New Trial Granted in Berry Case in Dillon Court
The Berry case involving George Rowell and heirs against Mrs. Eppie Berry seeks to recover eighty acres once owned by William Rowell. After discovery of new evidence showing the land’s original sale for debt, Judge Bowman granted a new trial in the Dillon County matter, with the appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court unchanged.
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George Rowell
Eppie D. Berry
J. H. Berry
William Rowell
David Rowell
David
Rowell
Berry
Supreme Court
Rowells
Erwin Coward
Dillon
Bowman
Orangeburg
Lang
Hoover
S. C
Mills
Dillon County
Negroes in New York Harlem Settlement Has Had a Remarkable Development
A historical report highlights the Harlem settlement for African Americans showing notable progress. It notes population growth, increased community institutions, education efforts, and emerging leadership driving social advancement in New York City.
Powder car explosion rocks Fredericksburg rail yard
A blast on a freight train near Fredericksburg Virginia injures conductor A W Johnson and brakeman A R Brown. About six freight cars are destroyed and the blast rings for miles. windows and plastering shattered in town. fire damages multiple cars. two water tanks wrecked and two cows killed. Traffic on the R F and P Railroad halted for hours.
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Fredericksburg
R. F.and P
Aere
A. W. Johnson
A. R. Brown
Penrose backs Equal Rights bill in Pennsylvania
Senator Penrose told a Philadelphia delegation he supports the Equal Rights bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature. He championed full civil rights for colored citizens, noting they should enjoy public accommodations and political freedom, and said he would use his influence in Harrisburg to pass the measure favored by Representative Asbury.
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Washington
Penrose
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Asbury
General Assembly
Childs
Harrisburg
Blackmail and embezzlement case shocks Rock Hill court
In Rock Hill Magistrate Wingate's court Violet Shaw and Otis Fewell were bound over on charges of embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses. With $1,000 bail each they defaulted and were sent to York jail. The case, described as among the county's most peculiar, hints at other implicated Black residents and upcoming arrests.
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Rock Hill
Wingate
Violet Shaw
Otis Fewell
York
Margaret Thomasson
Miss Thomasson
Thon
Vaughan Captured in Florida
A man believed to be T. A. Vaughan, condemned for assault on four girls under 14, was arrested in Port Tampa by Tampa police detectives and Port Tampa marshal. His wife was detained for investigation as Vaughan's history includes a death sentence and prior insanity. He attempted suicide multiple times during arrest and custody, and was placed in a padded cell.
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T. A. Earle
T. A. .Vaughan
Greenville
Tampa
Fla
Columbia
Port Tampa
J. A. Killibrew
Stansell
Marshal Sudduth
Earl
Vaughan
South Carolina
Odd Fellows Orphan Home
Por Campa City
Te Lin
Killibrew
Uan
Mary Sudduth
Detective Killibrew
Detective Stansell
Watcr
Cheshire Guilty in Concealed Weapon Case
Kenneth Cheshire pleaded guilty in police court to carrying concealed weapons and disorderly conduct after attacking Rev. Witherspoon Dodge from behind with brass knuckles. The assault, tied to vengeance for his father’s memory, left Dodge hospitalized with injuries. Cheshire was fined 35 dollars.
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Anderson
Kenneth Cheshire
Witherspoon Dodge
Young Cheshire
Dodge
Vic Cheshire
Potatoes and sweet potatoes storage discussed at Latta court
The Latta community hears Mr Musser of Clemson College outline a curing house with three compartments for about fifteen thousand bushels. He urges timing of digging, curing by October 20, and simultaneous field sorting to prevent spoilage as part of a broader plan to develop a new storage industry.
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Tora Wouse Cote
Yad Vm
Mio Musser
Clemson
Musser
W. Epps
Americus Mom Seeks Pardon as Bigham Faces Death
Americus, April 1. The mother of Dr. Charley K. Chapman, now serving a life sentence for murder, may travel to South Carolina to plead for the release of Edmund D. Bigham, condemned to die in the electric chair for the murder of his mother, sister, brother, and two adopted children. The case ties to the disappearance and death of Walter Wade near the Flint River in 1917, with questions about Bigham's possible involvement and connections to Wade’s last hours.
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Americus
Charley
K. Chapman
Edmund D. Bigham Bigham
South Carolina
Columbia
S.C
Bigham
Leslie
Walter Wade
Wade
Flint River
Bigany
Cion Liter
Chapman
Wart I Joinson
Compion
Emma Chapman
Florence
Avanta
State Prison Commission
Charles K. Chapman
Walter Johnson
Edmund Bigham
Florence County
Americus i
Dr. Chapman
Bircham
Nin
Bisham
Keanta
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Yrose
Boguy Mason Lodge
Bill Smith
Jackson Brothers Lumber Company
Bill
Georgia
Jean Rogers
Rena Mae McLeod
Tom Hawkins
L. T. Ford
H. J. Curtis
Greensboro
Rachel Powell
Bank of Cheraw
C. Adams
Jack McLaurin
Charlie Grantham
Fairmont
G. Ira Ford
Walnut Street
Spivey
A. W. Harrington
L. W. Temple
Raleigh
N. C
Palmel
Harper
Fripp W. H. Lowman
W. R Chmond
D. l
C. L. Guthrie
O. G Weatherby
R Daniel
G. O. Pitts
N. E. Whitaker
Zebulon
Elvington
Florida
Cheshire
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