Local notes and calls to action from Decatur County
The column references farmers markets and prices for goods like Middlings and cotton seed, a call to the Decatur County Alliance by President Davis, the Alabama Midland Railroad schedule, and a reward offered by the Governor for murderers. It notes cemetery maintenance, a barber ad, hay gathering for fall, plans to build a Presbyterian manse, and local exhortations about friendships, labor, race tensions, and cyclones. It mentions the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta and a Brunswick Times subscription anecdote about a land sale profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnyn
Broad Street
Telegraph and Post Offices
Decatur County
Davis
Democrat
Alabama Midland Railroads
Ozark
Ala
Robert Mitchell
Mitchell County
Mitchell
Sexton
W. C. Jones
West Indies
Gulf Stream
Atlanta
Georgia
Residents and visitors dot the city scene in November notes
Remer McIntyre of Thomas Ville visits. Mrs. Binford returns from Macon trip. Eugene Bruton reports lively Alabama Midland traffic. Hon. Phil B Stockton of Quincy dies. A J Laird passes through en route to Colquitt. Local social rounds include weddings, lectures, and new teachers with various moves and contracts noted along the railroad line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remer McIntyre
Thomas Ville
R. J. Binford
Macon
Eugene Bruton
Alabama Midland
Phil B. Stockton
Quincy
Fla
A. J. Laird
Colquitt
J.D. Harrell
George Hines
R. H. Cutter
Capt. Fowler
Bond Proposal for Bainbridge School Is Pressed
A letter from J C Zimmerman urges Bainbridge to issue 5000 in bonds for a new school building to attract residents and boost property values. Cites Cape Girardeau example. claims annual cost about 25 cents per resident and potential city growth through education.
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Barveripar
Dexocezar
Bainbridge
Georgia
Nics
Cape Girardeau
J. C. Zimmerman
Another church organized under Rev W C Jones at Fairchilds Lake
The meeting last week near Fairchilds Lake led to a new church with 32 members after baptisms at Rhode's Ferry and a communal dinner. Land donations and subscriptions signal a sturdy building, born from Rev Jones's afternoon gatherings under live oaks.
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Fairchilds Lake
W. C. Jones
Jones
Rhode’s Ferry
Spring Creek
Waterfall views by R A Connell attract interest
Decatur County resident Hon R A Connell showcases a series of views including a striking seven mile north of Whigham waterfall. The 100 foot falls vanish as they strike the ground forming a rainbow prisms in southwest Georgia scenery near Cane Lakes. A one hour pine forest drive through Connell’s farms leads to the picturesque site.
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R. A. Connell
Decatur Courty
Connell
Whighaw
Georgia
Thomasville
J J Hahn’s Trade and near fatal gin accident
Flour in barrels and half barrels to exchange for all kind of Country Produce at J J Hahn’s. Capt Thomas J Davis had his arm torn by gin saws near Mt Pleasant Florida on Saturday last. Doctors Scull and Leonard of Chattahoochee attended him and reported he was recovering after a severe gashing and heavy blood loss. The gin is described as dangerous to operate.
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B. B. Bower
Athens
Byron
State University
J. W. Hinton
P. E
Mas. Cochran
J. M. Brown & Co
Mid. Ry
St. Louis
J. C. Rutherford
Chicago
New York
Leila Blount
Camilla
Rossie Cochran
J. M. Scott
Mattie Newsome
Macon
Wright
Cuthbert Liberal
Marshall Johnston
Hamilton
E. J. Morgan
J.M. Scott
Curry
Tuscslooss
Alabama Midland R. R
Montgomery
Tuscsloosa
Ala
Sam Hawes
A. L. Hawes
Bingham’s
Bingham, N.C
Sam
Xen
Boggs
J. J. Hahn’s. Tr
Thos. J. Davis
Mt. Pleasant
Frs
Scull
Leonard
Chattahoochee
Alliance Meeting Notice and October Gatherings
In obedience to the National Cotton Committee of the Alliance you are requested to meet in Bainbridge at the usual hour on the 28th day of the present month or send a proxy to receive information from the President and Secretary of the County Alliance. All Farmers Alliances in the county are urged to meet at their halls on the 1st Saturday in October for the shared counsel. Witness our hands and official signatures this 14th day of Sept 1889 A J Davis W 3B McDaniel President Secretary.
