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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
2
The text cites St James's Hospital London founded 1228 and notes a distant Sam Marino republic, Italian Burroughs and royal tax practices. It mentions women workers in factories and brickyards, earning rates similar to men, and describes brickwork in warm weather and menial labor patterns.
Local whistle competitions draw crowds as participants vie for top honors. The event underscores the skill and loudness of whistlers while tensions rise over selection methods and potential livelihoods tied to the activity.
A collage of pithy maxims and musings on truth, vanity, wealth, and human folly. The notes touch on honesty, luck, city planning, self perception, and the tension between virtue and social ease. Several lines joke about money, misfortune, and the lure of fame.
A reflective meditation on how words may be absent in preaching and how moral choices shape outcomes. It argues that some view evading capture as wiser than honesty and hints at enduring consequences beyond youthful actions.
A reflective piece contrasts architects and actors in drawing and building, notes that faults are easier to acquire than virtue, and observes some men lack the motivation to secure safe shelter from danger. The aphorisms pivot on craft, discipline, and personal responsibility.
Real estate loan notice offering money to loan on improved city property in Oconee and Greenville counties plus Glenville Easley and Seneca area. Property owners urged to contact R E Bruce at the Pickens office over Keowee Bank for terms and availability.
Notice is given that J T McKinney and C M Gravley will apply to Judge N A Christopher in Pickens County SC on January 26 1922 at 11 00 am for leave to make final settlement of the personal estate of A W Gravley deceased and to obtain discharge as executors. Also James Clement administrator will apply to the same judge on January 28 1922 for final settlement and discharge of the estate of J M Clement.
Notice to all holders of claims against the estate of the late Mrs. Ann Roe requires proven claims by January 10 1922 or risk disallowance. Creditors must pay outstanding amounts to S K Hendricks Administrator by the same date.
The County Pension Board will meet on January 13 1922 to revise the 1922 pension roll. Widows of soldiers who died in 1921 and who married before 1900 must file an application for pension with the board clerk before the meeting. N A Christopher, Clerk of County Pension Board.
In Pickens County South Carolina F B Morgan sues Earl Alexander and J W Boone. J W Boone must answer by twenty days after service dated December 22 1921. If no answer relief demanded will be sought. Martin Blythe Craig and Keith Plaintiff Attorneys O S Stewart Clerk of Court.
Landowners issue a trespass warning to all persons not authorized to hunt birds on their property under penalty of law. Named individuals include Charlie Childress, T B Robinson, J M Brazeale, P M Brazeale, O C Crenshaw, J L Hunter, J A H Townes, S L Simmons, J T Massingill, W M Martin, Mr. Harper, J B Brazeale, Frank Brazeale, and W P Long.
A group of landowners including Ben Porter Emma Lathem J. N. Lark Luther Boggy J. Gillespie and others declare restrictions on hunting fishing timber work and trespassing across their properties under threat of law. The notice lists numerous signatories and marks a formal prohibition on access.
The auditor announces 1922 time-for-returns from January 2 to February 20 with 50 percent penalty for late filing and outlines 1922 reassessment. He schedules rounds through Calhoun Isaqueena Cotton Mill Cateechee Norris Liberty Easley Mills etc from January 3 to January 28, listing towns and mill sites and times. Henry A Townes signs as Auditor.
The notice enumerates multiple locations where 1922 tax return blanks may be obtained. It includes banks such as Central-Farmers Bank Central Bank and Farmers and Merchants Bank, mills like Isaqueena Mill Easley Mill and Glennwood Mill, rural routes and individuals, plus offices of Clemson College and Easley Loan and Trust Co. Auditor Henry A. Townes is named.
The article asserts Windsor Castle as the oldest royal residence in the world. It notes various historical facts and figures about English and British institutions, ancient laws, and notable engineering findings from different regions and eras.
A collection of quirky facts and historical snippets including fish skin sandals for Egyptians. Thunder reportedly kills oysters. Short-haired women banned in Norway. Gen Tom Thumb, 31 inches tall, wed a wife one inch taller. Streetcar lines cost 35 to 75 thousand dollars per mile. George Washington placed artillery control with Gen Henry Knox. Eau de Cologne traced to an Italian in Cologne about 1700. A Texas well and wind music-profit oddity.
An old advertisement promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a health tonic for a worn down husband, claiming it builds red blood and improves mood. It urges readers to visit a drug store to purchase the liquid or tablet form and promises quick daily use.
A collection of aphorisms and names including Alex Chirk Nonah Porter Demosthenes Montaigne and Chestertlelda. The lines explore belief beginnings luck honesty and the link between perception and motivation.
Local advertisement notes dental services at a Masonic building in Pickens offering affordable rates. Details are sparse but emphasize reasonable prices for dental care in a community setting.
The Sentinel and Greenville News offer a combined or separate subscription deal for the balance of the year. Readers may pay reduced rates with both papers or single paper pricing, highlighting state and county affairs coverage and rural Pickens county readers with same day delivery.
The Pickens Sentinel requests reader backing through subscriptions to sustain local reporting. Readers are urged to subscribe to keep the newspaper serving the community with timely coverage.
Public notice announces a land action in Fort Wayne on January 4 at 11 o clock in the morning. Details are sparse in readable text but indicate a scheduled event or sale related to property.
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