Ellaville News Briefs From Ellaville Georgia May 2
Residents anticipate June Tet and improvements with a new road from Birmingham to Albany. Editor Method promotes stability, KE buys land for offices, and a Buena Vista meeting aids Rev W J Flanders. Subers return from Abbeville, piano delights music lovers, telegraph outfit bought, year-end school exercises set for June 2, music program growing under teacher M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville
Birmingham
Albany
KE. W. Cheney
Oxford
W. J. Flanders
Buena Vista
G. P. Suber
Abbeville
Tose
Putnam Points and Local Harshness from May 21
Potsam notes a train derailment near Buens Vista with injuries and a fatality. Reports crop failures with spring oats and dry weather hurting corn and vegetables. Local anecdotes include Missis visiting Robt. Gresham, Bob Sims’s jail time for stealing plow lines, and Charley Chambliss injuring a hand at a mill. A Mineral Springs picnic drew varied amusements and humor.
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Potsam
New Road
Buens Vista
Aince
Putnam
Gresham
Miss
Robt. Gresham
Bob
Bob Sims
Mfr
Charley Chambliss
Mss
Destructive fire at Barfield widow’s home near Oglethorpe
A fire at 4 o clock destroyed the Barfield home and outbuildings in Garden Valley. Mrs Barfield and her late husband’s photograph survived a brave effort to save it. Dixons and Law aided, with Dixon badly burned. Loss claimed around five hundred dollars. The week also notes court sessions, weather drought, and local events including Mr Hunter’s lumber fire and Judge Crisp’s visit. The piece mentions Mack Sutton and Bill Hobbs murder cases and ongoing Superior Court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dixon
Mrs. Barfield
Jim Hunter
Camp Creek
Oglethorpe
Montezuma
Warwick
Sunter
Hunter
Superior Court
Mack Sutton
Hoo. J. M. Dupree
Cols, Haygood
Winslow
C. B. Hudson
Allen Fort
Bill Hobbs
Judge Crisp
Mra
E. A. Baldwin
Ellaville
M. L. Snealy
Clarenue
KE. B. Lewis
Coper
Confederate Veterans of
Macon County
Court House
Col
Wits
White Water Creek
Plains of Dura News and Local Happenings May 21
Dry dusty weather worries Plains farmers after a windy week with little rain. Local items include Miss Dealoa Grant visiting relatives, John Torbert exhibiting cotton, and a new Plains baseball club forming. Teachers and delegates attend events in Americas, with Nettle Brown's Magnolia Springs school show planned for June.
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Stubbs
Otis Reese
Tabernacle
Americas
Misa Nettle Brown
Magnolia Springs
Boya
Rosarie
Rainless crops and a town tense with events in Pinebark
The May 22 Pinebark note reports drought harming crops with scarce rain, mentions W. G. Vey cutting wheat, oats failing, and a fatal shooting involving Joe Pullins who shot Sam Andrews. It notes Doc Cato’s amputation of a ball, two colored men living on G. W. Cole’s plantation, Pullina’s arrest, and social visits across families, with local talk on cotton bagging and alliances.
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Pinenank
W. G. [Vey
Breuth
Oats
Joe Pullins
Sam Andrews
Cato
G. W. Cole
Pullina
Jack
J. &. Boyd
Americus
W. M. Ball
Nancy Culpepper
Rural Hill
C. L. Stapleton
Willie
Julia
Colquitt Cole
Dave McNiel
Harris
Leila Ivey
Alliance
Tom Saunders
Hill
Tommie
Lucy Washington
Lewis Clark
Bronwood Notes Highlight Local Growth and Trades
From Bronwood Georgia on May 2 the scene stays dry and dusty yet farming thrives with wheat and oats harvests ahead of predictions. Cotton chopping rises and a five dollar reward is offered for a loafer on the streets. A new era begins as plans advance for a cotton seed storage mill and a near guano factory with Wells leading the effort. Local social notes mention J Vought Oliver’s fish trap gathering and visits from G O Hill and Jan C Simpson to Macon for a road congress. The post office moves to J H Ellerbee’s Geke street store.
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Geo. Gelse
Dawson
Danaon
J. Q. Wella
Green Wella
Wells
J. Vought Oliver
Messrs
G. O. Hill
Jan C. Simpson
Macon
E. K. Smith
Wm. Wilhelm
J. H. Ellerbee
Geke Street
Advertised Letters in Sumter County Georgia 1889
List of unclaimed letters remaining to the Americas post office with names such as Ben Armor M Abram Miss Lulu Anthony Miss Little Allen Sam L Crane John Fraser Warrenton Ford J T French William Floyd Hirchtower J W D Jones Kripp Martha Smith Jim Stewart Swangdin Miss Ware Ider Warner Rosny and others. Postmaster Americus Ga dated May 22 1889 notes letters will be forwarded to Dead Letter Office if uncalled for within fourteen days. Also reports seventy five Ohio editors in Atlanta remarking they will seek Georgia subscribers.
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State of Georgia
Sumter County
Americas Post-Office
A—Ben Armor
M Abram
Lulu Anthony
Miss McLaughlin
Henry Merlcus
O—Braddy Oliver
P—John Poler
Mra
Martha Smith
Jim Stewart
Jas Swangdin
Sam Ware
Ider Warner
Macon Superior Court Opens at Oglethorpe
Judge Allen Fort leads Macon County's two week term as Oglethorpe hosts the session. DeVaughn v Minor, a famed mill pond case, resumes with a large bar and array of counsel. The county debates courthouse site while social ties from Montezuma to Oglethorpe heat the week.
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Allen Fort
Americus Bar
Central Railroad
Oglethorpe
Superior Court
Macon
DeVaughn
Mill Pond
Supreme Court
Messrs. Dupont Guerry
Edgar F. Hinton
Jas
M. DuPree
R. F. Lyon
R. G. Osier
J. W. Haygood
W. L. Wallace
Macon County
Neway
Houser
Macon County Citizen
Montezuma
Court House
Ostice
Grand Jury
Richland Racket: May News From Richland
Dry spell plagues Richland farmers amid town notes on a lunacy case, railroad ambitions, bank meeting, and local commerce. Capt. C A Redd buys lumber for stockade nearby while grading and a standard gauge line to Richland are discussed. Lumpkin game ends Richland 19 Lumpkin 16. postmaster bid unsettled. iron and wood shop opens. new hotel progress. river navigation efforts for Ocmulgee advance.
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Richland
Miss Smith
Holder
C. A. Redd
Columbus Southern
Wilson
Americus
Columbus
Richland Bank
R. E. L. Barnum
Fort Gaines
T. FB. Carter
Pap
Johnproville
Troy Holder
Messrs
L. A. Thomas
M. D Brown
A. G. Shepherd
J. C. Layfield
Hannahatchee Hwamp
Lumpkin Baseball Club
Harrison
Lumpkin
Mike Brooks
J.J. Patterson
Billie Clements
Whitman
Jordan
R. C. Jester
James Williams
South Broad Street
Eufaula
Bargain Giants Sellout Opaque Stock Displayed
Local advert promotes low prices and charity acts amid a crowded market scene. It touts ribbed underwear at 5c, pins at 6c, needles at 6c, chambrays at 12 percent, Graham fabrics from 7a, two collars for 2c, Wamsutta bleaching at 8c, and Palmetto fans, spotlighting seasonal discounts and value-driven contrasts with rivals.
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Woul Berser Persion
Drews Grahams
Genta’ Ll
Wamsutta
Palmetto
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