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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1891
Page
2
For subscription 81.50 per annum in advance and six months. Advertisements cost one dollar per square inch or less for the first insertion and fifty cents for each further insertion. Discounts apply to merchants and long term ads. Obituary notices tributes of respect and personal communications may be charged as advertisements.
The item covers legislative moves on salaries and local governance, a note on an alliance bank in Columbia, and discussions of public works including a new courthouse. It includes oblique reports on Chief Justice Simpson, New York political contests, and a cautionary moral for 1891, with weather notes about a harsh northwest winter and a Christmas scene in Spartanburg.
Principal J F F Dargan states the Spring Term starts January 26 and runs twenty weeks. Competitive moderate fees cover Primary to Higher departments with Latin Greek or French options. Trustees, including J M Stewart, urge applications for shorter terms.
Prank Trammons serves as president Jamis A Hoyt as vice president Wa C Beacham holds the cashier position in the local trust company per the recent officers list.
REG People's Bank capital and directors announce deposits from 1.00 to any amount payable on demand. The ad pledges careful attention and consistent accommodation to merchants and farmers, with a routine banking service and personal names listed among officers.
Junius BE. Bocas, editor, promotes a subscription drive offering gold and silver rewards for the greatest number of bona fide new subscribers to the Pickens Sentinel. Details specify how credits accrue, eligibility, and the period from January 1, 1891 to January 1, 1892, plus railroad time-table notes and PullmanSleeper info.
J A Stewart announces intent to apply to J B Newberry Judge of Probate Pickens County SC in January 1891 for leave to make final settlement of the Watson Stewart estate and to be dismissed as administrator.
A garbled ad touts a free sample of the Weekly News sent to readers who provide their names and 6 to 10 addresses. It claims the paper is the South’s largest weekly with 16 pages, edited carefully and of superior quality, inviting readers to request a copy from Pavan Nall, Ga.
The Pickens Sentinel offers full county news including complete reports of political meetings in the state, Talmage's sermons, and forthcoming proceedings of the next Legislature. First and fourth pages feature South Carolina news. subscribe now.
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