Best Shoes at Rylanders and a Wedding Notice
Thanksgiving greetings come from a New York store manager who returns favors to rivals in a bid for UWE ads. A wedding announces Miss Parker and Mr E Speer tying the knot at the bride’s residence with Rev. Clarke officiating. In Terrell Superior Court J P Griffin found guilty of fornication and fined four hundred dollars plus costs. Postmaster T J S Patillo of Feterprise, Lee county, bound over $300 to next term for opening a registered letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uwe
Barney Parker
You Parker
Mr. E. ©. Speer
J.C. A. Clarke
J. P. Grifin
Terrell Superior Court
T. J. S. Patillo
Feterprise
Lee County
United States Court
Three Passenger Trains Daily Begin Sunday on Southwest RR
Beginning Sunday three trains run daily on the South Western Railroad. Trains arrive Americus and depart at 9:09 A.M. 1:18 P.M. and 8:43 P.M. Westbound times are 6:18 A.M. 2:16 P.M. and 6:19 P.M. The added service boosts road business and aids travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Western Railroad
Americus
One Dollar. Black's Saves and Homicide in Dooly County
Harris county style clipping reports a homicide in Dooly after a supper where a negro fired a pistol under whiskey influence, killing one and wounding two. no suspect named. Fire destroys Charles Heyes gin house with loss of bales of cotton. list of claimants follows. Also ad blurbs for a patent medicine, a shoe repair shop, and pianos at Black’s.
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Dooly
Gum Crees
Dooly County
Sable
Charles Heyes
Charles Heys
Toba Ed Thomas
W. H. McCrea
Henry Williams
Evans Smith
John Law
Artaway Carter Hate
Lille
Green
Death of Judge Willis Hawkins Shocks Americus
The city mourns the death of Judge Willis A. Hawkins born January 15, 1825 in Madison Georgia. A self made lawyer and Civil War veteran, he led a long career in Americus and served briefly as a Supreme Court judge. He was famed for generosity and large intellect, with funeral rites held at his residence and Oak Grove cemetery attended by city officials and many citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis A. Hawkins
Madison
Morgan County
Sparksville
Lee County
Americus
Mary Finn
Ucsptsin
Muckabee Guards
H.K. McKay
United States District Court
McKay
Col. Hawkins
Georgia
Martin J. Crawford
Congress
Supreme Court
J. O. A. Clarke
A. B. Campbell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bot
Jim
Entomb a scandal death and the slandered public life
The piece laments slander as a weapon damaging virtue and reputation. It contrasts a drunken street scene and a moralizing sermon on public gullibility, criticizing crowds drawn to impostors and the ease with which rumor corrupts individuals, families, and Sabbath sanctity. It ends noting vice and gambling erode civic virtue.
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Rylander’s
Rylander
Ying
Black
Bucklen
D. Eldridge
Anruun Rylander
Avericus
Schneider
Earth
J.A
D. F. Davenport
Lamar Street
Americus, GA
W.T. Davenport & Son
Grand
S. Republic
Americas
D. F. Davenfc
John KR. Shaw
Forsyth ST
John Anr. Shaw
H.d.watts
the Old and Cael Grocer
Sumter
Will Ord Ste
Forsyth and
Troup Streets
P. H. Williams
Reconoga
Ani
Edward J. Miller
Miller & McCall
Americue
Eueles & Specialty
Beee
Mlo
McCorkle
Charlon B. Orlep
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