Local and Personal notices and ads in Georgetown
Several short notices announce job wants including an all round man and a branch manager from The Morris Wholesale House Cincinnati Ohio. Also a good cook wanted at Westbury's Pool and Lunch Rooms. Visit by Miss Mamie Blalock of Blacksburg S C to Miss Sadie Parker. Roles for Georgetown Democratic Club Form 1 available at Sheriff’s office or through local gentlemen. Scholarship winners Sadie Parker Ruth P Carraway Georgetown. Domestic science teachers sought by President Johnson with salaries around 1000. Typhoid loss of J J Youngs child. Editorial on value of want ads and self reliance. Judge Ernest Gary decision on water supply lawsuits. Walter H Wells urged for reelection as solicitor. Prof S H Bissonette piano tuner visiting McClellanville to be reached via Daily Item office.
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Winthrop College
Sadie Parker
Ruth P. Carraway
Georgetown County
Johnson
Oaklahoma
Chamber of Commerce urged to boost Georgetown markets
The Marion Star notes a push by local merchants to prize tobacco growers and build a central Marion belt market. Readers learn of a Recorder Mouzon docket including shop lifting and fighting sentences, and mention a chicken thief linked to Steele-Moses Company with future higher court action.
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Marion
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Belt
Rip Vanwinkle
J. P. Howard
Bell Spivey
Annie Jeffrey
Richael Brown
Mollie Rogers
Mary Pinckney
Lung
Henry Green
Steele- Moses Company
Debating Society Misses Meeting. Woodmen Picnic Noted
The Debating Society of this city met at the court house last evening but we were absent due to a prior engagement and cannot report on the proceedings. A Woodmen of the World picnic at Shady Grove yesterday was reported as a delightful event for members and guests.
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Debating Society
Court House
Shady Grove
Excursion to Rosemary Rail Trip for Georgetown vs Osewary
The Georgetown & Western Railroad to run atrain from Georgetown at 8 30 a m to Rosemary and back after the game on Saturday August 8. Round trip fare is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children with W H Andrews and R C Snipes as superintendents.
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Georgetown
Osewary
Georgetown & Western Railroad
Rosemary
W.H. Andrews
R. C. Snipes
Supt. G. P. A
Reunion of Veterans and Confederate Sons Convened in Greenville
The Lexington South Carolina editor notes the reunion of old soldiers in Greenville on August 12 and 13, with the United Sons of Confederate Veterans convention to be held there. Local camps should stand in good standing and send delegates. blank membership applications for Camp South Carolina will be provided on request. Comrades urged to attend to show support for Southern Confederacy veterans. George Bell Timmerman, Commander.
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Lexington
S. C
Daily Item
Greenville
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
South Carolina
Sons of Veterans
Southern Confederacy
George Bell Timmerman
Comdr. S
Harm and the Funny Sheets Do
A Far Rockaway carriage scene triggers a child’s comparison of newspaper cartoons to the Missing Link. The writer rails against Sunday funny papers for teaching zoological terms to children, citing Katzenjammer Kids and Buster Brown as examples.
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Jocko
Katzenjammer
Buster Brown
Tige
Jacko
Maud
Lawrence
L. S
Post-Express
Bryan on Advertising a Bright Answer for Sellers
William Jennings Bryan replied to a question about advertising by comparing it to throwing a kiss in the dark. He argued that trying to sell without informing potential buyers is futile, as the seller cannot be seen and will fail.
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Hon
William Jennings Bryan
Steamer Dudley Excursion to Pawleys Island
The steamer Dudley will run an excursion to Pawley's Island on Sunday August 9 leaving market dock at 9 am and returning from True Blue at 9 pm. Captain Sparks provides ample food and drink aboard. Fine native beef available by calling 192 or dining at 1015 Prince Street. E. J. Marcus.
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Dudley
Pawley’s Island
Market Dock
True Blue
Capt. Sparks
Prince Street
E. J. Marcus
Tragic Adolescent Injury Rocks Florence County
Lake City reports a fatal assault in the Hyman area where Thomas Summerford allegedly struck his young son against a banister after a campaign meeting. The child suffered a broken back and died shortly after, with witnesses noting Summerford's violent behavior only when drinking.
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Lake City
Hyman
Florence County
Thomas Summerford
Summerford
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W. E. Lang
Morris Wholesale House
Cincinnati, Ohio
White
Westbury
Young's
Mamie Blalock
Blacksburg, S. C
City
Georgetown Democratic Club
Sheriff's Office
G. A. Lohr
S. A. Parker
J.C. Fletcher
C. W. Scurry
J B Johnson
J. J. Young
Yawhannah
Ernest Gary
Columbia
Walter H. Wells
S. H. Bissonette
McClellanville
A Chamber OF Commerce
Recorder’s Court
Mouzon
Bryan
D. S
Bourne & Co
Loyal
McConnell
George Pollock
Front Street
Dunmore
P. O
J J. M. Herring
Taylor and High Streets
Georgetonw
C. D. Cook
J. B. Steele
F. Rhem
O. B. Skinner
S. J. Flaum
B. W. Cannon
H. W. Fraser
D. N. Bourne
John Bourne
W. H. Andrews
R. Y. Cathou
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