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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
2
The 1909 Payne Aldrich Taft tariff boosted watch prices by five to ten percent as Elgin and Waltham, the two largest trust members, claim no link to the hike while urging retailers that the increase was coordinated. Congress and the president supported protection enabling higher prices, critics say.
Henrietta Morgan Duke wife of Gen Basil W Duke died in her Louisville residence from heart failure. A prominent social figure and Daughters of the Confederacy member she aided war history preservation. Her sister was Gen John H Morgan.
W. H. Andrews announces his candidacy for mayor of Georgetown. He pledges to abide by primary rules and to work for the up building of a Greater and Better Georgetown.
A series of declarations from city figures announces candidacies for Alderman in Georgetown. F L Siau, L Brinkley, George A Doyle, Chas B Colbert, H Schenk, C W Rosa, and W W Munnerlyn pledge to work for the citys up building and promise to follow party rules or seek broad voter support.
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