Halloween Happenings Highlight Liberty Area
Friday night a Halloween party at the schoolhouse drew high school boys and teachers. Senior B Y P A members hosted a party at the McKittricks with fortune teller fun and seasonal snacks. Local teachers Ruthie Jones Zola Hutchins Addie Davis Ida Lou Hunter began or resumed duties. Liberty circusgoers saw Cole Bros show in Greenville.
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Liberty
Hallowe'en
J. R. Martina
Agricultural School
Hallowe’en
Jack O’lanterns
S. T. McKittrick
Ruthie Jones
Keowee
Zola Hutchins
Travelers Rest
C. T. Hutchins
Addie L. Davis
Williamston
Ida Lou Hunter
Belton
S. B. Huff
Masters Darrell
Roscoe
J. M. Hunt
Silye Chamblin
Walhalla
Liberty Circus
Greenville
Cole Eros
Liberty U D C Meeting Highlights Bond Between Masters and Slaves
The Keewee chapter U D C met at Mrs. J M Abbot home for an October program on The Bond Between the Negro Slaves and their Masters in the South. Members shared reminiscences, readings, and a closing Echo by Mrs. J N Blum. Officers for next year were elected and delegates named. November’s gathering will be at Mrs. Jay Boggs with Miss Fannie Lyde assisting.
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Keewee
J. M. Abbot
South
J.N. Blum
A. L. Johnson
8S. T. McKittrick
W. CG. O’dell
J. C. Hunter
L. N. Foy
B. G. Smith
Jay Boggs
J. P.glenn
J. P. Glenn
Geo. l L. Templeton
WA. Sheldon
D. H. Kennemar
Annie Hamilton
Fannie Lyde
For Sale Pigs and Milk Cows
Local listing advertising farm stock available from R. C. Baker. Includes pigs and milk cows for sale with unspecified quantities and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Baker
Along Pickens Star Route News and Social Notes
Weather favors farming with sowing and harvests noted across the district. Families visit and relocate, with Mr. Lusk moving to Seneca and new arrivals at Meeceville and other homes. Local schooling, neighborhood visits, and a Shady Grove school reopening are reported along with clergy and community events.
Fragmented satirical verses on society and politics
A stream of quips and wry observations touch on royalty, hypocrisy, alcohol, philosophy, and current events. They namecheck figures like Trotzky and references to Anarchists, religion, weather, geometry, and social behavior, presenting a scattered humor column tone.
Cotton and the Cooperative Movement
The Greenville Daily News analyzes whether the 25 cent cotton rise is due to cooperative marketing. It cites The Nations Business and US Chamber of Commerce arguments that cooperative loans and bulk marketing raised prices, improved grading, warehousing, and cash advances, boosting producer returns and stabilizing the cotton trade. Fresno is offered as a success example of cooperative impact transforming a rural economy.
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Greenville Daily News
Nation’s Business
United States Chamber of Commerce
M. Kile
War Finance Corporation
Kile
Fresno
Calif
United States
Nice small farm for sale near Six Mile church
R. M. Baker tract about 30 acres of fine land offered on easy terms. Four to five hundred dollars cash with balance in equal installments over several years. Contact B. F. Martin or N. M. Blythe, Greenville, S C.
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R. M. Baker
Six Mile Church
B. F. Martin
N. M. Blythe
Greenville
S. C
Lost Boy Blues Erge Ment Reported Between Two Stores
Five year old boy missing after a report between J. W. Hendricks store and W. J. Stephens store. A reward is offered by D. A. Brazale. Phone number listed as 4.
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J. W. Hendricks
W. J. Stephens
D. A. Brazeale
Senator Craig Praises Confederate Veterans at Pickens Dinner
Senator John E. Craig spoke to Confederate veterans of Pickens county during a fair opening day dinner praising their valor and urging enduring memory. He thanked the ladies and band and promised the city welcomes all within its walls.
