Memorial Day preparations and local market notes
Market reports list Spirit Turpentine and other commodities with quoted prices while Georgetown news notes memorial day observances, a public wedding trip to Lake City, and town business closures. beobachten memorial events, local railway and brick advertisements, and brief social items from Georgetown and Kingstree.
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C. W
Arthur
Louis
Roy Scurry
B. C. Bryan
Lake City
J.J. Scurry
Kingstree
Georgetown
Georgetown Brick Company
Earth and Halley’s Comet Crosspaths Warned by Brooklyn Institute
Frederick Campbell of the Brooklyn Institute warns readers that earth’s orbit might intersect Halley’s comet in mid May but assures safety as the crossing occurs well before the comet arrives. He explains earth’s speed, elevation of the crossing, and describes a hypothetical collision scenario as safe if not actualized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halley
Samson
Earth
Frederick Campbell
Dement
Astronomy
Brooklyn
Stitute
Unverified Patent Cure Pitches 666 Doses for Chills and Fever
An advertiser touts 5 or 6 doses of a product labeled 666 as a cure for chills and fever. The note lists price as Be but provides no verifiable medical claim or source. The brief lacks regulatory or medical backing and resembles a sensational patent medicine claim.
Hodges Declares Bid for Sixth District Seat
P. H. Hodges announces candidacy to represent the Sixth District of South Carolina in Congo under Democratic primaries rules and regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Congo
P. H. Hodges
Ellerbe Secures Support for Pee Dee Federal Projects
Congressman Ellerbe boosts funding hopes for Marion and Bennettsville with a pledge from Uncle Joe to retain the local appropriation. He also received assurance from Chairman Alexander that the Waccamaw River project would obtain the requested $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Joe
Marion
Bennettsville
Ellerbe
Pee Dee
South Carolina
Alexander
House Committee On
Waccamaw River
Summer School for Teachers Notice in Georgetown
The County Board of Education calls teachers with office certificates to a Summer School for Teachers in Georgetown in June or July. Attendance in May is required to renew certificates. Whites taught by O M Mitchell and Mildred Beaty. colored teachers by Beck Howard and Bertha Baxter. Subjects include geography history grammar algebra arithmetic. Diploma from a state college does not grant teaching rights without examination approval by the board. Superintendent asks for attendance or explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
O. M. Mitchell
Mildred Beaty
Beck
Howard
Bertha Baxter
Superintendent of Education
County Board of Education
Woman Sacrifices Foot to Save Life on Rail
Miss Eleanor White, 25, stepped from a Scudder's Falls railroad track as an express train neared. Her foot was mangled in a frog and later amputated at Mercer Hospital. Her father William White carried her to safety and she underwent surgery. Her family runs White's Fisheries.
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Trenton
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scudder’s Falls
Eleanor White
Mercer Hospital
Miss White
William White
White
William H. Scudder
Then and Now Compare Past Country Stores With Modern Deliveries
The narrator recalls rugged treks to a country store for basic goods like calico, molasses, and hooks, noting stores often lacked items and gruff clerks refused fuss. They contrast with today’s ease of calling Southern Mercantile to have clothes or furniture delivered, praising the store’s efficiency and customer credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Mercantile
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Doral
Market Reports
D. S
Messrs Bourne & Co
Rosin
Supreme Court
Bigham
Avant
Bingham
Physeian
Durance
Ar. C. R. Parnells
Prof
Bynum
Lachicotte
Jil Columbia
L. L. Broughton
Plymouth
N.J
Mary, Smith
Andrews
Messrs
F.B. Rite
J. T. Borden
Charleston
Chicago News
West End
Steele-Rloses Go
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