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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
2
An old time tonic promises renewed strength and vitality for the worn and nervous. The ironized paw paw formula is said to be effective without alcohol or whisky, with caution not to overdose. Pickens Drug Co. and Interstate Drug Co. advertise for general sale and endorsement.
A special meeting of the stockholders of the Pickens Railroad Company will be held at its office in Pickens South Carolina on Monday December 16 1918 at 11 oclock standard time. The agenda covers authorizing contracting with the United States or its representatives under federal control and related actions by the board of directors. Stock transfer books close 12 oclock noon December 13 and reopen December 17 1918. By order of the board of directors J McD Bruce secretary.
The article reports President Wilson likely arriving December 12 with meetings among Allied delegates planned for mid to late December. The peace conference is expected to convene in March or April, with delays due to unsettled agenda and risks to future peace from ongoing troop commitments. It also notes Bolshevik fears and an unstable German regime vulnerable to coup.
Washington. Postmaster General Burleson releases a large annual report noting that telephone and telegraph lines could become government owned after peace. The post office shows a fiscal year surplus of 19.98 million and total revenues of 88.98 million with expenditures of 824.84 million. He outlines war tax related postal boosts, 4.47 percent service growth, and renewed calls for competitive civil service selection of postmasters. He also details plans to extend air mail and rural parcel post via government vehicles.
A World War I era appeal from the United States Food Administration urges continued food saving and donation. It stresses a pledged duty to feed 480 million hungry people in Belgium France Russia Serbia and Armenia, even after armistice. It calls for intensifying conservation to deliver 17.5 million tons of food to Europe.
Atlantic City groups representing hundreds of industries urge the government to loosen wartime controls. They call for a stronger merchant marine and removal of restrictions on production and distribution to resume normal business operations.
London reports the British prime minister David Lloyd George restating war policy in campaign remarks. He says leaders responsible for the war must be tried by an international court and supports expulsion of enemy aliens. Public reaction is strongly favorable.
Washington officials indicate Charlotte is the sole aerial mail station in North Carolina. Plans show a route from Washington through Richmond to Atlanta with a relay point possibly north of Charlotte between Salisbury and Greensboro. Preliminary plans have been discussed and submitted for approval.
The Food Administration rescinds the eighty twenty rule and allows purchase of wheat flour without any substitutes. Previously a pound of wheat substitutes was required for every four pounds of flour, under the fifty fifty rule. The order takes effect immediately across the economy.
The Food Administration asks retailers nationwide to display depictions of feeding the Allied world to foster sacrifice and service during Thanksgiving week. Posters and window cards are available through State Administrations and free decorating materials will be sent on request to merchants in South Carolina via K H Norcom in Columbia.
Columbia reports the Food Administration reduced hull price to 16 0/8 mills or 18 delivered due to lower demand from munitions work. To offset this, the meal price rose to 55, while seed price stays the same.
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