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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
3
An old ad touts Freezone for corns promising instant relief with a few cents. It claims you can drop the preparation on the corn, stop the pain immediately, then lift the corn off with your fingers, no humbug.
A Kansas City Star item notes Joshua Lott clinging to the rear of a Prospect One car while conductor Josh Moore urges him to move forward. The conductor reasons Lott avoids the front out of fear of taking a front position, as the 60 passenger train halts to let eighty more aboard at a transfer point.
A brief adage-like piece notes a man of sterling worth and questions if he is a church member. It concludes the man is a silversmith, illustrating the idea that those lacking self-respect cannot respect others. The reflection frames character by craft and virtue.
Disbursements totaling 187 800 are approved to rural graded schools with allocations led by Spartanburg 15 000 Greenville 11 500 and Anderson 11 300. Swearingen sets minimum enrollment and term conditions for 200 300 400 and 500 grants as minister Manning notes 40 000 federal aid for a reform school and Liberty loan drive plans unfold with Charleston companies seeking new ventures amid labor and fertilizer shortages.
Henry McMichael of the Fifteenth Canadian Regiment, wounded three times at Ypres and Vimy, returns to Graniteville after honorable discharge. He recounts heavy front-line service in France and Belgium, praises French and British soldiers, and plans Easter wedding to Miss Burnett. Greenville Salvation Army reports county fundraising leads the state with 1084.40 over quota. Vandiver chairs Greenville drive with 1073.75 pledged.
Fire at a local facility destroyed two lind loohinshels of corn and other stored grain. The blaze follows a previous loss of foodstuffs in the area within three days, including machinery valued at 300 rupees. The cause and exact location are unclear.
The article notes Osmond Barber’s response to national calls, detailing his wartime farming efforts. He plowed his prime land and switched from cotton to corn, yielding unusually large corn crops while cotton output lagged. Barber was about 1000 bushels above his retirement target, selling at $2.26 per bushel.
German official wireless dispatch claims sixteen thousand prisoners and 200 guns captured as fighting near Arras and La Fère continues. British lines near Cambrai hold firm on a fifty mile front despite heavy German assault aiming at Gauche wood and Lagnicourt in the salient.
A British official communication notes aircraft aided infantry along the French front by disrupting German troops and causing casualties. Bombing missions targeted rail hubs and battlefront positions, with over 100 bombs dropped. Several enemy aircraft were downed, one balloon destroyed, and three British planes reported missing.
A 1920s Turkish note reports the Osmanli association announcing an amendment granting Turkish women ages two to thirty the right to serve with the women's battalion. The Vakit notes Turkish women already in commerce and public offices can now enter the army.
Military officials announce completion of plans for improvements at Camp Greene in Charlotte. The program includes runway upgrades and first class roads with a $59 000 expenditure to improve the post facilities and weather readiness.
Mrs Alters of R R 4 Oregon Illinois reports recovery from organic trouble that kept her from walking and working. She says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after trying other remedies. She recommends the product to friends and invites further advice from Lydia E Pinkham’s Medicine Co. based on forty years of experience.
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