Notable Community Moves and Local Notices Gathered
Mr J M Jordan and wife moved to Atlanta last week. The work of solid improvement on our streets continues. Rev R J Willingham attended the Georgian Baptist convention in Newnan. Elbert Megehee died from a wound after a shooting in Spalding County. A protracted Baptist meeting added twenty two members. Miss Anna Stephens advances in portrait art with a life like Bishop Pearce portrait. The Gazette publishes a picture and brief biography of appointees filling key stations in the new administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.J. Clasingame
Ada Murphey
W.S. Rogers
Mays Jenkins
Col
J. D. Alexander
the Times
J. W. Simpson
Barnesville
Union Ind
R. J. Willingham
Jewis Brown
of Georgian Baptist Convention
Newnan
M. Pound
Forsyth
Jerre
J.T. Hunt
H. H. Swatts
Chambers
Slades Pond
R. J. ,Willingham
New Orleans
T. E. Williams
Goggansville
Indian Spring
C. W. Brown
Florida
The
Gazette
Pew
Cor
A. A. Murphey
T. J. Blasingame
Fleming Academy
J.T. Foster
Thom
Sherif Robinson
George F. Pearce
Anna
Goto K Cook Co clothing and shoe store ads featured
Local advertisements promote Goto K Cook Co clothing and shoe store with 12 000 stock, hats, shoes, collars and underwear offered cash or time payment. McKeldon Carlton invite readers to Athens Atlanta shoppers, while S Kh Cook Co advertises discounted ladies and children shoes. Coronation May Queen program in Johnstonville Monroe county aims to raise funds for wall maps and teaching aids. other farmers advertise cotton seed oil mills and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Db Sack
Cook & Co
McKeldon & Carlton
Gazerre
Atita
Aying
Mark Berry
Atlanta
Johnstonville
Monroe County
Fleming Academy
Minnie Merritt
Local Loan Offer Cuts Commission Rates
J J Rogers announces a broad reduction in loan commissions and interest figures, claiming to provide the cheapest money in the county and inviting potential borrowers to seek favorable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Rogers
Hancock Cultivators Noted in Larnesville Adverse Report
In Larnesville Georgia on April 27 1885 W H Parker and H H Green M D commend Hancock cultivators for last season praising their work. The notice invites readers afflicted with dropsy to read Dr Green’s advertisement in this issue noting peculiar success in treating dropsy and related complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock Cultivators
Larnesville
R. A. Welden
W.H. Parker
H.H. Green
M.D
Dr Green
In Luck At Last Begins in The Gazette
Walter Besant starts a new installment of his popular novel In Luck At Last in this issue. The story will run across eight consecutive issues with six columns per week and an extra twelve-column issue to accommodate advertising demand. It is illustrated and positioned as a literary treat for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Besant
the GazeTte
Thomaston Memorial Exercises Missed Boynton Address
Last Saturday Thomaston held memorial exercises with Rev B E L Timmons filling in for Col Boynton who failed to arrive without explanation. The procession marched to Soldiers Cemetery led by the Thomaston brass band and included a sweet poem by Julia Thompson. The event closed as a pleasant but sad observance with Sabbath School Association planning a quarterly meeting at Barnesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston Memorial
Thomaston
James F. Boynton
Soldiers Cemetery
Thomastoh
Union Picnic Arrangements Set By Sabbath Schools
The Nesville Sabbath Schools will hold a May Union Picnic. Committees from Methodist and Baptist schools were appointed to arrange time, place, and preliminaries for the event. Methodists: I W Rose J D Woodall A M Lambdin C EB Elder. Baptists: W A Prout C L Brown Willie Taylor FE R Carswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesville
Methodist School
I. W. Rose
J. D. Woodall
A. M. Lambdin
C. EB. Elder
Baptist School
W. A. Prout
C. L. Brown
Willie Taylor
FE. R. Carswell
Temperance Meet Planned for County on May First Tuesday
In view of the approaching Liquor Question vote on the first Tuesday in June, temperance supporters across the county call a May meeting at Thomaston Court House to organize prohibition clubs. A long list of local names is given as organizers, plus Father In Israel. The obituary reports the burial of Mr Cadesman Pope, father of Judge James Pope of Zebulon and Mrs George Hugaley of Barnesville. Born July 1 1803, he was a long time Methodist and died after paralysis on January 17. His funeral was at the Barnesville Methodist church with burial in the local cemetery. the community extends sympathy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of Temperance and Prohibition
Court House
Thomaston
C € Fox
JR Reeves
J M Daniel
JT Foster
BD Hardaway
Jae W Atwater
L Hardy
BF Mallory
John C Fox
JY Allen
E Singleton
J W F Hightower
A J King
G A Weaver
Chas McDonald
Joseph Allen
J K Adams
DR Womble
RA Matthews
IC McCrory
FS Rucker
T S Sharman
T J Middlebrooks
H M Gilleland
Israel
Cadesman Pope
James
Barnesville
Saunday
Methodist Church
George W Yarbrough
Missionary Conference Held at Barnesville Methodist Church
