Train Kills Easley Man near Depot
L. H. Hammond died when Southern train No 11 struck him near the Easley depot. The coroner’s inquest blamed the engineer for carelessness. Witness W E Turner testified Hammond walked along the Southern track before the disaster. Hammond, about 55, formerly at Alice cotton mill, left a family and was returning from Easley to buy school books for his children. A warrant for the engineer’s arrest was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Hammond
Easley Depot
Southern
Medlin
J. Ju. Bagwell
I. ©. McCollums
J. T. Gardo
W.G. Wricks
J. H. Rice
R. B. Foster
R. R. Bellew
T. M. Griffin
H. O. Rogers
T.l.uncan
H. W. Dunnawood
C. ©. Foster
W. EK. Turner
Pickens
Mr. Hammond
Alice
McCollum
Tabor Church
Fasley
Roark
Marietta Route 2 News Notes and Local Gleanings
Local letter from Marietta Route 2 notes crops thriving after rain and muddy roads. Reports visitors and illnesses at Williams and Edens families. A weekend trip to Table Rock is described with friends from Pickens and Belton. Wary note on prohibition enforcement closes the item.
Local Social Notes From Liberty Area
Mrs. D H Kennemore spent Thursday in Greenville with Mrs. M Huff. Mrs. J M Blum and children returned from Lenoir North Carolina where they visited Mrs. Blum's sister. KE Bush and family came home from Augusta Georgia after visiting Mrs. Bush's parents. Mrs. J H Brown went to Greenville last week shopping. U D C were entertained Friday evening by Mrs. J OC Boggs on route 3. R T Stewart and daughter Ruth spent Monday in Greenville. Carl Clayton and family of South Georgia visiting Mr. and Mrs. J H Clayton on route 3. 5 O Skelton went to Greenville Monday on business. L A Gantt and son Homer visiting relatives in Oconee county this week. Miss Vivian Allgood spent last week with her grandparents Mr and Mrs EB Allgood. J
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D. H. Kennemore
Greenville
M. Huff
J. M. Blum
Lenoir
N. C
J. OC. Boggs
R. T. Stewart
Ruth
Carl Clayton
South Georgia
J. H. Clayton
O. Skelton
L. A. Gantt
Homer
Oconee County
Vivian Allgood
EB. I. Allgood
Janie Morse
Abbeville
Essie Hagood
Esther Graydon
Virgil Sellers
Kate Henderson
Aiken
Beryl Martin
Ruth Norris
Atlanta
DeVal Bull
A. W. Folger
Mattie Hall
Anderson
Eva Wyatt
the Baptist Church
Messrs. Dagnall Folger
Walter Ramseur
Central
Amanda Boggs
Sacramento
California
Reuben Thornton
Chester
J. Thornton
Evelyn Kelley
Arthur Werner
Alabama
W. W. Ford
Aleen Wyatt
Greer
Thos. H. Dozier
Athens
George B. Hamilton
A. T. Folger
Ted
Ottawa
Canada
Elias Day
A. R. Long
Pelzer
Edwin Sh. Bolt
John I. Craig
Sumter
Messrs
Alex Robinson
J. M. Smith
Julius Boggs
Pickens
Local social notes from Easley and surrounding towns
Abbeville cousins Mrs Morse and Miss Graydon stay with Easley hosts as visiting friends and relatives. Guests include Miss Henderson from Aiken and Miss Norris hosting with Atlanta connections. A Baptist WMA meeting unfolds while many locals and visitors share weekends in Greenville Anderson and Charleston areas.
Picnic at T R O Dell’s with Farmers Institute
A community picnic linked to the Farmers Institute will be held at T R O Dell’s on August 6. Everyone is invited to bring well filled baskets and stay as long as they wish.
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T.R. O’dell’s
Cedar Rock Community Notes of Visits and Guests
Cedar Rock residents report a lively week with many visits and guests. Mrs Z I Jones and Miss May Jones were guests of Eck Jones, while Melinda Smith and Ada Miller visited B H Williams family. Several locals hosted or visited relatives in Enon Sugar Valley Dacusville Birmingham and Pickens as well as a children day event in Mil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. ‘I’. Jones
May Jones
Eck Jones
Melinda Smith
Ada Miller
B. H. Williams
A. White Singleton
H. D. Singleton
John M. Lesley
Zion
Joel H. Miller
Farmer
L. I. Smith
Mark O. Looper
Sugar Valley
Jim’ McCombs
Enon
Dacusville
Crocket Hendrix
Ralph Jameson
Liberty
G. H. Hendrix
John W. Stewart
Pickens
Rexie
Community Health Bright Despite Showers And Crops
Liberty Route News reports health in the community is very good with farmers finishing work and hopeful prospects for a good crop. Local activities include fishing on the Keowee river, visits from Mrs. Ed Curtis of Greenville, and attendance at the funeral of Hon. W. G. Mauldin. Prof. R. M. Bolding teaches a singing school at Mountain View with 125 scholars.
