Town News Highlights From Barnesville And Surroundings
Local notices report visits by W C Stafford and Capt J A Stafford. R G Matthews promotes buggies harnesses and new wagons while noting a scaffold fall at the New Hotel with no serious injuries. Social events include Mozart Club meeting and Ladies Mite Society reunion. trips to Indian Spring and Atlanta are mentioned along with farm updates and a watermelon festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Stafford
Atlanta
J. A. Stafford
Macon
P. A. Murphey
R.G. Matthews
Bertha Link
Charles Guttenburger
Matthew
Z. L. Fryer
Pate Boyd
Albany
P. A. Mathews
R. G. Matthews
T. R. Riviere and
Indian Spring
W. 8
McNeal
Barnesville
New Hotel
Mozart Club
M. G. Howard
Zebulon Street
J. W. Hightower
R. G Matthews
Ladies Mite Society
Genevive Hemphill
Second
Lucy Moore
Z. L. Fryers
K. G. Matthews
T. §. Sharman
A. J. Willams
T. J. Middlebrooks
Upson County Agricultural Societies
S. W. Rogers
Chipley
Teachers Institute
Laula K. Rogers
Marietta
Kendall
Ocean Grove
New Jersey
A. C. Rogers
New York City
Local Machinery Agents Advertise Engines and Repairs
M J Hatcher & Co act as general agents for engines machinery buggies wagons and related goods inviting calls to inspect endorsements. Notices announce property for sale by heirs at law with information via John M Akin Barnesville and Hirsha C Akin Liberty Till Go Central City Iron Works. R W Wilt & Co of Macon offers steam engines boilers circular saws mills presses pulleys and repairs. T F Lawson of Athens promotes a cotton basket patent addressing timber scarcity and farmer readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Hatcher & Co
John M. Akin
Barnesville
Hirsha C. Akin
Liberty Till
Central City Iron Works
Messrs.r. W. Wilt & Co
Macon
A. B. Farquhar & Co
Macon iron works advertiser Mr FE Crockett runs large force
Mr FE Crockett of Macon is well known to many in this section. He continues a large force to run his iron works in Macon. He will furnish steam engines mills shafting pulleys horsepower threshing machines and castings. Builders can obtain iron fronts cornices sills and more. He has been in business fifty years and understands trade needs. See his advertisement in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. Crockett
Macon
Findlay Iron Works
Lewis
Thomaston
Findlay
Shoes Offered at Unmatched Prices in Macon Closing Out
Local shoe house in Macon announces closing out their stock with a large remaining inventory. The owners, longtime prominent and reliable merchants, invite patrons to visit and view the exceptional prices unavailable in the city. They commend their integrity and fair dealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Registration Notice Opens Voter Books Before August
Registration books for city voters will open on Thursday and Friday preceding the fourth Tuesday in August by order of Council. G. BE Huevery G. W. Foucne W. H. Laura Registrars. Mr Bush Dead. Mr Daniel W. Bush son of Hon W. H. Bush of Monroe county died Thursday night after illness from malaria fever developing pneumonia. He was twenty three or twenty four, survived by wife and one child. The community offers sympathy.
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G. Be, Huevery
G. W. Foucne
W. H. Laura
Bush
Daniel W. Bush
W. H.H. Bush
Monroe County
Mr Bush
Delta and Arrow cotton ties advertised by Macon agents
The notice promotes John R. West as Macon Georgia agent for Delta and Arrow cotton ties with options for purchasers. It notes growing tie popularity, strong iron composition, season weight increases, and invites customers to contact West. It also highlights Findlay Iron Works of Macon and Major Lewis of Thomaston praising service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. West
Macon
West
Barnesville Oil Mills Leaders Promote Local Industry Rise
Two years after opening Barnesville Oil mills the men behind the venture are praised for turning waste into value and boosting the community. They promise ready cotton seed purchases and commend their liberal, honorable dealings and integrity as they prepare for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
A. O. Wurphey & CO
South
Heisers Celebrated Shoes at S Kk Cool Co
A newspaper item reports a watermelon eating contest between Virgil Atwater and another Black man. The wager led to dangerous ingestion of seeds, tubes removed a quart of seed, others died from seed complications, and the piece warns readers to avoid such contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Atwater
Virgil
Scarfs and Ties Received for Cook & Co Catalog
A batch of 500 flat scarfs dudebows and white ties arrived from the factory. Customers are offered Scarffs for dc by S. kt. Cook & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Factory
Dc. S. Kt
Cook & Co
Cemetery Regulations and town warehouse growth cited
The piece urges passing a cemetery ordinance by Alderman Elder to fund a sexton and improve access between cemeteries. It also celebrates Barnesville’s post fire recovery highlighting the rebuild of a warehouse with fireproof walls, new scales, and warehousing for planters and stock, praising J P Hunt and partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elder
Salaary
Capt Turner
Caplain Turner
Stacks of clothing attract shoppers at local dry goods store
Mr G C T Tyler reports new heat and handsome stacks of clothing arriving at Ki L Rogers’ shop. Rogers shows affordable suits from three dollars to twenty five, including an imported option, as campaigns and camp meetings loom. The piece praises Rogers’ energy and the store’s wide dry goods line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. T. Tyler
Ki. L. Rogers
Rogers
Mgr. T Rogers
Mrade
Sudden Death in Butler and Local Notices
A telegram reports Mrs mothers and John R Respess of Butler dies from heart disease after a sudden illness. Several relatives and friends mourn the loss. The item lists local visitors, shoppers, and ads for fruit jars from J L Kennedy, tailor notices, and church activities including Rev J F Homes filling the pulpit. Community announcements include travel, sales staff, and upcoming Camp Meeting season with local business promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Respess
Butler
John M. K .Dowell
Barnesville
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