Pickens Local and Personal News Roundup
Miss Nelle Freeman visits Chester relatives. Mr and Mrs T Mauldin visit friends in Aiken. Mrs G R Kendricks on extended visit to Asheville. Addie Inley of Piedmont visits. Mareie Verguson with N O Christopher. Mrs Will White from Anderson visits her mother. Rev Leo Gillespie of Spartanburg in town. Sarah Moe Wrowmam spent time with Heineman Weytowby. Dr Me Boldints from Six Mile visits county. Ina Toews visiting Meda Grace in Spartanburg county. Mrs Martha Jones of Marietta visiting. Bessie Boys of the high school spends weekend with Aunt Addie L Boggs. Mrs Clarence King of Easley in town to see ill mother. J A Roper of Greenville visits daughter S H Craig. Frank Ferguson of Honea Path and Emma Herd visit parents. Pleasant Grove school building destroyed by fire from defective stove. Mrs Charlie Brooks of Anderson visiting her ill father J M Gillespie. Wyatt Jennings from Columbia visits parents. Pickens Chapter U D C meets with O T Hinton. contributions for Confederate veterans urged. Pryse Dietrick and W Gines to speak at W C T U meeting. Pickens Hardware and Grocery Store robbed. $4 taken. W R Cantrell to Transylvania for ill Mrs M B Cantrell in Brevard hospital. USC and NYU debating teams to meet in NYC. USC team includes W C Mann and Joseph Horowitz. Mann is son of A D Mann of Six Mile.
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Oolenoy
W. Alehbourg
G. Me Keith
Ulisses Descie Few
G. Dewey Haile
Mary Martin
Chreenville
Jessie VW. Wdens
Milwneard
Iya Masi
Adinie Dtoner
Lal Wien Dinero
Bale Ling
Arm Avent Cp
Bower
Aid
G. C. Willisihis
Moe. Trallum
S. M. Bauknight
Easley High School
Easley Chamber of Commerce
Ambler
Richard Edens
A. B. Forther
Pleasant Grove
Miss Nichols
Greenville
Sentnel
Woolk
Bron
Sentinel
Nelson
Golden Creek Thaplist Church
Tlall
Sundercon
Prnn Ropertial
Sumilay Atha
Marion Roper
Mary O
C.H. Billingsley
Pleasant Tah
Clark Bell
G. B. Bell
Anderson Hospital
Watson
Liberty
Ralph
Harry
Reynolds
Henry Newton
Owens
Central
Smith
Norris
Marvin Lawrence
Loraine Godfrey
Minnie Sheriff
Grace Clardy
Golden Creek Baptist
Pickens Sentinel
Susie
Oolenoy School Sees Strong Term with Local Events
Oolenoy reports a successful term as the school closes with a plays and drills by upper grades and a Noble Order of entertainment. Enrollment tops 120 with four teachers and staff praised for faithful work. Local guests include Prof S M Bauknight and State Agent G Willis visiting. agriculture clubs form with nine founding members.
Man found dead on railroad near Calhoun
A stranger’s body was found on the railroad near Calhoun Monday morning. He reportedly spent Sunday night in Central and may have been pushed from a freight train as he attempted to swing aboard.
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Calhoun
Central
Fourteen Pickens Subscribers End Service Over Rate Increases
Following a rise in telephone rates, fourteen subscribers in Pickens have ordered their service disconnected. Reports say over a hundred phones at Nasley will be removed and further removals are expected at Liberty.
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Pickens
Nasley
Liberty
Pickens County Boys Join Club Work In Schools
County education officials report strong turnout as boys in Pickens join JOYs Club work in multiple schools. Visiting leaders K P Tlallum and B O Williams note parental consent pending, but anticipate broad support and future farmer citizenry benefits.
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Joys Club
Pickers County
K.P Tlallum
B. O. Williams
South Carolina
Aves
Pickens Names Three Mayoral and Public Works Candidacies
Announcement lists C. L. Cureton and KE. Frank Looper as mayoral candidates for Pickens in the April 12 1921 election, with Dr J L Valley touted by friends as a candidate for Commissioner of Public Works in the same municipal race.
