Mystery in Sampit murder aboard Clyde steamer
A white man found dead in the Sampit River is linked to a Newark woman and a Civil War veteran. A companion, Hiram Newman, claims the missing man joined the voyage from Georgetown to Wilmington but did not reboard. Coroner's verdict: death by drowning amid suspicions of robbery and strangulation. a sailor rowboat disturbance was reported near the Clyde steamer before departure.
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Sampit River
Hale
Clyde
Navahoe
Morrison
Newark
N.J
Wilmington
N. C
Georgetown
Harvest Moon
Farragut
Winyah Bay
Hiram Newman
Rosemary
New York
Burroughs
Armed citizens surround alleged slavers in Bluefield chase
A mob traces Simon Blankenship and two sons after a Buchanan County Virginia murder. bloodhounds lead from a burned Hurley room to the house. the three men resist, claim alibi, and await a preliminary hearing as Clyde Line officials note nothing to identify them. An Agnes Johnson memo and a Philadelphia celebration program are found.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Simon Blankenship
Buchanan County
Virginia
Betty’’ Justis
Inlaw
Hurley
Blankenship
Blackey
Commonwealth
Clyde Line
Agnes W. Johnson
Thirty-ninth Street
Albert
Philadelphia
Morrison
Orangeburg Times
Democrat
Farnum case heads to jury as defenses abstain
Columbia September 24 The Farnum case goes to the jury late in the afternoon session Col Nelson indicated he would call defense witnesses but later decided no further evidence was needed Speeches began with Stevenson for the State Cochran and Hagood for the defense Lyon and Abney for the State and Nelson closing for the defense Two and a half hours were allotted for each side.
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Columbia
Farnum
Col
Nelson
Stevenson
Cochran
Hagood
Lyon and
Abney
Recorder’s Court Deals In Fight Charges And Copper Theft
Police dragnet reports Johnnie Barnes and Joe Brown charged with fighting with bonds set at 10 and 5 dollars. John Avery, known as the bottle snatcher, arrested in Newtown on a warrant for stealing copper wire from Mr. Fruitcher at the ice plant. Fifteen cows and calves are in the city pound. owners urged to redeem their cattle.
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Shuford
Recorder's Court
Johnnie Barnes
Joe Brown
John Avery
Newtown
Fruitcher
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble
A classic advertorial note how diseased kidneys drain life and cause pain. It claims Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney and bladder trouble, with a Georgetown South Carolina user testimonial and price of 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is the U S sole agent. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Greater Georgetown
G. W. Watts
Front St
Georgetown
S.C
Dean’s
Iseman Drug Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Hygiene and Illumination and Electric Lighting Ad
The electric light is the only illuminant not hygienically condemned as other lights vitiate the air and raise diphtheria and tuberculosis risk. Electric lights are cooler, quieter, safe, efficient, cheaper, and labor saving. Electrical Contracting & Supply Co offers home wiring services. Phone 66, 203 Front Street.
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Electrical Contracting & Supply Company
Front Street
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Sampit
Mountaineer
Farnum’s
Dunmore
Des P. O
Georget
Signer and Builder
Phenix Furniture Co
J. Schwartz
Georgetown,s.c
Atlantic
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