Rebuilding Bethesda Church starts after fire
Oak Grove reports the Bethesda Methodist church rebuilding contract awarded to August Tritchel of the Temperance Hall section. Project likely to begin around June 1 with a new school building planned soon. Residents include Mrs. Lutie Hayes and Mrs. Estelle Hayes visiting Newport News relatives. Clarice Fore stays with Dessie Hayes. T. L. Fore shows improvement amid ongoing rain delays to cotton planting.
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Oak Grove
Bethesda Methodist Church
Tire
Ajustus C. Tritchel
Temperance Hii
Aew
Lutie Hayes
Estelle Hayes
Newport News
J. M. Berry
Clarice Fore
Dessie Hayes
Free States
T. L. Fore
Lake View Community Notes A Busy Weekof Local Socials
Mr L C Floyd and family returned from Ash relatives visit. D Leon McCormac spent Saturday with his parents in Mullins. William Shackett weekend in Charleston for Masonry. Masters J D Rogers spent the weekend out of town. A large crowd attended the Mullins play Friday night. Geo Bethea and Murray Hayes visited Sunday. Miss Moye teaching at Temperance spent weekend with Pooths. D C McMillan and family in Sumter for weekend. V G Grantham ill in Florence hospital. Dr E P Smith and Gordon McKenzie in Florence Sunday. M E Fagg from Stoneville NC visited town. Miss Rachael Powell left for Richmond VA to attend school. Adams, Margaret Melvin, and Thornton of Dillon spent Sunday with Elvingtons. Richard Flowers in Fayetteville last week. Funeral of Lawrence Bethea attended by many from town. Charlie Grantham visited his mother in Florence. Young people visited Marion Sunday. W J Hayes weekend in Hamer area. Maud Allen ill several days. Edwin Allen and family from Clio Sunday. Bishop family from Wilmington spent last weekend with Joe Allen’s family. preacher Rev J A Longley set visits for Saturday 1 am and Sunday 4 pm with Sunday school at 3. Public invited. Hamer Lodge No 17 K of P meeting Friday night. Isaiah McKenzie ill. Rev F A Prevatt of Lumberton to preach at Dillon’s second Baptist on first Sunday night in May. Miss Mary Rogers Fork died April 6 at home aged nearly 10. Funeral at Fork Baptist Cemetery conducted by Rev Langley. She leaves parents N J Rogers and Mrs B M Hayes, siblings and many friends. She was a faithful Baptist and loved children.
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Lake View
L. C. Floyd
Mee Floyd
Ash
D. Leon McCormac
Mullins
William Shackett
Charlestop
J. D. Rogers
Mullin
Geo Bethea
Murray Hayes
Moye
Temperance
Trust Pooth
D. C. McMillan
Penberen
Sumer
V. G. Grantham
Florence Hospital
E. P. Smith
Gordon McKenzie
Florence
M. E. Fagg
Stoneville
N. C
Rachael Powell
Richmond
Adams
Margaret Melvin
Thornton
Dillon
R. F. Elvington
Richard Flowers
Fayetteville
Tow
Lawrence Bethea
Charlie Grantham
Calvary
Marion
W. J. Hayes
Hamer
W. J. McCormick
Uttle
Maud
H.W. Allen
Latta
Edwin Allen
Clio
Bishop
Fork
Mary Rogers
Fork Baptist Cemetery
Murder at St George's Church in New York
Dr James Markoe a prominent surgeon and vestryman was shot during Sunday morning service at St George's Protestant Episcopal Church on 15th Street and Stuyvesant Place. The assailant, captured by parishioners, gave names Thomas W Simpkin or Thomas W Shelley and claimed escape from Eastern State Hospital. The killer said the sermon prompted his act.
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James Markoe
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal
15Th Street
Stuyvesant Place
New York
Thomaz W. Shelley
Thomas W. Simpkin
Reckless Negro driver blamed for fatal hit and run
Paul Taylor of Pollocksville was killed and Sam Wilkerson, a shipyard worker, fatally injured when a Cadillac driven by Harvey Gaskins, colored, struck three white men on Pembroke road. The car, traveling at an estimated 400 miles per hour, crashed, flipped, and was demolished. Gaskins fled. four occupants jailed. police seeking the others. Wilkerson died at a hospital near 10 p.m. Taylor, 30, was a Pollocksville native. Wilkerson about 45.
