County Commissioners in Session at Georgetown July 6 1909
The Board of County Commissioners met in Georgetown with Supervisor J B Johnson and Commissioners H I McDonald and G E Scott. They examined docket books, noted $85 in magistrate Harrelson’s funds, listed jail sentences, and recorded road overseer collections totaling 406.8. They approved $3,157.20 in claims, planned inquiries with lawmakers, and discussed school grounds improvements in the fall.
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Georgetown
Board of County Commissioners
J. B. Johnson
H. I. McDonald
G. E. Scott
Harrelson
Norris
McDonald
C. E. Evans
L. Brinkley
M. J. Verner
Scott
George Hazzard
South Island
Elizabeth K. Doyle
Lawn Festival Plans Lanterned Tom Thumb Wedding
Preparations for Friday evening garden party include a Tom Thumb Wedding by electric light under trees. Proceeds benefit the Georgetown Rifle Guards with children booths, a doll guessing game, soap bubble pipes, and cake sales at Mrs. Chas Congdon's home. admission eight cents, wedding at 8 o clock.
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Georgetown
Chas Congdon
Silver service for South Carolina battleship delays
Columbia notes no official date for sending the battleship South Carolina to Charleston to receive a $5,000 silver service being made in New York. A local writer jokes about the punch bowl size versus water pitcher, hinting temperance groups missed a chance to protest the spending.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Cramp’s
Charleston
New York
Relates to commissioners fixing sizes of bowl and pitcher
The text notes a narrator reflecting on what might have been as devoted commissioners determine the relative sizes of a punch-bowl and water-pitcher. It hints at unseen dangers and the restraint shown by those officials.
Corbins Slayers Convicted in Palmer Belcher Trial
At Valhalla on July 7 a jury found Bob Belcher guilty of murder with mercy, and Lou Belcher J E Palmer and Charley Palmer guilty of manslaughter with mercy for killing W E F Corbin and Chris Corbin, deputy marshals, during an attempted arrest on March 8.
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Valhalla
Palmer-Belcher
Bob Belcher
Mercy
Lou Belcher
J. E. Palmer
Charley Palmer
W. E. F. Corbin
Chris Corbin
United States
Corbins
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Silver Service Commission
Alment
Phenix Furniture Gc
Ben
M.L. Brandt Co
New
Theyargatt High Desamples
Wade & Butcher
Brandt
Georgetown Drug Co
Mix
Ore
Edward W. DuRant
Broad Street
Mitchell C
Conway
the Sanitary Crystal Glass Ice Cream Freezer
Southern MercantileCo
Carolina
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