Civil Court Awards Damages in Greenville Case Load
Last week in civil court a series of verdicts were issued. Elizabeth M. Thomas of Dacusville received 1465.25 against Greenville Carolina Power Co for land damage from Saluda river overflow. John H. McDaniel获 damages 225 against the same company. H. S. Collins of Norris won 900 against Western Union Telegraph Co for mental anguish over a missed telegram to a doctor for his sick baby. W W Russell won 800 against Fred Culloom and Mrs Mayme N Cullom. Outeault Advertising Co won 109.20 against Edwin L Bolt Co. Motion for new trial by defense overruled in that case. Hendricks & Keith vs Pickens county resulted in a non-suit. Several other minor cases disposed of. Notable attendees included ex Gov John Gary Evans and ex Gov M F Ansel among Greenville lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Thomas
Dacusville
Greenville-Carolina Power Co
Saluda River
John H. McDaniel
Power Company
H. S. Collins
Norris
Western Union Telegraph Co
Collins
Telegraph Company
Liberty
McSwain & Craig
John Gary Evans
Carey & Carey
Defendents
Fred
Culloom
Mayme N. Cullom
Russell
Outeault Advertising Co
Edwin L. Bolt & Co
Hendricks & Keith
Pickens County
Hendricks
Pickens
Spartanburg
M. F. Ansel
B. A. Morgan
J. J. McSwain
Jas. H. Price
H. J. Haynsworth
Greenville
Pickens Local and Personal News Highlights
Stribling spent a day in Seneca on business as W T Edens of route 3 visited Pickens on Monday. Marriages occur near Easley and Forter with local officials presiding. Mrs Hendricks recovers from illness. a state law bans tipping in public venues. Mary Wyatt to represent Easley at a county girls contest March 26. A cottage prayer meeting invites all Pickens ladies Friday at 4. Mrs Curtis Martin returns to Greenville after stay with Pickens sisters. Bowen travels to Lisbon for family death. joins funeral in Pickens. John M Daniel announces candidacy for solicitor of the 13th district. Miss Cashion millinery goods prepared for late-month opening at Folger Thornley store. Mauldin buys old home place. Edens buys farm on scenic road. future move uncertain. Lyceum season finale featuring The American Quartet and Clayton Conrad anticipated. crowd expected large. Clemson professors Hare and Watkins discuss poultry, dairying at Pickens farm extension talks for about 25 farmers. Heath Bruce Morrow Co store becomes butter fat receiving station for Clemson. possible creamery and egg routes planned. info via T A Bowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stribling
Seneca
W. T. Edens
Route 3
Easley
Della Sheriff
Sam Gentry
Levi Rigdon
J. B. Newbery
Mary Hall
Forter
Benson Howard
Greenville
G. R. Hendricks
Mary Wyatt
Easley’school
Pickens County
Liberty
Lisbon
Fla
Jule Parsons
Pickens
John M. Daniel
Cashion
Folger, Thornley & Co
Coleney
Greenville News
I. M. Mauldin
J. H. Simmons
Mauldin
W. I. Edens, Jr
T. B. Clark
Edens
Clark
Clayton Conrad
Hare and Watkins
Clemson College
Heath-Bruce-Morrow Co
T. A. Bowen
Local social notes from Long Branch and surrounding area
Long Branch locals record social visits and church events. Dates and names include Miss Sallie Mullikin Miss May Smith Miss Singleton from Westminster and families such as the Lawrences and Hunnicutts. The column notes health wishes and attendance at Lawrence Chapel quarterly conference and singing events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Mullikin
Birdie Montgomery
May Smith
Miss Singleton
Westminster
Agnes
Gertrude Hmnnicutt
Lawrence
J. R. Lawrence
D. EB. Lawrence
Frank Holleman
Lawrence Chapel
Tony Werner
Louis Hammod
Jula Belle ‘Pike
Central
Etta Montgomery
Lyston -Morgan
Near Pickens
Dorsa Palmer
Emily Lawrence
Bessie Smith
Fleeta Stewart
Lillian Ramsay
Elsie Morgan
Brother Stanley
Mattie Craig
Brother Olin
Gap Hill
Marvin Lawrence
Ina Taylor
Wieeta Stewart
J. R. Falls
Gentral
J. M. Lawrence
Broadus Moore
Bill Holden
Seneca
Will Owen
Glint Hunnicutt
Advertisements Aboard Easley Mills Sale And More
New ads highlight discounts at U 8 Woolen Mills Co and Perry Business College with giveaways including a $26 gold watch. Listings include Keowee Pharmacy Covington Cotton Seed Droppers Pickens Hardware & Grocery Co Craig Bros. Co and Childress Reece new barber shop prices. Special notice column invites reading all bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens Hardware & Grocery Co
Covington
Perry Business College
Deaton Brothers
Craig Bros. Co
Childress & Reece
Parsons Declines Run for Mayor
Mr. Parsons announces he will not enter the mayoral contest despite friends urging him to run. He thanks supporters for their interest and respectfully declines to enter the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Parsons
Easley Child Burned to Death
Effie Harris four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Harris of Glenwood mill village Easley died after being badly burned when a grass fire spread to her clothing while playing with neighborhood boys on Monday afternoon. She died Wednesday morning after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie
John Harris
Glenwood Mill
Easley
Oconee Men Found Not Guilty in Fair Play Riot Case
A Walhalla jury acquits W. McClure Woodrow Campbell O C Kay S A Jones William Kay and John McDonald all white men of Oconee County of the killing of Green Gibson in the Fair Play race riot after twenty eight minutes of deliberation.
