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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
4
A collage of editorial quips and commentary covers international affairs local quirks Weather notes and social musings including Carranza Villa Wall Street Brandies opinions and a playful riddle The piece references Lincoln's birthday Tom Watson’s Jeffersonian and the boll weevil pest with light local color and humor.
A discussion on advertising explains how continuous ads build familiarity and trust in brands and businesses. The piece cites reviews of loans and usury laws, noting citizens' concerns about debt, car ownership costs, and enforcement of rate limits, with mentions of local officials and lawmakers.
A reader, B. F. Mauldin, encloses a $1 check and asks the Sentinel to continue sending the paper, saying it affords him the greatest pleasure to read the old Pickens Sentinel.
A reader writes about paying for an advertisement in the Pickens Sentinel to cover a land sale bill. The note emphasizes belief that advertising contributed to the sale's success and signs off with regards from L. G. Clayton.
A Pumpkintown South Carolina verse cautions readers not to mock those below them in status. It warns the downed may rise and reverse fortunes, ending with a vivid image of someone below the speaker delivering a sharp comeuppance.
The Charlotte Observer offers new and regular subscribers a bargain rate for thirty days. Six dollars per year for daily and Sunday editions or five dollars for daily only. Regular price is eight dollars. New features include a Washington wire, a weekly page by Herbert Kaufman, and a Palmer full-page on Europe’s Battlefront Lessons for America.
A summarized list shows salaries for County Auditor Treasurer Probate Judge Supt of Education Clerk of Court Sheriff Coroner and others, plus board and general expenses. Totals include roads and bridges, convict supplies, public buildings, books and office items, and a 1 mill Pension Fund. Final figure listed as 53 088 90 with signatures James B. Craig Supervisor and W L Matheney Clerk.
A signed note from R. W. Clayton dated on time, enclosing one dollar for the editor to use, requesting continued home delivery for another year without missing an issue, with best wishes and respect.
A brief item notes that General Villa, instead of being captured and shot as reported, has married again. The Pickens Sentinel adds context on correspondence and a nod to the saying that equal things are equal to each other.
A congressional bill seeks five tariff commissioners at 12000 dollars yearly. The Spartanburg Journal nominates Wallace of Newberry Observer Bell of York News Crééch of Woodruff Sparks of Columbia and Hiatt of Pickens Sentinel for the five posts.
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