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- ↑ "Judges and State Official Attend Stabler Funeral". Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. January 5, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Stabler Sworn in as Chief Justice". Evening Post. Charleston, South Carolina. March 15, 1935. p. 2. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Alumni Judges". Wofford College. April 16, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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