Presentments of Grand Jury Sumter Superior Court 1884
The Grand Jury for the April term 1884 issues general presentments praising county officers, and urging economy. They evaluate county finances, recommend reversing funds from fines to court expenses, note increases in total expenditures from 1882 to 1884, and call for roads, public buildings, schools, and officials to comply with inventory and reporting laws. They propose salary stability for the County Court Judge, discuss jail and courthouse repairs, road improvements, and advise better court staffing and use of bailiffs. They publish these presentments in local papers and thank officials for cooperation.
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Gihid
Sumter Superior Court
Towit
Apt
Ségerves
Board of Education
J. H. Black
James E. Bass
A. B. Raiford
N. P
J. P
G. M
D. A. Smal
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Americus
Court House
Justices of the Peace
Grand Jury
Superior Court
Judge Fort
C. B. Hudson
Albritton
Sumter
Americas
Tragic Rindge family tale underscores peril of kidney and liver disease
A Cortland, New York article recounts Clinton Rindge’s suicide after his son William’s grave illness and recovery, followed by warnings about kidney and liver disease and the curative claims of Warner’s Safe Cure. The piece notes emancipation milestones in Cuba and speculates on political fate for the island’s large African descent population.
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America
Cortland
N. Y
Clinton Rindge
Brindge
William
Buffalo
William Rindge
Flend Bright
Onai
William B. Rindge
Warner
Cuba
Antilles
West Indies
Moses and the Ethiopians in Soudan siege tale
An American Hebrew recounts Moses leading Egyptian armies against Ethiopians in the Soudan, using fires and birds to clear serpents, then besieging Saba at Meroe and winning Therbis’s favor, ending in marriage to Mierbis. The account blends biblical geography with legendary romance.
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Moses
Egypt
Memphis
Meroe
Saba
Therbis
Hin
Moses Andd Mierbis
Town’s Strike Aims to Ensure Prime Dry Goods Stock
A speaker notes a strike not for wages or hours but to organize ways and means to keep the town supplied with the largest and best stock of dry goods clothing shoes hats and notions ever shown or offered. He refrains from firing customers and readers by explaining why and how.
Road Travel Tales Reflect Wartime Strain
On the road experiences during the war era reveal hardships of long journeys and concerns over diet and scheduling. Mr W D Franklin recalls risks and frequent travel between eastern merchants, highlighting fatigue and digestive strain amid wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Franklin
Chicago
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