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Local Americus items detail moving people and public concerns
A collage of short notices reports shifts in staff at the Central depot and local homes, illness and sanitation worries, a push to curb pigpens, a planned cannon factory note, legal actions on chain gangs, social events and business ads. Names include H. B. Farish, Val Oliver, Col. W. T. Davenport, B. M. Epperson, R. G. Alexander, J. R. Duncan, Ed J. Miller, and many others in Americus society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mime & Hanson
H.B. Farish
Central Depot
Montezuma
Val Oliver
Col. W.T. Davenport
Texas
Georgia
Supt. B. M. Epperson
Americus
Americas
Eufaula
Supreme Court
Sumter
Egbert Allen
J. R. Duncan
Columbus
J. P. Beatty
Webster
J. W. Stallings
Jackson Street
Ed J. Miller
New York
T. J. Black
Dawson and
Weaton
R. J. Perry
Ellaville
Steve Hart
Peter Gayner
A. C. Speer
Court of Ordinary
Sumter County
Prisopera