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Gount y News items recount church visits by Sellers W C Foster and family. Turbulent weather delays Methodist conference as Catfish causeway floods and Moody's Mill dam breaks hindering Marion access. Horns of Latta rally draw locals. Hoyt Watson sails to France for Y M C A service work. Florence School presents a watch and ring gift to Hoyt. Sellers family plans Columbia trip for state oratorical contest. W D Sellers and Hudson visit Timmonsville for a Ford purchase.
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Jasper Watson
Little Rock
Hoyt
New York
Battefelds
France
Florence
Harry Sellers
Miss Roth
Columbia
Sellers
Latta High School
W. D. Sellers
Hudson
Timmonsville
Lake View Social Notes From Lake View
Lake View reports visitors and local movements Miss Mattie Lee Shooter of Lumberton visits relatives Mrs M A Ford returns from Columbia Mrs W B Gaddy of Hamer here on business Mrs Willie Rogers spends a day at Mullins Mrs H L Bailey visiting Camp Jackson J R Webb returns to Tifton Ga after visiting parents Trains delayed due to Seaboard trestle burn at Moss Neck Washouts on the railroad track cause several hours of delay for the R and C train last Sunday and Monday Pearl Grantham of Marietta visiting Fannie Grantham day this week
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J. K. Brower
Charlotte
Wilmington
Lake View
Seaboard
Moss Neck
Pearl Grantham
Marietta
Fannie Grantham
Minturn Ice Cream Supper and Oratorical Contest
An ice cream supper at the school house on Friday night April 26 will benefit the school. The Oratorical Contest held last Friday night was a success with War Savings Stamps awarded to top performers Myrtle Weintherly Tommie Mc Swain Mary Edwards Norman Peal Myrtice Barrington. Mrs T G McLeod and children from Bishopville are visiting the Misses Alford.
Total abstinence from wheat drives wartime pledge ideas
Food Administrator Joel Cabell Davis urges Dillon County readers to join a nationwide wheat abstinence movement. He cites shortages, asks for pledges to eat no flour and observe wheatless days, and promotes potatoes as a substitute while stressing duty to allies and war effort.
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Mt. Gilead
Morrow County
Ohio
Dilton County
Roc
Dillon County
Germany
America
Europe
United States
Kentucky
France
Food Administration
New Orleans
Morris & Co
Arkansas
Abstainers’ Club
Canada
South
S10
Grimes County
Tex
Bone
Joel Cabell Davis
County Education Board: prize money for county schools
The County Board of Education announced four prizes of 50, 25, 15, and 11 dollars to the four schools in the county that raise funds with the county treasurer based on the number of teachers employed. The opening of subscription banks for Peoples Hardware Company capital stock in Lake View South Carolina is set for April 30 at 1 AM, with a capital of 150 shares at 100 dollars each. Board signatures: M Gaddy H H Bailey W B Ford.
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County Board of Education
Elias Aprigo
Notit
I. S. Roger
Pee Dee
Mnone
Ilina
I Harlee
Little Rock
iWue
Oakland
Minturn Oe
Dilton
Dilton Mill
H Dothan
New Holly Co
Bingham
Hamer-Kentyre
Union
Ake View
Mt. Calvary
I Kemper
Bermuda
Manning
Floydale
Latta
Dalcho
Oak Grove
Hillsboro
High Hill
Pleasant Hill
Fork i
Accused of Disloyalty P J Maxwell Denied
Florence traveling man P J Maxwell published affidavits from town officials and citizens denying disloyal remarks caused him to be run out of Dillon Chadbourn and Conway. Mayors of Chadbourn and Conway, plus Dillon officials, deny the alleged offense while private citizens vouch for his loyalty, suggesting the charge is a rumor.
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P. J. Maxwell
Florence
Florence Daily Times
Dillon
Chadbourn
Conway
Thompson
Maxwell
Max- Welll
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Herald
Ihe United States
Matson
M. Gaddy
H. H. Baileyy
W. B. Ford
Board of Corporators
Hatch
Palmetto Market
J. R. Hatch
Smithboro
Fork
Kemper
Palmetto Grocery CO. Cooper - Mullins
Gaddys Mill
M. A. Stubbs
Breeden
Marlboro County
Yours Truly
Jas. O. Breede
Bennettsville, S. C
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