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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
3
At the urging of friends, W. H. Andrews declares candidacy for Mayor of Georgetown and pledges to uphold primary rules and advance a Greater and Better Georgetown. W. W. Munnerlyn also states intent to run for Alderman and seeks public support and voter backing.
Cotton middling at 18 percent. Corn at 95 cents. Oats 55 to 60 cents. D. S. bellies at 13.5 cents. D. S. butts at 11 cents. Rice whole 5 cents. Flour 5.75 to 6.25. Pearl grist in sacks 1.80. No market in Georgetown for crude turpentine though quotations from Bourne & Co. include Virgin 3.50 Old Dip 8.50 Scrape 1.75 Tar in oil barrels 2.59 Rosin NY quiet Spirit Turpentine 58.
The Daily Item notes heavy winds stirring concern about a Florida storm and invites school correspondents to share honor rolls and news. It covers Pinchot Ballinger tensions, government utility policy, a Murrels Inlet murder case, a Georgetown court hearing, and local notices from Spartanburg to Charlestown.
The piece extols electric lighting as hygienic and superior to all other illuminants. It claims other lights harm the air and couple of diseases like diphtheria and tuberculosis, while electric light provides heat free, quiet, safe, efficient, convenient, and cheaper lighting. It ends urging house wiring for these benefits.
The Walterboro Press notes that wealth gained dishonestly leads to heavy remorse and suffering for the innocent as proceedings unfold. It observes many who prospered in the dispensary era now face consequences, with guilty wheel sins found out and the guilty paying the price, regardless of jurors' verdicts.
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