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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
3
Middling cotton 87-8, corn 9, meal 1.75, feed oats 65, rice whole 4.50, flour 4.50 to 5.25, pearl grist 1.75 in sacks. No market for crude turpentine in Georgetown. Quoted by Bourne & Co New Virgin Dip 3.00 Yellow Dip 3.00 scrape 2.00 Tarin oil barrels 3.00 Rosin NY quiet.
Wether report for South Carolina predicts rain tonight and Wednesday with moderate northeast and east winds. The issue highlights Crockery at C P Foxworth Co and Ringel Department Stores holiday offers running through Christmas, plus a full page Southern Mercantile Co promo forthcoming. Funeral notice for Charles Benjamin Loyal, 20, of High Market Street, set for December 13 at 10 a.m. with Rev. T G Herbert. The Steele Moses Co keeps late hours to 9 or 11 p.m. for holiday shopping. obituary notes Loyal’s death at home. community sorrow and sympathy extended.
Statement of condition for the Bank of Georgetown South Carolina shows total assets of 819,621.58 with overdrafts bonds and stocks, furniture and real estate, and cash items. Liabilities include deposits 239,070.18 and bills payable 152,219.25 with officers J I Hazard cashier and notary H B Springs attesting December 11 1911.
A special train will depart Georgetown at 9 30 Wednesday morning December 13 1911 to attend the Earles South Carolina land sale. Return service leaves Earles immediately after the sale. A Hemingway to Andrews connection will attach at Andrews in both directions. Low round trip ticket rates at all stations. W H Andrews Supt A Campbell Gen Pas Agt.
Col David Charles Collier emerges as a national figure tied to the Exposition. The project claims over 2,500,000 raised with costs projected above 7,000,000. He works without salary or expense allowance to promote the world show and its home city project.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo and endorsements by Waldon Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. The notice states internal use, price 75 cents, and urges wholesale sales after November 27 11 by W H Palmer fruit dealer.
Notice of the municipal election for mayor aldermen and public works commissioner in Georgetown South Carolina to be held Monday January 15 1912. 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.
Georgetown voters may register for the municipal election at City Hall from December 15, 1911 to January 5, 1912. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily except Sunday. Watts and McElveen offer portable saw mill wood at 75 cents per cord with prompt service.
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