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Week of April 11-18
Drawing a lot of interest in the city was a "Donkey Baseball Game" held on Monday and Tuesday nights, April 15-16. The game featured the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs squaring off against each other at the fairgrounds.
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12/26/09 07:00 PM
Feb. 28, April 1-10
Two Lee County men died from injuries suffered when their car collided with another near Florence. They were identified as prominent farmer C.W. Hollman who died in the collision on Wednesday, Feb. 27, and his passenger, J.W. …
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12/19/09 07:00 PM
Week of Feb. 20-27
Nominations of 10 young ladies were announced for "Miss Sumter," who will compete for the honor of representing the city in the Azalea Festival in Charleston on March 25-29. Coupons, which were printed in The Item and made …
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12/12/09 07:00 PM
Week of Feb. 12-19
Pat Crawford, who was a member of the 1934 World Series champions St. Louis Cardinals, has shown "remarkable improvement" in his condition after being hospitalized for blood poisoning following surgery in a North Carolina …
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12/5/09 07:00 PM
Week of Feb. 4-11
A Sumter woman, Mrs. Louis Myers, was cleared of a charge of murder in General Sessions Court following the fatal shooting of her husband the previous week. Judge G.B. Greene directed a verdict of not guilty after hearing …
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11/28/09 07:00 PM
Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3
The President's Ball, honoring the 53rd birthday of President Roosevelt, was held on Friday, Feb. 1, at Julian's Coffee Shoppe before a large crowd that featured entertainment provided by local talent and a dance featuring …
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11/21/09 07:00 PM
Week of Jan. 20-27
In a story reporting that Pat Crawford of Sumter, who played on the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team that won the 1934 World Series, had been named manager in 1935 of the Rochester club in the International League, it was …
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11/14/09 07:00 PM
Week of Jan. 12-19
The proposed widening of North Main Street was back in the news after the Merchants' Bureau of the Sumter Board of Trade, at a special meeting, urged immediate action by City Council, citing concerns that tourist traffic …
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11/7/09 07:00 PM
Week of Jan. 4-11
Capt. Samuel Davies Pierson, Sumter's oldest Confederate veteran, died at the age of 92 at his home on the Old Manning Road. The lifelong native of Sumter County volunteered for service at the outbreak of the War Between the …
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10/31/09 08:00 PM
Week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3
In a New Year's Eve message addressed to "the citizens of Sumter" that appeared on the front page, Mayor Fulton B. Creech presented a "state of the city" recap of the past year, noting that "While the old year has given us …
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10/24/09 08:00 PM
Week of Dec. 20-27
In a Friday, Dec. 21 story headlined "Claremont Hotel Bandit Captured In St. Louis," it was reported that the second bandit in the attempted Nov. 25 robbery of the local hotel had been captured in St. Louis, Mo. He was …
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10/17/09 08:00 PM
Week of Dec. 13-20
The annual meeting of all Sunday schools in the city to raise funds to bring Christmas cheer to underprivileged children was held at the Girls High School auditorium. The fundraiser has been conducted in the city for almost 40 …
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10/10/09 08:00 PM
Week of Dec. 5-12
Sumter was getting into the Christmas spirit as the Yuletide lights were turned on in the downtown business district on Wednesday, Dec. 12, in near-freezing weather. The annual event also featured a parade down Main Street led …
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10/3/09 08:00 PM
Week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4
In the aftermath of the Sunday, Nov. 25 shootout at the Claremont Hotel during which Traffic Officer W.C. Kirven shot to death one of the robbers, John Weger, 48, and wounded his accomplice who escaped (reportedly hiding …
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9/26/09 08:00 PM
Week of Nov. 20-27
What started as a stick 'em up quickly turned into a shoot 'em up in the lobby of the Claremont Hotel, leaving one robbery suspect dead and a second one wounded and on the lam.
The gunfight at the Claremont Hotel occurred …
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9/19/09 08:00 PM
Week of Nov. 12-19
Superintendent of Sumter Schools Dr. S.H. Edmunds issued a statement commenting on the previous week's fracas following the Sumter High-Florence football game won by the Gamecocks 13-12. The disturbance involved fans from both …
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9/12/09 08:00 PM
Nerves have never been a problem for Joey Logano – at least not on the racetrack.
The 18-year-old driver has been racing against older and more experienced competitors since he was a toddler.
"I guess the only time I can remember ever being …
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9/5/09 08:00 PM
Week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
The Sumter County Fair kicked off for a four-day run during the week, sponsored by Sumter American Legion Post 15 and chaired by J. Cliff Brown. A horse show was the first main event on Tuesday, Oct. 30, while on Wednesday …
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8/29/09 08:00 PM
Week of Oct. 20-27
Clemson Tiger football fans were whooping it up after their team crushed the South Carolina Gamecocks 19-0 in the annual "Big Thursday" State Fair game in Columbia. It was the most decisive defeat suffered by the Gamecocks …
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8/22/09 08:00 PM
Week of Oct. 12-19
A 7,000-acre site in Lee County has been selected for the first rural organized community in South Carolina, according to an announcement by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. State Relief Administrator Fred M. Baker …
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8/15/09 08:00 PM
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