Germany Admission to League of Nations Debated
Paris reports on the push to admit Germany to the League to avert rival power blocs. The council of four weighs guarantees including a stable government, treaty loyalty, and arms limits, while Clemenceau objects to defining compulsory service. A Friday deadline for Germany’s reply looms as council reviews committee findings.
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Paris
Germany
Russia
League of Nations
League Committee
League
Council of Four
Stabia
M. Clemenceau
Wires Restored to Private Ownership in Government Action
Postmaster General Burleson ordered Thursday night that Telegraph and Telephone companies must resume operations for their own account immediately after government control since August 1. Government retains some regulation pending Congress action, keeps discrimination rules against unionized employees, and maintains existing rates and special cost-settlement arrangements. Burleson cited President's recommendation, Senate committee signals, and House hearings as basis for returning control to private owners while preserving key measures.
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Burle’ Son
Postoffice Department
Burle-son
Congress
Burleton
Senate
House Committee
Breause
Governor Cooper's Staeff Veterans Dominate Staff List
Columbia June 6 Governor Cooper announced appointments to his personal military staff. The majority are veterans from World War I with various ranks. Names include W. W. Moore Adjutant General and chief of staff, R. E. Babb law partner, J. Waites Waring district attorney, J. Campbell Bissell leg manager, John D. Prost assistant adjutant general, and many officers from the 118th infantry 16th regiment and 30th division among others. The roster covers lawyers bankers farmers and merchants across Columbia, Charleston, Spartanburg, and other South Carolina towns.
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Columbia
Cooper
W. W. Moore
R. E. Babb
Laurens
T. Lanham
Spartanburg
Charleston
C. O. Allen
Greenville
Jas
A. Haynes
Congaree
A. T. Allen
Allendale
W. A. Byrd
Edgefield
J. B. Park
Greenwood
T. Greene
Abbeville
J. Sherwood
Conway
J. Waites Waring
Henry C. Tillman
Coast Artillery
W. Perrin
Bishopville
R. B. McLeod
Hartsville
Bates
France
Henry Watkins
Belton
128Th Infantry
W. F. Caldwell
Chester
T. H. Moffat
Tist
T. W. Dantzler
St. Matthews
A. H. Marchant
Grangeburg
Eighty-first
Edwin P. Lucas
Columbian
Eighty-first Infantry
George Y. Hunter
Prosperity
John D. Prost
Fifteenth
Janator
W. J. Cormack
Bree Scholarship Vacancy Notice in Dillon County
The county education office reports Clem Aig College will have nine four year Bree Scholarships vacant in Dillon County. Competitive exams will be held July 11 at 11 AM. Papers will be sent ten days before the test. For information, contact Mr. Rogers or Miss Bethea and Wilson Taylor in Fork. they were in town Monday.
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Roxerh
Clemon College
Clemaig
Dillon County
Wielork Ai
Rogers
Pardon Sought for Robeson County Soldier Killed in France
An appeal to Governor Bickett requests $10,000 government life insurance for Forney Williams a 20 year old white resident of Robeson County who escaped State Prison and enlisted in the army under an alias before being killed in action in France The Governor had previously declined consideration Williams was convicted of second degree burglary in July 1914 and began a 15 year sentence in July 1915.
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Raleigh News and Observer
Bickett
Forney Williams
Robeson County
France
BE. Garland Brown
Winston- Salen
Williams
Harry Whedbee
St. Louie
Pastor halts sermon to shoot jay in church
In Macon on June 4 Rev W A Wray of the Baptist church at Sandervills Ga briefly left the pulpit during the morning service to retrieve his shotgun and shoot a jay bird that was flying inside the church. He then resumed the sermon.
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Macon
W. A. Wray
the Baptist Church
Sandervills
Revival Services Begin at Ridgecrest Baptist Church
Dr J H Dew evangelist of Ridgecrest N C will lead revival services at the Baptist church starting Sunday June 22 Rev W C Allen will conduct the meetings The well known evangelist has long served as Missouri state evangelist and spent years in the United States Prof J Henry Barnett Mercer University lauded his Georgia work noting visitors from Macon Atlanta and nearby towns attended On March 2 Bro Dew started a two week meeting with growing devotion and baptisms among local business leaders whose contributions strengthen the church finances to around one and a half million dollars
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W. C. Allen
The
Baptist Church
H. Dew
Dew
Dillon County
Missouri
United States
America
J. Henry Barnett
Mercer University
Georgia Jewn
Macon
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
New Price Level Will Stand in Cotton Talks
Governor J P Goodrich of Indiana declares in a letter to American Cotton Association president Wannamaker that the nation is on a new price level likely to persist for years. He warns a sudden drop would cause widespread distress and unemployment, stressing the need for price support to protect farmers and the broader U S economy.
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Columbia
J. P. Goodrich
Indiana
J. Skottowe Wannamaker
American Cotton Association
Wavnnamaker
Goodrich
United States
South
Wannamaker
North
Olin Perritt Marries Miss Lalah Cherry in Tarboro
Olin Perritt, famed Columbia athlete and soldier, wed Miss Lalah Cherry at the bride’s Tarboro home Thursday. Perritt starred at the University of South Carolina, later played in the North and South Atlantic Leagues, served as lieutenant in the 104th Machine Gun Battalion Thirtieth Division, was wounded in France, and now represents Pluets automobile tire company in Florence. He is well known among baseball fans and is an uncle of Mrs. W. C. Bracey.
