War rumors and battles color European crisis reports
Reports from London and Paris describe Greece Italy and AustriaHungary in flux as belligerents fear a separate peace while Russian advances in the Carpathians tighten pressure. Battleships submarines and protests sweep through alliances as officials seek peace terms amid growing war weariness.
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Greece
Italy
Austria
London
Paris
Germany
Carpathians
William
Nicholas
George
Franz Josef
Poincare
Carpathian
Rome
Serbia
Athens
Ferdinand
Luigi Parodi
Baltimore
Naples
Turkey
Servia
Peter
Mt. Hartmanns-Weiler
Galicia
Beskid
Labor lockout threats loom as Chicago contractors strike
The city's building contractors declare a lockout against unions tolerating wage agreement lapses. Mayor elect Thompson faces a possible general labor strike threatening the new government. Huerta may land in New York with followers amid plans for a Mexican uprising while Governor Rye of Tennessee faces political criticism. A German auxiliary cruiser opts to intern at Newport News and an Atlantic gale endangers ships including the Prins Maurits off Cape Hatteras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Safety First Federation
Electric Public Service
Georgia
Vera Cruz
Wheeling
James H. Cassidy
Cleveland
Pittsburg Coal Company
Donn M. Roberts
Tever Haute
Ind
Indianapolis
Roberts
Indiana
Chicago
Henry Hale Thompson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Carter H. Harrison
Sweitzer
Thompson
Newport News
Elect Thompson
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
Madero
Wilson
Virginia Capes
Atlantic
Clyde Line
Prins Maurits
New York
West Indies
Cape Hatteras
Unpaid Tax Receipts Trigger Executions in County
Tax records show 499 unpaid receipts when books closed March 81 1915. Executions were issued accordingly. By 1918 the number rose to 575 and continued rising into the following year.
South Gorde hha to meet at Chick Springs
The South Gorde hha press association plans a meeting at Chick Springs on June 98 29 90.
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South Gorde
Te Press Association
Chick Springs
International Tensions and Mexican Civil War Updates
The note to Germany is read in the Reichstag and called evasive with the U S neutrality charged by the German war party now in control. Pinchot is ordered to quit Belgium amid Belgian relief work due to his sister married to a former British minister. Villa Zapata forces seize Mexico City while Obregon defeats Villa near Celaya Irapuato. Pekin reports Japan China treaty talks move toward compromise as demands ease and conference nears end.
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Germany
Reichstag
United States
National Assembly
Wilson
Congress
England
France
Belgium
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
Taft
Pinchot
State Department
Allan Johnstone
Brussels
Berlin
Whitlock
Villa-Zapata
Mexico City
General Villa
Washington
Carranza
Obregon
Villa“apatau
Isoneisco Villa
Celaya
Irapuato
Villa
Obrekon
Pekin
Tei
Pickens High School Dominates County Track Meet
Pickens high school sweeps the county track meet at Easley mill ball park amassing 644 points while Easley Central and Dacusville trail with 9 points each. Seaborn of Pickens dominates with five wins and 26 points as Pickens wins nine of ten events and earns the trophy cup for a second straight year.
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Pickens
Easley Mill Ball Park
Easley
Central
Dacusville
Six Mile
Roanoke
Liberty
Easley and Pickens
Seaborn
Brannan
Cobb
Curtis
Hester
O'Dell
Jones
Boggs
Fickens
Looper
Evans
Algood
Brannon
Herd
Anderson
Bivens
Watkins
Mann
Smith
Aiken
Riggins
Columbia
Coke Seaborn
Pleasant Grove News Highlights Local Farm Activity and Life
Farmers start planting corn and cotton as warm weather returns. Mr King nears completion on a Saluda river bridge that will aid the community. William Harden suffers a stroke and remains confined, with Dr Stroud hopeful for recovery. A March 18 marriage unites John Moody and Jamie McJunkin near Marietta route 2. Rev J I Foster led services with Prof R Hallum and daughter from Pickens visiting for mission talks and a collection. Births report a girl to Dennis McJunkin and a boy to West K Henburg. The Pleasant Grove choir to meet Peters Creek on the fifth Sunday in May.
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King
Saluda River
William Harden
Stroud
James McJunkin
George R. Mayfield
N. P
John Moody
Marietta
Jamie McJunkin
J. I. Foster
Pleasant Grove
R., Hallum
Pickens
Hallum
Brother Foster
Brother Hallum
Dennis McJunkin
West
Khenburg
Peters Creek
Farmers Busy on Route Three
The writer reports corn planting starting soon with no cotton seed yet. Weather has improved since bad conditions, fields look fertile, and fall-sown grain is reviving. Mentions spring signs, local visits by Robert Welborn, Will Thomas, and George S. Welborn. Notes sale of late John T. Lewis property brought fair prices.
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Mr. Winter
Miss Spring
Whipperwill
Wild Goose
Little Son
Six Mile Baptist Academy Nears Graduation
The fifth session of Six Mile Baptist Academy closes soon with five graduates—two girls and three boys. An April 20 start for commencement includes plays, lectures, debates, music, contests, and a graduation ceremony under Prof. 5. I. Garner. Admission is small. rest of program free.
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Six Mile Baptist Academy
Garner
Minerva
W. EK. Wilkins
T. BE. Durham
Singing Convention at Smith's Grove Baptist Church
The Liberty Township Singing Convention meets at Smith's Grove Baptist Church two miles east of Liberty on the third Sunday in April 1915. All invited to bring songbooks and plenty to eat for a good time. C E K Rooges, Secretary and Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Township
Smith’s Grove Baptist Church
Liberty
C. EK. Roogres
Secvand Treas
Letter From Texas The Pickens Sentinel
Farmer notes show corn planted but cold weather hinders growth. Small grain looks good and biscuit prospects improved. Last year grain crops were fine with wagons of wheat to mills. Cotton acreage halved this year as farmers switch to wheat oats corn kafir corn maize and peanuts. Peanuts feed hogs. hogs shipped from area fattened on them. Fruit outlook limited by a late cold winter. Dated Doublin Texas March 29, J Wenest Rero encloses 1 for another year.
