Farmers Institutes for Pickens County
A letter urges Pickens County farmers to attend upcoming institutes on August 6 at J. W. Hendrix’s and Liberty Route 3 at R. O’Dell’s. Clemson College experts will discuss practical farm topics and new agricultural science, funded by taxpayers. The note praises scientific work and asks farmers to cooperate, attend, and ask questions.
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J. W. Hendrix
Pickens
I’. R. O’dell
Liberty
Clemson College
Sol
South Carolina
Educational Rallies In This County
County educational rallies set for Gates on August 19, Dacusville on August 20, and Ooleney on August 21. State education officials J. E. Swearingen and W. K. Tate, rural school supervisor, W. W. Long of Agriculture, Miss Mary Fraser of Winthrop College home economics, and Miss Parr ot tomato club organizer pledged to attend.
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Gates
Dacusville
Ooleney
J. E. Swearingen
W. K. Tate
W. W. Long
Department of Agriculture
Mary Fraser
Winthrop College
Tabor Cemetery Cleanup Meeting August First
All interested in the Tabor cemetery are asked to meet at the church on the first day of August. Attendees should arrive early in the morning and bring all Neely tools for cleaning the cemetery.
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Tabor
Neely
Secona Cemetery cleanup meeting at Secona church
All persons interested in the cemetery at Secona church are requested to meet at the church Friday morning before the first Sunday in August and bring suitable tools for cleaning off grounds.
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Secona Church
Jennings Improving After Bed Rest
J. Jennings, long confined to bed, shows signs of improvement after several days of illness.
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J. ©. Jennings
Community Notes From Griffin Sunday Visits
Miss Iva Byars and Mrs Oscar Stewart and wife visited Griffin friends. Seth Childs passed through Sunday. Miss Effie Dodgens visited Veronomay Anthony Sunday. Hubert McJunkin returned to Sunday school. Ella Childs guests Carrie Day. Carl Childs and family visited his parents. Essie Simmons from Cedar Rock attended Griffin Sunday school. Ova Childs visited Flora and Sue Connelly. Prayer meeting at Griffin every Sunday evening. A right nice crowd Sunday afternoon was rained out.
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Iva Byars
Griffin
Seth Childs
Oscar Stewart
Griffin Friends
Effie Dodgens
Veronomay
Anthony Sundny
Hubert McJunkin
North Carolina
Ella Childs
Carrie
Carl Childs
Essie Simmons
Cedar Rock
Hazel
Winice Atkins
Ova Childs
Flora
Sue Connelly
Cedar Rock News Highlights Local Visits and School Opening
Mrs A W Singleton spent the weekend in Atlanta visiting relatives. Maud Crisp of Greenville appears often in Cedar Rock. Cedar Rock school opened Monday with Lawrence Bowen as principal and May Jones as assistant. Mrs Jane Singleton died Friday eight miles below Westminster. Mrs John G Duncan died Sunday. Elvira Dixon is ill at her brother Dean Singleton's. Various residents were listed as visiting relatives or attending services at Cross Roads.
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A. W. Singleton
Atlanta
Maud Crisp
Greenville
Cedar Rock
Maud
Griffin
Birmingham
Ala
Lillian Hendrix
Flossie Williams
Ada Miller
Cross Roads
Clarice Keith
Easley
Joel H. Miller
Lawrence Jones
Rome
Lawrence Smith
Gladys
Ralph
Lois
Sugar Valley
Messrs
Calvin and
Jack Garrett
Columbia
Geneva Looper
Pearle Turner
Crocket Hendrix
Jack Looper
Cedar Rock School
Lawrence Bowen
May Jones
Jane Singleton
Miles P. Singleton
Westminster
A.w.singleton
Edgar
Elvira Dixon
Dean Singleton
John Mauldin
Sam
Desirable 113 Acre Tract For Sale Near Washington Ga
For sale a desirable tract of 113 acres located about eight miles from Washington in a fertile area. Listed by T. O. Weeks, Route 1, Washington, Georgia.
