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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
4
The Pickens Sentinel notes the death of Bob Gonzales in a brief Yuletide message. The item appears among community notices and is part of the paper’s traditions for holiday obituaries.
The Sentinel mourns the death of Robert K. Gonzales at a El Paso hospital after pneumonia. A veteran paragraph writer for the Columbia State, he rose as a celebrated journalist at 28, praised for brilliance and humility. A beloved figure nationwide among soldiers and friends.
A short editorial tone notes the old year 1916 with joys and sorrows and urges readers to turn over a new leaf in 1917. It reflects on Christmas visits, homes growing quiet, and the hope of reunion after death with a faith reference to grace.
Joe W Gallney renews his Ledger subscription for the twenty third time, a customer since the paper’s start who has never missed an issue. G W Bowen pays the Sentinel subscription for the forty sixth time, marking its early subscriber status from over forty five years ago. The Curtis Publishing Co announces new advertising rates for The Saturday Evening Post including eight dollars for a line and up to twelve thousand dollars for center double page placements across various colors.
A poem about a man who regrets writing a letter to a country girl after it spreads through the town. He fears trouble with the lady's beau and jokes that he must run to avoid being caught. Set in Pumpkintown with a humorous country tone.
A reader asks Santa for a large waste basket to throw away whiskey ads and to protect home industries. Another note requests a buttermilk cow and a new sproketbook for Editor Booker.
Two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman King dies from injuries after scalding incident two weeks earlier. Remains buried at West View cemetery. Mrs Maggie K. Smith widow of J Bennett Smith dies of pneumonia at Walter B. Smith’s home near Lavonia Georgia and is buried at West View cemetery. She is 67 and survived by six sons W D Walter B L R S E R G Olaf. She was a member of First Baptist Easley.
A cryptic verse hints at a puzzling problem with wordplay on letters and sounds. The stanza suggests a riddle about spelling and identity, ending with a pun that leads toward a dark conclusion.
In the Newberry Observer a note profiles J. Ladd as a popular man who never says he is feeling bad. The Pickens Sentinel contrasts Mr. Hadley as more careful, noting he never says I’m feeling badly.
The text likens W. G. McAdoo to a game chicken, noting his appearance and name ending similarly. It asserts he is likely game, too.
An awkward Billy Sunday quip about editors and reporters being saved is cited with lingering doubt about the Gaffney Ledger editor. The Greenville News notes the contrast between optimism and skepticism toward local press leaders.
A reader from Shreveport recounts long lasting stomach trouble with weakness and poor digestion. After trying Vinci the stomach condition is completely cured and the person is now well. Vinci is promoted to tone tired nerves and restore strength. Pickens Drug Co. and stores in South Carolina towns carry it.
A column mixes rural life with local incidents and cultural curiosities. It mentions schoolhouse vandalism at Pleasant Grove and a fire at Qolenoy, a flamboyant digression on intellectual terms, a note on W C Newton returning from Georgetown with mutes and horses, and a sales pitch for his horse stock.
Greenville office for legal practice lists contact lines for state and federal court matters. The text includes Greenville and Pickens area references with two office phone numbers 210 and 39.
The Pickens Sentinel raises its annual price to 1.50 starting January 1 1917. Old subscribers can renew at 1.00 per year through January 1. No more than three years in advance at the old rate. Manager Gary Illor offers this limited renewal window.
Judge and Mrs. T. J. Mauldin enjoyed the holidays at Charleston visiting relatives and friends during the season.
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