This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Notable visitors and local notes pepper Sumter life
A string of arrivals and visits fills Sumter society: Dr H H Duncan from Charleston and M L Smith of Camden arrive, C R Parnell and Phil Lachicotte appear, plus R C Snipes from Aiken and A P Russell of St Stephens. An Electrical Supply Co exhibit touts a ten minute washing machine run by electricity. A shooting incident in Sumter wounds Eugene Petit after an insult before Mrs Petit. Palmetto Club to meet with leadership changes eyed. Lectures by Rev J L Harley on prohibition announced. Fourth of July casualties noted amid debate over patriotic observance. Mrs O J Butts to Hendersonville for summer. W C DuRant dies in Rome at 69. Various classified notices advertise rentals, labor, and sales.
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the Electrical Supply Co