State Law Goes Into Effect In Early January
Peral Statens law, signed September 1, becomes active January 1. Local registrars in about 200 towns in the state not yet appointed. Birth and death certificates must be filed within ten days by attending physician or parent. Local registrars receive 25 cents per certificate. state registrar to send originals monthly. John F. Harris appointed registrar. violations carry fines up to 100 dollars or imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames A. Hayne
J. D
Istrar
Ohn F. Harris
Pilgrim Stansell Marriage Noted Amid Community Praise
A note from the Pra Creek area records the marriage of Homer A Stansell to Miss le Pilgrim at Bab i J Alonzo pet residence. Stansell, a missing young farmer, is cited as ill in the community while Sallie Pilgrim, eldest daughter of Joel Pilgrim, receives wide congratulations from many friends in the district.
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Beried
Whittaker and Fowler Tie the Knot in Hasley Home
Eth Elizabeth Whittaker and Henry Fowler marry at the Whittaker home near Hasley on December 23 with Rev. H A Ellery officiating. The couple will reside in Anderson County.
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Farried
Hasley
Dober
e'Sarents
N Whittaker
Eth Rizabeth Whittaker
N Henry Fowler
H. A.elley
Whittaker
Anderson County
Bride and Groom Wed in Anderson County Ceremony
E. Holder and Miss Eu Palmer were married in a ceremony in Anderson County. Reverend B. Atkinson officiated. The couple plans to settle in Pickens County and begin a happy life together.
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Ae Howlé
The
Bride’s Pats
Anderson County
E. Holder
EU Palmer
Pickens County
Rev. B.atkinson
Card of Thanks to Friends and George Barrett
Mr and Mrs Craw A Mann express gratitude to friends and relatives for kindness during their affliction. They thank George Barrett and his household for the Christmas food and icing, and wish blessings and comfort for all in trouble, citing the Christ saying about aiding the least among us.
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George Barrett
Mrs. Craw- A Mann
Card of condolence for Camp No. 585 member J. M. Childress
A 0. Ws extends sympathy on the death of J. M. Childress. The note expresses sincere condolences and asks for strength to endure the loss.
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J. M. Childress
Fertilizer Guidance Urges Efficient Use Amid Low Cotton Prices
Clemson College expert Prof. J N Harper outlines nitrogen as essential for South Carolina soils and promotes nitrogen sources like nitrate of soda and cotton seed meal. He advises reduced fertilizer use due to cheap cotton and notes acid phosphate’s value, with region-specific application plans for Piedmont and coastal plains.
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Clemson College
J. N. Harper
South Carolina
Harper
Germany
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Six Hundred Men Perish in Formidable Disaster
The Daily Chronicle reports that the battleship Formidable was torpedoed fore and aft and sank almost immediately in the English Channel. About 600 men were aboard and presumed lost while 150 survivors were rescued by the trawler Providence and other boats near Dartmouth. A light cruiser saved 80 and a destroyer 70. eight sailors were among the rescued. The Admiralty has not confirmed location or cause, but a submarine attack is suspected.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Chronicle
Brixham
Providence
Dartmouth
English Channel
Prediction of End of War Foretold at Elysee Palace
President Poincare told foreign diplomats at the Elysee Palace New Year’s reception that 1915 would bring a beneficent peace. Sir Francis Bertie noted the delegates included representatives of nations allied with France and others under neutrality’s duties. American Ambassador Sharp attended with three former ministers aiding the embassy.
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Paris
Poincare
Palace of the Elysee
Francis Bertie
Francis
France
Sharp
John W. Garrett
H. Percival Dodge
John G. Coolidge
Germans Lose St Georges Amid Heavy Shelling In Flanders
London reports fighting in Flanders and northern France centered on artillery fire with a German claim of routing a British trench at Bethune and the loss of St Georges near the Belgian coast, not retaken due to high water. The Argonne sees limited German gains, while France asserts progress in upper Alsace.
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London
Flanders
France
Bethune
St. Georges
Berlin
Argonne
Alsace
Wilson Names Three Candidates for Federal Trade Commission
President Wilson is reported to have tentatively chosen three nominees for the federal trade commission. The picks are Joseph E. Davies Edward N. Hurley and George Foster Peabody all Democrats. Two more members remain to be selected with final party balance reflecting the new law.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Joseph E. Davies
Edward N. Hurley
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
George Foster Peabody
New York
Belgrade Bombarded by Austrian Monitors as Frontline Tensions Rise
Reports from Sofia said four Austrian monitors bombarded Belgrade with minor damage this week. Official denials followed a clash along the Servian Bulgarian frontier. Servian guards reportedly arrested inhabitants attempting to leave for military service.
