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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
1
Local brief notes report a Temperance League gathering scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9 30 at the old Methodist church with full attendance urged. Also mentions Mr W J Burke visiting Summerville and various local notices including lost items and upcoming boat schedule and excursions.
A July 4 barbecue and political meeting drew about six hundred attendees. Speakers included Josiah Doar, S A Parker, Fletcher, Lohr, H L Smith, L G Walker, W H Dorrill, John Richardson, Detyens, Haddock, Scurry, and others. W H Andrews denied A C L interference in candidate support and praised local industry.
In memory of the three months old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Savage who died in this city on Sunday June 28 1908 and was interred in Enfield North Carolina. The short life is described with delicate imagery and a note of lasting memory for the bereaved parents.
The Georgetown baseball team defeated Rosemary 6 to 4 in a well played contest credited to Adams pitching and Harrelson Buie and Jones fielding. Rosemary managed only one hit through seven innings as Adams shut them down until the eighth.
News from the city reports Miss Mattie Wilson daughter of Jos Wilson is critically ill at Waverly with typhoid fever with little hope of recovery. The Wilson family has the sympathy of the community in this hour of affliction. Miss Emmie Snow and Miss Ruth Carraway of Rome are visiting Mrs. W. T. Turbevile.
A large crowd from Pawley’s area joined yesterday’s trip to Pawley’s Island. Attendees included Dr. H. A. Farris and wife Sheriff C. W. Scurry and wife and daughter Mesdames W. K. McCarley T. E. Reeves E. Gurtganus Lucy Kennedy Capt. A. A. Springs Dr. M. P. Moorer J F Detyens W. H. McDonald C. P. Foxworth R. W. Hodges A. S. Ehrich J. J. Kornegay LeRoy Scurry N. Ashe M. L. Altman J. T. Altman J. G. Owens J. J. Scurry J. W. Doar among others whose names were not listed.
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