Young Furman Davis Wounded in Hunting Accident
Furman Davis, about 17, son of Rev. Joe Davis, was severely wounded in the arm when a loaded shotgun discharged accidentally while he was removing it from his buggy during a hunt near Winchester's mill, several miles west of Pickens. He was taken to Ben Bolding's home where Dr. Porter treated the wound.
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Furman Davis
Six Mile
Winchester
Pickens
Ben Bolding
Porter
Davis
Joe Davis
New Head for Easley Schools
George W. Coggin of Albemarle North Carolina has been elected and will assume the superintendency of the Easley graded and high schools for the next session. Coggin is a Wake Forest graduate and has taught in Blackville for six years and is currently teaching in North Augusta. He comes to Easley with strong recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasley
Greenville News
Easley
George W. Coggin
Albemarle
N. C
Coggin
North Carolina
Wake Tvorest College
Blackville
North Augusta
Music Recital Honors Pass at Hester Home
A Friday night recital at Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hester’s home in Pickens drew many locals. Mrs. Hester’s students performed songs and piano pieces, while Miss Viola Hendricks recited a humorous piece and young Porters and Hames children showcased training. Refreshments followed amid rose decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hester
Pickens
Ten Dollar Raincoat Free With Woolen Mills Suit
U S Woolen Mills Co plans a Pickens visit Thursday to Saturday with a large range of suit samples and custom fitting. Each suit will include a free ten dollar raincoat. The ad notes this sale as a major tailoring event from the world’s largest tailoring concern. The Southern Section will meet next year in Ville, N C.
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U.S
Pickens
Ampany
Great Singing Convention at Cross Roads Church
Pickens county singing convention held a two day session at Cross Roads church with ideal weather. Sunday crowd was largest yet and overall behavior was excellent. Local and visiting professors provided top notch music aided by an Estey organ from Greenville. Hospitable Cross Roads community remembered for warm Virginia style hospitality and unity as the singing wave moves toward a heavenly shore.
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Pickens County
Cross Roads Church
MacCravey
McD. Weams
Tennessee
Faircloth
Pace
Greenville
Robert Quinn
Quinn
Miss Dalton
Smith
Pelzer
J. H. Williams
Estey
Virginia
Pickens Township Singing Convention Schedule
The Pickens township singing convention meets Griffin church next Sunday at 2 30 p.m. and at Tabor church near Hon W T Bowens on the fifth Sunday to 10 a m for an all day singing. Prominent singers expected and county leaders invited. Bring songbooks and baskets.
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Pickens ‘Township
Griffin Church
Tabor Church
W.T. Bowen
Memorial services and cemetery decoration at Cedar Rock Baptist
Miss Minnie Day of Easley visits with Mr and Mrs Homer Jones. Guests include Miss Olive Williams and Miss Lillian Hendrix. Cedar Rock Baptist church holds memorial services on June 12 1915 with a cemetery decoration, prayer for attendees to bring flowers and submit names for a pastor’s list. Dinner on the ground. Work begins at 9 am and preaching at 11.
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Minnie Day
Easley
Homer Jones
Olive Williams
Lillian Hendrix
Ruth Hendrix
Welcome
Georgia Knox
Brother Irank
Ada Miller
R. A. Smith
Greenwood
Robi. Knox
Cedar Rock Baptist Church
Cedar Rock Cemetery
Ada H. Miller
Masley
Susie
European War Updates from Paris and London
Reports from Paris and London say French forces won decisive victories north of Arras and repelled German advances at Ypres. British and Belgian troops hold the Germans at the Yser canal awaiting French help. unrest spreads as protests over Lusitania killings affect Britain and anti German sentiments rise in Singapore.
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Paris
London
Arras
Teutons
Ypres
Yser Canal
Emmanuel
Salandra
Baron Sonnino
Italy
United States
Lusitania
Germany
Singland
Liverpool
Geneva
Austria
Galicia
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Gerard
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Turner
Roosevelt Dominates Republican Ring Through 1911
Domestic William J. Barnes Jr. testifies in Syracuse that he did not lead the New York Republicans, acknowledging Senator Platt as the dominant figure until 1905 when Roosevelt became the controlling force until 1911. He says Roosevelt spoke while he listened and did not deny all Roosevelt’s accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Barnes, Jr
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Hbel
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Senator Platt
Roosevelt
Andreas
Galveston
Texas
Havre
Charles
Sebastian
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Wilson
Taft
Mr. Wilson
Nastion
Washington
Lincoln
Melinley
Powers Pursues Pickens County Treasurer Bid Next Year
Bennett H. Powers of the Keowee side visited Pickens on business last week. He previously ran in the second race for Pickens County treasurer and hints at another bid next year, aiming to win.
