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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1909
Page
3
Market quotations for cotton corn meal oats and turpentine are listed amid local business notes and personal items. The paper reports weather shifts train incident notes court sentences and upcoming events including a circus and public notices with community classifieds and charitable appeals.
At Duncan M E Church the program lists an 11 a.m. regular service on Home Training and an 8 p.m. sermon Money Its Value. Sunday School convenes at 4 30 p.m. and a cordial welcome is extended to all.
The notice invites attendance at Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. and sermons at 11:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Pastor J. E. Wallace signs the message and invites participation. Also advertised are printing services with electrical presses and phone contact 1016 for orders. Nearby names W. T. Clift, John White, Rosemary. W. B. Wilkerson, Sampit are mentioned among city visitors.
In Greenville on September 24 Whit Galloway an operative at Woodside mill quarreled with his wife and killed her then shot himself. A four year old girl witnessed the events noting her parents argued before the pistol blaze. Galloway reportedly tried to shoot her but failed to steady the pistol. He was described as above average in intelligence and his wife hailed from a prominent county family.
In Adrians near Wrightsville Georgia B Fields a wealthy Emanuel County planter was fatally shot by his brother in law M Webb during a dispute over crop division. Webb surrendered to local authorities after Fields died tonight at his Adrians home. Field s brother serves as Emanuel County sheriff.
The books for the collection of State and County Taxes will open on October 15, 1909 and close on December 31, 1909. Penalties apply for late payment from January to March. Tax rates include State 5 1 4 mills County 3 1 2 mills Constitutional School 3 mills Total 11 3 4 mills Special taxes listed for W I School Bond W I School Special Rosemary School Special County Line Fence 20 mills on livestock Court House 3 4 mills Wilson School District 2 mills signed J A Hemingway County Treasurer.
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