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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
2
The Sentinel comments on community matters and local figures. It quotes readers on politics, business, and daily life while noting changes in Pickens and Anderson Daily Mail references. The piece mixes humor and critique of public figures and ideas.
The Pickens Sentinel editor vows to deliver timely, original reporting while acknowledging the Hasley Progress, stating credit will be given for all sourced material. The note implies ongoing collaboration and competitive newsroom dynamics locally.
After a poetry reading a group extorted cash from the writers at gunpoint demanding a donation to The Sentinel. The attackers demanded a dollar from each and threatened more violence, prompting fear of repeating the incident. Meanwhile a note on price differences mentions Harrisburg civic club buying flies at five cents a pint versus Snodgrass’s costly baseball error last fall.
Local notes praise the year’s corn yields from G A Ellis and BR Lewis with prospects of large harvests if weather holds. They compare hauling ears to running gear wagons, a sign of abundant crops. Mentions Massey Progress and Greenville Piedmont.
Sirrine Higgins' five acre corn patch keeps improving and may prompt a side track to move the crop. The Easley Progress notes the development as the Pickens Sentinel would.
Greenville Piedmont notes a Greenville girl picks a peck of tomatoes from a single vine. The item asks her age race and relationship status, turning a simple harvest into a local curiosity column.
An old warning advises against catarrh ointments containing mercury as harmful to the sone of amell and general health. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney in Toledo as mercury free, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered, price seven cents per bottle.
A provincial proposal urges abolishing the state farm and penitentiary, with counties handling their convicts to build public roads. The plan argues counties can manage convicts and that road labor would improve travel, boost farming, and increase county prosperity, though immediate abolition is deemed impractical.
A week of education and farming outreach energized Pickens County. State leaders Jd. Swearengen W K Tate W W Long Miss M J Frasier Hallam and Bowen led meetings attracting 500 Gates 800 Dacusville and 600 Ooleney attendees. Enthusiasm and resolve for better schooling spread.
Pickens County emerges with renewed energy as a rising momentum takes hold this week. Local supporters foresee a growing movement that could reshape the area's civic and cultural landscape.
Arrangements completed for a superior lyceum season in Pickens with three attractions. H W Hughson of the Alkahest Lyceum System secured season subscribers in Atlanta. The opening act features Euclid Male Quartett of Cleveland followed by the Four Bostonians and ends with Marion Ballou Fisk, noted cartoonist and lecturer.
An old advertising feature promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle liver remedy replacing calomel. It asserts mild taste and safety for children, with a Pickens Drug Company guarantee of a full refund if unsatisfied. The 50 cent bottle is urged for family use.
Casper Durham died August 17, 1918 at 82 months old and was laid to rest in Camp Creek cemetery the next day. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Nicholson and viewed by many sorrowing relatives and friends. The verse speaks of safety in Jesus and reunion with papa and mamma in the afterlife.
Linwood Land Investment Co announces multiple farm tracts for sale around Pickens. Tracts range from 7 to 64 acres with prices from 30 to 65 per acre and terms varying 1 to 3 years. Locations include near Pickens court house Easley Road Liberty Road Six Mile College Pumpkintown road and Keowee Bank office.
A humorous note from Easley Progress recounts a Pickens man promising to escort Easley young women to a concert in Pickens but canceling because of potential rain. The joke mirrors a tale of a suitor whose tired horse forces a reluctant partner to walk the remaining distance home.
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