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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
2
A satirical roundup mocks Prohibition talk in London and Mexico's provisional presidents. It jokes about Taft and Wilson, notes Cuba’s baseball manager, comments on Hearst headlines, and critiques U S politics including a South Carolina solicitor candidate and Democratic senators who opposed a ship purchase bill.
The speaker critiques President Wilsons appointment of a commission to probe major foundations including Rockefeller and Carnegie. He mocks the outcome as a failure and hints at a satirical shift toward editorials. The note also jests about whiskey limits after April and the phrase ten gallons of the stink that made Milwaukee famous.
A riddle suggests the Pick ens Sentinel is compared to blood circulating healthily in a man, implying strong circulation as a measure of vitality.
Farmers plan to cut cotton acreage by half this season while Willie Cox shows improvement after a long confinement. G R Mayfield from Marietta route 2 visits. D L Barker builds a barn and Jimmie Phillips returns to Greenville. King builds a bridge on Saluda river near Carson's mill. Sammie Looper and Wade Batson visit. Revenue officers Cureton and LaBoon report destroying one or two stills. Congratulatory note to the editor ends the item.
A local note from the Anderson Mail laments a corn bread shortage and requests butter milk as a needed chaser. The plea uses colloquial rural speech to describe a scarcity and a call for help.
The Columbia Record riffs on a Western scene with a punch about an old fashioned boy now standing on a corner smoking a cigar and wearing a red tie with yellow shoes and speckled socks. It jabs evangelists like Billy Sunday for chasing free advertising, noting in the South he’d be in the Holy Jumper class.
A Washington dispatch reports President Wilson has ordered rival Mexican factions to protect lives and property of foreigners and ensure free commercial intercourse with the United States. The note underscores ongoing U S focus on Mexico amid European tensions.
The article notes congressmen have gone home for about nine months while the president and secretary of state must remain to manage affairs. It laments the lack of support from some lawmakers and suggests they will attack the administration in home papers, a trend already beginning in some quarters.
Samuel Bowles editor and publisher of the Springfield Republican died at his home last Sunday. He is described as a New England thinker and idealist, descended from a long line of printers and editors, and educated for the newspaper business. His death is a distinct loss to American journalism.
A clipped historic text fragment mentions English blocks, reading practices, and Dickens county. The terse lines hint at instruction or regional wording without clear events or dates.
The letter expresses grave concern for Bro. A. L. Gossett’s eye condition. It notes he must make numerous visits to an Anderson oculist due to eyesight issues and seeks prayers and support.
Congressman Wyatt Aileen forwards about twenty five copies of The Road Drag and How It Is Used issued as a farmers bulletin by the U S department of agriculture. It is said to be interesting and instructive and illustrated. Anyone may obtain a copy by calling at The Sentinel office.
A county lawmaker helped pass a gallon a month bill then, returning home, ordered two barrels of a famous Milwaukee product. The shipment arrived the day the law took effect, and he could not obtain it, having waited one day too long.
George Evans known as Honey Boy died recently, famed for the song I ll Be True to My Honey Boy and his charity deeds. He was a gentleman actor who avoided smutty lines and tobacco, never drank, and left audiences in good spirits with his performances. Peace to his ashes.
N O Cothran former Pickens county resident died at his Greenville home February seventeenth in his forty seventh year. He was buried in Secona cemetery after funeral at City View Baptist with Rev I S Childress officiating. He leaves a wife and child and was active in the Baptist church. His life was marked by noble traits and genial companionship.
The thirty eighth annual South Carolina Sunday School association convention will be held in Newberry in April 2022. The event promises a unique and helpful gathering with top educational and religious talent from the state. Newberry expects about four hundred delegates and plans multiple social functions.
Poem fragment in a wartime letter laments affording a pet biscuit and urges the animal to survive by going to Europe to support the war effort. The speaker predicts spring, can eat weeds, and signs as Fool Killer.
Norris social scene featured a candy party hosted by Miss Maybelle Mauldin on February 28 with games, piano selections, and a candy supper. March 2 brought a fruit party by the Misses Cook with music and out of town guests, followed by a fruit supper at Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Phillips. Miss Louise Rhodes of Suwanee, Ga., visited her brother M. C. Rhodes in Norris last week.
Business in Glenwood is improving with new buildings underway. D F Kay adds another room to his home. J J Dallis and family from Ware Shoals visited J L Davis on Sunday along with O C Wilson and family. Prof Thomas Carter of Greenwood County teaches a singing class of about sixty. Mrs S J Meadows and daughter Jessie left Sunday due to a relative’s death.
Perry Durham of Six Mile Pickens county cashed a check for 38 dollars from a man posing as a crockery salesman. Durham bought eggs valued at 28 more than the bill and paid cash for the excess. the check bounced as the firm did not exist. Durham has a warrant for the suspect's arrest.
The Jacksonville Times Union reports the Indiana legislature wiped out 101 bills in a 15 minute session. The abrupt moves prompt reflection on past harsh opinions of legislatures as lawmakers quickly shelved numerous measures.
The article argues deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires constitutional remedies. It explains the cause as inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucosa leading to impaired or lost hearing, notes about catarrh as a contributing factor, and advertises a remedy alongside a patent medicine retailer.
Miss Pearl Fuller of Travelers Rest passes away after a brief illness. She is survived by relatives in the community and friends who remember her kindly. Funeral arrangements are pending with local services.
Clemson College notes advise dairymen to test rather than guess and highlight steady prices for dairy products. They stress the value of clean milk, the quick income from the dairy cow, and the benefits of buttermilk and skimmilk for calf raising. With warm weather, methods to keep cream cool are promised by the Dairy Division.
Printed trespass notices offered for sale at the office. The notices are ready for purchase and intended for posting on private property to warn against unauthorized entry.
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