Local and Personal News and Notices
Local items include a Wednesday night raffle at 8 o'clock for Mr S M G Car raway’s horse at Parnell Furniture Co. The Misses Rivers of Rome visit with Mr W T Hemingway. Westbury's Pool Room serves fresh Norfolk oysters by pint or quart. A Front Street home for sale with easy terms. Bargains on dining chairs and tables at Parnell Furniture Co. Autopsy finds a grizzly bear died of heart fattiness. Ten shares in Equitable Building and Loan for sale. Henry Green charged with theft. vagrant law urged for harvest help. Lyceum at Opera House Monday features Prof Elias Day and Miss Orianne Truitt Day. Southern playwright Miss Freda Slemons praised for The Sweetest Girl in Dixie. Little Rock audience enjoyed the show. Simpkins Electrical Theatre presents The Police of Ding Ding Imps tonight.
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Front Street
Springs& Stall
Parnell, Furniture Co
Equitable Building and Loan Association
Daily Item
Henry
Clyde Steamship
High Court
Clyde
Lyceum
Opera House
Elias Day
Orianne Truitt Day
Mr. Day
Miss Truitt
Freda Slemons
Carnival Ball Impresses City Dinner Guests
The carnival ball hosted by local young men in honor of the young ladies on November 22 drew strong attendance and lively dancing. The grand March was led by C. J. Levy with Japie Carraway, followed by a German dance staged by O. P. Bourke and Mabel Young, with festivities continuing late. Many families and residents attended, including the Carraways, Messrs. Levy, Walker, Tucker, Taylor, and others, marking the first ball of the season with broad community participation.
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C. J. Levy
Japie Carraway
O. P. Bourke
Mabel Young
Misses Louise ,Walker
Bessie Mae Carson
Janie
Lizzie Carraway
Sadie Hazard
Annie Workman
McFall
Claudia Tucker
Kitty Dear
Lydia Smith
Hugh G. Taylor
L.G. Walker
Chas. Congdon
LaBruce
Jacobs
Messrs
Business Being Resumed in Atlantic Coast Lumber
Georgetown correspondent reports Raymond S. Farr general manager of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation has returned from New York City praising conditions in financial circles. Confidence is rising and prospects for early resumption of business along normal lines appear bright. Money stringency is easing and the country’s financial condition is deemed prosperous enough to shorten industrial suspense.
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Georgetown
News and Courier
Raymond S. Farr
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation
New York City
Alabama Senate Passes Carmichael Prohibition Club Bill
The Alabama Senate, after initially voting against the Carmichael prohibition club bill, retracted and nearly unanimously passed the amended measure. The bill exempts clubs chartered before November 1, 1907, from the Act and shields individual club members from violations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Carmichael Prohibition Club
Senate
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Bugs Raymond Dead at 21 After Tragic Street Car Accident
Chicago dispatch reports Bugs Raymond, famed quirky pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, killed by an Elston Avenue trolley after slipping on tracks. The popular 21 year old, praised for comic on field antics and bright prospects, had signed with St. Louis for a substantial salary.
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Chicago
News & Courier
Arthur Lawrence Raymond
Bugs
Elston Avenue
Elston
North Avenue
Raymond
Prairies
St. Louis Cardinals
McCloskey
St. Louis
Waddell
No Deal Over Coonskin Exchange
A dialogue shows Zeb and Sim debating the value of coonskins for a pot of lard as market conditions shift. They predict rising coonskin costs and jokes about future prices while noting they can skip fried vittles.
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Sim
Zeb
Shoes exchange dispute with cracked patent leather
A man at a department store seeks to exchange shoes he bought last month after noticing cracked patent leather. The clerk inspects and notes the shoes are old stock, suggesting the warranty may have expired.
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Misses Rivers
Rome
W. T. Hemingway
Westbury
Parnell Furniture Co
Alabama
Bugs Raymond
Chicgo
A. Washington
Front
Queen Streets
Prince St
E. J. Marcus & Co
D. S
Freda Slemon
Dixie
Ouis Poniatowski
P.O
Ro Aid
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
Fifth Ave
Buchan
A. G Ll. Pressing Club
Charlotte
Geo. Easton
G. H. Watts
West
New York
York
J.B. Altman
A. H. Lucas
Robt. Shuford
A. Jl. Lucas & Go. Brokers and Commission Merchants
Armour Packing Co
Georgetown, S. C
S.brilles & Bro.Co
Brilles
S. Brilles& Bro. Co
S. Brilles & Bro. CO
Front St
Iseman Drug Co
Will Nin
Louis Riff
Bourke
Fralley
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