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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1893
Page
2
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The piece dissects a governor's message criticizing railroad taxes and a dispensary program. It accuses the governor of seeking to repeal railroad charters and of favoring government control to influence elections, while praising the Supreme Court’s stance and warning against centralizing power.
The governor defends state liquor control as a political weapon and outlines figures for county and state dispensaries. He argues the system curbs personal profit and aims to reduce crime and temptations, urging tax remittances for coast counties and cost-saving measures for the legislature.
The piece lampoons a gubernatorial push to reduce legislator pay and praises a plan to appoint J B Kershaw to write a Confederate history. It mocks the governor’s stance while listing new judges and an attorney general, noting reformers and regional circuit practices amid broad political satire.
An advertisement-style notice touts Hicks Weather System a comprehensive almanac with monthly astronomical data eclipses planetary motions and barometer use. It claims authoritative forecasts and practical articles on science and benevolence. The work priced at 25 cents offered through news dealers or by mail from St Louis publisher.
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