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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1912
Page
3
Market reports list several commodity prices including cotton at 11 1 2 cents, turpentine at 49 1 4, corn at 90, meal at 1 75, feed oats at 65, bellies at 10, butts at 8 1 2, rice whole at 4 50, flour at 4 50 to 5 25, and pearl grist in sacks at 1 75.
Showers tomorrow and Sunday with moderate northeast winds. Mr. R Paschal Albergotti leaves for St Louis to join Simmons Hardware Company. Church services announced at Duncan Methodist and Church of Prince George, Winyah. Winyah Indigo Society officers named. annual banquet postponed to June 7. Local clergy updates. residents travel to Turville for district conference. Also an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with offer of $100 if it fails to cure.
Washington May 2. The senate committee on commerce reported a cut of 50000 from the house appropriation for Winyah bay. The house authorized 162000 for improvement and maintenance, while the senate reduced it to 112000. This is the only South Carolina item altered so far.
Washington May 3 Senator Ellerbe expresses surprise and dismay at the Senate commerce committee action on rivers and harbors bills for Winyah Bay South Carolina. He notes an overall $8 million increase over the House bill and a $50,000 cut for Winyah Bay. He says he has asked Senator Tillman to press to restore the bay’s funding.
In Brooklyn Children's Court Rabbi Harris Platkin accused Joseph and John Waitukartis of striking his son with a stone. The judge barred the eleven year old Jacob from testifying after questions on oath and religion. John Waitukartis was found guilty and remanded for sentence. Alphonse Manton denied for oath and testimony. he was not charged with the theft but accused Michael Buono, who was held for examination. Manton was acquitted of larceny yet sent to the Catholic Protectory on a separate assault charge.
A Clarendon Texas man recalls a drastic health change after his brother faced a dangerous cough. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a complete cure after ten bottles and notes the remedy’s long term benefits and availability. The ad touts 50 cent and 1 dollar prices with a trial bottle free at druggists.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for blues and sluggish liver. It promises better feelings and vitality for stomach liver and kidneys at 25 cents through druggists.
Notice to teachers announces the regular spring Teachers Examination to be held at the Court House in Georgetown on Friday May 3 1912 starting at 110 Glock in the morning. Questions will be based on State adopted textbooks and Pedagogy on the South Carolina Manual for the elementary schools. J W Doar County Superintendent of Education.
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