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C. L. Cureton
Pickens
Frank Looper
J. L. Valley
Friends
Town of
M. C. Smith
Baptist Day Plans Set Across Pickens Association
On March 16 a conference of nearly all Pickens Association churches decided to observe the third Sunday in April as Baptist day with eleven o'clock services at all churches. A speaker for each church was chosen, led by Dr. W. J. Langston at Pickens and others including W. M. Walker, F. T. Cox, and B. P. Mitchell. An automobile accident near Mountain View church injured two men but caused no serious harm.
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Burts
Pickens Association
Pickens Baptist Church
Pickens
W. J. Langston
Secona
W. M. Walker
Griffin
F. T. Cox
Cross Roads
T. BE. Seago
Ooleney
B. P. Mitchell
Nine Forks
E. M. Bolding
Peters Creek
Pleasant Grove
A. M. Simmons
Cedar Rock
Pickens Mills
T. A. Drake
Mt. Tabor
C. R. Abercrombie
Pickens Stores to End Evening Hours in Spring and Summer
Beginning April 15 and lasting until September 15, Pickens stores will close at 6 30 p.m. each weekday except Saturdays.
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Pickens
Mrs Martha Ann Johnson Died in Pickens Burial at Secona
Mrs Martha Ann Johnson colored wife of Elbert Johnson of Pickens died Tuesday and was buried Wednesday afternoon in the colored cemetery at Secona church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann Johnson
Elbert Johnson
Pickens
Secona Church
Fort Prince George D A R chapter meets in Liberty
Liberty April 4 The Fort Prince George chapter of the D A R met at Mrs A Johnsons home with Mrs W C O Dell and Mrs J S Bannister hosting. The program featured Rebecca Mott and Gen Francis Marion with talks by Mrs T J Mauldin and readings by Mrs Wayne Mauldin and Mrs Alexander. A salad course and coffee followed.
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Liberty
W. C. O'Dell
J. S. Bannister
Fort Prince George
Johnson
Pickens, Bailey and
Rebecca Mott
Francis Marion
T. J. Mauldin
Sopha Nelle
Miriam Welborn
Z. L. Chamblin
Carrie Hutchins
E. F. Cantrell
D. H. Kennemar
Claudia Kennemar
Refuge Baptist Church
Kennedy
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
S. C
Lillian Williams
G. E. Hunter
Mile Creek
Mary Hunter
J. E. Smith
Woman's Missionary Society
The
First Baptist Church
E. F. Gantrell
J. R
Correction of Poem Authorship for Mr Elliott
The paper corrects a rumor that Mr T M Elliott of near Pickens authored the poem An Ode to the Girl. It states Elliott writes religious songs and has not seen the poem, defending his reputation as a public singer and songwriter.
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T. M. Elliott
Pickens
Elliott
Pickens School Notes Highlight County Contest Prospects
Pickens High School students show strong interest in winning the county contest at Clemson College this Saturday. The team is in good shape with solid mid season form and a focus on overall skill. Earlier, the grammar school held a race between fifth and sixth grades with fifth grade winning 42 to 30. Miss Lyach Keith and Ma Flornee Gravley were chosen to represent the school in Norris for county contests next Friday.
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Clemson College
Atlen
Tenn Joost
Grammar School
Lyach Keith
Ma Flornee Gravley
Wich School
Norris
Mysterious Seacan Tales In TWELVE MILE NEWS
Wasteful rumors swirl as locals note odd remarks about the pope and Heine evaporation. Trusso visits Nias while Marker teaches a preacher and family members spend the weekend with Mrs Alps and Forest Porter. A farmer vows to plant more corn after eyeing his old mule. Little Mertie Hudson stays with Mrs Walter Porter.
