Letters From Our Boys In France News From WWI Troops
The page shares letters from soldiers in France to their families in January 1919. Corporal Leroy Hamilton describes hospital stay after influenza and Argonne battles, while Private Clyde G. Hatch writes from France to his father. The notes express homesickness, hope for home, and memories of service and hardship.
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Leroy Hamilton
W. H. Hamilton
Lemans
France
Hubert Carmichael
Germany
Your Loving Son Corp
Leroy H. Hamilton, Co. A
Engra
A. P
Clyde G. Hatch
J. R
Quarantine Rules Relaxed As Influenza Improves
The local board of health on the 2nd inst modified quarantine rules. Public schools may reopen with restrictions, churches may hold morning services, and moving picture theatres may show after noon. Doctors must report daily influenza cases. placards will mark affected homes. students from such homes may be barred from public gatherings. Stores must close at six. drugstores may stay open for medicines only. Citizens urged to report new cases to enable timely quarantine enforcement.
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Board of Health
Moving Picture Theatres
Florida sojourn halts night practice for patient writes
A doctor informs patients from Florida that influenza illness forced a pause in night clinics. He plans to return to Dillon within a week or two to resume practice, noting hope to reach home around early March after a two week quarantine and a long voyage.
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Florida
Dillon
Cc. R, Taber
M. D
Camp Bragg Controversy Suppresses North Carolina Farms
Fayetteville protests grow as congress and the War Department push Camp Bragg construction despite local losses. Residents say land condemnation, farm disruptions, and delayed payments harm farmers, schools, and churches while calls mount to halt the project and seek compensation. Cincinnati reports 400–500 workers sought for the Fayetteville artillery cantonment with wages and housing arranged by the federal government.
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Fayetteville
Bragg
Hoke County
Frank Cameron
Southern Pines
Hokeland
Cumberland
Congress
N.S. Blue
Martin
Borah
Bone
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fayetteville Project
U. S
North Carolina
Tragic Suicide At A Graveyard After Love-Tide Scandal
In Atlanta on Feb. 2 the body of Mrs. Hal M. Gilbert was found at Greenwood Cemetery near the grave of Fireman John Abbott who was shot by his wife days earlier after a love affair confession. Mrs. Gilbert died by self inflected wound while a chloroform handkerchief and revolver were found. she had visited Abbott’s grave daily and dropped her wedding ring beside the mound. She was noted as a bold automobile driver who raced locally.
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Atlanta
Hal M. Gilbert
John Abbot
Mary Powers
Gilbert
Greenwood Cemetery
Abbott
Talk Across Atlantic Wireless Telegraph Future
London based Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. chief Godfrey Isaacs predicts peace treaty signing will bring transatlantic wireless speech. He foresees wireless telephones attached to bodies and instant London New York calls, with Paris Rome Moscow Amsterdam and far locations reachable. Ship and aircraft communications will use long distance wireless telephony.
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London
British Wireless
Atlantic
Godfrey Isaacs
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Picadilly Circus
France
New York
Paris
Rome
Moscow
Amsterdam
Sydney
Melbourne
New Zealand
McNeill Shackelfud Bride To Be Married In Dillon
Miss Annie Rachel McNeill will wed Mr. Lee Newman Shacklefud of Meridian at the home of Mr and Mrs John C Be thea. The couple will depart on the 6:35 train for a Florida honeymoon after their Dillon residence ties. Out of town guests include Mrs W C McMillan Columbia Miss Annie McMillan Little Rock Miss Daisy Bethea Claussen Miss Linzie Bethea Bennettsville.
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Annie Rachel McNeill
Lee Newman Shacklefud
Meridian
John C. Bethea
Miss McNeill
Bethea
Dillon
Shackelfud
Florida
W. C. McMillan
Columbia
Annie McMillan
Little Rock
Daisy Bethea
Claussen
Linzie Bethea
Bennettsville
Memorial pleas for Confederate veterans in Carolinas and Tennessee
A 1919 letter from Bluir North Carolina urges memorials for sons of the Confederacy who served in the 30th Division and calls for pensions for aged veterans. The writer laments fading old soldiers, compares their plight to prisoners, and urges Carolina states to provide daily sustenance rather than wrangling over roads.
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Fair Bluir
N.C
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Lee
Jackson
Rebel Yell
Dixie
Guree Square
Urges Cut In Acreage To Combat Bear Market Pressure
Columbia February 3 Drastic curtailment of cotton acreage is urged by B Harris State Commissioner of Agriculture Commerce and Industries to counter bear propaganda and push prices. He advocates a 30 million acre crop next year to lift spot prices ten cents per pound and stave off bankruptcy, arguing farmers can gain by holding or reducing plantings and using smarter marketing. He stresses that knowledge, not money, yields lasting gains.
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Columbia
B. Harris
State Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries
South
County News and Happenings Report
Local items note flu cases are mild with several families affected. Obituaries mark the deaths of Judson Watson and Rufus Behea. families relocate or tend farms. Community members, including William Lester and Zeke Hunt, face losses, illness, and travel, while local commerce and farming activities continue.
Local News Gossip Reveals Family Visits Across Towns
Fork reports Mr H P Dubose spent last week with relatives at Hartsville. Miss Lucile Bethea visits grandmother Mrs Dave Rogers of Latta. Mr M E Carmichael stays at Hamer. Mr C E Taylor returned from Georgia where he visited relatives. Miss Louise Rogers visits sister Mrs Blake of Charlotte. Mr and Mrs John Bethea of Hamer spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs L K Bethea.
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H. P. Dubose
Hartsville
Lucile Bethea
Dave Rogers
Latta
M. E. Carmichael
Hamer
C. E. Taylor
Georgia
Louise Rogers
Blake
Charlotte
John Bethea
L. K. Bethea
Eggs in Chicago Fall as Supplies Rise to Twice Last Week
Chicago dated Feb 3 reports wholesale egg prices dropping 4 1-2 to 6 cents a dozen due to plentiful arrivals nearly double last week. New quotations span 33 1-2 to 95 cents per dozen.
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Chicago
Jad
Baptist Church Announces February Services
Sunday school will be held February Sth at 10 o'clock at the 1st Baptist Church. Preaching by Pastor Rev. W. C. Allen at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend all services.
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The
Baptist Church
W. C. Allen
Rebecca Pickens DAR Chapter Meets With Mrs Wheeler
Rebecca Pickens Chapter D A R meets on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs L Wheeler and urges full attendance.
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Rebecca Pickens
L. Wheeler
Methodist Church Services on Main Street
Sunday School at 10 am led by Superintendent Mr. W. Harry Muller. Preaching at 11 am by Pastor Dr. Watson B. Dunsan on The Church With a Mixed Ship. No evening service. Public cordially invited to the morning service.
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Main Street Methodist Church
Watson B. Dunsan
W. Harry Muller
Card of Thanks to Di jon and Surrounding Community
We express heartfelt thanks to our many friends in Di jon and surrounding community for deeds of kindness sympathy and assistance shown during the sickness and death of our son and brother.
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Dijon
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