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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
2
The News and Courier was asked last evening whether Georgetown City lost population per the Thirteenth census showing 22,270 for Georgetown County, down 578 from 1900. Business leaders call the count a tremendous blunder and question the enumerators and final tally.
Officials call for a legitimate enumeration mirroring Charleston to prove an increase in population from the expansion of diverse industries. They note more purchasing of property and permanent settlement as employment rises within the area.
A Civil War era note outlines Postmaster General Hitchcock's idea for a limited 11 pound parcels post to aid rural delivery. It argues for a German style system to cut transportation costs, warning that express monopolies will block such reforms.
A brief city notice warns owners to comply with urban regulations or face rigid enforcement. Signed by L. L. Bolick, Chief.
An 19th century advert promises a cure for deafness via constitutional remedies stating catarrh inflames the Eustachian tube and can be treated to restore hearing. It offers a $100 reward for cases cured by their method and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as products.
A public notice from Horry County citizens certifies Dennis W. Martin of Haskell C that Lipps Method enables sale of homemade fertilizer. It states a ton is as good as $30 commercial fertilizer and lists signatories including W T Williams Henry Son Ben Mishne Wade Cannon Ed James S H Brown Supt of Education J A Todd Martin and Nathan Paul. For information write Dennis W Martin Haskell S C.
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