Pickens Man Distin guishes Himself in Great Battle
Private Melvin Childress of Pickens South Carolina is highlighted for feats in the Battle of St Mihiel as the article describes his daring actions with a captured German Maxim gun. The narrative notes his earlier assumed death rumor and praises his bravery as a liaison man in Capt Compton’s tank battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Melvin Childress
Pickens
St. Mihiel
Geo. H. Seldes
Edward Marshall Syndicate
Charleston
Beney
Paines
Morris Knowles
Oakland
Cal
Corp
Howard E. Carmody
Kansas City Co
Carmody
Kamerad
Lieut
Knowles
Ivery Tank
Corp. Taylor
Buffalo
N. Y
S. C
Deaths of Mrs. D. B. Adams at 68 in Pickens
Mrs. D B Adams died last Wednesday October 28 after a long illness with influenza. She leaves her husband D K Adams and nine children. A Grace Methodist Church member for years, she endured years of suffering before a prayer service led by Rev. Lawrence Kelly and burial at Mt Bethel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. BK. Adams
Adams
Grace Methodist Church
Pickens
Lawrence Kelly
Mt. Bethel
Card of Thanks for Myrtle’s Illness
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during our daughter Myrtle’s sickness and to Dr Porter and W A White and wife for faithful support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle
Clemson College offers cheap high grade beef cattle to South Carolina
A Clemson College Bureau of Animal Industry letter invites county agents to help farmers buy good Shorthorn Angus and Hereford cattle from drouth areas in Texas at 6 to 7 cents per pound fob Fort Worth. Freight adds about $1 per 100 pounds, enabling a 20 000 pound car to cost roughly $200. A single rep will assist in selections, with pool funding and a coordinating agent to go this week for arranging orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Clemson College
Drouth
Texas
C. IF. Walker
P. O. Box 1000
Ft. Worth
W. W. Lewis
Animal Husbandman Extension
W. W. Long
T. A. Bowen
Pickens
Lieut Mobley Dies of Influenza During War Training
Easley mourns Lieut H Gansen Mobley who died of Spanish influenza after training at Fort Sill Oklahoma and while en route to overseas service. His wife Miss Kya Wyatt Mobley, of Bailey, Bailey county, also ill, will bury him in Heath Springs South Carolina. His body will be shipped home for burial to Heath Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easley
H. Gansen Mobley
Lieut
Mobley
Fort Sill
Oklo
St. Louis
Kya Wyatt
Bailey
Heath Springs 8
United War Work Campaign to Begin in Pickens County
A county mobilization for the United War Work Campaign runs November 11–18 with aim to raise 16 000 for 665 local service members. Township chairs plan door to door canvassing with Boys and Girls Victory Club members earning five dollars each. Gertrude Matthews leads women workers. J W Johnson oversees colored communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Welfare Board
War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Salvation Army
United States
People of
Victory Club
Gertrude Matthews
Easley
The $100 Club War Work Drive Launch
A county drive titled The $100 Club begins November 11 for one week to fund war relief. Anyone donating one hundred dollars or more joins a roll of honor to be posted in post offices and printed in local papers. County chairmen Gertude Matthews and C E Robinson urge support for the YMCA and related agencies aiding soldiers overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertude H. Matthews
C. EE
Sale of Pace store furniture at Rigdon's Easley SC
Notice states on the 16th day of November 1918 at Rigdon's store near Alice Mill Easley South Carolina there will be a cash sale of all store furniture belonging to the late A I Pace by written agreement of heirs items include shelves counters shoe cases scales lamps refrigerators and other articles A J Pace
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rigdon’s
Alice Mill
Easley
S. C
A. I. Pace
A. J. Pace
Remember the Day November 11th to 18th campaign note
A drive to raise 16000 dollars runs from November 11th to 18th with community involvement and organizers urging wide participation. Participants and local groups coordinate activities to meet the target.
Death of Miss Ruby Martin of Pendleton S C
Miss Ruby Martin former Nashville trained nurse died of pneumonia after influenza in Pendleton South Carolina at 6 AM October 24. She had practiced nursing in Anderson Oconee and Pickens counties and was buried in Pendleton Baptist church cemetery beside her mother and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Martin
Pendleton
S.C
Pickens
Martin
City Hospital of
Nashville, Tenn
Anderson
Oconee
Miss Martin
Clemson College
Felix B. Martin
Baptist Church
Marion W. Newton
Monroe L. Martin
Central
Mrs George G Wells Inherits Bradley Estate
By the death of Mrs Mary B Bradley of Easley, Mrs Bessie Wells wife of Greenville city official George G Wells inherits property and about 40000 dollars in cash. The will from Major D F Bradley’s estate leaves most of a 60000 dollar value to Mrs Wells. The estate includes land near Easley cotton mill stocks and other holdings. Mrs Bradley was struck and killed by a Southern railway train at Easley at age 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brezeale Bradley
Easley
Bessie Wells
George G. Wells
City of
Greenville
Wells
Major Bradley
Notice to School Trustees Poll List Requested
Notice from H. A. Townes Auditor asks all school districts to promptly submit their poll lists if not already provided.
