Local Notices and Vivid Community Briefs From Pickens
Pickens county reports 11204 bales of cotton ginned by November 1, up from 6932 last year. Obituary notes Marvin Dorr of pneumonia at age 20. A. B. Taylor, cross tie man, busy with telegraph pole orders across three states. Daily life includes visitors, marriages, random accidents, and a church convention forthcoming.
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Taylor
North Carolina
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Georgia
Pickens
Local notes record taxes due and school openings
Tax payments due by November et City Clerk BF Alexander notes the Ooloney school will open next Monday the 18th. Dr. W A Woodruff spent Monday in Pickens examining boys for the army. Rev B G Field improves after Spanish influenza. Liberty Bonds Fourth Liberty Loan arrived and subscribers through Pickens Bank urged to call. Wyatt A Jennings commissioned lieutenant. Hagood district ladies cottage prayer meeting at Mrs R H Baker Thursday at 3 60. W F Johnson of Central visits Sentinel. subscriber since start. Local prices: eggs 50c dozen butter 40c lb hens 25c lb old roosters 16c lb fryers 30c lb to 2 lbs. Craig Bros Co. An infant died Saturday night from Rev D P Hudson. buried at Mt Bethel Sunday. services by S C Dunlap. Central township Sunday School to meet first Sunday in December at 2 o’clock in Central high school. Hattie Porter daughter of Smith Porter died November 7 pneumonia at 12. buried Pickens View Friday a week after mother's burial. Roanoke school opens Monday November 18. parents urged to send children daily. County preachers asked to send name and address to Sam B. Craig for mail matter. Sargeant Jack Sutherland on ten day furlough from General Hospital Chattanooga visits Pickens area. serves four wards.
Mrs Ellen Porter Obituary and Local Notes
Mrs Ellen Porter wife of Smith Porter died at home Friday November 1 of pneumonia at age 42 leaving a husband and five children. She was a longtime member of Pickens View church where she was buried the day after her death. Also note a letter from Mr Gary Hiott resting at Rev D W Hiott's home in Holly Hill Orangeburg county recounting farming life and local conditions with remarks on cotton and lifestyle.
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Ellen Porter
Smith Porter
Gary Hiott
D. W. Hiott
Holly Hill
Orangeburg County
Deaths of Carrie Adams and Roxie Adams
Two local deaths reported. Carrie Adams aged 26, wife of B B Adams, died October 30 at home and was buried at Mt Bethel. daughter of Smith Porter. Roxie Adams aged 29, wife of J T Adams, died October 26 of Spanish influenza and was buried at Martin Grove cemetery. daughter of J Mat Brazeale. Both leave husbands and children and were active church members.
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Roxie Adams
J. T. Adams
Martin Grove Cemetery
L. H. Kelly
Adams
J. Mat Brazeale
Pickens Railroad Stockholders Meet December 16 1918
Notice for a special meeting of Pickens Railroad Company stockholders called by the board. The meeting at the principal office in Pickens South Carolina on December 16 1918 at 11 a m will consider authorizing a contract with the Director General of Railroads on joint rates and related matters. Secretary J M Bruce signs.
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J. McD
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Twentieth Century Mothers Club Holds First Meeting
The Twentieth Century Mothers' Club held its first regular meeting on Thursday afternoon October 31 at president Mrs J P Carey Jr's home. Mrs J M Gantt read minutes and Mrs J L Valley was elected third vice president. The program included piano solo by Inez Morris and papers on modern motherhood and marriage with member discussions. The club planned monthly meetings, next on December 6 at Mrs T L Bivens's home.
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Mothers’ Club
J. P. Carey, Jr
J. M. Gantt
J. L. Valley
Inez Morris
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
R. E. Lewis
Wordsworth
J. J. Valley
Harley
J. M. Stewart
T. L. Bivens
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Liberty
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Greenville
Izetta Waldrop
Mark Waldrop
France
W. J. Acker
Greenville Lumber Co
Ben Masters
Cleveland
Greenville County
Sentinel
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A. I. Sanders
Daisy Julian
Court House
C. F E. Robinson
Notary Public
J. T. Taylor
Liberty Township
Flat Rock Church
R. C. Robinson
W. C. Newton
Morristown
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Marvin Dorr
S. G. Dorr
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Griffin Church
Griffin Griffin
F. S. Childress
George Nally
L. M. Brown
Easley Road
Squire Richey
Mr. Nally
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Ooloney
W. A. Woodruff
Army
Rev. B. G. Field
Pickens Bank
Wyatt A. Jennings
Cottage Prayer Meeting
Hagood District
R. H. Baker
W. F. Johnson
Central
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Craig Bros. Co
D. P. Hudson
Mt. Bethel
S. C. Dunlap
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Hattie Porter
Hattie
Pickens View
Roanoke
Sam B. Craig
Sargeant
Jack Sutherland
General Hospital
Chattanooga
Jack
Carrie Adams
B. B. Adams
Wade H. Lewis
the Pickens Sentinel
Eerie Eterna Eee
Pickens, S.C
Gottom
Craig Bros. Company
Jersey
F. S. Porter
Pickens Colored School
Pickens Graded School
PB. S. Ticks
Pickens Railroad
Stockholders Meeting
Porter
B. B. Porter
Haa Boipre
Twentieth Century Mothers’ Club
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