The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-08

Col. Frank q. Mauldin has returned
to his command at Fort Slocum, N. Y,
after spending a month with relatives
in this state.
: Miss Nellie Freeman spent the week
end in Central visiting Mrs. T. NJ. Nor
ris. She will leave Thursday to visit
] relatives and friends in Chester.
! j. II. Porter, who has lived at the
Pickens Mill village the past five years,
has decided to go back to the farm and
moved this week near his father, on
Easlcy route l.
The Morrow Brothers Quartet, which
was at the Pckens school auditorium
last Thursday night, gave very good
entertainment which was enjoyed by a
large number of people.
While X. +. Herd was delivering the
mail on route 3 Saturday he was taken
sick and forced to return home before
J he completed the tour of his route We
| all hope he will be able to be out in a
short time.
About twelve subscribers of The
Sentinel living on Pickens routes failed
to get their papers last week. WeI
have ascertained the cause and will
make good the loss at the expiration of
each subscription.
A note from C. T. Hughes says:
PLEASE change my paper from Pickens
route to Ware Shoals route 2. | am
down here at last, but will be back in
Pickens on visit as soon as I can have
me steamboat or biplane built"
Earle (Pat) Jennings has quit his job
as fiagman on the Pickens railroad and
has been succeeded by Claud Hester.
Harry LaBoon is filling the place in
Gravley's grocery store made vacant by
Mr.. Hester's going back to the railroad
Feaster Cameron has quit his place
with Gravley's livery stable and will
move to T. l.. Bivens' farm, between
Pickens and Easley, and will engage in
farming this year. Feaster is most
faithful and accommodating employe
and we wish for him lots of success in
his new work
Ernest Jones has returned from
Charleston to his fathers home near
Pickens, having been unable to get in
| Uncle Sans army on account of being
too young. Roy Allen, son of r. r..
Allen, joined the army at Charleston
and is now at the training station at
Columbus, Ohio.
1t will be interesting news to many
to know that Rev. Lucius B. Compton
will hold series of religious meetings
in Pickens, beginning next September
81. The meetings will be held in large
tent behind the court house, same as
meetings held here by Mr.. Compton
and others last year.
Your attention is called to the large
advertisement this week Of the Crystal
Optical Co. of Birmingham, Ala, whose
representative will be at the Pickens
Inn next Monday and Tuesday for the
purpose Of examining eyes and fitting
glasses. They are also making special
price on glasses for this first visit, ac
cordng to their advertisement, which
you may read and find out all about it
Friday night, February 2, this section
was visited by the coolest weather il
many years. Different people repor
the thermometers at different degrees
and we have heard it reported all tn
way from two above zero on up, but
is fact that everything freezable wa
frozen Saturday morning. The engin
of the Pickens railroad froZe up Frida,
night and the early Saturday morning
trip was delayed several hours. One 0
the Southern railroads engines ais
froze up at Westminster at the sam
time. Sam Galbreath, of the Croy
Creek section, lost good sized yearlin
calf, which froze to death The Pick
ems Bottling Works was heavy lose
on account of many bottles of sof
drinks and vinegar freezing. and burst
ing, and there were many other losse
caused by the freeze. Zero weathe
was reported at Old Pickens, and Kec
wee river was covered with "mushy
ice for the first time in fourteen years
and several smaller streams were con
pletely frozen over