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John E. Craig
Confederate Y Veterans
Pickens County
Veterans of the Confederacy
Mrs. Janie Briggs Hamilton Dies in Easley at 75
Mrs. Janie Briggs Hamilton widow of Whitten Hamilton died at home in Fasley Tuesday night around 10 30. She aged about 75 and had suffered years with a long bed confinement. She leaves four children Henry W Hamilton Norman I Hamilton Miss Bessie Hamilton and Mrs J J Sims plus a sister Mrs T J Bowen of Easley. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at West View cemetery. Easley Progress.
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Janie Briggs Hamilton
Whitten Hamilton
Fasley
Henry W
Norman I. Tramilton
Bessie Hamilton
J. J. Sims
T. J. Bowen
Easley
West View Cemetery
Easley Progress
Along Pickens Route 4 Community Notes
Mr and Mrs Edwin Stansell visited their sister Mrs Edens. J L Brown repairs his house. Rock school opens November thirteenth with Mollie Woford as principal and Jessie Slousey as assistant. Mae Keith ill. George Edens and wife visit Lige Edens with Clemson professor. Two year old son of Sam Brown ill. Bob Meece Walter and Laura Meece visited Sam Browns home. Mountaineer.
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J. L. Brown
Rock School
Mollie Wofford
Jessie Slouseyne
Mae Keith
Lawrence Edens
George Edens
Clemson College
Lige Edens
Sam Brown
Bob Meece
Marriages Recorded by Judge Christopher in November
On November 4 Edith Crew wed Mgr. Gary Holden in Judge Christopher’s office. On November 5 Mary Looner married John Anderson at Judge Christopher’s residence.
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Judge Christopher
Edith Crew
Mgr
Gary Holden
Judte Christopher
Mary Looner
John Anderson
Club Boys Campaign Opens School Based Prizes
A. Bowen announces for 1923 that prospective club members may join through their schools to compete for prizes offered by Senator elect J. E. Craig of Easley. Students in corn and cotton clubs should plant cover crops this fall such as flower, vetch, or rye if possible. If not in school, join by sending names to the Superintendent of Education or county agent as visits to schools begin and teachers are asked to cooperate.
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T A. Bowen
J. E. Craig
Easley
Supt. of Education
County
Agant
Mrs Lizzie O Porter Dead In Greenville
Mrs Lizzie Ophelia Porter aged about 41 died at her father Rufus Hopkins home 28 Fourth Avenue Greenville after a lingering illness. She had lived in Masley and Glenwood mill area and is survived by husband H Porter her parents Rufus and Mrs Hopkins four sisters and three brothers with several nieces and nephews named in the notice.
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Greenville
Lizzie Ophelia Porter
Rufus Hopkins
Fourth Avenue
Porter
Masley
Glenwood Mill
D. Porter
Eula
High School Literary Societies and Boarders
The high school lists two literary societies the Keowee for 7th and 8th grades and the Athenian for 9th and 11th grades. The girls form a basketball team and have begun practice. Mr Dean Edens weekend visit noted among Pickens county pupils who passed the teacher's examination were Beulah Gravely Ethel Porter Ina Cannon Kathleen Adams Dora Chapman Maude Pow Paul Gravely and Austin Durham.
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Dean Edens
Colones
Beulah Gravely
Ethel Porter
Ina Cannon
Kathleen Adams
Dora Chapman
Maude Pow
Paul Gravely
Austin Durham
Singing Convention Invites Meet at Norris Baptist Church
The Hurricane Township Sunday Convention plans a meeting with Norris Baptist Church on the third Sunday in November at 2 o clock. Central Township singing convention extends a special invitation to join the event.
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Hurricane Township
Norris Baptist Church
Central Township
Evangelist J T Manns Appointments In Pickens County
Evangelist J. T Mann of Anderson will preach on the second Sunday in the month at Griffin 11 oclock Secona 3 30 and Pekens Mill church that night at the usual hour. You are cordially invited to attend these services.
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J. T., Mann
Anderson
Pickens County
Griffin
Secona
Pekens Mill Shurch
Colored School Attendance Enforced in Pickens Trustees
The composory school attendance law is in effect in the Pickens colored school by order of the trustees with immediate effect.
