The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-08-15
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!. 3%,Misss Ethel Fitzpatrick of Brevard
!. is visiting Miss Pearl Hester in Pickens.
The Sentinel has several soldier
: letters on hand which will be printed
. just as soon as possible.
Howard Sutherland of Calhoun,
: Ca. is on visit to his mother, Mrs.
. A. A. Jones and family.
-Miss Leila Jones and Mr.. j. j.
Trotter of this county were married by
j. D. Vickery,. N. P, last Sunday.
= Hon. G.. E. Robinson of Pickens
will deliver an address to the Sunday
school at Ooolenoy next Sunday at II
a. m.
Cotton weighers election will be
held at Pickens next Saturday. Felix
Finley is the only candidate for the
place.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lewis and
baby of Lockhart are visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Lewis in
Pickens.
| Arthur Jewell, son of Sam Jewell
of Calhoun. was run over and seriously
injured by hand car Thursday after
noon. He is improving.
The series of meetings scheduled
to begin at the Pickens Baptist church
last Sunday have been postponed on
account of the serious illness of Pastor
Ramsay's son.
DIR. G. H. Abernethy, of Liberty,
who had announced as a candidate for
the house of representatives, failed to
file his pledge last week and is thereby
eliminated from the race.
Miss Lille May Shirley of Liberty
route and Mr.. James A. Chastain of
Pickens route were happily married
! by Judge Newbery at his residence last
Sunday afternoon, August II.
Miles Allgood, son of Mr.. and Mrs
w. b. Allgood of near Pickens, has
been visiting his parents. Miles is
railroad detective with headquarters in
Salisbury. N. c.. and has many friends
around here who are always r, .~,,c "a coo
him.
! -Messrs. Houston and s, W. Craig
of Grcenvlle spent Saturday night in
Pickens on their way tt their old home
on Keowee to spend vacation On
account Of trouble with the engine of
their big Chandler car they were forced
to also spend Sunday here.
Rev. G.. B. Atkinson is conducting
a protracted meeting at Pleasant Hill
church. Services are being held out
doors and much good being accom-
plished. Report says that up to last
Friday night twenty eight new mem
bers had joined and Mr.. Atkinson had
not yet begun to shell the woods or pull
in his drag net.
j. r. j. Anthony recently received
a letter from his son Ernest who is in
France in which he says he has been in
the first line trenches and likes it better
there than back behind Also says he
is enjoying good health Young An
thony is q member of a machine gun
company and a corporal. He has been
in France about three months.
J. Frank Williams and family of
Sumter county are visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney II. Williams, of
the Cedar Rock section, and other rela-
tives and friends in Pickens county, all
of whom are glad to see them. Mr..
Williams is farm demonstration agent
Of the rich county of Sumter and one
of the most successful planters of that
progressive county.
Two candidates announced for the
house of representatives since the last
issue of The Sentinel They are w. E.
Finley for reelection and Judge M.
Welborn, both of Pickens. They are
we'll known over the county and need
no introduction at our hands. Their