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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
4
The Dillon Herald urges county supervisors to ensure roads are in excellent condition before farmers begin hauling cotton. The note argues better roads will aid cotton handling and transport, urging timely action by road overseers and improved infrastructure ahead of harvest season.
Rumors whirl around the 6th congressional district as candidates emerge against incumbent Ellerbe. Names linked include J M Speares of Darlington T I Rogers of Marlboro D A Spivey of Horry and J W Ragsdale of Florence with Georgetown and Williamsburg possible entrants. Campaigns see a lively, long lead time ahead.
The Marion Star reports the New County movement persists amid controversy with citizens urged to stay informed. Judge Solomon A Bethea, known for beef trust prosecutions, dies in Chicago. The piece links Bethea to a Dixon Alabama birth in 1852 and hints at Be th ea kin lineage.
The article traces the Bethea family lineage from an early pioneer who left a son across the mountains and never returned. It notes Judge Bethea as a descendant, highlighting his service in the Illinois legislature, a term as mayor of Dixon, and his 1899 appointment as district attorney of northern Illinois by McKinley, followed by a 1905 appointment as United States district judge by Roosevelt.
A village barroom scene features a lion tamer and a plowboy. The tamer boasts ignoring fear while eyeing animals in a cave. The yokel steps forward and lands a punch on the tamer’s nose, silencing the confrontation.
Lake Charles dispatch details the deadly and loathsome charbon disease, long afflicting cattle in Louisiana and now attacking people. Eight residents in Leesburg Cameron parish are under treatment with no deaths yet. The germ enters through skin abrading, multiplies, and can lead to cancerous growth and blood poisoning.
M Mohlenbrock mayor of Campbell Hill Illinois mill owner banker and real estate man dropped his wallet containing 25000 in money and negotiable papers at Murphysboro Frank Will a youth employed by Mobile and Ohio railroad found the wallet and returned it Mohlenbrock rewarded the honest boy with a ten cent piece The wallet was missing until Will notified him by telephone after finding it in a car
A Norfolk and Western conductor relays a vivid incident at New Bern coal chute where a Black woman ran toward the standing train amid a tense moment. The Raleigh Evening Times notes the tale as a remarkable story vouched for by the newspaper.
In Hinnant, a mother cried that her child was dying as a train prepared to depart. Reports say the child swallowed a tiny flounder after picking it up, and despite frantic efforts by the mother and first responders, the fish remained wedged in the throat. the child died in the mother's arms.
A tour guide in Paris shows a Yankee tourist the tomb of Napoleon with a steel receptacle, a leaden casket, and a mahogany coffin inside a massive sarcophagus. The tourist quips that if Napoleon ever escapes, he should cable him at his expense.
Mrs Henry Earley of Dillon says her constant backache and kidney pain vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Evan's Pharmacy. She reports immediate relief and no further backache or kidney trouble since, endorsing the product and urging others to remember the name. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold for 50 cents by dealers nationwide.
Notice warns that depositing refuse on the lands will be treated as trespass and violators will be punished. Dated June 1, 1909.
A collage of 1910s era ads and notices lists life insurance lending, real estate lending, jewelers Johnson and Davis, tax and legal blanks, catalogues, fly deterrents, magazines, furniture from Vaughn, paper products, matting, and wicker chairs. Race promotions for Cheraw, lime barrels, typewriter ribbons, and an ice cream supper at a Presbyterian church. Lost muffler reward, piano music, and salesmen wanted.
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