Local and Personal Notices and Court Results
Mr C C Scurry returns from Kingstree. Recorder's Court sentences for Cupid Campbell Ben Johnson Geo Ramsey Carry Brown. Comedy tonight at electric theatre. Easter cards in stock. Leap Year Ball invitation to Georgetown young ladies April 26 1908. South Atlantic League results Savannah 3 Charleston 2 Macon beat Augusta 7 6 Columbia Jacksonville 5 5. Electric lamp improvements touted. Georgetown depot fence erected for crowd control. Oakley Dairy requests milk orders. Parnell Furniture Co bankruptcy reported. Dakly Dairy Co seeks more subscribers.
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Recorder’ S Court
Cupid Campbell
Ben Johnson
Geo
Ramsey
Carry Brown
Electric Theatre
D.C. Simpkins
Georgetown
Georgetown Rifle Guards Armory
Savannah
Charleston
Macon
Yesteray
Augusta
Columbia
Jacksonville
Tragedy Near Sumter In Deadly Domestic Incident
A man named Russell McDonald shot a colored woman at her Sumter outskirts home, then fled into the woods. He returned to the house around 1 AM, found the woman apparently dead, and killed himself with a head wound, dying shortly after.
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Russell McDonald
Sumter
Fine Native Beef at Washington Market
Native beef offered by A. A. Washington at 602 Front Street with emphasis on quality cuts and local sourcing.
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A. A. Washington
Front Street
Admiral Robley Evans Improves After Arrival of Wife and Daughter
Paso Robles report notes Admiral Robley D Evans gains some strength after his wife and daughter arrived. His condition remains serious with rheumatism and complications. He is described as a shadow of his former self, weighing about 120 pounds from 179, despite improving slightly.
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Paso Robles
Robly D. Evans
Connecticut
Hampton” Roads
Senate approves survey plan for inland waterways route
A favorable report from Senator Simmons of North Carolina, on commerce committee, endorses a resolution authorizing the secretary of war to survey inland waterways from Boston via Long Island Sound and New York to Wilmington at a cost of 100,000. Taft supports the plan.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Committee of Commerce
Secretary of War
Bosto
Long Island Sound
New York
Wilmington
Taft
Read & Co. Offer Big Dry Goods Reductions Here
Frank Read and Company present themselves as newcomers to the city though established dry goods owners elsewhere. They have bought the entire stock of Mr C J Levy at sixty percent below cost and promise large reductions to benefit citizens while new lines from American and foreign markets are ordered for the market.
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C. J . Levy
Hodges & BROS Involved in Missing Funds Inquiry
Fragmentary remarks accuse Hodges & BROS of large scale deals with Scurry & Belluac and imply a partner’s actions bind the firm. References to a “big one” and a “little one” suggest discrepancies in payments and concealment. A check is mentioned, with insinuations of theft or evasion.
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Hodges & Bros
Scurry & Belluac
Minutes of April City Council Meeting
The regular meeting of the City Council was held in Council Chamber on April 8 at 8 p.m. Present were the Mayor and Aldermen Colbert Harvey and Doyle. Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following bills were approved and ordered paid: A Page 8.00, Georgetown Lumber Co 75.51, A Dunmore 7.00, S Dunmore 12.50, Seman Drug Co 1.65, Georgetown Grocery Co 120.36, C L Ford 0.50, J I Hazard 18.25, L C Croft 0.25, Carolina Hardware Co 13.00, Steel Moses Co 10.50, W WeTaylor & Son 10.00, W H Holmes 15.79, G A Lohr 78 ets, Kaminski Co 21.80, Winyah Lumber Co 5.25, J J
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Council Chamber
Colbert
Harvey
Doyle
Georgetown Lumber Co
A. Dunmore
S. Dunmore
Seman Drug Co
Georgetown Grocery Co
C. L. Ford
J. I. Hazard
L. C .Croft
Carolina Hardware Co
Steel Moses Co
W. WeTaylor & Son
W H. Holmes
Georgetown Council Notes Street Repair Petition and Fire Safety
Petitioner Marcus Jr. sought privilege to repair a storefront street area at 1015 Prittee street, granted. Council discussed dog leash restrictions, electrical plant upgrades pending renewal terms with George town Ricci Co. and Mouton to present a formal statement. Also a fire escape need for Indigo School District and a plea for more time from the committee on public buildings and fire escapes before adjournment.
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Mouton
Citcu
Winygh Indigo
Market Quotation Today Cotton Prices Steady
Market notes show cotton firm amid mixed grain quotes with oats at 70 and meal near 1.55. Demand steady as buyers watch futures and regional staples cited by the Agricultural Exchange.
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D. S
Buchan’s Soap Promotion From New York Firm
An advertisement asserts Buchan’s Soap is absolutely pure hygienic and refreshing. It offers 10 cc samples via Buchan’s Soaps Corporation at 225 Fifth Ave New York.
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Buchan's
Soaps Corporation
Fifth Ave
New York City
Aku
Buchan
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
New York
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C. C. Scurry
Kingstree
Carolina Hardyward
Georgetown Electric Co
W. H. Andrews
R.A
Oakly
Oakley Dairy Co
Parnell Furniture Co
Times
Dakly Dairy. Co
Tradgedy
Frank Read & Co
Scurry
H. Kaminski, & Co
R. Ponijatowski
Bheutix
Furniture Co
Winvall Lumber Co
Parnel Furniture Co
S. A. French
W. H. Croft
C. WiScurry
Ron
Ef. Marcus
Prittee Street
Georgetown Ricci Co
Aso
Telegreek Bow
Chicago
Ic. Ee
Naptha Land
Palmer Engine
T. W.estey
Hazard St
Daily Item
Georgetown, S&s. G
Show Grounds
Allen
United States
Gibralter:paint CO
Gibraltar
Southern Mercantile Co
Scriven St
T. S. Sessions
Red Store Wharf
Hartnett & Day
B.f.jones
Sor
Front and
Orange Streets
Grocery Co
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