County News and Happenings Echoes of a Town
Local notes list the ill include Ringland Smith Ed Hill Ira and Mrs Ford and baby Belle Horne and Lois Flowers. Several visits and marriages are noted with plans for future homes. An odd epidemic hovers over town restricting gatherings after 6 pm touching church schools and public spaces.
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Ringland Smith
Ed Hill
Ira Ford
Kemp Horne
Lois Flowers
Belle Horne
Rufus Forg
Marion
The
Baptist Parsonage
Gordon Page
Richard Flowers
St. Paul
N. C
Robert Ford
Miss Griffith
E. T. Mason
Clio
Blenheim
Allen P. Hayes
Charleston
Charlie Hayes
Miss Price
Hayes
Willig Rogers
Rev Wilson Hayes Dies After Illness at Son's Home
Oak Grove mourns longtime Methodist minister Rev Wilson Hayes who died last Wednesday at his son Thomas R Hayes residence after months of illness. He served over fifty years at Bethlehem and Bethesda on the Brownsville charge and as Bethesda steward. funeral held at Bethesda Thursday led by Rev C S Felder with tributes from local clergy and community members. He was in the eighty fifth year of age.
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Wilson Hayes
Thomas R. Hayes
Here
M. Hayes
Bethlehem
Bethesda
Brownsville
C. S. Felder
J. Bethea
Latta
Co. P. Hodges
W. B. Allen
Free States
J. J. Bethea
Rev
S. J. Bethea
Mr. Hayes
Latta News Notes Honor Friends and Visitors
Latta social rounds detail Miss Minnie and Miss Kittie Allen hosting Missionary Circle, Mrs. S A McMillian’s daughter improving after Columbia hospital stay, Mrs. R M Oliver visiting Latta, and Mrs Sue Evans trip to Goldsboro to see Mrs Bethea. Local visitors include Mr Murray Hayes of Floydale and Mr and Mrs John Manship of Ellerbe. A Latta Library tea entertained many, Mary Brice Summerlin celebrated a fourth birthday, and a grand winter party hosted by Mrs TD Shine honored Mrs J Nelson Bethea of Little Rock and Mrs Desires Crumpler with ice cream and coffee. Norman McMillian returns home.
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L. D. Manship
Columbia
Columbia Hospital
Minnie
Kittie Allen
Missionary Circle
S. A. McMillian
R. M. Oliver
Sellers
McIntyre
Sue Evans
Gary
Goldsboro
J. C. Bethea
Murray Hayes
Floydale
Mary Brice Summerlin
TD. Th. Shine
J. Nelson Bethea
Little Rock
Ark
Desires
Norman McMillian
Iew Oyston
Wlc. Allen
Dil
B. H. Myers
Thelma Bethea
Onnie Bethea
Whiteville
N. C
J. Nelson
E. B. Berry, Jr
Bethea
Kentucky
E. Johnson Brown
Infant Dies at Blorence btfirmary Virginia Hart DuBose
Infant dies at Blorence infirmary Virginia Hart DuBose five months old of Weaning. The article lists family members and neighbors with names and locations, including Miss Thelma Bethea and Mrs E Johnson Brown, noting visits and returns from Kentucky and Arkansas.
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Virginia Hart DuBose
DuBose
Piesdias
Council Enforces Blue Laws Limiting Sunday Sales
Town revises ordinances prohibiting sale of luxuries on Sundays except drugs medicines and food at restaurants. Drugstores open later for prescriptions. Auto license set at 50 dollars and truck license at 10 dollars with revenue to fund street upkeep. Mayor Hamer notes separate fund use.
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Hamer
Taken Ill in Dillon Death of Banker Godwin
National Bank examiner Godwin died in Columbia after touring Dillon for a semi annual audit of the First National Bank. He contracted influenza while at work in Dillon and developed double pneumonia after reaching Columbia. He was highly regarded by bankers statewide.
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National Bank Examiner
Dillon
National Bank
Godwin
Columbia
Dillonites
First National Bank
God Win
Florence
State
Labor is Not There for Bigger Cotton Acreage Says Knapp
Washington February 16 Dr Bradford Knapp former chief of extension in the South and new dean at University of Arkansas warns Southern cotton farmers to avoid expanding cotton acreage despite price signals. He urges safe farming balancing soil fertility food and feed with cotton as a cash crop noting current cotton prices are high only relative to past years, not to other goods. He cautions against neglecting food production and advises thorough checks of local retail prices before planting heavily in cotton.
