Bankhead Highway Group Organized in Pickens County
A mass meeting in Liberty school auditorium formed the Bankhead Highway Association to back the U S government project routing the Bankhead military road west from Washington D C to Los Angeles. Officers elected were T M Norris president E Bush vice president and L H Smith secretary treasurer. Delegates to Birmingham survey and Spartanburg meeting were chosen as the group builds county representation and new members bring total to over 235.
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Liberty Organization
Pickens County
Liberty School
Bankhead
United States
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
California
Maj. Robertson
Slattery
Greenville
T. M. Norris
Central
E. Bush
Liberty
L. H. Smith
Easley
Birmingham
G. H. Abernethy
W. M. Long
Ross O'Dell
C. L. Cureton
R. G. Gaines
Gang Anderson
W. M. Hagood
C. C. Burroughs
W. M. Riggs
D. W. Daniel
J. L. Bolt
L. C. Posey
Ralph Ramseur
Piedmont Bankhead Highway Association
Spartanburg
T. M., Norris
P. C. Cartee
Gary Hiatt
Piedmont
Norris
Railroad
Ensley
Insect Powder in Handy Bellows Box at Keowee Pharmacy
Keowee Pharmacy lists El Vampiro Insect Powder in a handy bellows box priced at 10e. The same store suggests Nyal's Corn Remover for corn issues.
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el Vampiro
Keowee Pharmacy
Nyal
Community notes from Keowee and nearby towns
Central Route farmers stay busy with favorable warm days while rains caused delays. Infant Zennie Mae Haynes grows better after dangerous illness. Keowee Sunday school elected C F Childress as superintendent and J F Steele as secretary. Local visits include Mauldins, Nimmons, and Childress families.
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Zennie Mae
Grover Haynes
W. H. Mauldin
E. D. Mauldin
Seneca
Edd Nimmons
Oconee
J. C. Stewart
Keowee
C. FE. Childress
J. F. Steele
C. M. Steele
B D. Mauldin
Stringfield
Greenville
B. I. Alexander
Woodruff
Pickens School News Highlights PTA Meeting and Contests
The Pickens PTA met Wednesday afternoon with Miss Grandy and Miss Baker reporting equal parent attendance. County demonstration agent Elizabeth Mauldin and state home demonstrator Dora Dee Walker spoke Friday. Piedmont contests at Greenville saw Pickens take third in athletics and Harrison Rdens place fourth in the oratorical at Clinton. Rosamond Lynn joins ninth grade. Ella Lewis visited. volunteers urged to help plant seeds and bulbs after school Thursday.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Harrison Rdens
Presbyterian College, Clinton
Missionary visits planned across Pickens County in May
Reverend John T. Mann and his wife, both blind evangelists, will tour Pickens County in May. They list Sunday appointments at Norris Baptist Church Camp Creek Cateechee Alice Mills Smiths Grove Pickens Mill Mountain View Secona Cross Roads Georges Creek Glenwood and First Baptist Pickens with times. Contact Nasley or Belton South Carolina to adjust or arrange additional meetings.
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John T. Mann
Pickens County
Norris Baptist Church
Camp Creek
Cateechee
Alice Mills
Smiths Grove
Pickens Mill
Mountain View
Secona
First Baptist Church
Pickens
Cross Roads
Georges Creek
Glenwood
Bro
Mann
Nasley
Bro. Mann
Belton
S. C
Keowee Pharmacy Sells Colored Powders 26 Cents Each
Keowee Pharmacy advertises High Brown Cold Cream Face Powder and Hair Dressing Talcum Powder made especially for colored people at 26 cents each.
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Keowee Pharmacy
Pickens County Preparedness Meeting in Pickens SC
Governor Manning forms civic preparedness for war to exhort unity and food production. A mass meeting will be held at Pickens court house on Saturday April 21 at 11 AM with speakers Ex-Gov Martin F Ansel and Rev W H Mills. Committees named: Farmers Bankers Ladies Ministers.
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South Carolina
Manning
Pickens County
Court House
Martin If’. Ansel
W. H. Mills
Clemson
U. S
Teachers’ Association
Easley
John E. White
Anderson
Thompson
Winthrop College
T. H. Campbell
Hasley School
Go to Church Campaign Urges Faith in Hard Times
A religious appeal stresses thanking God for health and urging attendance at church. It argues churchgoing steadies moral and financial crises and promotes a grateful, faithful life, urging readers to join the Go to Church movement and attend next Sunday services.
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Risligion
Churcil
Pickens County News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Pickens County items report a blue carrier pigeon found near Jocassee post office with a silver leg band, a Norris woman Mrs. J C Garrett passing, and the Martin graded school closing events at Laurens society led by Principal B G Field. Other items include Roy Mosley wounded in El Paso, Bankhead highway meeting in Central, county teachers meeting at Easley, a marriage in Six Mile, and local war enlistment policy notices.
