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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
4
A 1918 column mixes wartime frosts and humor with civic pleas. It praises local press subscriptions and home merchants, urges support for the Sentinel’s readership, and notes advertising’s role in business while stressing loyal, reliable local commerce.
A reflective piece urges townspeople to engage in public service. It mocks citizens who avoid town affairs roles such as coffins, shrouds, hearses, and bouquets while lamenting hard times. The closing plea calls for involvement and effort to lift the community.
A sharp critique denounces residents who travel away for trade, oppose progress, distrust outsiders, and hinder new ventures. The speaker urges unity to invite growth, advertise locally, and support public enterprises for the town’s credit and prosperity.
Liberty Gazette reports Gary Hiott resigns as editor of The Tieckens Sentinel. He leaves after a long period of influence in Pickens County journalism. W L Matheny steps in as successor, a known figure to locals, expected to manage the paper effectively.
South Carolina is set as one zone for cotton seed pricing under a stabilized program. Seed price is 72 per carload or 69 per wagon, f o b the station, based on the zone of origin. Deductions for dirt require sworn proof. damaged seed must be proven. Hauling to mill points may be paid as freight. Circular 40 from Washington governs further handling.
Columbia reports the Food Administration has set maximum bread prices. The one pound loaf tops at 10 cents and the one and one-half pound loaf at 15 cents. These apply to cash and carry and credit and delivery. Wholesale prices of 8 and 12 cents justify retail caps of 9 and 14 cents respectively.
Columbia reports the Advisory Committee of Farms and Crushers announces a cotton seed exchange basis with the Food Administration. A farmer trades seed for meal feed, receiving 940 pounds of meal per ton of seed, the remaining value paid in money by the mill, mills to deliver pro rata additional meal as available.
A Clemson College editor describes a combined double and single gate system with no center post. The 10 foot wide gate handles standard wheeled vehicles, the 4 foot gate serves foot or bridle traffic, and both gates opened together yield a 14 foot passage for large equipment. A durable catch and top bar iron guard reduce wear.
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