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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
2
Middling cotton 87 8. Spirits turpentine 48. D S bellies 10 1 2. D S butts 71 2. Rice whole 4 50. Flour 4 50 to 5 25. Pearl grist in sacks 1 75. No market in Georgetown for crude turpentine. Quotations from Bourne & Co New Virgin Dip 3.00 Yellow Dip 3.00 Tarin oil barrels 8.00 Rosin NY quiet.
Local forecast notes light to moderate east winds for tonight or Tuesday and a brief weather update for Georgetown area. The item also lists assorted ads and notices from C P Foxworth Co and Steele Moses Co with sales on china, dress goods, and silk garments. Entailed are society notes, a bank statement for Bank of Georgetown dated 1911, and obituaries and public notices including Mr Plutie Cains death and a lost letter addressed to J A Hemingway with a stated reward.
A historic ad offers 100 dollars reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle. It lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements by Wapon Kinnar Marvin wholesale druggists. Also notes a shift to wholesale sales by W H Palmer with date Nov 27.
Notice is given of a municipal election for Mayor Aldermen and Commissioner of Public Works in Georgetown South Carolina. The election will be held Monday January 15 1912 with two polling precincts at City Hall and near the Southern Mercantile Co store. Polls open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. W. A. Black S. & T.
Books of Registration for the City of Georgetown South Carolina will be open for the Registration of voters for the Municipal Election at City Hall Friday the 15th day of December 1911 and remain open until the 5th day of January 1912. Office hours every day except Sunday from 10 o'clock until 2 o'clock p m. T E Arrowsmith Supr Reg Have your wood sawed at your yard by the portable saw mill of Watts and McElveen at 75c per cord. Phone No 64 and you will receive prompt attention. Also cord wood for sale Watts and McElveen.
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