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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
3
A patriotic appeal argues reading changes lives and society. It urges teaching all adults to read, links literacy to personal freedom, and highlights the costs and responsibilities of boosting cotton production and global clothing supply. References New Orleans events and Prohibition era concerns.
W. W. Morrison discusses acreage projections and rising production costs for cotton. He notes that even with modest yield gains per acre, expanding acreage drives costs higher, estimating a requirement of about fifteen million bales and a potential crop on roughly 3,000,000 acres given certain lint yields.
The New York Herald reports a flood of whiskey leaving New York for Cuba and elsewhere as the United Fruit steamship Plainfield loads 14 000 cases from Green River Distillery Kentucky for Havana storage. Government revenue taxes amount to 268 800. Cars packed with liquor await a Supreme Court decision before dawn while guards watch the seaboard.
Notice states Mrs. Jennie Watson as administratrix of Leslie Watson’s estate requests final discharge. Hearing set for Thursday January 30 1920 at 11 a m before Judge Joe Cabell Davis. Creditors urged to file claims by 11 o’clock that morning or be barred from recovery. The passage also carries unrelated agricultural advertising text about Indiana Farm Truck tires and pneumatic tires, describing benefits and marketing details.
Ford sedan for sale in good condition offered by J Earle Bethea. Contact 1127 tf for details and price.
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