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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
1
Local notes report Miss Sarah Sullivan is rapidly recovering from grippe. Mentions of visits by residents, barber shop openings, and social notices appear amid community updates and short items including a jail incident, a future rifle range shoot, and local addresses.
About two weeks ago the residence of Mr. E. C. Haselden was entered in the early morning and robbed. An ivory handled pistol was among the stolen items and no trace has been found since.
W H Croft dealer in electrical supplies offers standard Western Electric bulbs at a special price of two cents, claiming first grade lamps from Westinghouse manufacturers. The shop stocks novelty items and desk lamps and guarantees satisfaction. Also notice of a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W C Baskin this evening at 7 30.
Judge Emory Spear granted an injunction preventing railway lines forming the Southeastern Freight Association from collecting the 2c per hundred pounds lumber rate to Ohio river points. The rate was ruled illegal, unreasonable and discriminatory in suits by Tift and others against Southern Railway. Orders require a February 4 hearing in Augusta to decide if the restraining order becomes permanent. The Tallahassee Saw Mill and the Phillips mill were complainants, with Alabama shippers also a party in similar action.
The sultan orders his Grand Vizier to prepare a list of all the fools in the kingdom and bring it as soon as it is finished. The task hints at a political maneuver or test of loyalty within the court.
report from Augusta confirms no moonshine raids since January first as deputy U S marshal notes local fear of Georgia prohibition law surpasses concern over internal revenue acts. country people across the district appear wary of enforcing measures under the state statute.
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