Local and Personal Notices Highlight Arrivals and Death
Mr B O Kornegay and bride return from wedding journey. F Rhem of Rhems visits the city. For sale 16 shares in Co Operative Building and Manufacturing Co. Jerry Gerganus dies at Cleland Street home. funeral set for 8 AM at residence, interment Brown's Ferry. Oyster shop at Westbury's Pool Room offers fresh Norfolk oysters. City police raid gambling house on Front Street. arrests made. Henry Lum to leave town on 19th. accounts due. The Pirate Ship shown at electrical theatre tonight followed by The Boor Hunt. Happy news as Capt J F Lucas welcomes a baby boy. Capt E J Leeds and wife return from North trip with granddaughter staying through Christmas. Daughters of Rebecca call meeting tomorrow night at 8:30. attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Operative Building and Manufacturing Co
Daily Item
Jerry Gerganus
Cleland Street
Brown’s Ferry
Westbury
Front Street
Henry Lum
Lum Hop
Electrical Theatre
Boor
Meeting of County Commissioners in Georgetown 1909
Georgetown South Carolina November 18 1909 the regular semi monthly meeting was held with Supervisor J B Johnson and County Commissioners H T McDonald and G E Scott present. The board urged immediate management changes following Chain Gang incident and discussed the John Blake capture case with the sheriff to submit a claim at the next meeting. They reconsidered opening Munnerlyn s Ferry and adjourned to meet at Mingo Bridge on the 20th. Roads progress near Georgetown and rails reach Marion within sixteen miles influencing county rail expansion.
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Georgetown
S. C
J.b.johnson
H. T. McDonald
G. E. Scott
Chain Gang
John Blake
Green
Munnerlyn’s Ferry
Mingo Bridge
Marion and Southern railroad progress toward Marion court house
A Columbia State dispatch from Marion reports tracks of the Marion and Southern railroad completed to connect with Raleigh and Charleston lines sharing a depot. Rail work extends to the Marlboro end with trains expected soon, improving access to Marion and the county seat for residents in the upper Marion area.
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Marion & Southern Railroad
Marion
Raleigh & Charleston Railroad
Sellers
Marlboro
Court House
Unclaimed Letters in Georgetown Post Office 1907 List
Unclaimed letters remaining in Georgetown South Carolina post office through November 6 1907. Recipients must claim as advertised and pay one cent per letter. Names include Sherman Ballard William Baron J M Bolls Eddie Davis Charles Blunt Davit Creaton George Parker Jessie Taylor and others among men and women. Also job ad for carnival week count store workers at Carolina Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
S.C
Chicago Charged as White Slave Traffic Hub
Miss Rosa Johnson a London rescue worker said Chicago is a clearing house for white slave traffic spanning the United States and markets to Panama and harems in Turkey and Egypt at a mass meeting in the central Y M C A. Judge Fred L. Fake chaired and cited numerous alleged Chicago cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Panama
Turkey
Egypt
Rosa Johnson
London
Central Y. M. CA
Fred L. Fake
Marine arrivals list with cotton cargoes and ships
The notice records several arrivals and cargo movements: the Stmr. Merchant with cotton to B. A. Manerlyn & Co on the Pee Dee river via Hopkins, the Mitchelle C. Dusenbury bound for Waccamaw with cotton to Waccamaw Line Steamers, the Stmr. Santurce sailing to New York with light cargo to A. C. Lumber Corporation, and the Stmr. Frank Sessoms at Bucksville idsc. via B. A. Munnerly & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stmr
Merchant
Hopkins
Pee Dee River
B. A. Manerlyn & Co
Mitchelle C. Dusenbury
Santurce
Blake
New York
A. C. Lumber Corporation
Frank Sessoms
Sarvis
Bucksville
Idsc
B. A. Munnerly & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgetown, S. G
Smiths Greater
Mr. B. O. Kornegay
Bride
F. Rhem
J. F. Lucas
A. P. Leonard
E. J. Leeds
Daughters of Rebbecca
Meeting of County Commissioners
Elizabeth K. Doyle
George
Marion & Southern
Marion’s New Road
Columbia State
Nelson
Danill Mers
Ben Mufie
Murphy
George Parker
George Pinckney
Ernest Roberts
Frank Santee
John S. Smith
Co. L. Smith
Jessie Taylor
Driedge Leary
Sue Alston
Clerica Adkinson
Ella Benning
Hester Boom
Aneliz Coachman
Sarah Jane Frierson
Clara Laura
Miss N. A. Norris
Silva Ragg
Ella Sheldon
Annie Sawyers
Anna Young
Sarah Ward
Count Store
Carolina Hotel
Agent Smith
Trafic
Matt Gay
Prof
Seeli
Royal Italian Band
Marine News
D. S
Opera
Prince St
E. J. Marcus & Co
A. H. Lucas
Are
Robt
Shuford
A. Jl, Lucas & Go
Armour Packing Co
Georgetown, S. C
Rilles & Bro. CO
Brilles & Bro.Co
Brilles
Brilles& Bro. Co
S. Brilles & Bro. CO
Front St
Iseman Drug Co
U Chioes
Louis Riff
Bourke
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