Local notes from Pickens discuss travel and illness
Rev. E T Hodges travels to Atlanta for a few days. Mrs Zade Cox and David Lynn visit Greenville Monday. Families visit Anderson and Clinton. Miss Katherine Harris returns to G W C. Postings note school opening at Montvale November 11 with teachers Sadie Craig and Flora Kelley. Several locals, including Mrs N E Thornley and Mr Clarence Mann, are mentioned with health and military family updates.
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Montvale
Sadie Craig
Flora Kelley
Porters Return Home and Local War News Highlight County Losses
The Porters return to Greenville after October visit with parents in Pickens. Pickens county reports 8897 bales of cotton ginned for 1918 by Oct 18 vs 3465 by same date last year. Ernest Gantt, son of L A Gantt, killed in France Oct 12 serving in Ambulance corps. Local fatal elevator accident claims Gene Young. Schools reopen with quarantine lifted. trustees urged to prepare premises and fuel. no pupil from influenza families allowed until danger passes. Town taxes due Nov 1. Frank Alexander notes his son was slightly wounded. Morris & Co offers salt and provisions. carloads of flour and shorts sold.
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Department of Commerce
Pickens County
L. A. Gantt
Liberty
War Dept
Ernest
France
Ambulance Corp
Hallum
Indefinite School Postponement Amid Spanish Influenza
The opening of the school scheduled for today is postponed due to Spanish influenza. About seventeen families have sick members, with one family in the mountains severely affected. Several students return to duties after quarantine, and staff changes include Miss Cleo Hendrix, Jessie Adens, and A C Sutherland resuming teaching roles.
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Perry Masters
Mr. EK. F. Looper Thrown From Horse On Farm
Mr. EK. F. Looper was thrown from his horse Sunday afternoon while attempting to cross a ditch. He lay in pain until workers carried him to the house. Dr. Cannon found no broken bones but could not rule out internal injuries. Looper is well known in Pickena county and his friends regret the accident.
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Bla Farm
Hi W. Kooper
Bla
Cannon
Sooner
Pickena County
Transforming Words into War Bullets and Huns
The note sketches a rapid shift from poetic investment to practical tools of war as ideas quickly become bullets aimed at defeating the Huns. It hints at propaganda and mobilization in a wartime context.
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Monaye One Investa
Savings for Defense Drives Celebrate War Bonds
An editorial urges readers to invest in War Savings Stamps and notes every dollar supports soldiers and national defense. It argues that money spent on bonds funds equipment, pay, and supplies for the armed forces.
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Waterman Fountain
Parker Fountain Pens
Rexall Fountain
Pickens Drug Company
J. N. Hallum
Prop
Mer
TOO
Tor
J. W. Hendricks
Frank E. Alexander
Pickens, &. C
Ava
Pickens
Keowee Pharmacy
R. E. Lewis
South Carolina
E. T. Hodges
Atlanta
Mr. and
Mrs. Jeans
Anderson
Katherine Harris
The
Baptist Church
Essie Kelley
Greenville
A. A. Jones
the Sentinel
Mrs. Clements
G. R. Hendrix
R. F. Herd
Clarence Mann
Columbia
N. E. Thornley
A. V. Snabinet
Gresham
Spartanburg
John Craig
R. A. Hester
Charles
A. M. Morris
Edgar
Motor Transport Service
U.S. Army
Paul S. McClanahan
F. R. McClanahan
Near Liberty
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
W. B. Allgood
Frank
B. M. Smith
Lookout Mountain
Smith
Eugene Pendleton
New York
U. S. Army
Pendleton
Oconee County
Geo. A. Ellis
Picken
B. B. Porter
Eleanor
Pickers
Gene Young
Pleasant Young
Pickens Mill
Ki. F. Alexander
Frank Alexander
Morris & Co
Cleo Hendrix
Central High School
Jessie B. Adens
Spartan Academy
Laurens
A. C. Sutherland
Easley Graded School
Jesse Morris
Marl Keith
W. S. Hendrix
4. M. Rigdon
Bailey
Sutherland
Pleasant Grove
W.T. Anderson
CHT
Post Office
Mr. EK. F. Looper
Ueal
Earth
Interstate Drug Company, Inc
McDougall
J. J. Gantt Furniture Co
Liberty Ss. Cc
Gottom
Craig Bros. Company
Pickens, S. C
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