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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
1
Letters from residents discuss election ethics, money in campaigns, and calls for honest voting practices. The piece argues for an Australian ballot system to curb hired workers and dishonorable influence. Also notes Oak Grove school opening October 14 with teachers from Liberty Hill and Dillon, plus area annexations and local cotton harvesting progress.
Washington dispatch outlines War Department provisions to keep food production steady. Each district board will have three advisers on agriculture labor and other occupations to guide deferment decisions, forecast regional farm labor needs, and assist with claims for deferred classification. They may review records, advise boards, and urge employers to file deferment claims for essential workers.
The Local Board for Dillon County announces a rule requiring regular sessions every weekday from 10 to 11 a m to handle all draft matters. Board members will not discuss draft issues outside these hours, and the public should not seek information elsewhere.
In Aiken on September 21 a soldier, Sergeant John J. Murphy, on furlough, and his wife Lotisi Richardson, daughter of Spann Holley, reportedly killed themselves while hunting near their home. They sat on a ledge, the wife shot herself in the mouth, the husband fired his rifle, both dying side by side. Murphy had been stationed at Camp Wheeler and planned to depart overseas. the couple had professed they would never part.
An eyewitness account from Captain Paul Dowsher describes a British seaplane attack off the Belgian coast near Zeebrugge that destroyed a German destroyer. The attack followed sightings of six destroyers, with multiple bombs and a direct hit leaving the target in smoke.
Notice announces the Fall Term Court Common Pleas for Dillon County convening October 8. It urges workers to consider military service and to truthfully state deferment details, emphasizing keeping essential industry and agriculture functioning to ensure food supply and wartime victory.
List of late registrants with veteran numbers and locations such as Latta Dillon Ham ers Hamer Lake View Little Rock and Playdale. Names include David Barr John Henry McKenzie Lewis Edwards Stephen Bushell Rawls Lorenza Fore Cordis Bradley Jordan Robert Lane Robert Lacy Jackson Willie Norris Edmond Alford Janper Dow John Dewy Freeman Julius Rogers Neil Hodge Cornelious Bethea Prince McMillan Daniel McCall Curtis Campbell William Stackhouse Lexie Smith Luther Smith Crapple McCurry Richard Hyatt John Page Thomas Jackson with color and white designations appear throughout.
In France on Sept 23 soldiers describe shelling as worse than bombing with shells bringing repeated danger. They admit nerves rise with desultory fire, seek shelter, and act bravest in bed under blankets. Lieut David Monroe of Marion reports death notice was mistaken and sends a message home from France confirming he is alive with repaired shoulder wound and imminent discharge from hospital.
Poem-like verse laments the burdens on William Gibbs McAdoo as he juggles Treasury duties, railroad commissions, income tax work, loan due dates, fund allocations, bond sales, and trust decisions. The speaker notes the relentless weekly tasks taxing his time and temper, yet acknowledges the heavy workload as a linked, cinched duty.
Washington Sept 24 The one national lottery will determine the order of call for 13,000,000 men aged 18 to 45 who registered Sept 12 A date was hoped for this week but was dropped to allow boards to correct serial number errors Some 1936 classes may be inducted before the drawing as boards reassign numbers and finalize classifications No drawing date until numbering is completed Five states have yet to report totals likely to exceed 12,778,000 registrations
The genial chautauqua will be held in Dillon October 12 14 and 15 with a big line of new attractions this year Many new features added Get your tickets early and secure good seats Some of America's best talent comes. Lumberton Robesonsen Mesdames L Stanton and Edward Johnson and the latter children Miss Ruby Lee and Wester Edwards of Dillon S C returned home Friday after a visit with Mrs Stanton's sister Mrs F M Hugging Pine Street and their brother Mr T Barnes Mrs Stanton drove the party over in her auto.
In Greenville North Carolina on September 21 a car carrying Seth Corbett Miss Lizzie Corbett Maude Sawyer and Ruby Burch was struck by a Norfolk Southern passenger train at a crossing during rain. Corbett and Sawyer were local students and teacher while Burch survived but seriously hurt.
Col. G G McLaurin and Postma ker Hargrove spent several days in Washington and Baltimore this week. M C Woody of Marion visited the city Sunday. Mayor Thompson is in hospital at Hopkins Hospital.
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