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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1909
Page
1
Governor Ansel announced the appointment of J. A. Hemmingway as Treasurer of Georgetown County in Columbia on August 9. He succeeds Detwens, who resigned, and Hemmingway was unanimously endorsed by the Georgetown delegation.
Remaining unclaimed letters in Georgetown Post Office require claimants to state they were advertised and pay one cent per letter delivered. List includes men Charlie Bryan through I. Lambert Shubrick and women Maria Brown to Vangeline Wilson.
Billy Saunders, a witty veteran painter in his eightieth year, recalls a joke about a painter going to heaven. He notes the tale ends with a lawyer failing to draw up papers, implying heaven’s exit was blocked by legal paperwork and a missing lawyer.
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania on August 8 Alfred Kinard a Perry County outlaw engaged in a botched store robbery in a northern mountain hamlet. Oscar Heisley confronted Kinard with a pistol and fired as Kinard tried to flee into the woods. Kinard was wounded in the left thigh and hid until capture by authorities.
Mary Manning a Black woman is shot and killed at 5 30 PM in Gaffney by Jack Edwards a railroad worker of ill repute. Edwards claims accidental discharge while handling a pistol. Coroner will hold an inquest. autopsy performed.
Mobile Alabama faces near beer closures as Carmichael prohibition bill passes the Senate. Vendors move stock to homes and warehouses while crowds sing about a last drink. Health official Dr Samuel G Dixon warns against public drinking cups citing disease risks in schools and parks.
High grade school offers small classes and personal attention at Wofford College. Six teachers, a large library, and an excellent gymnasium accompany reasonable charges. Catalogue available from Headmaster A. M. DuPre.
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