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Washington
T. O. Weeks
R. 1
Washington, Ga
Local News Hints and Visits in Easley Area
Miss Sarah Smith returns from a three week visit to Miss Edith Elliott at Dillon. Several social visits occur with Miss Theodosia Jones hosted by Miss Ruth King. Essie Hagood travels to Elberton for a house party. Visitors include KE Hiatt and family from Atlanta to Rev D W Hiatt. Various relatives visit, sermons given, and meetings held in Easley and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Smith
Edith Elliott
Dillon
Janet Bolt
Theodosia Jones
Ruth King
Essie Hagood
Elberton
Zelma Allen
KE. W. Hiatt
Atlanta
D. W. Hiatt
J. N. Watkins
Sallie Watkins
Greenville
Loring Garrison
M. EF. Garrison
James E. Singleton
Easley
First Baptist Church
Vada Wyatt
Lillian Ballenger
Greer
Aleen Wyatt
Hoyle Skinner
Sara Bess Clement
W. C. Thomason
J. B. Jameson
Pickens
C. D. Waller
Ellen Sitton
Anderson
Mary Williams
Nice
Mabel
Brevard
N. C
Mbt
Pisgah
John F. Vines
First Baptist Church of
Arthur Cox
Athens, Ga
Wyatt
Two Good Citizens Die In Liberty
Obituary notices report the deaths of Hon. W. G. Mauldin a former state representative and Confederate veteran I. P. Sheriff aged 79. Mauldin dies after strokes at Camp Creek church funeral arranged by Rev. W. M. Walker. Sheriff died after four years service in the war and as Zion M E B church member funeral at Mullinax burying ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
W. G. Mauldin
Maulding
Baptist Church
Annie May
I. K
J. W
R. B. Mauldin
J. I’. Gilstrap
Harth
Camp Creek Church
W. M. Walker
Zion M. EB
W. J
N. J
B. F
A. J. Mullinax
This
W. I
Oak City
Utah
Mullinax
Lawrence Trammell
Flat Rock
Swann StIuff
Greenville County
J. M. Hunt
Ernestine Rankin
Dear Old Sentinel Notes Local Weather and Departures
Pickens Route 4 notes dry hot weather and crops thriving in the area. The community looks forward to Mt. Tabor events next Sunday. Robert McJunkin and family visited A. B. Cantrell. a member leaves for Montana to join D. Lynch. Ler is missed. prayers and best wishes go with him. Miss Bessie Jones visited Mrs. Cantrell. locals nearing end of a work lull.
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Sentinel
Mt. Tabor
Robert McJunkin
A. B. Cantrell
Montana
D. Lynch
Ler
Tie
Bessie Jones
In Memory Services for Red Williams Held at Residence
Services for the late Red Williams will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at his residence. Dr George Studson Delano State Superintendent Universalist churches of South Carolina and Rev J M Rasnake State Superintendent Universalist churches of Georgia will conduct. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Red Williams
George Studson Delano
Universalist Churches of
5S. C
J. M. Rasnake
Death at Pleasant Grove and local notes
Deaths and community news from Pleasant Grove recount a near fatal wagon accident involving J. P. Anders and family during a North Carolina visit. Their wagon broke, throwing passengers, with Mrs. Rachael Anders injured. The Pleasant Grove school opens July 14 with Miss Annie Williams as teacher. Alonzo Fortner, 40, dies of consumption. funeral at Pleasant Grove church led by Rev. J. I. Foster, leaving a widow and eight children.
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J. P. Anders
North Carolina
Rachael
Mertie Anders
Pleasant Grove
Annie Willams
Aiken County
Annie
Alonzo Fortner
Pleasant Grove Church
George M. Mortner
J. I. Foster
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Sickness and Death
We thank friends and neighbors for their kindness during our father’s sickness and death. May God bless you all. N. J. Sheriff and family.
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N. J
Severe Rain and Wind Storm Sunday in Pickens
A Sunday afternoon wind storm in Pickens toppled a large tree behind Doc Pace's store and blew down two awnings at Folger Thornley Company and the Big Store. Front glass shattered at both stores with some goods damaged. A chimney top on Main Street fell, a shade tree at H A Richey’s yard blew down, and corn in town suffered minor damage.
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Pickens
Doc Pace
Folger
Thornley & Company
Thornley & Go S
Main Street
H. A. Richey
Mountain View Notes and Local Sports Update
Community items from Mountain View praise health and school activities including a singing school at Mountain View church taught by Prof. 2. H. Bolding. Protracted meetings continue at Prater's Creek church this week as Garvin and Praters baseball clash produced a 29 to 7 score for Praters.
