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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
1
Markets Today reports cotton futures with Dec 9.05, Jan 8.90, March 8.90, May 8.90. The New York stock market opened weak with declines of one to two points, and heavy selling in Harriman stocks. Chicago notes wheat down 3.4 cents at the start, with Dec wheat 102 1/2, Dec corn 62 1/4, May oats 51, and pork at 15.92 for Jan.
Former Lieutenant Governor James J. Tillman is reported in a dying condition at his farm near Clark's Hill Edgefield County from congested lungs.
Denver November report says John Mitchell Daniel J. Keefe and James Duncan will refuse the President's invitation to dine at the White House next week. They argue the move would disrupt convention work and resent excluding Samuel Gompers from the list.
A Union Pacific freight train ran away on a steep grade near Bossee Wyoming and crashed into an engine. Six people were killed and three seriously injured as thirty cars piled up and burst into flames. The collision could be heard for miles.
North Bay Ont. Nov 11 The boiler of a lake steamer exploded last night killing five people and badly scalding six others who are expected to recover. The accident occurred aboard the vessel during its voyage on the lake.
Police disrupted a socialist parade in Budapest on November 11. Over twenty people were injured by swords wielded by officers as authorities moved to break up the march despite warnings. Further trouble is anticipated.
Tennessee fights deep resentment after the killing of Senator Cormack in Columbia. Funeral observances fail to quell personal anger and fear spreads that further killings may follow. Major unrest grips the state amid calls for restraint.
Guest list shows arrivals on Monday and Tuesday including W H Murphy of Wilmington J W Harper E Hastings Baltimore J R Wobbins S C G W Bremer A A Duncan J C Burney Charleston B Prevatt Atlanta J C Ferguson E C White Columbia James H Pottle H B Wade New York J Riddle N C A Solomons NC A C Lee JS Borden Charlotte W J Woodward Norfolk J E Verdin DL Hare R H Aiken M Noppunleer Jr Baltimore W H Yreen Elizabeth City TJ Cosgure L Johnson Charleston A H Gasque Florence R Sim New York.
Respess City grows from woods on the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis electric line with Richard Respess as its brain. He funds development via stock, unions profit from lot sales and mills, and workers are stockholders earning monthly dividends. The town borrows discipline from shared stakes and plans a bank and formal police while selling lots on excursions.
A Georgetown drug note promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe alternative to harsh purgatives for constipation. The ad boasts no purging or nausea, claims gentle, soothing action, and offers 36 tablets for 25 cents or 12 tablets for 10 cents with money-back assurance. Georgetown Drug Company, Georgetown, S. C.
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