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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
2
The sermon urges steady effort and faith to achieve any goal from bread to career. It compares persistent pluck in work and prayer to the fable of two frogs in milk, where one keeps kicking and rises from danger while the other sinks, illustrating steadfast perseverance aided by God.
Greenville Piedmont notes a merry go round without an organ and a whisk yields a "sorry eg round" in a quirky local phrasing. The item reads like a playful newspaper aside reflecting community humor and wordplay.
The Atlanta Journal notes that Wilson upsets precedents yet no one has toppled the president. A Leys merchant overstocked with soap reveals unfamiliarity with Easley. An Anderson county man loses his mind over loving two girls. Ty Cobb, famed baseball star, assaults a 17 year old Wofford student, a disgrace to a great player.
Busy readers welcome short updates from each section for The Sentinel. We invite section reporters to submit a concise newsletter to keep the community informed and connected.
A reflective motto stresses grit and perseverance. The speaker urges steady effort and unwavering resolve to ascend to the highest level, emphasizing determination as the path to success.
Correspondent asks if setting eggs from a 24 year old hen is desired. They want to know if the hatchlings would be the same age as ordinary chicks.
The Cumbia State and The Axterson Daily Mail announce halting whiskey ads as does the Greenville Daily Piedmont, joining three other South Carolina papers in refusing liquor advertisements. Pickens Sentinel and Bailey Progress also drop whiskey ads, reflecting a regional shift in editorial policy.
Wry comments contrast critics and defendants as speakers quarrel over patriotic phrases. One speaker mocks the phrase as the land of the fee and crave while another in legal trouble calls it the land of the spree and knave. The piece affirms the traditional version.
Gary Hiatt of the Pickens Sentinel was injured when a baseball struck his eye at Easley mill park Saturday afternoon. The Easley Progress notes the incident and quips about the dangers of reporters playing ball.
A concise reminder urges delaying anxious actions by postponing today’s concerns to tomorrow. The note emphasizes steady, measured choices over impulse driven fears. It frames worry as a tomorrow task to be managed with patience and restraint.
Clemson College bulletin urges dairymen and beef feeders to build silos this season to store silage. It notes cost savings from silage, potential yields of three to nine tons per acre, and one third more milk at one third lower cost versus hulls. Extension help offered from Clemson Animal Husbandry and Dairy Division in S.C.
Advertisement touts Electric Bitters as the best medicine for stomach and kidney issues and warns of possible complications like dropsy and Brights disease if neglected. Raleigh man T. H. Alston cites rapid improvement after starting the remedy, endorsed by Pickens Drug Co.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item recounts a school note from a pupil’s mother to a teacher. She authorizes meeting the boy anytime to whip him for failing to learn, compares him to his father, warns against punishment with a club, and says she will handle him herself.
Rexall remedies act silently to overcome and remove the root cause of illness without causing griping nausea purging or excessive looseness. They aim for gentle restoration of normal function.
Health is good in this section and farmers are getting along well with their work in the pleasant weather. Mr and Mrs James Dodson visited Mrs Luther Freeman. Mrs Dave Riggins is improving after illness. A baby was born to Mr and Mrs R G Medlin on the 4th. Willie Lewis stayed in Easley Saturday night and Sunday. Mr Farmer now has a phone line to his home. Mr and Mrs E A Lewis visited their daughter Mrs R G Medlin last Sunday. Mrs George Dorr, formerly ill, is improving. Rosco Freeman visited Easley Sunday. A Reader.
The board of county commissioners of Oconee County has purchased a large gasoline line traction engine for road work. Similar machines are used in several progressive counties including Pickens County, which adopted one last year and found it advantageous. The engine has been delivered and will be put to use immediately on local roads.
A list of business names appears, including Mauldin Pharmacy Metts and James Meyers Arnold Company Peace Printing Piedmont Shoe Poe Hardware and Supply R N Tannahill The Baptist Courier Johnson J M Waddill Son Watkins Dry Goods James T Williams Hardware John H Williams. The text reads as a compilation of firms, likely from a directory page or advertisement section.
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