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New Horn Dispatch
Paul Taylor
Polucksville
Sam Wilkerson
Frank Johnson
Harvey Gaskins
Marks
Pembroke Road
Wilkerson
Taylor
Frank Taylor
Pollocksville
EB. T. Bender
Raleigh
Red Cross Banquets Soldiers Here It Is At Last
Members of Dillon Post of the American Legion and Dillon Red Cross hosted a Friday night banquet for 60 guests. Red Cross costumes, U S flags, and red white blue decorations dominated the scene. Maj O M Page presided as toastmaster with talks by Rev Jno McSween Mayor Jno H Hamer A B Jordan J B Gibson W C Moore and Dr A J Evans. A brief toast expressed appreciation for the benificent dinner provided by Red Cross ladies. The event closed with cigars and a humorously recounted local tale about a calf and a windup watch recovered after seven years.
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Dillon Post
Red Cross
American Legion
Dillon Chapter
American Red Cross
United States
O. M. Page
Jno
McSween
Rowland
H. Hamer
A. B. Jordan
J. B. Gibson
W. C. Moore
A. J. Evans
Major Page
Post
Mullins Enterprise
His Mind a Blank for 10 Days Wave Main Comes to Himself
Louis M Butler a Waco Texas department store floorwalker disappeared after a drink with a Dallas couple on the night before Easter. He awoke in Wilmington ten days later aboard a steamer, with telegrams from Waco confirming his disappearance on April 3. Physicians attributed the episode to the after effects of influenza.
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Wave Main
Wilmington
Louis M. Butler
Waco
Texas
Wilmington Star
Butler
Dallas
Tex
Dillon May Bid for School
Dillon may bid to build a school authorized by the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Conway, Loris, and Wanna-maker join a lively contest as Dillon sits near the center of the Eastern Pee Dee. A resolution passed by the First Baptist Church of Dublin on Sunday April 18 directs a committee to seek donations and proposals for this project. Friends of the effort will report to the committee of the pastor Rev. W. G. Aten JW.
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Dillon
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Conway
Loris
Pee Dee
First Baptist Ehurch of
W. G. Aten JW
Connelly
Con
Lads Detained Over Robberies In Local Stores And Homes
Four juvenile males Guy Til lips Charlie Ray Sam Ray and Harvey Miller were seized by police Monday night for breaking into J. W. Diflo Son’s store and Mr Stabler’s home last week. Goods valued at about 5 pounds and apparel worth around 59 dollars were taken. The youths admitted involvement and promised to appear for a hearing before Judge Davie Sanimdine.
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Guy Tillips
Charlie Ray
Sam Ray
Harvey Miller
J. W. Diflo & Son
Mr. Stabler
J. W. Dillon & Sons
Jor
Lys Hann Diy
Chew
Davie Sanimdine
Inquiry into Missing Person John Bell of Chelton Virginia
A fragmented obituary note traces the death of John Bell of Chelton VA and his family’s search for missing relatives. It mentions his mother possibly moving to Rick and later remarriage, with a grandfather named John Bell of Chelton identified in the text.
May Day Queen Vote Opens In Dillon
Voters will elect a May Day Festival Queen at Marion on May 5 with ballots available tomorrow in Dillon drug stores. Printed ballots will let every resident vote without tax receipts or registration. The event features a procession and mayoral announcement of meeting time in The Herald. The piece also pays tribute to Estelle Campbell, noting her 47 years of devoted service to family and community, and ends with the passing of Nellie Ford Nichols.
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Dillon
Marion
Hamer
General Assembly of
South Carolina
Susan Anthony
Pelther
Democratic Party
Herald
Dillonites
Cotton Association to Meet in Dillon County
A Dillon County meeting of the American Cotton Association is announced for Tuesday April 27 at 1 pm led by President W W Evans. State president Mixel is expected to attend and stockholders of the Dillon County Warehouse Marketing Corporation are urged to attend as the company’s organization will be perfected and all county men urged to benefit from the gathering.