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Bennett H. Powers
Keowee
Pickens
Powers
Pickens County
Avi Noutices Whate
Tme
Summer Hardware ad promises needed items for season
Heath-Bruce-Morrow Co. urges readers to consult a summertime goods list in this issue and to ask for any item not shown. The store touts a large line of goods and invites requests beyond the advertised list.
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Heath-Bruce-Morrow Co
Washington Pressures Germany Over Lusitania War Crisis
President Wilson drafts a stern note demanding submarine warfare end and vows strict accountability. Bernstorff regrets Lusitania losses as diplomats offer sympathies. Zapata troops leave Mexico City while Carranza plans Tampico attack. Bodies of Vanderbilt Mason Condon recovered near disaster site.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Page
London
Berlin
Gerard
Baron von Bernstorff
United States
William U. Forwood
Bernstorff
Lusitania
Jusserand
France
Spring-Rice
England
New York
Viscount James Bryce
Jane Addams
Chicago
Womer
Misa Addam
Chick Springs opens for summer season
May 15 marked the opening of the Chick Springs hotel for the summer. Fifteen Piedmont children were poisoned by chewing gum found in an abandoned storehouse. all recovered. Curran Alexander, who killed his wife in Pelzer, was tried in Anderson and given a life imprisonment sentence.
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Chick Springs Hotel
Piedmont
Curran Alexander
Pelzer
Anderson
Liberty Man Killed in Wreck Near Toccoa Ga
A Southern Railway freight derailment near Toccoa Georgia killed seven men and injured ten as a wrecking crew cleared the wreck. Among the dead were S C Estes supervisor of Liberty and KE Griffin section foreman of Liberty. Samuel I Griffin, youngest son of J W and Mrs Griffin of Liberty, died in the crash and services were held in Liberty.
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Southern Railway
Toccoa
S. C. Estes
Loccoa
KE. Griffin
Liberty
Hadden
Coke Hadden
Will Simpson
Samuel I. Griffin
J. W. Griffin
T. M. Galphin
Webb Announces Candidacy for Greenville Mayor
C S Webb enters the race for mayor of Greenville after a narrow defeat two years ago when Mayor Marshall won by six votes. He is noted as brother of North Carolina Congressman Webb.
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C. S. Webb
Greenville
Marshall
Congressman Webb
North Carolina
Judge requires black suits in court to show dignity
Judge Prince orders lawyers and court attaches to wear black suits only in his court. Palm Beach and light colored ensembles are banned to preserve court decorum. The Southern Baptist convention items include mission funding figures and state asks.
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Prince
Palm Beach
Leland Bolding Called Home in May Funeral
Leland Bolding died Sunday morning May 16 at age 19 from Mountain View Church where a large service led by Rev. C. R. Abercrombie with Prof. I. Garren and Rev. D. W. Hiatt. He taught at Six Mile academy's two schools after graduation last year and planned to enter college next fall. He leaves parents two sisters and many relatives. A funeral procession included six girls with flowers and uncles bearing the casket, with tributes to his Christian character and promising life.
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Leland
Elford M. Bolding
Mountain View Church
C. R. Abercrombie
5. I. Garren
D. W. Hi
Ife
Mountain View
J. I. Foster
Noted Clemson College Treasurer Dr Paul Sloan Dies
Dr. Paul H. B. Sloan longtime Clemson College treasurer since founding died suddenly at 79 while seated in his chair at home. Funeral services were held at Pendleton Episcopal church. Sloan was a prominent figure in Pickens County South Carolina.
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Paul H. BE. Sloan
Clemson College
South Carolina
Sloan
Pendleton Episcopal Church
Pickens County
Walter White Shot by Police in Greenville
Walter White opened fire on officers during a Greenville arrest attempt last week wounding Chief Holcombe seriously. Officer Bridges was grazed in the breast. White was shot by Sergeant Cooksey, sustaining a broken thigh. He is believed insane and was previously moved to an asylum from Pickens County.
