Seventeenth District Notes and Social Gatherings Aug. 18
Regular correspondent reports Rev. Mason's preaching at Hebron over the weekend. Local residents Evan Smith attended a birthday barbecue at W. B. Mitchell's. J. T. Wiggins and Q. P. Jones families visited B. S. Williams. Alton Mills and George Israel pairs joined C. F. Turner’s group for Sunday. Henry Wigging ill for several days. Monroe and Jessey Smith joined Kidd's Mill picnic. Pierce Jones Annis Jones Osborne Turner Lester Smith attended Magnolia Springs picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth District
Henry
Messrs
Monroe
Jessey Smith
Kidd's Mill
Pierce Jones
Annis Jones
Osborne Turner
Lester Smith
Magnolia Springs
Ginners Set To Open In Rift Georgia This Week
Rift Ga Aug 18 The ginners of its community will soon be busy again starting this week. Mr and Mrs D C Jones have returned from White Sulphur Springs Fla after several days away. Miss Kate Pritchard returns from Plaines Preston and Parrott where she spent several days. Miss Marilu Jenkins is convalescing after illness. Eva Mae Pritchard goes to White Sulphur Springs this week with Mrs F P Jones of Leslie. Friends hope for improvement. Ada Bellerry visits Plains with her sister Mrs Gibson. Annie Lou Jones was with Mrs L Jones last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
F. P. Jones
Leslie
Ada Bellerry
Plains
Mrs. Gibson
Annie Lou Jones
Mra
J. L. Jones
Andersonville
Jas. 1
Edge
Bryan
Tex
Englishville
Providence Springs
P. C. Easterlin
Red Hill
Annie Mae Wicker
Atlanta
Mesara
J. H. Phillips
Grady Dunn
Harrison Boulineau
Macon
W. W. Boulineau
Bob Rutherford
Buena Vista
T. R. McMichael
J. C. McClain
Magnolia Springs
Alice Ansley
Alice Mel [Ton
Americus
C. C. Ansley, Jr
Ernest Simpson
W. A. Randall
Parrott
John Martin
Eufaula
J. K. Searcey
Butler
Baldwin Perry Wedding in Ellaville Georgia
Miss Martha Granberry Baldwin married Harvey Clayton Perry at the home of Mrs. H J Williams in Ellaville Georgia. The ceremony featured an improvised altar of ropes of ilux and cut flowers with Edwin Irry hosting a reception afterward in Acklen Georgia. Local guests included Lacy Baldwin Atlanta F B Baldwin and others from Americus Columbus and College Park with plans for extended travels and social events surrounding the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville
Martha Granberry Baldwin
Harvey Clayton Perry
H. J. Williams
Lacy Idwin
Columbus
Nat Stewart
Madras
India
Stakely
College Park
Annabel McCrory
Brenau
Lacy Baldwin
Atlan
Andersonville Social Notes and Local Visits
Andersonville Georgia residents report visitors from Bryan Texas and Americus. many townsfolk attend hunts, barbecues, and family gatherings. Prof A J Clark and Prof T E Morton plan the new school year. cotton picking season under way. several Easterlin and Slappey family members noted visiting relatives, cemetery and park tours, and local commerce.
Epworth League Social and Local News From Plains Ga
The Junior Department of the Epworth League hosted a social at Mrs. Fannie Collins home with white and yellow decorations and games into the late hours followed by cream and cake. Clergy Rev Edwin Fulenwider assists Rev Phillips in services at the Lutheran church while other locals travel to events and visits across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Epworth League
Fannie Collins
Edwin Fulenwider
Newberry
D. C
Phillips
Fulenwider
Ed Stewart
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. M. Austin
Indian Spring
Eunice Rustin
Concord
Eunice Beals
Oglethorpe
Rev
J. M. Rustin
Frederick Markette
Anna Markette
Douglass
W. & Moore
Flora Markette
Dennis Moore
Sumter
B. F. Markette
D. B. Thornton
Tifton
Plains visitors and residents swap visits across town
A string of Plains and nearby town inhabitants travel for visits and shopping. Americus residents Mr. Ross Dean returns from New York with fall and winter stock for Oliver McDonald Co. Others, including Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Oliver, Mr. Carl Campbell, Miss Eva Stevens, and Miss Dot Edwards, visit relatives in Richland Dawson Montgomery and Louisville while planning winter millinery purchases and attending ball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Ross Dean
New York
Oliver,Mcdonald Co
Edmund Oliver
Plains
Carl Campbell
Morday
Broxton
M. L. Hudson
J. A. McDonald
J . T. Bradley
W. P. Page
William French
Richland
Gussie Evans
Cochrane
Barnesville
Rebah
Georgia L. Parker
Lot Shitoh
George Jennings
Maggie Griffin
Jones Walker
Macca Tharpe
Vesta Tharpe
Preston
J. W. Johns
Eva Stevens
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Gertrude
