Olde Tyme Fiddlers Convention Set for May 8 9 at Armory Opera House
Georgetown hosts the We Olde Tyme Fiddlers Convention on May 8 and 9 at the Armory Opera House. Fifty local citizens perform Olde Tyme tunes such as Arkansas Traveler and Devil's Dream. Prizes of 5 for best adult fiddler 2 for best child fiddler 3 for best banjo picker. Open to ladies and gentlemen with names due at Iseman Drug Store. Admission 25 cents, reserve seats 35 cents. Doors 7:30 performance 8:30.
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Olde Tyme Fiddlers
Armory Opera House
Georgetown
Arkansaw
Richmond Cotillion
Green Mountain
Etz
Iseman Drug Store
Tolands Hanged for Brutal Murder in Lexington
Med and Black Toland, two enslaved men, were executed at Lexington jail for the murder of Mrs. Paul Ellisor in Cause, Kentucky. Brack Toland, aged 17, faced reprieve attempts but Governor Ansel refused to intervene.
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Columbia
Toland
Paul Ellisor
Cause
Lexington County
Lexington
Ellisor
Ansel
Brack Toland
Suicide of Norfolk & Western railroad man in Sumter
Claude Simpson, a section master on the Norfolk and Western Railroad, killed himself in the backyard of his Brandford street home in Sumter between 9 and 10 last night. He fired a single barrel shotgun to the breast, two shots were fired with the first missing.
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Sumter
Claude Simpson
Norfolkweston
Brandford Street
Unnamed Man Dies In Apparent Self Inflicted Shooting
A man about 29 years old, reportedly from the North, died after two gunshot events described as a suicide. His wife witnessed the incident and tried to intervene, removing the weapon twice. The coroner's jury found death by his own action.
Free UDC Scholarships Offer Two South Carolina Grants
The South Carolina Division U DC announces two scholarships usable Sept 1 1908. One covers free tuition and 350 dollars at Teachers College Columbia University for a South Carolina resident who is 20 or older, passes the entrance exam, is a lineal Confederate veteran descendant, and endorsed by a chapter president. The second funds Winthrop College Rock Hill board and tuition 104 dollars, for a 16 year old entrant pledging four years, with a need certificate, preference to daughters of Confederate veterans and soldiers widows, and SC U DC chapter enrolment. Applications due June 15 to Marvy B Poppenheim Charleston.
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South Carolina
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York City
Teacher's College
Daughters of the Confederacy
Winthop College
Rock Hill
S. C
Winthrop
Divivision
U. D.C
Marvy B. Poppenheim
S C. Div
Charleston
Coroner Candidate Declares Candidacy to White Voters
T S Sessions announces seeking the coroner’s office and pledges to abide the primary results. He vows to discharge duties faithfully if elected.
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Georgetown
T.S. Sessions
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Sampson Dunmore
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P. O. Box
Fraser St
F.sallock
Front Street
Sis Front St
Noth
the Bank of Georgetown
State of
County of Georgetown
City Georgetown
Haddock
Cihicavciak
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Inone
George Etown
Georgtown Furniture
Raigade Corpiculare
Agia Ee
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Chaateh
Soninnamphiah
Savgrtisem
Scaiptann
Eboal
J. ° Mead Cycle Company
Chicago, Ill
J.D. Abrams
Farrelly Bros. Stables
J. D. Apraus
Red Store
Hartnett & Day
D. We Crowley
Prottling
Worke
Georgetown, S. C
A.C. L. Gressing and
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Charlotte N.C
Pollock & Gardner
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