Local and Personal News From The Daily Item
Mrs. F F Hanks of Rosemary and Mr C C Brinkley visited in Charleston and relatives recall the loss of an infant son. Cable Piano Co. rep Mex O Hirsch in the city. A knee pants ban at Westberry’s pool hall draws attention. The Electric Theatre show titled Hynoptic Revenge drew a packed crowd. A Georgia Congressman arrived sockless in Washington explaining the incident. J Lioyal returns from northern millinery sourcing. Georgetown Furniture Co. ad urged. Wall Street bears watered stocks. Winter hints as the season nears. Kansas convict prays to be executed swiftly. The New York Tribune mocks medical journal editors for calling prettiest girls stupid. James Henry Rice Jr joins Spartanburg Journal staff to canvass South Carolina. The Baltimore American twists old sayings into new phrases. Summer capitalists from Hendersonville and nearby resorts arrive in town. E C Haselden announces plans for a strong theater season with top talent.
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A. P. Leonard
Washington Herald
Georgia
Washington
Painiman
J. Lioyal
Daily Item
Georgetown Furniture Co
Wall Street
Kansas
N. Y. ‘Tribune
South Carolina
James Henry Rice, Jr
Spartanburg Journal
Rice
Editor's Column Sparks Town Row Over Blurred Punchline
The lighthearted town column in a western paper drew ire after a prank backfired when a sentence about washing windows was altered to imply street washing. Citizens confronted the editor, who admitted the misprint caused offense.
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Little Western
Money and Poker Men Gone in Spartanburg
John Davison and Albert Dearman, alleged expert stud poker players, are missing from Spartanburg while D W Thomas reports a loss of about nine hundred dollars after selling his business for 3000 cash and depositing 2000 in a bank. The trio left for Jamestown Exposition as wires are used to locate them. indictments have been handed to the grand jury.
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Spartanburg
John Davison
Albert Dearman
D. W. Thomas
Thomas
Dearman
Davison
Jamestown Exposition
Grand Jury
Sease
Quarterly Statement on Dispensary Condition Sept 30 1907
The report details the Georgetown County Dispensary's condition as of September 30 1907. It outlines financial status, operations, and notable expenditures during the quarter.
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Georgetown County
Weiss Arrested in Rosslyn Shooting Case
Charles Weiss, brother of Amelia Weiss, was arrested in Washington and turned over to Rosslyn authorities. The arrest follows John W. Mullen’s claim that a relative of his fiancée was involved, contradicting the fiancée’s statement that a Negro did the shooting. Weiss protests his innocence.
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Washington
Charles Weiss
Amelia Weiss
Rosslyn
John W. Mullen
Mullen
Weiss
Pee
International Cotton Growers Conference Opens in Atlanta
The three day meeting begins Monday in Atlanta with cotton growers and manufacturers from the United States and Europe. The program targets closer grower spinner relations, better growing and handling methods, and reducing middlemen and speculative influence on the cash market as foreign delegates tour cotton states after October 10.
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Atlanta
International Cotton Growers’ and Spinners Conference
United States
Europe
Birmingham
Ala
Greenville
Miss
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
Little Rock
Memphis
Market Quotations Today from Charleston
Cotton middling quoted in Charleston with prices for corn meal oats and flour. Timely dry goods and feed prices listed including DS bellies DS butts and pearl grist. Turpentine noted firm at 51 4c.
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D. S
Marine Ship Movements Arrive at Charleston Docks
Arrivals include the Stmr. Frank Sessoms with Sarvis cargo to Bucksville mdse by B A Munnerlyn Co. and the Stmr City of Columbia with Siau cargo to Columbia mdse. Master Masten, the Stmr Mitchelle C Dusenbury carries Conway mdse to Waccamaw Line Steamers. Also the Stmr Merchant Hopkins with Pee Dee River mdse by B A Munnerlyn Co and Butaw Adair from Charleston with cotton via Georgetown Charleston Steamship Co.
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Frank Sessoms
Sarvis
Bucksville
Mdse
B. A. Munnerlyn & Co
City of Columbia
Siau
Columbia
Mastes
Mitchelle C
Dusenbury
Conway
Waccamaw Line
Hopkins
Pee Dee
River
Buchan's Soaps Announces $5,000 Needlework Prize
Buchan's Soaps Corporation offers $5,000 in prizes for six needlework departments with no entry obligation. Entries due by October 15 1908, followed by a sale of nonwinning pieces in New York City. Free booklet available by request to 225 Fifth Avenue New York City.
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New York
Buchan’s Soaps Corporation
New York City
Buchana Soaps Corporation
Fifth Avenue
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F. F. Hanks
Rosemary
City
C. C. Brinkley
Charleston
F. M. Brickman
Baltimore
Tennessee
R. Stackhouse
Mex O. Hirsch
The
Cable Piano Co
Hendersonville
Asheville
J. B. Steele
Julian Collins
T. G. Herbert
David Bourne
Jos. Kaminski
Nellie Ehrich
F. M. Brickman and Nephew
L. Gluck
E. C. Haselden
Haselden
Peruchi- Gypzene Co
Main Street
R. A
Young Weiss
Atlanta Cotton Congress
Charleston, S. C
Marine News
Robert
Georgetown
Steele-Moses Co
the Steele-Moses Co
Fralley
Pete Rabil
Bourrough Merchant
Front Street
Peter Rabil
Crowley's
Geo. Easton
Watts & Gongdon
France
E, J. Marcus & Co
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