Clarke County Records In Excellent Condition
A report to the Elijah Clarke Chapter of the D A R in Athens notes Clarke County courthouse records are well kept. Newspapers with legal ads date back to 1359 and digests go to 1829 in the ordinary's office, with tax rolls from 1878 in the tax collector. Deeds reach 1801, and marriage license stubs are kept but not always promptly returned by ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Clarke
Athens
Clarke County
R. W. Lamkin
A. H. Milstead
J. T. Anderson
Genealogical queries seek ancestors of Douglass family
Genealogical notes discuss Samuel Douglass and wife with eight children in Wilkes and Morgan counties Georgia, requests names of Samuel Douglass' parents and siblings, origin from Beotland, marriage details, burial place, and military records. Also seeks info on Lewis Cookson Davis and Sarah Anderson Davis lineage and descendants. Minnie G Harlan Alexander City Alabama invites further data from correspondents.
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Douglass
Patsy
Jenkins
Jennie
Samuel Douglass
Wilkes
Morgan County
Georgia
Mary
David Coleman
Alfred Brewer
Caroline
Charles Coleman
Francis
Miss Taylor
Butts County
Eliza
William Cotton
Martha Bender
Robert Duke
J. R. Respesa
Jackson
Ann Elizabeth
Albert Edmund Gilbert
Eliza Cotton
Monroe
Upson County
Bibb County
Tallapoosa County
Alabama
Jane
Robert Douglass
Wares Church
Beotland
Minnie Gilbert Harlan
A. L. Harlan
Alexander City
Ala
Lewis Cookson Davis
Hanover County
Virginia
Montgomery
Autauga
Lowndes
Autauga County
Orenda Dorothea
T. C. Dunaway
Clarisy
Thomas Lackey
Troupe County
Launcelot
John Anderson
Penelope
Hicks
Stas B. Anderson
Alvin
Jasse C
Marildah
Elizabeth
Aeemy A
Lewis C
Aassenith
Asenthia
Davis
Sarah Anderson
List of Officers and Members Wanted by Georgia DAR
The state regent Mrs John M Graham asks each chapter to send a list of officers and members to the state corresponding secretary Mabel Chase Cortelyou. Prompt responses will aid in appointing committees for the Georgia DAR chapter.
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John M. Graham
Mabel Chase Cortelyou
Georgia N
May Day program on Carolina colonization questions
A set of discussion prompts for a May 1 program asking where colonists came from, survival factors, relations with Indians, self government in Carolina settlements, the Grand Model, Locke’s influence, backwoods responses, nobility, land division, and Lords Proprietors. Arranged by Mrs. JH Redding, Waycross, Ga.
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Carolinas
Raleigh
Carolina Wilderness
Carolina
Locke
South Carolina
Lords’ Proprietors
JH. Redding
Waycross
Name for Burnett Chapter of DAR in Glynn County
Dr Burroughs seeks the name of the brave Burnett girl who helped defend Captain John Burnett’s home against Creek Indian attacks around 1670. The tale recounts muskets from a second story, a siege lasting four hours, and the rescue of the island settlement, urging a lasting honor through DAR lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glynn County
John Burnett
Turtle River
Lamb Place
Fiera
Moses Burnett
Daughters of the American Revolution
Burnett
W. B. Burroughs
M. D. Brunswick
DAR Column Notice for H. G. A. Address in Atlanta
A genealogical notice states an ancestor served in Oxford North Carolina around 1770 and later resided in Granville. It notes a daughter Mary who married Burgess Garner and invites replies through the DAR column or at 735 West Peachtree Street Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
N. C
Granville
N. Ot
Mary
Burgess Garner
West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Ga
Appropriation Sought for Georgia Farmers Wives Program
The Georgia federation backs a request to add 5000 to the State School of Agriculture appropriation for a professor to teach farmers wives on health sanitation housekeeping poultry raising and other profitable farm tasks. The push cites Canada and Tennessee as models and credits Mrs Ottley with starting the campaign at the Teachers Convention led by Mrs Charles Haden of Atlanta.
