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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
4
The quote notes that failing to do everything is acceptable, but pretending to do what one cannot is shameful and troublesome. It emphasizes honesty about limits and avoiding vanity or vexation. Plutarch's lesson cautions against pretense in personal capability.
A rambling column mocks Hokesmith and public figures including Wilson and Roosevelt, stacks comments on German militarism, neutrality in war, and railroads in Georgia. It notes evolving ads, health notes by Doc Evans, a joke about a deaf old woman, and musings on autos and taxes amid international headlines.
Spar tanburg Journal notes Representative Sam Wolfe’s seventeen bills on first day and argues petty laws threaten convicting crimes. Cecilia Milow favors wives and mothers over careers, while memories of Reed and Roosevelt are recalled. Memorial message honors Walter E. Wilkins and missionary work.
A Charleston Post report describes a new state law making it a crime to carry an excess of liquor in one’s system while on public highways in South Carolina. The measure aims to curb intoxicated foreseen arrest risk and public danger.
A 1940 clipping reports that on January 20 William Blank was lynched near Orangeburg for taking whiskey, with the Spartanburg Journal noting the event. The note mentions local figures including Brother Wallace and Harold Booker in connection with visiting Gary Hiott in Pickens York News and the Tugaloo Tribune editor.
First grade includes Dalton Nix Elena Thomas. Second grade features Gladys Dalton Lena Turner. Third grade lists Lucia Lumpkin Olive Parsons Lonie Parsons Bernettie Nix. Fourth grade Eugene Parsons. Fifth grade names Russell Martin O W Roper Ora Roper. Sixth grade lists Dora Chapman Odis Dalton Homer Nix Earl Murphree Paul Parsons Ruth Pickens. Seventh grade honors Pauline Dalton Annie Lee Martin Bennie Duckworth, Principal.
A prominent Toccoa financier visiting the Record laments losing a $1 000 tract sold for $500 because he did not subscribe. He vows to support his county paper regularly after realizing the missed opportunity and pays $1 for a future issue.
The government approved purchasing 97,888 acres of non agricultural land in the White Mountains New Hampshire and the Southern Appalachians, raising total eastern national forest area to over 1,275,000 acres. Expenditure cited is 380,000 dollars about 3.88 per acre, with major parcels in Boone North Carolina 36,386 acres at 1.90 per acre and New Hampshire 28,518 acres at 7.21 per acre. remaining tracts span Monongahela West Virginia 9,723 acres at 4.96, Potomac Virginia West Virginia 3,062 at 3.16, Massanutten Virginia 264 at 3.50, Shenandoah Virginia West Virginia 198 at 3.49, Natural Bridge Virginia 13,423 at 2.77. Government Journal.
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