President Wilson Tours War Ruins From Chateau Thierry to Rheims
President Wilson toured front ruins visiting Chateau Thierry and Rheims accompanied by Mrs Wilson and a small party. He said no words can express the impressions from desolated villages and the ruined cathedral at Rheims. The trip passed through shell cratered fields, graves of American soldiers, and ruined bridges as Marines’ battles near Belleau Wood and near Paris are recalled.
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Paris
Wilson
Castle Front
Chateau-Thierry
Rheims
Germany
France
Mrs. Wilson
Admiral Grayson
Murat
Belleau Wood
Edward M. Watson
Martinsville
Argonne
President Wilson
William W. Harris
Mr. Wilson
Promses
Chateau _ Thierry
Mars
Some Mysteries Of The World War Remain Unsolved
A London correspondent highlights enduring mysteries linked to World War I. Questions surround Nicholas Romanoff’s fate near Ekaterinburg, the fate of Prinsipal’s pistol, and alleged imperial plots. Also unresolved: the Cyclops disappearance, Kitchener’s fate, Kerensky’s escape, Prinzip’s death, and other war-time enigmas.
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London
England
Nicholas Romanoff
Ekaterinberg
Gaviro Prinzip
Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Prinzip
William Hohenzollern
Frans Ferdinand
William
Hateq
Franz
Bosnia
United States
Cyclops
Daniels
United States Navy
Barbadoes
George Worley
Wichman
Norfolk
Worley
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Hampshire
West Orkney Islands
Kitchener
Hig Sister
Russia
Alexander Kerensky
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Jane Rogers Passes After Pneumonia Battle
Mrs Janie Rogers wife of Luther Rogers a well known Dillon county citizen died in a Fayetteville hospital Sunday from pneumonia following influenza. She 33 and left four children two weeks old infant. Interment Latta cemetery. Survived by brothers and sisters including Senator P L Bethea and Mrs John P Cooper.
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Janie Rogers
Luther Rogers
Dothan
Fayetteville
Rogers
Dillon County
H. Jane Bethea
Frank Bethea
Dillon
L. B. Rogers
Taken for Governor's Son Sheds Light on Charleston
A Charleston visit described by A D Manning reveals how a hotel mix up with the governor’s son touched high officials. The episode led to a banner story and influenced local politics as sheriff raids and quiet roadhouse activities were discussed amid a broader probe of governance. The article notes the governor’s victory in nearby elections and details the life of Dillon County Auditor Jno W Gaddy who died after illness and pneumonia. He served two years as auditor, was trusted across races, and left a widow Jennie Bamson and a son J W Gaddy Jr. His funeral was held at Mt Holly with county officers in attendance.
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A. D. Manning
Butler
Citizen
Pep
Cleveland
Ohio
South Carolina
Columbia
Charleston
Richard I. Manning
Cole Bleas
S.C
Mr. Manning
A. D., Manning
R. I. Manning
Manning
Wanning
Dillon County
Jno. W. Gaddy
Mr. Gaddy
Gaddy
Latta
Dillon
Jennie Bamnson
Judge Brunson
J. W. Gaddy, Jr
Mt. Holly
Duncan
Court House
Death of J T McDonald in Pamlico after influenza
Dillon mourns J T McDonald who died at his Pamlico home after influenza followed by pneumonia. He served with L Cottingham Co for about three years and was remembered as a devout Methodist and a Christian gentleman. Survived by wife two children mother and three siblings. The bereaved extend sympathy to the family. The River serial by Ednah Aiken advertised for the next 16 weeks.
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Dillon
J.T. McDonald
Pamplico
L. Cottingham Co
Methodist Church
G. B. McDonald
Ed, McDonald
W. E. McDonald
Morgan Rogers
Jno W Gady Dead After Long Illness
Memorial notice chronicles John W Gady’s lifelong farm roots near today’s Bingham, his Methodist faith and marriage to Jennie Brunson, their son J W Jr, and his devotion to friends and country. Signed by H L B with tributes to departed allies Curtis Williams Stanton Cobb and others.
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John W. Gaddy
Bingham
Methodist Church
Southland
Pee Dee
Jennie Brunson
J. W. Jr
Curtis
Williams
Stanton
Cobb
Christmas in France Dear Mother from Worth McKinley 1918
Worth McKinley writes from France about a second Christmas away from home. He describes Red Cross gifts including socks gloves candy cigarettes and chocolate, a hospital dinner with pork and potatoes, a Red Cross show, and a jazzy audience. He hopes to return home soon with patience and love for his mother Cora and father.
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Worth McKinley
Cora McKinley
France
Red Cross
Santa Claus
Cora
Papa
David Worth McKinley
World War I Letters and War Field Notes From US Soldiers
Private Herbert M. English writes from Germany after the war end, noting health, length of stay, and plans to return home, while Sergeant T. E. Tarte describes Thanksgiving time in Belgium, near losses and battlefield dangers, reflecting on comrades buried and gratitude for survival.
Thirtieth Division Demobilizes and Returns Home
The Thirtieth Division from South Carolina North Carolina and Tennessee is to return home within two to three weeks. Arrangements call for landing at Charleston and demobilizing at Camp Jackson with possible parades in Charleston or Columbia. Many Dillon county and South Carolina troops are eager for news as they recall sailing in September 1917.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Charleston
Camp Jackson
War Department
Divisio Gr.wm
Columbia
Dillon County
Dillon
Dillon County Boys
Stevenson Buckles for Maryland Jail Terms in Dry-Law Case
In Washington Attorney General Gregory declined to intercede for South Carolina inmates jailed in Baltimore on interstate liquor transport charges. He will seek a six month sentence instead of four, reversing hopes for a two month term. The Baltimore setup traps victims at the station, with evidence decisive and escape unlikely. Stevenson’s aide Hutchinson quips that Baltimore jail is easy to enter but hard to leave.
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Washington
Gregory
Stevenson
South Carolina
Baltimore
Rose
Monumental City
Judge Rose
A. B. Hutchinson
Cotton Ginned in County Up to Jan Sixteenth
Special Agent S W Jackson reports 84 926 bales of cotton ginned in the county through January 16 compared with 28 914 bales by the same date last year an increase of 6 012 bales Read The River wonderful serial beginning with this issue.
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S. W. Jackson
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Chateau Thierry
Wrecks
Mecca
Jane Rogers
MO. W. Gaddy
Cial
J. T. McDonald
Ednah Aiken
Ter
Jno
W. Gady
Herbert English
Dewey Stanton
Herbert M. English
Depot Co
Ist
Corps
Artillery Park
Via
T. E. Tarte
J. D. Hutchins
Comrads
Old
SOUTH
Jackson
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