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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
6
Columbia reports Governor Manning will not seek the United States Senate when Senator Tillman’s term ends two years hence. He says his full attention must remain on the governor’s duties and he desires to continue serving in that role despite friends urging a run.
Clemson College operates four creameries in Clemson Spartanburg Darlington and Winthrop College. The Clemson unit began in September 1915 producing 500 pounds monthly and now yields 12 000 pounds. Spartanburg dairy plant started 618 and handles about 8 000 pounds monthly. Darlington opened in 1915 producing 5 000 to 6 000 pounds. All creameries use the Palmetto butter brand sold by a single broker with demand rising. more creameries are planned within a year.
The Democratic nominee Richard T. Manning was re elected in South Carolina by a decisive margin. Independent opposition to Manning was negligible with about 500 votes against the governor. Manning gathered nearly 15,000 votes far ahead of his nearest contender C L Blease. Returns lagged as many counties reported slowly and some ballots altered or obscured on the “please belt.”
Three mills under the same management raise wages ten percent for all workers earning under three dollars daily. Effective November 10 the Anderson Cotton Mills, the Orr Cotton Mills of Anderson, and the Chiquola Mills of Honea Path announce the pay hike. The increases are voluntary. The Orr Mills add a free moving picture service for employees and the Chiquola Mills offer both cold and hot showers for staff.
Five thousand students attended 98 mill village night schools in South Carolina last year. Geo D Brown Jr asks teachers to open night schools in every mill village in 1916 and 1917 to lift the state from ignorance. He urges personal visits, church announcements, and light and fuel supplied by mill authorities.
By request of carriers in South Carolina a hearing before this commission will review demurrage rules. The session occurs in Columbia on November 24 and 25, 1916 at 11 o'clock a m. All interested trades bodies and shippers are invited.
Abbeville resident Abbeville-Frank Dorn died in a car accident three miles from Abbeville when the vehicle overturned. The driver Lucien Schroeder was slightly injured. Dorn, a county convict guard for 11 years, had come from Indianapolis 22 years ago and was highly regarded. His body was sent back to Indianapolis for burial.
The Charleston & Summerville Interurban Railway began filing deeds to the right of way for 22 miles of track, signaling a return to planning and construction of the Charleston to Summerville line.
The 14th annual Woman's Missionary Union session met at Orangeburg First Baptist Church. Fort Mill may lose a rural route if Doby's bridge over Sugar Creek is not restored by York and Lancaster counties. John 5. Stone's gin, grist mill, and saw mill at Feasterville Chester County burned, with losses around 3000 to 4000 dollars and no insurance. J J Watson, agricultural commissioner, attended a boll weevil conference in Augusta with hundreds of farmers from Georgia and South Carolina. The Central Carolina Dental Society meets in Chester this week.
A testimonial from Mrs. C F Askins of Narrows Kentucky describes a long illness with back pain weakness and weight loss then recovery after using Cardus. She reports gaining strength and flesh from 104 to 195 pounds and claims doctors prescribed or endorsed the medicine.
A Forum letter describes No Man's Land from the North Sea to Switzerland as a vast death zone. It recalls miles of trenches, dugouts, tunnels, and rat-infested ruins strewn with soldiers' remains, while noting occasional larks and the relentless, disordered machinery of war.
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal rashes eczema pimples dandruff and sore hands. Claims quick relief and often complete permanent healing with a free sample by mail and a booklet, address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet recalls a man who, in a dramatic gesture, rose about 1000 feet and dropped a message to his wife. The anecdote frames a terse, high-flying ultimatum as a last word between spouses.
Patient testimonial from Brasie O'Hagan of Troop E 8th Cavalry in Bulayan Philippines praising Elixir Babekh as curing tropical malaria after prior failed treatment. Advertisement cites 50 cent price and orders from Kloczewski & Co Washington DC.
A fragment shows Senator Sor ghian answering fears about the nation’s fate and his own career prospects. He notes the risk of remaining in the minority or being pushed into private life, hinting at ongoing political uncertainty.
Product notice for MOTHERS JOY SALVE for colds croup pneumonia and asthma and GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT for neuralgia rheumatism and sprains sold by all druggists. Mer's Greensboro North Carolina firm advertises both remedies.
An OCR fragment references Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from 40 years ago and mentions liver and bowels regulation. It also includes a remark about giving and a population figure for Tokyo of 2,244,706 inhabitants.
A real estate buyer from the corn belt asks if roads are being built, arguing that good roads signal progress and higher land values. The piece cites bond issues, decades of road building boosting prices in Virginia and Iowa, and warns that road bonds indicate a community’s future growth and productivity.
After the spring enactment of the federal good roads bill the Department of Agriculture begins distributing the first 5 million dollars. State highway commissioners show a clear intent to spend the money on main interstate routes.
Along highways in Topsham Missouri new state road projects graft wild apple trees to Sinmer varieties. The trees carry metal signs informing the public that the trust is for public use and asking for care and consideration.
A Englewood reader recounts spending 1900 on doctors with no relief from headaches nerves and hot flashes. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improves and praises its life saving effects claiming she avoided insanity and urges other women to try the remedy. She specifies her address and endorses the product. The ad also notes physicians struggled but the herb tonic offered relief and offers free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
In a humorous exchange a speaker recalls two weeks on a country farm. He notes not enjoying it as expected due to a sudden lack of his accustomed exercise. He explains this activity involved dodging wagons street cars and autos and leaping over street holes.
A courtship unfolds with a young man marrying a girl noted for a safe home life. The story hints at family dynamics including his mother’s cooking, suggesting practical household matters influence the union.
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