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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
2
A collage of 1910s newspaper blurbs and quips touch on Hearst papers, Grant’s birthday, April snows, religion, and politics. Mentions Giff Pinchot expelled, Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose party, Taft, and the Chick Springs crowd while mixing satirical takes on editors, editors, and daily life across Georgia and beyond.
In a playful remark the Mail notes that traditional sewing circles linger in spirit as women still gather, now by phone. It teases that old “fashioned” attire and meetings have transformed into remote sessions via central lines.
A playful note from the weekly column asserts physicians and journals agree the best part of an Eailey doughnut is the hole. The remark highlights nutrition humor from health circles.
The piece recounts a Pickens figure accused of intoxication during the recent town election. He retorts drunk, claiming only two small vials were consumed. It contrasts with a Boston preacher’s controversial sermon about naked city poor and a Yorkville Mercury view on advertising during hard times.
In Pickens and Gaffney a group orders printing to Baltimore Zion City and Charleston paying more than local rates, yet loudly advocates patronize home industry when their own wares are involved per the Gaffney Ledger.
A satirical note contrasting editors and farmers debating who should guide farming and news reporting. The passage mocks experts and editors by showing mutual critique within a rural community.
The K of P 8th District including Pickens Oconee and Greenville counties met in a convention at Westminster Tuesday April 6. Westminster lodge entertained delegates and visitors in great style. The group decided to hold the convention semi annually with the next meeting set for October in Seneca.
State Superintendent J. S. Swearingen commends Pickens County schools after March visits. He highlights Martin district’s new two classroom model, calls for funding to hire three teachers, and urges four mill local taxes, new buildings, and improved enrollment records to boost rural districts including Mile Creek and Zion.
Norris Masters M D and Cecil Rhodes hosted a birthday party for fifty children on Friday from noon to 6 pm at Hillcrest Norris S C The pink and white Easter decor featured a large iced cake and favors while games included spinning the pan and pin the donkey tail Guests included local and out of town children with several attending from Greenville Liberty and Central A ten round prize fight was ordered stopped in Charleston last week by the governor.
Gov Manning appoints Dr Geo F Sargent as superintendent of the state hospital for the insane. He will assume duty May 10 and is described as an expert in mental disease treatment from Maryland.
State education board in Columbia appoints W M Melton of Pickens and S W O'Dell of Liberty to county boards. Calhoun School District No. 8 faces a proposed three mill levy. election set for April 17 1916 at J D Morgan's store with trustees acting as managers per statute.
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