Local Interest Notices and Social Items Column
The Daily Item invites readers to submit personal notices of guest visits and journeys. Share announcements of travelers departures and arrivals for publication in this community column.
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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
1
The Daily Item invites readers to submit personal notices of guest visits and journeys. Share announcements of travelers departures and arrivals for publication in this community column.
A collage of small notices and items from Georgetown includes a for rent ad at 622 Duke Street, manager search for The Morris Wholesale House, local sports chatter about A C L baseball and deer drives, train trestle troubles on the Santee line, and upcoming events at Eastern Star Oddfellows ball and Manning baseball game plus various city personalities and civic notes.
A letter by Mouton and responses from Walter Hazard unfold in a public dispute over a Georgetown street railway contract. The exchange links franchise ownership, municipal representation, and legal rights with calls for development and industry while condemning personal newspaper wrangling. The piece notes Beaty & Beaty securing civil engineering contracts in Manning and King Street, reflecting Georgetown pride in local professionals.
Last Friday on Murrells Inlet beach, Fred Grant and Mayo Dusenbury found body remains buried in sand with a belt buckle bearing a letter, suggesting the man was white. A large reward of twenty thousand dollars had been offered for information on the missing person.
List of undelivered letters held at the Georgetown South Carolina post office through August 22, 1908. Recipients must claim as advertised and pay one cent per letter. names include C W Britt, Charles Cloud, Willie Dones, J T Riggs, Stem Wine glass, Clarence Young and several women.
E. J. Marcus advertises fine native beef available at all times by calling 192 or visiting at 1015 Prince Street.
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