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Belgrade
Sofia
Bulgaria
Baganwzanz
Wilson note stirs England amid US warning
London reports a United States note from President Wilson causing a major sensation in Britain. Papers front pages spread the text as placards and headlines focus on potential friction, though officials say the move was in a friendly spirit. The note surpasses even war news in immediate impact.
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Wilson
England
London
Transvaal Republic
Delagoa Bay
Veto Looms Over Immigration Bill With Literacy Test
After New Year recess Congress considers an immigration bill in the senate with the literacy test retained. White House signals a potential Wilson veto if the bill remains unchanged. A historic line repeats as Taft and Cleveland previously vetoed similar measures. Senate votes 47 to 12 against eliminating the literacy test.
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White House
Wilson
Senate
Taft
Cleveland
Washington
Congress
House
Repass
Wilson Pushes His Program at Washington
President Wilson expects passage of his legislative agenda this session including shipping, Philippine, conservation and appropriation bills without an extra session. He notes other measures face predictions of failure while forecasting government income to exceed expenditures in the fiscal year and says he takes no personal part in the immigration bill dispute.
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Wilson
Washington
Bills to Create Tariff Board Introduced in Congress
Representative Mann of Illinois and Moss of Indiana introduced tariffs board proposals. The measures are practically identical. Norman E. Mack, former Democratic national committee chairman, advocated that Democrats should create a tariff commission to depoliticize tariff decisions.
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Washington
Representative Mann
Illinois
Moss
Indiana
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
House
Congressional Tariff Commission
Dunkirk Bomb Raid Kills Fifteen as German Planes Bomb City
Four German aeroplanes bombed Dunkirk, causing dense smoke and widespread destruction. Fifteen people died and thirty-two were wounded, including a child with an arm blown off and an elderly woman killed. Buildings across the city and suburbs were wrecked as rifle fire and explosions spread for about thirty minutes.
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London
Dunkirk
Rosendaell
Coudekerque
Furnes
Belgians Protest Seizure of Private Goods in Occupation
The Belgian minister denounces German requisitioning of private property valued at about 57,000,000 francs including cotton, rubber, woolen, copper, and canned goods across Antwerp Ghent Charleroi Duffel Malines. He cites Hague Fourth Convention protections and warns the measures ruin Belgian industry. The notice appears alongside local items from Rexie and state-wide prohibition petition motions.
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Washington
Man
Belgium
Germany
Antwerp
Ghent
Charleroi
the Hague
Senate Committee Backs Government Ship Purchase Bill
Washington reports the senate commerce committee endorsed the government ship purchase bill in strong terms. The report cites increased ocean transportation rates and reduced tonnage since the war began and argues passage would alleviate the crisis, backed by remarks from Secretaries McAdoo and Redfield.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Fletcher
McAdoo
France and New Fleets to Invade Germany War Claim
Mexican aviator Pedro Chapa arrived aboard the Carpathia claiming France is building two large fleets of armored biplanes and monoplanes armed with cannons bombs and darts for a spring invasion of Germany. He said hundreds of planes will be ready to cross the German frontier after winter.
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New York
France
Germany
Pedro Chapa
Europe
Chapa
Governor Grants Fifty Five Pardons in South Carolina
Governor Blease granted clemency to fifty five state prisoners in Columbia. Of these, twenty eight were serving terms for homicide and seventeen were originally sentenced to life imprisonment. The list includes sixteen full pardons twenty four paroles and fifteen commutations. The release reduces the state prison population to 149 across the penitentiary farms and county camps. Governor Blease has exercised clemency to one thousand five hundred forty four in total.
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Columbia
S. C
Blease
Biease
Cross Roads Christmas Quiet. Local School Activities noted
News of Cross Roads Christmas passes with a quiet tone. Maynard school opens with Miss Nettie Newton as teacher. Local residents visit family, travel to Greenville and Spencer, and an illness reports.
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Maynard
Christmas Gathering at the Goudlelock Home
A Dec 27 Christmas gathering at Mr. WM N Goudlelock’s home includes Mrs. Lizzie Goudleback and guests from Six Mile Liberty route 3 and Dickens route 2. Attendees report good cheer and recoveries from illness affect many, with neighbors visiting Piedmont and Asheville relatives during holiday season.
