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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
5
Eleven Hundred Fifty offers a 40 acre farm six miles from Greenville North Carolina with a three room house and other improvements. One half cash and the balance to suit your convenience. Write A F Green Goldsboro NC.
53 acre farm located 54 miles west of Pickens court house on a public road near Methodist and Baptist churches and traded school within one mile. Includes a new 9 room bungalow style dwelling with 80 foot porch, a new 5 stall barn on concrete, a shelter shed, a crib and other outbuildings. About 30 acres cleared. Quick sale at 2500 dollars with buildings valued at 2000 dollars. For terms see this notice.
Land sale notice states 30 acres available near Norris with 23 cultivated and a 5 room tenant house. Well water on the yard area, potential to produce 17 bales cotton annually. Asking price 70 dollars per acre with part cash and easy terms. Located between two schools and near several churches.
Forty acre list describes a 22 acre farm ten miles west of Pickens nine miles north of Norris. It includes 85 acres cleared 37 acres in timber 12 acres in inch bottom and a seven ins home with eight fireplaces. Features include a front and back porch a well fenced stalls sheds food crib and outbuildings a four room tenant house and proximity to store church and graded school. R I D Place is from 1916 with corn wheat cotton and small grains. Asking price for the whole farm 3500 or 30 per acre on long payments See G A Ellis Pickens.
Pickens Railway announces connections with Southern Railway services. No.1 links with Nos. 29 and 42. Nos. 8 and 4 connect to Nos. 39 and 12. Nos. 5 and 6 link to No. 11. All express services handled by Pickens Railway. Inquiries directed to J T Taylor, Superintendent, Pickens.
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A caller to a magazine sanctum challenges the beauty editor and her advice. The dialogue centers on confidence and whether the editor’s guidance should be followed, sparking a terse exchange about beauty standards.
The 1916 expenditures detail salaries, court costs, maintenance, roads, poor relief, and public buildings. The county end balance shows 12,571.19 more debt than assets, with total outstanding notes 34,635.00 and unpaid claims 5,545.96. Supervisors Craic and Matieny urge economy and possible 1917 relief by legislature.
The 1916 tax collection period runs from October 1 to December 1 with penalties rising in February March for late payment. Taxpayers are urged to request receipts per township or school district and can pay by check money order or registered mail. Various district and levy details are listed. J. C. CAMP, Agent, notes Southern trains arrivals for Easley, S.C. effective June 18, 1916.
The Pickens Sentinel announces a price increase to 1.50 a year from 1.00, arguing higher costs force the change and vowing to continue publication with better value. It cites nationwide newspaper closures amid high paper costs and appeals to subscribers as stockholders in a community paper.
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