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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
3
Local items show residents leaving for Flat Rock North Carolina and Charleston while guests arrive from Sumter Georgetown and Georgetown County firm plans and a medical association presidency. A fatal shooting near Gaffney is reported as accidental and Bamberg County holds its first legal execution. Public entertainment and church notices round out a busy day in Georgetown.
A spring bridge gathering hosted by Mrs J W Doar in Georgetown celebrated guest Mrs William Booth of Sumter. The Kensington setting along Black River road featured moss draped oaks and pond lilies as players showed skill. Scores were earned on hand painted strawberries with Louise Walker taking top honors.
A collage of small ads and notices from a Georgetown paper includes stock loss notices for the Co-operative Building & Manufacturing Co, promotions for tomatoes and tomato plants, a recruitment ad for a salesman and collector, a notice of business transfer from Georgetown Electric to Georgetown Railway & Light, and various sales at Georgetown Furniture Co. Also included is a weather alert about southwest storm signals and a notice of fresh dairy deliveries from Oakley Dairy Co.
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