is askcc
to attend
For the second time within a few
months. a dog last week visited the
chicken yard of Mrs. J. l.. O. Thompson
and killed chickens and geese. Thi:
time it killed ten chickens and three
geese and injured several other chick
ems. Last March it killed twelve geese
FIVE ducks, two turkeys and rooster
All of the chickens were valuable, one
rooster being valued at SIS.
Mrs. w. r. Hendricks, good lady o.
Oolenoy, was in town Monday to secure
1000 cans for her daughter, Merle, wht
is member Of the county canning clul
and who last year won first prize in thu
tomato club work. Miss Merle expect!
this year to put up many beans and he
prospects for successful season art
bright. Mrs. Hendricks did not forge
We editor and wife, but presented III
with fine mess of snap beans, which
we greatly appreciate, especially S,
since a recent hard rain washed ava,
our early ones.
The following item from the Newberr,
Herald and News Of June S will prov
OF interest to many friends and relative
OF Mr. c. W. Garrett in Pickens county
Howdy, Central; give US Heaven
please We just wanted to phone tha
the manager of the Newberry office Q
the Sothern Bell Telephone company
Mr.. W. c. Garrett had little ange
TO come down to his home FRIDAY morn