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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
1
The Palmetto Club will hold its annual meeting tonight to elect officers and discuss a proposed Debating Society feature amid a prosperous period with many new and returning members. Beneficial sales, furniture bargains, tugs and pianos are advertised, along with local notices and a burglary report at St James street.
In Columbia on January 16 after state dis pensary proceedings, Goodman was arrested and given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Fowles. Attorney Nelson for Goodman and the Attorney General for the State attended. The magistrate set bond at 25,000, a sizable amount for a misdemeanor, with release secured by a surety company. Names of others sought in arrest remain undisclosed, though a warrant for Mr Black of Columbia is noted and other parties are reportedly not in Columbia. The item shifts to a commentary on woman suffrage, noting a growing openness to the issue and its political implications, stating that opposition wanes as awareness increases.
A brief notice lists Florida oranges at twenty cents per dozen and Tangerine oranges at twenty cents per dozen. Also advertised are bananas, apples, grapes including Malaga grapes, onions, potatoes, cabbage, fresh country eggs and poultry. The item code 16-61 is noted.
Ezekiel Gregory, a farmer over 60, was killed with an axe by his son David after an early morning argument. The son and his wife fled to Mooresville but were arrested near there tonight. Gregory died after the blow severed a yard line drawn with the axe blade. the daughter described the event. Gregory lay unconscious and later died. the son is jailed in Charlotte.
John Walsh known as The Great American Tramp completed his cross country walk from San Francisco to New York in seventy four days despite a thirteen hour pneumonia layoff in Johnstown Pennsylvania. He covered 6640 miles attaining record speed between points and arrived at Manhattan City Hall at five seconds to twelve last night after brief stops in New Jersey and Franklin Park near Princeton.
The analysis notes steady progress of woman suffrage in the United States, with 28 states recognizing some form of woman's vote. In 18 states women vote on school issues, in four on all matters, in three on school matters if taxpayers, and in one in municipal elections. It cites Idaho Wyoming Utah and Colorado where equal rights are claimed to improve education standards and municipal governance.
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