09 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
1
A column mixes local anecdotes and updates. It recalls a cartoon about the Standard Oil Trust and John D. Rockefeller, notes goats eating tin and a hardware tale, and lists residents traveling to Pawleys Island, Georg e A Parker switching jobs, and ongoing civic matters such as macadamizing roads and a Sumter monument unveiling.
Fifteen hundred Western Union employees including operators and messengers walk out in Chicago. Night shift deserts at midnight. day shift refuses to return. Strike spreads to St Louis and Denver with support from railway telegraphers. extra police deployed and guard measures at offices. Postal service not yet affected but expected to transfer business after midnight. San Francisco reports no initial action though postal telegraphers may join.
Standard Oil stock fell sharply in New York trading on August 9 slipping 17 points to 4.75 at midday with no bids after an early three point rise, marking a multi year low for the issue.
Dispatch from Batavia reports that forty eight Dutch soldiers were massacred by natives on Celebies Island who rose up, surprised the garrison, and killed the troops.
Jas M Gregg of the Georgia Democratic Committee says there is no grounds for federal meddling in state railroad regulation under the Hepburn law. He argues federal judges should not extend jurisdiction beyond the state, noting administration concession in the North Carolina contest and awaiting Supreme Court outcome.
Fire swept the Mack Bros. Automobile factory in Brooklyn today causing estimated losses of around $100,000. The owners suspect arson. The blaze closed the plant and disrupted local production.
President Roosevelt meeting with Attorney General Bonepart at Oyster Bay to review Standard Oil cases. Bonepart arrived today and will depart this afternoon for Washington to pursue trust busting actions. several cases were examined with the President.
Details of the Britt Ganns boxing match are finalized. The twenty round bout will take place on September 9 at the San Francisco baseball grounds for a purse of 25000 dollars or 75 percent of the gate receipts.
Two 19 year old Atlanta girls Louise Ondre and Nettie Day tried to drown themselves in the Chattohoochee river to avoid separation. They were saved by two men who plunged after them. The girls, from good families, are described as a brunette and a blonde with a strong attachment and intent to stay together.
The seismograph at the State Museum recorded earthquake shocks at 159 oclock for about ten minutes. The disturbance direction was east and west and details on the center could not be determined.
An unnamed Polish priest from Chicago shot two brothers at a southside Pittsburgh hotel on Carson Street. Steven Starzynski died. Andrew Starzynski wounded but alive. The priest, Sezegiel, was jailed for murder. the woman companion was detained as a witness.
Judge remarks on immunity and the boundary of truth in a trust case. The witness, rated immune, declines to answer, implying that full disclosure could lead to severe penalties or life imprisonment. The judge notes the witness knew little about the case.
Real estate transfers list properties changed hands last week. H. J L. Smith transfers interest of minors in two 1000 acre lots on Santee to Atlantic Coast Lumber Co for 571.45 dollars. Edward Prioleau sells one acre near Richmond Plantation to J M Ringé for 554 dollars.
In Charleston at Charkembon the Charleston team beat Macon 4 to 2. In Columbia the Columbia club defeated Augusta 5 to 2. Savannah hosted Savannah Jacksonville but rain halted play.
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