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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
1
Local lawman arrested Walter Patterson for carrying a concealed weapon and forfeited bail of 25 dollars. The Georgetown paper reports on politics, river and harbor work, a dredge trial, debating society, a moonlight excursion and camp orders for a military unit at Pawleys Island in 1908.
A local man, Black, wheels home a load of oyster cans and bottles. He plans to dump them in his yard to entertain visiting relatives with the impression of abundance. A group of young people enjoyed a bay boat ride last night to North Island, listing the names of many attendees.
A call to form and sustain a Civic League in Georgetown urges leaders and volunteers to plan ten, twenty, even thirty year improvements. It praises the women’s handiwork in beautifying streets and lawns and asks how future historians will judge today’s efforts.
In Newport on July 22 the cruiser yacht Mayflower docked with damage after a fog bound voyage. It had collided with lumber schooner Menawa, cut nearly in two. six crewmen were rescued by a lifeboat and taken aboard. The President ordered funds for their return home and transport for the Menawa skipper to New York. Commander Snowden opened a Court of Inquiry and requested a Navy investigation.
Mr. W. P. Houseal known as the Dutch weather prophet says cool nights will continue from now until mid August. He notes that the past three nights Sunday Monday and Tuesday were the warmest this summer in the city.
Capt. H. B. Springs requests that Capt. A. McP. Hamby extend a cordial invitation to Company F members to attend the naval militia encampment. Members wishing to go should contact Capt. Springs at his office promptly, offering a chance for those who could not go to Sullivan's Island.
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