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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1922
Page
4
Unclear disjointed excerpts discuss Georgia and Tennessee politics, prohibition era sentiment, education, coal funding, and regionally critical jokes. Mentions Walker, Mardwick, Harvey, Swearingen, and Greenville Pickens counties with scattered rural remarks and a local-editor tone. The piece reads as a scrambled collage of opinions and satirical lines.
Dr J L Valley plans a small alfalfa field on Gauley mountain above Pickens after a successful seed test guided by County Agent Bowen. If profitable, about twenty acres on valley bottom will follow, boosting Apple country prospects and road improvements linked to county wealth growth.
The report notes many growers cleared over a thousand dollars from tobacco crops two to four acres in size. These men earned a good food crop alongside tobacco and now have bank savings. County Agent Bowen says tobacco could be profitable on a commercial scale in Pickers county.
A collection of witty political quips and maxims critiquing economics and leadership. The verse references Peru and Peruna, Hardwick in Georgia, Ford's finances, road hogs, coal, government action, and labor disputes with playful wordplay and social commentary.
Rev. R. A. Hudson elected probate judge and Rev. E. F. Wright chosen magistrate for Bastatoc township. Both are Baptists marking a strong church influence in local politics this season.
Classified notices list a 1919 model Dert automobile for sale by IF B Morgan Central S C a new Oliver typewriter bargain by Central Mercantile Co Central S C and pure bred rabbits for sale by Mrs F B Morgen Central S C plus a car key bundle found near the tabernacle with owner to claim at the Sentinel office and a wanted young male worker at Wesleyan Methodist College Centre S C
A fashion advertisement appeals to readers for new fall and winter goods inviting submissions of pictorial review patterns. The notice emphasizes design ideas, pattern requests, and participation through the publication’s pages.
County treasurer announces tax open period from Oct 15 to Dec 1922 with January February and March delinquent options incurring percentages. Includes state levy old county road and school taxes, poll and dog taxes, district school millage across districts, and reminders to remit by check money order or registered mail. Also lists sale items for seed oats and straw.
The Greenville Daily News and The Pickens Sentinel offer one year each for the price of The News alone. The Pickens Sentinel and the Atlanta Tri-Weekly Constitution are advertised at one year for $2.25.
Legal notice of two property sales in Pickens County South Carolina from 1922 court records. Describes parcels of 50 and 35 acres with adjoining lands, sale on October 2 1922, terms of one third cash and two years credit, interest eight percent, mortgage security, insurance requirement, resale if terms not met. Also references Malear place 159 acres and an 85 acre tract in Dacusville township with similar terms and conditions.
Public sale of land in Dacusville township by order of Judge Mauldin dated 1922. The property, a described tract in Pickens County, will be sold to the highest bidder during legal hours on October 2, 1922 at Pickens Court House.
Easley Loan and Trust Co. and Silas Hunt et al appear in a Decretal order by Judge T J Mauldin. Sale set for October 2 at the courthouse in S C for 481.2 acres in Hasley township with crops excluded. Terms call for one third cash and balance in two annual payments secured by bond and mortgage at 8 percent interest. If not complied with, property to be resold the same day at purchaser risk and expense.
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