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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1909

Page

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Urge River Improvements in Eastern Carolina

Charleston Evening Post reports a four hour meeting at the custom house in Charleston where Capt E M Adams led engineers and prominent figures from Georgetown Yorkville Columbia Cheraw and Camden to press river and harbor improvements. Speakers cited commerce gains and proposed new drafts for Lynch Black Pee Dee rivers as part of broader upriver works.

Charleston Evening Post South Carolina E. M Adams Corps of Engineers U.S. A Custom House Engineer’s Department William D. Morgan Georgetown Eastern Carolina D. E. Filey Yorkville Fifth Watson C. W. Moorman Chamber of Commerce Columbia J. W. Smith Columbia Steamboat Company Messrs. Springs and Munnerlyn DeVall Cheraw Bright Williamson Darlington Adams Camden United States Carolina Congress Charleston Great Pee Little Pee Dee Black Wake Lynch River Effingham Kingstree Capt. Adams Capt Adams Winyah Bay Eastern Carolina Rivers and Harbors Congress Ivers

Reward Offered for Arson in Georgetown County

Proclamation from the Executive Chamber of South Carolina offers a $100 reward for the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who burned the dwelling house of Magistrate J. L. Haenel in Georgetown County on February 19, 1909. Dated May 3, 1909, signed by Governor M. F. Ansel and Secretary of State R. M. McCown.

State of South Carolina J. L. Haenel Georgetown M. F. Ansel Columbia United States of America

Georgetown Furniture Co Mosquito Nets Ad Note

TABLE BOARD Mrs F L Carson 1020 Front St promotes Dixie and Climax Mosquito Nets. The Georgetown Furniture Co invites shoppers to view their line and promises it will pay.

F.L. Carson Front St Georgetown Furniture Co

Sick kidneys and the Dean's remedy claim

A historical ad warns that sick kidneys drain albumen and spread uric poisoning causing back pain and fatigue. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co as a cure, citing G W Watts of Georgetown S C and urging readers to buy from dealers with Buffalo NY as the U S agent.

Doun Georgetown G. W. Watts Front St 8. C Dean Therseman Drug Co Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States

City Taxes Opened in Georgetown for 1909 Assessments

The Booke of the City of Georgetown opens May 1 1909 for city tax collection under the supply ordinances for the year ending December 31 1909. Personal property within city limits taxed at one dollar per hundred and a half dollar per hundred depending on assessment. payment due June 1 1909. A 20 percent penalty applies to delinquent amounts. W A Black, Sec and Treas.

Georgetown Treasuer

Palmistry and Clairvoyant Readings Offered in Storefront

An advertisement promises female readers can reveal wishes and control influences, with guidance on magnetism, success, love, law suits, and business. It claims truthful revelations of love, marriage timing, and fidelity, with confidential services and readings priced at 10 cents to 5 dollars, located at 817 Front St.

Ric Card Front St

New Grocery Opens at Front and Orange Corners

A new store announces its opening at the corner of Front and Orange Streets offering fresh and pure groceries fruits and vegetables with an invitation to friends and neighbors to call for any needed items.

Price Promise From Frugal Merchant Appeal

A local trader touts consistently low prices and urges customers to visit and be convinced that their needs can be supplied for less money than anywhere else.

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