Mrs. R Burns Attends South Georgia Missionary Meeting
Regular correspondent reports on Mrs. R Burns returning from the South Georgia Conference Missionary gathering in DeSoto and other Plains area residents visiting relatives and attending events.
14 Apr 1910
Page 1
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
1
Regular correspondent reports on Mrs. R Burns returning from the South Georgia Conference Missionary gathering in DeSoto and other Plains area residents visiting relatives and attending events.
Regular correspondent reports in Ellaville Georgia that Superior Court convened Monday with Judge Littlejohn leading jurors. The two day docket reflected a peaceful county, with Solicitor Jim Williams praised for lawful firm handling. Local social notes mention Mrs. Colling hosting a 42 game and gatherings at the parsonage with society reports and court week visits by residents and visitors.
Distictular correspondence notes residents and visitors from several towns spent Sunday with families and friends. Several locals traveled to Terrell while others hosted guests at home, with names including Williams McCrea Howell and Tedder mentioned in passing.
Smithville Ga April 13 Our Regular Correspondent Miss Eva Edwards has returned to her home in Lineville after a lengthy visit to her sister Mrs J C McClain Local social activity includes Mrs J C Barker and daughter Georgia Lee Barker visiting Mrs R P Johnson Embroidery Club met Friday afternoon Strawberries with wafers served Mrs E F Goodroe and children Mildred and Roland returned to Atlanta after visiting relatives Also Miss Neva Goodroe accompanied them Mr B I McKenney at Shriner convention in New Orleans Rev W C Green and Rev J M Rustin conducted revival at the Methodist church this week.
Mrs Annis Jon Haden’s son Silas recovers after appendicitis surgery at City Hospital in Americus. W O Easterlin and family visit Americus, roads worsen with poor condition. petition circulates for immediate road repairs on the Americus and Andersonville route. Community notes on births illnesses and local visits include Slappey census work and a wooden turpentine still display.
P Flanders filled his regular appointment at Salem Saturday and Sunday with large attentive congregations. The piece lists numerous local visits and family gatherings including Mollie Harris and family from Huntington, Virgil Mercer and family from Plains, and many Parker and Griffin relatives visiting in town over the weekend.
Bronwood Ga April 13 Regular correspondent reports Mr and Mrs Jesse Sapp and children visited Mr and Mrs Riley Herring Sunday. Mrs Temple Turner spent the weekend with sister Mrs Annay Davis. Dr Jim Lowrey and family visited Mr J V Oliver Sunday by automobile. Mr and Mrs C C Turner and children visited with Mr and Mrs C T Davis. Sid Rainey and family visited their son Claude Rainey Sunday. Relatives of the Seventeenth attended the singing at Pleasant Hill Sunday.
Rev J S Elmore preached at St Johns Lutheran to a large crowd. Local residents and visitors share Sunday events from Wicker and Pennington families, with notes on teachers, shopping trips, and a robbery inquiry as police hold suspects.
Webster court session under Judge Z A Littlejohn ran through the week with many civil cases settled and a murder charge on file. The grand jury, led by foreman James P Walker, returned indictments as Solicitor General Williams and Clerk Col James Souter guided proceedings. Read letters from an unhappy romance dominated the case, with witnesses called and arguments concluding late in the day.
A sizable Gemini congregation attended preaching at Cutt-Off Sunday. Local residents and visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Marion Pennington and daughter Lillian of Montezuma, and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Griffin with family. John Griffin of the Twenty eighth district visited relatives, while J. S. Pennington hosted Mrs. Carl Rooks of Americus.
A theater exchange jokes about a prima donna and a press agent as she rejects the angels she knows for singing. Meanwhile brick work on the new arts school building progresses rapidly and will finish early in June.
Atlanta April 12 The Fulton Superior Court convict George Burge of murdering his wife and set execution for next Friday. The Georgia Supreme Court today upheld the lower court rulings and Burge’s verdict remains intact. A quip about romance and ship departures closes the piece.
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