Brownsville meeting near Botheads this Sunday
Bowelemme of Interest to Berald Reeders, Ebb. and Plow of the Human Tide. Oak Grove. The third quarterly conference for Brownsville will be held at Botheads next by and Sun. Rev. M. W. Hook of Marion will preside. Bethenda m Sunday school will observe children day on the fifth Sunday in June. Cotton crops grow rapidly. Anna McColl Ruth Wallace and Dorothy Huggins went to Coker College from Little Rock this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berald
Oak Grove
Brownsville
Botheads
Sun‘Gay
M. W. Hook
Marion
Bethendam
Little Rock
Anna McColl
Ruth Wallace
Dorothy Huggins
The
Baptist Church of This
Submarine Attacks Rio Survivors Describe Escort Vessel
Asistant Engineer of the Pinar del Rio and survivors detail a chase that ended with a submarine sinking the Rio and a second craft. They describe a 250 foot U boat with six inch rifles, escorted by a 6,000 ton grey vessel and a larger steamer. crews abandoned ship, some saved by small boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asistant
Pinar del Rio
Telia
Norfolk
Bortheist
Cape Henry
Burrown
William F. Clark
Naval
Burrows
Clark
List of men aged 21 plus registered in Dilton county
A dated list records 107 men registered since June 5 1817 who have reached 21 years old. Names span Dilton Dillon Latta Hamer Little Rock Lake View Nichols Minturn Sellers and others with box and district annotations and scattered birthplaces including North Carolina Virginia and Arkansas. The document ends with a wartime stamp note and plea to buy war savings stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilton County
White
Thomas Dillon Davis
Dilton
Lenneau Coward
Dillon
Reymond Berry
Hamer
Jim Miller
Perlie Stephens
Earnest Hinton Brambles
Addison Henry Collins
Curtis Hyatt
Eddie Graves
Dillon Isaac Isoman
Little Hock
Shelby Herring Williamson
Little Rock
Wille Harm
Benj
Franklin Weaver
Robert LeRoy Hyatt
Clayton Smith
David Archie Hyatt
Hyman Price Halt
George W. Atkinson
Bingham
Walter B. Willis
Daniel E. Herring
Latta
Joseph Flowers
Howard Griffin
Andrew F. Dew
Geo. Woodberry Pate
N. Hannibal Pierce
Furman Jackson
Henry Weatherford
John Herring
Mallory
Erasmus Clark
Sellers
Henry George
Rufus Hubbard
Robert Jackson
John McDowell
Gurney Scott
Lake View
Charlie J. Ayers
Nichols
Hiller. Tanner
Ralph M. Utley
Evander V. Barfield
E. Covington, Jr
Willia Roberts
John Bethea
Robert Horon Kiurphy
John B. Breeden
David Cooper
William McEghern
James McBride
Marie McRae, Jr
Sylvester Townsend
Jule Hurley
Davis Owens
Walter Harley
American losses total 7 315 in first Pershing summary
The War Department released the first weekly casualty report from General Pershing. It lists 2 927 deaths in action or from wounds and 4 046 wounded, with 342 missing in action or prisoners, totaling 7 315 casualties for American expeditionary forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
War Department
Germany
New
Red Cross Contributors Inadvertently Excluded
An error in the last issue omitted several Red Cross contributors including T A Dilly. The correction lists the affected names and acknowledges the oversight by the editorial staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
T. A Dilly
Tragic Shooting in Aiken County Mother Killed by Son
Aiken County near Perry reports a grim familicide as Govan Stephenson Jr. shoots his mother Mrs Stephenson three times in the head amid a quarrel over a garden footpath. Neighbors restrained him. Sheriff’s office to pursue charges as the community mourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Arthur Bushbee
Stephenson
Young Stephenson
Howard
Red Cross Workroom Drives Surgical Dressings Effort
The Red Cross workroom in Dillon Courty Chapter hosts a Monday session to push the June allotment of 8000 surgical dressings under Mrs Curtin and Captains. 250 gauze dressings and many hospital garments were prepared, with weekly hours set and loyal support from local clubs. A $20.70 Woodmen of the World contribution is acknowledged amid sock knitting directions and a robberie car incident report with extensive names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Dillon Courty
Mra Curtin
Collingham
National Red Cross
L. Cottingham
V. Ch
Woodmen of the World
Uol
First Baptist Church Sunday School and Meetings Schedule
The First Baptist Church invites all to Sunday school each Sunday at 20 o clock with W V Jones as Superintendent. Prayer meeting is every Wednesday at 8 30 with a charge of Men's Bible Class. Preaching next Sunday June 16 by Rev J A McMillan. Misses Louise and Margaret Berer visit relatives at Wilson C I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Jones
J. A. McMillan
Led Captives Back American Prisoners Return to Allies
London reports three American soldiers Corporal Sidney W. Rogers Raymond Howard and Frank P. Ridgway were captured northwest of Chateau Thierry at Hill 204. Two Germans mistakenly walked into French lines and were captured. German officers questioned the prisoners about landing, training, and unit identity. the Americans declined to answer. The captives were fed a nauseating flour and water mixture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chateau- Thierry
Times
France
Sidney W. Rogers
