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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
4
The Dillon Herald offers yearly subscriptions at 2.00 and six month options at 1.00. Advertising rates are available on request with space rules, placement charges, and content restrictions. Obituary sketches and similar notices are billed at a per line rate. contracts limit space usage to core business content unless extra charges apply.
A wartime proposal argues individuals should curb pleasures and sacrifice automobile use. It suggests gasoline be allotted to businesses for commerce while denying any allocation for personal pleasure, signaling a push to prioritize war effort over leisure consumption.
The piece argues people overdress in hot weather and contrasts day and night attire. It notes northern climates overburden with layers and cites African natives going naked to evade heat, suggesting lighter clothing is wiser in high temperatures.
Dr Frederick Agar of New York calls the church the most inefficient organization on earth and argues for reforms. The piece critiques unpaid clerical work, reliance on women for fundraising, and lack of financial controls. It proposes mandatory per‑member contributions and striking nonpayers from membership rolls, with caveats on attendance rights.
A 1918 era column critiques regional politics and national policy. It touches on race talk in the campaign, calls out Lenine and Trotzky as unwanted visitors, comments on coal production and distribution, and questions wartime regulations affecting groceries and automobiles. It notes South Carolina figures and votes, the War Industries Board decision on towed automobile production, and concerns about coal scarcity and administration.
The article explains that most ships of the older single bottom design sink in a nearly even keel rather than bow or stern up. It notes the shift as ship design evolved toward safer buoyancy and stability, with many failures attributed to internal flooding and structural weakness rather than capsizing.
An advertisement promotes LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN as a pleasant liquid digestive laxative for indigestion constipation and biliousness. The Paris Medicine Co lists Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic among its products. A 50-cent bottle is recommended for immediate relief.
Notice under the Democratic party rules states a primary election is ordered for Dillon to nominate candidates to fill two alderman vacancies. The poll hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on August 2, 1918, with enrollment books at McLaurin Drug Store open until noon August 20. If a second primary is needed it will be August 28.
Peach to Rices delivers a Ford truck. A four cylinder engine model C3081 appears in the garbled note with unclear details.
Classified items include copper brass burlap bags and rags at J D Webster’s Dillon store, highest cash price for chickens and eggs at Palmetto Market, a horse mule stolen near Ham er S C with reward, and a long poem criticizing German leadership mentioning Kaiser and six uninjured sons.
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