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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
1
The New York cotton market opened easier with November at 8.92 and December 9.00 while January 8.81 and March 8.87. Stocks showed strength at opening sales with many leaders up one point or more. Steel common climbed to 5134, a high in a long period. Chicago wheat opened 100 percent, corn December 61 percent, oats 47 percent, pork January 16.07.
New York officials report drastic price cuts in sulphuric acid after the Tennessee Copper Company entered the market. A contract to supply the entire acid run to copper interests forced Germfort Fertilizer Co to pivot with independent firms. Prices fell by four to five dollars per ton as competition intensifies.
Morse was sentenced to fifteen years in the Atlanta federal prison by Judge Hough. Curtis, convicted with Morse, had his sentence suspended after the judge noted Curtis did not embark on illegal action for personal gain but was influenced by his employer. The judge sentenced Curtis to five years with suspended sentence.
In Golena Wisconsin on November 6 a three year old boy built a fire under a baby carriage where his eight month old brother slept. The infant died from burns. The child said he did it to make the baby warm.
San Francisco November 6 Special: The Renf Jury finished after ten weeks with over 1,500 veniremen examined and state and county expenses totaling about one thousand dollars.
Four typhoid fever cases and ten suspected infections reported at Winthrop College in Rock Hill. Faculty implement all precautions for student care and safety.
Mrs Ella Pride an organizer and secretary of the Rankin lynching gang at Reelfoot Lake is beaten and cast adrift after planning to betray the riders. She is brought to Union City to testify before the Grand Jury as sixty night riders face murder charges.
Mr. August F. Becker who oversees improvements on the state house grounds proposes a plan to beautify the grounds by planting a tree from each county in South Carolina and ideally a different variety. He seeks county partnerships and asks for correspondence to realize this hope.
Air Tight Heater priced at 89 cents each delivered but not installed. Place orders with Phenix Furniture Company. Notice dated October 8 and running through the trade period.
Charles Barret, national president of the Farmers Union, returns to Union City Ga after New Orleans talks on November 11 12 conference plans to raise cotton prices across the South. Delegates 1000 1500 expected from major cotton belt regions with rail fare discounts and New Orleans hosts including the French Opera house and Mississippi boat rides. The event seeks to save 150 million dollars by lifting prices through year end. Delegates will meet at Hotel Grunewald with sessions for union members November 11 and open sessions November 12 for other guests.
A passage notes that leaders in the South will be appointed to join committees with Farmers' Union members to work in harmony for a shared end and equal interest, as cited to Charles S. Barrett.
A doctor notes in the American Magazine that death and sleep are painless for most patients, arguing poisons and illnesses often destroy consciousness before end. It describes death as natural and merciful, resembling sleep, with the dying feeling no fear or pain as life fades.
Dissolution of Watts and Broughton partnership in the Enterprise Woodyard and Junk business. G F Mallory buys L L Broughton’s interest and the business continues as Watts and Mallory under the original terms and covenants. Oc28 nov4 11.
Roosevelts and Tafts remarks frame the election as a choice between steady progress and radicalism. The piece notes a booming business start with thousands set to work and orders for steel rails, highlighting the administration's pro business stance and trust profits.
Pittsburg reports US Steel and outside mills may slash steel rails to 24 per ton from 28. Major railroads like Pennsylvania Railroad begin stock-taking and plan large orders. Officials note rails last seven years and several years of little track work create immediate demand for new rails.
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