Personal notes from Dillon society column
Editor J. C. Shepard of the Latin Observer was in Dillon last Tuesday. Various visitors and locals are noted visiting relatives or traveling, including J. N. Sprunt and J. Sprunt in Wilmington, Mrs. Walker Floyd in Horry County, Dr. Geo. A. Dick in Sumter, Miss Maude Nicholson in Dillon, and Miss Ruth Lane slowly improving after a recent wreck.
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J. C. Shepard
The
Latin’ Observer
Dillon
Geo. A. Dick
Sumter
F. M. Niemnaie
Ruth Lane
8. C. Henslee
Isla McKenzie
Virginia
Wade Stackhouse
Tragic 5-Year-Old Falls to Death in Timmonsville
A fatal fall from a porch at a Tennessee training camp location claimed the life of John Crows McSween, five, in Timmonsville. Rev. and Mrs. John McSween mourn the loss as Lieut. John McSween Jr. serves as a chaplain in France. The boy had recently become a town favorite after moving to Timmonsville with his family.
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Timmonsville
John Crows McSween
John McSween
Bruce Sellers
Tennessee
Alanta
Ehil
Hite
Florence
John McSween, Jr
Pranc
Little John
France
Resolutions on the Deaths of Three Lodge Brethren
Mournful resolutions from Markey Lodge 77 AOFM honor G C Stanton Mec Curtis and A G Cobb departed brothers. The committee extends sympathy to bereaved families and requests publication of the resolutions in the Dillon Herald with copies mailed to the families.
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God
G. C. Stanton
Mec
Curtis
A. G. Cobb
Markey
Brother Matsans
Mascus
Dillon Herald
Smith, CS
Herrin LB
Haselden
Spirit of Democracy Shown in Wartime Efforts
The speaker declares democracy proves its strength in voluntary service for Allied armies and civilians. He cites exports rising to meet wartime needs, with millions of tons of fuel to Europe and increased American aid, arguing democracy’s success under the Food Administration. Hoover emphasizes mobilization and national resolve amid autocratic Germany.
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Europe
America
Germany
Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Bern
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Cora McKinley
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