Community News From Mt Carmel Area
Local letters note busy harvests with cotton and small grain crops in progress. Farmers praise autumn weather as corn shuckings return and bread homegrown, while youth enjoy long winter evenings of music and candy pulls. Mt Carmel church reports a forcible sermon by Pastor Hiatt and social visits from Travelers Rest attendees. A new bridge at Machine Ford earns county praise. Cross Plains W O V Camp adds a fresh coat of paint to their hall.
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Mt. Carmel
Hiatt
Brown
Nannie Miller
Travelers Rest
I. J. Smith
Mt. Tabor
Victor Lathem
Machine Ford
Thomas
Cross Plains
W.O. V
Six Mile Notes and Upcoming Events at Six Mile
Six Mile notes Prof. J. L. Willis preached at Mountain View last weekend. Miss Nell Crawford and Miss Jantha Casey visited relatives near Westminster. A. D. Mann held a cotton picking on Saturday. The academy group enjoyed a meal together. A play The Mishaps of Minerva is set for Friday November 12 with 10 and 15 cent admission. A mock trial will be held Friday night November 13 with Charles Atkinson and M. J. Stansell as counsel. Gray Eves.
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J. L. Willis
Mountain View
Nell Crawford
Jantha Casey
Westminster
A.D. Mann
Academy
Minerva
Six Mile Baptist Academy
Charles Atkinson
The
Plain“If
M. J. Stansell
Gray Eves
Spartanburg man sustains injuries after fall from building
Green McLeskey formerly of Pickens and now in Spartanburg fractured his arm and sustained facial and shoulder injuries when he slipped from the top of a one story building while watching an airship flight last week.
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Green’ McLeskey
Pickens
Spartanburg
Welborns Visit Relatives Near Pickens
Pumpkintown notes show Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Welborn visiting the former's parents near Pickens from Saturday afternoon to Monday. W. I. Hendricks plans to move his saw mill to W. D. Hendricks' timbered property. Hendricks nearly lost an eye due to a foreign particle in his pupil on October 31. Ray Lynch, former Pickens telephone operator, was recently injured in a runaway accident, badly breaking his teeth.
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J. P. Welborn
Pickens
W.I. Hendricks
Ooleney
W. D. Hendricks
Hendricks
Ray Lynch
Waterworks at Oolenoy Pioneer Brings Local Pride
Our energetic citizen W K Edens Jr has added water works to his home using an overshot wheel. Water is brought from a spring 1200 feet away at 100 feet elevation and flows to a cement tank then to barn bathroom and lawn. The move inspires others and signals broader community value through inventive use.
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Qolenoy
W. Ki. Edens, Jr
Edens
Assistant secretary visits Pickens County charities and jail
A. D. Oliphant, assistant secretary of the state board of charities and corrections, toured Pickens County institutions. He inspected the county jail and poorhouse, visited the county chaingang camp near Calhoun, where Supervisor Craig oversees roadwork at Ravenel's bridge, and noted satisfactory conditions with suggestions for improvements.
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A. D. Oliphant
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Pickens County
Pickens
Almeshouse
J.T. Taylor
Town Fo rk Norris News Notes Match Greenville Textile Exposition
A congenial party traveled to Greenville for the textile exposition. Residents report moves to Greenville and Liberty while others visit relatives, shop, or host gatherings in neighboring towns. Local movements include families relocating, new residents arriving, and social visits across Six Mile Swanee and Calhoun areas.
Pickens Cotton Market Notes and Greenville Rooming House Opening
Corrected market entries show cotton at 385 a ton in Pickens with diesel and SRST figures noted. Mrs. B P Martin, formerly of Pickens, opens a first class rooming house at 814 Washington Street Greenville inviting Pickens county visitors.
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Pickens
B. P. Martin
Washington Street
Greenville
Pickens County
Liberty Homecoming at First Baptist Church
The Liberty First Baptist Church celebrated a homecoming after decades of decline. The writer recalls past struggles and praises Rev. T. M. Galphin as a strong pastor while urging a parsonage and better salary to ensure weekly preaching and continued growth.
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First Baptist Church of
Galphin
D.W.H
Cumberland Tenn. star Seaborn shines in 68 0 setback
Pickens' Colie Seaborn starred for South Carolina in a 68 to 0 win over Cumberland Tenn. He rushed 60 yards and scored a touchdown in his first year as a substitute. Teammates Casey Porter of Pickens and Bill Folger of Easley are also among the top players on the squad.
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Cumberland
Pickens Man James Nally Dies in Greenville
James Nally, longtime Woodside mill resident and Pickens county native, died at Greenville hospital after months of illness at age 28. Survived by wife and one child, with many relatives in Greenville and Pickens. Funeral at 5 PM Sunday at his No 6 Sixth Street home. interment Monday at Georges Creek Church with Rev. Washington presiding. Greenville Daily News.
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James Nally
Woodside Mill
Greenville Hospital
Pickens County
Nally
Greenville
Sterling
Pickens
Sixth Street
Georges Creek Church
Mr. Washington
Woodside Church
Greenville Daily News
Bessie Jones Weds O M Howard at Easley Home
A Thursday afternoon wedding at the bride's Easley residence united Miss Bessie Jones eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Jones with Mr O M Howard of Greenville. Rev J D Holler officiated and the couple will reside in Greenville.
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Easley
Bessie Jones
R. B. Jones
O. M. Howard
Greenville
J. D. Holler
Greeenville
Dacus Family Visits, Son Recovers from Typhoid
Mr P. D. Dacus of Sugar Valley Ga formerly of this county spent the past week in the city with his son Jule B Dacus who is recovering from four weeks illness of typhoid fever He returned Monday carrying his son who will spend a month or more at his father's home recuperating Kasley Proress.
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P. D. Dacus
Sugar Valley
Jule B.dacus
Kasley Proress
Pickens County Items Highlights From Local Schools and Obituaries
Montvale school will start winter term November 15 with Miss Ruth Cannon and Miss Minnie Herd as teachers. Mrs. Mary Geer of Belton dies at 84, mother of John M. Geer, president of Easley cotton mill. Miss Cantrell, aged woman, dies. burial at Mountain Grove church. Mrs. Alice Woodson dies in Six Mile. survived by husband D H Woodson and eight children. Fourth quarterly conference of Pickens Methodist church set for Thursday at 3 30 pm. all officers urged to attend. KE H Craig wins prizes at Greenville poultry show with Rhode Island Reds. Martin graded school to begin winter term November 22. patrons to gather November 20 to ready building.
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Montvale School
Ruth Cannon
Minnie Herd
Mary Geer
Belton
John M. Geer
Easley Cotton Mill
Alice Woodson
Six Mile Section
D. H. Woodson
Anderson County
The
Pickens Methodist Church
KE. H. Craig
Pickens
Rhode Island Reds
Greenville
Martin Graded School
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Thomas T. Whitten
J.P. Garvin
Atlanta
M. C. Rhodes
Globe
Arizona
Rhodes
Little Cecil
Swanee
E. Mauldin
Christine
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J. D. Morgan Mercantile Co
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S. FE
Magpie Johnson
J. Parrott
Thomas Maddox
Jessie Smith
Liberty
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C. F. Hopkins
Warren Hopkins
R. B. Lumpkins
Mile Creek
Dock Thenter
Ollie
Nettie
Dessie Mullinax
May Bell Mauldin
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