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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
1
Local notices recall Mrs J B Anderson's stroke and ongoing condition. Easter services across churches praise Christ rising with choir, flowers, and sermons. Italian flotilla moves in show of force. later Turkish consent ends post office dispute as violence erupts with several deaths in Istanbul.
List of letters remaining at Georgetown South Carolina post office as of April 11, 1908. Recipients must claim by advertising and pay one cent per letter delivered. Names include men and women such as Howard Ackerman Norman Cooper Eugene Fuller and Rose Brown Sarah Drayton Ellen Maybanks and more.
Southern Congressmen await a Bureau of Corporations report on cotton exchange practices begun months ago. The probe covered exchanges nationwide, with the New York Cotton Exchange initially targeted for alleged delivery of inferior cotton, and a broader scope later approved. Reported to be released this week, with possible vigorous action.
The Wolvin Steamship Company has signed a contract with the Tehuantepec Nation R R and Eng-Hok Tong mship company to run a Galveston to Oriental ports service starting May 1. The aim is to ship American cotton to Japan via a sea route, replacing a cross continent rail haul to Frisco. A minor land crossing at Tehuantepec remains.
On the 18th Schr. Bayard delivered to Richard son Cypress Co. 20 Stmr Mitchel C. Thompson carried mdse to Waccamaw Line Steamers. 18 Stmr Theo Weems sailed to Baltimore for B A Munnerlyn & Co. 19 Schr Crescent sailed to N Y for Georgetown Lumber Co. 19 Schr Gracie Seymour sailed to Boston for A C J Corp with lumber.
Three men are dead and another wounded after Warrensburg officers attempted to arrest F O Hawes on April 19. Victims include James Ryan city marshal and Night Watchman Basbashan. Hawes aged 22 was fatally wounded on the train stop after resisting arrest.
A candidate notice from T. S. Sessions announces his bid for Coroner to White voters in Georgetown and County. He pledges to honor primary results and to discharge duties faithfully if elected.
A candidate announces for Solicitor of the 12th circuit pledging to accept primary results and support nominees. He cites four years in the Confederate States Navy and promises faithful service, while Town Gossip extols electric alternatives for household chores and machines, promoting Georgetown Electric Co.
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