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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
5
The Macon Telegraph champions work over free silver and notes a renewed drive by lumbermen to lift lumber prices. It praises editorial leadership, calls for improved roads, and reports Hon. Pope Brown's re election as Agricultural Society president after a pleasant Tybee session.
The piece notes optimism for prosperity through cotton markets in Georgia and the South. It cites the Agricultural Society supporting co education at universities and praises female colleges for girls while male colleges serve boys. It mentions lynching as a burning issue and references Mrs Dr Felton speaking at Tybee with praise for her smarts.
Maj. J. F. Hanson earns commendation from Georgians for his position with the current McKinley administration. The writer credits his influence with preventing a worse situation regarding offices.
The Dun and Co weekly trade review notes a drop in failures from over 60 million in August 1893 to about 7.1 million in the past month, the lowest since 1892. Yet some insist conditions won’t improve until free silver is adopted, while proponents claim prosperity is near despite politics.
The Jonesboro Enterprise discusses Frank M. Stafford of Barnesville as a probable candidate for senator from the twenty sixth district. It urges his entry, predicting an easy victory and noting his potential to serve creditably and benefit his district and state.
The late Chief Justice Bleckley declares all acts of rape murder and lynching as outside the law. He says those who aid lynching become murderers and bear individual responsibility for the crime.
An editorial meditation on crowd behavior sparked by Punch and Judy whistles sold after a Barnesville event. The writer compares shared reactions in cities, recalls a fatal knife attack, and urges calm, charitable reasoning, and avoidance of hasty judgments to uplift humanity and prevent violence.
A Georgia railroad commission hearing on cotton rates found no approval for rate cuts. Griffin’s W H Brewer argues Macon’s rates misstate true costs, noting from last year 24 cents to Savannah and 34 cents now, Norfolk 22 to 49, with railroads citing finances while Central of Georgia shows a $695000 year profit. He urges legislative remedy via an elected body to restrain railroads.
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Arrangements set for a week long series of meetings at Fireman's Hall conducted by Rev. Rolfe Hunt D D. The first service was announced for last night and the speaker is praised as a splendid preacher and a good man with hopes for strong congregations throughout the series.
A physician and pharmacist from Olney Missouri praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the most satisfactory and effective. Dr R E Robey notes personal use in his family and six years of local sales. Available through J H Blackburn Druggist.
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