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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1891
Page
2
In Anderson county the Brushy Creek section of Concrete votes nearly unanimously to form a school district and levy a two mill tax. The update notes April immigration to New York, local fruit growing, and regional political moves including the State Teachers’ Association meeting in Anderson.
The item collection notes a barn fire at Chancellor Boggs's Athens Georgia, a Florida political call to Senator Call, a Confederate monument unveiling at Georgetown with Gen Capers as orator, and violent incidents around Columbia railroad camps. It also mentions Greenwood Observer's launch by editor J A Marshall and former Chicago grain speculator B P Tutchinson's collapse, plus railroad postal resignations and Columbia Centennial invitations with committee engravings.
The piece notes long Senate vote delays in several states with Florida last to act, comparing to Illinois eight week saga. It mentions a Louisiana constitutional amendment aimed at renewing a charter, third party conventions in Cincinnati, and factions within the Alliance split across the South and Midwest.
A essay argues that being influenced by surroundings is a natural law. Sponging shapes behavior in children and adults alike, via the company they keep and the atmosphere they breathe. People remain morally responsible, and should choose water and air they swim in carefully.
The Anderson People’s Advocate urges citizens to vet a railroad to Pickens by persuading the Savannah Valley railroad to relocate to Dickens. It calls for a committee to present the project to Savannah Valley authorities and predicts favorable reception if properly presented. The piece stresses urgency and collective action.
A moral critique of social whirl and fashionable living. The piece warns that pursuit of gaiety leads to emptiness, while true contentment comes from home and work. It contrasts idle lovers with steady devotion, urging readers to value domestic happiness over glitter and flirtation.
President Polk of the Farmers Alliance issues a plan of campaign adopted by the National Executive Board. It calls for 36,000 lecturers to tour the country and arrange two or more grand mass meetings in each Alliance state this year. A 25,000 lecturer corps will mobilize to promote the order this summer.
Abbeville Press and Banner argues government move against the Coosaw Company halts phosphate rock output and risks a $21,250 annual revenue loss. The paper urges governors to protect taxpayers while ensuring rights, noting demand for phosphate rock persists and Florida may boost its own supply.
An essay traces the sandwich origin to a Bord Sandwich member of the Bagelish peerage who gambled at the table and had meals served between bread. It notes his horse racing passion and that meat between bread became a habit, a tale linked to evolution and natural selection.
The Charlotte Evening News reports Ben Terrell spoke for two hours in Charlotte on the Alliance as a political business and social organization. He claimed party affiliation by expedience, urged the Alliance to wipe dissenting laws, called himself a sub treasury man, and praised farmers as government security while criticizing various groups. Ingalls contrasts Cleveland’s inauguration with Lincoln and Grant, noting Cleveland spoke to 50,000 people with marked nerve and control.
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