The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-10-11
More Soldiers Gone
From PickenS County


honor of departing soldiers were held
at Pickens court house last week. The
first one was held Wednesday in hon
or of the twenty-four white soldiers
who were to leave for camp next
morning. These soldiers and the au-
dience which filled the COURT house
were addressed by Messrs. w. E..
Findley, who presided; Sam B. Craig,
). L. Carey, Jr, E. p. McCravey and
Rev. E. T. Hodges, all of whom made
excellent and encouraging talks
presented to the boys. Supper was
also served them in the court house
grove. A large crowd was at the de-
F.! pot Thursday morning to say good
bye.
The meeting for the ffty-fve col
orcd soldiers was largely attended by
members of their race and white peo-
pie. AS at all the other meetings,
America" was sung at the beginning
of this one and the negroes knew it
! just as well as the white folks and
sang it better. They made that old
court house ring with it. Rev. John
! G.. Gibbes, pastor Of the colored Meth
odist church here, presided and made
short talk. The white speakers We're
Rev. 2. T. Hodges, j. P. Carey, Jr.,
and E. p. McCravey, all Of whom
made their usual good speeches. Com
fort bags, made by negro women, and
raZors given by the white men Of the
town, were presented the soldiers, af-
ter which they were given big sup
per in the court house grove This is
the first contingent of negro soldiers
called from this county and there
was much enthusiasm shown by that
race. A large crowd was also at the
depot Friday morning to see them of.
Three contingents of white soldiers
totallng 1l3 men have now been sent
to the army from Pickens county,
which with the fifty-hve colored men,
makes a total of 1GS from this coun-
ty besides. those who volunteered
Following are the names of the TWEEN
tyfour white soldiers who left Pickens
for Camp Andrew Jackson at Columbia,
October d:
Grover Harrison Galloway, Pickcns $
John Archie Drake, Easley.
Arthur Isaac Williams, Easey rs
Forest Clyde McAdams, Dacusvile 2
Edward f. Edens, Pickens I'd
William David Gibson, Liberty =
Robert Cleveland Stewart, Pickens + 3
John William McCombs, Dacusvillc + 9
William Angus Aiken, Pickens
Willie Wells Anderson, Dacusville
Alpheus Dwight Attaway, Pickens
a. Joseph Brown, Liberty
Cephas Glide Cantrell. Pickens r3,
Preston Paul Farmer, Pickcns + l
Ira Edward Golden, Central
George Luther Gravely. Pickens
Walter Perry Hayes, Pickens + /
Wyatt Aiken Jennings, Pickens
Ernest Eugene Leslie, Easley + s
William McFall Lusk, Sunset
Stanley Morgan, Pickens r2
Henry Mccoy Morton, Pickens r2
Claude HOWE Nations, Central
Robert Martin 'Welborn, Pickens 3
Following are names of the fifty-tive
negro soldiers from Pickens county who
left for Camp Andrew Jackson at Co
lumbia, October S:
Clarence Alexander, Liberty
James Ellie Adams, Calhoun
Shafter Anderson, Norris
George Austin, Easley RS
Robert Lee Austin, Liberty
Henry Babb, Easlev r2
Albert Banks, Easley
Frank Nolan Berry, EasleY 2
Ernest Blake, Easley g
ChristopherC. Blassingame. Liberty r3
Isaiah Rlassingame, Greenville RI
Eugene Bowen, Pickens
King Pickens Bowen, Easley
Joe Burt, Calhoun
Foreman Butler Central
Will Byrd, Liberty r3
Mash Cannon. Easley
Raymond Collins, Easley
Alexander DuPree, Calhoun
O. C. Ferguson, Liberty
Leo Gambell, Easley
Forest Gordon, Easley
julie Hagood, Pickens
Walter Hamilton, Central
Harry Haywood, Central
Homer Hill, Pickens RI
Furman Holloway, Easley re
James Hunter, Calhoun
| Luther Johnson, Liberey
| Erastus 0. Morgan. Easey
, Jesse Mccoy. Norris
| Paul Mellow, Liberty RI
; Leo Mcdowell, Liberty
! Will McWhirter, Easlcy r2
Lincoln G.. Pitts, Pickens RS
| Wash Rice, Pickens
! Arthur ROsemond, Easley
| Lang Rosemond, Liberty
! Thomas Joe Rosemond Liberty
/ Walter Roseman, Liberty
Will Roseman, Liberty
! James p. Singleton, Calhoun
Sam Smith, Easley
Clarence Sullivan, Easley
Isah James Thomas Johnson, Pickens
Major Terrell, Pickens r4
George Wakefield, Easley re
Clifton Walker, Easley
Henry Wallace, Calhoun
Elliott Whtten, Calhoun
Wiston Ware, Easley r2
Christopher &. Ward, Pickens RI
Frank Williams. Liberty
James Arthur Hamilton, Liberty
Charlie Arnold, Pickens