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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1893
Page
2
The text notes many candidates for State Liquor Commissioner with an $1800 salary and gubernatorial appointment, mentions a suspended concealed weapons law with a $200 fine, and reports resignations and political maneuvering. It also covers newspaper ownership changes, reform rhetoric, and remarks on agriculture and education shaping farmer and citizen discourse.
The text notes Charleston and Beaufort wholesale houses and distilleries, estimates 5 000 jobs lost and 500 business closures, and discusses fertilizer use and prudent cultivation. It urges farmers to test small plots first, then expand with thorough soil improvement to improve crops and profits, arguing higher cultivation benefits farms and reduces losses.
Our people will learn the importance of raising their own meat and hominy. Bread is plentiful, but meat is scarce. cotton is costly to supplement meat purchases. The editor urges every family that did not raise a hog last year to do so this year and those who did to raise two, to feed well in fall.
The author argues true refinement attracts cultured tastes and elevates beauty beyond vulgar appeal. Art and science of culture shape rude subjects, bringing out beauty by improving nature and erasing defects, asserting culture can raise any form of appeal.
The piece laments widespread fence sitting on moral and political questions. It urges readers to choose a side with courage and decisiveness, warning that indecision fuels the wrongside while friends stay neutral. It calls for clear stance to show where one stands on duty versus interest.
Governor Tillman and Treasurer Bates outline a plan to issue new 4 percent bonds dated July 1 but bearing interest from January. Baltimore Trust Company would buy two million dollars of bonds, taking a commission as a bonus. The scheme would raise about 1.5 million in interest losses to the public, totaling roughly 38.5 million in debt relief, and is portrayed as the administration’s best viable settlement after failed efforts with Northern capitalists.
The Lochhart Shoals Manufacturing Co organized to erect a cotton mill is incorporated in the state with capital stock of 500 000. The Union Publishing Co of Florence, B C, is incorporated with capital stock of 85 000. The Manitous x Company of Florence is also incorporated.
The Mountaineer reports cotton and corn prices at Tumure with declines in Liverpoool markets and limited grocery sales. It notes steamboats visiting wharves despite dry weather and includes a feature on a hundred year old Democrat in Rabun County sharing memories, religious focus, and family history.
The article recounts Col Bam’s claim that the word snollygoster arose from a Georgia campaign in Rabun County involving John Kelly and Jonas Gaines. It describes their debate, a salt road platform, and Gaines’s sharp takedown of Kelly, asserting the term’s fit for demagogic politicians. It also notes Pickens debates on a dispensary and Evans law implications for dry towns and liquor sales.
The Anderson Aloutton Array case reached a preliminary trial before United States Commissioner Hawthorne. Prosecutors failed to prove the charges of conspiracy and interference with a Federal Supervisor of Election. the court dismissed the case by agreement after witnesses testified.
A fragment mentions Tlendorsonadite in the Asheville area with a note about a solid id Combin and an 8.0 reference, though details are incomplete. Further clarification needed about mineral type and exact locality.
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