Local Brieflets and Society Notes from Georgetown
Notices from Georgetown society report Mr and Mrs R P Shufford at Pawley s Island and Mrs R W McAllister visiting the mountains. Dr Newman eye specialist offers eye glasses at the Bank of Georgetown. J B Johnson to Glenn Springs then Atlanta on county business. Duncan Methodist Church officers elected B W Cannon and Geo B Sanders fill vacancies. Walls to be redone due to damp stains. Beware of L G Generette who overstayed his board. Upcoming Baptist Sunday School youth entertainment at Mr W H Palmer s home July 18 with refreshments to fund new song books. Opinion column endorses white immigration to boost labor and farming, arguing foreign migrants needed as local labor scarce. South should embrace immigration to reclaim idle land and improve prosperity.
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Newman
Bank of Georgetown
Jos. B. Johnson
Glenn Springs
Atlanta
Duncan Methodist Church
B. W. Cannon
Geo.b. Sanders
Mess
E. R. Beatty
C. O. Brightman
L. G. Generette
A.C L. Corp
S. J. Taylor
Ruchings
Weinberg
Growing Labor Need in the South amid Immigration Debate
The piece argues that fears of farm overproduction from importing foreign workers are unfounded. It asserts current labor shortages require more workers than would be supplied by imports over the next decade. As population grows, demand for food rises, and the South as a key agricultural region will attract more labor to keep pace with natural demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
United States
Kamchatka Volcano Darkness Famine Reported by Northbound Barkentine
From Kamchatka to Okhotsk Sea the eruption left native communities in darkness for over two days. Captain Pedersen and crew aboard the S N Castle, returning to port, heard natives speak of ash showers lava and widespread hunger following the February eruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Peninsula
Kamchatka
Barkentine S. N. Castle
Okhotsk Sea
Pedersen
Marine Arrivals And Departures Noted At Local Wharf
On the 17th several vessels docked or sailed including Stmr FG Burroughs of Dusen sy Conway with naval stores. Georg Weems bound for Charleston with merchandise to B A Munnerlyn & Co. Frank Sessoms heading to Waccamaw with mdse for BA Munnerlyn. Ghio bound for Pee Dee River with mdse to B A Munnerlyn & Co. and Scr. Richard Luthican from Baltimore carrying lumber for Eddy Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stmr
Burroughs
Dusensy
Conway
Naval Stores
Accamaw
Georg Weems
Hodges
Charleston
Mdse
Munnerlyn & Co
Frank Sessoms
Sarvis, Waccamaw
BA Munnerlyn
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. P. Shufford
Little Daughter
Pawley’s Island
Col. Sparkman
W. H. Dorrill
R. W. McAllister
News and Courier
Marine News
Nrestaurant Cor. Front and Cleland Sts
J. J
Wineglas
J.D. Newman
The
Red Store Wharf
Hartnett & Day
Georgetown
S. C
J. H. Green
L. E. Knox
T. B. Parker Sampson
Dunmore
Seyward
J. A. Baxter
C. O. Smith, Rutledge Johnson
Ceorg
R. J. Poston
L. D. Wiggins
General
W. W. Taylor & Son
A.munnerlyn & CO
FTS
Baltimore and Carolina Steam Ship Company
Charleston and George Own Steamship CO
K Commission
B. F. Jones & Son
Front St
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