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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
4
January 4, 1917 issue from Pickens features local trivia and humor, editorials on roads and prices, obituary policy, and jests. It references Wilsons birthday, egg market quips, local editorials, and comic exchanges with Spartanburg Journal. It notes charity of obits up to 100 words free, other words paid.
A Columbia State clipping from 1915 reprints a Bob Gonzales quotation about doing good to others in this world. The note explains the editors planned to reprint it annually at Christmas to honor his memory and his kindness.
In large northern cities bread lines once showed a mix of races and faiths waiting for bread and coffee. Now southern cities report a whiskey line with people of all nations waiting for booze at government offices. The piece notes the Russian army needs a morale boost while Germanic power appears too strong.
The Pickens Sentinel and Newberry Observer contrast Mr Ladd and Mr Hadley for tone recall. The Gaffney Ledger notes Crum as a grouch, while the Greenwood Journal jokes about Squay asking about the war.
The passage notes voices from Anderson Daily Mail and Pickens Sentinel claiming alcoholic days are here, with a humorous rhyme about eggnog time. It reflects shared regional chatter on holiday spirits and paper commentary.
Gary Hiatt of The Pickens Sentinel sends Christmas greetings to the press in his weekly paragraph column. The notice praises Cedric and urges his Pumpkintown correspondent to write more often, calling the fellow a peach.
Sheriff Roark of Pickens served as pallbearer at the funeral of Sheriff Davis at Seneca. Sheriff Davis and Supervisor Foster of Oconee county died in a hotel room in Elizabeth New Jersey last week from suspected gas asphyxiation.
A humorous local item reads of Wit Smith jailed in Tickville awaiting release after buying patent medicine. It notes Slim Pickens operating a saw mill on Gander Creek, a photographer’s twins joke in Bounding Billows, and Sim Illinders visiting Hog Ford preacher. It covers Kletcher Henstep’s mule Justice, the Tin Peddler’s Rye patrol threat, and a ribbing of the Excelsior Fiddling Band amid a noise complaint.
H. G. Hastings, president of the Southeastern Fair Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, warns that 1917 is a danger year for the south. He urges farmers not to increase cotton acreage, emphasizes growing food crops and forage, and cites 1914 as a cautionary precedent for relying on cotton alone.
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