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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
5
A compact collection of aphorisms and maxims on virtue patience and kindness. It cites Hillel Addison Plutarch Richter Beecher and Henry Ward Beecher reflecting on love wisdom humility and daily virtue. The quotes emphasize inner virtue over grand claims and warn against envy anger and ignorance.
The five month inquiry into aircraft production was placed before President Wilson by the attorney general and released to the public. It cites disorganized production and lack of competent handling by responsible officers.
A compilation of wartime letters from American servicemen and relatives in France. Corporal Jessie Gillespie writes from Hospital 46 describing bone fracture care, hopes of returning home, and life with Belgian nurses. Sergeant Dwight L. Thomas reports marching across France, telegraphy training, and meeting an Easley Mullinax friend. Prof Harry B. Summey shares front-line experiences and censored details. Corporal Elfred I. Moser notes shrapnel wound, English hospital care, and expectation to return to duty. Messages from Mrs Porter and James Summey family relay concern and family updates from across the Atlantic theater.
The Golden Creek church reports Rev. Mr. Stansell preached to a large congregation Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Childress is appointed as pastor for the next year. Local families Henry Newton and kin return from Atlanta. Mrs. G B Bell L A Bell and Mrs. C H Billingsly with Mary Jane Hall take a motor trip. Miss Rackley visits during Rackleys illness. Luther McQueen and Paul Land depart for Camp Wadsworth. Norris school reopens after flu quarantine ends.
Pickens Circuit announces Sunday preaching times for Mt Bethel at 11 a.m. and Salem at 3 30 p.m. on the next Sunday. The third Sunday features McKinney's at 11 a.m. and the fourth Sunday Gap Hill 11 a.m. with Twelve Mile at 3 30 p.m. The influenza service ban is removed and the upper South Carolina conference moves to November 27 from November 13 at Chester.
An elderly veteran recalls making and wearing jeans during the Confederate era. He describes dyeing and spinning jeans, winning a first prize at the South Carolina state fair in Columbia, and presenting Col. A. P. Calhoun with pants worn in that period. He mentions a silver berry spoon engraved with his initials as the prize.
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