Georgetown's Opportunity for Land Investment and Growth
The article announces a proposed Land Investment and Improvement Company to buy adjacent lands for agricultural development in Georgetown. It details each share of 100 dollars with monthly 1 dollar payments, aims to support farming, small farms, and community benefit over quick profit. A mass meeting at the Court House is planned to gauge support and raise capital, with initial subscriptions totaling about 20000 dollars from local businessmen.
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Georgetown
Mess. L. Mouzon
H. B. Springs
Court House
W. D. Morgan
J. B. Steele
B. W. Cannon
W. H. Andrews
C. L. Ford
Er. L. Lloyd
J. B. Johnson
D. J. Crowley
J. I. Hazard
Representative Cherry Arrives as Smith Greater Shows Boost
Mr. W S Cherry, the Smith Greater Shows general representative, arrived in the city yesterday. He is noted as a former newspaper man, popular with locals, and promises the shows are among the best on the road. He has toured the South, North and Northwest, noting hard times nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Cherry
Smith Greater
Cherry
South
Trespass Notice on Kensington Island Lands
John S. Pyatt forbids hunting shooting or trespassing on all his lands on Kensington Island to all persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington Island
John S. Pyatt
1910 Census to be cheapest on record at 14117000
Washington November 29 The 1910 census will be the cheapest on record with total cost 14117000 including four annual investigations and two biennial reports. Census proper cost 12930000 up only 410000 from 1900 due to permanent Census Office, owned tabulating equipment, piece work pay, and new machines tried in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Tonight at 8 30
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting this evening at 8 30. Full attendance is requested as important business will be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Shot to Death at Ball Game in Flatbush
Michaelo Bragandi, a Utica avenue farmer, was shot during a ball game near his home. A crowd of foreigners sparked a riot and Vincenzo Carus was arrested by two mounted policemen. The prisoner claimed it was his uncle Antonio Carus who planned the revenge after Bragandi had previously faced murder charges.
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Michaelo Bragandi
Utica Avenue
Flatbush
Vincenzo Carus
Antonio Carus
Bragandi
Congress Faces Short Session Amid Tragedy Shifts
A historical piece notes Congress meets in a short session soon with deaths in both Senate and House. It observes new faces, political disappointments, and calls out the departure of John Sharp Williams as minority leader marking a notable shift in Washington.
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Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
John Sharp Williams
The Battleship North Dakota Costs and Risks
The Boston Herald notes the battleship North Dakota under construction at Quincy near Boston will cost about nine million dollars with gun costs around seven hundred ninety thousand dollars. It estimates a broadside cost of seventeen thousand dollars and notes after two hours of firing its guns wear out. Feeding the guns could cost about twenty five thousand dollars a minute and nine hundred officers and men would man the vessel. One machinery explosion or torpedo or a navigational error could sink the ship, similar to three ships that ran aground near New York harbor, risking millions or destruction.
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Boston Herald
Quincy
Boston
New York Harbor
Meeting of Winyah Lodge A F M No 40
Regular meeting of Winyah Lodge A F M No 40 to be held Wednesday evening at the Masonic Temple at 8 o'clock. Election and installation of officers, and a collation will be served. Full attendance requested by Worshipful Master H S Higgins, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winyah
Masonic Temple
H. S. Higgins
A Sad Predicament at the Ball
A young man famed for dancing attends a grand ball with his wife. After a torn trouser mishap his sister offers to mend them in the dressing room. They hear voices, the wife locks the door, and the husband is trapped inside calling for Mary as a bevy of girls arrives.
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Winyah Lodge
Oving Pictures
Pines of
Lamar
Alice Freeman
Dunmore Contractor
Modern Homes
P. O
S. C
J. W. Wingate
Georgetown, S. C
H. Kaminski
Hartnett & Day
Wilson
Carolina Hardware
M. L. Altman
Eaddy Livery Stables
B. W. DuRant
Screwed Street
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