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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
2
The item urges calm prudence after the first primary and praises Pickens County for conduct at campaign meetings. It notes advertising rates and a forthcoming cotton mill project intended to benefit the town and community.
Crops may be scarce this year yet the region has not faced total failure. The community urges settling on a strong, shared plan to improve the area and encourage development through active effort and collective zeal.
The write up notes that bickering letters and counter letters left bad feelings that will take years to fade. It argues voters should move on to other concerns after a heated campaign and warns farmers to conserve hay as feed stocks remain scarce and costly next year and crops may underperform.
The Clemson College bulletin warns of a statewide army worm invasion affecting corn, grass and cotton. It explains identification, damage, weather-favorable development, and control methods using arsenate of lead or Paris green with specific application guidance and caution about foliage burning. The Observer notes limited staff reach but offers to assist with further insect information.
Columbia Aug. 29 Special With 75 precincts heard Gov Cole L Blease leads by 1137 votes over Judge Jones and Duncan The tally shows Blease 67245 Jones 64072 Duncan 2036 Expected total around 138000, larger than any prior South Carolina primary Contests feared in Cherokee Anderson and other up country counties amid alleged fraudulent ballots and possible anti Blease legislature results
Irregularities to be investigated today by the county committee. Republicans and minors were allowed to vote at several boxes, reducing the governor's majority over Jones. At one box ten Union men were counted erroneously.
Parsons and Ashmore announce they have sold their entire stock to Mr P M Cate who will operate the store at the same location and offer good bargains. They will wind up business on accounts and ask customers to settle with J R Ashmore promptly, thanking patrons since December 19 1911.
The record notes Ed Teat wed Roxie Rothell on August 25 at 11 am with J Alonzo Brown N P presiding. Four hours later R L Revis and Mattie Kay of Liberty were married by the same official. Also advertised is 300 acres of farm land for sale twelve miles from Pickens at five dollars per acre with tenant houses and a large barn.
An advertisement offers telegraphy training at the Spartanburg School of Telegraphy with promised earnings and job placement. The page also notes Ireland tobacco production and a contrived dialogue about a woman's past, reflecting scattered items from a newspaper page.
Beware of Bialaria. If any family member needs a tonic that strengthens and builds, go to your druggist today and get a fifty cent or a dollar bottle of R. L. T. and watch the quick steady improvement. If your druggist can't supply you write R. L. T. Co. Anderson, S. C.
The cheerful French writer Fontenelle valued cheerfulness as essential to philosophy. He lived to about one hundred and famously remarked that he did not suffer but felt difficulty in living as he approached death.
The piece reflects on how books that charm in youth linger in memory and shape later life. It notes youth's susceptibility and formation, praising fortunate discoveries that endure beyond adolescence.
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