Dillon on Route Promoters Eye Charlotte to Wilmington Highway
An article by Charles T. O Ferrall in the Charlotte newspaper highlights Dillon as a key waypoint on a planned Charlotte to Wilmington auto highway. A test run showed 133 miles in just over six hours, with favorable road conditions toward Monroe and noted improvements needed between Monroe Chesterfield and Chadbourn. Dillon aims to attract the project as three neighboring counties already back the route and Marlboro County plans good roads bonds. The Herald promises further coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. T. O'Ferrall
Charlotte
Wilmington
Dillon
Bennettsville
Chadbourn
The
Herald
Monroe
N. C
Chesterfield
Marlboro
Uderstood
Robeson
Wilmingto
Fertilizer Plant Boom Reported in Southern States
New York reports three fertilizer plants to be built by American Chemical Co within a year. Savannah Georgia will receive one on 70 acres with completion targeted for 1911. Wilmington North Carolina and Columbia North Carolina also receive plants. Total cost near 1 million dollars. Company shows strong working capital, suggesting no new financing required.
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New York
American Chemical
American Agricultural Chemical Co
Lkely
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Cain
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Difficult to Destroy Larcery Bell Weeril and Experts
Fragmentary text references a United States study on death in the South and a brown-tall moth, with mentions of Dr How kis and Orleans. The readable portions are too fragmentary to establish a clear event or factual outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Howkis
Orleans
Bride of The Sha buried in Gulf of Mexico
Ma Jerie Miller eighteen daughter of Dean Walter Miller Tulane University drowned while bathing near Tallulah Falls Georgia where she spent the summer Her body held on her father’s return from Europe and given to the ocean per her request A steel coffin weighed and carried out to sea with a simple ceremony
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New Orleans
Jerie Miller
Dean Walter Miller
Tulane University
Gulf of Mexico
Tallulah Fills
Europe
Miss Miller
Remarkable Turnaround in Thompson Fine Cotton Farm
Mr Thompson’s plantation near town transformed from a failed year to a banner cotton harvest. After rains and pests, wet weather worms and then good weather boosted yields to around 2000 pounds per acre on some fields. Thompson now owns 1600 acres, with potential total returns well above earlier values. The piece notes land values rising and questions why lands are high in Dillon county.
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Mr. J
Mike Tuck
Thompson
Pistos and Whiskey Trigger Disturbance in Hamer Shootout
A shooting at Hamer involving Dave Arch McDonald and Bob Harllee ends with McDonald gravely wounded in the abdomen. The incident follows whiskey-fueled unrest among local Black residents. Harllee fled and was not captured. Also noted are details of a wedding in Mullins between Stephen Hethen and Miss Peart Sellers Norton with attendants and bridal party descriptions.
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Hamer
Dave Arch McDonald
Bob Harllee
McDonald
Iillon
Fayetteville
acDonald
John Brown
Hob Harllee
Harklee
Brown
Elene Norton
J. Lb. Daniel
Maid of Honjer
Cay
John GC. Sellers
Columbia College
D. Mel. Bethea
Dillon County
Citadel
Man Finds Stranger Finishes House On His Lot
Thomas Brush of Cheyeis Wye discovers a stranger completed a house on his Park addition lot after his funds ran short. He left to work elsewhere and returned to find the structure nearly done. After verifying his deed and consulting a lawyer he learns the property is not his and orders the work stopped. The stranger then claims responsibility for the finishing touches.
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Thomas Brush
Cheyeis
Wye
Bruch
Park
Gret
Aruah
Johnston youths charged in Greenville postal case
Charlie Powell age 18 and Dale Walker about 21, of Johnston, charged with violation of U S postal laws and to appear before the United States court in Greenville on the 18th. Jules Walker named as the mail thief. Powell opened a letter. Preliminary trial moved to Edgefield because of witness absence. Jake Walker jailed. Powell on bond awaiting Edgefield trial Monday.
