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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
4
Local item lists weekend visits among Liberty residents including the Rackleys Ellenburgs Rothels Mulls and Nation family. A church and school mention appears with community sentiments on morality and peace plus a mother’s note about a son’s death and longing for reunion in heaven.
A Gaines reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Maddox on June 25 1921 drew a large crowd from South Carolina towns including Calhoun Honea Path Greenwood Central Belton Anderson Liberty Seneca and Pickens. The event honored Mr. Gaines age 70 and Mrs. Maddox age 53 with a long table set under oak trees and ample supper for all attendees including Silas Maddox from Kentucky and his bride Miss Marie Thomas.
The winds swept from the mountains around Brown's and Whitewater to Pickens then returned last week. Local girls welcomed the return of the refreshing breeze, noting the pleasant move.
The Easley community hears a mother describe her son W C Holcombe's murder and laments the court process in Pickens County. She asserts the court is biblical and voices her belief that truth mattered, while noting kindness shown by Easley residents. She says her son cannot speak, but she still stands before the judge alongside the accused.
Miss Susie Hester and Mr. Walter Farr wed at the bride’s home with Rev. W W Thompson officiating. The ceremony featured pink and green decor, a Mendelssohn wedding march, and a reception before the couple departed by train for a northern honeymoon. Mrs Farr is Greenville native. Mr Farr is superintendent at Standard Oil plant in Greenville. They will reside in Greenville.
The Cedar Rock column outlines a thriving town with good schools churches roads and lively social life. Members share visits news of neighbors family visits and an upcoming Sunday school rally at Tabor church while inviting more local submissions.
The piece reports on South Carolina’s illiteracy issue revealed during World War I, noting 49.5 percent could neither read nor write in contrast to New York’s 16.6 percent. It calls for a county drive in Pickens to educate adults, with structured classes, census efforts, and a goal to wipe out illiteracy under the banner Let South Carolina secede from literacy.
The seventh annual Bible conference runs September 11 to 25 with Dr. Leon W. Tucker Rev L B Compton and Dr R V Miller plus guest Uncle Charlie. The event aims to uplift people in the area through interdenominational Bible study inviting all Christians to participate in prayer and attendance.
M A C Johnson and Troy Williamson, aviators who visited Pickens early June, suffered a crash in Spartanburg last week when their Curtis aeroplane was burned on a field three miles from town leaving only the engine.
The Dacusville township singing convention meets Mt Carmel Baptist church next Sunday at 2 30 PM with prominent Greenville singers and their song books. S C Chapman presiding.
Mrs Ida Sitton Hunt wife of the late R A Hunt died in a Asheville hospital Sunday morning from heart trouble She was 43 and a Canton North Carolina resident for years She is survived by one son Rual and three sisters Her remains lie at St Paul Cemetery near Easley with burial Tuesday conducted at the family plot
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