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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
1
Fragments show a second class matter filing at Georgetown South Carolina under the Act of Congress of March 1907. The notice appears damaged but indicates postal scheduling or classification details for mail processing.
The American Realty and Auction Co distributes cards offering white holders a chance to win a valuable lot at a public sale next Tuesday June 1 at 10 30 am. The notice invites all to attend rain or shine and promotes Georgetown as a growing boom with strong future potential and natural advantages.
The passage extols a superior climate, unmatched farming lands, excellent water facilities, and upcoming railroad connections. It argues these assets will elevate the region to the top rung of success and prosperity.
A Macon Georgia Record snippet contrasts a lawyer charging ten dollars for ten minutes of talk and a doctor’s one dollar prescription with a sharp sting at the editor’s inflated duties. It ridicules editors who chase sensational notices while praising a funeral undertaker and a man with a gold brick in a satirical tone.
Word reached here of the murder of Henry Culp in a Baptist church at Europa Missouri during Sunday night prayer. The killing follows the prior murder of Harry Champ a year earlier after Culp accused him of wronging his sister.
Charles Champ, acting on an unspoken code, hunted Culp for a year and fatally shot him at a church as he prepared to pray. The buckshot struck Culp in the back, causing immediate death and triggering panic among worshippers.
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