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The
Pickens Sentinel
Biscuit
Sentinel
J. Wenest
Deaths Amanda Jameson McE Adams
Mrs Amanda Jameson McE Adams died Sunday April 11 at her son Tom O Jameson home near Easley. Burial 2 o'clock at Jameson burying ground with Rev D W Hiatt officiating. In her 80th year she was Baptist 60 years. Maiden Amanda Orr. First husband Carroll Jameson two sons Tom O and John C survive. Second husband McAdams two sons George McAdams Texas and Mason B McAdams Oklahoma survive. Sympathy extended to relatives.
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Amanda Jameson Mce- Adams
Tom
O. Jameson
Easley
Jameson Burying Ground
D. W. Hiatt
Baptist Church
Amanda Orr
Carroll Jameson
Tom O
John C
West
Mce Adams
George McAdams
Texas
Mason B. McAdams
Oklahoma
Funeral of Mrs. R. C. Louis Held Near Easley
Rev. D W Hiatt conducted the funeral for Mrs. R C Louis six miles below Easley at 4 30. She was 67 and survived by a husband and two children. Her mother Mrs Turner, 80, wept at the grave. Interment followed at the Garrison burying ground in Grove Station, Greenville County, on Tuesday.
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D. W. Hiatt
R. C. Louis
Easley
Clemson Dairy Instruction Car Tour via Southern Railway
Clemson college experts will conduct practical demonstrations in dairying and poultry across six counties using a dairy instruction car loaned by Southern railway. The tour runs April 14 to April 24 from Anderson to Rock Hill with stops at Liberty and Easley among others, featuring lectures by dairy and poultry specialists and invitations to farmers and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
Southern Railway
Extension Division
Clemson
Anderson
Rock Hill
Co-Operative Creamery
Liberty
Easley
Guard J C Robins Shot Chasees Fugitive Near Pinewood
J C Robins, 88 and longtime electrocutioner at South Carolina state prison, was shot from his horse Friday night while pursuing fugitive Joel Green near Pinewood Clarendon County. Green killed two bloodhounds, fled to a swamp where a posse killed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Robins
South Carolina State Penitentiary
Joel Green
Pinewood
Clarendon County
Robbins
Anderson County
Missionary Rally At Easley First Baptist Church
Easley First Baptist hosted a missionary rally on Monday night with Rev. C. S. Blackburn of Greer and Rev. Edward Reeves of Honea Path as speakers. Blackburn urged pressing the world to accept the gospel amid shifting centers like St Peters burg Tokyo Buenos Aires Calcutta, while Reeves urged broader home mission funding and stewardship to mobilize 37 percent of Southland’s population. The event closed with a song by Blackburn.
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Easley First Baptist Church
C. S. Blackburn
Greer
Edward S. Reeves
Honea Path
Mr. Blackburn
St. Petersburg
Tokyo
Buenos Aires
Calcutta
Mr. Reeves
Southland
Army of the Cross
House of the Lord
Lord
God
Birthday Dinner Gratitude From Six Mile Community
Pastor Murphree thanks Six Mile friends and others for a grand birthday dinner on April 1. About forty to fifty brethren and sisters gathered at his home, filling the yard with a celebratory alms and good wishes as he passed the 47th milepost in life.
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Six Mile
Murpiuricn
Pickens Township Singing Convention Plans All Day Event
The Pickens Township Singing Convention meets at Pickens Mill Church on the fourth Sunday at two o clock in the afternoon. Leaders from the township and county are invited to attend. An all day singing is planned for the fourth Sunday in May with confirmations sought at the mill on the current fourth Sunday. RR IL Hexperson, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens Township
Pickens Mill
Hexperson
Tax Levy For Pickens County 1915 Mills
Pickens County adopts a total levy of 224 mills for 1915, including 7 for state purposes 8 for constitutional school tax 114 for ordinary county purposes and 1 for Confederate soldiers pensions. This rate is the highest in the state with Kershaw County reporting 20.4 mills as second highest.
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Kershaw
Wedding greeting payment note to editor in 1916
A subscriber, Mrs. Marvin Galloway, sends one dollar for The Sentinel until April 1, 1916 and offers warm wishes to the editor and his bride for happiness in this world and a home in heaven after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Marvin Galloway
Victoriano Huerta Arrives in New York After Pledging Neutrality
Victoriano Huerta former provisional Mexican president, who has lived in Spain for nearly a year, arrived in New York on Monday. He was admitted to the United States after swearing he would take no action to jeopardize U S neutrality.
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Victoriano Vuerta
Mexico
Spain
New York
United States
Psalm 23 Study on the Lord as Shepherd and Guide
The lesson explains Psalm 23 as David's shepherding metaphor with Jehovah as the shepherd. It traces verses on rest, guidance, renewal, and protection, and notes the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the promise of eternal fellowship with God through Jesus, the Chief Shepherd.
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David
Israel
Jehovah
Jesus
Palestine
Ile
Bunyan
Payid
Saul
Christ
Tim
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Jack Johnson
Stars and Stripes
Democratic Party
Redfield
Daniels
Navy
Margaret Wilson
White House
United States Supreme Court
Florida
Justice Day
Pleasant Grove News
Pickens Co
Pastor Murphree
Singing
Pickens County
International Sunday School
Lesson
Cy BH. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Lusson
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