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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
1
The January report from the North Augusta dispensary shows 250000 drinks served despite a brief closure for stock exhaustion. Cash receipts totaled 16971.40 with expenses at 1210.70. The Aiken dispensary earned 7507.49 with expenses of 501.59.
In New Orleans Fel 19 a $15 000 diamond robbery occurred in daylight at a downtown jewelry store. Two men arrived in a buggy, one smashed the front plate glass, seized two trays of diamonds, and fled as a crowd pursued. The buggy disappeared into the dust in the old French Quarter.
A petition to President Roosevelt seeking the pardon of Captain William H. Van Shaick, condemned to ten years for negligence in the Slocum disaster, was endorsed by national and local committees of the American Association of Masters Mates and Pilots. The captain defended his actions saying he acted quickly and rightly. The sentence takes effect next Tuesday and the Maritime Association plans a meeting to decide on the petition.
The court martial trying Lieut. Gen. Stoessel for surrender of Port Arthur to Japan retired for deliberation at noon. Defendants Gen. Fock and Gen. Reiss are ordered to appear February 20 at 9:40 a.m. for sentencing expected. Sentries guard the judges' doors.
Judges anticipate a considerable struggle in their efforts to reach a verdict, indicating tense proceedings and high stakes as the case advances.
The Goodwin Stock Company opens a week at the Opera House on Monday February 24 with a different cast each night. The first attraction may be A Child Shall Lead Them by Hal Reid, a Southern drama in the wake of the Jackson Kentucky tragedy.
Chronicle report from Spartanburg South Carolina says Bishop W. W. Duncan of the South Carolina Methodist church is gravely ill and in extremely critical condition tonight. His family has left the city, and officials believe he has suffered poor health for a year due to an abscess on the back of his neck.
Dr and Mrs E W Palmer visited relatives in Greeleyville this week. The fifth Lyceum course by the E R Weeks Co will be at the Opera House Saturday night. Organizers aim to add a concert Semler night at the Opera House.
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