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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
1
Early returns show Polloge's sweeping win as the Reform or Blease ticket is crushed. Arnold defeats Richardson and Harrison Whits, signaling a decline of Bleaseism. Osborne leads Elmore for comptroller. Nichola slight lead over Bomar in the Fourth District.
Veteran instructors at the Royal Air Force and British air schools in England assert flying is increasingly safe. They note casualties in training are not higher than other services, citing long experience and developments in aircraft structure that cushion crashes.
Fair Bluff on September 7 reports farmers thriving after tobacco sales, with cotton and other crops expected to grow wealth, while a town cleanup campaign reshapes streets with river mud. Dry heat harmed cotton, corn, and sweet potatoes, and locals fret over health and a missing doctor as Dr. A. R. Floyd is hospitalized with a malignant carbuncle.
The City Council passed an ordinance requiring all able bodied men ages 45 to 55 to perform 50 hours of work weekly. It urges extending duties to women and suggests raiding squads to enforce the plan, targeting weekend gatherings of nearby residents and vice activities. Church notices at Main Street Methodist include sermons and services for Sunday.
Sergeant William G. Miller, son of Mr. Big Miller of Floy dale, is listed among those seriously wounded in yesterday’s casualty list. A regular army enlistee for about four years, he went over with General Pershing after the United States entered the war and has seen heavy fighting. The report does not specify how or where he was wounded.
The second primary passed quietly last Tuesday with county races drawing little turnout. Bethea narrowly won the county senatorial contest by 29 votes, and Hayes claimed the District No 2 commissioner post by over 100 votes. State results show Lock ahead of Peeples for the U S Senate short term while Weill defeats Sapp for attorney general. Ginners must secure licenses or face penalties, per Co. Food Administrator Joe Cabell Davis.
The Dillon County Local Board announces a new rule requiring a daily regular session from 10 to 11 a.m. to handle all draft matters. No board member will discuss draft issues outside these hours, and the public is urged to comply. A. B. Jordan chairs the board with members Bethea Michaux and others.
A Missive lists August 1918 registrants whose cards are held by the Dillon County Local Board. Names and addresses span Dillon Lake View Latta Fork Mallory Work Hamer and surrounding areas, with color codes and serial numbers attached, reflecting the board’s order of muster for military service. The document is signed by Local Board Dillon County officers and dated September 1915.
The column lists residents visiting relatives in Hemmingway Orangeburg Lamar and Hopewell Virginia. It notes Mrs F M Edwards visiting Hemmingway, Mrs Frank Rogers with her mother at Orangeburg, Mr J T McQueen on a business trip to Southport NC, Mr H P Dubois returning from Lamar, and Miss Emmie Stanton visiting. It also mentions school opening next week with a matriculation fee of 3 dollars and cards available at the post office.
The War Industries Board has ordered all subscriptions in arrears as of October 1 to be discontinued. The Herald uses cash in advance and will revise rates weekly after October 1. Subscriptions will be canceled at expiration. readers urged to renew before expiration to support the paper.
Private Alt of the 30th Division writes from France to his wife Mrs. R B Alt formerly Miss Mattie Haselden teaching in Greenville. He expresses happiness at her letters, asks about her teaching, recalls memories near Swansea, asks for news, and urges prayer and letter writing while promising to return someday. He notes life overseas and asks her not to worry.
The Local Exemption Board will hold regular hours every morning at 10 o'clock for all selective draft business. Protests petitions and complaints must be discussed only at these meetings. The public is asked to refrain from discussing draft matters with individual board members outside the scheduled sessions.
The Rebecca Pickens Thagter chapter met with Mrs. J B Gibsch Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. T W Bethea presiding. Delegates to the D A R State Conference in Cheraw were elected, noting plans to support a French chicken farm project for those unfit for other work. Several papers were read and refreshments served.
Dillon High announces new courses for 1918 19 including Agriculture Farm Crops taught by Prof Pressley with home plot projects and shop work. He will also supervise instruction in Fork Minturn Hamer and Little Rock rural schools plus Dillon as central. A Commercial typewriting and shorthand course led by Miss Mae Edenfield will run with a nominal 2.00 monthly fee and a town class to meet wartime demand. six ladies currently enroll with nine classes planned.
Mr and Mrs A N Coppedge mourn the death of their 14 month old son David Marion who died last Wednesday night after a brief meal. The body was taken to Springs North Carolina, the former home of the parents, where the child was laid to rest.
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