Maynard district to build new school with auditorium
Hauling begins for the Maynard district school project with work starting September 10. The existing two room building built twenty eight years ago will be sold September 3 to fund the new four class room facility and auditorium. Contractors Sheck and Day of Easley aim for completion by December 1.
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Maynard
Professor Bright
Sheck and Day
Easley
A. P. Raines
J. N. Ligon
J. F. Findley
H. W. Hiatt
Annie Roper
Clayton
R. A. Garren
Cross Roads
Garren
Thad Fowler
Greenville
James Baxter
Brevard
Cross Roads Church
J. C. Justus
Methodist Church
Ashmore
Seago
Cross Roads Baptist Church
J. B. Findley
Frank Sallentine
J. D. Stansell
Billy Peacock
W. E. Hill
Rosedna
Nell
Jule Hendricks
Parker Edens
Oolenoy
Messrs
Ellerby
Ted Jones
Marchie
Will Looper
Revival Sparks Eight Days Of Union Gospel At Keowee Church
D W Hiott reports a successful protracted meeting at Keowee church Abbeville County with Rev Ben G Field Greenville a Pickens county native. Field described as a gifted preacher and potential leading figure in coming years crowds filled services for eight days and praised singers R M Boldings and J A Rigeins from Pickens. The revival drew Abbeville listeners and lifted spirits.
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Keowee Church
Abbeville County
Ben G. Field
Greenville
Pickens County
Bro. Field
R. M. Boldsings
J. A. Rigeins
Pickens
Pickens County Fair Plans Highlight Educational Exhibits
The Pickens County Fair runs October 12 to 14 with street parades and exhibits of crops cattle hogs poultry horses and more. President George Hendricks seeks a directors meeting and Professors Blackwell Herrman and LaMaster spoke on exhibit preparation inspiring farmers and bull association interests in Teasley territory.
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Pickens County
George Hendricks
Chamber of Commerce
Blackwell
Herrman
LaMaster
Organization of
South
Baptist Ministers Meet in Central Hotel Washington DC
Notice to Baptist ministers announces the Blue Ridge Baptist Ministers Conference gathering at Central Hotel in Central, D C on the Monday after the first Sunday in September. All pastors from Pickens Piedmont Twelve Mile and Beaver Dam associations urged to attend for reports from past two months and fellowship. J A Anderson signs.
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Blue Ridge Baptist Ministers Conference
Central Hotel
Central
D. C
Pickens
Piedmont
Twelve Mile
Beaverdam
J. A. Anderson
Bear Wallow News Highlights Local Visits and Tragedy
Residents recount Blue Ridge views as visitors from Anderson and Easley mingle with locals. Misses Oates from Easley join families here. Mrs Will Wall dies and is buried in Orangeburg. Local residents from Rutherfordton and Fountain Inn visit.
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Messrs
R. IE. Morehead
L. L. Copeland
G. C. Copeland
N. W. Dunlap
J. C. Alewine
Anderson
8. C
Blue Ridge
May Oates
Mary Jane Oates
Easley
S. C
Chimney Rock
Will Wall
Orangeburg
John Laboon
S. R. Cannon
Rutherfordton
N. C
A. L. Peelen
Fountain Inn
Card of Thanks from R A Garren
The text expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during the sickness and death of the writer’s wife R A Garren offers blessing.
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R. A. Garren
Strategy Sermon and the Missing Five Dollars
A Sunday sermon at a black church ends with a collector’s gambit as a preacher accuses a member of unfaithfulness to church and wife unless he donates five dollars. After a brief call and recount, forty-two five dollar bills and a two dollar bill remain, with a note promising to deliver the rest in the morning.
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West Point
Pennett Mercantile Co Sells Overalls and Shirts
Good overalls priced at 1.15 dollars and work shirts at 75 cents each sold by Pennett Mercantile Co. This note highlights affordable workwear offerings from the store.
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Pennett Mercantile Co
All-Star Boxing Card Promises Big Greenville Event
Greenville S C August 30 The Textile Hall hosts the most expensive boxing exhibition in South Carolina on Labor Day promoted by J J McCrea of the Textile Athletic Club. Main bout Lukie Tanner versus Phil Logan with Larry Avera fighting Al McCoy in the undercard. Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross and Boy Scouts. Lena Sweet of Easley is set to meet Billy Pike of Atlanta at the Grand Opera House on Labor Day.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
Textile Hall
J. J. McCrea
Textile Athletic Club
Lukie Tanner
South
Phil Logan
Rocky Kansas
New York
Larry Avera
Walk Miller
al McCoy
New Jersey
East
Morgan
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Lena Sweet
Easley
Billy Pike
Atlanta
Grand Opera House
Sweet Vaughn
Pickens County Sunday School Convention Set At Cateechee
The Pickens County Sunday School Association will hold its annual convention at Cateechee Baptist church on September 10 and 11. All county Sunday school workers from all denominations are invited to attend with a county wide mass meeting format rather than a delegated body. Leon C. Palmer of the State Sunday School Association is expected to attend, along with a field secretary. Information available from W. A. Mathews or O. T. Hinton of Pickens or Leon G. Palmer at Spartanburg.
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Pickens County
W. A. Mathews
Pickens
O. T. Hinton
Leon GC. Palmer
Allen & Law Building
Spartanburg
South Carolina Illiteracy Rate Falls Since 1910
Washington Aug 26 Census figures show 18.1 percent of South Carolina residents ten and over are illiterate. Negros 20.3 percent illiterate, natives 6.6 percent, rural areas higher than cities. County rates range from 38.4 in Berkeley to 10.7 in Pickens.
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Washington, D. C
South Carolina
Berkeley County
Pickens County
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Pickens County Fair
Bear Wallow News
Iit
County Sunday School Convention
Fes
Trish
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Wisston-Salem, N.C
Bolt’s
Edwin L. Bolt
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