Pickens area weekly paper label and editor note
The fragment shows a Pickens newspaper item with 1.50 a year in advance and post office classification, listing Gary Hiott as editor and manager.
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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
4
The fragment shows a Pickens newspaper item with 1.50 a year in advance and post office classification, listing Gary Hiott as editor and manager.
The Baptist Courier notes a June 26 meeting in Pickens with a favorable vote and unified support for church education work. Pastor Nevercrombie and Cox lead efforts to publish more copies of The Courier, hoping to expand readership across Baptist and other arch papers in the town.
In a rustic anecdote the old negro recounts his cotton ledger after selling and settling accounts. He claims his deductions beat the boll weevil by exposing storage, insurance, intruders, and storage costs, leaving $26.
The Pickens Drug Co. and Ben- 1 & Co. announce Frl y and Saturday Dollar Days with many items sold below cost. The events aim to draw shoppers to town to keep the town and country connected. Pickens Drug Co. also features a One-Cent Sale as part of its advertising.
A horned snake about ten feet long was killed in the Rocky Bottom area of Pickens County. The region once had many horned snakes, but this is the first killed there in several years.
Jodie T. Chastain and Miss Minnie Swayangham from Pickens Mill village were married by J. Alan E. Brown N P at his residence near Cateechee on Tuesday of last week.
Grace Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 10 a m with H B Jones as superintendent. Services include 11 a m communion, 8 p m preaching, Epworth League, and midweek prayer meeting Thursday at 8 15 p m. Pastor J C Diggs invites all to attend.
Tam is urged to sell farms to raise funds while a craftsman from Pickens known as Frank Alexander promotes earth cutting services to fit buyers needs. The notice mixes lines about selling land and offering tailored work.
A dramatic ode by Robert H. Davis personifies the printing press as a steel hearted, brass fingered voice of history and humanity. It proclaims its role as a bridge between past and future and its power to move nations and minds.
A Jacksonville Times-Union essay extols the newspaper as a public service institution. It describes the role of newspapers in disseminating news, aiding workers, promoting industry, and supporting community advancement and liberty.
The verse celebrates buying a small car and the pride of family outings. It portrays scenes of admiration from others, bonding with loved ones, and the sense of happiness and envisioning heaven on a first family road trip. The narrator imagines marriage promises and lasting affection on the journey.
The article traces Maryland’s origin from Lord Baltimore’s charter to a colony named for Henrietta Maria, its hereditary governance until 1776, the transition after the Declaration, and its 1788 statehood as the seventh state with eight presidential electors. It notes the 12,327 square miles and rapid population growth.
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