County court urged as relief for strained system in June
Valued reader writes on the short five day spring term of the Superior court, noting scant revenue and the absence of money. He urges a county court to ease the load and recounts Judge Clarke’s firm actions, the Freeman case, and a lively local interest in schools. The piece highlights Profs Lowrey and Owenin son Institute, riverbank improvements, and local figures like J. W. F. Lowrey, N. W. Dozier, and I. M. Lennard, while praising H. S. Sell’s orphan care and local business prospects in watermelon shipments and banking ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawees
John D. Clarke
E. G. Simmons
Freeman Every
Otbeir
J. W. &. Lowrey
Oweninson Institute
Lowrey
Ieabe
Porrell
Pulk School
J. W. F. Lowrey
B. H. Hood
Christie
N. W. Dozier
J. M. Lennard
Robert Toombs
Macon
St. Whitchard & Son
Terrell
Col. T
Os. B. Lumpkin
Our Town
Col. J. L. Sanders
Atlanta
Angier
Col. Sanders
Alice
Ells Hay
T. E. Langley
Baptist Church
Florida
Bronwood Race Sparks Local Gait Challenge
In Bronwood on June 4, a local wager sparked a field contest between Jim Hill and a challenger over oats tied to a cradle. Marshal J. T. Rogers oversaw the match as Hill moved the cradle with steady effort while the rival fell behind, ending with a proposed compromise declaring Joe Rogers the best grain cutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronwood
Atlanta
Macon
J. T. Rogers
Jim Hill
Joe Rogers
Bues
Cure for youth errors promised by Ray Josara T
A card advertises a remedy for perceived youth errors and nervous weakness. It claims to send a recipe to recipients who mail their address to Ray Josara T in New York City. The message appears as a dubious solicitation without verifiable medical claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACARD
Josara T
Ixsam
Rlation
Neve Yort City
Buprrp Resyraron Co. P.O, Nox of
Aveawra
Gia
Dry county notes and local happenings in Webster
June 4 report from Webster notes a dry county with no liquor sales, good fruit crop but late peaches, and variable rainfall. Mentions Sunday Schools expanding, local illness, and community insects and harvests. Anecdotes include a boy killed by a wagon wheel, a large honey harvest, cows destroying corn, and a daughter’s birth. References to rail road talks and national revenue reform debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perstex
June Blakey
D. E. Ponder
Americus
Bell
Scoville
Green
R. R
Walnut Grove
County
Friendship* Association Mevie
Antioch Church
Preston
Jane
Jolly Joan Preeville and Rural Notes Outlook
Jolly Joan Preeville reports long dry spell with no rain, fearing a repeat of 1881. Corn stands hopeful if showers arrive within two weeks. cotton prospers but lice threaten, oats ready but wind hindering harvest. Peas and potatoes face drought risk. soy and other crops show mixed progress. Railroads and politics noted, Colambue’s potential role cited. local social notes mention visitors and a July 4 picnic at Ocklocknee bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Paareville
Jane 2
Colambue
Stewart
Americus
Columbus
Maggie Buchanan
Maggie
Ara Moore
Marion County
Jeannie
Dawson
Georgetown
Eufaula
Jesse Morton
Ville
Kimbrough
Maron
Local Nuptials Tie Lula Batts to W K Fateh in Surraville
In Surraville at 1049 a m Sunday Miss Lula Batts and Mr W K Fateh of Brunswick were joined in matrimony by Rev J 3 Cawood with family and friends present. A lavish dinner followed and the couple plan a tour to North Georgia before settling in Brunswick. Willie Batts departs for Cartersville for summer and Mrs Ronie Thompson leaves for Vassar College after completing high school studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surraville
Lula Batts
W. K. Fateh
Brunswick
J. 3
Cawood
Teday
North Georgia
Fatch
Willie Batts
Cartersville
Ronie Thompson
Vassar Cox
Strange Medical Troubles and Odd Notices From Lampkin
A tiny boy in Stewart County suffers nasal catarrh until a seed lodged in his nose for seventeen months. Amputations, melons, and odd ads appear among a jumble of local news and promotions, including health cures and a tobacco and distiller related boast.
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W. H. Grills
Doulsa
Sumenuil
Dlibbo
Altmerious
Caen
J. K. Barddin
L. Barnum
F.b.“Gregory
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Lawy
Asenicus
Fcurren
Ofer
Old Pitt Bathenal Bank
Jerebpleendt
Grb
McCrory
Ellaville
Ander
C. B. Raines
C. A. Brooks
Suri
Hun
Cal
D. P. Holloway
Americo
Ecayspan
Miller
Horse McCall
H Monumental Market Works
Miller &McUall
Public Square
Ambre
A. A. Battle
Barore
Mitchell
Serearad
Pune
M. B
Valent
T. E. Kenney
Jesse Rogers
North Carolina
W. K.P
Weaster County
OAK
Webster
Brason Colbert
Jas. Shepherd
Dick Littlejohn
Archie Goss
Oak Hill
Editor
Joe Durham
J. R. Caio
John Jenkins
George Purvis
George
J.P, BE. W
David A. Wells
New England
Chicago
Rane
Jolly Joan Preeville
Mociraie
Ocklocknee Bridge
Georgia
Norman
Stewart County
Meorgia
Quirman
Grant
Ward
Valdoste Mes
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