Pickens Locals and Personal Visits Highlight Week
Misses Christine and Nada Greene of Greenville visited Pickens this week. Mrs. H. A. Nealey visits daughter in Greenville. Attorney G. C. Christopher in Columbia on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brown of Columbia visit Gibson family. May 15 weddings: Hillard Butler with Stella Morgan of Nimmons. Dillard Anders with Conestee Couch of Dacusville. Alice Mill loses to Liberty 2 to 1. Miss Mary Myrrell convalescent. Bernice Larey aids during illness. Pickens defeats Glenwood 10 to 2. Bruee and Aiken, Laurence and Wood. LV. Mannie invites Grace Methodist preacher J. Diggs to address colored congregation June 7 at 8:30. White attendees welcome. Rocky Bottom cemetery cleanup May 28. volunteers urged.
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LV. Mannie
Colored Methodist Church
Pickens
J. (. Diggs
Grace Methodist Church
Sunday services and quarterly conference announced
Mt Bethel on Pickens circuit holds Sunday school day May 29 with all day services and speakers. Third quarterly conference of Pickens circuit at Port ers Chapel June 4 with Rev J M Steadman preaching both days at 11 oclock. Central township singing conven tion at Mt Tabor Church fourth Sunday in May at 2 00 p m. Mrs T L Bivens and children depart for Lake Junaluska with Mrs J Jennings as guest. Mrs B I Pargis of Greenville visiting Pickens.
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Mt. Bethel
Pickens Circuit
Pickens
Porters Chapel
J. M. Steadman
Greenville
D. P. Wadson
Central Township
Mt. Tabor Church
Central
T. L. Bivens
Thomas
Frances
Lake Junaluska
J. Ge *Nnings
B. I. Pargis
Ambler Plans Fall Community Fair Initiative
Bowen urges multiple towns to organize community fairs this fall and offers assistance to expand the project. The Ambler exhibit notes prizes at the county fair and aims for four to five fairs across the area.
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Ambler
Bowen
Local Social Notes and Infrastructure Actions in Pickens
Mrs Laura Alexander visits Birmingham while Mr If D Sloan of Greenville is in town on business. Mr and Mrs Rowland of Atlanta stay with Mr and Mrs I T Cox. Clemson resident Leon Robinson loses a finger in the wood shop. Eighty dollars raised for the Salvation Army in Pickens. Court house roof repairs underway with scaffolding. Eighth and tenth graders enjoy a Prices store picnic. Miss Eva Freeman and Claudia Alexander plus Allen Bivens home for summer. A hotel gathering includes several locals at Brown's Hotel. Pickens Brevard highway in good shape except two bridges to be finished. Boo Armstrong aims for Rocky Bottom road trip this summer. Easley teachers join a picnic at the Pickens power and light plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens-Brevard
Pickens
W. T. Gravley
Boo Armstrong
Rocky Bottom
Moore Visited Son-in-Law Home Near Pickens
Mr N B Moore of Central visited his son-in-law Ross Moon at his Pickens area home last week strengthening family ties and sharing time together.
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N. B. Moore
Central
Ross Moon
Pickens
Gap Hill News Highlights Community Life
Community news from Gap Hill reports busy farming days amid rain and grass growth. Sunday school resumes, visits among residents occur, and preaching happens on the third Sunday morning and fifth Sunday evening. Local injuries, health, and family visits are noted.
Pickens County Confederate Veterans Event Highlighted
The Pickens county Confederate veterans are urged to attend the June 3 events with Gen. M. L. Bonham of Anderson slated to speak on June 3. A June 8 reunion includes a dinner on court house grounds, an aeroplane demonstration, and modern warfare exhibits. Actors urge participation, donations, and a New Day for veterans.
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Pickens County
Pickens
U. D.C
Court House
Lewis Street
M. L. Bonham
Anderson
Pickens High School Plans June Graduation Week
Graduation exercises set for Friday June 3 at Grace Methodist Church with the commencement address by a prominent speaker. Baccalaureate sermon Sunday June 5 to be delivered by Rev J C Diges. Class of nineteen twenty one lists nineteen members led by Ivy Brezeale and Frances Cox with a motto By our efforts we hope to rise.
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Pickens High School
Grace Methodist Church
J. C. Diges
Methodist Church
Ivy Brezeale
Frances Cox
Catherine Cureton
Sara Finley
Sarah May Freeman
Mattie May Hallam
James Edward Hendricks
Sara Ada Keith
Blanche LaBoone
Aurora Mathews
Nannie Morris
Elen Nealy
Donald Roark
Robert B. Roark
Joe Robinson
Bessie Stewart
Mattie Sutherland
Edna Willis
William L. Matheny
Six Mile News Highlights Local Happenings
Bad weather postponed the play A Negro Honeymoon with 15 and 25 cent admission for team benefits. Thera Childress is ill. Rev. Clyde moves to Greenville for Purman University studies. Church leaders return from Chattanooga conference. several families relocate or visit relatives in Anderson and Louisville. Six Mile post office to open. B Y P U meets Sundays at 7 30 with invited youth.
