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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
1
A mix of short items covers a Sea board flyer accident near Columbia, banquet speaker plans in Spartanburg featuring Martin W. Littleton, product notes from C P Foxworth Co, barber shop news, a missing collar, Pee Dee river rise at Cheraw, and social chatter including a birth, matchmaking missives, bridge ethics commentary, and a subscriber payment for three months.
Regular semi monthly meeting of Georgetown County Board with Supervisor J B Johnson and Commissioners H T McDonald present. G E Scott absent sick. McDonald ordered to fill holes on Sampit road. Treasurer reports collected 11590.78 since last. Johnson cites rain delaying oats. aims to complete planting by month end. Board adjourns.
Paris February 17 rumors circulated that King Alfonso of Spain had been assassinated. Officials at the French foreign office and the Spanish embassy could not confirm or deny the claim, and no details accompanied the rumor.
Capers states that an incorporated club selling whiskey incurs criminal liability for its acts. If lockers store members own liquor not purchased from the club, no special tax liability arises, but unincorporated clubs storing liquor must avoid retail liquor dealer tax exposure. He warns enforcement will align with Georgia and federal revenue rules, with unlawful actions deemed unlawful and lawful actions permitted only as per internal revenue administration.
Wes and Charley Summerlin, father and son, were hanged by Sheriff J P Webb in Carrollton for the murder of Hon Jethro Jones on Navy Street last year. Wes was executed at 10 28 pm, neck broken. Charley followed at 11 12 pm with a broken neck. Both denied involvement on the scaffold, blaming Lonzo Candel. authorities plan no arrest. Jones, a prominent planter, was killed amid cotton theft prosecutions.
San Francisco dispatch reports the cruiser St. Louis leaving the Golden Gate when boiler tubes blew and steam scalded four sailors in the engine room just before target practice. The incident triggers a government investigation into the ship’s recent dry dock repairs.
In Columbia on February 17 Senator L. G. Walker Seores reports the rate bill’s quick, close defeat. Senator Toole pressed his measure but it was laid on the table, a formal legislative death. Revival or reconsideration remains possible, though the Senate may be tired of the issue.
State Attorney General Jackson announced in New York that he would move to appoint receivers for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company in state courts despite its Federal receivership. The action, likely to be filed tomorrow, will rely on papers from the Federal Court proceedings.
The News and Courier reports Jacksonville acted against professional beggars described as bims hobos and winter tourists. City officials ordered them away or to jail, and they departed.
A daily menu is served 3 to 6 p m with a Lady Baltimore Cake bake by Mrs Whitted on Wednesday the last day of the demonstration. The event invites ladies to bring recipes to bake on the Favorite Range and also welcomes interested gentlemen. A planked shad demonstration is rescheduled for Monday at 4 30 p m due to bad weather.
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