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T. Court
Greenville
Johnston
Charlie Powell
Row
Powell
Phinter
Dale Walker
United States Court
Jules Walker
Charlie
Hudgins
Edgefield
Jake Walker
Mr. Powell
Young
Second Wife’s Divorce Case Rocks GHC Saga
A complex divorce tale centers on GHC and the Beepekee of the Spector, with Mrs Edward M Steck recounting a tormented life. The London based Dodge family figures, detailing a second marriage to a multi millionaire, a sapphire necklace and a strained union amid alleged spiritual demands and estrangement. The entering bride’s flight to the U S ends in seclusion as reports of the couple’s rift surface.
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Spector
Edward M. Steck
Helen Louise Dodie
Wintense Lodge
London
Steck
Hodge
Walter Phelps Dodge
Bork
Syria
Teally
Des Equesteieune
Edinburgh
Ethel B Coles
Sul
Iudab
Dodge
England
New York
Ape
Nuslcal Company
Cie
Hing
Sherry's
Thei
Lodge
Sind
Wien Deckeras
Atorney
Two White Men Shot Near Nebo by Beady Ammons
Aleck Watson and Lee Mellvain were wounded by Beady Ammons near Nebo, about 20 miles south of Marion. An eyewitness old negro man reports a buggy pair ahead, Ammons fired from his home with a shotgun, leaving Watson fatally hurt and Mellvain injured. The shooters are known in Marion. motive unknown.
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Aleck Watson
Lee Mellviin
Beady Williams
Nebo
Marion
Get
Lee Mellvain
Beady Ammons
Waison
Maid
Mellvain Mets
Morlon
Ammono
Ammons
Bracey Morris Chair Awarded to Mrs Rogery Rogers
A holiday contest page lists prizes including first prize of 400 and a durable chair. Mrs J Monroe Rogers topped the vote tally with 0 475 votes from Sept 27 to Oct TV period, leading Miss Wilhel McBachern of Hamer in votes. The feature discusses subscription drives, contest structure, and regional participants across Hamer and Bingham with many named contributors and sponsors.
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Hanus
Woc Bravey
J. Monroe Rogers
Wihel McBachern
Hamer
Wis
MeEachern
Gerber
Tony
Tim
Misa Ethel MedKachern
Cain
Misa MaEachern
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Ies
EB. Watson
Florence
Columbia
State House
Marion County
American Chemical Company
Bride OF ‘the Sha
Mexico
Norton-Rethen
Bracey Morris
Mrs
Rogery
Lewis Plow
D. H. McEatern
Lewis
Durhany
Cortit
Mayelle Parkin
Bing
Boi Os
Mrn
Clydu Parham
Nancy McLeod
Bingham
Fourminte
Cone
Mikroe Rogers
Mia
Taher
Annabelle Stanton
Lilli Peterkin
Mies
Danhar
Mary Barnes
Mary Spewnt Bethe
Pauline Fore
Lannie Stephens
O'Ferrall
Ada Sain
Minnie Playd
Danuta
Ada Hayes
Estelle Ellerbe
Hope Manning
Baker
Jane Berry
Thelma Brown
Daisy Edwards
Mamie Brady
Gary Evans
Inez McLaurin
Kate Covington
Carrie Baker
Ypraton
Sully Lupo
Mise Pearl Kilwaras
Fark
Gra Rogers
Mugele Melvin
Corey Nettles
Miah
Virgie Brite
Mish Minte Sherwood
Mian Batt Rothen
Hingham
May Belle Parks
Misa May Ivey
Eastern Star
Mise
Ida Currie
R. R Thabar
Gladys Stackhouse
Marietta N.C
Ducie Watson
Mallory
Hesxie McLiowell
Dudson
Kate Wright
Kemper
Leste Robbins
Messrs
W. T. S Hethea
Dion
N. H. Spru
L. Moore & Co
Rufus M. Edwarde
Bank of Little Reck
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