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Thera
F. AS. Childress
Clyde
Greenville
Purman University
Academy
S. Childress
M. Bolding
J. A. Davis
Southern Baptist Convention
Chattanooga
Ford
Childress
Burts
Six Mile
Banks to Liquidate in Anderson After Stockholders Meet
Stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Farmers Loan and Trust Company in Anderson decided to liquidate both institutions after hours of deliberation. J. J. Major was named chairman of the liquidation board. Depositors and creditors will receive dividends as collections permit. combined resources were about $2,000,000. Shrinkage of collateral and slow paper collections were cited as the troubles.
Nitrate Soda Shipment Ends for the Season
J.D. Hotder and Son announce the final shipment of Nitrate Soda for the season. Those not yet supplied can obtain stock now.
Draughon’s Business College Ad Notice
A Columbia South Carolina college advertises business training by mail and on campus. It claims strong demand with three to six weekly calls for stenographers and bookkeepers and invites readers to phone or write for full information from William Lykes Jr and FW Lykes.
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Draughon
Letter from Cateechee notes marryings and local news
The piece reports the marriage of C W Nicholson to Chester Johnson on the Pike and mentions local events at Cateechee including a new Lyric theater manager Luther Evans, a sick child Keaner Williams, staff changes at the Cateechee school, and concerns about crime and law enforcement. It cites court and county issues with warnings about liquor laws and lynch law sentiment.
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Cupid
Pike
C. W. Nicholson
Chester Johnson
Pelzer
Liberty
J. Alonzo Brown
Cateechee
Luther Evans
Six Mile
Keaner” Williams
B.C. Williams
Ray Childress
Jossie Alexander
Josie Unipart
Nopelis High School
James, Garvin
Entrekin
Lillian Johnson
Norris
J. M. Clardy
Camp Creek Church
J. B. Baley
Toccoa
Truman
Gosnell Case to Head Pickens June Court Schedule
Pickens county Court of General Sessions opens Monday June 6 with two murder cases likely to be tried. State v Jake Gosnell faces Hendrix Rector death in Greenville. Wade Ballew and Robert Wilson linked to W C Holcombe police chief death in Easley. Solicitor D W Smoak says trials expected early term. Judge T J Mauldin to preside.
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Court of General Sessions
Pickens County
D. W. Smoak
Greenville
Jake Gosnell
Hendrix Rector
Wade Ballew
Robert Wilson
W. C. Holcombe
Easley
Smoak
Pickens
Gosnell
Greenville County
Grenvill
Gosell
Dean
Cothran
Wyche
Ballew
Wilson
Spartanbure
Bacley
Martin & Blythe
T. J .Mauldin
Death of Mrs Southerland at Pickens Mill
Mrs Anna Southerland wife of John Southerland died May 16 1921 at the Pickens mill after a brief illness. Funeral services were held the next day at Holly Springs Cemetery with ministers M B E Summer and C Re Abercrombie officiating. She rests in Jesus.
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J. D. Chastain
Pickens Mill
Anna Southerland
John Southerland
Holly Springs Cemetery
M. BE. Summer
C. Re. Abercrombie
Meeting at Tabernacle Draws Large Crowds in Pickens
Attendance has been strong at the Tabernacle meetings with three Sunday services. Dr. Montgomery leads evangelistic preaching on grace and salvation while Rev. F. C. Lamoreux assists with singing. Services run daily at 3 30 p m and 8 00 p m as attendees travel from nearby firms and distant areas.
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Tabernacle
Pickens
Montgomery
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Christine
Nada Greene
H. A. Nealey
Mrs
QO. R. Cothran
G. C. Christopher
Columbia
W. M. Brown
8S. T. Gibson
Hillard Butler
Stella Morgan
Nimmons
W. C. Bowen
Alice Mill
Dillard Anders
Conestee Couch
Dacusville
Geremony
Hon
G. W. Boy
N. P
Mary My
Bernice Larey
Glenwood
Bruee
Aiken
Laurence
Wood
Laura Alexander
Birmingham
Ala
Mr. If. D. Sloan
Mrs. Rowland
Atlanta, Ga
I.T. Cox
Leon Robinson
Clemson
Weod
Salvation Army
Prices’ Store
Eva Freeman
Bessie Tift College
Claudia Alexander
Allen Bivens
Misses Greenes
Nellie Freeman
Sarah Farmer
Mrs. Farmer
Messrs
Hansel Bivens
Cassy Porter
Johnnie Carey
van Clayton
Brown’s Hotel
Easley School
Pickens Power and Light Plant
GAP Hill News
Gap Hill
Floye Ferguson
Viola
Lila Stone
Elbert Bowers
Leonard
Lester Stone
Oscar Stewart
Arthur Alexander
Richard Gantt
Salem
John Edd Ferguson
Wesley Stone
J. R. Ferguson
Robert Gillespie
Turner
Johny
Inez Turner
Seaborn Stephen
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SIX Mile News
J.D. Hotder & Son
Ballew and Wilson
Jesus
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