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Newspaper
Marlboro Democrat
Location
Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
4
The Christmas period saw multiple killings and violent incidents across states from Lexington to Savannah and New York. Reports describe shootings, stabbings, and explosive accidents, with victims including sheriffs, townsmen, and bystanders. Witnesses note volatile holiday crowds, while authorities investigate connections and motives amid chaotic scenes.
In a Saturday night disturbance at Kerawah two prominent local youths died and a third was fatally wounded. Steve Welsh, manager of the Meath Supply Company, and Van Mungo, clerk for Carson and Company, quarrelled with Larry Mobley after an apparent reconciliation with Walsh. Welsh and Mobley drew pistols. Walsh was killed, Mobley wounded, and Thomas Clyburn, a Meath clerk, was later killed, an apparent accident blamed on Welsh. Clyburn, about 20, leaves a widow. Welsh, 28, is identified as Gayt James V. Welsh’s son. The altercation and deaths shock the town amid lingering tensions and a fatal aftermath.
Louisville lieutenant Thomas W Bullitt who helped Morgan and others escape from the Ohio Penitentiary in 1863-4 disputes outside help claims. He recounts the tunnel, the dig by Captain Hines, the secrecy, and the roles of Morgan and his brother, noting six escapees died and detailing guard and prison conditions during the 1860s.
A fragmentary 19th century item discusses the near term voting outlook in South Carolina counties, noting general religiousness and political observations by a speaker. It reflects on liquor sale issues in Charleston, moral character, and the state's wartime and postwar prospects, ending with a broader reflection on the state’s future.
A long list of titles and pages covers practical manuals on fruit growing, poultry, cattle, farming chemistry, and garden methods. Notable items include The Home Vineyard, Propagation of Epbhuts, Practical Fruit Growing, Strawberries, Greenhouse and field crop works, and various guides to animal husbandry, dairy operations, and farm machinery.
Readable parts describe catalog style listing instruments and prices including pianos and organs. Mentions offerings from Malonta Muki with model or item references, request for catalogs, prices and forms.
In Columbia South Carolina a terse ad from Columbia Supply Co urges readers to write on for prices before ordering elsewhere. The note places the shop at a corner opposite Seaboard Air Line Paypengey Station and mentions machinery supply.
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