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National Cotton Committee
The
Alliance
Bainbridge
County Alliance
A. J. Davis
McDaniel
Freight payment sparks regional notice on goods stock
The article announces a $500,000 freight payment for wagons buggies road carts and harnesses by W M Blount Bainbridge Ga inviting county residents to inspect stock and prices The notice also lists school term dates and tuition for Bainbridge Graded School with payment milestones and staff details and advertises millinery and meat products by local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Miller
Mitchell Counties
Gadsden
Florida
South
Georgia
W. M. Blount
Bainbridge
Notice on second stock series subscriptions in Bainbridge
Subscribers to the second series of stock in the Mutual Building Loan and Investment Company of Bainbridge are notified that a sufficient number of shares have been subscribed. The first monthly installment of one dollar per share is due on or before the 15th at the office of the undersigned. After organization, costs will rise for new subscribers. I. Kwireckt, Secretary and Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Building Loan and Investment Company
Bainbridge
I. Kwireckt
Sec’t’y & Treas
Admission Notice for Technological School Screening
Notice announces a Saturday August screening for applicants seeking admission to the Technological School at 10 o clock p.m. C J Mannerzyx C8C. The report notes Wrights warehouse in the city received its first bale of cotton wrapped in pine straw bagging praised as a substitute for jute. Hurrah for substitutes for jute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technological School
J. Mannerzyx
Wright
Jessie H. Powell
Simple toothache remedy and local notices from 1889
An ad offering a chloroform oil creosote mix for toothache promises instant relief and claims success in many cases. The issue also reports on a graded school opening with 84 pupils under Principal Zimmerman and Miss Capers, plus community notes on newspapers, advertisements, a trespass notice at Hartsfield Spring, and local businesses including the Levys clothing and W E Hughes photography gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Gaines Star
Zimmerman
Capers
Local notices advertise dentist services and millinery new goods
DE J D WILSON arrives and will be in office over Ehrlich Co to serve dentistry needs. Mrs M J Reynolds invites ladies to inspect stylish new millinery and embroidery silk. The Photographer will stay briefly in Bainbridge and requests immediate calls. Savan nah Blue Jeans Tobacco sold by Fred Smith and I Kwilecki Try it.
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Fred Smith
I Kwilecki
Tias
H. B. Ehrlich & Co’s
M. J. Reynolds
L Section
S. W. Venable & Co
Blue Jeans
Messrs. Mendel & Deitsh
Savannah
I. Kwilecki
Wanted Sales Agent in Philadelphia Clothing Firm
Advertisement seeking a man with good selling ability to represent WANAMAKER & BROWN in Philadelphia. Earn from 200 to 2000 dollars per year. The Largest Clothing Merchant-Tailoring House in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker & Brown
Philadelphia
America
Mobley Applies for Homestead Exemption in Decatur County
William Mobley petitions for exemption of personal property and setting apart and valuation of homestead at 2 pm on September 1, 1889, before C J Muxxeeirs, Ordinary, at the county office in Georgis Decatur County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgis
Decatur
William Mobley
C.J. Muxxeeirs
Ordinary
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Loced
Arket
L. Wiz
Brunswick Times
Horae
Times
E. O. Monger
Donalson
Hannett
G. F. Westmoreland
A. B. Burnett
Wu. E. Boass
Knights of the Quill
Quitman Press
Fred Smith’s
Sweet's Bridge
Swamp Creek
Concord
Gadsden County
Portant “Alliance
Tarmers Alliance
USNTY
Eaithbridge
E. R. Prapopy
Sec
T’y & Treas Board of Trustees
Bainbridge Graded School
Armour
J. I. Hahn's
Mre
Jacoz
W. G. Jones
Sea Island
Augusta News
Hartsfield
Bes E. Russell
B. H. Levy & Bro
Levys
W. E. Hughes
Alabama
Reynolds
DE. J. D. Wilson
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