Georgetown South Carolina A River Port With Big Growth
The Georgetown area in South Carolina is highlighted as a growing river port with strong commerce and rail connections. The piece notes access to 1,000 miles of navigable rivers flowing into Winyah Bay, a 10 million dollar annual trade figure, and 500000 tons of port tonnage. It cites multiple rail lines, steamship services, a government funded harbor improvement program, and substantial industrial capacity including machine shops mills and bottling works.
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Georgetown
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Sampit
Pee Dee
Santee
Black River
South Carolina
North Carolina
Winyah Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Georgetown & Western Railroad
Atlantic
Lanes
Marion
S.C
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Wilmington
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Charleston
United States
Fire Department
Georgetown City Profile Shows Modern Growth and Prosperity
Georgetown presents a modern, well governed city with strong fire safety, banking, and utility services. It highlights a 140 mile regional water system, a new $82 000 school building, thriving commerce including wholesale and retail firms, and robust home ownership aided by five building and loan associations. The city fosters welcome to capitalists, tourists, manufacturers, homeseekers, and farmers alike.
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Georgetown
Gause W C T U Plans Reading Room Start
The Gause W C T U reports a small but interesting meeting and announces plans for a reading room for men and boys to spend evenings. They ask for broad help to start the project and note the next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon September 25.
Philadelphia to spend six million on riverfront docks
A city project in Philadelphia pledges six million dollars for new Delaware River waterfront docks. A political aside notes poll tax would drop if women ran city affairs and suggests lowering the tax from two dollars to one eighty eight.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Market Quotations Mixed for Cotton Corn and Grains
Cotton and corn prices listed with bids for meal oats and other feeds. Flour ranges from 5.50 to 5.75 for patent grades. Turpentine quotes include Virgin at 2.50 Scrape 1.25 old dip 2.50 and machine tar barrels 2.50.
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D. S
Bourne & Co
Virgin
Black smith Shipsmith on the Red Store Wharf
Hartnett and Day advertise a smithing and general repair shop on the Red Store Wharf offering to take on local work and provide quality service to customers.
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Red Store
Hartnett. & Day
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Knoxville
Tennessee
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H. Kaminski
Corns & Bunions
Croup
Thrash
Georgetown Drug Company
Pittsburg
Georgetown Grocery Co
D. L. Bills
FRONT
Blacksmith
Screven Street
Scurry & Bellune
Walker Bourne
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Georgetown, S. G
D. J. Crowley
Chase & Sanborn
Georgia
Fulton Market
Nellie King
J. B. Steele
F. Rhem
O. B. Skinner
S. J. Flaum
B. W. Cannon
H. W. Fraser
D. N.bourne
John Bourne
W.H. Andrews
R. Y. Cathou
Dunmore
P. O. Box
Georgetown, S. C
RE & EN Beaty
Engineers and Sontractors
Civil
Georgetown, S.C
Heoples Dank
Bank of Georgetown
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