Southwest Georgia missing town correspondents sought
Southwest Georgia readers are urged to help expand the WEEKLY RECORDER coverage to every town and post office within seventy five miles. Correspondents are requested in Leesburg Smithville Cuthbert Plains of Dura Buena Vista LaCrosse Schley Tazewell Dranesville Montezuma Vienna Andersonville Cobb De Boto Huntington Chokee Lamar Job Wilcox County offices east of the Ocmulgee river in the Third Congressional District. Address H C Storey publisher Recorder Americus Ga.
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Weekly Recorder
Leesburg
Smithville
Cuthbert
Plains of Dura
Buena Vista
LaCrosse
Schley
Taze
Bronwood Notes Residents Visitors and Developments
From Bronwood visitors include Dr. W F Walker of Weston likely to locate and practice here. Miss Willie Butts visits the Ellison family. Gill Willis completed a cottage on Johnson Street ready for occupancy. Rev Binion preached at the Baptist church. Guano arrives by carload. Prof Elmore and Winkler run a flourishing academy. Mr Durham of Las Animas plans to move here for mercantile business. Bronwood hosts three Sunday schools Baptist Methodists Lutheran.
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Broxnwood
Willie Butts
Smithville
R. J. Ellison
W. F. Walker
Weston
Gill Willis
Johnson Street
Bronwool
Binion
Baptist Church
Elmore and
Winkler
Academy
Durham
Lasaer
Bronwood
Baptist
Baptists Lose Pastor as They Seek a Visitor Preacher
In Wenfree County on the third Saturday of February the Baptists at Shiloh Church Marion County found themselves without a pastor after Rev. J A Griffin declined to preach longer. The community hopes for a visiting preacher, while a local doctor celebrated his sixty fifth birthday with family and a hearty feast. A Marion County man chased a runaway bride journeying toward a J P in Marion, almost catching her en route before coaxing her return home.
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Wenfree County
Shiloh Church
Marion County
J. A. Griffin
Dr. G
Elliot
Mth
Webster
J. P
John Gilpin
Marion
Esquire Tullis
Would-be Husband Missing After Heavy Rains Damaged County Bridges
A note from a resident using the Recorder to urge neighbors to read a missing person appeal for a would-be husband not seen in the area. Heavy rains have damaged nearly every county bridge and turnpike, prompting concern and local curiosity.
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Tam
Melon Crop and Farm Notes From Lee County
From Enterprise Lee Co Feb 28. Farmers discuss melon growing copper potions and fertilizer use with 250 to 200 pounds per acre and costs. Wet weather delays work while oats sown in November show promise. Cholera hits hogs and poultry with home remedies advised. Wild cat chased by Tom Turner near Leesburg wells. Road work and stock laws stressed. Corn tips given for sandy lands and a method using deep planting and Johnson wing plows. Mrs Hargrove visiting. Warrant issued for J J Noblea over disturbances and lauding hands.
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Enterprise
LEE Co
Albany
Smithville
Messrs
W. A. Clegg
T. J.J. Pattillo
Tom Turner
Leesburg
Terrell County
Lee
Sumter
Johnson
Roy Dixie
M. T. Hargrove
Macon
J. Hargrove
J. J. Noblea
Grand-daughter of Sally Summers from Georgia boasts large kin
Mrs Felts of Pike claims the largest family in the country as a granddaughter of Mrs Sally Summers of Jones county Georgia with 365 grandchildren 142 great grandchildren and 42 great great grandchildren Her husband is a local Methodist preacher A New York note credits Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for relief from a two year cough and mentions a Chicago Burlington and Quincy strike of two thousand engineers in Illinois also mentions Augusta Evening News in a new spring dress and Griffin Sun backing water works
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Felts
Pike
Sally Summers
Jones County
Georgia
Dr. Bull
Benj. F. Duggan
Park Flace, New York
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road
Illinois
Dawson Doings and Dawson News Highlights
Dawson writer recalls recent social scene and local characters in a long reflective column. Mentions W. H. Wilkinson of Bronwood, J. M. Garret with ditching work, Walter T. Forbes of Atlanta and Boomer Cotton Compress, Dr. A K Patterson’s seed varieties, a Farnum House party with local elites, Judge Summons handling cases, and a 6,000 pound iron molding by Dawson Variety Manufacturing. Reports on weather, church music improvement, and a slew of visiting residents and locals including Jno W Fon and M H Baldwin.
