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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
2
Dillon area notes discuss rising property values as Main Street expands with new offices, paving planned by the city and owners. Bethea moves to law practice, while local discussions touch on local option meanings and a burglar scare in a wife’s bed.
In a March 2 Senate House discussion the phrase capturing Jefferson Davis appears amid a general deficiency appropriation bin, provoking strong opposition from Southern members and Rep Tawney Minnesota chairing the appropriations committee on a motion related to the Wi item.
A verdict returned in a gang case leaves six of sixteen arraigned with West as alleged leader. The condemned murderer was the chief witness for the State and all defendants face maximum five year terms. Brooks Scruges, a white man from near Chesnee, jailed on charges of attempted criminal assault against a young woman near Arrowood, alleged to have occurred March 4.
A unknown young woman wore a harem skirt in downtown Birmingham provoking a crowd and traffic disruption as onlookers followed her for several blocks before she sought shelter in a building. Separate item notes a Newark divorce case where Otto Pohle discovers his masked dancing partner is his wife Carrie after a masquerade, ending their reconciliation.
Special report covers J W Gallman patrolled from the penitentiary by Governor Blense as he travels to Jonesville and Lockhart. A fifteen year sentence for Sims Cluere in Jonesville dated May 16, 1907 is noted. The governor and family moments are described with elicited reactions and farewells.
After three hours the jury convicted Louis West of first degree murder and John Stetson of murder in the second degree in the shooting death of Deputy George Mumford in Wilson North Carolina. Sentencing dates were set for West’s execution and Stetson’s imprisonment.
A brief notice concerns the North and South Carolina Railroad. The item notes corporate topic and regional transport context, listing the involved states and railroad entity. The concise entry suggests a scheduled action or administrative step affecting the railroad’s operations or governance.
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