Liberty Town Shows Steady Growth Across Decade
Liberty, Pickens county, grew from 368 residents in 1900 to 1 705 nationally, with current estimates near 2 000. The town hosts two churches, a $57 000 new school, a 75 ton daily capacity fertilizer plant, an ice mill and several businesses despite past economic lows. Mayor H M Chapman leads a broad supporter base as growth continues.
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Liberty
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
Pacific
J. W W. Bannister
Liberty Bank
Pickens
Bannister
Liberty Street
Baptist
Presbyterian
Franklin Guano Company
Greenville
Atlanta
Sam
H. M. Chapman
New Pickens North Carolina Line Highway Opens Progress
Pickens County celebrates a new 22 mile road to the North Carolina line through the Blue Ridge mountains at Eastatoe gap with a gentle grade of under five percent. The Pickens North Carolina line highway will link Pickens with Urevard and Transylvania County and draw Western North Carolina travelers away from Greenville and Spartanburg routes. 85 miles of topsoil roads exist in Pickens County including a Saluda River to Oconee County stretch and a Easley to Price’s Store span of nearly 18 miles.
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Pickens County
Blue Ridge Mountains
Pickens
North Carolina Line
State Highway Department
Pickens-North Carolina Line
Urevard
Transylvania County
North Carolina
Blue Ridgr Mountains
Eastatoe
Prade
J.T. MccKinney
Greenville
Spartanburg
McKinney
Southern Railway
Saluda River
Oconee County
Easley
Price’s
Thompson Miller Nuptials Set at Hampton Avenue Parsonage
Miss Fay Alice Thompson became the bride of Mr. Joe L. Miller on Tuesday afternoon August 2 at 4 30 at the Hampton Avenue Methodist parsonage. The couple plans a home in Greenville after August 15 following a wedding trip to New York and Atlantic City.
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Hampton Avenue Methodist Parsonage
Georgia
Greenville
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
New York
Atlantic City
Greenville News
Conference brings 500 attend in Blue Ridge gathering
Five hundred registrants attended the Southern Industrial conference at Blue Ridge North Carolina, a three day session ending last Sunday night. Leaders included Towson of New York Clark of Charlotte Leitch Hatch Greer Dixon Robinson Sherard McWane Clark Kerr Tate Stoves and others with Easley delegates L L Lackey N E Smith and Roy R Smith.
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Southern Industrial Conference
Blue Ridge
N. C
Chas. R. Towson
New York
David Clark
Charlotte
John Leitch
Hatch
Greenville
S. C
B. E. Greer
Arthur M. Dixon
Gastonia
N. E. Smith
Roy R. Smith
Blue Ridge Association
Southern College of the Young Men's Christian Asociations
Industrial Conference
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Thompson-Miller
Pickens and
Anderson Counties
BOLTS
Bolt’s
HS PR
Amoskeag
Aeliae Cerconena Pt Totp Oe i
J. & P. Coats
Bolt
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