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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
2
The piece denounces Sunday licenses as demoralizing and condemns gambling rising in Georgetown with nightly and Sunday operations year round. It argues state and local laws exist yet are not enforced by proper officers.
Grady Johnston lies near death after a stabbing incident caused by his brother on Sunday afternoon in Aiken. A hotly contested Johnston election yesterday re-elected the former mayor by a single vote. Six midshipmen from Indianapolis Academy were lost at Hampton Roads aboard the Minne sota during a launch return from the Exposition. Officials say they were run down and cut in two by a seamer, a blow seen as greater than Spanish-American War losses. C V Leiden, a noted insurance swindler, was arrested by Sheriff Lyons of Jessup Georgia for alleged fraud in Barnwell cases from six weeks ago.
The Carolina Hotel lists guests arriving today including C J Levy C D Cook R F Sanderson Choppe W O Page from Wilmington NC M J Hornick B S Avant G W Adair R C Camals Morrisville L F Rhems Rhems H H Burnham from Chicago and Mrs C C Pearce Mrs D M Caldwell from Columbia Charleston guests R C Camals Morrisville Missouri?
A gas explosion at John J. Monaghan’s home fatally burned two and seriously injured four others. Monaghan and his wife are expected to die from injuries as escaping gas from a defective hose ignited by an oil lamp. Earlier, in Aiken, lightning struck a gin house where enslaved gamblers were knocked senseless. one uninjured player fled the scene.
Hartnett and Day of Georgetown South Carolina announce a new Blacksmith Shipsmith Wheelwright and General Repair Shop at the Red Store Wharf. They solicit a portion of local work and pledge prompt courteous service from a first rate shop.
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