Georgetown Poised for Long Distance Telephone Service
W T Turbeville of the Home Telephone Co. urges Bell system approval after discussions with L C Jennings. Jennings warns a formal report is needed, but expresses strong optimism that Georgetown will soon gain long distance service and be placed in the Bell network.
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W. T. Turbeville
Home Telephone Co
Georgetown
Bell Telephone
Atlanta
L. C. Jennings
General Construction
Turbeville
Jennings
Ostracised World Wonder Grows In Oconee Tree
A farm column reports a 50 foot corn stalk growing atop a 45 foot tree near Seneca in Oconee. The remarkable plant is said to have originated when a bird carried seed up the tree and it took root, creating one of the world’s seven wonders. The claim comes from a local source cited by the column.
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Oconee
Seneca
Rip Saw editor defends Southern women amid Collier’s Weekly debate
Mr B A Daly presented a copy of The National Rip Saw, a St Louis magazine opposing Collier's Weekly on Southern women. The Rip Saw motto proclaims integrity and right wing views. The Farm and Factory notes defense of Southern womanhood and the rip at critics, praising grit and nerve.
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B. A. Daly
St. Louis
Collier’s Weekly
Farm and Factory
Rip Saw
Cigarette Smoking Among Kansas Schoolboys Questioned
The Farm Journal reports that among 2,500 Kansas schoolboys examined, only six were bright and cigarette smoking linked to poorer academic performance. Ten were average, while the rest were considered poor at their studies, prompting a call for boys to quit smoking.
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The
Farm Journal
School of Kansas
Georgetown Gas Franchise Granted Under 1909 Ordinance
City Council approves a twenty year gas franchise for a Georgetown supplier. The ordinance sets construction, payment, safety, and inspection terms with city oversight and conditions for completion within two years.
Prescription Restrictions on Alcohol Sales in 19th Century Law
Date 5th rules limit prescriptions to same day or next day. No more than one half pint per prescription. Filled prescriptions not refilled and kept by the druggist. Monthly report to the court clerk. Physicians cannot fill their own prescriptions or have financial interest in the selling drugstore. Delivery restricted to named individuals or physician approved designee. Continued on Page 4.
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Georgetown
S. C
Itony
S.C
Georgetown Ordinance Grants Gas Plant Authority to Snipes Co
An ordinance authorizes R. Co. Snipes and associates to construct maintain and operate a gas plant and gas works in Georgetown for production distribution and sale of manufactured or natural gas subject to stated conditions and provisions by the mayor and aldermen in council assembled.
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Georgetown
Jil
Georgetownh
City of George
R. C. Snipes
South Carolina
State
United
Counci
Unitates of
America
H. W. Fras
Tpl
W. A. Black
Counc
R. ©. Snipes
City of
R. Co. Snipes
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Prenix Furniture CO
Phenix Furniture Compy
the People’s Bank
Georgetown, S. C
People’s Bank
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