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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
3
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle stomach and bowel cleanser for children and adults. It warns mothers to use the genuine product and to beware of counterfeits, claiming it prevents illness by purging waste and bile.
The Auerbachs Keller tavern in Leipzig, built about 1526 by Dr. Stromer d Auerbach, gained fame through Goethe who framed Faust’s Mephistopheles scene there. Leipzig scholars note Goethe studied at the university 1765 to 1768 and frequented the cellar with friends, shaping national literature.
A tense exchange unfolds in a quiet room as a young man asks Edith about how her name will be printed. He wonders whether it will appear with deaths or marriages alongside his own, signaling upcoming changes.
A brief verse fragment from the New York Sun features poultry imagery and war-related bravado as cultural morale commentary during conflict. The lines invoke a lark and a hen-well as contrasts to artillery.
Governor Manning wrote Col P K McCully commander of the 118th Infantry to relay pride in South Carolina troops and apologies for canceling a planned parade. He praises their wartime training, urges support at home, and vows continued pride and prayers for victory.
The Bank of Manning and Home Bank & Trust Company provide sow pigs to Clarendon county pig clubs. Boys will raise and breed the stock under a two for one return plan, using registered stock only. Banks expect doubled pigs next year and long term county stocking with a desirable hog breed.
Governor Manning issues a proclamation to enforce laws against espionage sedition and desertion and directs the South Carolina Council of Defense to report violations to local officials. The 1918 acts of the General Assembly are being printed and bound with distribution soon to follow.
Democratic clubs across South Carolina meet to elect officers and delegates on May 6, endorsing Woodrow Wilson and the war effort. Resolutions praise the administration and selective service acts, with praise for soldiers and sailors. Some meetings show factional splits between Administration and anti-Blease supporters.
The Columbia State rebuts ex Governor Blease remarks from an August 3 1917 Filbert speech. A patriotic ad by Citizen Soldier No 258 defends the war effort and sacrifice.
Victor G. Rector a USC agriculture professor and Darlington County representative announced his candidacy for state superintendent of education to oppose incumbent Swearingen. Rector was born on a Spartanburg county farm, educated in country schools, Campobello high school, and North Greenville academy before earning a teaching certificate.
Wil Ferguson of Barnwell county was convicted of attempted rape and will be electrocuted at the state penitentiary on May 10. He was tried in Barnwell before Judge Ernest Moore after a special term order by Judge Manning at the request of Attorney General Peeples and So Nestor Gunter. There was a threat of mob violence at the time of the crime.
Charles Clary, a furloughed Camp Jackson soldier from near Gaffney, injured himself with a shotgun while crossing a fence. His left great and second toes were badly damaged, requiring amputation. Dr S B Sherard of Gaffney operated after Clary left camp without leave and went to his brother's home.
Preliminary plans for an Industrial School for Girls will be submitted by May 16. A $40,000 state appropriation and matching federal funds will fund a cottage-style, self contained facility on 641 acres in upper Richland County to house refractory girls ages eight to 20 as a war emergency measure. An advisory committee of three women will assist the administration, and a nonkin superintendent is to be named later.
Fifty American soldiers who served in France have been sent back by General Pershing to inform the American public about conditions on the other side. They arrived in the United States and are available for speaking tours in South Carolina during the current month as part of wartime mobilization.
A rural policeman recounts a case where a man appeared dead at Arthur Coawn in Columbia. An undertaker began funeral preparations when the supposed corpse suddenly sat up exclaiming humorously. A physician was then sent for as the man revived the next day, ending the scare with a witty remark.
The Rev H Nebers tendered resignation as superintendent of the Epworth Orphanage at Columbia and was accepted by the trustees. The Rev U C O Dell of Rock TM was unanimously chosen to succeed Nabers who will remain head of the institution. The resignation follows recent alleged cruel whippings incident at the facility.
Von Eneelken is relieved as president of the Government Farm Bank in Columbia and will be reassigned by the government. David A. Houston succeeds him as bank president. Wade Hampton Cobb announces a bid for Congress in the seventh district to run against the incumbent. John K. Aull is appointed court stenographer for the Fifth Judicial Circuit following W. H. Macfeat’s death. Former Senator John L. Melraurin enters the governor’s race, saying he is not eager for office but will let friends vote for him.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets to boost vitality after winter. It extols blood and nerve tonics and a spring house cleaning, claiming benefits for liver kidneys and circulation.
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