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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
2
Public notice outlines advertising rates for the Sentinel with first insertion per inch 31.00 and reduced rates for three months or longer. It mentions responsibility limits for correspondents and announces a change: the Sentinel will be issued on Thursdays with rural subscribers receiving mail on Fridays.
The paper hopes for an early end to months of political agitation that have unsettled the state and diverted energies from rebuilding schools churches farms banks and commerce. It expresses a wish for peace and progress and offers a metaphor of oil poured to calm troubled waters.
The Sentinel invites former county correspondents and welcomes new contributors. Writers should sign real names to ensure publication credit and authorship is verified.
Local chatter from the Gaffney Ledger touches on street name origins in Greenville, a note about a newly born baby being mischaracterized, and a whimsical aside about a wild animal image with a dear face. It also records voter payments per vote in Morgan County, mill expansion near Greenville, and Titanic poem references. Clemson College reports 800 plus applicants for the 20th session. The Southern Christian Advocate will move to Greenville with Rev. S. A. Nettles remaining editor.
The health note warns against using ekranf GynamMile to drive a nail. It cautions readers about improper tool use and potential harm from inappropriate application of this product or approach.
An account extols everyday heroism from Hammond Louisiana and Tennessee, praising brave acts of selflessness by a man who saved a child at Dead Man's Crossing and by unnamed locals who toil for others. It honors Sam Davis and urges emulation of quiet sacrifices at home and in work.
A statewide appeal calls for a September 28 work day to raise funds for SC orphanages supported by churches. Children urged to earn and donate proceeds or contributions of food and clothing to Presbyterian, Baptist, and Methodist homes in Clinton, Greenwood, and Columbia.
The Anderson county delegation to the general assembly for the coming and next sessions includes no lawyers, a rarity in such groups. Notables: Geo W. Sullivan senator. J Mack King T F Nelson Oscar D Gray Joshua W Ashley W W Scott J A Hall. Two lawyers had served recently. both failed in this year's elections.
A defeated candidate laments the loss of an election and the draining cost of the campaign. The speaker vows to run again if given another chance and asks for sympathy while noting a separate cruel act cited in a newspaper. It closes with a jibe about a mean man who stole a blind man's wife.
A reflexive, lighthearted column mocks political campaigns, frugality, routine life, social banter, and human foibles with aphorisms about rising early, telling jokes at one's expense, gossip, and avoiding waste.
A reflective assortment of quotes and anecdotes on guardian angels guiding humans, accidental harm and moral responsibility, and social expectations of dress and status. The pieces blend literary allusion with courtroom drama and social commentary.
Quote from The Christian Register extols lasting satisfaction found in the good will of fellow-men. The line frames virtue as its own reward, emphasizing community esteem over worldly gain.
A farmer complains that a purchased typewriter is useless, saying his wife spent her savings to buy it because he cannot write by pen. He insists the machine cannot even write his name unless one knows how to play a church organ.
A brief exchange frames a town as dead with Pompeii as a reference. The speaker adds a punchline about running a newspaper where no one advertises, underscoring a failed local business ad market.
A compact reminiscence ties early home life to familiar cures like Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Forty years of use claim proven merit for burns boils scalds sores skin eruptions cuts sprains and bruises. Also touted for piles corns and cold sores at 25 cents a tube.
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