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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
4
A local plea urges pedestrians, especially on crowded Mondays and Saturdays after paydays, to walk on the right to prevent jostling by impudent or drunken individuals. The notice warns that persistent disrespect for the rule could lead to arrest or self help for safety.
The Bard of Steeletown sings a plaintive solo with no echo. The Knight of De la Mancha calls for Dulcinia to respond and join a duet. The Daily Item invites fair damsels to reply on behalf of the Bard.
The Daily Stem urges condemnation of the Georgetown Electric Company for destroying shade trees. Readers are directed to Front and Queen streets to view a mutilated oak and question city authorities about stopping such vandalism. The piece calls for an ordinance making mutilating shade trees a criminal offense.
A reader urges a tree and park commission empowered by law to regulate shade. The writer warns the shade will be ruined if untangled. Proposes an ordinance to place all telephone and electric wires underground within a set time under penalties for disobedience.
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