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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
4
The piece notes doubts about war profit motives during peace, hints some interests misjudge public sentiment, and reflects on economic conditions in Dillon. It remarks on butter substitutes, cheap rail travel versus cars, and social norms around smoking in hotels, with a cautious tone on politics and race.
Doctors say average health hinges on individual care and home sanitation. Education on personal hygiene builds a healthier community by raising each citizen's health standard and urging parents to enforce health rules at home.
The article notes that post armistice price declines did not occur, instead prices rose and business expanded. Experts predict further rises may hinder activity, while sudden falls would injure business temporarily. Despite expected European stabilization, a gradual global value relocation is anticipated to avoid shocks.
A Senate bill proposes prohibiting smoking in hotel dining rooms, arguing smoking harms health and hygiene. The measure cites urban cabaret culture as the source of the practice and urges passage to align with northern standards, noting small town hotels may struggle with one dining room and tobacco fumes affect some patrons.
Col Legge honors Citadel men for heroism in World War I at the Greater Citadel Dinner in Columbia. He recalls First Lieut John H David and the Eighteenth Infantry’s actions on March 1 and lists Citadel veterans serving from Mindanao to Siberia, noting six killed and seventeen wounded.
Mrs J W Woodle widow of the late J W Woodle died at her Latta home after several weeks illness. She was sixty six years ten months old, mother of twelve with nine surviving, including sons Wlessis W L C C M A C M E and Chas C A L and A D Woodle and daughter Mrs R S Foxworth. Grandchildren number thirty five with ten great grandchildren. Funeral services held at Catfish Baptist Church with Rev W C Foster officiating, interment Catfish Cemetery.
The American Cotton Association seeks limited low grade cotton suitable for warehousing. Options must be submitted by February 10. Interested parties should confer with T. L. Manning Secretary Dillon County for particulars.
Copenhagen reports the Lusitania sinking commander has been interned in a German madhouse. Two ex U-boat officers now fishers claim U-22 fired the torpedo, not U-20, and that the captain went mad after learning the ship went down with all aboard. 41,491 bales of cotton shipped in the county by January 16, up from 34,926 last year, with about 1,000 bales still in fields or storage.
Taken up on December 24 at Otis Page place a red sow weighing about 40 pounds. Owner can claim by proving proper land paying costs. F A Proctor, Treas. 2, Dillon, C.
Mlanta resident Mrs Geo H Brewer recounts eight years of indigestion nerves and gas. She says El Vigor restored her health allowing her to eat normally and feel strong again. El Vigor is sold in Dillon by McLaurin Drug Co.
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