Tax Assessment Shock To Richland County Merchants
Auditor Allen warns Dillon county merchants of a looming tax shock as the state tax commission raises mercantile stock assessments. Richland county sees widespread increases, with some firms doubling values and others rising modestly, while a few fall. The 42 percent baseline drives the higher totals, aiming to equalize taxes and boost county revenue.
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Allen
Dillon County
Tax Commission
Mercante
Alien
Riehlaim
Columbia
State Tax Commission
Richland County
Main Street
Evangelists Join the Greenville Baptist Campaign Ranks
Greenville dispatch notes two evangelists added to the 75 Million Campaign field workers in South Carolina. Dr. Thomas J. Watts announces at state headquarters that Rev. J Dean Crain of Greer will devote October and much of November to this effort, following his rise from poverty to noted evangelist.
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W. M. Walker
Southern Baptists
Walker
Greenville
Four Men Sentenced in Greenville Murder Trials
Greenville Sept 6 a large crowd witnessed Judge James H Peurifrey sentence four men to die in the electric chair on October 10 and another to life imprisonment for murder during the current term of the court Will Lomax Arthur Coleman Henry Leaks and Tobe Abercrombie were condemned for killings including a wife, a city man, a negro, and a son All four death sentences were announced as part of the term Bramlett on trial for murdering his mother in law concluded its fourth day with sanity evidence presented and was to return Monday morning
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Greenville
Greenville County
James H. Peurifey
Court of General Sessions
Will Lomax
Sampsonville
Arthur Coleman
Will Henderson
Henry ‘Leaks
Herbert Smith
Tobe ‘Abercrombie
David
Melvin Farr
Arthur Crouch
Hugh T. Bramlett
Lou C. McHugh
Emil
Bramlett
Betwen
Big distillery raid reported in Marlboro County
Bennettsville September 6 A large distillery raid was conducted Thursday night in the lower Marlboro county area near Cashua Ferry on the Pee Dee River. Rural policeman P. B. Rogers had been gathering information for days to justify seizing the outfit and arresting the operators, calling in sheriff's aid for the operation.
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Bennettsville
Marlboro County
Cashua Ferry
Pee Dee Rover
P. B. Rogers
Sher
Distillery Raid Nets Five Arrested In Swamp Operation
Patterson led a posse including Deputy Hubbard Chief Cunningham Rural Policeman Jackson State Officer Kelly and Special Constables Peele and McCall. Kelly joined after midnight as Patterson was taken ill. Hubbard returned with him. The group surrounded a house in a swampy stretch near Scuffle Town Robeson county NC. A man fired at Cunningham but McCall and others shot him. five men from Robeson county were captured, one escaped. The distillery inventory included a 60 gallon copper still 500 pounds of sugar 1000 gallons of mash two cars and several pistols. The distillery was seized and the prisoners were brought to Bennettsville.
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Iff
Rogers
McCall
Cunningham
Peele
Robeson County
North Carolina
Lowry Gang
Ford
Bennettsville
Dillon County
Lene
Britt
Hamer
Manton Alford
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