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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
4
The January 26 1917 issue of The Pickens Sentinel features editorial quips on Prohibition and current topics. It jokes about naval news prohibition weather man and a Scottish duke who dies rich. It also notes readers can send in manuscripts for obituary notices and cards of thanks pricing and prints light satire about Tom Lawson and other tidbits.
A quip notes that duels are arranged in two seconds, highlighting speed as the defining feature of such swift confrontations.
A cautionary note describes Josephus Lott testing a live wire. The wire shocked him fatally, ending his life despite the attempt to check its status.
The Oolenoy valley community rebuilt a school after a fire, aiming for a better facility and stronger education. The piece extols the valley's beauty, fertile farm land, and a future church, pastor, and thriving town. It also notes improved road links from Brevard to Pickens and debates about liquor regulation lingering in public discourse.
A brittle lyric in archaic diction laments mounting bills and woes after a relationship ends. The speaker compares shared finances with a former partner and expresses hardship from unpaid debts and recurring costs.
Judge T. J. Mauldin of Pickens tells the spar tanburg grand jury that the road question falls within their duties and that more money is wasted under the present road system than in any other county department. He clarifies he does not censure road officials but criticizes the public for allowing the system to persist. He hopes all counties in the state will get value received for road spending.
A Pickens youth visited Spartanburg and asked a passerby if it was Christmas because he saw oranges for sale. The man explained it was not Christmas, and the boy pondered the seasonal fruit sale.
Gary Hiatt notes Reid Elkins of Hampton was the only editor shot at Christmas while several others suffered partial injuries. The Spartanburg Journal ponders whether Gary was among those half shot.
A brief item notes a printing error where the Gaffney Ledger misnamed Mr. Trout as Trout while reporting his marriage. The comment playfully defends the groom, suggesting he won’t mind the slip.
A Newberry Observer excerpt notes many locals married around Christmas as seen in The Sentinel of December 28, though Gary Hiatt’s name is absent from the matrimonial columns.
Attorneys General Peoples R A Cooper of Laurens and Wm A Stuckey of Bishopville join Cole L Blease of Columbia as announced candidates for governor in South Carolina in 1918.
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