Keyword: Yesteryear
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Week of Oct. 4-11
The long-awaited decision in the year-long lawsuit brought by a woman claiming to be the common-law wife of the late John K. Crosswell was rendered by Special Master W.M. Shand of Columbia. Shand ruled in favor of the Crosswell …
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8/8/09 08:00 PM
Week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3
The World Series opened in Detroit between the hometown Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals, whose ace pitcher Dizzy Dean shut down the American League champions in an 8-3 victory during which the Detroit infield made five …
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8/1/09 08:00 PM
Week of Sept. 19-26
The Better Citizenship Program for Sumter boys sponsored by the YMCA will return for another season, beginning on Oct. 1, according to Y secretary Austin M. Francis. The seven-month program enjoyed tremendous success and large …
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7/25/09 08:00 PM
Week of Sept. 11-18
Olin D. Johnston, 38, Spartanburg attorney and former member of the state House of Representatives, won the Democratic primary runoff for governor of South Carolina over Cole L. Blease, which is tantamount to election. His …
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7/18/09 08:00 PM
Week of Sept. 3-10
Sumter will soon have a new department store, The Capitol, to be opened on Friday, Sept. 7, according to a news story. It will be located on North Main Street and operated by Abram Brody. "The store building has been completely …
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7/11/09 08:00 PM
Week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2
Despite winning his home county by nearly a 2 to 1 margin over his closest competitor, Sumterite Wyndham Manning failed in his quest to become governor of South Carolina, finishing third in an eight-man Democratic primary …
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7/4/09 08:00 PM
Week of Aug. 19-26
With the Democratic primary looming on Tuesday, Aug. 28, during which a new governor will be elected (the primary is tantamount to election in the Democratic Party-dominated state), political ads along with stories on the …
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6/27/09 08:00 PM
Week of Aug. 11-18
A crowd of 4,000 persons that included local, state and federal dignitaries gathered on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the tomb of Gen. Thomas Sumter in Stateburg to honor the bicentennial of his birth. The general was born in Virginia …
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6/20/09 08:00 PM
Week of Aug. 3-10
Sumter County will soon get its first state park with the announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 7, by local officials. The name selected for the park, according to the page one story, will be "Joel R. Poinsett State Forest Park." It …
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6/13/09 08:00 PM
Week of July 27- Aug. 2
A combative Dr. Hanna R. Kristianson, running in the city municipal Democratic primary against incumbent City Councilman W.E. Bynum, came out with three fiery political ads in the days leading up to the primary. The first …
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6/6/09 08:00 PM
Week of July 19-26
The biggest story of the week in Sumter and nationwide was the slaying by federal agents of notorious criminal John Dillinger on Sunday night, July 22, outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Coverage of the story occupied …
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5/30/09 08:00 PM
Week of July 11-18
Three Sumter boys returned home after a 5,000-mile motor trip in their stripped-down 1926 Ford. The youngsters were Billy Gibson, Van Cleve Warren and Frank Bagnal, who left Sumter several weeks ago to visit friends in …
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5/23/09 08:00 PM
Week of July 3-10
The Fourth of July, Independence Day in Sumter, passed quietly, according to The Item, with no disorders of any consequence, reported by city and county police. The day was pleasantly warm, the thermometer hovering around 90 …
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5/16/09 08:00 PM
Week of June 26-July 2
John Phillip Booth Sr., one of Sumters leading citizens, died at Tuomey Hospital on Sunday, July 1, after a three-month illness. He was 66. Born in Sumter County, he operated one of the largest and oldest livestock …
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5/9/09 08:00 PM
Week of June 18-25
Sumter Postmaster W.B. Daughtrey asked the federal Post Office Department to relieve him of his duties effective the last day of the month, citing business opportunities he wanted to pursue and saying he no longer felt it was …
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5/2/09 08:00 PM
Week of June 10-17
In an appearance before the Sumter County Board of Commissioners, M.S. Mac Boykin, president of the Sumter County Game and Fish Association, informed the board that he had learned the federal government planned to establish …
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4/25/09 08:00 PM
Week of June 2-9
Mayor Fulton B. Creech received notification from Congressman H.P. Fulmer that the U.S. House of Representatives passed a deficiency appropriation bill authorizing $65 million for public buildings with $100,000 of that earmarked …
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4/18/09 08:00 PM
Week of May 25-June 1
Sumter’s economy got a boost with the announcement that a Belk-Robinson department store was coming to Sumter and a new building would be erected on South Main Street for the business. Making the announcement was Neill …
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4/11/09 08:00 PM
Week of May 17-24
Henry Britton,41, well-known Sumter County farmer, was shot and killed by his wife, Marie Glascock Britton, during an early-morning domestic dispute at their home on the Manning Road. The fatal shooting occurred shortly before 4 …
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4/4/09 08:00 PM
Week of May 9-16
Eleven-year-old Phil Booth III was declared the winner in the YMCA-sponsored Good Citizenship contest and will serve as mayor of Sumter during Boys’ Week, May 14-20. The contest began on Oct. 1, 1933, and closed on May 1. A …
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3/28/09 08:00 PM
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