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Pickens Colored School
Colored marriage notice for Lizzie Green and Isaiah Benson
Lizzie Green and Isaiah Benson, colored, announce a marriage in November. The notice appears in his office records as a colored couple formalizing nuptials.
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Christopher
Lizzie Green
Isaiah Benson
Sneads Man Visits Old Friend in Pickens Section
Mr. Platt Wooldrige of Sneads Florida visits Mr. Robert M. Welborn near Pickens. They served together in France and returned together. Wooldrige favors the region, saying it beats Florida and nearly considers moving there.
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Platt Wooldrige
Sneads
Pla
Robert M. Welborn
Pickens
Welborn
Wooldrige
France
Wooldtien
Florida
Regimen and Birthday Accounts to Publish Next Week
Several more accounts of regimen and birthday celebrations are planned for publication next week. The notes indicate ongoing features and human interest items to appear in upcoming issues.
Birthday Celebration Honors Mr Baker at 70
Friends and relatives gathered Oct 19 to honor Mr B H Baker on his 70th birthday at his home. Over 100 guests shared a noon dinner prepared by ladies with a doctor present for safety. The event featured group photos, singing, and gifts as Mr Baker reflected on his roots and church life.
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B. H. Baker
Mr. Baker
Meladies
F.T. Cox
J. C. Siggs
Front Yard
Jacob Baker
Me. Baker
A& Descen
Bunptist
Birthday Honoring Mrs. R. I. Anderson At Home
A October B1 birthday celebration was hosted at the home of Mrs. R. I. Anderson in honor of her 71st birthday. Ninety eight friends and relatives attended, with social conversation in the morning, a noon dinner, and a sermon by Rev. A. M. Simmons in the afternoon. Mrs. Anderson received tributes from young people and gifts from older guests, with wishes for many more happy birthdays.
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R. I. Anderson
A. M. Simmons
Mrs. Masters celebrates 70th birthday at Anderson County home
About fifty friends and relatives gathered at I M Masters home in Anderson County on October 15 to honor Mrs Jd I Masters on her 70th birthday. Guests enjoyed a fine dinner as three children W K Masters of Massey Fr M Masters of Anderson County and Mrs A J Liester of Greenville County attended along with twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The gathering expressed hope to share at least twenty five more such occasions at the hospitable home.
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Jd. I. Masters
I. M. Masters
Andersen
Honor Roll Norris Graded School
Honor roll list from Norris Graded School includes students across grades from first to eighth. Names feature Joyce Johnson Bes sie Mae Johnson Clara Mae Alexander Pauline Bolding Pettie Maddox Don McWhorter Isaac Cantrell and others with teachers noting high grades.
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Norris Graded School
Joyce Johnson
Bessie Mae Johnson
Clara Mae Alexander
Pauline Bolding
Pettie Maddox
Don McWhorter
Isaac Cantrell
Hugh Kennedy
Grace Adcox
Sybil Gilstrap
Grover Hood
John Kennedy
Thelma Garrett
Roy Entrekin
Ralph Hood
Harold James
Mattie Jo McWhorter
Martha Boroughs
Clyde Owen
Francis Bolding
James Whiten
Flora Glover
Clemson
Billinestys Kurman
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Live Liberty
Liberty U. D. C. Meeting
R. M. Lusk
Lusk
Seneca
Maggie
Lois Gilstrap
Inez
Lois Winchester
S. C. Colling
H. IF. Wright
Walter Fowler
B. T. Winchester
M. B. Garrett
Norris
N. N. Merce
Beneca
Wrench
Brumley
Central
Keasler
Kastatoessetion
Arthur Madden
T. P. Wood
G. W. Keasler
Rufus Galloway
Piedmont
Shady Grove School
Olive Adams
James Finley
Ocenee
Willie Murphree
Salem High School
Baldhead Philosophy
By Hawkshaw
Tino
Rip van Wrinkle
Trotzky
Devil
Pennsylvania
Greece
Turkey
K.K.K
Tom
Pete
Cotton
Senator Craig
THE
Veterans
Mrs. Edwin Stansell
Mrs. J. Edens
Tvangelist
Mann
Colored School
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