Local Dillon County paper outlines ads and rates
The Dillon county paper describes distribution reach across Dillon county and Eastern Carolina. It lists advertising rates, subscriptions at 1.50 yearly or 0.76 for six months, and other charges for obituaries, cards of thanks, or political content. Subscriptions payable in advance. communications may be rejected without real-name signoff.
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Dillon Iesmid
Dillon County
Carolina
North Carolina
New Year Planting Resolutions Parade in Dillon
Dillon notes claim cheaper cotton as New Year plan, cites New York markets at four dollars per dozen. Mayor Grace vows to fight old regime and seeks dispensary abolition in Charleston. A farmer reports 210 bushels of corn per acre with $140 net profit, while historic claims about corn profitability and a Raleigh man growing black cotton or blue crops are mentioned.
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Grace
Charleston
Claude McDonald
Te 16
Raleigh
Questioning South as the most Independent nation
An acre of ordinary land yields 260 to 500 bushels of Sweet potatoes while Scotland ships potatoes to America at wholesale prices for $1 per bushel. This evidence leads to skepticism about the claim that the cotton-producing South is the world’s most independent country.
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Scotland
America
South
Notable figures linked to dispensary tale sparks sequel
Intersat notes Tom Fehler of the dispensary plans a suit over a heralded book about the dispensary crisis that could elevate public figures. If Hub Evans drafts a sequel the publisher may grant him immunity in advance.
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Intersat
Tom Fehler
Hub Evans
Southern farmers reject New York bankers loan offer
Farmers in the South oppose a $50,000,000 financing plan for the cotton crop backed by New York bankers. They argue warehousing is the solution, insisting enough storage would stabilize the market and allow local financing, while noting the plan would mostly benefit New Yorkers. Cotton stands at about $25 per bale globally.
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Reed
New York
Thorn Ie
New Yorker
Mr B L Moore to Plant 15 Acres in Track Next Year
Mr B L Moore plans to plant 15 acres of land in track next year. He states track is no longer an experimental crop and will enter the industry to make money.
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B. L. Moore
Moore begins cabbage farm next to cotton area
Mr. Moore, long active in cotton farming, has hired an expert to run a new cabbage and vegetable enterprise. He aims to ship carload quantities to northern markets, hoping to spark a regional agricultural era and encourage others if successful.
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Moore
Invest in Trucking Alongside Cotton, Farmers Urged
The piece urges farmers to investigate trucking as a cash stream when cotton prices and costs loom. It notes fortunes and losses in trucking, emphasizes income during banker and fertilizer-heavy periods, and advises a balanced mix of truck and cotton rather than all cotton or all truck.
Herald’s Christmas Greeting and 1912 Resolve
The Herald sends readers a merry Christmas and a hopeful New Year. Despite trials, the year offered joys and successes. strong spirits uplift others, while happiness spreads with small acts. The New Year brings retrenchment and reform but also opportunity. approach 1912 with courage, firm resolve, and a ready fight to shape a better year.
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the Herald
Ife
Mnea
Soldier spends two hours in guard house at Fort Riley
Fort Riley Kansas December 16 Sergt Geo Land of the 13th cavalry was marched to the guard house on a murder charge by an insane man he had been ordered to arrest. The mistake was discovered after Land remained in custody for two hours with another sergeant, P C Souter, having been irrational for several days.
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Fort Riley
Kansas
Geo. Land
Calvary
Land
P. C. Souter
Sergt. Land
Maine Battleship Hull Sale Blocked by House Vote
Washington defeats private sale of the Maine hull for exhibit use while the House passes an urgent deficiency bill funding 260000 to finish raising the vessel. Proposals include towing hull sections from Havana to the United States for public show with admission charges, and bidders report near one million dollars in offers. Also notes Dillon county aims to win state and national corn championships amid local pride and a master’s sale of раз deserted Dillon real estate.
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Washington
Maine
United States
Havanna
Florence
Dillon
Maple Cotton Mill stockholders meet on liquidation plan
Notice to Maple Cotton Mill stockholders of a meeting on January 16 1912 at noon to discuss liquidation of the company and sale of assets. Directors previously resolved to liquidate pay debts and distribute any remaining proceeds among stockholders, with Dillon office as meeting site. Wm M Hamer president treasurer and J W Lanford acting secretary sign.
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Maple Cotton
Comppany
Dillon
8. C
Public Auction Of Lot No 1 Block 1 Dillon County
Master in the case of Philip W Be thea before Bruce Williams will sell at public auction in Dillon on January 1 1912 at noon. The real estate lies in Mallory town on Latta Branch east by railroad right of way south by public road and west by the estate road. Terms cash and purchaser to pay costs. Jordan Master Dillon County.
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R. C Watts
Fourth Judicial Circuit
George P. Wilson
Dillon
South Carolina
U. Squires
Little Pee Dee
New Bridge
Little Pee Dee River
RL. Lane
Dar- Ban Street
Twenty-Sixth Avenue
Wade
Will Stackhouse
Alfred Stackhouse
J. M. Johnsoon, Jr
Satie Low
Allen Surles
John Roberts
A. B. Jordan
R. C. Watts
Philip W. Bethea
Bruce & Williams
Court House
Mallory
Latta
Rae Ng
Jordan
Dillon County
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Howse
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Maple Cotton Mill
Board of Directors
Wm. M. Hamer
Treas
JW. Lanford
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