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Trusso
Nias
Dior Wadson
Alps
Forest Porter
Mertie Hudson
Walter Porter
Pickens Route Three Marriage Near Rosman N C
Married March 26 1921 near Rosman N C by Edd Whitmire NJP Robert Cleveland Stewart wed Callice Whitmire. Stewart son of W M Stewart of Pickens is a farmer and 80th division soldier. bride is daughter of Flim Whitmire of Transylvania NC. Friends wish them happiness. Also church notices from Holly Springs and chaingang camps with large Sunday attendance.
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Rosman
N. C
Edd Whitmire
Robert Cleveland Stewart
Callice Whitmire
Stewart
W. M. Stewart
Pickens
Flim Whitmire
Transylvania
C. R. Abercrombie
Holly Springs
Jewell
C. R. Anderson
Chaingang Camps
Death of Mr Perry Durham at home near Tarrepin Crossing
Friends report the death of Perry Durham on Sunday night after an earlier head operation. He left a wife Ada Goodlock and two children, a girl and a boy. Survived by his father James Durham and siblings J W M Durham and Lula Cochran. Buried at Fair View church Monday at 2 00 pm. He spoke to loved ones before death and said he would live with Jesus.
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Durham
Tarrepin Crossing
Greenville
Ada Goodlock
James Durham
Six Mile
J. W. M. Durham
Lula Cochran
Mountain View
Fair View Church
Jesus
Hurricane Township Singing Convention Meets at Norris Baptist
The Hurricane Township Singing Convention will meet with the Norris Baptist church on the second Sunday in April at 2 o clock. All other conventions are specially invited.
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Hurricane Township
Norris Baptist Church
Enthusiastic Reader Letters From Golden Creek
A readers column in The Pickens Sentinel recalls editor proximity, shares local church notes at Golden Creek Baptist, and reports on community events. It mentions Rev Nelson's sermons, funerals for Clark Bell, visits by locals to relatives, power plant staff, and school day antics as the paper urges readers to keep the county’s paper lively.
Road crew shifts to Easley for long road work
Norman Holder moves his chain gang from the Pickens North Carolina highway to Easley to undertake road improvements for the town. He will be at Easley for several weeks. The chain gang remains the sole workforce on the North Carolina road project.
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Norman Holder
Pickens-North Carolina
Easley
Ile
Chain Gang
North Carolina
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Nelle Freeman
Chester
Mrs.t. 2. Mauldin
Aiken
Addie [Inley
Piedmont
Mareie Verguson
Mr. N. Oa. Christopher
Mrs
Will White
Anderson
Mrs. N. EE
Leo . Gillespie
Spartanbury
Sarah Moe Wrowmam
Hice Dia Bheemiin Wey Tow
Anoodie
A. Sw. Toews
Miss Ina
Mes. Meda Grace
Sportmbure County
Martha Jones
Marietta
R. Lewis
Praters Creek
Bessie Boys
Addie L. Boggs
Clarence King of
J. T. Taylor
J. A. Roper
S. H. Craig
Frank Ferguson
Honea Path
Emma Herd
R. F. Herd
Charlie Brooks
J. M. Gillespie
Wyatt Jennings
Columbia
J. C. Jennings
O. T. Hinton
Prysae Dietrick
W. Gines Worers
Willies
Methodist
Pickens Hardware and Grocery
W. R. Cantrell
Transylvania County
M. B. Cantrell
J. Med. Cantrell
Brevard Hospital
University of South Carolina
University of New York
New York City
W. C. Mann
Joseph Horowitz
Mr. Mann
A. D. Mann
Oolenoy News
Ci Newsy
Mrs. Ora Mauldin
John Craig
Pickens Presbyterian Church
Ernest Alexander
Ann Street
IE. Yongue
SOY Club
Work EN
Midlier
Counbry
Pickens County
Tris Avil
Theo Ibe
Tye
Overy Chil Boy
Qolenoy Voys Club
Charley Dale
Car Lynch
Choir Deleph Gy
Molver Capo
Clyde Porter
M. Williams
Witter Williams
Donn Wlrod
UO. C
Louie Crow
John Mathis
Mountain View Church
Liberty Local News
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Perry Durham
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