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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
4
The Dillon Herald lists subscriptions at 2.00 yearly or 1.00 for six months with 20 cents monthly for under six months, payable in advance. Advertising rates available on request. Obituary sketches and personal notices cost 5 cents per line. Submissions must include real author names for good faith.
The article argues rural areas led enlistments and thrift donations, sacrificed farm profits for government quotas, and did not profiteer unlike cities. It notes pro German sentiment in cities, cites local disloyalty cases, and ends by sparring over a political hypothetical involving Lever and Tillman.
The article notes Democrats and Republicans backing the Overman bill to empower the President to coordinate executive departments in wartime. It argues party cohesion is rising while partisan quarrels lessen. It also mentions local concerns about county campaigns and upcoming wartime logistics.
A WWI letter from Royd Wallace of A. F. Engs. Ale. France to his mother describes listening to distant gunfire, requests for treats and boxes from home, and updates on health and daily life. He notes sufficient food and asks about money arriving at Bank Dillon, asking family to write more often.
Soprano Betsey Lane Shepherd will perform at the auditorium on the night of the 16th. She appears with Edison touring the south to prove that Thomas A Edison has achieved success in his musical ventures.
Total amount reported six thousand three hundred sixty five dollars and sixty cents. Leading grade ninth with sales three thousand one hundred sixty three dollars. Second highest seventh with sales one thousand three hundred ninety nine dollars. Notes excluded sales for Mill and Colored Schools. Liberty bands sold by the Boy Scouts one thousand dollars. The Dillonites returned from Cincinnati after buying Ford automobiles.
An assortment of local notices and offers: six percent loans on farms and city property from Gibson and MaNer, ages three to ten years, amounts $2,000.60 to $25,000, interest annually. cash for junk by M Schwartz near Brick Warehouse. planting peas for sale at 3.50 per bushel by D. D. McDonald. gold and silver buyer advertising. broken teeth and other small ads. livestock and fertilizer for sale with cash terms by Wade Stackhouse.
J F Batts of Stantonsburg North Carolina credits Mantone with transforming his health and weight after indigestion and back pains left him unable to eat. Three weeks after starting Mantone he gained 20 pounds and reports perfect digestion, better sleep, and renewed energy. Mantone is sold by local druggists in the area.
State of South Carolina Dillon County court summons to Julia L Collins. Complaint filed April 24 1918 at Dillom County Clerk of Court. Defendants must answer within twenty days after service or risk relief sought by plaintiffs Gibson and Muller.
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