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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
6
The Illinois State Highway Department comments on earth roads noting they cannot be kept up year round to the standard of other roads, and that proper drainage and systematic maintenance are key. They argue construction and maintenance costs of earth roads are lower when well kept and dry conditions make travel satisfactory.
A compact, period opinion aligning with the National Highways association. It lists benefits of good roads including schools living churches homes health morals farms towns crops and people, framing better roads as the path to improved community life and prosperity.
A historical note discusses how grade affects pulling a load on roads and bicycles. It argues that uphill effort increases distance and cost, and that grading around a hill can be cheaper than cutting but may raise overall expenses.
A call to citizens urging personal contribution to communal growth as the community pushes ahead with a food road project. The piece stresses collective effort and individual sacrifice as essential to progress.
Fragmentary lines note roads and duties along od paths. Emphasizes beneficial aims of two miles of travel and the importance of walls and roads to public duties.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a local highway or road project and potential public notice. Readable terms mention native areas or plants and a possible tourist impact, but details are incomplete.
London reports the Prince of Wales endears himself to officers and ordinary soldiers for democracy and hands on approach. He routinely risks danger, asks questions, and promptly corrects mistakes, inspiring affection from troops and wary commendations from headquarters.
A small anthropoid ape three feet tall, described as a congenial, laughing creature, was brought to New York aboard the Medon from Pedang Java. The specimen is agile, swinging a trapeze with ease, and feeds on bananas, soft boiled eggs, and rice, after being captured in Java’s jungles.
Nampe, Idaho reports a steel trap freed a clerk wrongly accused of a candy theft. The confectionery clerk faced jail time after a theft that vanished amid uncertain evidence and local confusion.
Mattchild Williams, a farmer near Federalsburg, fled a enraged bull by using his car. The animal charged, Williams sped at 50 mph toward a field gate but failed to turn in time. He steered carefully and the bull tiring, Williams escaped through the gate unharmed.
W I Smith of 726 West Douglas Avenue fishing near Central Street dam caught a channel catfish weighing one and a half pounds. While removing the hook he found a bright ten cent piece in the fish’s gill, prompting the odd discovery of money in a catch.
A German village, a woolly sheep dropped on a destroyer deck, and a football balloon surprise unfold as British aviators improvise humor behind the lines. Tales recount airmen greeting Germans in their own tongue and feints that mislead hostile positions.
Germany moves to curb paper sole shoes amid waste and rapid wear. Authorities restrict paper content and require clear marking of leather parts to protect consumers and manufacturers.
In Northumberland county a bucking mule named General Carranza belonging to James Brumm of Upper Augusta kicked a covered wagon and caused a locomotive to derail near Sunbury. The wagon occupants Mrs Brumm and the driver were aboard when the mule reared and kicked as a train approached. a derrick was needed to replace the locomotive on the tracks, though the mule escaped unharmed.
A set of declarations from John A. Horton A H Dagnall Henry C Tillman Fred Dominick and Wyatt Aiken announcing their candidacies or re election for Congress from South Carolina's Third District subject to Democratic party rules and primaries.
Multiple announcements list candidates for Solicitor of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. J Rort Martin MO M Daniel Harris J Sanford D W Smoak announce under Democratic primary rules. Each pledges to abide by primary results and support nominees.
The friends of W Clarence Mann announce him as a candidate for the House of Representatives and W H Cox, W E Pindley and J S Leopard also announce candidacies from Pickens County under Democratic primary rules. W L Pickens is likewise named as a candidate from Pickens County.
Announcements from 0 8 Stewart J L Bolt B T McDaniel and A J Boggs seek the Clerk of Court seat in Pickens county. They pledge to abide by Democratic primary rules and support nominees.
W Anderson Looper announces candidacy for Sheriff of Pickens County subject to Democratic primary rules. KR Roark also seeks renomination for the sheriff’s office in Pickens County under the same party guidelines.
Henry A Townes is announced as a candidate for Auditor of Pickens County under Democratic primary rules. The notice also mentions the date for re election to the office, with N A Christopher listed in the context of the same primary.
A series of announce ments declares individuals seeking the office of Treasurer in Pickens County. Clar T. Hinton Bennett H. Powers and Taylor H. Stewart affirm their candidacies under Democratic primary rules.
C L Craig and W S Richbourg announced as candidates for County Superintendent of Education in the Democratic primary. R T Hallum seeks re election subject to Democratic primary action. The notice names Pickens County and outlines primary dates and eligibility.
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