Letter to Pershing on Aide De Camp Name Change
A reader in Gaffney Cherokee County laments news that an old aide de camp of General Pershing has altered his name from Ed TH DeCamp to an updated form. The writer recalls DeCamp’s career with the Gaffney Ledger and Grit & Steel, his work as publicist and promoter, and his acquisition of a Ford. The note expresses personal sorrow at the change and loss of a familiar spelling.
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John J. Pershing
France
Gaffney Ledger
Grit & Steel
Poster &E
Gaffney
Cherokee County F. C
Ford
Geesu
Afrard
Mexico
Willy
Villy
Aide de Camp
Ed H. DeCamp
Belgium
Aide de
Cole Blease
Nat Dial
Palmetto State
S.C
Ben Tillman
Ben
Washington
Pickens Co
Sentinel
Okeh
Letter on spelling changes and wartime plots from Pickens county resident
Pierce F. McCall writes from Camp Miller near Long Island detailing a personal note about Ed H. DeCamp changing his spelling to resemble Willy and suggesting a prank involving disguises and soldiers. He references The Sentinel newspaper and the 82nd Infantry, while touching on politics in South Carolina and wartime sentiments as Belgium suffers and the U S prepares for action. He closes with patriotism and hopes to return home to Pickens County.
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Co. C
Long Island, N.Y
Message from Cicero Scipio Pluto Smith about war mood and poker note
A wartime letter discusses victory and enemy fears, mentions Ed De Camp and trickery, praises swift victory and prohibition sentiment, and adds a postscript about hosting a poker social game at a tent with cautionary eyes kept on guests.
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Hire Spood
Vine Sentinel
Andy Lowever
Ed de Camp
Willy
Cickens
Cicero Scipio Pluto Smith
P. S
N. B
Pickens County Boys Under the Flag
A brief note from Liberty urging support for local youth, recalling a 24 hour trip to New York City and describing Coney Island with blunt moral observations, contrasting city vice with Liberty life and mentioning a longing for home and family.
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Pickens County
Pickens
Liberty
Notice to Old Soldiers of Pickens County
Surviving Confederate Soldiers and Sailors are urged to meet at their township elections on the first Saturday in August 1918 by ballot to elect a representative without a state pension to Pickens courthouse on the first Monday in September 1918. They will choose a County Pension Board for the following year.
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Pickens County
Pickens Court House
B. C. Johnson
Pension Board of
War Savings Stamp Slogan Promotes Soldier Support
A wartime slogan explains that every dollar lent to the United States through War Savings Stamps funds equipment and services for soldiers, highlighting how public purchases directly aid the armed forces.
Pickens County Man Offers Pups For Pigs Swap
A Pickens county resident advertises a trade offering a pair of dogs in exchange for a pair of pigs. The notice does not state any boot or price requirements.
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Anderson Daily Mail
Pickens
Slogan bids heat Laurens Senate race in Tugaloo Sentinal
A fragment from the Laurens political scene cites rival slogans shoving the lever as a campaign idea. The note references a U S Senate race with a tone of local contest and candidate messaging.
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Tugaloo Tribune
Laurens
Pickens Sentinel
United States Senate
Best In The World Gaffney Ledger Excerpt
A short paragraph from The Pickens Sentinel is quoted praising a quiet homemaker. It notes Gary Hiatt married to an amiable woman who makes pudding in silence, contrasted with a tart reply. The piece comments on demeanor and domestic virtue without broader context.
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Gaffney Ledger
Gary Hiatt
The
Pickens Sentinel
Family of Nditor Hiatt Visitation Mentioned in NC
The Pickens Sentinel notes the Hiatt family is visiting North Carolina which may explain his bold action. A young lady remarks casually about it as she styles her corset, calling it merely a matter of form.
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Greenville News
Pickens Sentinel
Nditor Hiatt
North Carolina
South Carolina press group meets on September 15
A note from the Spartanburg Journal indicates the South Carolina Press association will convene September 15. It adds that Col. Rion McKissick of the Greenville News and Gary Hiatt of The Pickens Sentinel may have to travel to Baltimore around September 12 for a business matter.
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Spartanburg Journal
South Carolina Press Association
Col. Rion McKissick
Greenville News
Gary Hiatt
The
Pickens Sentinel
Baltimore
Stale jokes and friendly quips from old newspapers
A compressed fragment note from the Greenville Piedmont and Spartanburg Journal shows columns praising friends and humor. It mentions William Powers and Timothy Wrenn as constant laughers and old John Digh Ile as never lying, reflecting a era’s light verse in public notices.
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William Powers
Greenville Piedmont
Timothy Wrenn
Iere
Spartanburg Journal
Old John Digh Ile
Millers Certificates Offered by The Sentinel
The Sentinel offices offer Millers Certificates at 40 cents per hundred with mail orders adding 5 cents per hundred for postage. This compact notice explains pricing and mailing charges for buyers seeking bulk certificates.
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Sentinel Office
Registration Totals Show Fewer Voters Than 1916
Pickens county reports 2665 registered voters this year versus 2761 cast in 1916. Excludes Easley Mill Norris Loop er s Gin Liberty Central Calhoun and Pleasant Grove precincts, whose rolls not yet received by the county chairman.
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Pickens County
Easley Mill
Norris
Looper’s Gin
Liberty
Central
Calhoun
Pleasant Grove
South Carolina Takes the Offensive in War Savings Drive
P M Rea, vice-director of War Savings, reports South Carolina nears a 15 million dollar June W S 9 3 campaign total. The drive has mobilized hundreds of thousands to pledge savings bonds, with support from press, pulpit, and public forums to sustain war financing through December.
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P. M. Rea
War Savings
South Carolina
Palmetto State
South Cérelina
Alétbr
Men’s Straw Hat Special Clearance
We are clearing out all men’s straw hats with about 150 left. Prices range from 98 cents to $2.00, and hats can be bought for 25 cents while supplies last. Find your size today.
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Palm Beach
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Wever
Greenwood Index
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Godman
Carhart
Iron King
New Home
Chase City
Summers
Mitchell
America
Clarence Poe
Bolt’s Department Store
Aes
RFA Arpes
Delmar
Edwin L. Bolt & Company
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