Fishermen embark for Cape Romain as pig chase entertains town
Local notes report Miss Pearl Hathcock traveling to Kingstree and Mrs Edel Fraser visiting in North Carolina. A humorous pig chase through Front Street ends with the animal swimming to the Sampit River and seeking refuge at the saw mills. Community updates include candidates, a Georgetown College linkage, temperance views, and preparations for a Firemen’s Tournament.
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Front Street
Market Dock
Messrs. Gardner & Lacey
Government Wharf
Sampit
Daily Item
Democratic Executive Committee
Court House
Plantersville News Letter Highlights Local Agriculture
Plantersville South Carolina June 27 letter reports corn crops in decline, praises J J Young's experimental 8 acre field using goat and stable fertilizers, notes four dozen supervisor candidates in Horry County, and thanks readers for support during court trouble. Reporter invites editor to visit Carvers Bay campaign meeting and praises The Daily Item page.
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Plantersville
S. C
Luther Ambrose
Conway
Carvers Bay
Powers
Horry County
D. M. Bath
J. J. Young
Yawhannah
Fireman's Tournament at Darlington
Fireman's Tournament at Darlington with train tickets offered by Georgetown & Western Railroad. Ten or more firemen on one ticket priced at 2.70 per capita. civilians on individual tickets 3.40 per capita. Tickets sold June 30 July 1 and 2 with final limit July 6. R. C. Snipesagent Geul Pass.
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Georgetown & Western Railroad
Darlington
R. C. Snipes
Geul Pass
Lost items and excursion announcement on King Street
Lost on King street between Highmarket and Front a bunch of keys with reward offered at The Item Office. Also lost a breast pin of the Eastern Star between Chapel in West End and Duncan Methodist Church with reward at Daily Item Office. Steamer Dudley plans an excursion to True Blue July 4 leaving Market dock 8 am returning 6 pm fare $1. Also country butter call at 10905 Prince street or phone 2031.
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Prince Street
E. J. Marcus, Jr
the Star. Dudley
Market Dock
True Blue
West End
J. L. Brinkley
B. L. Beaty
King Street
Highmarket
Front
Eastern Star
Duncan Methodist Church
Dudley
Unclaimed Letters at Georgetown Post Office June 27 1908
List of letters remaining in Georgetown South Carolina post office for the period ending June 27 1908. Recipients must state advertised and be ready to pay one cent per letter. Includes men and women with names such as W F Brittain Paul Brockington J C Blake Henry Besalieu Jerry Brown Laither Jones Thos LaBruce Stephney Martin C L Miller and many others.
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Denver College of Physicians and Surgeons
Georgetown
Wm. C. Lucas
Lucas
S. C
W.F. Brittain
Paul Brockington
J. C. Blake
Henry Besalieu
Jerry Brown
Laither Jones
Thos. LaBruce
Stephney Martin
Mr. McDaniel
C. L. Miller
J. C. Port
Capt
W. W. Pinner
Elmo Peterson
Mutchinson Robinson
Joe Wenderhorse
J. R. Wrisley
Cate W. M. Conand
Press Wiley
R. B. Wright
Georgetown Five and Ten Cent Store stock offering opens
Notice is hereby given that the stock book of the Georgetown Five and Ten Cent Store, Inc. will be opened at J. H. Fraser's office at noon on Wednesday to receive subscriptions to the stock of the company. Incorporators are B Steele, J H Fraser, and A J Dundas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown Five and Ten Cent Store, Inc
J. H. Fraser
B Steele
J H Fraser
A J
Dundas
Market Quotes for Commodities and Byproducts
Bourne & Co furnishes prices: Cotton 115 percent, Corn 93, Meal 2.00, Feed oats 70, D. S. bellies 844 U. S. butts 734, Flour spring wheel 5.50 to 5.75 patent 5.00 to 5.25. Virgin 3.00, Scrape 2.00, Tar in machine barrels 5.00.
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D. S
U. S
Bourne & Co
Unfinished Score Report from Georgia Cities Basketball
Reported scores from a regional game round include Charleston 3 over Jacksonville Macon 6, Savannah 3 over Columbia 1, with Augusta I incomplete. The fragment suggests a local contest tally among Georgia cities and teams.
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Charleston
Jacksonville
Macon
Savannah
Columbia
Augusta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Pearl Hathcock
Kingstree
John Richardson
Georgetown County
Richardson
Alredy
the Union Mercantile Co
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Washington
Mexico
Douglas
Dennis Paulk, Jr
Coffee
Berren
Paulk
Dennnis
Floyd
Pawley’s Island
C. D. Cook
Trug Blue
Charlotte Steam Laundry
Charlotte
L. Brinkley
Georgetown, S. C
PY. G
J. B. Steele
F. Rhem, O. B. Skinner, S. J. Flaum, B. W. Cannon
H. W. Fraser
D. N. Bourne
John Bourne
W.H. Andrews
R. Y. Cathou
Mary Benford
L.C. Brown
Sally Carlis
Hattie Courtenay
Nora Davis
Sallie Elmore
Emma Felder
Tena Green
Sarah Green
Lula Loyd
Hessie Mitchell
Betty Miller
Lizzie Parker
C. M. Rowe
Stephen Washington
Emma Washington
RE & EN Beaty
Civil
Georgetown, S.C
BASE
Sumter
Chester
Rock Hill
Orangeburg
Green Grocers
Fraser St
D. L. Bills
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