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee Thanks Pickens County Team
Katherine R. Carey thanks township chairmen and co workers for their splendid effort in the fourth Liberty Loan Drive. The Pickens county women completed a fine final report with deep appreciation and best wishes from the chairwoman Mrs J P Carey Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens County
Katherine R. Carey
J. P. Carey, Jr
Womans Liberty Loan Committee
Woman's Liberty Loan Drive Report for Easley Township
The Woman's Liberty Loan Committee reports in Easley Township the fourth Liberty Loan drive. The Easley quota was 158,900 dollars with total sales of 232,950 dollars. Gertrude H. Matthews served as Chairman of Easley Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Committee
Easley Township
Easley
Gertrude H. Matthews
Men Leaving for Camp November Fifth List of Inductees
Inductees listed for departure to Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg South Carolina on November fifth include John B. Gordon Cothran Walter Lesley Gibson Marshall Parsons William Harrison McGaha John Hard Blackwell William S. Chapman Frank Holleman James A. Porter Robert Paul Land Eugene Otis Wilson William Elzie Durham Luther Franklin McQueen Lonnie Strickland James Emery Bishop Oliver Clinton Ellison Joseph Harlen Medlin Jim Crowder Adger Mauldin Ernest McGaha Luther Gunter Norman Smith Martin Luther Kelley William Homer Watkins Minor Gilstrap William Eskew Spearman Ernest William Waldrop James Hal Lesley Edward Burns Young Samuel B. Dobson W. A. Hendricks Mathew M. Looper Roy Alexander Findley Henry Joe Stephens William Coke Grant Willis Henry Clayton Lee Summerall Ernest H. Mullinix Ben Kllman Patterson James Bruce Stewart Robert F. Warley Horbert Edens William H. Kelley John Addrin Watkins Lee Hudson A Foster Crumpton Frank Nulley Hovey Pack Ossie C. Holder Stephen Robert Keith Warren Asberry Palmer Forest W. Chandler Thomas Richard Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
Spartanburg
S. C
John B. Gordon Cothran
Liberty
Walter Lesley Gibson
Easley
Marshall Parsons
Ala
William Harrison McGaha
John Hard Blackwell
Seneca
William S. Chapman
Pickens
Frank Holleman
Calhoun
James A. Porter
Robert Paul Land
Central
Eugene Otis Wilson
William Elzie Durham
Luther Franklin McQueen
Lonnie Strickland
James Emery Bishop
Oliver Clinton Ellison
Joseph Harlen Medlin
Dacusville
Jim Crowder
Adger Mauldin
Ernest McGaha
Luther Gunter
Norman Smith
Cateechee
Martin Luther Kelley
William Homer Watkins
Minor Gilstrap
William Eskew Spearman
Ernest William Waldrop
James Hal Lesley
Edward Burns Young
Samuel B. Dobson
W. A. Hendricks
Pitkens
Mathew M. Looper
Roy Alexander Findley
Henry Joe Stephens
William Coke Grant
Willis Henry Clayton
Lee Summerall
Ernest H. Mullinix
Ben Kllman Patterson
James Bruce Stewart
Robert F. Warley
Ensley
Horbert Edens
William H. Kelley
John Addrin Watkins
Lee Hudson
A. Foster Crumpton
Frank Nulley
Hovey Pack
Ossie C. Holder
Stephen Robert Keith
Warren Asberry Palmer
Forest W. Chandler
Thomas Richard Powell
Red Cross Seeks Christmas Packages for Servicemen
Red Cross notes outline Christmas package rules for service members overseas. Pickens Chapter will stock boxes and issue shipments when labels are received. Three pound limit prompts careful gift selection. Civilian Relief Committee reports influenza relief work. Miss Knight and Mrs. Hagood Bruce mobilize soups and nourishment to ill residents. Crosswell Branch shines with 25 linen sheets and 40 towels, Mt. Carmel surpasses quota with 225 towels, Reunion exceeds target, and 1000 cotton undershirts from Reclamation Bureau arrive for immediate distribution while hospital linen shipments proceed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens Chapter
Red Cross
Miss Knight
Hagood Bruce
Crosswell
Mt. Carmel
Heavy Rains Cause Major Damage Around Greenville
Heavy rains flood Greenville area causing extensive damage to crops mills and rail lines. The Reedy River washed away bushels of corn flooded factories and tracks. Estimated losses range from 250000 to 800000 with bridges on Eighteen creek destroyed and widespread county damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Piedmont & Northern
Greenville & Western Railways
Nuckasee
Camperdown
American Machine and Mfg. Co
Pickens County
William League Dies in Easley at 42
William League longtime overseer of the Glenwood mill weave room died in Easley on October 28 at age 42 from influenza complications without pneumonia. Interment at West View. Survived by his widow eight children three brothers and several sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William League
Glenwood
Easley
West View
Robert
Greeville
Mack
Piedmont
James
Ensley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Childress
John Childress
Melvin
D. B. Adams
United War Work Campaign
Kasley
KE. L. Bolt
W. C. O'Dell
Ralph Ramseur
Turricane
B. F. Murphree
Reyv
B. G. Tield
Jos
L. Looper
Pumpkintown
J. A. Hendricks
Kastatee
J. R. Meece
J. W. Johnson
Hasley
Geo. G. Wells
H. A. Townes
Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee
B. T. Day
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Sa Steera Ieee
Blou Segarra
Mrs. J. Pearey, Jr Chi
Red
Reunion
Reclamation Bureau
Easley Wednesday
Uncle Sam
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