Local and Personal Notices From The City
Local briefs note residents and visitors: Mrs Burns offers lodging at 906 Prince Street and J J Scurry advertises a gasoline launch rental. Mrs W M Kennedy leaves for Alabama in December. Mrs P Z Harllee and children travel to Birmingham. Winnie Rouse returns home from Hartsville. Louis Poniatowski arrives from Manning with Beaty brothers to move two school houses. J F Matthews back from ten days away. K E Emerson moves to King and Highmarket corner residence. Jene Sally returns to Sally S C. A M Manigault travels from Somerville to home. W H Southard and C W Reed host Brunswick guests. Rev W H Murray returns from St George. A C L office forces play baseball with Southern Mercantile nine, score 5–4 quill showers. Isaac M Monk promotes King & Tucker’s Railroad Shows coming October 19. Palmetto Club Rooms hosts an impromptu dance for twelve couples. Community shares sympathy for J W McAlveen on the loss of their infant son. G W Foxworth announces Morris Cigar House agency and cigars, telephone 208, Sept 15-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Murray
St. George
Southern Mercantile Company
Isaac M. Monk
King & Tucker
Palmetto Club
Sumpit Road
Elmwood Cemetery
Fall from train at Rosemary leaves man unnamed
A young white man boarded the Rosemary to Georgetown train and fell from the platform after leaving. He was found unconscious on the track and taken to the infirmary with little hope of recovery. His name was later given as John Graham, cousin of the Cain brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Georgetown
John Graham
Cain Brothers
Rosh Hashanna Foretells Quiet High Holy Days
The Jewish New Year begins Friday evening at sunset marking 5669 in the calendar and a world wide suspension of business through Saturday. The ten penitential days end with Yom Kippur on Sunday October 4 at sunset with fast and prayer observed.
Georgetown County Teachers Urged to Report School Improvements
Mattie B. Price, County Organizer, asks white public school teachers in Georgetown County to reply by card on efforts to improve schools, buildings, and grounds and on any active local associations. She aims to compile a map of engagement before a county improvement meeting led by Miss Annie Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown County
Annie Ford
County School Improvement Association
Mattie B. Price
County Teachers’ Association
Court House
Georgetown
O. M. Mitchell
Union Graded School
Secy
Treas
Nor folk oysters and optical deals headline Westbury’s text
The notice promotes Westbury's for Norfolk oysters with frying stews pints and quarts. It praises Doctors Baum rind and Weiss scientific opticians now in the city offering glasses and lenses. A pair of street glass purchasers is mentioned. Ad space urged for The Item October 13 edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury
Baumrind and Weiss
School Texts Listed By Grade For Win Yah Graded School
The year’s reading set includes Arnold Primer Stepping Stones to Literature Ward Second Reader Johnson Third o Stories of Great Americans Bartlett First Steps in English Dodge Geography Lee History of the United States Colaw Elwoods Advanced Arithmetic Smith Physiology December 1908 List continues through Ninth Grade Wentworth Algebra New School Algebra and Latin books appear in later grades for 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winyah
Arnold
Ward
Johnson
Bartlett
Dodge
Prince
Colaw
Duke
Lee
United States
Elwoods
Smith
Woodley
Rogen
Wentworth
Weber
South Carolina
Maxwell
Benson and Glenn
Montgomery
Tuell and Fowler
Reason
Glenn
Tarr
Young Man Shot At Homecoming Near Branchville
Branchville September 22 Pressley Reeves about twenty four, son of A M Reeves of Dorchester County, assassinated while returning from field weigh cotton. He died from buckshot wound to head. mules brought body home. he leaves a widow. Bloodhounds promised from Summerville to track attackers. Governor Ansel contacted with no definite word by 10 o'clock. 1908-1909 session notice follows about Winyah Graded School start September 28 at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branchville
Pressley Reeves
A. M. Reeves
Dorchester County
Young Reeves
Summerville
Ansel
Schoolbooks on sale at Croft drug store
A list of textbooks including Wentworth geometry Allen and Greenough Caesar Macy Mace history and Shakespearean plays is offered for sale at the drug store of Mr. L. C. Croft.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prince Street
J. J. Scurry
P. Z. Harllee
Darlington
City
Birmingham
Ala
Winnie Rouse
Hartsville
Louis Poniatowski
Manning
Beaty Brothers
J. F. Matthews
KE. V. Emerson
King and
Highmarket Streets
Watson
Broad and
Duke Streets
Jene Sally
Sally, S. C
A. M. Manigault
Somerville
Katie Ward
W. H. Southard
Brunswick,Ga
C. W. Reed
Morris Cigar House
Cincinnati
Ohio
G. W. Foxworth
al Card
Prince’ St
Georgetown, S.C
Dorchester
Wo. C. Bynum
Myer
Lockwood
Farr
Allen and Greenough
Macy
Mace
Webster
Moore
L. C. Croft
W.H. Robinson
Burder
Highmarket St
J. W. Wingate
Georgetown, S. C
H. Kaminski
M. B. Weiss
M. Baumrind
Brazillian Optical Company
Ame
Charleston
S. C
Georgetown Drug Co
G. F
The
Carolina Hardware Co
RE & EN Beaty
Civil
A. Washington’s
Front Street
Winyah Engine Hall
A. Washington
Dunmore Contractor and Builder
P. O
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