Local and Personal News Highlights from the City
Visitors travel through Winston-Salem and Rosemary as Mrs Brinkley and Mrs J T Matthews arrive. A. A Washington advertises fine Native Beef. A large Conway excursion visits town. G W Howard returns from Norfolk after attending the A M E general conference. Little Red Riding Hood will entertain at the Electric Theatre. Winyah team shows promising practice aiming to beat the world record. Georgetown Farmers Day tickets sold from several towns. Thomas Ford brought ill from Rosemary to Georgetown. Sunday School picnics occur at St George Winyah and West End Kennington. A shooting affair injures two colored workers at Lanes. Philip German jailed in Kingstree. Weems crew absence noted with no grave fears. Orangeburg enforces a curfew for under fourteens. Sumter mirrors the same issue with many yearling kids on streets. Mrs S Butler heads to Charleston for daughter Theo’s illness.
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Winyah
Georgetown
Trio
Harpers
Rosemary
Sempit
Thomas Ford
For Better Farming and Bigger Farms in Georgetown
Local notice promotes agricultural improvement and county development. Citizens of Georgetown urge visitors and residents to support farm increased output and regional growth initiatives.
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County
Georgetown
Suskchasis
Georgetown Grocer Discusses Emerson Farm And Shipping Rates
In an interview with Georgetown grocer Mr. C I Ford, Dr I E Emerson plans extensive plantings including three acres cucumbers, three acres potatoes, 20 acres asparagus and ships 1200 to 1500 crates if express rates improve. He also trials 10 acres of rice lands. Ford urges chamber to seek better rates. local signs criticize public figures and denounce foreign interests in Georgetown.
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C. I. Ford
Georgetown
I. E. Emerson
Arcadia
Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Lockout Pranks Disrupt Sheriff Visit in Conway
Sheriff Scurry and Mr Tont Bellune faced a locked room and an outside key after two local men left town without paying their board. Sheriff’s crew reacted with sharp words as the incident drew attention during Conway mischief. From this city, Capt H B Springs, J I Hazard, and R W McAllister prepare to attend Columbia Building and Loan Association meeting representing Equitable Eureka Fidelity Crescent. The gathering is seen as significant for state associations and will attract many delegates.
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Sheriff Scurry
Tont Bellune
Conway
Scurry
Belluine
Building & Loan’Associations
Columbia
H. B. Springs
Equitable
J. I. Hazard
Eureka
Fidelity
R. W. McAllister
Crescent Building & Loan Association
Building & Loan Associations
Savannah Woman Accepts Husband Is Dead After Weeks of Doubt
Mrs Edward Carpenter, after watching her husband’s body for a week in an air tight Laurel Grove vault, concludes he has died. The banker Edward Carpenter and his wife had traveled to Biltmore where he suddenly died. They were Christian Scientists and a physician was summoned at his death.
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Savannah
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Edward Carpenter
Biltmore
Carpenter
South Carolina Receives $70,000 Boost in Public Buildings Bill
Senate adds $70,000 to the public buildings bill for South Carolina. Abbeville would get $50,000 while Sumter and Anderson would receive $10,000 each. The total for SC could reach $440,000 if all items remain, but Abbeville’s may be dropped during conference.
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Washington
Senate
South Carolina
Abbeville
Sumter
Anderson
Syrian convict found guilty of second degree murder
In Roanoke on May 22 the jury found Moses Ferris guilty of second degree murder in the stabbing death of Frank Assaid a Syrian merchant. Sam Assaid was acquitted. Ferris claimed self defense and had fled to South America before extradition and traveled 30000 miles before landing in Roanoke jail.
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Roanoke
the Commonwealth
Moses Ferris
Sam Assaid
Frank Assaid
Ferris
South America
Argentine Republic
Dogs to be muzzled and slain under city order
The city proclaims a thirty day dog kill sweep for hydrophobia. Police are ordered to kill all unmuzzled dogs found wandering the streets. Since the proclamation began over one hundred dogs have been killed and more will follow if owners do not comply.
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Greenville News
Marine Freight Entries Include Multiple Steamship Lines
Maritime notices list cargo movements on several vessels. The Ghio Hopkins and Mitchell C. Thompson depart from Conway with merchandise to Waccamaw Line Steamers and related ships, including the Carib and Geo. E. Dudley trading to Clyde S. S. Co. and A C L Corp SAIT.ED.
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Ghio, Hopkins
Pee Dee River
Mdse
B. A. Munnerlyn & Co
Mitchelle C
Thompson
Conway
F. G. Burroughs
Dusenbury
Geo. E. Dudley, Fickett
Charleston
Light
A.C. L. Corp
Carib
Devereux
N. Y
Clyde S. S. Co
Conway, Mdse
Waccamaw Line
Market Quotations for Grains and Feeds
The report lists cotton at 1034, corn at 85, meal at 1.65, feed oats at 70, D. S. bellies at 73 percent, and D. S. butts at 53 percent. Data appears as commodity price ratios and percentages from a historical market column.
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D. S
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Mrs. J. T. Matthews
Winston-Salem, N. C
James F. Detyens
John Keller
A. A. Washington
Front St
G. W. Howard
Howard Graded School
Norfolk
A. M. E. General Conference
Electric Theatre
St. George Winyah Episcopal Church
West End
Kensington
Lanes
Philip
Kingstree
Orangeburg
Mrs. S. Butler
Miss Theo
J. M. Ringle
Lts
Marine News
D. L. Bilis
FRONT
RE & EM Beaty
Civil Engineering
Georgetown, S.C
Carolina Holw Co
Cor
Front & Orange St
H. Olsen
S.C
Loyal McConnell Co
Candy Manufactory
Front Street
Peter Roy
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