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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
5
A collage of playful lines from several small papers ponders heat and travel while joking about an Eskimo and a thin trickle of inspiration from a masthead. The piece references Greensboro Georgia, Pickens North Carolina, Forest City North Carolina, and The Sentinel.
Dr. Gary Liott of The Pickens Sentinel pronounces Booker's mess as buttermilkitis. The piece notes Harold's hoped attendance at the Beaufort meeting.
A fragment from the Aiken Journal and Review notes confusion over a Gary Hiotl uncovering and respect for the Nation. The Marine band is mentioned with a stray line about Purkey in the Straw.
The town cites Milo as a joke while Gary Hiatt and Watson Bell are singled out for hogescing the buttermilk supply. Residents joke they drink straight from a barrel as Milo becomes a local nickname and talking point.
The Pickens Sentinel questions where the business end of a julep can be found after noting an Anderson Mail remark about corn liquor making mint juleps. The piece jokes that in Pickens the source might be behind a stump where a half dollar was left a few hours earlier.
Gary Hiott attended the State Press meeting in Beaufort with his arrangements solidly in place and his presence noted.
We are Anderson Mail notes government action against illicit whiskey in Pickens County as authorities intensify efforts, signaling a crackdown that could affect local moonshining operations and communities relying on bootlegging for income.
A Brevard News brief notes advice from the Pickens Sentinel on taking books for mountain trips. It suggests Cal and Pocketbook to ensure a good time, hinting at dough as the key to biscuits during travels.
Greenville News cites The Pickens Sentinel editor Hitt suggesting the country holds sufficient whiskey for five years. The remark hints at a less pessimistic view of current conditions and industry supply.
A Lancaster News note reports a press meeting exhausted Gary Hiatt and notes absence of a Pickens Sentinel copy for over a month.
A health article urges readers to read patent medicine labels for alcohol content. It cites the American Medical Association stance that alcohol has no medical value and warns that alcohol in tonics can foster alcoholism, especially in convalescents and children. The piece promotes alcohol-free iron tonics and notes a health column series by Ferro dine Chemical Corp of Roanoke, Va.
Bethlehem Ambler Gates Wolf Creek Hagood and Martin schools announce term starts in July. Principals include J H Craig Sadie Craig Eugene Lewis Annie Cason Sallie Duckworth InMe Gilstrap and M L B Seaborn with Sadie Nealy Pearl Murphree. Pupils urged to attend opening day.
Guy Thomas, in Uncle Sam's army and stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, has been in the hospital about three weeks with malaria and pneumonia. Many friends will be glad to learn that he is improving.
All persons interested in the cemetery at Griffin Baptist church are requested to meet Saturday morning July 21 at Tam with tools to clean off the ground. W OD Upshaw has announced his candidacy for the United States senate from Georgia. He is well known in Pickens where he has spoken several times.
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