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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
4
The notice outlines advertising rates per square inch and per line for obituaries and personal notices with a 5 cent per line rate, free religious notices, and requires real names with submissions. It also states accepted drafts or money orders payable to Item Co and notes second class matter status dated July 2, 1907 in Georgetown South Yerdea.
Lumber dealers report eighty five percent of mills in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Texas are operating. Coal operators say sixty five percent of mining forces in Illinois Kentucky Tennessee are at work and output will return to normal in twenty to thirty days. Reopening mills and mines means large scale re employment across nine states.
In Tampa on July 27 Mrs J W Platt, 60, was killed by unknown assailants at her home near Gilchrist Institute. Her son Walter Platt discovered the body on the kitchen floor with six bullet holes in the head. daughter Miss Mattie Platt, a teacher at the Institute, had left minutes earlier.
A typhoon hit Hong Kong just before midnight causing a fierce seas and heavy shore damage. British cruiser Astraea crew launched a cutter with a searchlight to rescue thirteen sailors. Six were saved while seven drowned amid the raging waves.
A joke exchanges a riddle about wheel count. The pupil replies that a wheelbarrow has one wheel, sparking a light classroom moment.
A collection of Georgetown County politicians declare intent to seek re election or start campaigns in the upcoming Democratic primary. Included are Olin Sawyer for Clerk of Court, Herbert L Smith for Clerk, CW Scurry for Sheriff, J A Haddock for Sheriff, LeGrand G Walker for State Senator, W H Dorrill for Auditor, J asf Detuens for County Treasurer, John Richardson Jr for Treasurer, AT Holliday and J B Johnson for County Supervisor and Coroner, GALCHR for Coroner, RG Rhett for United States Senate, E Ellerbe for Congress, and P A Hodges for Congress.
Several candidates announce for the Solicitor post in the 12th Judicial Circuit. Walter H. Wells and P B Bellers pledge to run under Democratic primary rules. P Qauptlebau m, a longtime Horry County lawyer, joins the field. W F Clayton invokes Confederate service and vows faithful service if elected.
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