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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
3
Doings from Columbia report on a four page USDA circular arguing the annual 50 million dollar loss from cattle ticks. It covers stunted cattle, disease spread, quarantine costs, dip baths, and rising cattle value after treatment, with SC efforts to eradicate ticks and upcoming road congress delegates.
A House printing committee revealed a constitutional bar to a state printery and considered the cost of equipping a plant. Estimates placed machinery and equipment around 50000 dollars and current annual public printing costs near 70000 dollars.
Gov Manning will address the opening joint session in Columbia on September 7 for the South Carolina Conference on Charities and Corrections and the Conference for the Common Good. Dr Jamison acts as president of the former, Rev Murchison leads the latter. The two conferences meet September 7 and 9, with a focus on The Farmer's Problem in Marketing His 1915 Cotton Crop.
The South Carolina Christian Endeavor union executive committee will meet in Columbia on August 28 to finalize Laurens convention plans for November and map the organization’s work for the coming year. Southern secretary Kar Lehmann will attend with out of town members KE Wilkes Laurens A T Corcoran Charleston Wick Allen Greenville and T White Sumter.
Governor Manning grants a reprieve from September 2 to 29 for Meek Griffin Tom Griffin John Crosby and Nelson Price. A special pardon board session in Columbia on September 8 will hear petitions in capital cases. Attorneys on both sides have been notified. The men were convicted of murder in Chester County years ago.
In Columbia agitation begins to establish moonlight schools for adults modeled on Laurens and Newberry efforts. Promoters W Banks Dove and W P Etchison aim to run night classes, similar to Kentucky moonlight schools, to reduce illiteracy.
Local promoters announce a Leesville hospital to serve four counties Saluda Edgefield Aiken and Lexington. Stock has been subscribed, a building secured, and plans move toward charter application with a nurse training school and hospital association formation by women in Leesville Batesburg and nearby areas.
A large blaze in Sumter destroyed wooden structures housing the Shaw Motor Company and the Sumter Transfer Company. Firemen were alerted shortly after 3 am by a neighbor boy who heard the fire and saw flames. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
The Peace Printing Company of Greenville has won the contract to print 100000 calendars for the Southern railway. Work must be finished by November 20 and calendars will be blue on large sheets. Officials say the firm aims to patronize Southern industry, reversing earlier North printing.
J Maxwell Carrere of Bing & Bing Construction in New York arrives in Charleston to finalize a project for a 12 story hotel and center seating 3000 on the Argyle hotel site at Meeting and Hasell streets. The plan calls for a 250 room hotel with a large public seating capacity.
Weekly prices for cotton cotton seed corn wheat oats peas and live stock across South Carolina markets. Entries list market names many crops and prices per bushel or pound including Florence Florence Cotten Lancaster Cheraw Walterboro Abbeville Winnsboro Clinton Newberry Conway and more with values for fryers butter eggs and rye in cents per unit and per bushel.
Frederick Harman a 79 year old farmer of upper Richland county died at his home. A Confederate veteran, Harman’s death is noted in this South Carolina brief. In Charleston county the cotton crop is projected to exceed $1,000,000 with about 32,000 acres planted long and short staple. The forecast uses 25 cents per pound for long staple and 8 cents for short staple.
The article notes a surge in home needlework as fashionable society embraces knitted and crocheted headwear. It highlights baby bonnets, silk caps, boudoir hats, and crocheted shells with tassels, premium textures, and open designs. It mentions prices around four to five dollars for a small silk hat and cites professional makers shaping wire-stitched crochets for motor wear and travel.
Fashion notes describe girdles rising to a high waist this season, slipping in and out of draperies and sometimes tucking under skirts. One girdle featured three long loops with pink roses, while another sulphur yellow girdle was hidden beneath chiffon at the waist.
A Plover Iowa reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing a young woman's menstrual troubles after doctors failed. The notice invites other women to seek advice by writing to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
A vintage advertisement notes nine in ten success in making the liver act, claiming gentle but firm action against constipation digestion and distress after eating. It promotes a small pill, small dose, small price with a signature guarantee of genuineness.
The Houston Post argues that some believers could grow stronger if they stop petitioning God to do basic chores like wood chopping and water fetching. It urges personal effort over supplication in daily needs.
Hats for the between seasons period designed for warmth and brightness. Three featured styles in black and white suit both younger women and matrons, including velvet and satin turbans with white wings, a wide brim hat in silk or velvet, and a white corduroy sailor hat trimmed with black velvet. Designs include frost-inspired beading and feather accents. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Directions for making infant dresses using white washable crepe. Plain garments with neck-high sleeves and simple buttonholes. Notes that tight seams facilitate laundering and reduce fraying for easier care.
Self shampooing guidance notes using Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and itching on the scalp. Describes Cuticura emollients as versatile for skin, scalp, hair, and hands. Offers free samples by mail via postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere.
The British weekly awarded a prize for a philosophical definition by Jenry I Beges of Shefferd England. The answer calls money a universal passport to everywhere except heaven and a universal provider of everything except happiness.
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