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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1921
Page
3
Early 20th century analysis notes world cotton production outside the U.S. averaging over 7.1 million bales yearly, with 1919 gins, spindles, and imports detailed. It predicts a future where electricity powers heating, cooling, cooking, and home entertainment, reducing coal use and transforming domestic life.
Mr C Fields of Timmersville Enterprise area in South Carolina advocates self sufficiency. For thirteen years he has farmed to raise all family and farm needs, sell rough feed to cover expenses, and keep last year’s cotton crop, while paying off debt and building a prosperous homestead. He emphasizes independence, frugal living, and teaching his sons to work. He avoids tobacco and finances his lifestyle with a small surplus crop strategy.
Brooklyn Eagle overview cites Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz predicting electricity will become so cheap that it will power domestic life and industry. He notes government fire restrictions in cities, citing coal and ash handling as dirty and unsafe. The piece discusses rising costs hindering rapid electrification.
A renewed push for creating a new county with McBee as the seat is underway in Chesterfield. Attorney General Wolfe was asked by Dr. W. E. Williams of McBee for guidance on establishing the new county. The report mentions a prior near-success and notes a violent incident where Crouland cut Nelson with a razor, leaving him fatally wounded. bystanders wrestled the weapons away. Nelson died weeks later after the attack. The text also references professional ties and local origins of involved figures in the upstate legal and social scene.
Marion reports Lucy Nelson a young black man had his throat cut last night near Wise's chapel on the Marion Mullins road around 9 pm by Walter Crosland. The incident marks a violent attack with a reported assailant at large. The case prompts local police investigation and questions about motive and safety in the area.
Mullins Enterprise reports Loris has begun a new newspaper with Jr. Mien Jr. as editor and business manager. The young attorney, Wake Forest graduate with B.A. and LL.B., has established a rising law practice since moving to Loris.
All persons are forbidden to hunt fish or enter the lands without written permission from the undersigned. Violators will be dealt with according to law. Names listed: S D Graham E Page eric P Jones. % 11- St.
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