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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
1
Crowded church marks Rally Day as 285 on Sunday school roll with 50 in the honor department 60 in Cradle Roll and 71 active adult Bible Class. Children march in a orderly drill sing and recite as Rev. W H Murray leads a prayer and choir performance.
The Daily Item outlines telegraph service delays from New York and Raleigh causing late election reporting. A bulletin board at the Item office will display results as they arrive, while subscriptions are urged to readers to stay informed of the election outcomes. James D. Munnerlyn of Chopper visited the Item office.
Lee Fisher Jr. was convicted of murder in the second degree for the March killing of R. F. W. Alston, a Lynn Hosiery Mills bookkeeper. Judge Ferguson sentenced him to fifteen years in Raleigh’s penitentiary. Fisher’s appeal to the Supreme Court is pending and he was freed on a $5,000 bond until then.
Registered guests include Van D Harper Campfield E Van Anderson Oscar D Anderson Ed Lewis A H Love less S J Blackwell W J Carter John V Down H Kline C C Scurry Ladd M J Hornick H M Davis L Gluck R P Kent Alex F Fowler M Zeller H J Brown TL Harper M C Oglesby JnoS Graham Capt Graham S M Mc Clary Frank R Howard.
Long list of letters remaining unclaimed at Georgetown South Carolina post office as of October 24 1908. Showed names of men and women who must claim by presenting advertising notice and paying one cent per letter.
Chicago man received telegram about his mother in law death and whether to embalm. He replied Take no chances cremate at once, prompting a rapid decision on the body.
The speaker argues that if the campaign has no issues, tariff changes moving up or down would make no difference. The remark highlights a lack of salient electoral stakes tied to tariff policy.
Albert Bell, twelve, was fatally shot by his sixteen year old brother Raymond while hunting with companions in Wildwood Park. A hidden cartridge was loaded into the rifle by one of the boys, and Raymond fired again, killing Albert instantly.
On Bowery street a man with a tin cup and a board appeals for help after losing limbs in the Boer war. An Irish passerby drops a $5 gold piece and refuses the Englishman’s offer to return the excess, saying he has never seen an Englishman trimmed to suit him.
A humor piece notes the lord mayor is highly honored and jokes about speaking of him. A man eats at a hotel and praises the meal claiming it is the best in the county until a landlord quips about the mayor’s claim. The guest is arrested for a remark and fined ten dollars, then declares he is the biggest fool in town except the mayor.
An Italian laborer cries for help as Giovanni sinks to his knees in mud near the Harlem river. Responders debate how far in to reach him and whether he can walk out or must be pulled free.
A brief, period tone exchange notes that honesty shapes decisions across eras. The dialogue contrasts optimism with realism, suggesting the proverb’s policy may fade as perspectives shift.
A traveler recalls an old Dutchman repairing a station and replacing a broken board. After measuring and sawing, he sits on a lumber pile in frustration and jokes that he has sawed the board three times yet it remains too short.
A Gulfport Mississippi double tragedy ends in the deaths of Lon Seely a cowboy with a Wild West Show and Police Officer Lee Varnedee. Seely allegedly rushed a crowd of Negroes with a revolver, Varnedee pursued them and both men were found later near the railroad each with a single gunshot wound and one empty cartridge in his revolver. Seely is said to be the son of a ranch owner near El Paso Texas.
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