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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
5
A wartime appeal urges residents to boost home storage of necessities. Pickens County reports record supplies last year and invites continued participation to secure a bumper crop of essentials. The piece solicits cooperation on fertilizer planning and household contributions.
A compact ad for Morris & Company repeats the phone line 36 Use It and presents a proverb about appetite and wisdom, noting the man who eats most is not the fattest nor the one who talks most the wisest.
Rev. J. E. Mahaffey of York, a Methodist minister who announced his candidacy for the United States senate, has withdrawn from the race.
Grace M E Church schedules Sunday School at 10 15 a m preaching at 11 16 a m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 5 pm new time applies. Pastor T Hopes leads the church.
A list of jurors summoned for the upcoming Pickens term of court to convene Monday, June 38, before Judge T. J. Mauldin. Names include Edwin L Bolt, J L Bagwell, A D Chapman, John T Foster, JM Smith, John S King, J T Richey, W M LaBoon, WH Bowie, Rufus L Bog, GT Pilgrim, Geo W Keasler, Norman M Boggs, Elisha Youngblood, and others.
The examination for Winthrop College scholarships and freshman admission will be at the county courthouse on Sunday July 5 at 9 a.m. and Saturday July 6 for admission units. Scholarships, worth $100 and free tuition, awarded based on the July 5 exam. Applicants must be at least sixteen. blanks due to President Johnson by July 1. Address President D. B. Johnson Rock Hill S.C.
Bryan Willingham of Fairfield County, seventeen, tops the 1917 South Carolina Boys Corn Club with 157.8 bushels per acre at 17.6 cents per bushel and a $287.75 net profit. He receives a gold medal and an International shovel pivot axle Riding Cultivator as prizes and plans Clemson College study to advance farming.
After harvest, every good acre should be planted in late corn says the Food Administration. Clemson College experts conclude corn can be grown from Columbia to the coast if planted by mid June. Poor land should plant cow peas and peanuts, especially in the Piedmont where the season is shorter.
The Food Administration warns corn millers wholesalers and retailers that cornmeal oatmeal and other substitutes should be priced at least twenty percent below wheat flour and corn flour and barley flour at least ten percent below wheat flour. It cites improved transport and stockpiles and says higher prices must be justified or wholesalers may cease dealing with nonconforming retailers.
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