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The
Georgia Federation
General Assembly
Farmers’ Institute
Soule
State School of Agriculture
Canada
Georgia
Tennessee
Ottley
Teachers’ Convention
Atlanta
Georgia Teachers’ Association
Farmers’ Wives of
Charles Haden
Woman as refining factor in every phase of life
Excerpts from F W Ward in The Westminster Review argue that women's intrusion into commerce will refine society. The piece frames motherhood and moral influence as essential, urging female empowerment as a path to ethical business and national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reade
Kiver
F. W. Ord Ward
Westminster Review of London
Warde
Werde
Playground Association Plans Congress in Rochester
Letters from the Playground Association announce a playground congress to be held June 7 to 11 in Rochester New York. The organization has thousands of members and its influence spurs cities to acquire land and prepare playgrounds for children in congested districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Playground Association
Rochester
N. Y
Cedartown Forms New Club For Women
Cedartown residents report the formation of a women’s club in the latest Constitution. Members anticipate news on the club’s affiliation with the Georgia federation and progress toward official recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedartown
Georgia Federation
Cincinnati Biennial: Georgia Federation Delegation Heads North
Mrs Willet president of the Georgia Federation and her delegation will depart Atlanta for Cincinnati by the Louisville and Nashville railroad at 6 oclock Monday afternoon, May 4.
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Cincinnati
Willet
Georgia Federation
Atlanta
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Rest Harrow Hero Reappears Among Hounds and Villagers
In Maurice Hewlett's Rest Harrow, a calm, trusted hero confronts the hunting chase, guiding hounds and master with a quiet gesture. He charms people and animals alike, easing fear, sharing stories, and showing boys wonders near his hut, including a peewit landing on his shoulder.
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Harrow
Maurice Hewlett
Bisod
Fess
Model school visits planned by local organizers
Mrs. Eugene Heard and Mrs. J Lindsay Johnson will tour Poplar Springs and Danielsville model schools this month and attend the closing exercises for the year, signaling year end activities and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Heard
J. Lindsay Johnson
Poplar Springs
Danielsville
Rose Hill grounds host Georgia teachers recreation program
In Middleton Georgia teachers and club women will visit Rose Hill and Farm Hill parks for rest and recreation under the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs Swift and Eugene H Heard along with James Y Swift organize the outdoors health movement offering June July and August to women teachers. The sites feature Spring water Swift Lithia springs green slopes oaks orchards in full fruit during July and welcoming hosts Mrs Heart and Swift families.
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Middleton
Rose Hill
Swift
Eugene H. Heard
James Y. Swift
Farm Hill
Georgia Federation
Women Teachers of Georgia
Carmen
Heart
Social Service Committee
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs
James L. Swift
A Remarkable Catarrh Cure Testimony Promises Relief
A pamphlet of testimonials extols Eclipse Catarrh Cure as effective for catarrh via a vegetable formula. A Florida reader reports ear discharge clearing after days of use, claiming marked relief and continued treatment. The firm offers a week’s trial for 25 cents and ships the regular package for $1.40 upon payment.
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R A. Wear
Ozona
Fla
Ave
Eclipee Medicine and Manufacturing CO
Atlenta
Cordele Club Plans Library Improvements and Extended Hours
The Cordelia Woman's Club met at the Carnegie Library and approved landscape plans for the library lawn by Mr. Cook of Berkman's nursery. They will illuminate the library, add Draper's Self-Culture, and open evenings 7 30 to 9 30 to serve the working class. Professor Reed is named librarian, and a committee was formed to manage the Crisp County fair dairy fall.
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Cordelia Woman's Cin
Carnegie Library
Mesdames Ryals, Cannon, Whikes
Whipple
Fleming
Cook
Berkman's Nursery
Library
South Georgia
Library Committee
Mesdames Scarboro
Hakes, Boatright
Durkett
Draper
Professor Reed
Crisp County Fair
T. J. Durrett
A. C
Kings
C. V. Whipple
Atlanta Club Women Promote Cotton Seed Oil as Lard Alternative
The Atlanta Club women ran a two week restaurant fundraiser to introduce Wesgon oil a cotton seed oil fat substitute for hog lard in all cooking from frying to salads. Proceeds aid educational work while proving the oil’s tastiness and health benefits to spur broader use and a southern national market.
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Atlanta Club
Georgia Branch School Peace League Formed
At the Women’s club rooms in Atlanta on April 29 a Georgia branch of the American School Peace League was organized. Officers include President William M. Slaten and Secretary H. E. Branson, with a slate of vice presidents and directors from Atlanta, Augusta, Athens, Macon, and Milledgeville.
