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Week of May 1-8
The lawsuit of Ina Cartee, former Sumter school teacher, against the estate of the late John K. Crosswell resurfaced before Special Referee W.M. Shand of Columbia at the Sumter County Courthouse. Cartee is suing the estate, …
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3/21/09 08:00 PM
Week of April 23-30
In a major address before the annual luncheon of the Associated Press in New York, Secretary of State Cordell Hull declared that the Roosevelt administration’s recovery policy for the nation represented “sound …
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3/14/09 08:00 PM
Week of April 15-22
Rural Officer J. Leon Dollard continued his assault on crime by adding more arrests to his resume in four separate incidents. Monk Davis was arrested and charged with carrying a pistol and drunk and disorderly conduct. …
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3/7/09 07:00 PM
Week of April 7-14
On Saturday, April 7, Gov. Ibra Blackwood unexpectedly signed into law the Santee-Cooper Act, clearing the way for the state to proceed with the gigantic lower state power and development project. The governor had initially …
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2/28/09 07:00 PM
Week of March 31-April 6
The Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project that is expected to deliver a huge economic boost to the state as well as Clarendon and Sumter counties gained final approval from the General Assembly and awaits only the …
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2/21/09 07:00 PM
Week of March 23-30
Passage of a resolution calling for a liquor referendum in August was speeding through the state Senate after the House of Representatives approved a similar resolution last week. Voters would check off either “dry” or …
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2/14/09 07:00 PM
Week of March 15-22
Camp W. S. Miller, Sumter County’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) operation at Cane Savannah engaged in forestry projects, was allowed to continue its work after the original program was completed and federal authorities …
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2/7/09 07:00 PM
Week of March 7-14
Rep. Wyndham Manning of Sumter, in a two-day speech before the state House of Representatives, vigorously opposed the Santee-Cooper project, saying “it would be bad business for South Carolina to approve the project without …
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1/31/09 07:00 PM
Week of Feb. 4-11
Local and federal law enforcement officers were busy raiding two whiskey stills during the week. The first was uncovered five miles west of Wedgefield by Federal Revenue Officer S.S. Sligh, State Constable Richardson and G.H. …
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1/3/09 07:00 PM
Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3
The President’s Ball celebrating the 52nd birthday of President Franklin D. Roosevelt was a rousing success with at least 700 persons attending the affair in the Montgomery-Ward building on Tuesday, Jan. 30.
The event …
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12/20/08 07:00 PM
Week of Jan. 12-19
There was a paucity of local news in Sumter during the week. However, there was a significant break-in at the dental office of Dr. C.H. Courtney in the Pearson Building on Main Street during the evening of Thursday, Jan. 11, as …
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12/6/08 07:00 PM
Week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3, 1934
Sumter brought in the New Year noisily “with shrieking whistles and the explosion of fireworks and firearms throughout the city,” according to the Jan. 1, 1934, page one story. The story went on to say, …
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11/22/08 07:00 PM
Week of Dec. 20-27
Sumter was relatively quiet in the days leading up to Christmas Day with no serious crime or accidents reported. Positive news during the week was an announcement that improvements had been made to the Sumter airport on the …
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11/15/08 07:00 PM
Week of Dec. 12-19
A “delegation of ladies” appeared before City Council to protest the cutting of trees for a proposed widening of North Main Street from Warren Street to the city limits and along Broad Street to the city limits, which the …
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11/8/08 07:00 PM
Week of Nov. 27-Dec.3
Two Sumter railroad men were tragically killed on Saturday, Dec. 2, near Bennettsville when their Atlantic Coast Line train overturned on an open switch sidetrack while enroute from Fayetteville, N.C., to Sumter. Dying in …
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10/25/08 08:00 PM
Week of Nov. 19-26
The saga of Frank Jennings, convicted murderer serving a life sentence but who had been granted a leave of absence from prison by Gov. Ibra Blackwood, continued with new revelations.
In the Tuesday, Nov. 21 edition of The …
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10/18/08 08:00 PM
Week of Oct. 26-Nov. 2
The 1933 Sumter County Fair was announced with a page one banner headline in the Friday, Oct. 27, edition of The Sumter Daily Item. Opening of the annual event was scheduled for the following Tuesday, to conclude on Friday. …
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9/27/08 08:00 PM
Week of Oct. 18-25
The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Clemson Tigers 7-0 in the annual game played on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the wooden stadium in Columbia during the State Fair before a crowd of 14,000. Carolina was led by the running of …
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9/20/08 08:00 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: The month of September is missing from The Item’s archives and microfilm. We conclude with August excerpts today and pick up with October next Sunday.
Excerpts from August 1933: From the Main Street column by Frank Griffin: …
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8/30/08 08:00 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: The month of September is missing from The Item’s archives and microfilm. Therefore, we will continue to run additional news items from August 1933 for the remainder of this month and pick up with October on Aug. 31.
Excerpts …
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8/23/08 08:00 PM
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