Local Notes From Southwest Georgia And Surrounding Areas
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA reports Mr W H King spent Saturday and Sunday in Shellman with friends. John L Monk of Shellman visited his brother Prof Monk last week. Mrs Lou R Monk of Butler visits Prof Monk's family. Mrs Ivey near this place has a morus nigra black mulberry afoot in diameter. she had gathered fifteen bushels for hogs and the tree remains full. George Patterson of Brooksville visits. Preparations for examinations begin July 3. M F Saunders spent last week in the wire grass. Some residents suggest varying meals and killing a beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. King
Shellman
John L. Monk
Prof. Monk
Lou R. Monk
Butler
Ivey
George Patterson
Brooksville
M. F. Saunder
Rochelle Register Debuts After Change in Editors
From Rochelle Rocthink May 27 reports sickness including Mrs. Jackson, mentions the death of a 15 month old in the Green family, notes steady town growth with new buildings, and announces Witegerald taking charge of the hotel June 1 while McLeod rests through summer. The paper renames from Wilcox Watchman to Rochelle Register and welcomes new editor A. J. Tison, praising former editor A. P. Burr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Witegerald
D. W. McLeod
Nance
Blackshear
Wilcox Watchman
Rochelle Register
A. P. Burr
A. J. Tison
Beeve
Mr. Burr
Tio
Picnic notes and local events in Hopewell area
May 23 itemized notes describe Knowlton's mill picnic with praise for attendees and future visits. Sunday fish fry at Murray's N Roads attracts a large crowd. debates at Pine Hill and New Prospect discuss slavery's impact. Frank Reed to lead Hopewell school music class. Philadelphia population and saloon statistics noted. Confederate Soldiers' Home site near Atlanta chosen at Behultze farm east of Grant Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folka
Knowlton’s Mill
Mrs. Strange
Frank Reed
Knowlton's Mill
Murray's N Roads
Pine Hill
New Prospect
South
R. E. Eason
R. E. Watkins
Eprakera
Misa Frank Reed
Hopewell School
Atlanta
Behultze
Grant Park
Town News From Plains Of Dura May 2
May and Hattie Mande ville of Fort Gaines visit Stubbs family. Sim Carter toured town. Magnolia water cited as healthful. One young man to wed next week. hopes for happiness and blessings. Husbands and bachelors parley on economy. a merchant nears marriage after a romantic railway sighting. Four youths plan 25 dollars each to bank, with tied purses and housekeeping plans. Rosanik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Kin
Cleon
Lumpkin
Plains
Rosanik
Road Congress in Atlanta Yields Hope for Georgia Roads
The sender reports a successful Road Congress in Atlanta with speeches by experts. They praise the forthcoming printed papers and expect citizen support for road policy, noting the convention’s guidance as important for Georgia and the nation. The writer also mentions visiting the new capital and admiring the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorrox
Road Congress
Atlanta
Georgia
Convention
Congress
United States
Advertised Letters and Dental Society Meeting Listed
Unclaimed letters in Sumter County GA await pickup or will go to Dead Letter Office. Names range from Allen to Williams with multiple spellings and initials. Also noted is the Georgia State Dental Society holding its twenty first annual meeting at Tybee June 11 to 14 with over fifty delegates expected and rail fare reduced for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Georgia
Sumter County
Americas Post-Office
Allie Allener
Mies Lula Allen
Robi Adams
Jackson Bartow
W J Brown
Noah Battle
Donna Collins
Sisie Criven
Mra Zollle Culpepper
Tobe Dones
Will
Georgia State Dental Society
Tybee
Savannah
Ocean House
Rambling column on ice prices and local issues
Rambler comments on ice ticket complaints and stable prices, notes Central Railroad mail delays, advocates better telegraph coverage and water works impact, praises Americus drill and proposed military company, urges library ice cream festival and early business closures, discusses street sewers delaying streetcar work, anticipates Columbus tournament trip.
Model Farm Planned Along Georgia Southern Line Near Tifton
Macon news notes the Georgia Southern and Florida road plans a large scale model farm near Tifton on 1000 acres donated by Mr. Tift. Professors Irby and Fitzgerald will supervise and lecture farmers, with annual salaries of 2000 and 1200 dollars. Open to the public each Saturday, the cycloneta farm will showcase diverse crops and cattle, with an artisan illustrated book forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia Southern
Florida
Tifton
Tift
Irby
Fitzgerald
Mississippi Agricultural College
Professora Irby
Augusta
Berckman
Georgia
Georgia Southern Management
Harry 8. Edwards
Suwanee
Savannah Slow to Raise Railroad Subscriptions
Savannah struggles to fund the Americus and South Bound railroad schemes as two lines compete for attention. Sub-committees have raised about 6000 from naval stores and cotton factors, with the rest cobbled through canvassing. A big meeting in a theater was suggested to accelerate subscriptions, while excuses blame real estate interests for lax backing and question Savannah’s enterprise compared to Thomasville. The Georgia Press Association met in Macon with officers elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
South Carolina
Americus Road
Resus
Americus
Thomasville
Savannash
Bagley
the Americas Investment Company
Col. Hawkins
Mortgage details surround 18 million Georgia road lien
The Savannah and Western Railroad mortgage to Central Trust Company of New York, dated March 1, 1889, covers routes from Columbus to Roanoke and beyond, funding debt clearance and road expansion. It secures 5 percent bonds for thirty years and may or may not imply new bond issues, with record in Chatham County and discussion of related extensions and gauge changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah News
Thevannah and Western Railroad
Central Trust Com of
New York
Alabama
Columbus and Western
East Alabama
Eufaula Clayton
Eufaula
Buena Vista and Ville
Columbus Rome
Savannah
Columbus
Cle
Superior Court
Chathay County
Carr
E. P. Alexander
Central Railroad and Ban Company of Georgia
Wenera
Hines
Eden
Amercus
Ozark
Greenville
Newnan
Opelika
Roanoke
Western Railroad
Saviag
Columbia and Western
Americas
Col. Fry
Atlanta, Atlantic and Great Western
Chatham County
Dexander
Col
Fry
Friends of the Americas
Central
Alexander
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Weston
Rochelle
Hopewell
Philadelphia
Boston
Plains OF
Dura
the Road Congress
Ice Company
Central Railroad
The
Athens
Busineas
Harry Edwards
Montgomery
Vannah
Hed Akesta
Mr. Gladstone
Mr.Gladstone
America
Gladstone
Boston Oracle
Georgia Press Association
Hotel Lanier
J. H. Estill
W. 1
Glesaner
T. 1
Gantt
Kansas City
Savannah & Western
Sumtex
Hamrick
Bs & Mayes
Ord Binter
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