Alcohol from sawdust to be produced in Georgetown
B I DuPont de Nemours Powder Company of New Castle county Delaware will build a major alcohol from sawdust plant at the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation site in Georgetown. The venture, projected to cost around 200000, could produce about 2000 gallons daily, with production limited by state prohibition laws.
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Georgetown
Columbia
B. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company
New Castle County
Delaware
The
Powder Trust
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation
Ntil
Charleston
Berkeley
Priests Brave Death Saving Sacred Vessels in Brooklyn Church Fire
Fire destroyed the Roman Catholic Church of the Presentation St. Mark and Rockaway Aves in Brooklyn. Three priests entered the burning building to save the host and sacred vessels, guided to safety by Patrolman Holwell after becoming trapped. The blaze gutted the frame church. origin undetermined.
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Church of the Presentation
Tooerby
Holwell
James Flynn
Clarke Burke
Georgetown Man Denied Pardon for Manslaughter Conviction
H C James of Georgetown, jailed since 1905 for manslaughter with a ten year sentence, was denied executive clemency by Governor Ansel. Judge Hydrick and counsel Wilson weighed health and medical reports, noting limited petition backing and claims of early tuberculosis signs from Dr Butler.
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Columbia
H.C. James
Georgetown
Ansel
D. E. Hydrick
Wilson
Butler
Griffith
James
Georgetown County Commissioners Meet May 7 1910
The Georgetown County Board of Commissioners met their regular monthly session with Supervisor J B Johnson and Commissioners H T McDonald and G E Scott present. A special meeting held April 18 included Johnson and Scott. Wright bond approved for Board of Control. Treasurer reports funds collected 383.12 and taxable valuation similar to prior years. Fence along the Taylor place to Pee Dee river noted as burned and in bad condition. action assignment. Atkinson and Brewington road petition deferred to next meeting. Claims totaling 8595.45 approved for payment. Clerk Elizabeth K Doyle signed adjournment.
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Georgetown
S. C
Board of County Commissioners
J. B. Johnson
H. T. McDonald
G. E. Scott
Johnson
Scott
H. L. Wright
Board of Control
Georgetown County
Autetter
Taylor's Place
Pee Dee River
Messrs
Atkinson and
Brewington
Elizabeth K. Doyle
Wardlaw Sisters to Stand Trial for Ocey Snead Murder
New York May 4 The Wardlaw sisters Virginia Wardlaw Mary Snead and Caroline Martin will stand trial in Newark for the murder of Ocey Snead found dead in a bathtub in East Orange on November 20 of last year. The case has drawn intense speculation over whether insanity or motive drove the alleged crime amid strange family history and signatures.
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New York
Newark
Ocey Snead
Virginia Wardlaw
Mary Snead
Caroline Martin
Ocey Warlaw Martin Snead
East Orange
Wardlaw Sisters
Virginia Warsaw Hiss
Miss Wardlaw
Ocey
East Forty-eighth Street
Mill Avenue
Flatlands
Sana
Andair
Maine Ship to be Raised and Buried at Arlington
The ill fated battleship Maine will be removed from Havana harbor and the bodies of those who died aboard will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery. A Senate vote passed a bill authorizing raising the vessel and burying the dead with the mast raised as a monument.
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Havana Harbor
Maine
Havana
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