Murphree To Preach At Antioch Church In March
The second Sunday in March at 11 o'clock Antioch Baptist Church will host a special sermon by Rev. B F Murphree. A Saturday prior service at 3 p m invites everyone to hear him praised as a great preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.f.murphree
Antioch Baptist Church
Local residents return to streets after illness
Maj. J. M Stewart resumes public duties after a spell indoors due to the grip. Misses Mattie Finley and Lorena Taylor come back from Atlanta after several days away. Miss Finley will join Edw. L. Bolts millinery department at Easley this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Finley
Lorena Taylor
Atlanta
Finley
Edw. L. Bolt
Easley
Tolbert Sentenced to Death for Wife's Christmas Killing
A. C. Tolbert, a white man, was sentenced to death at Greenwood Saturday for murdering his wife a few days after Christmas. He choked his wife, waited an hour before notifying anyone, and claimed she was unfaithful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Tolbert
Greenwood
Local Folks in Pickens and Nearby Towns Active Week
Police in Liberty report Officer Blacks in town while Marshall Parsons returns from a Liberty business trip. Residents include progressive farmer Reece Bowen of route 1 and John Jeanes visiting his brother William Jeanes of Pickens. Mrs Alonzo Folger visits sister J B Newbery in Pickens. Sallie Roper marries Grover Ferguson in Pickens County. Maynard school reports 71 students. Brushy Creek resident J A Merritt dies aged 57. Misses Margaret Booker and Josie Chastain plan French Hat Shop opening in the Big Store after a Baltimore purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Marshall Parsons
Reece Bowen
Route 1
John Jeanes
Piedmont
William Jeanes
Pickens
Alonzo Folger
Easley
J. B. Newbery
Sallie Roper
Grover Ferguson
Pickens County
Maynard School
Margaret Booker
Josie Chastain
Julius E Parsons Dies in Florida After Brief Illness
Julius J Parsons a Pickens county native died suddenly at his Lisbon Florida home after a four day illness. He was about 44 and leaves a wife eight children two sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held in Pickens with large attendance and floral tributes. He once ran a store in Pickens and later farmed in Florida. The Sentinel offers heartfelt sympathy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens
Julius F. Parsons
Lisbon
Florida
A. E. Howard
D. W. Hiatt
L. E. Wiggins
Julius J. Parsons
Columbus Parsons
Pickens County
Dock Parsons
Sam Porter
Josie Thomas
Lillie Bowen
W. T. Bowen
Bowen
Gladys
Bernice
Ira
George
Harry Dean
Vivian
Lillian
Mr. Parsons
Heath-Bruce- Morrow Co
J. R.ashmore
P. M. Cate
Jule Parsons
Mrs Lucy Massingill Dies In Pickens County Family Notice
Mrs Lucy Massingill died February 8 after a long illness at home of W R Massingill in Pickens County. She leaves her husband seven children three brothers and three sisters and many relatives. A Christian woman faithful to family and friends she rests in honored memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Massingill
Lucy Massingill
Massingill
Pickens County
Wilson Jones
King
Robert
Walker
Desoar Massingill
Richard Hayes
Oscar Clark
Mrs. Dicken Dead after Long Illness in Birmingham
Mrs. Ambler Dicken wife of Walter Dicken died March 8 at her Birmingham Alabama home after a lingering illness. Born and raised in Pickens she leaves a husband a son and a daughter and many relatives and friends in the community mourn her loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suniee Ambler Dicken
Walter
Dicken
Mas
James H. Ambler
Birmingham
Ala
Emma Gilbreath
Mrs Alma Parsons Dies in Pickens at 43
Mrs Alma Parsons died at her Pickens home Monday morning and was buried at Enon church Tuesday after funeral services led by Rev D W Hiotl. She was daughter of G W and G W Dorr, granddaughter of the late Rev W Singleton, widowed twice with husband Andrew Parsons. She leaves two young boys, stepchildren, three brothers W T Dorr G Dorr G H Dorr and sisters Mrs Ella Gilstrap Mrs Della Hughes Mrs Hmina White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Parsons
Pickens
Enon Church
D. W. Hiotl
W.T. Dorr
G. Dorr
G.H. Dorr
Ella Gilstrap
Della Hughes
Hmina White
Parsons
Death of Mrs Lesley Leaves Children in Grief
The widow of Professor John F. Lesley died at her home near Fansley on February 27. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J D Holler at Zion church. She leaves several small children and was formerly Miss Perry. A devoted Christian and wife, she loved to sing with her family and now rests in the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Lesley
Fansley
J. 2D. Holler
Zion Church
Lesley
Miss Perry
Zion
Reverend Rufus A Child Dies in Tendergon Ville
Dr Rufus A Child D D longtime Pickens figure dies from hardening of the arteries at Tendergon ville North Carolina He was born in Greenwood county in 1850 educated at the College of Richmond Virginia practiced law in Pickens as partner to the late Colonel Holcombe later turning to ministry Joining the Methodist conference in 1889 he served as financial agent for Wofford College and later for Trander College before ill health forced resignation He was 65 years old at death Craig of Central route 2 attended county business on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens
Rufus A.child
D. D
Tendergonville
N. C
Mike
Axsonville
Coy
Greenwood County
College of Richmond
Virginia
Holcombe
Child
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Long Branch
Woolen Mills Co
Pete J.T. Flynn
Harter’s
Keowee Pharmacy
Lewis
Antioch
Maj. J. M Stewart
J. A. Merritt
Brushy Creek Township
Anderson County
D. M. Merritt
Bright
Mollie Freeman
Pickens-Ellison Building
Main Street
Fasley
U.S. Woolen Mills Co
S. C
U.S. Woolen Mills Company
Julius E. Parsons
Mrs. Lucy Massingill
Ey Hanes
Lesley Dead
Dr. RK. A
Te. Craig
Central Route 2
Elgin
Meaton Brothers Pickens, S. G
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