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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
3
There is no market in Georgetown for crude turpentine but Bourne & Co. provides quotes including New Virgin Dip 3.50, Yellow Dip 38.5 per ape, 2.75 Tar in oil barrels 3.50, Rosin NY quiet. Prices for cotton spirits turpentine corn meal feed oats and flour noted with several listings.
Fair conditions with a slight warming trend tonight and Saturday. Winds light to moderate from the west. Temperatures at 4 a.m. range from 28 to 27.80 degrees, and at 9 a.m. about 32 degrees.
Local notes recount entertainment at Rebekah Hall and holiday sales at Steele Moses Co. mentions burial in Summerville, church services, turkey raffles, rentals, and a primary mayoral election on December 5. Fire at O. E. Emerson plant reported. Georgetown County shows strong interest in land auctions and agricultural prospects.
A excursion to view the large Float ing Fish Factory anchored at North Island is planned. The ship cost over a million dollars and is larger than a battleship. The Steamer Comache departs Market wharf at 2 p m Sunday December 3 with a fare of 25 cents.
List of unclaimed mail in Georgetown S C for the period ended November 25 1911 includes Jack Benjam care of John Armstrong William Bowens J D Brantley James Buggs Anthony Button E Boin Peter Funny Me Jonnie Green Psielivery Henry Johnson George McCray due 2 cents W Tlis C McFarland John McKinley Morris Mishaw ts Morgan JB McCants HP Pennond Paris Shaw Gilbert Washington Ernest Wilkins Rose Caine Carrie Gretine Annie Guypson Margie Larey Rule Moulter Rale Moulter Mary Polroy Mililda Robinson Bill Wilson Miss Bill Wilson Miss Luckey Verner care Pompy Pusha.
A timid learner asks how to respond to drowning and the instructor jokes that JT should plan a funeral, a quip from a Puck cartoon.
The Spartanburg Spartan reports claims that Henry Beattie confessed his sins repented and went to heaven after a fatal shooting that killed his wife who died suddenly and may not be in heaven. A Maryland woman recalls receiving a goose at twenty and many women still keep the goose from their wedding day.
Ragweed Reggie questions the idea of self help aided by a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote. The exchange riffs on a summer kitchen ham and winter clothes, reflecting a folksy debate over self reliance and divine aid.
The piece defends American reporters for respecting presidential confidence and condemns a French writer for publishing private remarks. It argues Presidents discuss freely with assurances of privacy, a trust reporters must not betray, and notes the recent violation as an exception to a general rule of fidelity.
The note highlights gratitude for health and earning potential through saving money. It emphasizes two main benefits: personal well being and financial prudence as a path to prosperity.
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