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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a name JOHDAN Borton and a price of $1.50 per year, with garbled surrounding words suggesting a publication or subscription context. No clear event, date, or location can be established from readable portions.
Senator W J Montgomery delivers a tribute praising Dr Carlisle as a towering educator of profound memory and moral purity. He highlights in devotional language Carlisle s disciplined ideals, pastoral influence, and lifelong commitment to teaching young men from 1854 to 1909, urging successors to emulate his integrity and high standards.
A Brunson woman, unmarried and around 35, gave birth to a largely animal like creature resembling an opossum but with unique eyes. The preserved specimen sits in alcohol in Dr J L Folk’s office and will be shown to the State Medical Association for examination.
A Dillon County reader sends a nostalgic year end letter amid town pride and agricultural notes. The piece mentions a free lot won by a 15 year old, local visits, and hopes for sister town parity with Dillon. It also reports Dillon’s third bank opening January 1 with $25,000 capital, joining two loan and trust firms, and a land and improvement firm.
Notice states a sale under an act of the General Assembly to be held on the first Monday in January 1910 at Marton, within the legal sale jail lot and eliciting the property may be sold.
Advertisements from the Herald and Wheeler Hardware Co promote holiday boxes. The Herald Book Store displays hammered brass and china while Latta and Tolar Bros offer land and lot sales on December 22. Promotions highlight cut glass, silverware, neckwear, and wedding gifts alongside prices and locations in Dillon with multiple stores urged for Christmas purchases.
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