Weathered wit and farming news from Lumpkin and Dawson
Layfeld and critics spark talk about weather, while Wiggins and crew face a voyage without sails in the Dead Sea. Fruit farming expands with LeConte pears and peach trees, as townsfolk move fences, relocate families, and recount weddings and local incidents across Terrell and Dawson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layfeld
Wiggins
Dead Sea
Lfe
J. P. P. Harrell
D. H. Smith
Stewart
W. F. Christian
Terrell County
Enterprise
Sam Mayo
Texan
Felix
Alliance No 7 Members Draw Premium Contest
Alliance No 7 members agree to compete for premiums in best single acre cotton beat acre corn and best one horse farm. Names include F M Devane G W Chapman J T Myrick Warren Darden and others. a five member committee will draw up plans and premium amounts. If county Alliances offer premiums this fall the county display at the fair may feature the best exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance No. 7
Alliance
F. M. Devane
R. M. Rainey
G. W. Chapman
D. J. Morrison
T. H. Devane
J. T. Myrick
Warren Darden
J. M. Collum
J.J. Wall
G. T. Rainey
G. A. Chapman
W. Rainey
J. J. Wall
Weather brightens as farmers await spring progress
From Ellaville Evnavinner Jan 31 reports fine weather easing past months’ bad spell hindering crops. Local clergy Rev. C D Adams up after illness. visitors include Charley Johnson and Tom Jossey of Columbus firms. W O Strange visits, plans Danville move. Miss Annie C Amos returns from Americus. Miss Mitch Bolton back from sister’s Americus. Rev. Mr. Hardeway preaches at Methodist Church. Emma Hornady visits. Prof W L Merritt attends Leap Year party in Oglethorpe. two local youths travel there for business. one delays return. Matrimonial market on the advance, Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evnavinner
C.D. Adama
Charley Johnson
J. K. Orr & Co
Columbus
Tom Jossey
J. Kyle & Co
Ellaville
W.O. Strange
Oglethorpe
Danville
Annie C. Amos
Americus
Mitch Bolton
H. T. Arrington
Hame
Hardeway
Hampton
Emma Hornady
Senola
W. LB. Merritt
Lenox
Putnam Pointers Jan thirty one note on local matters
Filler items discuss school teacher issues stock law and farmer Alliance aims to curb middlemen profits. Mentions shifts in local commerce and a Texas pony charge to reduce profits. Brief notes on marriages Ida Weaver and Jeff Vilcher. Pauline Green and J D Dinkins. Morgan Stevens teaching at Concord. Also remarks on editor revenge poetry and local illness reports.
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Foursam
Texas Pony
Ida Weaver
Jeff Vilcher
Schley
Pauline Green
J. D. Dinkins
Morgan Stevens
Concord
Coldain
J. M. Livingston
Friendship Notes from Friendship Georgia
Friendship Ga January note brief local items report a burned Concord school-house likely arson and plans to rebuild. Farmers prep land for corn and cotton despite poor crops. School opened January first with forty pupils, nine more enrolled, and several expected. Dr Howell aided by daughter Bertha. Mrs Howett teaches music with five pupils. Miss Maule Jennings from Lebanon boards with Mr Dorn and attends school.
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Friendship
Friendship News
Concord
Howell
Bertha
Howett
Maule Jennings
Lebanon
Richland Rumors In Journal Patch Work of Jan
Weather is fine and farmers are busy while guano agents and merchants discuss spring inventory. School improving, visitors May Latter and J N Clements arrive from Florence. Grandpa Dupree dies at 75, his family receives community sympathy. Capt T J Brannon visits for King Cotton, local druggists busy, Will Taylor and others noted. Pap.
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Eums
C. (. Brooks
Mainy
Daniel
Henry Peed
Tilly
T. Beddingfield
Lumpkin
Florence
Charlie
J. 8. Fitzgerald
Richland
C. C
Cora Pearsons
Wesleyan Female College
Macon
Frank Stapleton
Jno. Base
Misa May Latter
J. N. Clements
Sam Bryant
Sonnie
Sam
Grandpa Dupree
Jno. Dupree
Capt
T. J. Brannon
Americus
King Cotton
Bob Alston
Mike Brooks
N. C. Saville
Johnpreville
Knowlin
J. A. Thornton
Pap
Abbeville Letter Reports Quiet Leap Year Party
Abbeville February letter recalls a turkey dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Sam of House Creek for four couples including Fr 1 Collins with Miss Alice Fuller and J 1 Cowart with Miss Sallie Shepherd. It notes a Valentine party planned, Reading Club recovery, new local merchants, arrivals Dr A R Royal and Dr D J Holloway, busy river boats on the Ocmulgee, a budding matrimonial market, and Rome reporter Victor Smith earning $2 monthly from the Tribune et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Sam
House Creek
Collins
Alice Fuller
Cowart
Sallie Shepherd
Craham
Coralie Choate
Manel Rogers
Reading Club
D. Walker
B. Mannheim
A. R. Royal
Crisp, Ga
D. J. Holloway
Ocmulgee
Brunswick
Local Notes From Chenubee Spotted Curiosities And Odd Tales
Jan 31 Chenubee news highlights Matt Slocumb seeking white rats with neighbors urged to wait for orders. Anecdotes recount a white frog found in a poplar, a Weston man recalling 80 years of frontier life, and a crosscut saw powered by a negro and water. Miss E L Whaley reports a missing purse containing thirty five dollars and forty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chenupee
Matt Slocumb
A.J. Sapp
Bob Jones
Weston
Billie Parker
John Parrott
E. L. Whaley
Southern immigration, climate, and economic notes in Georgia
The article discusses Southern migration trends, arguing Texas benefits from California’s immigration collapse while the South Atlantic states should gain from domestic movement. It cites Rockmart slate quarry capacity, Atlanta county hog prizes, and notes Ex-Gov Warmoth’s Republican Louisiana gubernatorial bid amid general political and economic commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
California
Lone Star
South Atlantic
Washington letters on a dull House session and notable figures
The Washington letter reports a two month House session marked by timidity and lassitude. It notes figures like Cox Reed Bourke Cochran Bacon Rayner Crain and Tracy, plus Phelan, White and others. A forest lands protection bill introduces a forest commissioner at a $5,000 salary and four assistants, with strict timber controls and homestead provisions.
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Washington
WasaHixotox
Cox
Reed Aceems
Bourke Cochran
Mr. Bacon
New York
Mr. Rayner
Maryland
Rayner
Crain
Tracy
Phelan
Tennessee
United States
Commissioner of Forests
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Birmingham
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Our City
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M. C. Munro
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Our Vily
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Shorterville
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Stewart County
Cora Anthony
Shellman
Teed & Wallace
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Winn School House
Lizzle
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Alliance NO 7
Putnam Pointers
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Rome
New York Tribune
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