Local items and notices in The Item
Local and personal notes include job ad for a bright boy in a grocery, lost rosary found at The Daily Item Office, property trespass warning on Gapway road by W J Jones, travel updates from residents, Rev Yarboro preaching at Good Hope Church, ball park preparations for tomorrow's games with 25 cent grand stand tickets, articles from Bob Kramps on the African Sporting Country, a dance at Winyah Indigo Society Hall with listed attendees, eye specialists from Brazillian Optical Co visiting, and rental offer for a gasoline launch via J J Scurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Item
Bob Kramps
Columbia
Winyah
Ellen Green
Messrs
Sian, H
Doyle F
Doyle G
Doyle J
Adams
Springs
Carraway H
Carraway I
Walker
Hazard Ex
Hazard A
Butler
Tucker
Tarbox
Bourke
Delare
Buie W
Arrival of the Matilda Weems in Baltimore Georgetown Run
The steamship Matilda Weems of the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co. arrived at 9 am with Capt. L. G. Hudgins in command. Ex Oneida and Clyde Line veteran officers Brooke and Barkly sail. vessel praised for fivefold freight capacity and swift handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Weems
Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co
L. G. Hudgins
Weems
Oneida
New York
Georgetown
L.G. Hudgins
Brooke
Barkly
George Weems
North Carolina
Baltimore
Hudgins
Guns to Fight Airships at Fort Myer Trials
Reports indicate a joint army commission may test methods to damage airships in flight following Wright Flyer trials at Fort Myer. German experiments suggest balloons at 2.5 miles can be hit, but accuracy at altitude remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Ordinance Department
Signal Corps
Artillery Corps
Army
Fort Omaha
Germany
Magdenburg
Wright
Base Ball Tomorrow Arrangements Between City and Lake City
Mr. Frank J. Davis, a local baseball promoter, wired Lake City manager D E Mortley promising a game tomorrow at the A C L base ball park. Arrangements are set for two games and Mortley replies the Lake City team will arrive tonight with the Georgetown team ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Davis
Lake City
D. E. Mortley
S. C
Davis
F. J. Davis
Georgetown
Rockefeller Hen Economy Tale Turned Into Banter
In a Harper's Weekly style snippet Higgin and Wiggins recount a joke about a Cleveland area farmer who allegedly carries a hen under his buggy seat to prevent waste during meals. The gag hinges on the hen benefiting from horse feed and the egg ending the tale. The note also mentions Georgetown City Band playing at tomorrow's ball games for entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller, Jr
Higgins
Cleveland
Wiggins
Harper’s Weekly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gapway Road
H. B. Ham
W. J. Jones
S. J. Billard
George Johnston
Olive Durant
Carvers Bay
J. A. Hemingway
City
Charleston
Messrs. E. L. Lloyd
R. M. Barnes
LeGrand G. Walker
Olin Sawyer
Yarboro
Leesville
Good Hope Church
M. B. Weis
M Baumrind
Brazillian Optical Co
Georgetown Drug Co
J.J. Scurry
Morris Cigar House
Cincinnati
Ohio
G. W. Foxworth
Mr. Rockefeller
Jos. Ward
Carly
A. Washington’s
Front Street
Winyah Engine Hall
A. Washington
J. M. Herring
Taylor and Highmarket Streets
Georgetown, 6&. G
Charleston, S. C
Georgetown Drug Company
Ferro Machine & Foundry Co
Cleveland, Ohio
W. H. Croft
The
Agit
Carolina Hardware Co
W.H. Robinson
Highmarket St
RE & EN Beaty
Civil
Georgetown, S.C
Green Grocer
Choice
Pui
A. Moore
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