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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
1
A speaker at a convention urges primary and junior teachers to sow spiritual seeds in children. She warns the growth of character is rapid in ages ten to fifteen and stresses timely, active religious influence to prevent later ruin. The talk uses vivid images of a serpent bite and a mother with a child to emphasize urgency.
In Ellis Kansas a physician halted a burial when tests showed Mrs Thomas Chapman 60 had not died but was in suspended animation. The coffin was opened and she revived after removal to a bed. Doctors say her heart remains weak but recovery seems possible.
A telegram from Captain to Winyah Lumber Company reports the Flora Rogers, a 376 ton three masted schooner loaded for New Haven, ran ashore at Body Island, North Carolina, and was a total loss with all cargo and gear gone. The captain and wife were aboard. address Hudson Bros., Norfolk.
Mr Simpkins presents moving pictures for the people and himself. Patrons demand dogs be kept out as they crowd the audience threaten fights and risk bites to children. The nuisance should be abated at once.
At White House New Jersey Bryan arrived to applause and quipped about the White House. He joked about his long journey and stated that the Denver Convention clarified the platform. He promised to carry the platform into effect in letter and spirit as president.
John Hughes drank whiskey and fired at his sister Mrs. Hunter during a disturbance in Easley. Police attempted arrest. Hughes fled to his sister’s house to obtain a pistol and fired at the officer. Hunter remains alive but gravely injured with doubtful recovery.
A Georgetown drugstore showcases a large display of fine writing tablets priced at 5 cents each. The exhibit highlights the wide assortment and invites shoppers to view the window on October 24.
On a bridal tour between her husband and a former suitor, Mrs. Fred Van Ingen was shot by F S Beauve who also wounded her husband professor Fred Van Ingen. A gray haired uncle disabled the pistol, saving the bride. Beauve, 24, was arrested in Plaquemine after the shooting near Alexandria.
Cotton 8 11-16. Corn 98. Meal 2.00. Feed oats 70. U S bellies 111 percent. U S butts 9 percent. Flour spring chest 5.50 to 5.75. patent 5.00 to 5.25. Virgin 2.50. Scrape 1.25. Old dip 2.50. Tar in machine barrels 250.
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