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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
1
Cheerful local notices abound with barber shop and hotel trade details. Lost jewelry, court reports, and community events fill pages as the Loyal Temperance Legion meets, golf club officers are named, and the Naval Militia drills are announced.
Mrs J M Whitted will personally conduct a one week cooking demonstration at Phenix Furniture Co store beginning Thursday February 18. A tempting menu from reputable cooking schools will be served daily including Planked shad with creamy potatoes and drawn butter sauce, egg omelette with tomato sauce, lemon cake and hot chocolate with saltines. Ladies and interested gentlemen invited.
List of letters remaining unclaimed at Georgetown South Carolina Post Office through February 8 1908. Names include John Brown Fersons Sam Cox Isaac Cooper Dan Gibson Henry McDonnell Sumter James Smalls Isaac Warning and several women such as Eliza Brown Rebecca Knight Annie Multon Florence Sanders and Hattie Washington. Patrons must state advertisement and pay one cent per letter delivered.
A wartime memo highlights soldier discontent over menial tasks and poor rations. Replies to Taft’s invitation urge a better diet and the creation of a service corps to take over noncombat duties from enlisted men. The editorial argues reforms are essential for readiness and morale.
An Irishman is involved in a legal case after a man’s body is found in his possession. Police and prosecutors outline the charges and possible penalties as the investigation unfolds at the local courthouse.
Governor Glenn reprieved Frazier Jones of Greensboro, a Negro convicted of wife murder, for ten days delaying the execution scheduled within half an hour. The reprieve was granted after the prosecuting solicitor requested more case study time as the sheriff alerted Jones of the stay.
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