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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
3
An advertisement urges drinking hot water with a spoonful of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast. It claims this cleanses the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, prevents toxins from building, and improves mood and energy, noting a quarter pound suffices.
In Plunkville observers note a hollow society yet many residents partake in lively gatherings. The contrast between public wit and private emptiness mirrors a town divided between ritual amusements and vacant social rituals.
An advertisement touts Cascarets a ten cent box to ease bilious headaches by cleansing the stomach removing sour undigested food and foul gases, drawing excess bile from the liver and expelling waste through the bowels overnight. It claims the tablet works while you sleep and leaves head clear and stomach sweet by morning.
A Boston Evening Transcript note humorously contrasts youth love with restraint calling it intoxicating but choosing prudence in life choices and self control. It reflects period social commentary on romance and temperance.
An advertisement warns that dandruff damages hair causing itching and hair loss. It promotes Knowlton's Dandeline at 26 cents, claiming initial shine and life return followed by new hair growth after weeks of use, ending with a quip about the corkscrew versus the typewriter.
Three anti liquor bills pass the 1916 legislature setting a two quarts monthly limit on liquor per consignee and strict rules on storage and transport. Violations carry heavy fines and jail terms. McCormick County is created with a seven member commission and a special election planned if the supreme court case favors the measure.
The secretary of state issued charters to five firms. Dunvegan Mercantile Co of Charleston with $5000 capital. R F F Howle Co of Darlington with $20000. Murphy Hardware Co of Lancester with $36000. Buyck Jackson Co of Lone Star with $10001. Carolina Veneer Co of Columbia with $125000.
The South Carolina Audubon society held its annual meeting with Frank Hampton re elected president and Miss Belle Williams re elected secretary treasurer. The annual report was read, noting extensive office work including thousands of letters, two leaflets issued, twelve newspaper articles written, the exhibit shown eleven times, and sixteen talks made.
Attorney general Peeples informs comptroller Sawyer that the 1916 ratified act does not include a 100000 appropriation for repairs at the State Hospital for the Insane. Supreme Court 1914 held recapitulation figures do not override the explicit section. The act shows 318000 for maintenance and salaries plus a 50000 contingency, while recap items show 418000 for the hospital.
James B. Puerifoy of Walterboro was commissioned as judge of the Fourteenth Judicial circuit. The oath of office was administered by D. E. Hydrick associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
The Geo. C. Frazier company of Flovence is commissioned with a capital of 3000 dollars. Star Hosiery Mills of Spartanburg is commissioned with 100000 dollars. Mutual Mercantile of Brookland increases capital from 5000 to 10000 dollars. People's Supply of Greenville is commissioned with 5000 dollars. Gluck Realty of Columbia is commissioned with 500 dollars. Bankers' Investment Corporation of Charleston is commissioned with 560 dollars.
The Mc Cullough child labor bill bans under 14s from mining or factory work after January 1, 1917. Gov Manning signs the Liles bill for chain gang sentences. Amendments to a referendum law regulate alcohol, allowing personal grape and berry wines. New commissions include Mutual Building and Loan of Health Springs with 26,000 capital, Camden Coca-Cola with 5,000, Massey Hite Grocery of Florence with 10,600, Marion Coca Cola Bottling with 12,000, and People's Bank of Bowman with 16,000.
The lesson analyzes Stephen’s defense before the Sanhedrin and his martyrdom as a triumph of faith over hostility. It covers false accusations, Stephen’s arguments about temple worship and the law, and his vision of heaven. Persecution disperses believers, fueling the church’s spread and scriptural testimony.
A Washington Star account notes Belgian espionage lore from Brand Whitlock. A Bruxelloise’s quip about German uniforms leads a conductor to arrest a suspected spy to prevent a reported triple spy on a Brussels street car. The incident ends with a tense exchange and a drink in a cafe.
A Pittsburgh boiler case draws crowds of boilermakers as John G. Johnson of Philadelphia weaves intricate technical points for the plaintiffs. A foreman whispers that Johnson seems to know too much and is told he is a lawyer, not a boilermaker.
The text assigns colors to emotions and traits: blue for spiritual feelings, yellow for intellect, golden for genius, orange and brown for misery and greed, red for passion and sensuality, dark crimson for hatred, rose for higher love, green for deceit, and black for revenge. It concludes with a claim that success comes from loving one’s work.
A Hungarian blacksmith thanked Emperor Francis Joseph for recognizing his invention and offered a photograph for an autograph. The emperor lacked a pen or pencil, then produced a pencil from the smith and signed the photo. The smith stayed, asking for the returned pencil, which the emperor had quickily pocketed and handed back with a laugh.
Josephine Dodge Dasham Bacon, a noted author and mother, laments excessive child training in contemporary culture. She argues against viewing a child’s mind as an empty space and urges allowing natural development while recognizing the value of experienced child welfare work.
A child Mary Schey of Fruitvale answered in a Our Animals feature that a cow has two stomachs so it can use the other one when one stomach aches, reflecting a playful lesson from the animal story contest.
Quoted conversations reveal tensions with a nearby dentist and his patients. A speaker describes moving offices to escape loud cries and unease. The piece notes the town’s anxious mood and jokes about psychoanalytic pressures and asylum avoidance.
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