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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
1
Local notes report rain improving crops oats cotton and tobacco. Families visit ill relatives, church services announced, and community events described. Federation of Clubs meeting highlights include medical inspections, loan fund for education, and demonstrate work reports. Local births, deaths, and moves noted with several social visits and upcoming sermons and school closure.
A clerk at Gimbel Brothers opened two bomb packages believed linked to a Germany inspired plot targeting prominent figures. Officials compare the bombs’ design to German war mines, noting glass acid vials and fulminating caps. Packages were halted after postal alerts. two addressed to Senator Reed Smoot and Utah officials were not delivered.
Dr M B Munson of Andrews died early Sunday at Dr J H Dana's home while visiting his fiancée Miss Rana David whom he planned to marry on the 22nd of the month. A Norwegian by birth, he studied at the University of South Carolina and Charleston Medical College, served as a Navy navigator in the war, and hoped to rejoin service. He leaves a son at Camp Jackson recovering from mustard gas wounds. The body was taken to Andrews for burial.
The Dillon County Red Cross Home Service opens at the court house in the former Draft Board room. Mrs Ada Curtis will staff daily 10 am to 4 pm offering information and aid on allotments allowances compensation insurance and related matters to enlisted men and families both white and colored. The service aims to ease distress during demobilisation and cover all Dillon county service families.
Coblenz April 8 Two American privates Frederick Richman and Frank Richards were court martialed after donning German army uniforms and joining deserters during the Rhine campaign. They aided German thieves, helped recover stolen goods, and were reported as entering Coblenz ahead of the Third Army. Both received twenty years hard labor.
The Camp Woodmen of the World at Campbells Bridge held last Friday afternoon a large fish fry for members and friends. An abundance of fried and stewed Pee Dee bream and robin was served, with J. W. Rowland’s famous pine bark stew praised. Rev. W. C. Wallace and Rev. W. Cullен gave brief remarks before dinner, and the crowd dispersed about 5 pm grateful for a most enjoyable gathering.
The Dillon Masons gain the McLaurin block south of the post office. They acquire the office buildings of Col. G. G. McLaurin and Judge Haselden as well as the Dillon Mills building. McLaurin buys his occupied office from the Masons, who will convert the Mills quarters into a Masonic Temple with the upper story a large hall for Masons and other orders.
Rebecca Pickens Chapter D A R will meet Mrs. C R Taber Tuesday afternoon at 4 30. Last meeting of the year and new officers will be elected. Members who have not paid thrift stamps and Red Cross pledges should come prepared to do 80. All present. Mrs T W Bethba Regent R Taber Secretary.
London May 1 Secretary Daniels drew British attention with his calm, courteous demeanor at a reception. Reporters expected a bombastic display over the League of Nations and the American navy program, but Daniels impressed with a gentle, disarming reply and a broad smile, teaching several journalists a liberal education in diplomacy.
At the Baptist church a reception honored the homecoming of soldiers of the church and welcomed Rev W C Allen and his family to Dillon. Mr Allen now leads the First Baptist church, succeeding Rev H A Willis. Mrs Allen is Annie Sherwood of Little Rock. Local ladies assisted in greeting, with vocal selections and recitations, followed by refreshments.
In Coblenz on May 5 Kaiser era busts in classrooms were taken down by schoolmasters during the revolution, later restored, and now ordered removed again by the Ministry of Education. A proposal to rename streets honoring royal ties sparked humorous press reaction over other urgent topics.
J R Wilson of Cherokee county survived an eagle attack while near the river yesterday. He killed the ten pound monster eight feet from tip to tail with crowds visiting in Gaffney to see the extraordinary bird now exhibited by C C Kirby.
A letter from Korea describes two American women beaten by a Japanese soldier and details widespread repression during a Korean uprising. The missive, received by Mrs J L Lamprey and routed to Syngman Rhee, cites arrests, executions, floggings, and church burnings as Christians and missionaries face imprisonment and looting.
The county pension board calls all Confederate Veterans and Widows to enroll promptly, warning that the last meeting for the year is Tuesday May 13. If applications are not filed by then, eligibility resets until next year. Blank forms are at the Judge of Probate's Dillon office.
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