Old Georgetown Library Society Opens Records and Band Event
Georgetown residents recall the 1799 library society founding with officers elected and charter granted in 1800. The piece notes initiation fees, monthly dues, book lending limits, and a Charleston to London paper order, followed by an outdoor concert by the Georgetown City Band at the Tourist Hotel lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Paul Trapier
Robert Heriot
Samuel Smith
Robi. Brownfield
W. P. Wm. Heriot
Treas
Jno
Burd
Benj. Singer
Samuel Wragg
Thos. Mitchell
Blythe
Francis Kinlock
John Keith
Erasmus Rothmahler
Messrs. Smith
Heriot
Rob
Boston
New York
London
Committee On
Georgetown
Haynes
Vivian
Waltz
Coleman
Janett
Freeman Schottische
Collins
March
Hall
Cole
Enlargement of The Daily Item in Columbia
Editor Daily Item thanks readers for congratulations on the enlargement of The Daily Item. The letter notes the paper’s potential long life in defending and building up Columbia as a key seaport, especially with the Associated Press service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Daily Item
Associated Press Service
Ship wrecked crew robbed after hurricane near Kingston
The American schooner Carrie A Norton, Capt Hammett, was wrecked September 10 near Fortune Island. After two days adrift near Plana Cays a Bahama fishing crew boarded her and took the crew to Ackling Island where Capt Hammett reports they were robbed by native thieves. The Norton had sailed from Savannah on August 25 for Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Kingston
Jamaica
Carrie A. Norton
Hammett
Fortune Island
Plana Cays
Ackling Island
Hagmett
Norton
Savannah
Local associations records and community urging support for paper
A list of names appears as records of a local association stored in the Winyah Ind Sec library. The piece notes an estimated 8000 to 12000 volumes, urges readership of a home newspaper, and defends local press as essential and fair. It reports Elliot Green’s hanging in Barnwell for murder, with a prior respite. It cautions drivers to share the road with bicyclists and uphold wheelmen rights under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winyah Ind. Sec
Elliot Green
Barnwell
Oliver Smalls
Warship nets prove against torpedo attacks in test
In Narragansett Bay the torpedo boat Mortis fired five Whitehead torpedoes at 40 knots into steel nets partially submerged. None penetrated the nets designed to shield United States Navy ships from torpedo attacks. Tests showed torpedoes bouncing off the nets from distances of 1200 to 1500 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Mortis
Narragansett Bay
United States Navy
Morris
Simple smoke remedy for wounds and inflammation
The notice promotes smoking a wound with a woolen cloth as a universal, infallible cure. It claims twenty minutes in smoke will relieve pain from nail wounds and inflammation, urging readers to try the method despite skepticism.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winyah Indigo Society
Ie Harleston Read
James H. Fraser
Gbeorgetown Library Society
Savage Smith
Levi Meyers
Sol. Cohen
Josias Allston
the Rambler
Cumling
Hamilton
Samuel Wray
Jos. Blythe
Wm. Trapier
Benj. Huger
Erasmus Rathmahler
D. Witherspoon
Moses Meyers
W. H. Croft
Harry Fogel
Bargain House
Front Street
City Hall
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