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Veluek .A. U
Dillon County
American Cotton Association
W. W. Evans
Betes
Warminaker
Jane Tutes
Simi Wiens
Joy
Coney Hoeres
Khoel
Notable Interment for Dillon Resident After Long Illness
The headline notes the arrival and funeral details for a Dillon resident in Wyoming. The interment occurred at Mt. Holy after a lengthy illness, with three children mentioned among surviving relatives. The notice presents sparse geographic and personal details drawn from the readable OCR.
Bethea Dies After Buggy Fall on Fork Area Farm
Mr L K Bethea a respected Fork farmer died from injuries after a buggy fall Thursday night. He was thrown from the buggy when his horse rounded a street turn and later died at the Florence infirmary. Bethea, 62, born in Mississippi, survived by wives and ten children, was buried at Fork with Masonic honors and a eulogy by Hon Jas Norton.
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L. K. Bethea
Florence Infirmary
Bethea
Mr. Bethea
Florence
John Y. Bethea
Mississipi
Coline
Lucile
Hattie Lee Bethea
Bentop
David K. Bethea
Fork
Jas. Norton
Mullins
Dillon Students Enter Contests In State Meet
Supt W D Roberts led nine Dillon High School students to Columbia on Tuesday to compete in state contests this week. James Hamer Johnnie Thompson and Jord Jordan enter track. Harvey McLean competes in the Oratorical contest for boys. Lelia Braddy competes in the girls Reading contest. Emily Moore and Lesesne Tichbourg form the affirmative team while Nelle Caldwell and Marion Michaux pair as the negative in the debating event with about ten other schools. The teams have won two preliminaries and hope to reach finals and win the Manning cup new champions award.
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Supt. W. D. Roberts
Columbia
James Hamer
Johnnie Thompson
Jord Jordan
Harvey McLean
Lelia Braddy
Emily Moore
Lesesne Tichbourg
Nelle Caldwell
Marion Michaux
Prohibition Agents Target South Carolina Still Operations
Prohibition chief Merrick, with agent Meyer Brine directing six states from Greenville and Medimond, reports a surge of stills seized in South Carolina. He notes distillers moving quickly to evade raids, with cruder whiskey harming quality and prompting rapid shifts in activity across central and lower regions.
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Coliuhia
Apri
K. Q
Merrick
Enion County
Raton County
Arin Greenille
Dane
Murnek
Wali
Death of Darlington High Player in Car Crash
Andrew D. Cauthen, 18, star athlete and Darlington High football and baseball standout, was killed when the car carrying him and four teammates skidded and overturned near Society Hill while en route to Cheraw. Driver Therot Mozingo and four others escaped serious injury. Cauthen was a nephew of Rev A J Cauthen and a cherished local figure. The accident halted a planned trip to watch Columbia and Cheraw play and led to an immediate civic memorial and rescheduling of events.
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Darlington
Andrew D. Cauthen
Society Hill
Young Cauthen
Darlington High
Cheraw
Columbia
Therot Mozingo
Geo. Wheton
Hampton Skinner
Tom Sharpe
Hill
Cauthen
Sharpe
Columbia High School Hine
Darington
Andrew Cauthen
Henry J. Calithen
Chamber of Commerce
Tate
A. J. Cauthen
Dillon Methodist Church
Dillon
Dry country, 'tis of thee ends in Prohibition ballad
A verse by Marine Switzer in Judge mocks Prohibition era zeal. It frames a dry nation lamenting thirst and urging a vigorous push against liquor. The poem uses patriotic imagery and classical references to celebrate temperance.
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Jupiter Plirvius
Manrine Switzer
Judges Wear Overalls in Colorado Supreme Court
In a surprising move the Colorado bar and state supreme court suspended robes for judges today allowing overalls to be worn starting April 1. Senator Pal said a more formal outfit would be impractical while Latrens supported the change as a practical step for court proceedings.
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Columbia Bar
State Supreme Court
Pal
Henrilie
Unclear fragmentary crime note from Tuesday incident
A damaged text fragment describes an alleged self harm attempt during a fit of anger. It references a butler and a wound, with names scattered and unreadable. The passage lacks coherent details or verifiable facts to confirm identities or outcomes.
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