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Olin Perritt
Columbia
Athelete
Lalah Cherry
Brtde
Tarboro
University of South Carolina
North Carolina
One Hundred and Fourteenth Machine Gun
Columbia Machine Company
France
Perritt
Plueit Automobile Tire Company
Florence
Wweeball
Anephew
W. C. Bracey
General Sessions Court Adjourns After Brief Monday Session
The Cort of General Seraians adjourned after a short Monday session with few attendees. Melver of Cheraw presided while Spears and Stenographer were noted in posts. Judge Mc Tyer intended to travel to Cheraw Monday after tending the case.
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Cort
Seraians
Ae Diese
Siusa
Melver
Cheraw
Teu
McTyer
Subscribe to The Dillon Herald in Advance
A concise notice offers Dillon Herald subscriptions at 2 dollars per year paid in advance. The ad emphasizes prior payment, suggesting a simple renewal or new subscription option for readers.
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Dillon Herald
Torpedo Boat Destroyer Yarboro Named in Honor
Mullins and Florence residents relay a telegram from Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels naming torpedo boat destroyer No. 314 after Lieut. George Yarboro Jr. of Mullins and Marine Corps casualty at Belleau Wood. Daniels asks Mullins to designate a sponsor for the ship launch at San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Kate Burch
Florence
Yarboro
Danels
G. H. Yarboro
Mullins
S. C
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
California
George Yarboro, Jr
Francisco
Josephus Daniels
Citadel
Marine Corps
Plan Street Improvement For Business District
Mayor Hamer reviews paving plans from Fourth Avenue to the Court House and Harrison Street to below the freight station. The project would use a state law allowing abutting property owners to be assessed half the cost. Materials cost trend favors starting now, and every effort will be made to secure owner support and fund the work.
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Hamer
Fourth Avenue
Court House
Harrison Street
General Assembly
Petition to Extend Town Limits One Mile Each Way
Signatures are being secured to a petition to elect extending the town limits one mile from the centre. Present corporate limits extend only half a mile. Elections must be held inside and outside the town, with majority within both areas to carry. Most voters live in eastern suburbs. voting place will be convenient for many. Petition will be presented once enough names are gathered.
Pension Filing Extended to June Sixteenth for AM Pensioners
Pension notice informs AM pensioners that the deadline to file applications has been extended to Monday June 16. Applications must be filed with Judge Joe Cabell Davis at the courthouse or the request cannot be acted upon. Chairman WB Allen urges timely submission.
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AM Pensioners
Joe Cabell Davis
Court House
WB. Allen
Hayes Visit and Storm Report Across Zion and Bridge
Mrs. F. H. Hayes of Lake View visited Mrs. M. M. Miller. Zion section suffered heavy hail damage to cotton and corn, tobacco total loss, limited area affected. Bridge section endured torrential rain and thunder with two feet of water in fields. Heaviest rainfall between Mr. J. Bers pace and Maple Swamp. Rev. H. A. Willis, former Baptist pastor, arrived for memorial unveiling of Lieut. John David in Charleston.
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Zion
H. A. Willis
the Baptist Church
Dillon
Willis
Virginia
John David
Charleston
Big Four on rough seas in Paris talks on German treaty
Reports from Paris say the Council of Four has not solved key issues in the German peace treaty. Silesian questions and the Polish western frontier remain unsettled while Clemenceau opposes changes. Senator Knox pushes Senate opposition if the treaty returns in present form.
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Paris
Council of Four
Versailles
M. Clemenceau
Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Senate
United States
Philander C. Knox
Foreign Relations Committee
Peace Terms Declared Impossible by Austria Leader
Vienna Saturday June The peace terms presented to Austria are deemed impossible and threaten starvation for the country President Seitz stated in the extraordinary National Assembly session. Foreign Minister Bauer read a six page report on Feldkirch talks with Dr Renner and attacked the treaty as biased against Germans in Bohemia and South Tyrol. He warned of irredentist risks and urged plebiscites under neutral control for western Hungary Carinthia and Syria while calling for direct talks with Italy on commerce.
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Vienna
Austria
Seitz
National Assembly
Bauer
Feldkirch
Renner
Red
Bohemia
Tyrol
South Tyrol
Dr.Bauer
St. Germain
Italy
Hungary
Carinthia
Syria
Invention Aimed at Preventing Train Collisions
Allyn Hutsey, a machinist from Anniston Alabama, travels from Jacksonville to Washington to submit an electric device to the railroad administration. The device would stop trains moving in opposite directions within three miles unless signaled in locomotive cabs and would release emergency brakes simultaneously.
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Anniston
Ala
Allyn Hutsey
Jacksonville
Washington
Railroad Administration
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Staef
Members
Veterans World War
Bree
Lucile Bethea
Wilson Taylor
Fork
South Carolina
Flrst
David
J. H. Dew
Ridgecrest, N. C
General Sessions Court
Mullins Boy
Lieut
F. H. Hayes
Lake View
M. M. Miller
BIG Four
Knox
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