Dillon Aims to Bring Auto Highway Through Dillon
Dillon supports a Charlotte to Wilmington auto highway with enthusiasm from Cheraw Little Rock and Fair Bluff. Charters show R C Carson of Charlotte praised road conditions and pledged backing while local leaders promise financial help and town cooperation to route the highway via Bennettsville and Dillon County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Charlotte
Wilmington
R. ©. Carson
Carlotte
Carson
Bennettsville
C. T. O'Ferrall
J. D Manning
L. A. Manning, Jr
J. C. Cottingham
E. L. Moore
C. L. Wheeler
Rowland
Manning
Marlboro
McCall Hotel
Chesterfield
Dillon County
Fair Bluff
Gaddy's
W. J. Adams
A. B. Jordan
Gaddy’s Mil
Robeson
Ashpole
Lumber River
Court House
Powell Supply Company
Mack
Bank of
J. J. Rogers
Fair Bluf
Lake Waccamaw
New York
Atlanta
Cheraw
Barnes
Messrs. EK
L. Moore
A. J. Cc. Cottingham
Lumberton
Little Rock
Trains Crash Near McCormick In Fatal Wreck
A head on collision near McCormick South Carolina killed five train crew and injured ten passengers after train No 3 failed to receive stop orders for Augusta. The wreck destroyed engines and baggage cars with rescuers rushing to the scene and a relief train dispatched from Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
McCormick
Ss. C
Anderson
S. C
Greenwood
McCormick, S
Arizona Rivers
Jim Sprawlers
James Ware
W. F. Acker
Heard Searles
R. L. Hartley
Elberton
A. 8. McNeal
F. S. Hughes
J. G. Stilwell
Augusta-Anderson
Alma Williams
Lorenzo Rivers
Engineer Rivers
Jenny Payne
8. C
Ross Dawson
Peter Lytch
Brawden
C. & W C. Railroad
Auusta
McCormick Land
Foster
Rivero
Lion Tamer Hides From Wife in Cage with Son
Detroit report says lion tamer James Swenson fled his wife after a quarrel at the State fair grounds. He slept all night in a sleeping cage with one of his lions as his child watched. Mrs Swenson later woke him with a tent stake calling him a coward for coming home drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
James Swenson
DIXON'S LEADING MAN DROWNED AT Wrightsville Beach
Robert Barton Pahr, 22, leading man in Tom Dixon on's play The Sins of Father, drowned at Wrightsville Beach while swimming. Four youths and rescuers failed to reach him against a strong undertow. body not recovered as search teams and grappling gear planned for the next day. Pahr, native of Baltimore, played Tom Norton in the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Tom Dixon
Oto
Rooke
Wilmington
N. Y
Robert Barton Pahr
Wrightsville Beach
Pabr
Pahr
Tom Norton
Dixon
Baltimore
Cotton Market and Local News from Bingham
The paper notes a strong cotton market in Bingham with Messrs W Th Steel and W W Parham paying high prices. Community updates include visits, travel to Bennettsville Florence and Timmonsville, circus plans, and a weekly Lewis Plow prize for top voters or subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. OO. Hatchell
Florence
Timmonsville
John Robinson
Bennettsville
H. B. Bethea
M. Peeler
Lee M. Wright
Graniteville
C. M. Peeler
W. W. Parham
W. C. Parham
Latta
Manton Alford
Ernest Parham
Fayetteville
Norwood
Ber Creek
N C
P. Hodges
Bingham
Moordry
Bingham i
W. Th. Steel
W. W Parham
Dem
Bowen and Perritt Wed at Fork Home
Albert Bowen of Hamer married Madge Perritt of Ziom in a ceremony October 16 at Rev. J M Lane's Fork residence. The couple invites lasting prosperity for their future together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Stephens
Bermuda
Dillon County
Shellie
Boyd McKenn
Dr. Buckner
Dillon
Boyd
McKenzie
J M. Lane
Fork
Albert Bowen
Hamer
Madge Perritt
Contest Promises Big Prizes and a Princess Range
The piece outlines prize awards from first to sixth, plus weekly rewards, with First Prize a $400 piano and Second Prize a choice of $200 certificate or $100 Durham buggy. Third Prize a Princess Range or $175 rebate. Fourth to Sixth prizes in rebates or cash, plus a $5 gold piece. The Bank of Dillon adds a $5 gold prize for top voter gains from October 18 to 25, notes new building, urges contest participation, and lists many contestants with vote tallies and donors from Palmetto Hardware Co and Holliday Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliday Co
Palmetto Hardware Co
Dillon Hardware Co
Bank of Dillon
The
Progressive
Main Street
Railroad Avenue
Palmetto Hardware Company
Court House
Monroe Rogers
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Auto Highway
Cheraw, Little Rock and
Fair Blifs
Mr. Carson
Will
Hrowden
Taft Counsin
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Rosa Liberati
Taft
Coweril
C. A. Roach
W. B. Steel
Captain Steel
Kingstree
Lottie Cottingham
Mullins
Princess
C. R. Taber
Anna Belle Stanton
Lillian Peterkin
Ida Dunbar
Dillon Chapter
Eastern Stars
Mary Barnes
Mary Sprunt Bethea
Pauline Fore
Lannie Stephens
Ada Smith
Ethel McEachern
Dora Gaddy
Flora Carmichael
Mack Carmichael
Pennie Culbreath
Sallie Moody
Shellie Stephens
Nora Graham
Page
Omega Rogers
Florie Ford
M. H. McDonald
Madge Powell
Cora Grantham
Pearl Edwards
Ora Rogers
Maggie Melvin
Virgie Britt
Annie Sherwood
Earl Bethea
May Belle Parka
Nancy MelLeod
Cio
May Ivey
Eastern Star
Ida Currie
R. K. Dunbar
Gladys Stackhouse
Marietta N. Co
Docte Watson
Mallory
Bessie McDowell
Judson
Kate Wright
Kemper
Lizzie Robbins
Messrs
W. T. Bethea
N. H. Sprunt
B. L. Moore & Co
J. F. Jones
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