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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
4
A moral exhortation urges the unemployed to use their inherent capital of health hands and skills to work hard. It condemns idleness and credit schemes and promotes taking any early job, doing it well, and wisely managing God given resources to gain wealth and security. The speaker warns against hoping for cash riches and vagabond ways.
A series of declarations from W H Dorrill James F Detyens Walter H Wells and T S Sessions announce candidacies for Auditor Treasurer Solicitor Coroner in Georgetown County. Each pledges to abide by primary results and to serve if elected. The notices reflect Confederate veteran rhetoric and county political hopes.
Rev S A Coffman a 50 year old Methodist Episcopal clergyman fatally cuts his wife 83 in Crosstown near Fairmont after finishing a revival service. He surrendered after saying he was temporarily insane and regained his senses. The couple lived in Crosstown where the clergyman led local churches.
A man seized a poker and struck Mrs. Coffman on the head after a struggle she fled to a rear garden pursued by her husband. He caught her again and with a knife cut her throat from ear to ear, causing instant death. The Rev. Mr. Coffman later said his sanity was restored when he saw his wife dead.
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