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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
4
A columnist urges higher wages for teachers amid wartime costs. The State Council of Defense warns better salaries are needed to prevent second-rate teaching and exodus from the profession, stressing taxes to fund public education and national loyalty during war.
Judge J C Davis receives a letter from J Malcolm in Paris reporting a slight shell fragment wound. Malcolm, who has led the auditing division of a Red Cross unit, has been in Paris since August and says the injury causes little inconvenience amid four weeks of shelling.
The Parents Teachers Association will meet in the school auditorium on Tuesday afternoon May 7 at 4 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Imogene Brown, Secretary.
Eight girls and nine boys perform under the banner Little Citizens and The 1 Cant Army. Ruth Sanderson praises My Dolly while Cassie Blackmore leads A Whole Lot of Donts and Grace Scott sings The 1 Cant Army. Olive Me Shall Be, Daisy Be in Earnest, Mae Herring Nobody's Child, and Like Scott star in Little Jim. Wwight conducts Star Spangled Banner and Your Country Sees You.
A Macren general and West Point graduate argues that modern warfare mirrors prize fighting in needing deep discipline. He compares German soldier training to three or six months of prep and warns reserves without years of drill cannot endure the noise, obey orders, and read signals under fire.
Arthur Brisbane argues in the Washington Times that Germany operates as a single disciplined force, like a Prussian soldier, while American democracy is filled with amateurs who hesitate and second guess. He warns the Allies face a professional German foe and urges full information on the threat to mobilize national defense and sustain decisive war effort.
A probate notice from Dillon County South Carolina cites and admonishes all heirs and creditors of M D Huggins deceased to appear before Judge Joel Cabell Davis on May 9 at 11 AM to show cause why administration of the estate should not be granted. It is signed April 24, 1918.
Elizabeth Riggsbee of Abberville health campaigner and D A veteran recounts 16 months of severe illness and poisoning symptoms. She credits Mantone with restoring sleep, reducing headaches, weight loss, indigestion, numbness and nerve weakness. Mantone marketed by local druggists including McCarrick and McLaurin Drug Co.
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