Raymond Howard
Frank P. Ridgway
Hill
Europe
Labor Agents Seized and Quelled In Local Labor Migration
A DuPont labor agent took about 20 African American workers from Dillon and Marion counties to Virginia last week claiming government authority. Congressman Ragsdale protested to the War Department, which ordered DuPonts to halt such departures. DuPonts said agents acted without approval in South Carolina. the incident highlights farm labor shortages and official intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Dont Powder Co
Dillon
Marion
Virginia
Thompson
War Department
Ragsdale
DuPonts
South Carolina
Eight Thousand Surgical Dressings Urgently Needed
The Dillon Red Cross Chapter received an order for eight thousand surgical dressings to be finished in thirty days for American troops. The article scolds local women who ride in cars and slack on duty, urges women and young girls to volunteer, and warns of social ostracism for those who fail to do their part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Red Cross
Dillon County
Darwinian theory chat at the tour guide's response
A party of tourists discuss Darwinian theory. The guide quips that their talk comes from apes, but he notes his own speech originates from Wales. The line preserves a humorous exchange from a Bowdon Transcript style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walea
Bowton
Eighteenth Victim of Undersea Boats
German submarines off the Atlantic coast have claimed another vessel, the American steamer Pinar Del Rio, sunk near Maryland. Survivors say she was torpedoed, with the craft going down amidships. 17 crew members were lost, others landed on the North Carolina coast and Elizbeth City bound for Norfolk. The incident raises the total known sinks to 17 for German raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J MacKenzie
Maryland
New Jersey
North Carolina
Washington
Alantic
Navy Department
Pinar del Rio
Norfolk
Sistees
Elimbeth City
N. G
Atlantic
Kit Devil Hill
German attack aims at Copeigne near Paris front
London reports the new German offensive targets Copeigne as part of the push toward Paris. Commentators note occupying the Osse valley heights would expose the Paris rail and road corridor and might force Allied front shifts between the Osse and the Marne while possibly outflanking the Satusous sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Copeigne
Paris
Osse
St. Just
Clermont
Villery-Cotterests
Marne
Court General Sessions Opens in Dillon with Judge Melver
Thegeneral term of Court of General Sessions convened at 10 am with Judge Ed Melver presiding. Cases disposed include Jim Black manslaughter one year, Gus McLeod manslaughter two years, Floyd Paulh auto theft two and a half years, Prince housebreaking one year, Rex housebreaking one year and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed, Melver
Cheraw
Spears
Kilgo
Melver
Dillion
Har
Jim Black
Gus McLeod
Filoyd Paulh
Prince
Rex
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Lino
Dan Breeden
Samuel Greai
Jobn Odom
David Townsend
Andrew Hamer
Pervis
N.C
Daniel B. Davis
Archie McQueen
Albert McNeill
Henry Page
N. C
G. Aye
Petersburg
Fred McLellan
Chancellor Miles
Joe Sparks
Latts
Daniel Bethea
Oliver White
Adan Glover
Joe Witherspoon
Edward Smith
Earl Bethea
Irvin LeGette
Latte
George Beth
Evan Frasier
Nichola
Joe McNeill
Abraham Wallace
Por
H. L. Davis
Fork
A. Prince Allen, Jr
Rex White
War Daviogs Stampe
Landia
Vision
Killa
Areight
Seaboard Yards
Powell
Eal Pelt
Marvin Elroy Carmichael
Garden White
Cosby Griffin
Marvin Washington Britt
Velius Britt
James McKengie
John Tyandall
Cooley Hunt
Willan
James Grainger
Quince Welch
Jim Pelt
Charle Brumbies
Albert Cox
John Connerly Hayes
Victor Lauton Arnett
David
Cooper
Kay Jackson
Jimmoile Pare
Wade Daniels
Hance Calder
Nelson Gibson Rogers
Nelvin Williams
Monroe Crowley
Luke Jackson
Charlie Walker Britt
Neill Berry
James William Waetthce
Sanford Britt Sandy i Rogers
Harvey Fiewitt
Hinlard Melver Rosier
Corbett Cook
Carl Watts
Wallie Thomas Arnett
Garl Lonnie Gilbert
Luke Webster
Otto Lytle Carmichael
Daniel Cody Cook
A Fler
Carlos George
Luther Martin Lee
Jno
Knox Alford
Earnest Christus
Robert Wilmer Anderson
Lanney Braddy McQueen
LeRoy McCormick
George M. Clark
Curtis Candler
Thomas Scott
Neal Cox
James Albert McCormick
Mack Cottingham
Wiliam Spivey
Will Campbell
John McLellan, Jr
Ed McRant
Walter Gibbons
Walter Thode
Ben Henderson
Luther Pratt
Herbert McRae
Eddie Blackwell
James Maning
Cornelius Small
Vomeda Page
Chad Reaves
James Loyd
Wasid N. Turpin
Juck White
Jerry Wilson
Robert Johnson
Fred Jones
WH McNeal
John Kirby
Jesse Chance
Jack McNeal
Fred Carroll
Haywood Page
John Manigo
Robert McBryde
Tom Gibson
Rufus Bethea
James Manning
Lee Stafford
Willie Hampton Mclean
Fred McCrey
Jacob Graves
Daniel Frank McCormick
Selph Holmes
Luther Jenkins
John Montgomery
Robert Manning
Walter Rogers
Andrew Manning
James Willams
Lattle Floyd
Lawrence Bethea
Walter Comminga
Nelson McKay
George Blue
Jesse C. Newton
Percy Bethea
Joe David Breeden
Clarence Campbell
Ben Robeson
Kue Johnson
Ed. Green
Thomas Allen
First Baptist Church
Louise
Margaret Berer
Wilson, C. I
Ragndale
Pino del Rio
Court General
Sexslona
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