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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
4
The piece mixes reflections on the 1920 presidential year with remarks on baseball, weather, and public policy. It comments on Hoke Smith, debt and road funding, wartime sentiment toward Germany, suffrage implications, Wilson’s posture toward the Senate, and the future role of railroads versus motor transport while noting continued steam propulsion as economical for long distances.
A report from County Agent R. H. Lemmon highlights velvet beans grazing benefits at Clemson College. A young farmer fed hogs and cattle on Osceola velvet beans since last October with no additional feed, saving corn for sale to cover wire fencing. Eight hogs and ten cattle grazed on eight acres through winter, yielding the farmer his best corn crop last year and seed pods from the beans. Readers in Dillon express thanks for condolences to Mrs. J. W. Dillon and children. News items note Dillon may soon host a fertilizer mixing plant and a re drying plant to aid local development.
Congress has dropped the push for compulsory military training of youths. The plan, once in the forefront, is seen as unpopular and potentially swaying votes. Critics note postwar aims against militarism and warn preparedness might breed broader arms programs. Supporters exist among some metropolitan papers, but the majority favors restraint.
Dr Duncan begins Sunday evening sermons at Main Street Methodist on Questions Concerning The Dead. Series includes Can We Communicate With the Dead, Can We Locate the Dead, What Are the Dead Doing, Shall We Be Able to Recognize the Dead. Public invited. morning topic The Gift of Ourselves. evening topic Questions Concerning the Dead No 1. Also Wednesday prayers, Saturday teachers meeting.
Local notice calls all Moose members to attend an important meeting Friday night at eight oclock rain or shine. Signed by Joe Cabell Davis as Dictator and addressed to Smoker.
An aged Dillon resident recalls using Doan’s Kidney Pills after years of back pain weak kidneys and dizziness. In 1914 he reported relief and, in 1918, claimed lasting health gains crediting Doan’s. Also notices announce final discharge hearings for estates of Sam Alford Lawrence Covington and J F Bennett with dates and filing instructions.
Samuel D. Graham named executor and administrator of Franklin B. Graham deceased calls for duties to be presented within legal time. All creditors urged to promptly render payment to the administrator at the specified address.
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