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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
4
This week notices go to subscribers whose Sentinel time expires by May 1 1914 asking renewal. The paper costs over 100 per year to publish and readers must pay to keep it current.
The piece blends local quips and partisan barbs about graft, police, and unemployment with scattered notes on garden upkeep and backyards. It mocks slogans and remarks on Taft, Wilson, and Mexican policy while recalling a 1912 bull moose reference and lampooning advertising and public discourse.
In a provocative remark, a writer questions what action Villa might take toward American women over disagreements about fashion. The note hints at pending tensions tied to perceived style and authority, reflecting anxieties about influence and gender.
In Pickens County residents are urged to subscribe to The Sentinel to follow the political campaigns and key happenings across the camps during this campaign year.
An Easley young woman tells her sweetheart he has paid his distresses long enough and urges him to declare his intentions, insisting she should not bear further expense or delay.
An Alabama man received ten years in the penitentiary for stealing $50,000. The writer jokes that stealing smaller items like a ham or a chicken would have yielded longer jail time, ending with a moral that stealing should be worth something.
In May 1816 Hartford Connecticut saw eight inches of snow. July 5 1816 farmers faced frost and crops were frozen with much of the corn cut and dried for fodder. The year earned the nickname the year without a summer.
President Vail of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company says Uncle Sam could not handle the telephone and telegraph business. He asserts the post office department might establish a government line if AT&T begins to get “gay” with extortionate rates, as the express companies did, surprising no one.
A police officer in Atlanta was fined 10.75 dollars for attempting to kiss a 15 year old girl to test whether she was "fast." He also paid 75 cents for a ride in the "Black Maria" and lost his place in the force. Judge Broyles is said to collect transportation charges.
In handling many subscriptions, the paper urges readers to drop a card or call if their papers go to the wrong address or names are incorrect. It promises to correct errors so every paying subscriber receives the newspaper.
A short note identifies a woman described as good who was eight years old on March 19, 1914, likely citing a family or community record from the period.
The Pickens Sentinel and the Easley Progress are lauded by the Tugaloo Tribune as two rattling good newspapers boosting their town and county.
The Pickens Sentinel criticizes the latest women’s dress plates for resembling circus clown costumes, while the Tugaloo Tribune notes crowded conditions with plenty of standing room and no space to move.
An advertisement warns that poor house plumbing endangers all occupants and likens digestion to plumbing. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for quick relief from digestive trouble and notes availability from dealers.
A letter to Supt. R. T. Hallum from the State Superintendent in Columbia, S C dated March 26 congratulates Pickens six rural graded schools on securing liberal state aid by voting the required four mill tax.
State Superintendent J. E. Swearingen praises a proposed graded school act and the plan to provide schools of this kind in every progressive district of Pickens county. He mentions sending Treasurer Stewart a warrant for 1400 dollars to settle claims and notes the potential educational milestone.
Lee L. Chapman of Mapleton Iowa describes two years of rheumatism preventing reaching his mouth and sleepless nights. He began using Chamberlain's Liniment two months later and recovered fully. For sale by all dealers.
The ad argues salts are used less as Rexall Orderlies replace them as the best bowel remedy. It claims candy like taste, no purging or pain, and rapid relief with long lasting bowels health. A money back guarantee applies if results are not satisfactory. Pickens Drug Co. sells in Pickens South Carolina.
Easley Progress recounts a 1914 mountain trip by Editor C. T. Martin with Hon. McCravey and Judge J. J. Martin to visit James A. McKee, last surviving Mexican War veteran in South Carolina. The 90 year old veteran, nearly blind, recalls Company E of Abbeville under Capt. J. Foster Marshall, and two old comrades share memories from 1846 1848.
The narrative recalls McKee and McKee family ties from military days in Mexico and the Confederate coast service. It notes James McKee’s later moves from Due West to Pickens County and Old Pickens Court House, his 1860 marriage to Emily Perry, five children, and descendants in Kansas and Oklahoma. It mentions John L. McKee, Mrs. A A Hooper, W P McKee, James in railroad work, and Foster Marshall in farming. It references a Jackson Vase preservation and Confederate connections.
A new ruling allows attaching a letter to a parcel in the mails but requires that both the letter and the parcel carry postage as if mailed separately. Do not include postage evasion or unstamp letter inside the package. Violations can lead to penalties in court.
Vice-President Marshall will address the 20th anniversary event in Charlotte North Carolina during a May celebration. The gathering features local officials and attendees from the region.
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