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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
4
The Dillon Herald outlines subscription, advertising, and communications policies. It discusses pricing, advance payments, and the paper’s official county role, while lamenting tax treatment and praising independence for community service.
In Dillon on September 7 1941 a call is made for a county fair to rival others in the state. The piece argues fairs unite residents for county welfare, crop culture ideas, and stock breeding discussions, noting Dillon as a leading agricultural county yet lacking a fair.
An editorial note lauds Editor Wilson and the Fairmont Messenger for its milestone of ten pages in a week. It cites broader praise from a newspaper executive about North and South Carolina weekly papers and credits strong advertising with Myrtle Beach Hotel’s growth. The piece urges merchants to use careful advertising with steady effort for better returns.
Senator Manning offers g25 to the largest Red Shirts company sent from Dillon county. The piece recalls stir of the seventies when Old Marion and free strong counties organized large companies. Many former members likely reside in Dillon and a reunion could honor the county’s history. The Herald hopes for active effort to unite old companies.
Residents voice concern as several exchange men protest city fee payments. Officials defend the charges as necessary for services, while opponents call for reform. Authorities say the fees fund essential programs and infrastructure. Community leaders urge dialogue and orderly steps to resolve the dispute.
Atlanta Sept 2 seventy five years ago Georgia decided to build a railroad now owning property worth over 20 million dollars and earning more than 400 thousand annually in rent with net yearly earnings of 1 022 368 25 dollars. The 137 mile Western and Atlantic Railroad faced panics and obstruction but was completed to Chattanooga in 1851 at a cost of 4 million. The road operated by the state until 1870 then leased for 300 thousand a year, netting 5.9 million on expiry. later the property passed to the Noahville Chattanooga and St Louis Railway on a bid of 400 012 per year.
The article explains that Chinese writing uses about fifty thousand characters, far more than any typewriter can accommodate, leaving China without a native typewriter system. Yet many Chinese embrace foreign languages and typewriters are increasingly used in banks offices and by merchants and missionaries.
In Frankfort Ky on August 26 a large funeral was held for Major Father Ma the bier entered shortly after noon. Bishop Maes delivered the sermon profiling Father Ma do s career as a hay welder and priest. He noted Mother Major s steadfastness to his principles and his bonds with Confederate soldiers who supported him before and after ordination.
Father Major relayed that near war’s end in Canada five Confederate agents planned to kidnap Lincoln. One was executed on Good Friday after a suspected spy was captured. Booth allegedly pleaded for a pardon but Lincoln’s reprieve never reached the proper officer, fueling Booth’s fury and his later assassination at Ford’s Theatre.
In New York, Daniel Garrison Jr of a prominent St. Louis family shot himself at the Waldorf Astoria while awaiting his fiancée Mary back from Europe. He left notes to his father citing illness, and another to his fiancée urging optimism. The fiancé’s identity was disclosed. the Garrison family is reported as among St. Louis’s wealthiest.
Notices from Dillon County South Carolina include claims against Martha Jane Jackson estate due by October 6 1911 under Master Dillon County notice. alien hardware and furniture company stock subscription opening Sept 8 1911 at 11am with capital five thousand dollars. probate court notice for Mary H Sheppard estate letters of administration granted only if no objections by Sept 15 1911 at 10am. all notices dated Aug 30 1911.
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