Community Meet at School House June 28
Local notes report visitors from Florida and Branchville, Miss Elizabeth Sellers at Myrtle Beach, and a Friday schoolhouse meeting on June 28 with canning demos. Teachers for Sellers school and Winthrop College summer study are noted, plus residents attending church and a Florence burial. Tobacco market outlook and labor questions discussed amid Smokeless Thursday Red Cross drive notes.
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Lachlaw
Herbert
Beste
Myrtle Beach
J. G. Baker
Mixa Louise
Pauline McDaniel
Selliers
Misses Baker
McDanidl
Winthrop College
Stanley Harrelson
Florence
Mise Thelma Culbreth
B. B. Sellers
Annie Sellers
J. C. Sellers
J. Ky Page
Kirk Fort
Fork
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Red Cross
RedCross Fund
England
Europe
Southern Tobacco Journal
Letter from the Trenches from Corporal in New York unit
A correspondent fronts letters from the front dated April to May describing life in Paris and the trenches. He mentions Lieut Jno David, social visits in New York, and a fierce air battle near the lines with a French pilot dying and a German observer leaping to safety. He notes mosquitos and sun, hope for victory, and sending frontier newspapers home. He signs as Corporal with Engineers in New York.
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Paris
Stars and Stripes
Jno
David
New York
America
McAlpine Hotel
Marion Barrentine
Fritz
Bowie
Mutocracy
Kaiser
States
France
England
Marlboro
Hindenberg
Bill
Alexi
Tyoday
Tobacco crop outlook in Virginia and North Carolina
Richmond Times Dispatch reports from Virginia and North Carolina tobacco farms show efforts to boost production this year despite a severe labor shortage. The piece notes farmers’ measures to raise output amid the shortage and partial regional contrasts in crop plans.
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Virgina
North Carolina
Richmond Times - Dispatch
Lieut Otis M Page Promoted To Captain Of Engineers
Lieut Otis M Page of the Engineers R C has been promoted to captain of engineers in the National Army He commands Company G 1st Replacement Regiment of Engineers at Washington Barracks D C This unit is famed as the great engineer training regiment housing the engineer school and War College Page desires combat duty but remains assigned to training duties He previously served in the U S Engineering Department and with the Isthmian Canal Commission A Clemson College and American University graduate he is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Otis M. Page
Engineers
R. C
National Army
Page
Washington Barracks
D. C
Engineer Training Regiment
Army
Great Engineer School and
War College
Capt
U. S. Engineering Department
Isthmian Canal Commission
Clemson College
American University
Washington, D. C
American Society of Civil Engineers
Methodist Church Services and Activities on Main Street
The Sunday school meets at 10 a.m. with Mr W Harry Muller as superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.m. by Dr Watsor B Duncan, with a 45 cents per term? p.m. The sermon, Spiritual Railroating, will feature a chart. Evening service titled When Jesus Wept Over Jerusalem. Epworth League at 8:30 p.m. President Mr Ly C Braddy Jr. Prayer service Wednesday at 8:45 p.m. followed by teacher-training class. Public invited to all services.
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Main Street Methodist Church
Watsor B. Duncan
W. Harry Muller
Jesus
Jerusalem
Epworth League
Ly. C. Braddy, Jr. Prident
Dillon Plans Record Book For Great War Participation
In Dillon a plan proposes keeping a record book documenting the county's role in the great war. Entries will note each campaign and every soldier from Dillon, from the highest officer to the humblest private, with details of service in the army and navy. Dillon has already contributed nearly six hundred men, including a dozen officers.
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Black
David
Dillon
Army
Navy
Neighbor Conversation About Daughter Playing German Music
A judge records a dialog between two neighbors about a daughter who loves patriotic German music and may switch repertoire. The exchange notes skepticism that continuing the current music will change her path.
Private J Taylor Heroic Despair in WWI Shell Hole
Private J Taylor awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal after surviving seven weeks in a shell hole under heavy bombardment. He subsisted on bully beef from dead bodies and water from his cap, feigned death to avoid enemy capture, and crawled back to his lines covering about 900 yards with aid from German soldiers who dragged him to safety.
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J. Taylor
London Gazette
Taylor
London
Hindenburg
Ois
Capitol stair eagle ornaments removed in Utah
Governor Bamberger ordered the removal of four eagle ornaments at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City after they were deemed to resemble the Prussian emblem. The ornaments were replaced with figures of red American eagles to avoid the likeness.
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Salt Lake City
Bamberger
Indian Coat Valuable Prompts Curio Dealer Auction
A Steubenville curio dealer catalogs a valuable Indian coat covered with 3300 eagle teeth valued at $10,000. The coat, sewn by a Manitoba Indian with sinew, weighs 28 pounds. Its owner is a member of a fraternal order and wears the coat at conventions and a neckpiece of elk tooth also appears in the collection.
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Steubenville
Manitoba
Conde
Order of
Bike
Italians Show Patriotism in Wheeling Wheat Substitutes
In Wheeling West Virginia Italians demonstrate patriotism despite confusion over wheat substitutes and policies. Reports mention Urey not handling wheat and speculation on substitutes, with locals noting limited knowledge of wheat laws and market changes.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Urey
Columbians Miss Big Can and Little Bee Des
A fishing trip on the Little Pye Dee River led by William Monck and Carroll Gasque produced about 600 pounds of fish after days of trolling and using old-style hooks. The party returned with large trout and bream. catfish were noted but not dominant. several large photos captured the catch.
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Carroll Gasque
William Monck
Pye Dee
Mullins Tobacco Warehouse Opens With Top-notch Staff
Mullins in 1918 hosts Brick Warehouse with A. B. Edwards in charge and C. R. Heggie as chief tobacco judge. Heggie, 20 years handling South Carolina leaf, aims to maximize crop sales at Brick Warehouse. New scales and extensive local tobacco from multiple counties expected. Opening sale planned for June 10, with Mullins merchants promising strong advertising.
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Mullins
8. C
A. B. Edwards
C. R. Heggie
Edwards
Heggie
South Carolina
Bright Leaf Tobacco
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Herald Reeder
Lieut. Page
Methodist Church
United States
Germay
The
United States Food Administration
Swift & Company
U.S. A
Gueas
Lucas Velve
Palmetto Hardware Co
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