Patriotic Rally At School Boosts War Savings Drive
A community rally at the school house led by H E Seaborn gathered supporters for War Savings Stamps. Hon J P Carey Jr of Pickens, War Savings organizer Joe Sparks, naval officer Harris, and a French Camp Sevier officer spoke inspiringly. The event featured remarks by Seaborn and Carey, with Sparks denouncing slackers and profiteers and the French officer praising allied resilience. Capt Harry Adams greeted locals, while Miss Helen Shirley and Rev B M Robertson were noted in weekend activities. One real estate transfer, F B Morgan to I C Cobb, was recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Seaborn
Seaborn
Central
J. P. Carey, Jr
Pickens
Joe Sparks
Harris
Greenville
Camp Sevier
Carey
Sparks
Paris
France
Marne
Harry Adams
Helen Shirley
L. T. Shirley
B. M. Robertson
Sumter
Julia Melville Gibson Weds Allison Perkins DuBose
Wedding notice from Mr. and Mrs. David D. Gibson for Julia Melville Gibson and Allison Perkins DuBose on June 22, 1918, in Red Springs North Carolina. The couple’s ties to Pickens county are noted and DuBose’s legal career spans Easley Masley and Greenville after USC Law School graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison Perkins DuBose
Red Springs
North Carolina
Pickens County
DuBose
Law School
University of South Carolina
Lloyd H. Smith
Easley
Pickens
Masley
Greenville
J. J. McSwain
Prayer Service at Grace Methodist for Liberty Day
Community invited to Grace Methodist Church Wednesday night for a special prayer service. The program honors America in the Society of Nations and asks for the American spirit to spread to other nations as the world faces testing times of freedom versus slavery, notes I. Hones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
America
Society of Nations
I. ‘T. Hones
Men depart for training camp at University of South Carolina
On Tuesday morning several young men left Pickens for a special army training camp at the University of South Carolina. Those who went include Paul Jackson Garrison of Clemson College Norman Merritt Powers of Central Roy Freeman Boggs of Liberty and Dr James Douglas Yongue of Pickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens
University of South Carolina
Army
Paul Jackson Garrison
Clemson College
Norman Merritt Powers
Central
Roy Freeman Boggs
Liberty
James Douglas Yongue
Stores to Close July 4 in Pickens Merchants Pact
We the undersigned merchants of Pickens town agree to close stores on July 4 a legal holiday Folger Thornley Co Morris Co Pickens Hardware and Grocery Co Craig Bros Co Bivens Co Dan Adams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens
Folger, Thornley & Co
Morris & Co
Pickens Hardware and Grocery Co
Craig Bros. Co
Bivens & Co
Dan Adams
Pickens County Man Noted Wounded in France
J S H Price of Seneca receives news that his son Dewey, wounded in France, is not seriously hurt. Letter from Dr. C W Smith of Liberty dated June 1 1918 reports Dewey’s shell wound in the lower left jaw is minor and he is up at breakfast. Smith praises the soldier’s bravery and mentions sending the shell fragment and censor limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. H. Price
Seneca
Dewey
France
C. W. Smith
Liberty
Pickens County
Mr. Price
Soldiers' Testaments for Pickens County Boys
The Sentinel offers New Testaments for soldiers bound in khaki cover with bold words of Christ. Limited supply available to subscribers at 43 cents each, featuring four hymns and sailor soldier design suited for boys in military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens County
The
Sentinel
Christ
Dacusville Singing Convention Set for Peters' Creek Church
The Dacusville Singing Convention meets Peters' Creek church next Sunday at 2 30 PM. Pres. S C Chapman and Prefs. John Leslie Chapman Boggs and others will attend. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacusville
Peters’ Creek
John Leslie
Chapman, Boggs
C. Chapman
Summer sermons and meeting plans at Pickens and Rice's Creek churches
Rev H K Williams preaches at Rice's Creek church on the first Sunday in July at 3 30 PM. Engineer D J Fant preaches at Pickens school auditorium Sunday afternoon July 7 at 4 PM and again at Pickens Mill church Sunday night at 8 PM. Carson Hodges of Columbia visiting his parents Rev and Mrs Is J Hodges in Pickens after an operation to enter the army. Read the Special Notice column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Williams
Rice’s Creek Church
D. J. Fant
Pickens
L. B. Compton
Ant
Pickens Mill
Carson Hodges
Columbia
Is. J. Hodges
Senator Tillman Stricken, Near Death in Washington
United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina suffered a stroke Saturday and lies at the point of death in Washington DC. No hope is held out for his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin R. Tillman
United States
South Carolina
Washington, D. C
Notice to Registrants Under Selective Service Law
All persons registered under the selective service law will be notified that after July 1 1918 the government will require engagement in productive occupation. Unemployed registrants or those in non essential jobs will lose deferred status and be drafted. Those serving food and drink in public places including hotels clubs restaurants and stores are included with limited exceptions for store executives and certain clerical roles. Registrants described must seek other work immediately.
