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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1909
Page
1
The Winyah Graded School begins its 1909 10 session with 329 pupils enrolled. Opening exercises featured Rev. W H Hodges guiding devotion and a talk by County Superintendent Josiah Doar praising county schools. Board member BE Doar and Supt W C Bynum attended, pledging interest and inviting patrons to visit classrooms.
A heated exchange over a misdial escalated when a caller demanded an ambulance that the secretary denies requesting. The caller curses and threatens, insisting the ambulance be sent immediately, and adds that the secretary should come along.
The Air Dome presents two features The Empty Sleeve or Memorieses of By Gone Days and Miss Faust Sells her Soul to Satan to Become Young Again. Viewers can expect vintage silent era style and melodrama as evening program.
The Oct 2 report notes a storm cut an inlet through North Island one mile south of North Inlet, wrecking the Point fishery. If it remains open fish will exit via this new channel, endangering the old Bar. Ten days of poor catch blamed on northeast winds and alternative sea outlet.
Camden reports a novel trespass notice filed by a county resident against his uncle’s turkeys. The notice forbids entering the land under lease or future ownership, with a comically extended time limit from the discovery of the North Pole to ten thousand years after the devil’s death. It notes the 1909 date and jokes the crop will likely survive the birds for now.
Night Watchman J R Garner on patrol at the Shand Lumber Co 615 Plain Street was shot three times by a stranger a mulatto who seized his pistol after lighting a match. He was taken to Columbia Hospital where physicians report he rests easy and is expected to recover. The gunman fled toward the Columbia Newberry and Laurens trestle. Police seek the assailant who was unknown to Garner.
The Sells Floto Consolidated Shows promise a unique circus experience with a tented performance and a menagerie far larger than typical. The show features rare acts including a captive mandrill and a hybrid lion tiger, plus a grand street parade and the impressive Armour International Prize Winning Champions turnout.
The article argues that proof beyond reasonable doubt is impractical for polar exploration. It praises Dr. Cook’s two year isolation and sun observations, noting the drifting ice makes exact monument marking impossible. It asserts confidence in Cook’s presence at the pole on April 21, 1908, and condemns critics of his achievement.
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