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Keowee River
Ed Curtis
Greenville
M. C. Perry
W. G. Mauldin
R. M. Bolding
Mountain View
Bolding
Daisy Reid
Raleigh
Miss Coda
J. C. Gassaway
Dannie Porter
Pickens Mill
Julius Bolding
W. M. Nations
Lake Toxaway
N. D. Parsons
Lizzie
C. E. Parsons
Prater’s Creek Church
John Duncan
Prater’s Creek Cemetery
W. C. Seaborn
EF. Parsons
Pickens
Tall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Blood Remedy
Cure advertised as internal treatment for catarrh claiming to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Pitch includes testimonials, notices Dr. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, sold by druggists. Mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Tall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Big Time Expected at W. O. W. Picnic
The W. O. W. local camp plans a picnic on August 7 on the courthouse lawn with a speaking program. All are invited and welcome, not only Woodmen, and attendees should bring baskets. The Pickens band will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Pickens Band
Big W O W Picnic At Cross Roads
Hon R A Cooper solicitor of the 8th Judicial Circuit and Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity will speak at the W O W rally at Cross Roads on Saturday August 2. Attend with baskets and enjoy a day with prominent speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Cooper
Grand Lodge
Masonic Fraternity
Cross Roads
Pickens County Democrats Meet to Fill House Vacancy
The County Democratic Executive Committee of Pickens County is requested to meet in the County Treasurer's office at the Court House in Pickens South Carolina on Monday August 4 1918 to arrange a primary election for the vacancy in the House caused by the death of Hon Fred Williams A full attendance is urgently requested J T Richey County Chairman
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Democratic Executive Committee
Pickens County
Court House
Pickens
8. C
Fred Williams
J.T. Richey
Enon Baptist Church Cemetery Cleanup Planned
Community members are urged to help clean the cemetery and install boxes around recently planted trees. Friday, August 8, volunteers should bring hoes axes mattocks hammers and nails. Ladies are asked to bring dinner and flowers, and a memorial address will be given by a speaker to be announced.
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Enon Baptist Church
Farmer George's Rejoinder to Lawn Party Tale
A reader responds to a previously printed lawn party account with satirical grandiloquence. The writer mocks Chesterfield style descriptions and Farm er George’s quest for his ideal match, lampooning social figures and a light-hearted Moslem of wit. The piece closes with a playful blessing for the Sentinel.
Banner Day for Mt. Tabor Church Sunday School
At Mt. Tabor Church last Sunday the Sunday school presented an excellent program. Supt. R. T. Hallam gave an address. Rev. J. K. Koster presided with a pleasant manner. A long dinner table appeared in the grove and dinner was excellent. The congregation is described as prosperous and happy with a large crowd in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Tabor
R. T. Hallam
J. K. Koster
Picnic at Gates School House Invite
Gates school house hosts a community picnic on August 18 with a large crowd expected. Residents are urged to attend with well filled baskets to reconnect with old friends and share a general food time.
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Gates School House
Singing School Opens at Tabor Church
A singing school will begin at Tabor church on August 4 for ten days. Prof. W. J. Baker will teach the class ensuring quality instruction. A reasonable tuition is charged and a large class is expected.
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Tabor Church
W. J. Baker
All Day Singing at Peter's Creek Church
An all day singing event at Peter's Creek church is set for the second Sunday in August. Good leaders have been invited and the invitation is extended to all lovers of music to attend with song books and well filled baskets. W M Baker.
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Peter’s Creek
W.M. Baker
Mt Bethel Cemetery Cleanup Meeting Notice
All persons interested in the Mt Bethel church cemetery are requested to meet at the church Friday morning August 1st and bring suitable tools for cleaning off the grounds.
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Mt. Bethel Church
W. M. Allgood Heads South for Long Trip
W M Allgood, formerly of Pickens county and now a Southern Railroad special agent in Salisbury North Carolina, departed on the 28th for a several weeks journey to Texas California and Old Mexico. He is held in high esteem and many friends in Salisbury wish him a safe trip and a happy return.
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W.M. Allgood
Pickens County
Southern Railroad Company
Salisbury
N. C
Texas
California
Old Mexico
Mr. Allgood
J.A.B
Fertilizer Prices Slide After Commerce Probe
Washington update notes a once rising fertilizer price trend easing with a $13 per ton drop in nitrate of soda and reductions in other materials. The Commerce Department’s inquiry sparked by Senator E D Smith’s resolution continues with expectations of notable findings. A separate Washington item reports J A Taylor of Atlanta endorsing Smith’s bill to regulate cotton exchanges requiring detailed delivery terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia State
Washington
Department of Commerce
Senate
E. D. Smith
Department
Smith
J. A. Taylor
Atlanta
National Gunner’s Association
RE. D. Smith
Easley Roller Mills Overhauled for Flour and Bran Output
The Easley Roller Mills have been overhauled and are paying six pounds of flour and fourteen pounds of bran for good dry wheat. A competent miller in charge and satisfaction guaranteed.
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Easley
Long Branch District to Vote on Extra School Levy
South Goroling County Prekens officials report a petition by Long Branch District No. 23 electors requests a four mill levy for school purposes. Trustees are named as election managers to conduct the vote at the district schoolhouse on August th 1918 in accordance with General Statutes Section 1742.
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South Goroling
Prekens
Freeholders
Long Branch District No
County Board of Education
Anpuet
County Board of Wide Ucation RT
Idaltum
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Marietta
Peters Creek
Johnnie
Edens
Mira Turner
Lewis (Il ‘Enshaw
L. B. Williams
Samwel Edens
Glenwood Mill
W A. Edens
J. M. Crenshaw
Perry
Lewis Morgan
J.D. McCarmell
Sarah Attaway
Ida McConnell
Belton
Table Rock
Drake
Prohibition
U. S
Liberty Local News
Easley Local News
Picnic and Farmers’ Institute
Cedar Rock News
Liberty Route News
Farmer George
T. A. Bowen
Rices
George
Chesterfield
St. Paul
Damascus
Newbery
the Sentinel
Mt. Tabor Church
Tabor
Mt. Bethel Cemetery
W. M. Allgood
Glenwood
Parrish
S. C
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