Annie Wise Rauch
Dawson
Mattie
James Colbert
Leroy Lunsford
Christine Spann
Bobbie Nicholson
Will Spann
Florida
Alton Carter
South Carolina
Jimmie Renfro
Renfro
Mattie Carter
Bluff
Smithville Party Notes and Local Visits
Mrs J H Randall Jr hosts Happy Hooligan club with Heart Dice game and prizes for Ada Salter. Elizabeth Richardson marks fifth birthday with friends and treats. Visitors include Alice Ansley, Carrie Boulineau, Mamie Boulineau, Dr J M Love, Jennie Edwards, Jensica Physioc, Ira Cook. Smithville GA locals shuttle to and from Dawson Albany Macon Americas Opelika.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
J. H. Randall, Jr
Ada Salter
Alice Ansley
Julia Livingston
Susie Lunsford
Will Richardson
Elizabeth Richardson
Alice Melton
Dawson
B. Y. Turner
Douglas
Americas
Carrie
Mamie Boulineauj
Macon
J. M. Love
Opelika
Ala
F. P. Love
Jennie Edwards
Albany
Jensica Physioc
Ira Cook
Fiorrle Summerford
Leslie News Adds Friends and Travels From Aug 18
Regular Leslie column reports Mrs. B I McKenney Edith McKenney Pearl Hale of Smithville visiting Mrs. F G Jones. A dozen locals and visitors attend events, trips to Atlanta De Soto Dawson Kentucky Ohio Americus Gooseberry and Plains. New arrivals and departures include E L Wilson back from New York with fall goods and Egbert Janes mending after an injury. Local gins busy as harvest nears with cotton bales shipped from Preston and Alston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
B. I. McKenney
Edith McKenney
Pearl Hale
Smithville
F. G. Jones
A. J. Kemp
Atlanta
Mattie Wilson
BE. Les Wilson
Sycamore
Ruth Wilson
Florrie Summerford
Misa Blanche Pryor
E.A. Luke
Hugh Ferguson
de Soto
Tyree
Kentucky
F. G. Janes
Pearl Hines
Americus
Nellie Hines
Janes
J. E. Ranew
Clara Willie Prather
Gertrude Hudson
McCord Prather
Stella Wade
C. H. Lockett
Leslieh
Dawson
W. M
Willard
Levanore
Ohio
E. L. Wilson
New York
Ke R. Malone
Laslie
F. P. Janes
Egbert Janes
J. J. Wilson
Laalle
Loftin Whitaker
Leary
Reevea
Guy Pryor
Caroline Rogers
Coleman
Mary ‘Lizzie, Ferguson
Catton
August 1909 notes from Macon and nearby towns
From Englishville to Americus, residents are mentioned visiting relatives and attending church and a barbecue at Red Hill. Names include Miss Wilma Holmes, W. C. Barton, D. B. Barton, Belle McKenzie, Woodson Tol, Miss Aninie May Wicker, E. C. Freeman, George Wicker, Lottie Pennington, Ernest Coker, and R. E. Wicker. Local weather reference and score 8 to 3 for Englishville appear amid social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornfield
Wilma Holmes
Macon
W. C. Barton
D. B. Barton
R. G. Barton
Americus
Belle McKenzie
Doles
Woodson
RE. Wicker
Montezuma
Lottie Pennington
Ernest Coker
Andersonville
Red Hill
A. B. Farmer
Ruth
J. G. Chambliss
T. J Wickers
Mabel Rooks
George’ Wicker
Mt. Zion Church
Oglethorpe
Local Visitors and Residents Mentioned in Telegrams
Fragmentary society notes list Mr Joe Forrest of Americis and Mr R P Jenkins of Lealie visiting relatives last week. Carrie Miones and Laura Wizkel Sin stayed with Le B Stubbs in Sumter. Others include J Meab et bee, Mae Wie, and A J Pennly with pleasant meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Forrest
Americis, Salil
Lealie Om
Carrie
Laura Wizkel
le B. Stubbs
Sumter
Extension Work Among the Farm Institutes in Georgia
Atlanta reports Dr. A M Soule of the State Agricultural College is elected vice president of the American Association of Farmers Institute. The General Assembly appropriated $10000 to extend the extension work via Farmers Institutes in each Senate district. Institutes promote crop diversification cattle dairying and self sufficiency using cottonseed meal as cattle feed. Dates for the upcoming institutes will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Department of Agriculture
State Capitol
A. M. Soule
State Agricultural College At
Athens
American Association of Farmers’ Institute
Portland
Oregon
General Assembly
Soule
State College ‘of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Provilee J
Man Kicked Poor Kitty Declares High Damages
New York Aug 17 Ernest W Emellie New York manager for a glove firm was fined 100000 by his cook Emily Jones for kicking the cat through a window screen after a small daughter complained the animal scratched her. The cook says her eyes were filled with rusted iron wire particles as the cat disappeared and she puts the damage at 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest W.’ Emellie
Emily Jones
Cooke
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T. E. Morton
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