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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1909
Page
1
A Sumter dispatch reports plans for a new railroad line running from Blowing Rock North Carolina to Georgetown South Carolina via Sumter. The project promises to open up unexplored country and connect small towns to Sumter, which already has seven rail lines and welcomes a hoped eighth.
The WCTU convention held in Columbia last Saturday drew ninety eight delegates and ended in an enthusiastic meeting. Organizers expect statewide Prohibition to pass at the next legislative session and plan to invite the State Convention to Georgetown next year. Georgetown Delegate.
Mayor Fraser received a letter inviting delegates to the Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterway Convention in New Orleans with Taft attendance. The city may send five delegates. funds include a $500 city budget plus $3,000 from ticket sales and other sources totaling about $4,000 for entertainments and ceremonies. Also noted: King's Mountain monument dedication and a South Atlantic college football slate for Saturday with games across Columbia and Atlanta venues.
The Newberry Observer reports a quake in Caldwell township and surrounding areas on a Wednesday night around 1:55 to 2:20 AM. Dr C W Brown described a rumbling, rattling windows, and timbers creaking with the earth moving east to west.
The Daily Item advertisement notes delivery to readers each afternoon for 10 cents per week.
In Columbia on Oct 6 contractors building the Wateree River bridge between Columbia and Camden report a labor shortage as wages rise yet workers, mainly Black laborers, remain unwilling to accept the higher pay. The effort aims to complete the largest single-span steel highway bridge in the South.
The Georgetown Drug Co offers Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets free of charge to anyone unsatisfied with results when used as directed. The ad claims quick relief and digestive benefits, with three sizes priced 25c 50c and 1.00, available only at The Rexall Store in Georgetown.
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