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Keowee River
Jocassee
J. R. Mosley
J. C. Garrett
Norris
City
Anderson
Six Mile
Martin Graded School
Laurens Literary Society
B. G. Field
Pearl Murphy
Sadie Nealy
Harris-Kelly Wedding Announcement
Mr. T. D. Harris requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter Nora Gertrude Harris to Mr. Samuel Clements Kelly. The ceremony will be Wednesday April 26, 1917 at Grace Methodist Church Necards.
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M. F. Hester
Claude Bagwell
Seaborn Bagwell
Six Mile High School
Anne Porter
Dock Porter
Twelve Mile
Pickens County
Seaborn Bagwell's
M. F. Sester
N. P
T. D. Harris
Nora Gertrude
Samuel Clements Kelly
Grace Methodist Church
Necards
Easley Elects Officials and Approves 70000 for Sewage and Paving
By a five to one vote Easley residents approved 25000 for paving streets and sidewalks and 20000 for a sewerage system, totaling 70000 with property owners paying an equal share. J M King won the mayoral race over A A Burgess and R G Sheck, while Is L Hamilton W R Wyatt P P McDaniel Sam T Smith filled the alderman seats and W M Hagood was re elected commissioner of public works.
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Easley
J.M. King
A. A. Burgess
R.G. Sheck
Is. L. Hamilton
W. R. Wyatt
P. P. McDaniel
Sam T. Smith
W. M. Hagood
Allen Mauldin Dead
Allen Mauldin of Easley died at his home Monday age 70 after a sudden paralysis set in hours earlier. A Confederate veteran and extensive Easley property owner, he was respected by many. he leaves a wife and four children.
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Perry Masters
Table Rock
Greenville
Greenville County
Vernon Corbin
John Abner Masters
Jordan Masters
Corbin
Bond
Allen Mauldin
Easley
Union Meeting Program for Pickens Association 1917
The Pickens association plans a two day union meeting at Pickens Mill Church on April 28 29 1917 with appointments including sermons enrollment of delegates and discussions on faith and Christian living led by A M Simmons C B K Robinson J T Abercrombie and J N Jewell Also a Sunday service featuring address by I Lawton and a call for all churches to send delegates
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Pickens Association
Pickens Mill Church
B. G. Fields
James
A. M. Simmons
Christian Ag
C. BK. Robinson
Matt
J. T. Abercrombie
J. N. Jewell
R. J. Henderson
Greenville Pleasure Trip With Young Guests
Mr Noah Merek Miss Lettie Willimon Clayton Arnold Miss Alma Chapman Homer Willimon and Miss Bessie Chapman visited Greenville on Saturday March 31 for a relatives visit. They dined with Mr and Mrs Carl Poole, attended a theatre, then returned home.
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Noah Merek
Lettie Willimon
Clayton Arnold
Alma Chapman
Homer Willimon
Bessie Chapman
Greenville
Grand City
Carl Poole
Want Military Company in Pickens Co
Young men urged to join a Pickens county military company with headquarters in Massey as South Carolina faces a larger national draft. About twenty five men have pledged, with night drilling planned to avoid conflicts, and recruitment points at Easley Bank and Snider's Jewelry Store.
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Massey
Pickens County
South Carolina
W. Cc. Smith
Easley Bank
R, BR. Johnson
Snider’s Jewelry Store
P. B. Ropinson
Mayflower Talcum Promoted as Toilet Luxury
Mayflower Talcum, touted as the newest toilet luxury, appears in Keowee Pharmacy offerings with curious branding labeled 25e. The brief notice highlights a product placement in a pharmacy display.
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Keowee Pharmacy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bankhead Highway Association
Central Route
Pickens School News
Rosamond Lynn
Ella Lewis
Annie Gravley
John I. Mann
Commission
Wilson
Farmers
W. H. Chastain
W. E. Findley
R. F. Lenhardt
James K. Latham
B. H. Williams
W. T. O'Dell
EP. McCravey
Bankers’ Committee
J. McD. Bruce
J. C. Cavey
Lloyd H. Smith
W. C. Smith
W. H. Chapman
Elizabeth Mauldin
Elinor Knight
W. L. Boggs
J. H. Brown
T. J. Mauldin
R. I. Smith
E. J. Sledges
D. W. Hiatt
J. C. Bailey
T. R. Allen
Roy
U. S. Army
el Paso
Texas
Villa
T. M Norris
C. G. Rowland
Jennings
Army
Savannah
War Department
National Guard
J. Goodlet Thornton
Miriam Holliday
Wilmington
N. C
Thornton
Wilmington Savings & Trust Cours
Harris
Kelly
Want Military Company
Pickens Co
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