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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
1
Georgetown Items and School News Update
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Morris Wholesale House
Cincinnati, Ohio
Great Flood Threat to Georgetown and Rivers
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Georgetown
Columbia
Pee Dee
Mess. S. M. Ward & Co
F. W. Ford
Santee
O. B. Skinner
Black River
Good For Council. Old Bernbaum Building Capitulates
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Item
Bernbaum
Council
Burns
McFeeley
Broad
Screven
Front Street
Laid To Rest of Palmar’s Four Year Old Son
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Palmer
W. L. R. Cahall
Bryant
Notice to Ship Masters Navigating Channel North of Sampit River
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampit River
Georgetown
South Carolina
Reid Whitford
U. S. Asst
Sabbath Day Kept Holy Ruling Upholds Sunday Meat Ice Ban
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
State Supreme Court
Wm. James
Supreme Court
Prince
C. A. Woods
Pope
Gary
Jones
Program of Loyal Temperance Legion Evening at Oddfellows Hall
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oddfellows Hall
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
B. O. Korne
Red Cross Appeal Issued for Flood Relief in the Carolinas
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Georgia
North
South Carolina
New York State
American National Red Cross Society
A. C. L. Beats Rosemary Nine In Morning Tilt
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Nine
Freddie Arnhalter
Glenn Springs
B. H. Ward
Bank of Georgetown
S. S. Aragon
New York
Fine native beef can be had at ing at 1015 Prince street.
E. J. advertises beef at 1015 Prince Street offering locally raised native beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Street
E. J Marcus
E. J. Marcus
City Council Sets September 2 Meeting on Trolley Franchise
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Edwards
Southern Mercantile Company
Abbeville
Bernbaum
Court House
H. W. Fraser
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Duke Street
Turbeville
Geo B. Sanders
Gracie
Hendersonville
Lee Burns
Washington,n. C
W. W. Hazard
Asheville, N. C
Mrs. Borneau
S. M. Bradshaw
Greeleyville
S. C
Bradshaw
Lane
Charleston
Georgetown Graded School
Daniels
McDonald
Mary E. Sims
Virginia
W. C. Bynum
W.B. Moore, Jr
Lillian May Brock
Esther M. Smith
Sadie F. Hazard
Annie S. Workman
M. Edith McFall
Kate Montgomery
Margaret Jones
Moore
North Carolina
Wm. C. Bynum
Red Cross
Blacksmith
Screven Street
Scurry & Bellune
Walker Bourne
Iseman Drug Company
Georgetown, S. C
Carolina Hardware
Pittsburg
Georgetown Grocery Co
W.H. Robinson
Highmasket St
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