Barnesville Prosperity Linked to Prohibition Compact
Community optimism rises as Barnesville claims steady progress after a year of unity between factions. The piece defends the prohibition settlement as vital to growth and calls on the city government to enforce the Dispensary law with honest effort and broad support. It condemns future quarrels over licensing and urges collective action. A separate report recounts the fatal Savannah shooting of Jim Respess and the subsequent arrest of Barclay, with funeral services held in Barnesville.
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Barnesville
Cty
Jim Respess
Savannah
Ling
Savannah Morning News
Respess
Barclay
Respress
Barclay Oor
W 8S Rogers
Cotton Market Boost Requires Local Merchant Support
In the cotton market, ATOVEMIT Sm notes attention is needed as the alliance rents warehouses and aids in making the town the best inland cotton market in the state. The piece urges buyers to bid up or merchants to buy, arguing Barnesville paid more last year and must do so again for growth and prosperity.
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Atovemit Sm
Alliance
Barnesville
Barnesville Social Literary Meeting Plans September Program
The Barnesville Social Literary club met at J. W. Stafford’s home on Tuesday August 18. The group set a goal to study an author at each meeting and planned an early anniversary celebration. The next regular meeting is at J. W. Hightower’s on September 2 with a slate of readings music and papers by local members including Miss Stafford Miss Ida Brown and Miss Annie Redding along with Mr. J. O. Walker and others.
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Barnesville
J. W. Stafford
J. W. Hightower
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