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Norte
J. A. Fulton
Dawson
Putnam
van Riper
van Riper Nor Prather
New South
Waterbury
W. H. Wilkinson
Bronwood
City
J. M. Garret
W. E. Riordan
Garrett
Walter T. Forbes
Atlanta
Forbes
A. K. Patterson
Weston
Crowder
Farnum House
Capt. Allen
Minses L. R. Towns
Senola
Ibbie Prince
Americus
Minnie Hunt
Columbus
Jennie Hatchet
Fort Gaines
Lila Edwards
Spring Vale
Jno
W. Fon
R. F. Summons
Superior Court
Rainy Lumpkin Brings Bridges Repair and Mail Delays
In Lumpkin Georgia February 27 a five day rainstorm caused major land damage and threatened bridges with high water. The Turner bridge may be rebuilt if water rises to last July’s peak. Train service was halted with no male passengers for a day. Local church activity continued as Rev. P. S. Twitty preached to a large audience while residents Mrs. J. L. Singer and others hosted visitors. An official post office unclaimed letters list follows with many names and a notice that letters unclaimed in thirty days go to the Dead Letter Office.
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Lumpkin
Turner
Twitty
Americas District
Lumpkin Church
E. P. Chamberlain and Son
Atlanta
E. L. Callier
Thomaston
B. M. Overby
J. L. Singer
Everett
Bland
Trammell
State of Georgia
Sumter County
Americas Postoffice
Roee Allen
Green Aulbriten
James n—A.s. Brown
Charlie Buros
Squar Butler
Joe Bridges
Libbie A. Brooks
George Crouch
Annie Dyers
Robert Daniel
Piso Davis
Ide Davis
J. E. Morerill
D. Royal
Edmund Roberts
DF. Hames
Rathard Shalley
Henry Stallings
D. W. Mibert
T. J. Sammers
Lamiseek Spradley
Eliza Terrell
Telia Will
Dollie White
HN. Williams
Political musings and rural wrong notes from Putnam
Putnam February 29 page maps out Schley county political probabilities listing several names. Various anecdotes unfold including an Hopewell Methodist church absence due to Rev C D Adams illness, a grass whisky misunderstanding in Americas and minor rural misgivings about ministers using the pulpit for personal insinuations.
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Putnam
Schley County
Baldwin
Singletary
Myers
Caskey
Patton
WiLliam McCrory
Battle
Hopewell
C. D. Adams
Marion County
Americus
Americas
Schley
Colle
Smithville
Obituary of Joseph B. Rouse from Georgia church and community
Joseph B. Rouse, born in Monroe County, Georgia, lived in Macon and Sumter counties, married twice, and devoted to Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Ordained in 1862, he suffered paralysis late in life yet remained faithful, leaving eleven children and many friends. He died in his 78th year after a long illness, with tributes from G. W. Weekley Bronwood. The sheet also notes a folk verse and a shoe-maker detail about Charles Breck of Milton, Mayes.
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Joseph B. Rouse
Monroe County
Macon County
Nancy Burton
Jane Compton
Sumter County
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Christ
Divine
Aleep
G. W. Weekley
Bronwood, Terrell County, Ga
Tariff Reformers Push for Larger Domestic and Foreign Markets
In a spirited editorial the New York Herald argues for free raw materials and expanded markets abroad to boost profits and employment. It credits President Cleveland's open market policy and warns against free trade fears that hinder manufacturers in Mexico and South America.
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New York Herald
South America
Australia
England
Cleveland
Congress
Mexico
Ocean
Advertising Southern Rail Rates to Draw North Visitors
The Manufacturers' Record urges vigorous, wide scale advertising of cheap railroad rates to the South. It argues the campaign should flood the North and West with ads to spark pleasure travel, curiosity, business trips, and investment interest, stressing immediate action.
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Southern
South
North
Weat
West
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Louis W. Lee
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