Big Land Deal For Georgetown Promises Farm Growth
A major real estate sale by Springs & Stau of Georgetown to Wadesboro North Carolina buyers will develop 8 500 acres of Hazard land. Buyers plan mills to harvest timber then create demonstration farms, sell tracts with houses and outbuildings, and open up farmland for tenants and new settlers. Georgetown’s economy and farming prospects are highlighted by the transaction and forthcoming development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Springs
North Carolina
Col
I. H. Horton
W. M. Mortoin
E. L. Huntley
W. H. Gulledge
Wadesboro
Georgetown and Western railroad plans stay on course
The Georgetown and Western railroad remains committed to its extensions and traffic arrangements with the Seaboard Air Line to reach Charleston. Recovery under Receiver Wilcox has stabilized finances and funded ongoing improvements, with the same owners and policies continuing after the receiver's discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox
Georgetown and Western Railroad
United States
Seaboard Air Line
Georgetown
Charleston
South Carolina
Charleston Post
Father Sends Daughter 160 Page Home News Letter
A Brockton Massachusetts dispatch tells how John H. Grady wrote 20000 words of gossip and home news to his daughter Bernice Grady in Washington. She replies with a sharp note saying revenge is sweet and questions if he will ever answer the essay. Roosevelt is referenced in a quip about the cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Grady
Brockton
Mass
Departmentt of Commerce and Labor
Washington
John H. Grady
Leavitt Street
Pa Grady
Adach
Wen
Sliss Gray
Columbia Boat Line debated as asset for city growth
Columbia officials discussed expanding the boat line to Georgetown and boosting its operation. A committee was formed to study the plan and consider city ownership, with Shand and Blalock named to review options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Regula
R. W. Shand
Common Pleas Court
Shand
Law Department
Southern Railway
Gates Street
Assembly
Gates
Gibbes Machinery Company
Blossom
Wheat and
A. Mason Gibbes
Main
Blossom Streets
R. C. Keenan
John McNeal
Messrs
A. E. Gonzales
Julius H. Weil
W. J. Murray
Georgetown
United States
Gonzales
California
Dr. Murray
Weil
Blalock
Gibbes
The Great White Frost Refrigerator Ad
A health oriented ad extols the Great White Frost Refrigerator as a sanitary upgrade from wooden back porch models. It claims rust proof metal construction, removable interior parts for cleaning, and odorless interiors. Prices listed as 35.00 and 500? 35.00.
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Mr. Householder
Louisiana Republicans Split as Rooseveltians Rise
A fragmented Louisiana Republican scene is described with both factions stubborn. An adult New Yorker claims ignorance of Bryan Roosevelt or Taft. Beveridge leans toward the Roosevelt movement, noted as a small party in its own right.
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Republican
Louisiana
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Mr. Beveridge
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LaFol
Kansas
Western
Col. Roosevelt
Southern Mercantile Company
Eddystone Globe
Lerate
Pennsylvania Iron Works Co
Phenix Furniture CO
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