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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1896
Page
8
A Dear Sir notice announces Starrorp & Sons will open a Free Library on Tuesday the 29th for customers and friends. About one thousand standard literature books will be available with more added. membership is free and no purchases are required.
An elderly couple in Barnesville share memories and views on politics culture and education. The column highlights a free circulating library planned by a young Barnesville merchant and notes local sentiment about charity and a proposed big magic lantern for the Night School.
Grand Jurors of the October term 1896 report on officers books and county property. They commend clerks and sheriffs dockets, note tax valuation issues and a $4.75 error in the treasurer accounts, urge diligence in valuations, and call for courthouse roof repairs, road improvements, and a shift of the October term. They praise the jail, paupers farm, and court house while proposing a pension restoration, notary appointment, and a five dollar per day sheriff fee.
The Delks murder trial concludes with a guilty verdict for Taylor Delk and a death sentence set for Friday January 29, 1897. A new trial motion is scheduled for January 16 in Jackson. Tom Delk faces execution in Zebulon with Gov. Atkinson weighing a possible respite in Atlanta.
The article argues that current grips placed 12 to 18 inches apart at the ends of the bar are correct. Most riders rest hands on the top or near the head, making supplementary grips unnecessary. It notes grips are used when steering on rough surfaces, and covering the bar would ruin appearance.
The Rev Charles H Parkhurst argues in The Ladies Home Journal that marriage should rest on love not commerce. He condemns arranging marriages as perquisite deals and warns such unions degrade the spirit of marriage, likening them to traffic akin to stock exchanges.
The piece highlights Cleveland's last message to Congress deemed the greatest state paper, focusing on Cuba. It outlines his stance, warning that once Spain cannot suppress the insurrection and Cuban sovereignty is extinct, U S obligations may supersede Spain. It urges delaying method choices until conditions demand action.
Mrs. C C Chambers aged sixty eight, longtime resident of Barnesville, died last Saturday at her Thomaston street home after months of illness. A faithful Methodist, she was beloved by relatives and friends. Funeral held Sunday at the Methodist church with Rev J R McClesky. interment in Greenwood cemetery by G L & C O Summers. Condolences extend to her bereaved family. An obituary will follow next week.
A speaker urges careful policy to avoid provoking emergencies and stresses restraint to protect national interests and humanity. The speech notes potential actions to aid Cuba and its people, aiming to secure peace and a fertile country allied with the United States.
Petition to create a corporate body named Georgia Underwear Company seeks authority to erect and operate a cotton and knit goods factory near Barnesville Pike County Georgia for twenty years with stock not less than eight thousand dollars and up to one hundred thousand. Capital already partly paid. petition filed December 5 1896 Pike Superior Court minutes transcript.
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