Col James M Smith and His Large Farm at Smithonia
The Banner reports Col James M Smith at Smithonia in Oglethorpe County in good health with his plantation overseen by a staff including Judge Hamilton McWhorter. Smith personally tracks 12 hundred enslaved workers, 40 horses, 500 laborers, and daily shop activity, while earning from cotton and operating a sizable industrial and transport complex including a railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Smith
Smithonia
Oglethorpe County
Hamiton McWhorter
Smith
Smithouin
Fire destroys house on Pope Street in Atlanta area
A single story house owned by Dr Marion Hall on Pope Street near Broad, Atlanta, occupied by Black tenants, burned to the ground Friday afternoon after two prior quick-fire incidents the day before. The property is tied to Mr Smith, a wealthy planter with extensive lands and assets. his political prospects, while hinted, remain unconfirmed. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends the fragment.
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Pope Street
Broad
Marion Hall
Atlanta
Major Carlton to Make Address at Watkinsville Event
Major H H Carlton will deliver the principal address at a St John’s day commemorative exercises in Watkinsville held by Amity Lodge Free and Accepted Masons. Col George M Napier will not speak due to a prior obligation in Atlanta.
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Watkinsville
St. John’s
Amity Lodge
H.H. Carlton
George M Napier
Monroe
Atlanta
New Cotton Mill Planned for Colbert Georgia
The residents of Colbert in Madison County plan a fifty thousand dollar cotton mill with owners J Fletcher Colbert R M Goulding William Thompson J J Waggoner Dr Little and Miss Jane Eberhart. Construction starts soon and a brick yard will be set up to supply bricks. J F Colbert owns extensive timberland and backs the town's development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert, Ga
Madison County
Messrs
J. Fletcher Colbert
R. M. Goulding
William Thompson
J. J. Waggoner
Dr. Little
Jane Eberhart
J. F Colbert
Colbert
Elegant Musical for July Fourth in Athens
Music lovers in Athens will enjoy the Virginia Glee Club quartette in a July 4 concert with J Audley Morton of the city as a member. Proceeds go to the Summer School fund and tickets cost 60 cents at local venues. The article also notes Georgia University agriculture progress and staff, praising improvements and future shows.
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Athens
Virginia Glee Club
J. Audley Morton
Virginia
H. P. Hinton
Skalowski
J. A. Morton
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Michael Brothers
Nas, Dee
C. Eden
The
Banner
Georgia
Prince of Farmers
Oglethorpe Plantation
Te Coods
Dea
Tiand
Hood
Major Carlton
Agricultural Department
University of Georgia
Jlegant Musicale
Marguerite Vonderau
Young Women's Christian Association
Ashe, Ville
Friends of the
School of Agriculture
J. M. Jonnson
J. F. Hart, Jr
DeWitt & Co
DeWitt's
DeWitt’s
Orr Drag Oo
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