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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
1
The Daily Item invites readers to share local interest items and personal notices. Send word about guests visiting or travel plans to inform friends through the columns.
Rental ad for a five room cottage at 622 Duke Street and a call for a branch office manager from The Morris Wholesale House Cincinnati Ohio. Local notes include residents returning from Hendersonville Washington NC and Asheville NC, bereavement thanks, deer hunting report, mayoral mass meeting moved to the Court House, and Georgetown graded school opening details with staff changes and new building plans.
The weather bureau warns the flood may reach Georgetown tomorrow endangering the canal used by boats from Georgetown to Columbia. The Great Pee Dee promises the major crop destruction along riverbanks, while Santee and Black river rice plantations face danger. Rail service gradually resumes as waters recede and lines reopen.
Editor urges council to tackle unsightly Burns hotel and McFeeley shacks between Broad and Screven on Front Street. He dismisses sentimental regard for landmarks and calls for action against decay despite past storms and floods.
The death of four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Palmer occurred yesterday afternoon. Funeral services were held today at 11 o clock, burial at Baptist Cemetery with Rev. W. L. R. Cahall officiating. The notice reflects on sorrow, faith, and consolation from the cemetery’s symbolism.
Reid Whitford U S Asst Engineer issues notice for vessels passing north of Sampit River near Georgetown to use the water space from Center Range Lights 200 feet east. Dredge now occupies Center Range but will move gradually westward to allow water depth.
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds a ruling that selling meat or ice on Sunday violates state law except perhaps in great cities. Justice Woods wrote the decision, with the court noting possible town city differences in enforcing what many see as a Sunday necessity.
Entertainment program for this evening by the Loyal Temperance Legion at Oddfellows hall. Acts include piano solos by Mrs. B O Korne gay and Mrs. L Brinkly, duets by Miss Brinkly, songs by Mrs. J T Matthews and Miss Sadie Parker, recitation The Baldheaded Man by Miss Anni floor, songs Bye Bye Dearie by Miss Alice Freeman, a song and rally cry by Georgetown Loyal Temperance Legion children, and orchestra music.
New York August 31 An appeal from the New York State branch of the American National Red Cross Society urges public contributions to aid flood victims in Georgia and the Carolinas. The statement notes business is at a standstill and many homes are destroyed depriving families of essentials and shelter. Relief must be immediate to be effective.
The A. C. L. baseball team edged Rosemary nine 4 to 3 in a spicy morning game. Freddie Arnhalter left for Glenn Springs for recreation. B. H. Ward of the Bank of Georgetown departed on the S. S. Aragon for New York yesterday.
E. J. advertises beef at 1015 Prince Street offering locally raised native beef.
The City Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday September 2 at 8 30 p m at the Court House to discuss the proposed trolley franchise. Citizens are invited to attend and submit written suggestions to the council by order of Mayor H W Fraser.
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