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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
4
A patchwork of dated opinions and local jabs covers politics, weather, Prohibition talk, and literary mentions. Notes reference President Wilson’s inauguration, dry dock ideas for Charleston, U-boat days, and a Pickens high track team forecast. Gossip and editorials mix with brief column bits and scattered names.
Hiram Jinks is described as unpopular, known for blunt honesty and straightforward opinions that many find divisive.
A lyrical portrayal describes the town of Dont-You-Worry beside the River Smile. The piece paints joyful streets shaded by Very-Seldom-Frown trees with benches and vines named Frequent-Earnest-Prayer, where residents are always happy and singing.
A petition filed with the Board of Supervisors requests opening a new public highway from Crow Creek through Shady Grove and Wesley Grove areas toward Liberty South Carolina. The route would connect various plantations and align toward Rice Creek church or Senator O'Dell's residence, aiming to link the county to the Southern railroad and spur regional access and benefits. Pro Bono Pusico.
Representative Pickens offers amendments to concurrent resolution 776 proposing house and senate split into committees to study and report on five topics. Topics include best milk cow, best drink in a dry state, best day tax bill, preventing nighttime chicken transport in old cars, and best method of insurance morals with five cents per day rain compensation and mileage for every picnic attended in 1917.
A brief verse notes how small amounts of liquor and drugs erode strength and hope in men, echoed through local sentiment of gossip and slander. The lines condemn how persistent rumors and vices undermine character and temper.
The Pickens Sentinel editor appears thinner after relocating to Easley, a notable change noted in local commentary. The remark ties to the editor’s move from the prior city, framed as a light, human-interest aside.
Gary Hiatt ridicules the bottled in bond label criticizing it as propaganda and a poor product. The speaker questions the merit and urges skepticism toward the marketing claim.
A tongue in cheek Greenville News item quotes the Pickens Sentinel poking fun at bottled in bond labels. The piece mocks overhyped spirits claiming unusually potent character while riffing on demon rum imagery.
The editor of the Tugaloo Tribune rises early to work on the paper, noting that some call it hard and others call it fun. He says they like the challenge of running a paper despite the cold starts.
Gary Hiatt voices concern over South Carolina's potential move to sever relations with Jacksonville. He notes the issue may seem distant to residents in Pickens, yet reflects broader regional tensions and local reactions to the proposed action.
The Pickens Sentinel notes a public complaint about the appearance of the new fifty-cent pieces but the Newberry Observer reports they look fine to them. The exchange underscores local curiosity as residents claim to have not yet seen any sample coins.
Hampton County Guardian cites Pickens Sentinel claiming an Atlanta man eats corn like a horse while feigning enjoyment. The same page notes a Spartanburg editor who eats clabber like an animal from biblical lore and supposedly enjoys it.
The Pickens Sentinel chides often advertised bottled in bond goods calling some as if bottled in hell. Gary Hott is noted for an observing turn of mind.
In Lancaster News coverage, Mrs. Gary Hiatt criticizes The Pickens Sentinel for printing editorials deemed risque, arguing the publication pushes content into the public sphere. The piece notes community tension and concerns about editorial independence.
The note jokes about returning to a semi weekly paper and urges editors including Ed DeCamp of the Gaff ney Ledger Harold Booker of the Spar tanburg Journal Gary Hiatt of The Pickens Sentinel and Jimmie Archer of the Jasper Herald to behave themselves amid a cadre of eight to ten other unnamed figures.
Gary Hiatt of The Pickens Sentinel notes that while Reid Elkins of Hamp-
Fragmentary write up recalls Ton as editor and mentions “half shot” among locals. References Gaffney Ledder and Pickens Sentinel obscure. The piece hints at native knowledge of anatomy called tiniyi amid hill communities near Jichons.
A compact query about Americans and names, questioning native-sounding identifiers and regional signage. The item hints at linguistic or cultural perceptions of American names without presenting a clear event or report.
Greenville News editor Hiatt urges readers to choose marriage over a military path, signaling a shift in lifestyle advice and personal commitments for the era.
A brief note from the Jeffersonian and Sentinel staff welcomes the Lancast exchange desk readers and readers of Gary H paragraphs and Watson Be editorials. The fourth estate faces obstacles yet continues to offer abbreviated editorials and commentary.
A reader complains that several South Carolina papers including the Gaffney Ledger Pickens Sentinel Spartanburg Journal Sumter Item Edgefield Chronicle and Greenwood Index have not shared purported British millions reportedly distributed by J P Morgan Co through Congressman Calloway and asks why they are not treated fairly.
The Pee Dee Advocate notes liquor and learning tie in needs for easier access to education. The Greenville Piedmont and Pickens Sentinel echo calls to ease learning, criticizing legislators for making education harder. Subscriptions offered by The Sentinel.
On March 9 1917 at 11 in the forenoon an order for leave to make final settlement of F Y Clayton deceased estate was issued. The executor Mrs Arcio Epps seeks to sell a parcel of land near Main street Greenville S C formerly occupied by John Iber to highest bidder with payment terms of half cash and balance in twelve months secured by bond and mortgage of premises.
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