Mossy Dell Items Reflect Local Happenings and Hazards
In Mossy Dell notes from October 2, residents share farming mishaps and near misses. William Forrest loses focus and stops a runaway mule before a fence. Esam Adams tames a rattlesnake after stepping on its head. J. H. Carter kills a four foot eight inch rattler near Hollis bridge. Fire consumes Green Howell’s Webster county house. charity fund raised. Neighbors visit, ill seek improvement, and property moves occur with Squire Carter and J. Wise transferring parcels ahead of Christmas occupancy.
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William Forrest
Providence
Esam Adams
J. W. ¥. Murray
Fortune
J. H. Carter
Hollis’ Bridge
Kinchafoonee
J. P. Wise
Derrick
George Hiller
Terrell
Anes Marrett
Huckaby
Sumter City
Moore
Phil Jennings
Green Howell
John McGill
Webster County
Fannie Addy
Josse Wells
Smithville
Jas
Forrest
Wine
Squire Carter
Co. Weaver
Wice
Phil
Meetings in Webster Hold Bounty of Food and Faith
In Webster County on October 1 residents hear of gatherings at Preston first a Baptist church meet with preaching and dinners. An upcoming Hardshells association at Popular Springs and a County Alliance at Preston promise baskets and a jubilee with President Livingston to speak. Also notes land values at sheriff sale, cotton gathering nearing end, and a prompt to renew the Recoiper weekly.
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Webster County
Preston
Old Popular Springs
County Alliance
Livingston
Scricriner
Georgia
Sumter County
Greenbin
Thirty
M. Burke
C. M. Williams
Apt
Cholera, fires and politics in Schley County report
Cholera ravages hogs with estimates of half the herd likely lost. Sheep farming falters due to dog depredations. Alliance No 7 repairs Glen Holley Academy while Knowlton mills near grinding. Willie Myrie buried at Hopewell. community mourns. A man in Buena Vista jail after threatening Jeff Calhoun is captured. Immigrant development urged. Schley County braces for capital and population growth. Local politics show a Senate bid brewing by Ellaville lawyer and another ex-lower house member. Mrs. King frail at bedside. Sanford Minter, injured by a train, seeks whiskey.
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Proxam
Alliance No. 7
Glen Holley Academy
Knowlton
Willie
W. T. Myrie
Sumter
Hopewell
Jordan Lewis
Ellaville
Senate
Jeff Calhoun
Buena Vista
Schley
Sanford Minter
Weston Cotton Ginner Surpasses Daily Cut Target Ahead of Time
In Weston on October 2, locals report the alliance ginnery is yielding more cotton daily than can be cut. Managers expect full operation within a day or two. Prospectors visited town last week, impressed by Weston’s potential. Prof. Monk hired to survey building lots, and Engineer Cowan from the Columbus Southern fixed plowed pegs. Two nearby men escaped a rattlesnake scare, killing two large snakes and some squirrels during a hunting trip.
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Weston
Alliance Ginnery
Prof
Monk
Irvine
Cowan
Columbus Southern
Sermon and social life mark Plains of Dora on Oct 1
Reverend J H Corley of Fort Gaines preached a strong sermon at the Baptist church urging prayers for stronger faith with the text Ask and Ye shall Receive. Local letters note visits, educational plans, and a call to build a high school as Plains of Dora seeks to educate its youth at home.
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C. C. Alexander
Bram Godwin
Geo. Cato
Preston
Plains
Engineer Jones
Atlanta
Thomas & Griffin
H. H. Jones
Macon Telegraph
R. AB. Oliver
Harvey Black
Atlanta Medical College
Jno. Shields
Emory College
Oxford
Jimmie Shropshire
Norfolk
Edwin Sapp
Homer McGill
Parrottsville
Jonas Howell
Webster
Bottsford
Howell
Rosalie
Tobacco bill sparks minor sales ban debate in Americus
The State legislature's new law banning cigarette sales to minors is debated over its wording. Many lawyers argue tobacco includes all forms, causing dealers to refuse sales to youths without written orders. The Recorder notes widespread interpretation as a broad ban and calls for clearer language.
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Recenver
Americus
Recorder
Cheek pads and unclaimed letters stir Americus talk
In Americus many shelves display beauty aids from false cheeks to a new cheek pad invention by a Magician of Islington. The post office lists unclaimed letters from Americus, with readers urged to claim or they go to the Dead Letter Office. The city notes a game law change and a street fight fine, plus Wesleyan College opens its fifty second annual session drawing local students.
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Americus
Islington
Sumter County
Mauddy Anderson
Americus Novelty Worka
J v Pater
Forent Bell
Col
Earnes
Lafayette Barber
Gus Barnton
Laura Bayemore
Mary Father
Mollie Flowers
Misa Ida Gepsoo
Mary Gives
Rebecker Gray
Charlie Guree
Jacek Harris
Hattie Harris
Charlie Idley
J—Dell John
Jimmie Johnson
Joshua Jones
Julia Jarry
Wesleyan College
Macon
Georgia
Smash-Up Delays Westbound Morning Train Near Preston
An 8 A M westbound train derailed near Preston on Saturday afternoon. The passenger coach and one box car left the rails and overturned with many passengers aboard but no serious injuries reported. W B Stevens suffered a sprained arm, the newsbutcher both legs bruised, others lightly hurt. One box-car demolished and track damaged. Cleanup began Sunday morning and Sunday trains resumed on schedule.
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Preston
W. B. Stevens
Plains of Dura
Handa
Leslie Dots And Local Happenings In Lusitz
Lusitz notes report school opening next Monday and ongoing shooting as the favored sport of locals. A house formerly occupied by Mrs. Sloan will be converted into a boarding house with minor changes. J W Bailey spent last week inspecting timber at Sycamore and will inspect locally. Mr W A Wilson and wife left for the Eatonton fair for about two weeks. Dred lace is praised as the oyster king of Leslie, claiming to eat three two-pound cans at a sitting. Wilson Pryor's new mill operates well and cotton shipments have recently declined.
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Lusitz
J. J. Sloan
J. W. Bailey
Sycamore
W. A. Wilson
Eatonton Fair
Leslie
Right Man Chosen for Deputy Commissioner Post
Col J T Henderson names J O Waddell of Cedartown as Deputy Commissioner after Capt Redding moves to direct the experimental farm. Waddell, a practical farmer and education gentleman, serves as first vice president of the State Agricultural Society and lately joined Georgia farmers on a visit to Ohio. Americus boasts the prettiest women and finest loves in the state.
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Col
J. T. Henderson
J.O. Waddell
Cedartown
Capt. Redding
Waddell
State Agricultural Society
Georgia
Ohio
Col. Henderson
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