24 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
1
Official daily temperature register lists readings from instruments under the Government Engineer office. Readings cover the day with times and locations, reflecting atmospheric conditions observed by trained staff.
The column notes Miss Pearle Harling will return this evening from Johnston South Carolina. It mentions local business moves, social visits, and civic debates, including remarks on city leadership and infrastructure responsibilities, with various local people referenced.
Mr C Wilford visits his mother in Georgia after years apart. Sir Slick, Sheriff Scurry and others attend the Rose Hill Sunday School picnic. Lester Scott, a young white man, arrested yesterday at Harpers for robbing Mr W S Camlin’s store, is brought to the city and placed in the sheriff’s custody.
An Atlanta mayor asserts his duty to support his city rather than its rivals, contrasting city credit and fiscal roots with broader national concerns. A ninety-year-old English jurist comments on aging and life’s rewards, stressing temperament over age. A New York correspondent mocks Taft’s Columbus speech as fat and overblown, urging different speechwriters if he seeks the presidency.
A fierce fire at the Eagle White Lead Co. dry tan bark plant in Cincinnati began last night and raged through the area, burning eight hundred thousand dollars worth of property. Firefighters confined it to the original block despite intense efforts.
Seven men were killed in New York when a boiler exploded on the coal barge Patterson in the Lang dry dock at Hoboken. The incident occurred today and casualties were reported immediately.
Senator Walter H Wells of Florence was named solicitor for the 3d circuit by Gov Ansel to succeed Judge John S Wilson who resigned to become judge of the same circuit. Wilson resignations effective August 20 Wells to qualify and assume duties. Wilson to don the ermine September 1. Wells, a leading young lawyer and South Carolina College graduate, formerly served in the House and Senate.
James Henry Rice representing the Audubon Society in South Carolina demands prosecution of all dealers selling dynamite without a purchaser order and failing to file sworn quarterly reports. The Florence Times notes a $100 fine or 30 days imprisonment for violations, amid reports of widespread fish destruction from dynamite.
Secretary Loeb announces the Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships will move to the Pacific at the end of December by sailing around the Strait of Magellan, instead of using the Suez Canal, signaling a major fleet redeployment.
Five thousand meat cutters and many other workers in New York City's packinghouses may join the wholesale butchers teams if the current agreement between packers and the teamsters fails to take effect by Monday. The walkout stems from tensions between packers and the teamsters over the agreement.
Commentary on marital roles with advice that a wife should influence and join her husband in business and life. It advocates a companionate marriage where the wife aids and guides, trains children, and keeps the husband from social missteps. The tone defends traditional domestic expertise and household influence.
A Nevada Missouri Mail reader is urged to consider that quiet days in papers still mark the absence of fires murders accidents and losses. The column frames daily life as the measure of news and calls for gratitude when no misfortune is reported.
A car broke through a wall and into a fifth story flat’s kitchen. The passage references the Traction Trust hunting people in homes and comments on regional life in Collerton County with rural imagery. The piece ends noting the rapid rise of some people beyond their upbringing.
Mrs. T. W. Barfield left this afternoon for Florence South Carolina. She travels likely for personal reasons, with no additional itinerary details provided.
Stuttgart August 24 International Socialists Conference voted congratulations for Wm. D. Haywood after acquittal in the murder trial of former Governor Stellenberg. A prize was given to laborers who supported him. They likened President Roosevelt to capitalists in an attempt to convict an innocent man.
The piece argues Cleveland failed to curb trusts, unlike Roosevelt, and accuses him of enriching them. It cites the Standard Oil Indiana plea as an odd parallel to an orphaned killer seeking mercy. Anderson adopts a nightly curfew for under fourteen, praised as a model for South Carolina towns.
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In Charleston the Charleston team defeated Augusta 7 to 0. In Jacksonville Jacksonville beat Macon 4 to 1. At Columbia Savannah edged Columbia 2 to 1.
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