Torrens land registration urged by Dillon Herald
The Dillon Herald urges South Carolina lawmakers to adopt the Torrens system, citing North Carolina and Virginia debates. It argues the current land registers are unsafe and costly, with repeated title searches and lawyer fees for transfers. A Torrens law would make land titles as negotiable as bank notes and support farmers and credit access. The piece hints at regional progress and local developments, including a new era for Dillon as well as a new county, a railroad, and upcoming electric power from Rockingham.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
General Assembly
United States
Dillon
Rocking
Grand Jurors Drawn for 1909 Cort of General Sessions
Long list of grand and petit jurors drawn for the year 1909 including names such as Wall Eulonia Stalvey Marion Bass Manning Stevenson Ayers Hillsboro Stanley Centenery Goldbold McKerrall Edwards Reaves Fore Hartley Fenegan Page Capps Brown Adama Phillips Lanearson Conoly Baker Moody Hayes Jackson and others. Also notes a local ad promising gun repairs by Salmon Novelty Works in Dillon South Carolina.
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Wall Eulonia
Stalvey Marion
Bass Manning
Stevenson Centenary
Ayers Hillsboro
Stanley Centenery
Goldbold
Marion
McKerrall
Edwards Reaves
Fore Moody
Hartley Kirby
Fenegan
Levi Taylor Reaves
W Nunn Moody
S Braswell
Reaves
Brewer Hillsboro
Rouse Bethea
Hill Hillsboro
Page Kirby J. Walter Capps
LeGette
JC Brown Wahee
Joseph S
Foxworth
Wahee
Henry Waller
Austin Hamilton Manning
White
Hayes Harleesville
Adama
Conoly Reaves
Baker Moody
Collins Reaves
Larimore
McInnis
Harleesville
Brittons Neck Centenery
McLaurin Harleesville
Watson Manning Murry Hayes Manning
Atkinson Kirby
Jackson Manning
Ham Shoals Plan Aims To Grow City Significantly
The speaker urges residents to support a combined project called Ham Shoals, forecasting a threefold rise in population and property values as new additions boost the city’s growth.
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Ham Shoals
Fashion and politics blend in Washington letter
The column muses on fashion's power and who makes the styles while noting a shift from sheath gowns to modern silhouettes. It touches on dressmakers, consumers, and the economic pull behind trends, then shifts to a Japan California incident, divorce trends since 1900, kindergarten decline, and a joking note about an ex president in a circus.
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Paris
United States
Devine
Taft Smile Quiz Sparks Public Curiosity
The public debates whether Taft’s famed smile can fade as political currents shift. A sharp comment suggests that even a strong persona may yield to evolving public opinion and events.
March 1913 Challenge to Mendace White House Smile
The text notes that in March 1913 a president will face a harder task to show a smile than to remove one, reflecting expectations about public demeanor and political pressures at the White House during that era.
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White House
Death of Mrs Bethea at 78 in Mississippi home
Mrs Mary Jane Bethea died at 6 pm Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs M G Bethea after influenza weakened heart. She was 78, born in Shubuta Mississippi, lived with her daughter for three months, and previously married to Mr William Bethea. She was stepmother to the late Dr J F Bethea and had suffered a fall two years earlier, fracturing a limb. Her remains were sent to Mississippi with Mrs M G Bethea and another daughter for burial.
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Mary Jane Bethea
M. G. Bethea
Bethea
Shubuta
Miss
Riage
Wm. Bethea
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Iran
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Mclaurin Building
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Designer
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Deleater
Herald Book Store
J. P. McLaurin
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