Oldest Oconee county resident nears centennial
Mrs. Hilsabeth Bearden of Oakway born June 28, 1808 near Pendleton, Anderson county. She will be 100 on June 28 next year. Maiden name McGuffin, daughter of J. McGuffin and Annis Jolly. Lived in Oconee since age eight, married William Bearden, widowed twenty years ago, mother of many prosperous children and long-time Oakway resident.
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Obonee County
Hilsabeth
Betty) Bearden
Oakway
Old Pendleton
Anderson County
Thin County
James W. Bearden
Betty
Aunt Betty
Uuncle Buck
Wm. Reardon
Oak Way
J. J. Haley
Andrew Bearden
W. A. Bowen
Bearden
Oconee County
Nubbin’ Ridge
Old Stone Church Association Meeting Set for October 26
The annual meeting of the Old Stone Church and Cemetery Association will be held at the Old Stone Church October 26. Rev. W H Milla, pastor of Fort Hill Presbyterian church, will lead a short religious service to rededicate the church to worship. Efforts aim to have the church in repair for use by that time. By order: J J Lewis, President, R N Brackett, Sec Treas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Stone Church and Cemetery Association
Old Stone Church
Wi H. Milla
Fort Hill Presbyterian Church
Dr Kings New Life Pills touted as liver regulator and birthing habit aid
An odd ad-like excerpt praises Dr Kings New Life Pills for liver regulation and bowel regularity. It then reports a barn fire near Prather's Bridge on the Tugaloo River October 5 with a yoke of steers, hogs, and two thousand four hundred bundles of fodder burned. origin of the fire unknown. The piece ends by promising purgative effects and free samples at J. W. Bell's in Seneca.
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Tuonday
McWhorter
Obert Smith
Prather
Chamberlain
Price
J. W. Bell
Wathallay
W. J. Lutinoy
Seneca
Bounty Land social notes record travel and events
Bounty Land pages list visits and trips by J B Pickett to Atlanta, Ho Wan accompanying grand son Hadenter Misa Kelley a guest of J L Smith and Mrs Ballenger meeting relatives. Charl ie Hall shot at Chappells. Richland church observes Children's Day. Farmers Union meets. school rules restrict use of schoolhouse for preaching. skater Maria Dandy breaks right arm. Leize Porritt to teach Picket Post. M B Dendy injures shoulder. Oconee Alliance to meet Fairview Alliance.
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Bounty Land
Olal
Jack Rent
J. B. Pickett
Atlanta
Ho Wan
Marott
Oakwnay
Walter Rankin
Bagwell
Vera
Williamston
J. B. Shanklin
Mr. Glat
Anderson
J. J. Davis
Richland Presbyterian Church
W. G. Kughs
Greenville
Farmers' Union
Richland Academy
Richland
Bourtty Land School
Mac Milam
Sandy Springa
Maria Dandy
William Woolbright
Townville
Misa Leize Porritt
Double Wedding at New Hope Church in Pickens County
Two grooms unite in a double ceremony at New Hope church with Rav Hutt officiating. Meda Lee Hunt and Olaf Kelley wed while Ollie Kelley and Miss Anderson stand beside. Afterward, a large reception and dinner for about fifty guests at the bride’s father John A. Kelley’s home.
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Inet Sunda
New Hope Church
Anderson
Konnemar
John A. Kelley
Stance
M Mucy
Clemson College
Marion Evans
Pickone
Mia
Warren Smith
Mattie
Velma
Yoy
M. Hunt
Mids Moda
Liberty
M A. Bell
Gantral
Anna
Carrie Kennmur
Pleasant Hill
Valhalla
Mr. Kennemur
Mra
No R. Kennemur
D. H. Kennemur
Pickens County
Central
Olaf Kelley
Newry
Foley’s Honey and Tar Card and Club Meeting
Card advertises Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cough remedy with claims it cures lung issues and prevents pneumonia. It notes no opiates and a yellow package. Also records Fairview Union meeting on Saturday the 19th at 2 o’clock with W F Miller president and W H Corn secretary.
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J. W. Bell
Valhalla
Fairview Union
W. F. Miller
W. H. Corn
Big land deal in Oconey ends with Bowen purchase
In a complex transaction, In A. Edwarda cist ar of sin Ciizanp Benky Senoch sold 130 scrod of land to W. A. Bowen for 21000 dollars, boosting county land value to about 84614 per acre. Bowen, B O Maret's brother in law, now farms a leading property in Maxwell district as Picket Post Barneson prepares for October 4 meeting. Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup ad promotes health benefits and family well being.
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Oconey
A. Edwarda
Cistar
Sin Ciizanp
Benky Senoch
W. A. Bowen
Behaying
Bowen
B. O. Maret
Maxwell Pres
Ocones
Chattanooga Reversible Disc Plows Auction Ad
An old time sale notice advertises Chattanooga Reversible Disc Plows and farming implements including two and three horse plows, disc harrows, grain drills, and Mal lory plows. The vendor offers stock, stables, and a shop in Saneca with terms read as cost and below cost as they exit the line of business.
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Nave
Bonececa
Westminster
Cobt
Saneca
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Bank OF Walhalla
Walhalla, S. C
Betty" ‘Bearden
Colt
L. Cousins
Otterburn
Mich
V W. Bell
W. J. Lunney
Boneca
Meeting Stone Church Association
J. J. Lewis
R. N. Brackett
Sec-Treas
Prathers Bridge
Monroe McDonald
Nia
Mattie McDonald
M. B. Dendy
Isu
Emily Dendy
J. P
J. A. Dendy
J.M.D
Oconee County Alliance
Fairview Alliance
J. K. Pickett
Ayer
Myers
New Hope
Ia Baiada
Belveca
Bernibee Valon
T. ¥. Chalmers
M.N. Hembree
J. W. Beil
Chattanooga
T.M. Lowery, Sonsen, Westminstay
Brown Shoe Cos
Crossett
Brown
Hunt & Harper
Main Street
New York
J. H. Adams
S. C
Mitchell
Columbia
N.B
W.P. Nimmons, Seneca
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