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Dawson Tales Of Cisterns Guano And Spring Charms
Dawson notes a cone shaped cistern near the artesian well to store water and curb mosquitos. The piece also covers guano sales totaling about 2,100 tons, local visits by Prof Adams, social calls from Misses Feagin Ogletree and neighbors, a dramatic company arrival, and a travel letter detailing Hamburg Oglethorpe English settlement Schley and Pine Grove Academy with farmer John son and his stump clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
O. B. Stevens
Ward’s
Bronwood
Pop
B.C. Adams
Appeal
Fannie Feagin
Mattie Ogletree
Sumter County
Jeanie Hester
Stewart County
Mrs. Bethune
Our City
J. H. Guerry
Clay County Superior Court
Col. A
Henderson
Irwin Superior Court
Octernorrs
Macon County
Schley
Far West
Old Hamburg
Oglethorpe
Hamburg
E. W. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
R. Johnson
Johnson
Pine Grove Academy
J. D. McKenzie