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Newspaper
Marlboro Democrat
Location
Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
2
A crowded field for U S Senate and state posts unfolds with May primary dates near. Voters will weigh candidates including Ivans, Johnstone, and Hewes, with petitions filed and county and state conventions scheduled.
Joseph Michaud, a shepherd, was sentenced to life in Martigny Switzerland for killing Robert Munziger, a young Swiss alpinist, on the Col de Hale last August. In a confession marked by candor he said he hoped the victim would be wealthy and American or English, to finance his robbery. He detailed waiting on the Col de Hale, attacking near the Col de Hale, stealing the body, and planning to cross toward La Chamonix to flee, while police later uncovered the evidence leading to his arrest.
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A lengthy report shows county dispensaries in 44 counties selling whiskey worth 3790.964.01, earning an advert is profit of 9 per event, totaling 268,941.98 dollars. The Comptroller General notes county sales exceed state returns, with a yearly rate over a million dollars, and distribution favored counties and towns differently.
A dispatch from Lancaster reports Me J Sims assassinated near the scene three miles from Lane Toy. W Hampton Stogner mortally wounded. gunman unknown. Slong er escaped. Dr Rou Hilton attended. Police tie may connect to a February homicide in the same area. trial ended in mistrial.
A dispatch reports a small epidemic of typhoid fever in parts of Augusta. Sunday morning Mrs. St D Sibley widow of Chas Sibley died at her mother's home. A week earlier sister Miss Duncan died from the same disease. Sibley family members are critically ill.
A 13 month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Odom of Greenville, died after drinking gasoline. The incident occurred on Wednesday and the child died about twenty minutes later.
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