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WM. N. Goudlelock
Goudlelock
Lizzie
Brown Goudleback
Perry Durham
Eegla
Six Mile
Lee Gassaway
Coda Reid
P. C. Robertson
Eunice
Enid
Liberty
Julius Bolding
Dickens
Patrick Shirley
W. F. Shirley
Seaborn Pilgrim
Piedmont
Eugene Lewis
Salem
Clayton Lewis
J. P. Smith
Nina Griffin
Normal Industrial College
Asheville
Nea Central
Bunch
Aeoous tops pdead in £220 clash
Aeoous defeated pdead in a £220 contest as Jour and wife were involved in a stove related incident.
Six Mile Notes On Prices Prizes And People
From Six Mile the farmer community reports cotton prices at three pence per pound and notes that a ton won t cover costs. D Mann, fourteen, wins first prize in the boys corn club. A Friday Christmas debate drew a large crowd. Six Mile Academy closed two weeks for Christmas. Rev. B F Murphree is re elected as pastor for four years. Students returning include Ianthe Casey Nell Crawford Ina Lay May Tannery Jessie Alexander and Jackson Stansell Ernest Miller Clarence Hollingsworth and others. Agnes Brown and Mattie Lee Jones visited Asheville NC. Wishing readers a happy prosperous New Year from The Pickens Sentinel.
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Six Mile
D. Mann
Boys’ Corn Club
Six Mile Academy
B. F. Murphree
Murphree
Ianthe Casey
Nell Crawford
Ina Lay
May Tannery
Jessie Alexander
Olive Murphree
Jackson Stansell
Ernest Miller
Clarence Hollingsworth
Agnes
Brown
Mattie Lee Jones
Asheville
N. C
Pickens Sentinel
New Ear
Norris School Honor Roll highlights multiple grades
The list shows students named on the Norris School Honor Roll across grades. First grade includes J C Bolden and Wayman McWhorter. second/third/fourth grades name Nerese-donne Peer Mullinax Ruth Collin and Warner Fen. fifth grade Clifton Mulls. eighth grade Christine McClanahan. tenth grade Rita Mullinax.
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J. C. Bolden
Ayman McWhorter
Secrade
Ralph Smith
Ruth Collin
Nerese
donne _ peer Mullinax
Cecil
Warner Fen
Clifton “Mulls
Christine McClanahan
Rita Mullinax
Peter Radford on farming and education
Peter Radford argues no farmer is perfect but errors can be minimized through intelligent reading and deep thinking. He notes farmers’ interests are tied to neighbors and aims to bring agricultural education to all, linking farmer prosperity to state welfare through soil cultivation.
Mives To Pickens Mr. R A Craig Family Move
Mr R A Craig who has lived on the Keowee river and recently bought an interest in the Craig Brothers Co moves his family to Pickens. They occupy the Graviey house recently vacated by John Y.
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R. A. Craig
Keowee River
Peor Craig Brothers Co
Picken
Howe
Eas John-Y
Untitled Fragment on Holidays and Family Mention
A fragmentary note mentions holidays as a gift linked to a person named Ferguson and a reference to a mother figure. The text is incomplete and provides minimal context about relationship or events.
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Peral Statens
Pilgrim
Stansell
Kull
Dartsmouth
Kaiser
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Kaisty
Heaes
Annie Duckworth
Lee Singleton
Miller
Jamie Bryant
Greenville
B. H. Williams
Cedar Rock School
Boyce Couch
Little Sisters
Enon
Homer Jones
Geneva Looper
Looper’s
Rita Hendrix
T. M. Jones
Concord
Z. T. Jones
Shady Grove
Ora P. Miller
Osborne Williams
Flossie
Olive
Lake Williams
Georges Creek
Lillian Hendrix
Oscar Hays
Bethlehem
Tays
Rexie
Webb
Lillian
Eva Farmer
Clogie
Ruby Looper
Lillie Ferguson
Nellie Hill
Easley
J.B. Fendley
Gladys Hill
Spencer, N. C
R. E. Farmer
James Julian
J.A. Looper
B. N. Glazener
Clarence McWhorter
W. D. Freeman
Henry Jones
Hassley
E. L. Jones
Prudence Hendricks
Ooloney
J. E. Hill
Horace Farmer
Pea Ridge
Norris School
Peter Radford
Ives
Pickens
Dens Ang
Ferguson
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