Dillon Views New County Fight in Marion Split
A Dillon report traces a decade of effort to create a new county with Dillon as county seat. It details repeated defeats, surveys showing Marion at 917 square miles, costs borne by local supporters, and the political push including Latta and Woodbury.
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News and Courier
Dillon
Marion County
Marion
Latta
Court House
L. C. Braddy
Shay
Marine
Milline
Braddy
Captain J. A. Peterkin Dead After Long Life of Cotton Seed Fame
Captain J. A. Peterkin, famed for originating the Peterkin cotton seed, died at his Fort Motte home on the 26th. He lived in Marlboro County until 1880, married Ange mora Drake, and left nine children. He built a large fortune through cotton seed and became a leading planter in the state. Mrs. S Peterkin and Miss Lala and Liliisa Peterkin were at his bedside.
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J. A. Peterkin
J. D. Peterkin
Jnc. A. Peterkin
Preston
J. Peterkin
W. G. Peterkin
Meadames
Robert Adams
A. R. Taber, Jr
Capt. Peterkin
S. Peterkin
Lala
Liliisa’ Peterkin
Child survives mill turbine plunge near Red Bluff
Conway February report details a two and a half year old child who slipped from a dam plank into a water mill turbine flow. Avery Todd, father, and mill owner Jabel Hughes acted swiftly. Hughes closed the sluice gate and freed the child, who, despite bruises, had no lasting injuries.
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Conway
Jabel Hughes
Red Bluff
Avery Todd
Todd
Possum on the C N W line halts freight train
Engineer Cain Lynn of the C N W Railroad stopped his freight locomotive when he spotted a large animal on the track. Believing it to be a shoat, he blew the whistle and rang the bell, then along with the fireman drove the animal off the rails. The creature proved to be a twenty six pound possum.
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Cain Lynn
C. and
N.W
Biltmore
Yorkville Inquirer
Ath. of. P. Hall to preserve service
A fragment notes preservation of service at Ath. of. P. Hall with work on first and second rank and a fill attendant requested at 8 o'clock p.m. R&S, A. K. Parham.
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P. Hall
A. K. Parham
Marion County Survey confirms 926 square miles area
Official report by surveyors Lynd T. C. Hamby and E N Beaty states Marion County covers 926.3 square miles under existing lines and that the new county would contain about 397.27 square miles while the old county retains 529.00 square miles. The document, dated February 22, 1909, notes lines do not cut the old county near its courthouse and that the New County meets constitutional area and population thresholds.
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General Assembly
Marion
Marion County
al Dillon
Mace
Surveyors
Towthe
State OF South Carolina
Yous J
Court House of Marion
Masion
Arga
Mario
Marlboro
New
Lynd
T. C. Hamby
E. N. Beaty
Fayetteville tale of a Federal trooper buried by Wade Hampton
An old Fayetteville chronicle recalls a Civil War skirmish near Haymount led by General Wade Hampton. A Federal soldier was reportedly shot and buried near a mill site after Hampton halted a Confederate advance, witnessed by locals on Winslow and Hives streets. The piece includes local notices and millinery ads from Dillon and surrounding counties.
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Walter Watson
Fayetteville
Holt Morg Mill
Wade Hampton
Hampton
Haymount
Winslow
Tance
Bsure
Ham
Ton
Bush Avery
Rhode Taland
Pyler
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New County
County Board of Canvassers
State Board of Canvassers
Governor's Office
Supreme Court
Marlion
Woodbury Township
Woodbury
Horry
Tess
Fort Motte
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