The Griffin District women’s missionary conference met at the Barnesville Methodist church with Mrs J T Blalock presiding. Delegates from Griffin Forsyth Hampton Zebulon Thomaston and The Rock attended and 25 auxiliaries were reported. Memorial exercises followed with Mrs Mary E Bryan of Atlanta delivering a poem. A collection of 16.50 was raised, adding to 120 already on hand, then a large crowd attended the cemetery ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Missionary Conference
Griffin District
Methodist Church
Barnesville
J.T. Blalock
G H Pattillo
Griffin
Bramblett
Forsyth
Sallie Lowry
Hampton
WE H Searcy
Mattie Green
Zebulon
Andrews
Adams
Thomaston
Alphonse, Matthews
May Marchman
The
Rock
Ladies Memorial Association
Gordon Institute
J. T. Hunt
R. B. Brooks
Press and Ladies Memorial Association
Hunt
Mary E. Bryan
Atalanta
Memorial Association
Mesdames
J I, Kennedy
J. W Stafford
G L Summers
K Cook
J T Hunt
W H Willis
J Murphey
W R Taylor
H R_ Chambers
Ladies Meeting Set At Mrs J W Staffords Home
Invitation calls all ladies to assemble at the home of Mrs J W Stafford on May 6 at 3 pm for an important business meeting. All named attendees are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W Stafford
Swift's Specific Restores Veteran's Ulcerated Legs
A Cincinnati, Ohio resident reports seven years of leg ulcers healed by Swift's Specific. She began dosing January 1, 1884, finishing 33 large bottles, and now says her legs are sound again. She values the remedy highly, stating it saved her from an early grave and that she would not take ten thousand dollars for its results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Swift
Joan Kramer
Cin. O
The Errors of Youth Cure Report
A 24 year old man in Tennessee suffered a three year blood taint with near total nose loss and a cancerous ulcer. After failed treatment he used eight bottles of a remedy and experienced a complete, lasting cure. He has remained well for two years with no relapse, according to C. P. Priestly, Druggist of Huntington, Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
C. P. Priestly
Huntington, Tenn
Swift's Specific Sold as Wash for Ulcers and Cancer
A Mississippi based railroad passenger agent testifies to Swift's Specific as an effective wash for ulcers pimples blood poison and skin eruptions. A Georgia woman reports cancer improvement using the wash diluted with water. The company sends a free blood and skin diseases book. Mr. W B Fambro of Rockmart Ga and his bride visit his sister in Goggansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Hardman
Monroe
Swift
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
W. B. Fambro
Rockmart Ga
E. Rumble
Goggansville
Remarkable Escape After Six Years of Asthma Cure
Mrs Mary A Dailey of Tunkhannock Pa suffered six years with asthma and bronchitis. In October she used Dr Kings New Discovery and found immediate relief, gaining 50 pounds in months. Free trial bottles offered at J W Hightower's Drug Store. Advertisements for lace fabrics at E L Rogers and Crutchers store items follow, plus Georgia Rattlesnake watermelon seed and seed watermelons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Dailey
Tunkhannock
Dr. King
J. W. Hightowers Drug Store
E. L. Rogers
R. S. Crutchers
Atlanta
Georgia
J. W. Hightowers
Enthusiastic meetings push East Tennessee and Georgia Road fate
Meetings in Atlanta Rome Jackson and other towns rally to back the East Tennessee and Georgia Road amid debt disputes. Atlanta pledges to cover adjudicated claims if Fulton Court rules on the merits, while moves seek a Georgia division Receiver under Judge Dorsey, risking the road and investors. The piece notes the road’s value to Atlanta and potential state impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Rome
Jackson
East Tennessee
Georgia
Fulton Superior Court
Georgia Division
Dorsey
Scrofula and Blood Purifier Advertisements
A collage of 19th century ads urges attention to scrofula remedies including B B B and S S S, plus promoted goods from J. W. Hightower of Atlanta and other local merchants. The notice mentions Bradfields Female Regulator, kerosene, and Sonia Waltz by Otis Murphey, plus furniture, harness, and meat delivery for cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfields
J. W. Hightower
Atlanta
J. W. Hightowers
S. S.S
J.W. Hightower
Gem Drug Store
Otis Murphey
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Barnesville, Georgia
TurrspAy
Arrin
DTG YU
H. R. Chambers
P.S
M. M. Mauck
J. M. Jordan
Mannig Pittman
Maybelle Powell
Baptist Church
G. L. Summers
J. P. Thorman
Will Gardner
Americas
Gardner
Messrs
Oliver & Oliver
Elbert Meé-Gehee
John Shackelford
Spalding County
Tisian
Garner
Anniears
Mann
T. B. Ly Ana Dry Goods
O. A. Speigle
Goto. K. Cook § Co
Edward A. Hornes
Hornes
Peachtree Street
S. Kh. Cook & Co
E. van Winkle & Co
B.M. Turner
A. J. Wellmaker
Evry Trair
Ayer
St W. Hightowers
County Sabbath School Association
Faindy
Methodist
J T Blalock
J P Thurman
E J Murphey
Higgins
Kitty Holmes
Hamburg
OYAMO
TAL Howe Ansecurey
Sabine
RoYan Rak. Ing Powbker Co
Yangh
England
Russia
Dr. Bull
R. G. Matthews
Jackson Street
Sisk
Crutcher
Taylor’s
Messrs Fay and
Kiehberg
A. Matthews
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