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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1915
Page
2
A collage of comments on World War timing, American aid to fighters, local politics, and economy. Notes on North Carolina and Birmingham editors, digitized humor about Hobson, and a range of topics from peanuts to transportation in the cabinet. Reports mention dyestuffs shortages and Edison claims, plus local taxation and a mayoral race.
A French woman claims Cinderella wore slippers made of squirrel skin. The author argues this is a blow to tradition but the average child will insist the slippers were glass.
A humorous riddle plays on words about a mouse and a young lady. It jokes that one charms the cheese while the other charms the he's, a playful misdirection in a light column.
An advertising pitch urging readers to patronize merchants who advertise in the paper. It emphasizes thoroughness in reading and notes that ads help merchants sell better and cheaper, inviting continued testing of this claim.
The piece notes many wagons leaving Pickens with fertilizer as farmers prepare for the season. It recalls an old farmer’s wife’s sayings about spring singing of promised land and fall doleful tunes as fertilizer bills arrive and cotton prices stay low. It contrasts this with calls to cut post office costs and seeds sent free by lawmakers. The reference to Austria and Cossacks comments on looting and suffering.
Colorado's Helen Robinson tells women entering politics to speak sparingly. The piece mocks naval secretary Daniels for changing ship terms starboard and port to right and left, suggesting harsher scrutiny if different words were used.
A Washington investigation cites public service firms for refusing living wages to certain employees and turning workers into panhandlers at public cost. The piece questions future moves by Britain and Germany and recalls Bryan on war and Navy Secretary Daniels on command of a tugboat in the fleet.
Amid the war, essayists note merit in keeping money at home as foreign travel wanes, arguing domestic stores and markets gain relevance while cross border flows slow. The reflection highlights shifting economic behavior in wartime Europe.
A fragment notes that government claims savings exceed one hundred million dollars and project continued war effort could cost two hundred million more at home. It invokes the saying It’s an ill wind to frame the fiscal outlook and summer timing.
The State notes that South Carolina government spending per resident on colleges Confederate pensions state aid to public schools and care of the insane is among the lowest in the forty eight states, higher only than North Carolina.
An old letter to the governor reveals a humorous misreading of the gallon-a-month enforcement. The writer claims not receiving his March gallon and asks for both March and April, likening the issue to the old forty acres and a mule idea.
Real estate transfers reported by the Easley Progress show James A. Brown trading 101 acres near Liberty part of Matt Boggs place for Corry Z Kings 160 acre Carmel area Robert Cook place. Sam L Robinson of Dacusville bought from his mother a 400 acre family farm, one of the county's most valuable, and will assume management this year.
Miss Mabel Duckworth wed Mr. W. W. West on Friday evening at the bride’s mother's East Main street home. Rev. E. V. Babb officiated as relatives witnessed the ceremony before the couple traveled by auto to Greenville and onward to Charleston and eastern destinations.
Clemson College dairy division outlines on silage shade for calves and constant salt water access. Emphasizes strict records and production cost tracking. Mentions US Department of Agriculture circulars and Major J J Coker's $120000 gift to Coker College.
Charleston sent 68,000 bales of cotton to foreign markets in March, a sizable increase over March last year, reflecting a strong outward trade push through the port.
An advertisement warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and endorses Tall's Catarrh Cure from PF J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. It promotes testimonials, notes manufacture in Taleds Ohio, and lists price seven cents per bottle, plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
I R Clifton recalls abandoning cotton for diversified farming after listening to The Progressive Farmer. He swapped dairy cows and a bull for calves hens and pigs, started clover and grains, and built a self sustaining farm from little capital. Now thriving with more cattle hens hogs and crops.
The writer from Shiloh Oconee County reports a cotton planting boom and good weather. Small grain thrives and most land is sowed. The writer, now in Pickens County, mentions Mountain Sprout of Sunset and answers a query about February having five Sundays in 1880 and 1920.
Letter from M L Jones praises Penrose high school start on the fifteenth and sixteenth instants. He mentions health, fishing on the French Broad, carpentry work, plans to return home, and a glowing notice of Rev D W Hiatt. He reports an Easter singing at Knon church and petitions for a new Penrose school building.
Miss Ora P Miller married John T Mauldin on Sunday April 11 at the bride’s parents home. Rev R S Sanders officiated. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Joel H Miller of Jedar Rock. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs A M Mauldin of Easley, recently left government service for a Southern Railway post in Easley.
Due to official business at home Governor Manning declined an invitation to join the general committee of the world court for the judicial settlement of international controversies.
Local ad copy promotes a two in one Perfection Turn Plow with a call to ask about it and a purchase at a hardware and grocery store. The phrasing imitates a vintage bargain advertisement.
A Florida letter from J. A. Grippin dated April 4 1915 describes warm weather in Orlando praises the Sentinel newspaper, mentions cabbage plants and crops, and notes his good health aside from a grip. It also includes a brief pass through local business topics and a county financial report for the first quarter ending April 1 1915.
The annual reunion will be held in Columbia on April 22 and 23. Railroads offer reduced fares for attendees.
Gov Manning named C Fred Williams M D of Columbia as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane replacing Tr Strait D Goxy Williams quit his regents post and Christie Benet of Columbia was named to fill the vacancy. The governor also voided the Maryland based governor I Sargent's appointment ruling aliens cannot hold constitutional office here.
The notice notes that the paper’s ads are a key draw and readers who skip them may miss important bargains. It emphasizes the ads as a lively part of the newspaper experience.
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