Weather and Community Notes From South Carolina
Weather rundown for South Carolina with fair conditions and light to moderate variable winds. A false fire alarm provided a local spectacle with the Winyah hose reel parade on Front street. A two-tap bell confusion raises questions about the alarm system. Community notices cover a box supper on May 16 at 8:30 p.m. at J W Hathcock’s residence 1704 Front Street. Proceeds support the event with music and refreshments. Local ads promote products from C P Foxworth Co and other Georgetown merchants. Funeral tributes to Col Hucks noted, and a May Festival planned by White’s Bridge Sunday school with a small admission.
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J. W. Hathcock
Front Street
Market Reports Show Mixed Oil and Turpentine Prices
The report lists prices for spirits turpentine and rosin along with commodities like cotton corn meal and flour. It notes no market in Georgetown for crude turpentine and provides quotations from Bourne & Coz Virgin, including yellow dip and tarin oil barrels.
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Georgetown
Messrs
Bourne & Coz Virgin
Georgetown Stevedore License Tax Increase Ordinance
An ordinance by the Georgetown city government raises the stevedore license from 20 to 50 dollars per year. It repeals conflicting ordinances and ratifies the measure in May 1911, signed by the mayor and city clerk.
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Georgetown
W. H. Andrews
W. A. Black
Treas
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve Promise of Quick Cure
An advertisement touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve claiming a guarantee to cure minor eye troubles. It asserts the product is painless, harmless, and offers fast relief for a small fee described as 25c for a small amount.
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Sutherland
Reason for Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Sales
The advertisement explains the rising sale of Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey and urges trying the cough medicine to discover the reason behind its popularity. It emphasizes its use when coughs arise and claims results are evident to users.
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Dr. Bell
Cardui Home Treatment praised by Durham farmer's wife
Mrs J M Shepherd of Durham says Cardui and Cardafend helped her recover strength after four months of weakness. She urges other women with womanly trouble to treat themselves at home with Cardui, describes it as plant based and non poisonous, and recommends asking a druggist for Car LN. Bwrite to Chattanooga Medicine Co for the Home Treatment booklet. Foley Kidney Pills also advertised for kidney and bladder ailments.
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Durham
N. C
J. M. Shepherd
Cardu
Chatta
Tonga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Can
One Conductor Returns to Work After Rheumatism
Mr. Wilford Adams writes that two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy eased chronic rheumatism and a third bottle put him on his feet to resume work as a conductor on the Lexington Kentucky Street Railway. He claims the remedy clears the blood of uric acid. The Iseman Drag Co. The Croft Drag Co.
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Wilford Adams
Foley
Lexington, Ky
Iseman Drag Co
Croft Drag Co
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for Children
The record notes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe medicine for children without opiates or harmful drugs. The genuine product is identified by a yellow package from The Seman Drug Co or The Croft Drug.
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Seman Drug Co
Croft Drug
Drawing the Jury for Georgetown County May 25 1911
Under an act approved February 27 1902 the Jury Commissioners will draw thirty six petit jurors for the June term of the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas Georgetown County. H L Smith H C Tallevast J A Hemingway May 12 1911. Canned Sausage Meat Old Vic Herring Roe fine for break at C P Foxworth Co.
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General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
Court of General Sessions and
Common Pleas
Georgetown County
Old Vic
C. P. Foxworth Co
Antiseptic Salve Yields Quick Improvement Guaranteed
Promises rapid results from Dr Bell's antiseptic salve with easy application and a clean pleasant feel. Guarantee offered and product price noted as 250 x.
Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve Aimed at Skin Diseases
An advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve guaranteed for tetter ring worm eczema chapped hands and lips running sores ulcers and all skin diseases. Also useful after shaving priced at 25 cents a box.
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve Promises Quick Relief
An ad touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve as a cure for sore eyes claiming a 25 cent tube will cure you with a money back guarantee. The creamy snow white ointment is marketed as risk free.
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Sutherland
Bell’s Pine-Tar-Cough Remedy Endorsed for Years
Advert shows Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey cough remedy in widespread use for sixteen years. Ends with instruction to look for the bell on the bottle and that it can be bought anywhere.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weather Report
Winyah
Heinz
B. F. Jones, Jr
Margaret Wilson
Springs & Stau
Front St
S. C
J. A. Purcell
Charleston
D. J Crowley
Bull River
New York Safety Power Co
Walk & Murdoch
Halsey Lumber Co
S.C
Ringel’s
Florence
George Easton
W. E Dear
Greenville
Rebekah
W. H. Murray
Ritter of
Andrews
West End Church
J. W. Wingate
Col
Hucks
Market Reports
Tarin
Rosin
N. Y
Foley Kidney
Tieman Drug Co
Croft Drug Co
H. L. Smith
H. C. Tallevast
J. A. Hemingway
Duffy
Duffy's
THE
Duffy Medicine Company
Bank Ae
Oll
Burton
Quigkly Sold
Black River
Smith & Oliver
Ape
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