Easley Notes: Promotions and Appointments This Month
Walter Robinson leaves Easley to become Teller at Fourth National Bank of Greenville starting July 1. Mrs. I C Owens takes charge of Mountain View Hotel July 1 after new buyers. Larry C Gilstrap, former Easley resident, now Putnam County Georgia County Demonstration Agent since January 1918, promotes Liberty Bonds and War Savings. Rev S W DuBose installed as Easley Presbyterian pastor with ceremonies led by Rev Mills Rev Bailey Elder Todd, and community welcomes the new pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easley Progress
Walter Robinson
A. B. Taylor
Fourth National Bank of
Greenville
I. C. Owens
Mountain View Hotel
E. C. Owens
Easley
Owens, S. C
Larry C. Gilstrap
U. S
Putman County
Georgia
S. W. DuBose
Easley Presbyterian Church
W. HH. Mills
Clemson College
J. C. Bailey
Liberty
J. W. Todd
Seneca
Mills
Bailey
Todd
Rev J T Manns Appointments Third Sunday in July
The blind evangelist Rev John T Mann will preach at Mountain Grove at 11 AM and Pickens Baptist at 8:30 PM on the third Sunday in July Prof Bolding will lead singing at each service and wish to meet the singers briefly before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Mann
Mountain Grove
Pickens Baptist Church
Bolding
Important Notice to Pickens Co Voters
Electors must add their names to precinct club rolls to vote in the Democratic primaries and obtain a registration certificate for the general and other elections. Registration books are open daily through July and August with club rolls closing July 30. A registration certificate does not authorize voting in the primaries.
Carpenter and Cely Bride Quiet Anderson County Wedding
The marriage of Mr. John F. Carpenter and Miss Lucia Cely was held at the bride’s parents’ home in Anderson county on the 20th, with Rev. R. E. Turnipseed officiating. Only intimate friends attended, and both families extend warm congratulations to the couple.
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John F. Carpenter
Lucia Cely
James A. Cely
Anderson County
R. E. Turnipseed
Greenville
Carpenter
Miss Cely
Mr. Carpenter
C. H. Carpenter
Vineland
R. F P. D. Carrier
Easley
Wheels Within Wheels in War Letter Chain
A Greenville reader’s tongue in cheek proposal about extracting upper air power for warfare is routed through many War Department stamps. The piece reflects on how citizen ideas are endlessly circulated and filed, never acted upon, with formal acknowledgments replacing action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville News
Pickens Sentinel
United States
God
Jd. R. Meeee
Greenville
Pickens
Newton D. Baker
Edison
War Dept
Adjutant-General
A. G
War Department
Wins in Winthrop Short Course Letter
A club member writes from the Winthrop Short Course noting travel, room assignments, meals, and a packed week of lectures on nutrition and food production. Speakers include Dr. Johnson and Mary Creswell. demonstrations cover canning, bread making, and sage kitchen tasks. The writer urges clubs to organize and conserve food locally.
Demonstration meetings announced in Pickens County
County home demonstration meetings set for Pickens Monday July 8 Coleney July 9 Liberty July 10 and Thursday July 11 Each session runs from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm with devotional winter gardening talk dinner bread making canning and preserving and drying Miss Mauldin and Miss Earle lead with co workers Mrs Dora Dee Walker Miss Christine South Miss Laura Bailey Miss Maggie B Turner Mrs Marvin W Williams and Miss Elizabeth Forney assisting County Superintendent R T Hallam and county farm demonstration agent IT Bowen and Clemson extension official G P Hoffman will attend and help with some programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens
Coleney
Liberty
Mauldin
Earle
Dora Dee Walker
Christine South
Laura Bailey
Maggie B. Turner
Marvin W. Williams
Elizabeth Forney
R. T. Hallam
A. Bowen
G. P. Hoffman
Clemson College
Pleasant Grove News Notes and Local Updates
Pleasant Grove brief reports capture local life with notes on crime rumors, law officers visiting the area, crops and harvest issues, a health update on Tizzie Fortner, mail and postal notices, a June 16 marriage near Cleveland, and a France-bound soldier Ford MeJunkin sharing his experiences.
Death of Mrs Wyatt at Pickens
Mrs Sallie Wyatt wife of W Cam den Wyatt died at her Pickens home June 27 after years of bad health. Funeral at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Marion Looper. she was Alabama born and twice married. Survived by husband James Clements son and two granddaughters. She would have been 73 next month and lived near Pickens twelve years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Wyatt
W. Camden Wyatt
Pickens
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Marion Looper
James Clements
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for their goor and kind support during the sickness and death of our dear wife and mother. May God bless you all. W. C. Wyatt, James Clements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Wyatt
James Clements
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Jones
Second Baptist Church
Caroline Brock
Gainesville
Brenau College
F. B. Morgan
1. C. Cobb
David D. Gibson
Julia Melville
Pickens Co
Dacusville Singing Convention
Rice’s Creek
Senator B. R. Tillman
Death’s Door
J. T. Mann
Cely—Carpenter
J. W. Riley
Garabed
Winthrop
Winthrop College
Miss South
Dearing
D. B. Johnson
Mary E. Creswell
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Misa Ola Powell
W. M. Riggs
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
Miss Powell
Dr. L. H
Madge J. Reese
Mr. Dearing
Miss Forney
Miss Smith
Astey
Uncle Sam
Miss Wealing
Misa Mauldin
Iditor
Pleasant Grove News
Scott, LaBoon
McKinney
Jennings
Cerrier Langston
Route 4
Carrier _Vickery
Rey
Mullinax
Cleveland
Cora Rigdon
Adger Moody
Adger
Greenville County
P. 2. Rigdon
Ford MeJunkin
Wyatt
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