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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
1
Local and personal notes recount Miss Julia Lachicotte visiting Mrs J I Hazard on Prince Street. The U D C plans a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms tomorrow at 4 30 PM. Vendors display Valentine greetings in city store windows amid varied remarks on fashion and weather.
Mrs C T Towers principal of public school No 114 at 73 Oliver Street describes pupils arriving without breakfast and fainting in class. She says appeals to charity produced only delayed replies that an investigation would be made. The account highlights child hunger in the school.
A new torpedo boat flotilla consisting of Porter Tingey Blakely Delong and Thorton will depart Hampton Roads next week and sail to St Josephs Bay Florida. The ships will conduct tactical drills target and torpedo practice during the stay and then return north around May 1.
A disease termed Morbus Sabbaticus or Sunday sickness is described as spreading rapidly across the country. It strikes suddenly on Sunday with no Saturday night symptoms. Patients feel fine after church and breakfast, but the attack begins around service time and lasts through morning service, then eases after noon.
The Crescent B L Association held its stockholders meeting electing J B Steele H W Fraser James H Fraser Herman Schenk H B Springs E W Haselden H L Oliver A O Johnson and S M Gladstone to the board. Fidelity Building and Loan elected W D Morgan H Schenk B W Kaminski J J Hagard Jay Fraser George A Doyle C L Ford HL Smith to the board with Morgan as President and Schenk as Vice President. Equitable Building and Loan elected H B Springs H W Fraser S M Gladstone P S McConnell E W Haselien H L Smith W A Black G B Sanders M W Pyatt to the board with Springs as President and Fraser as Vice President.
In a humorous vignette from Lippincott's a patient asks a dentist to answer a question before closing the talk. The dentist selects rubber, asks about chewing bias, and answers that people chew more on the inside of the mouth. The exchange ends with the dentist guiding the rubber over the patient’s lips.
A young bride and groom who eloped worry about food. The bride asks if her father sent money and learns he sent three large rolls of music with a note declaring music is the food of love. The Austere note hopes they fare well until they return.
Columbia reports the House approved a bill by Senator Brooks to establish an infirmary for Confederate veterans. The bill had been passed on third reading, with debate over recommittal and charges of potential discrimination between veterans. Confederate veteran McKeown urged establishment.
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