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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
1
Mr. Armstrong appears this evening in the Lyceum course at the Opera House. The Savannah Morning News praises his ability to convey pathos through varied voices and impersonations. Stereopticon views accompany the program, described as the best ever shown in Savannah.
Ernest Cunningham, a prominent Arlington youth, returned from church with a companion and when about to depart borrowed a pistol and shot himself. Earlier that day he visited a gypsy camp where fortune telling reportedly left him despondent, though his father W. H. C. Cunningham is a leading local figure.
Dr Samuel H Hull quoted by a Kansas visitor predicting strict future anti cigarette legislation. Professor William McKeever reports on 2500 cigarette using schoolboys showing sore throat weak eyes chest pain short wind nervousness and poor mental activity with only six averaging well among the group.
In Barnwell on November 29 Perry Ussery was shot dead at the carnival grounds while Marvin Holland was barely wounded. A dark assailant fled toward a swamp, four bloodhounds followed the trail but escaped suspects remain. Ussery, a popular figure with no known enemies, sparked widespread indignation.
Unclaimed letters remain in the Georgetown post office. Recipients must claim as advertised and pay one cent per letter delivered. Names include Dp L Duncan Julis Guest Jas Gradies W Gunter W Jhames James Langston Tom Milton Sam McKnight Charles Pyatt Robt Rice Isaac Schultz Rebecca Allston Addie Duncan Fannie Dargan Janey Fulton Bessie Johnson Marie Tomes Rose Pios Bell Prior Cate Evans Washington Adrie Stuart Mrs Vanderhorst Biner Washington.
Alabama man William Slaton, charged with a 1890 murder in Gunterville, was captured in Muskogee County Oklahoma after his brother in law idled a clue. Slaton, who had lived near Porum, admitted the crime and was sent back to Alabama. Nearby Okfuskee County sheriff arrested John Land alias Cone for a Florida murder.
Regular meeting of Winyah Lodge A F M No 40 to be held Wednesday at 8 at the Masonic Temple. Election and installation of officers will take place and a collation will be tendered. Full attendance requested by Worshipful Master H S Higgins Sec.
Meeting of Georgetown Chapter No. 7 Order of Eastern Star held Tuesday evening next at Masonic Hall at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. T. S. McConnell W M Mrs. John L. Brinkley Sec.
The tale recounts Pat who drinks nightly and abuses his wife Biddy. A priest warns him if he drinks again he will be turned into a rat. Pat returns drunk and asks Biddy to be kind, hoping she will watch him as he changes.
A man seeking an economical tombstone for all seven wives chose a tall stone topped by an angel pointing heavenward. The plain base bears the inscription Seven up.
Advertises Rexall Orderlies as a cure for chronic constipation with a money back guarantee if not effective. Claims to tone nerves and muscles of the bowels without purging and suits children. Offered by Georgetown Drug Co in Georgetown, South Carolina with 25c and 10c sizes.
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