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Garvin
Praters
Praters Church
Garvin Boys
Praters Boys
Buck
Cotton Mills to Rebate Freight Overcharges
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered several railroads to reimburse Southern cotton mills for excessive coal freight charges. Pickens mill receives 167.90, Liberty mill 134.54, Alice mill 42.52, Maplecroft mill 182.50, Glenwood mill 218.07, Masle mill 49.80, and others in the county.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Southern Cotton Mills
Pickens Mill
Liberty Miill
Alice Mill
Maplecroft Mill
Glenwood Mill
Masle Mill
Illicit Still Destroyed Near Pickens by Constables
Constables Alexander La Boon and Chief Nealey captured a sixty gallon copper still about four miles above Pickens last Thursday night and brought it to town. Deputy Col lector Aiken later ventilated the outfit with hatchets as a crowd watched, with mixed emotions. A large quantity of beer was also destroyed.
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Alexander
la Boon
Nealey
Pickens
Aiken
Liberty Route 2 Picnic at I H Galloway July 29 1918
The report notes good crops with cotton three weeks late and invites all to a July 29 picnic at I H Galloway's within a mile of Norris. Bring well filled baskets for a community gathering hosted by farmer's Wife.
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I. H. Galloway
Norris
Notice To Pay Taxes By August First
All towns taxes ad valorem street tax and license tax must be paid by August 1. After that date unpaid taxes will be placed in execution. Prompt attention requested to avoid trouble. W. E. Mauldin, Clerk.
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W. EF. Mauldin
Purity of Streams To Be Guarded
The South Carolina State Board of Health adopted a resolution requiring cities to obtain permission before dumping crude sewage into streams. Unsanitary disposal may require a state approved sewerage system. The board also ordered a health officer to Chester to inspect a local sewerage system following a complaint by Tucker Cunningham.
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Columbia
State Board of Health
General Assembly
South Carolina
Chester
Tucker Cunningham
Hookworm Hunt Is Systematic in Columbia State Efforts
The state board of health under J LaBruce Ward M D coordinates rural sanitation surveys with assistant physicians to spread hookworm treatment. They alert school trustees rural carriers merchants postmasters physicians and county officers for countywide cooperation. When schools are in session letters go to teachers and literature reaches homes. Five dispensaries are set up in each county surveyed to reach remote areas.
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Columbia
State Board of Health
J. LaBruce Ward
Publc
No Election In Kershaw County Camden
County Supervisor M C West declines an August election on the dispensary petition noting the list misses by 40 or 560 names of the required one third of qualified voters. The 1076 names were checked revealing duplicates illegible non residents and ineligible voters.
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Kershaw
Camden
M. C. West
Drought Hits Barnwell Farmers Hard This Season
The ongoing drought in Barnwell County is costing farmers hundreds of dollars daily as corn and cotton wither in the fields. Without timely rains, many farmers may end the year financially in the hole.
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Barnwell
Inland Waterway Improvements Planned Charleston to Savannah
Major G P Howell of the U S Army Corps of Engineers oversees a survey to assess costs for improving sections of the inland waterway from Charleston to Savannah. The plan aims to provide seven feet of depth at Church Flats from Dawho to South Isdisto via North Creek Wall Creek and Ram's Horn Creek.
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Charleston
Postmasters Association to Meet in Glenn Springs
Summerton postmaster Ellison Capers president of the South Carolina Association of Postmasters returns from a conference with Thomas P McLeod secretary to perfect plans for the coming meeting at Glenn Springs on July 22 and 28. The gathering promises great benefit and the management is glad Hartwell Ayer has consented to speak.
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Postmasters Association
Summerton
Ellison Capers
South Carolina Association of Postmasters
Thos. P. McLeod
Ntortaville
Glenn Springs
Hartwell Ayer
Frank Kirksey Declares Cotton Weigher Candidacy
The friends of Frank Kirksey announce his candidacy for Cotton Weigher in the August 16 election. Community support signals a local race with candidacy endorsement from residents.
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Frank Kirksey
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Secona Cemetery
Griffin News
Cedar Rock News
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James Henry McDaniel
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Mendelsshon
Feddie McDaniel
R. B. Anthony
Ossie Hendricks
Hasley
Tnestine Flendricks
Flora Cox
Sarah Bess Clement
Wag
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R. M. Baker
J. D. Littleton
New Hope
Oconee
Lonnie Porter
Slabtown
Pleasant Hill Church
Ruben Parrott
Six Mile
Will Gilstrap
Oscar Littleton
J. J. Parsons
Fdpar Mauldin
Parrott Williams
Emma Williams
KH. C. McWhorter
W. W. McWhorter
Tom Garrett
N. Alexander
Salem
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