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Washington
Bradford Knapp
South
Department of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
University of Arkansas
Knapp
Department of
Peace Treaty Talks Sink Into Tangled Debate
Washington reports the peace treaty negotiations grow muddled as Senate leaders clash over Article 10 reservations. Democrats push for Hitchcock plan while Republicans weigh altering or opposing the compromise. A second note warns the United States might withdraw from Versailles if not party to Arctic settlement.
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Washington
Senate
Hitchcock
Allied Supreme Council
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Cotton Warehouses to Span Every County in Belt
Columbia reports J Skottowe Wannamaker president of the American Cotton Association says at the upcoming Montgomery meeting plans are set to erect cotton warehouses in every belt county before the 1920 harvest. The aim is for county ownership, uniform receipts, lower borrowing costs, and a 12 month sale period to push cotton to producers when demand and price are favorable.
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Columbia
American Cotton Association
Montgomery
Ala
J. Skottowe Wannamaker
Mr. Wannamaker
Bank for Pork Opens as Ninth Dillon County Bank
Fork citizens win a commission to solicit stock for the Bank of Fork with $25,000 capital. stock pledged and bank to open after regulatory steps completed, making Dillon County host to its ninth bank this year alongside Union Bank, Appeal Trust Co. at Lake View. Ida Bowen, widow of Lone Mack Bowen, dies at Lith Rock after illness. survived by several children. formerly Mrs Covington of Marlboro County. interment at Hebrew Church where she held membership since childhood.
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Dillon County
Fork
Bank of Fork
Union Dink Aepal Trust Co
Lake View
Treoth
Ida
Bowen
Lone Mack Bowen
Diay Yen Nawer
Reek
Lith Rock
Noorinee
Covington
Marlboro County
Hebrew Church
Boy Eight Dies in Water Hole Near Magnolia Heights
Eight year old William Childers of Magnolia Heights went missing after playing Saturday afternoon. Neighbors and parents searched until the body was found in a water filled hole near the home with the head submerged and a visible struggle noted. Death was ruled drowning.
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Florence
William Childers
R. H. Childers
Magnolia Heights
Electric Light Company
Childers
Death Claims Harry Blackwell Near Floydale
Harry Blackwell died Tuesday night at 9 at his father in law James Graham’s home near Floydale after influenza progressed to pneumonia. A native of Darlington county, he moved to Dillon as a youth, then Mullins, and later a farm near Floydale. He was well regarded by many friends, and his mother-in-law arrived from Darlington to be by his side. He was brother to Sam Blackwell of Palmetto Hardware Co. Interment was at Mt Zion church yesterday at 4 PM.
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Harry Blackwell
Jas. Graham
Floydale
Mr. Blackwell
Darlington County
Dillon
Mullins
Darlington
Sam Blackwell
Palmetto Hardware Co
Mt. Zion Church
Deloneemrt Theisen Moved From No port News to Avven
A notice states Mrs Hayes, a young lady loved by many in Oak Grove and No port News, departs February 24 for Avven peer News where she will establish a new home. Friends wish her a long and happy life.
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Trong
Peer
Hayes
T. M
President Ousts Lansing In Cabinet Row
Secretary of state Robert Lansing resigns after a dispute with President Wilson over cabinet conferences and perceived presidential authority. Washington reports long standing tensions centered on conduct during Wilson's illness and differing views on policy toward Mexico.
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Robert Lansing
Lansing
Wilson
Washington
Washington Dispatch
White House
Paris
Mexico
Change in Liquor Laws Advances in Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee will introduce a bill this week to align state liquor law with federal standards. The proposal seeks to curb illicit purchases while allowing medical quantities and addressing enforcement. the draft notes limits on pint purchases and the ban on dispensaries where authorities deem there is legitimate demand.
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U.S
Weston
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marshall Declares Indiana Bid for Democratic Delegates
Vice President Marshall announces candidacy as a delegate at large from Indiana to the San Francisco convention. He urges the party to stand on time-honored Democratic doctrines focusing on life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, while opposing unbridled democracy and urging firm national self-government.
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Washington
Marshall
E. Hoffmann
Fort Wayne
Ind
Democratic Nation and ‘Committee
Indiana
San Francisco
Democratic Platform Committee
Democratic Party
Democrats
America
American Republic
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Lernoon
Wa Ff Manna
Council
Ator Hitchcock
Germany
Icotton
Bank For Pork
Iila C. Bowen
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