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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
1
A mixed page itemizes local happenings and ads including arrests for borrowing a pistol, theft of rubber boots, and a 30 day sentence. business moves and product ads from C P Foxworth Co. church service cancellations due to a death in the pastor’s family. a furniture demo at Phenix and coffee feature. a fire alarm false alarm. barber shop offerings. a Valentine dance at Winyah Indigo Hall with listed attendees and chaperones.
Attendees praised the Favorite Range showcased by Phenix Furniture Co at a cooking demonstration. The device reportedly used about half the fuel of a small stove, delivering quick baked goods like hot biscuits in under four minutes and plank shad in fifteen. Mrs. J. M. Whitted is presenting the Superior Cooking and Baking Qualities of the Favorite Range.
Mrs S L Veronee daughter of Mrs Stacy Wiggins died Friday morning from pneumonia. She is survived by her mother and was buried today at Elmwood cemetery with Rev Murray officiating. Pallbearers included G F Mallory P H Pow J W McElveen J K Freeman and L M Overton. Honorary pallbearers were Mrs John Dorrill Mrs Geo Easton Mrs Frank Davis Mrs W Dear Mrs Higgins Mrs J Freeman Mrs Jennie Brinkley and Cecil Curtis.
Court records show James Glover charged with drunk and disorderly behavior given reprimand. Moses Wright found guilty of fighting with a $1 fine or 10 days on street. Venus Gardner pled guilty to trespass and removing building steps with fuel use and faces $15 fine or 15 days jail. Eddie Porter pled guilty to stealing with $25 fine or 30 days on chain gang. W. A. Black C. & T.
A daily menu from 3 to 6 p m features a Lady Baltimore Cake demo by Mrs. Whitted on Wednesday the last day of the event. The Charleston sold recipe priced at twenty five dollars is cited while planked shad demonstration returns Monday at 4 30 p m due to weather. The Phenix Furniture Co invites all ladies and interested gentlemen to attend and bring recipes to be baked on the range.
West Virginia man Walter Rippey confessed to criminally assaulting two women within 48 hours after capture. He was brought to Bluefield jail from Coaldale Tunnel to avert mob violence, as residents pursued him after attacks on a Black woman near Essevian and a white widow near Brownington. Authorities feared a lynching and moved him to Pocahontas then Bluefield for safety.
The News and Courier details a five coach Atlantic Coast Line special for legislators, with 229 aboard including 29 women. Report notes a jolly trip but implies state costs run to thousands as Citadel seeks 62 750 this year vs 35 750 prior, likely raising the tax levy to six mills.
Jackson Georgia February 14 The body of J R Carmichael president of the First National Bank and owner of a carriage factory was found dead this morning in McCord s mill pond near here He had been dead since last night A note found in the bank says he did not commit death by own action because of financial troubles but because his mind was unbalanced He asked that the note be posted in the bank windows The bank s affairs are reported to be unaffected Carmichael 60 leaves a widow and seven children.
Marine news notes several arrivals at Charleston including the Stmr Katahdin under Queen destined for A C Corporation and the Stmr Theodore Weems to BA Munnerly & Co. with mdsc. Also the Stmr Frank Sessoms to BA Mun, the Schr Wm Skinner carrying lumber for Winyah Lumber Co, and the Schr Horace P Sheares with cargo for Eddy Lake Cypress Co.
Chase and Sanborn coffee and teas and Heinz sweet pickles jams jellies and preserves are offered at C. P. Foxworth Co. The advertisement highlights a full line of Heinz products alongside Chase and Sanborn selections.
A 1908 Georgetown ordinance bans running at large of domestic animals and fowl in city streets declaring it a nuisance. It imposes impoundment penalties, seizure notices, and public sale after fines and costs, with sale proceeds to be returned to owners on proof of claim.
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