Grand Jury Presentment for Georgetown County 1912 Final Report
The Grand Jury for Georgetown County presents its March term 1912 report. Eleven indictments returned true bills, with committees named for jail roads dispensary courts and schools. Recommendations include prosecuting Isaiah Myers for cruelty to animals and Sheriff J B Johnson to supply jail clothing, plus notice to the Gypsy tribe to leave within 24 hours or face vagrancy arrests. Witnesses listed include P T Sanders and H T Owens.
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Grand Jury
W. H. Conklin
W. H. Palmer
B. Q. Bragdon
J. B. Johnson
Armstrong
Enmitiy Grimmage
Monday Armstrong
P. T. Sanders
H. T
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflammation of the auditory tube and claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure nine of ten cases caused by catarrh. It offers $100 for any deafness case not cured and promotes related Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
New Spring Fashion Sweep in Big Spring Stores
A promotional plea for spring shopping fills pages with calls to refresh home and wardrobe. The piece touts new fabrics and seasonal updates from furniture to hats and embroidery, urging readers to visit local stores as warmer days approach. It highlights global sources of spring goods and ends with a call to action to turn to the ads and prepare for the season.
Stillman Green Credits Dr King’s New Discovery
Five years after doctors gave him two years to live due to consumption Stillman Green of Malachie Col credits Dr King’s New Discovery for saving his life. He says the throat and lung remedy cured his cough and he now works, urging others to take the safe cure with prices 50c and 1.00 and a free trial bottle at all druggists.
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Stillman Green
Malachie
Col
Dr. King
Grazing Crops For the Hogs
Archibald Smith of Clemson College outlines efficient grazing crop systems for hog fattening in the South. He recommends rape, cowpeas, soybeans, peanuts, oats with vetch, and crabber clover bermuda pastures, with fall and winter planting schedules to sustain year round gains. The Dairy Item notes its wide Georgetown readership and offers free Extension Bulletins on Hog Raising.
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Clemson College
South
Archibald Smith
Allen Brothers siege continues in Hillsville chase
Reports from Hillsville Virginia on March 19 describe messenger sightings of the Court House assassins near Floyd Allen's home. The posse and townspeople race into the mountains to trap the gang, now suspected to be in Chestnut Ridge and possibly starving them out as authorities block roads and cross routes.
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Hillsville
Court House
Floyd Allen
Detective Felts
Allen
Carroll County Court House
Chestnut Ridge
Fancy Gap
Allens
Squirrel Spur
Patrick County
Mother of Eight Murdered in Newport News Home
Mrs. Ida Virginia Belote a widow and mother of eight was found murdered at her Creek avenue Hamton home. A 13 year old daughter Harriet discovered the scene blood marked rooms overturned furniture and a brutal struggle ended with blows to the head and a towel forced into her mouth. Police tied the motive to a threatened arrest of Virginia Christian a neighbor for clothing theft and a purse matching the deceased was found on the suspect along with a bloody waist.
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Newport News
Ida Virginia Belote
Creek Avenue
Hamton
Harriet
Judge recites Timrod poem at Gaffney remarks
Judge Ira B. Jones closed his Gaffney appearance with the first three verses of Henry Timrod’s Carolina. Dispatches say the audience greeted the verse with loud applause. The Greenville Piedmont notes the poem has long stirred South Carolinians.
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Ira B. Jones
Gaffney
Henry Timrod
Caroline
Greenville Piedmont
County Board of Equalization Meets March 26 1912
The County Board of Equalization will meet on the fourth Tuesday the 26th day of March 1912. The County Auditor will present property listings from him and township boards of assessors with each member sworn to fairly and impartially equalize real and personal property values as required by law.
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County Board of Equalization
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State of
South Carolina
Georgetown
J. W. DeVore
J.P. Mally
J.D Williams
W. P. Blake
Chas. McConnell
W. W. Munnerlyn
Jas. Powell
S. M. Gladstone
W. B. Arnholter
Fritz’ Young
P. R. Lachicotte
B. O. Bragdon
W. W. Mammerlyn
J. P. Mally
Fritz Young
J.’D. Willams
W. B. Araboltér
P.R. Lachidotte
Tilton
Isaiah Myers
Big Spring
J. R. Hamilton
Sebnitz
Germany
Dunfermline
Scotland
St. Gallen
Alps
Clemson
Axvil
Bermuda
Allen Brothers
Space
Carolina
County Board of
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