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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
2
Obsolete notice details postal rate and advertising charges dated Thursday February 15 1894. Rates include 31.80 yearly subscription and 0.76 for six months, with one dollar per square inch for ads and fifty cents for subsequent insertions. Obituary and tribute notices over five lines charged as advertisements. Acceptance restricted by policy.
A long tract argues that evil thoughts toward neighbors corrupt character and society, urging moral reform and church state unity. It condemns divisive politics, warns against dispensaries and whiskey, and stresses the danger to families and communities from alcohol and distrust, urging upright citizens to act.
A reader laments secrecy around proposed salary reductions for Wickens county officers and school commissioners while other counties keep salaries. They warn a $400 cut cannot fund schools beyond a week and urge broad, general provisions and proper auditing.
The auditor's bill is treated as a cadieil in the law sense and falls under wills rulings. The auditor is entitled to receive $300 from the county in addition to $500 payable by the State for this year's work.
The note appeals to handsome and popular youths holding trusted posts in Atlanta to come forward, be investigated, and allow a newspaper portrait to prevent further trouble and costs to Fulton county and their families.
A terse remark notes that administration officials are too preoccupied with pio to engage in political discussion. The line suggests a distraction from policy or politics due to other concerns.
The Senciven and many of its subscribers express indebtedness to Hon. A. C. Latimer for congressional favors.
A concise viewpoint argues that true honesty aids success and that a determined effort strengthens a just cause. It warns that without integrity, triumph may loom as a threat, like a sword overhead, rather than a sign of approval.
A sheriff’s failed hanging attempt on Will Purvis, a young whitecap from Mississippi, leads to resentencing in June after alleged rope tampering by associates. Local authorities investigate the botched execution and prepare the new hearing date.
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia sustains the Commissioner of Patents and refuses to allow the governor to register the mark as a trade mark. This may be one instance where the executive fails to gain the palm.
The speaker asserts no SC editor advises or will advise disregard of the law and that no editor believes such as a brother editor, regardless of how it is presented as opinion. The statement emphasizes a shared commitment to legal obedience among South Carolina editors.
In Nashville last Friday Rev. Sam Jones led a penitents meeting. Ex Senator Jol In galls of Kansas was quick to go forward and shake his hand. The text notes the preacher’s $600 nightly fee as his business in Nashville.
Congressman Houk, a Dayton Ohio Democrat serving his second term, died suddenly in Washington at a friend's home last Friday afternoon. He was 68, a Tilden delegate who later supported Hayes, Cleveland elector in 1884, Charleston Baltimore convention delegate in 1860, and an ardent Douglas supporter.
Commissioners named to lay out and alter routes from Tied to Basley and from Cross Rounds to Pickens. petitions filed for roads from Hutchins gin to Pickens and Liberty, from Cox Bridge road to Mount Pleasant area, and from Pleasant Grove church to Griffin Hendricks. hearing postponed on one petition. court paid 5060 to Easley Bank and refinanced notes. reports adopted on Mt Carmel to Sliexen road and Silas Williams to Robinson Mill.
Fire discovered Sunday morning at about 10 in the Daily News office at Greenville S C. The department arrived quickly and confined the fire to the building. Loss not yet estimated. They saved the cylinder press but all other material was badly damaged or destroyed.
The act grants the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Pickens County a detailed schedule of fees for signing, sealing, filing, docketing, attending trials, entering orders, and various official acts. It specifies charges for judgments, executions, records, certificates, writs, bonds, and other court services, with rates ranging from a few cents to several dollars, approved January 4, 1894. The closing verse references a personal reflection on self control and blessing.
The report lists through coach and multiple service trains between Savannah, Charleston, Asheville, Hendersonville, Hot Springs, and Spartanburg. It notes timings for northbound and southbound routes, vestibule limited services, and sleeper arrangements with Pullman palace cars on selected trains.
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