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Woman's Club Rooms
West
Baker Street
Georgia
American School Peace League
Fannie Fern Andrews
Boston
Hamilton Douglass
William M. Slaten
Atlanta
K G. Matheson
Georgia School Technology
Lawton B. Evans
Augusta
Jere M. Pound
J. K. Ottley
Nettie Sergeant
Girls’ High School
HE. C. Branson
State Normal
Athens
William Riley Boyd
D. C. Barrow
University of Georgia
D. B. Daniel
Columbus
Frank Spain
M. J. McAfee
West Point
Mies Lillian Rule
Millledgeville
N. R. Osgood
B. Chapman
Macon
M. I. Brittain
Fulton County
Felizabeth M. Geiz
Atlanta, Ga
Prison Life Revolution Spreads Reform Demands
An editorial argues for prison wage work with earnings sent to inmates families. It contrasts the comfortable prison life of criminals with the hard life of laborers and calls for reform to allow prisoners to work behind bars for pay.
Georgia U D C seeks state aid for Johnston monument in Dalton
Georgia Division U D C appeals to the legislature for a modest sum to erect a monument to General Joseph E. Johnston in Dalton, honoring the Confederate commander on the Johnston Sherman route. Alice Baxter, president, emphasizes duty to memorialize Confederate valor and women’s patriotism while urging local and state support.
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Georgia
Bryan M. Thomas Chepter
U. D. CG
Dalton
Joseph E. Johnston
Army of Tennessee
Atlanta
Confederacy
Johnston
Iaet
Sherman
Contributions to Johnston Monument Fund for Dalton Memorial
A long list details the broad donations for a Joseph E Johnston monument in Dalton, naming many contributors across cities and states. Substantial gifts include G. Johnston Richmond at 50, Colonel A Anderson Richmond 50, D. Jones Dalton 5, and J. D. Johnston Boston 1, with numerous clubs, chapters, and individuals contributing varied sums to support the project.
Dalton Chapter Appeals For Assistance To Erect Johnston Monument
The Bryan M Thomas chapter in Dalton Ga appeals for funds to raise a monument to Gen Joseph E. Johnston and his son at Dalton. The Dalton camp and local veterans urge contributions of any amount, urging chapters to respond at the next meeting with their decision. Committee signs include Mrs Mary Elrod and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Bryan M Thomas
Joseph FE. Johnsson
Johnston
Jonaston
Joseph FE Jonaston
Mary Elrod
Hairman
Ella Lewis Martin
Willie Davis Herron
Kate Stamilton
Golsugor
Kate Jackson
Katy. Hamilton
Willis Davis Herron
Also Mentioned on This Page
Women’s Club News OF Georgia
Great Army of Club
Ruby Felder Ray
Crow Street
Bones
Eo Uren
Richard Spencer
State Corp
Mabel Cortelyou
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
George Ball
EE. 10Th Street
Alice Barter
BTISS
Aallie Melone
E. Pine Street
Oswell Bve
Walter Scott Wilson
West Jones Street
Savannah
Davias- Aoderson
Margaret
George
Mary Richards
John
John Andrews
Winnie Smith
Elizabeth Maud Johnston
Jonas Johnston
Battle of
Stone
Jacob and
Mary (Waller) Johnston
Arthur and
Anne (Ruffin) Smith
Nicholas Smith
Treutlen
Christian Treutlen
John Adem Treutlen
Hicks-Garver
Robert Hicks
North Carolina
flHck
Cordele Club
Georgia Branch School Peace League
George C. Ball
Mobile
Alice Baxter
Georgia Division
U. D. GC
Toshph EO Johnston
Joseph Ti’. Johnston
Joseph B. Johnston
Bryant M Thomas
Cooledine
A. Cunningham
Naughville
Gordon Lee
Tomlinson Fort
Chattanooga
Lyceum
John Hill
Joseph M. Brown
M. J
H. L. Smith
Arnold Worley
Denver
Tige Anderson
C. EB. Broyles
Ringgold
Mr. Gladsoe
Tag
Argus
Gener ' Jonnaton
Spring Place Camp
C. A. Exvana
M. C. Fortyon
Elberton
R. W. Weatherly
Sallie Johnston
Herman Fox
H. H. Gregory
Baker & Buchanan
Robt. Lovejoy
Robt. White
Walter Davis
Howe McKnight
Tester Sterd
John Thomas
P. Maddox
W. C. Martin
Julian McCamy
Leo Wisher
Chattanesgea
P.rodwin
James McCarty
Borater
Tauncheon
Boys
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