Local court cases and county notes from Buena Vista
The State v Henry jements ended with a guilty verdict and six months in jail. Buena Vista and Ellaville Railroad name change approved at a Ilaville meeting. Early peanuts exhibited by W M McGarrab near the city. Various floods and rains reported across the county aiding crops. Dooly County crops praised by Capt Morgan. Settlements in cases involving Simon Cohen and Murphy. Wheeler case not pressed. Obituary notices: R J Mask of four miles away died after typhoid fever. funeral at Oak Grove. Comer Peake of Andersonville died at seventy-nine. infant child of G A Dyers also noted.
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Henry Jements
Pilsbury
Ang
Simon Cohen
George W. Murphy
Murphy
Cohen
A. A. Wheeler
R. J. Mask
Mask
Mies Sherman
Thomasville
Oak Grove
Comer Peake
Anderson Ville
G. A. Dyers
Andersonville
Remarkable Holderness Heritage Cow Narrates Family Tradition
A Sumter county cow named Nancy, owned by Capt. John A. Cobb, embodies a long lineage from Col. John A. Cobb of Athens who imported a Holderness bull from England sixty years ago. Nancy, about fourteen, has continuously calved since birth, currently yields four and a half gallons of milk daily, and remains gentle, feeding Capt. Cobb’s children with milk and affection.
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John A. Cobb
Col
Athens
Captain Cobb
England
Holderness
Cobb
Sumter County
Capt. Cobb
Nancy
Remarkable Woman Whose Earnest Life Built a Legacy
A German gardener named Shriver and his wife Yettie settled in the city under Maj. T. M. Furlow. They built and bought land, faced hardship after the husband’s 1864 death, remarried, and, despite misfortune, the widow accumulated substantial property. She died July 8 near seventy, her life marked by energy and thrift.
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T. M. Furlow
Maj. Furlow
Shriver
Yettie
Alabama
McQuig
By the River Side Accident in Hawkinsville Leaves Man Drenched
A man visiting a sister near the Ocmulgee River in Hawkinsville fell from a hammock tied to old trees when his friend swung it. The hammock broke, sending him into ten feet of water. He survived, later repaying friends he owed for the hammock.
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Leity
Hawkinsville
Ocmulgee
Americas
Let There Be Light
A speaker advocates compulsory education claiming it would lift ignorance and improve society. He argues for passing new education laws to extend schooling and reduce backwoods illiteracy.
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Ignance
Death by Morphine Overdose of Hancil Beckwith
Thursday evening Hancil Beckwith an elderly county resident died from an overdose of morphine taken during a personal crisis. He bought a small morphine phial and consumed about three fourths of it after eating, then died at home around six. His wife and Dr. Pilcher tried to aid him. a prior attempt to take his own life had occurred years earlier. Beckwith leaves a wife two married children in the county and several in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancil Beckwith
Beckwith
F. M. Pilcher
Mr. Pilcher
Sweet Charity for Capt Patterson Remains Incomplete
A county teacher, Capt G M Patterson, lost all possessions in a big fire. Donations started quietly, then $54 more added at a barbecue, totaling about $100. The editor urges a broader, liberal donation to cover the estimated $41,000 loss and aid the veteran laborer in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Patterson
Furty
Shoplifter Ethiopian Couple Try Cotton Avenue Theft
A couple entered a Cotton Avenue shop to buy goods. The man concealed a shirt, and in the bag carried three pairs of shoes and two hats. One stolen pair was traced to a neighbor and returned. The storekeeper noted matched shoe sizes suggesting a scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Avenue
Mator Familias
The Frisky Mule in Botsford Field Tragedy
Friday George Moore plowed near Botsford when a hidden twenty five foot well gave way and the mule toppled tail first into the pit. A derrick man lowered to secure the animal, rope was fixed, and the mule was hauled to the surface. He then leapt away unharmed, leaving observers relieved by the unlikely escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore
Botsford
Mr. Moore
Moose
Americus Manager Replies to Davis Bros Club Charge
A card from the Americus manager rebuts claims by the Davis Bros nine, noting terms of $37.50 per game or 60 percent of gate, recounting two rain ruined games in Albany and Savannah disputes, and alleging a theft of gloves. He demands publication of his reply to counter alleged slander in the Albany News and Advertiser.
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Davis.Bros
Americns
Americas
Amerions
Nathan
di Bro
B. C. Albany
Americus
Albany News and Advertiser
Davis Bro
B. B
Savannah
Albany
Shay
J. J. Honesty
Cotton compress debate and lightning incident reported
A year old Americus cotton compress project stalled after Southwestern declined rate cuts. The Railroad Commission will review the matter at its next board meeting on Tuesday the 28th. Meanwhile a separate report notes a lightning strike killed two chickens and damaged a shovel handle, plus a fire near a Lebanon colored church that prompted a long wait for fire from a distant source due to superstition.
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Americus
Southwestern
Railroad Commission
Dean Lin
Yoors Traly
A. C. Butsooz
Sev
A. C. Speer
Lebanon Colored Church
A Georgia Homestead’s Tampered Glory and Fading Pines
Fifty years ago a distinguished Georgian family built a log homestead west of Muckalee amid pine forests. The tale follows three sons and a daughter, Civil War loss, widowly grace, and eventual decline as generations scatter to Texas and elsewhere, with the old house decaying under time and memory.
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Husbicus
Buena
W. M. McGarrab
Parish
Annanias
Henry Johnson
Terrell County
Webster County
Dooly
W. H. Morgan
Vienna
Sweet Charity
Lightninp
Odds and Ends
Esme
Amerians
Marmion
Georgia
Muckalee
Fard
Thesone
Hope
Dixie
Appomattox
Texas
Cens Oy
Domeni
Pene Ie
Fertle
Ichabod
New York
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