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Greenville
Walter White
Holcombe
Bridges
White
Cooksey
Easley
Pickens County
Christopher
Wesleyan College Loss as Hancocks Leave for Georgia
Central reports Prof. J. M. Hancock and wife, longtime Wesleyan faculty, depart this week for a farm in South Georgia. Hancock has served as college president for three years and leaves amid many friends. Over the weekend baccalaureate sermon was given by Prof. H. C. Bedford of Houghton New York to a crowded audience with a missionary program and a Philomathean Society program following. The class address by Bedford Monday morning closed the series.
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Florida
South
Wilson
Germany
Hary Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Supreme Court
Southern Baptist Convention
Houston
Texas
A.L. Brown
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Baron von Bernstroff
United States
Lusitania
Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
Miss Tanzer
The
Liberty Gazette
J. M. Hancock
Wesleyan College
Hancock
South Georgia
H. C. Bedford
Houghton
N. Y
ThePhilomathean Literary Society
Bedford
Why is a prudent man like a pin
Riddle for Next Week asks Why is a watch dog bigger at night than by day. One of thirty-three responses was correct.
Reunion Invite for Thursday June 3
Come to the reunion on Thursday June 3. The note invites former classmates to gather at a specified location and time for a long-awaited reunion event.
Notice to Creditors for Administration in Pickens
Citation by J B Newbery Probate Judge to Juris Haddon kindred and creditors to appear June 8 1915 at Pickens Court of Probate to show cause why administration of Vice Haddon estate should not be granted.
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South Carolina
Pickens
J. B. Newbery
Junius C. Boggs
Hadden
Haddon
S. C
Walter A. Wood Mowing Machine Featured by Pickens Hardware
Reaping time approaches and Pickens Hardware showcases a Walter A. Wood Mowing Machine. The advertisement promotes reliable service and urges townsfolk to buy from the local hardware and grocery seller.
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Walter A. Wood
Pickens Hardware and Grocery Company
Major Bramlett Dies in Liberty Veteran of Confederate Army
Major John W Bramlett aged about 80 died at his Liberty home on Sunday after service in the Confederate States Army. He formerly captained Company D of the Highteenth South Cannes regiment. Survived by daughters Mrs John Hutchings Mrs Ben Neves Campobello Mrs J J McMakin and Mrs W S Barnet O Nea l. Body sent to Greer on train 42 and interment at Mountain View Methodist Church with ministers Rev L J Wiggins and Rev A Q Rice. Floral tributes included from Keowee chapter and Hampton Lee chapter Daughters of the Confederacy. Preceded in death by his wife Sarah Wilson.
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John W. Brain
Cannes
Confederate States of America
Liberty
Bramlett
John Hutchings
Ben Neves
Campobello
J. J. McMakin
W.S.S. Barnett
O'Neal
Sarah Wilson
Local notes from Marietta Route 2 community gathering and updates
After a spell of dry weather showers return with frost worries later in spring. Mt. Tabor church Sabbath school under W. J. B. Chapman reports progress and a children’s day planned this summer. William and George Smith push Mr. J. D. McConnell’s house toward occupancy as Ollie Turner and Judge Crenshaw travel to Montana for prospects. Several residents plan Greenville shopping and Allen E. Edens of Ooleney visited last Tuesday. W O W members honor Severe Jesse A. Hendricks with a monument at Mt Tabor church this summer, likely in August.
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Jack Frost
Sring
Bowen
Mt. Tabor
W. J. B. Chapman
William
George Smith
J. D. McConnell
Ollie Turner
Judge Crenshaw
Montana
Greenville
Allen E. Dens
Ooleney
Jesse A. Hendricks
Mt. T. Church
Rev W P Yarborough Dies in Leegville
Reverend W P Yarborough of Leegville died at his home on Wednesday morning May 12. He was well known in the county and had conducted meetings here on more than one occasion.
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W. P. Yarborou
Leegville
Ya Yarborouch
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Old Soldiers
Pickens Court House
J. J. McSwain
Court House
United Daughters of the Confederacy
William Easley
Easley Schools
Yea Ville
Singing
Cedar Rock News
Vatican
Benedict
Papal
Summer Hardware
Liberty Man
Committee On
Georgia
Leland Bolding Dead
Jesus
John Bramlet
Marietta
Whittemore
Karateson Wurgeorn
B. F
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