25 Apr 1912
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
1
Georgetown Bourbon post office issues special notices from March and July outlining subscription pricing, religious notices, and required real names for writers. It explains rejected manuscripts will not be returned and lists payment details to the post manager W Rouse.
Legal notice calls Georgetown Democrats to meet at the courthouse on Saturday April 27 at 8 30 p m for reorganization under party rules. The item also notes discussion of U S Senate investigators and ownership ties linking White Star steamers to English and New Jersey companies.
Leonard Matthews, an 83 year old St Louis financier, drafts a plan to abolish many private firms by creating a central cooperative holding company called the Hoto Company. The proposal, sent to President Taft and other leaders, envisions a federal charter and perpetual operation with stock open to all, a sinking fund, and eventual transfer of corporations to the central body to ensure fair returns for farmers and workers.
An advertisement argues that blues come from a sluggish liver and bilious buildup. It claims Dr. King’s New Life Pills expel the poison and improve stomach, liver, and kidney function. Priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
Sheriff Lacoste of Lafayette Parish says he has arrested five African Americans tied to the Andru family murders and a broader wave of axe killings across Louisiana and Texas. Named detainees include Raymond Barnabet and his daughters Clementine and Irene, Ute Thomas, and a fourth unnamed suspect. Authorities link the arrests to supposed hoodoo beliefs used to avert capture.
The LODGES Courtney Camp No 457 W O V meets first and third Wednesdays in Georgetown with a cordial welcome. Georgetown Rebekan Lodge No 1 OC F meets second day at 8 PM and fourth Tuesday at 4 PM at Odd Fellows Hall over Bank of Georgetown. Poncas Tribe No 78 IOR M meets Friday night at the Wigwam by Bank of Georgetown with visiting brethren welcome.
Readers note a sale notice for extra large tomato plants priced at 25 cents per hundred. The fragment also mentions rice and assorted text likely from an old classified or agricultural ad.
The sale lists 1000 pieces of 86 percent 36 Jap Matting Rugs with assorted patterns at 12 1-2 cents each. Curtain cloth in all sizes, Panama Cloth 36 in wide 6 1-2 cents, 6 spools J and P Coats Cotton. 250 ladies silk hose 60 cent values. White goods line praised as most selected. White shoes in Peque Poplin canvas and Buck styles. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
Atlantic Coast Line offers special reduced round trip rates for Confederate Reunion attendees in Macon Georgia May 7 to 9 1912. Selling dates May 5 6 7 8 reach origin by May 15 1912 midnight or extend to June 5 1912 with 50 cent fee deposited by Joseph Richardson Special Agent 414 Fourth St Macon GA or local Ticket Agent for schedules and reservations T C White General Passenger Agent Wilmington NC
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