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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
3
Middling cotton quoted at 11 1 4. Spirits turpentine 45. Corn 1.10 per unit. Meal 2.15. Feed oats 74. Rice whole 4.50. Flour 6.00 and 6.25 per sack. Pearl grist in sacks 2.10. C S Bellies 12. D Butts 1 2.
Unsettled South Carolina weather brings tonight and Friday showers with light variable winds. In politics a clash exists between Lincoln and Teddy, while pre nomination campaigning nears and newspapers tout Dr. Wiley and a Dolly Madison tribute. Georgetown keeps local pride. a Rock Hill relay victory highlights the Hose Reel team with Farrally steering the crew.
Announcement invites all farmers to a July 17 1912 gathering at 10 o clock morning at the Court House in Georgetown. Speakers from the department of Agriculture and Clemson College will address the attendees. R T Allston collaborator.
An old medicine advertisement touts six doses of a liver tonic priced at 25 cents claiming it cures chills and fever better than calomel without causing gripe or sickness. The copy emphasizes liver action and affordability.
Messrs G D Altman and C M Griffing are commissioned to open books for the Orchards Company capital stock to promote commercial fig growing around Charleston. Griffing, a Jacksonville horticulturist with extensive nurseries, will guide operations from a Charleston home office likely at 46 Broad Street.
The regular meeting in Council Chamber at 8:30 p m had Mayor protem H W Fraser and Aldermen Brinkley Sian Munnerlyn present. Minutes read and confirmed. A petition for electric light at Taylor and Congdon laid over. City coupons totaling 3187 50 destroyed. Notice received on Simpkins vs Georgetown Railway and Light Co. Clerk paid 90 50 costs in City of Georgetown vs G Le Roy Scurry. Adjourned.
A Neenah Wisconsin man suffered two broken ribs following a severe coughing episode. The piece touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy capable of stopping persistent coughs and expelling stubborn colds. Mrs Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri testifies the remedy helped her avoid consumption, and offers a free trial bottle.
A sales pitch extols Electric Bitters as a cure for weak nerves and all female ills. It claims the remedy imparts a bright brain, even temper, rosy complexion, restful sleep, and energy, promising freedom from indigestion backache headaches fainting and dizziness. Endorsed as a universal woman’s favorite, it urges purchases at druggists for 50 cents.
Promoters offer five acre plots with 1,000 trees and three fifths to two thirds of fruit returns during five years of development. Purchasers may take all fruit if they collect it themselves. After five years, buyers receive warranty deeds for their land. Farms near Charleston to hold 1,500 to 200 acres with 100 to 600 acres planted this winter, contract sales optional. Celestial fig trees to plant 250 acres, chosen for rich fruit and thin peel.
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