Market Report: Middling Cotton Prices and Grist Values
Middling cotton steady with 11 1 2 Spirits Turpentine at 48 1 4. Corn 90, meal 1.75, feed oats 65, bellies 8, butts 10 D 1 2 rice whole 4.50 flour 4.50 5.25 pearl grist in sacks 1.75.
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
3
Middling cotton steady with 11 1 2 Spirits Turpentine at 48 1 4. Corn 90, meal 1.75, feed oats 65, bellies 8, butts 10 D 1 2 rice whole 4.50 flour 4.50 5.25 pearl grist in sacks 1.75.
Fair weather continues in South Carolina with a moderate west and north west breeze. Tonight and Friday bring pleasant conditions with mild temperatures and light winds.
For sale in Georgetown a new corner-lot residence with twelve rooms and bath, large pantry, nice lawn and modern conveniences. One of the city's best residential homes, priced as the greatest bargain yet offered. Terms to suit purchaser. Apply at Item office.
The Georgetown Naval Reserves held a large drill on the Bluff with many members in attendance. Winyah Graded School anticipates Commencement with elaborate preparations under Prof. W C Bynum. The school has progressed under his supervision as teachers and trustees commend their efforts. A fire alarm at noon reported a blaze at a building owned by E M Dear beyond the city limits was extinguished before the engines arrived.
The piece argues a town, like a person, must be self made through determination and self guidance. It notes elders exist in every town and could help, if they align to plan and unite for the common good, guiding the community toward a shared destiny.
The text argues that development possibilities are nearly unlimited when citizens actively manage their town. It emphasizes that not just wisdom but financial resources empower residents to improve their community and turn it into something meaningful.
Columbia reports the Anderson Intelligencer will publish a morning edition starting June 1 with Col Leon M Green of the Governor's staff serving as editor in chief and managing editor. A source from Anderson confirms Cheshire outlined these plans.
In an ad style testimony H J Brown of Charleston South Carolina recounts kidney troubles and night awakenings. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with stopping backache restoring kidney function and invites readers to buy from Foster Milburn Buffalo New York. The ad also markets Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with a one hundred dollar cure promise and mail order details.
Dayton May 16 Theo Roosevelt declares the nomination race decided. He says 539 delegates needed to nominate and more than 560 already elected, with confident expectation of winning on the first ballot. In Canton he adds that instructed delegates elected favor Roosevelt over Taft and that seating disputed delegates would be unfair and improper.
An exhortation on financial prudence urges readers to save and invest with a bank to earn growing interest. It contrasts having money around with banking it for a rainy day and encourages using savings to secure a better future.
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