Local social notes and brief public notices
Ming Katherine Hdwards of Hendersonville spent Thursday in town. Many names describe people visiting relatives or spending weekends in Florence Lumberton and Columbia. Auditor Allen notes tax return deadline on the 20th with penalties after. Senator Bethea ill with influenza but recovering to resume duties. Partridge hunting season ends next Saturday under state law. violations to game warden.
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Ming Katherine Hdwards
Hendersonville
Eee Ae
Dillon's Need of a Hotel Demand in Dillon
Watson S Duncan appeals to Dillon and county residents to fund a new hotel. He argues the existing hotel and boarding houses turn away travelers, especially business visitors arriving by train. He suggests a $50,000 hotel built by about fifty investors who earn a reasonable return and boost public welfare, offering to help organize a committee and channel support.
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Dillon Herald
Tam
Dillon
Watson
Duncan
Local Resident Reports Stolen Horse and Buggy
R R Jackson of two miles from town reports the loss of a five year old roughly thousand pound Hackney horse with a rubbed flank marking and a rubber tired buggy two weeks ago. He offers a liberal reward for the return or information leading to recovery.
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R. R. Jackson
Jackson
Money cannot buy happiness says Frick in final reflections
A historical reminiscence details Henry C. Frick confessing he would exchange wealth for his friend's life of popular joy and friendships rather than cold calculating money making. It notes ultrarich regrets echoed in Forbes Magazine about business dominating life and love, leading to a tragic late awakening.
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Henry C. Frick
Fig
Mr. Frick
Forbes Magazine
Local Legion Post moves to new upstairs club rooms
The Local Post of the American Legion met February 4 and secured upstairs club rooms in the McLellan Building with occupancy aimed for the next regular meeting in March. About twenty new members applied, more expected daily. The Red Cross tendered a post banquet, date to be set, and a local business man offered to pay one month’s rent annually. Ex‑service men urged to submit applications to the Adjutant promptly. W. W. Thompson, Adjutant.
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The
American Legion
McLellan
E. L. Moore
Red Cross Inas
W. W. Thompson
Dillon County Fair Planned With Expanded Grounds
A Dillon County Fair Association, chartered a year ago with 10000 capital, has acquired five and a half more acres near Dillon to host a county fair. Dr. David will oversee the fair and committees while Mrs. Jno Hargrove leads Domestic Art exhibits. Secretary A. P. Bethea urges capital increases for buildings and improvements to ensure a first class event.
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Dillon County
Dillon County Fair Association
Bank of Dillon
Dillon
J. P. McLaurin
David
Jno. Hargrove
A. P. Bethea
Mule team sinks under bridge in river accident
A pair of mules owned by R S Moore of Fork fell through Huggins Bridge while hitched to a two horse wagon. The animals were bruised and scratched but escaped the current. The colored driver nearly drowned when his foot slipped from the swingle tree. Bridge condition is blamed.
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R. S. Moore
Fork
Huggins’ Bridge
Resolutions and Reflections on Life and Libraries
A scattered reflections piece blends poetry, health musings, philosophy, and anecdotes. It notes the flu’s social effects, contrasts Stoicism with faith in God, and recalls a boll weevil resolutions joke. It reports Seaboard Air Line Free Traveling Libraries’ continued operation after a former superintendent’s death and expanded access via Rose Hill Plantation and Hamlet, with gifts from the American Library Association boosting capacity.
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Sind
C. S
Pee Dee
Seaboard Air Line
Eugene B. Heard
J. ¥. Swift
Rose Hill Plantation
Middleton
Hamlet
N. C
D. W Glover
Seaboard
J. Y. Swift
American Library Association
One Carload Better Phone Your Order
A fragmented notice mentions Sheetrock wall board and a sales push. It highlights Robinsons Automobile and Tractor Oils and Greases and Paint Oils as part of an advertisement urging immediate orders.
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Robinsons Automobile and Tractor
Death of Capt William T Evans prominent Marion citizen
Capt William Thomas Evans longtime Marion resident and former Marion County sheriff died suddenly at his home north of Marion in his 82nd year. A Confederate veteran who served at Appomattox and a son of Gen William Evans, he married Lacey Stith of Wilson and had one deceased child and two grandchildren. Survived by sister Elisa J Evans, he was praised as a popular, diligent public servant and will be buried tomorrow at the First Methodist church cemetery in Marion.
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Marion
William Thomas Evans
Capt. Evans
William Evans
Thomas E. Gregg
Marion County
Appomatox
Lee
Lacey Stith
Wilson
N. C
H. I. Gasque
William Evans Gasque
M. M. Platt
Sumter
Captain Evans
Elisa J. Evans
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E. J. Price
J. A. Hursey
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Floydale
O— Herbert Reaves
Atlanta
Frank Blackwell
W. Murchion
W. W. Hursey
Charlotte
Mary, Kate and
Marguerite Easterling
Carolina
D. B. Dinnis
Columbia
O Minam
Graham Watson
Lata
J. D. Cobb
I Dexter Evans
University of South Carolina
Wade Stackhouse
Bruce’ Sellers
Steed Stackhouse
J. L. Watson
Margaret Melvin
E. W. Watson
Mattie Hamer
Annie and
Elizabeth Henegan
Dr. N.N. Schofield
Cavion Carmichael
Wiliam Bailey
Migs Dorothy
D. L. Moore
Etpemce Mrafiruce
Birminghan
Als
Mrs. Wadehouse
Carrolt Hare of
J. D. Hargrove
Joy Cabell Davis
Florida
Mr. W. M. Hamer
Hamer
Orlando
Allen
Bethea
All Senate
American Legion News
Illon
River
David Fass
Mrs. Johnson
Nina Alford
Lehigh
Portlang Cement
Vulcanite Roofing Co's
Commodities
Kings
Dixie Castings
Avery
Washington
W. T. Evans
Ed. Moore
Bennett-Hedgpeth Co
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