Barnesville Notes and Local Happenings
Local society notes report visits by Miss Mildred Steed and others in Gribh and Gainesville, a county court session brief, and reappointments and visits in nearby towns. Primary election near in Butts County, subscriptions rising, library discussion, fire relief, business moves in Forsyth and Barnesville, and Demorest's January issue highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Steed
Gribh
Alvis Stafford
Porsyth
Sallie Candler
Gainesville
C. McMichasel
Thomaston
Patiilo
Barnesville
W. Brown
Florida
For Sale and Arson Case in Barnesville
The H. P. E. W. Elderstock goods are for sale and their brick store room is for rent. Sheriff King of Macon county arrested Warren Wadkins for arson. he was arraigned before Judge W. D. Stone and bound over in $500 bond. Judge urged swift justice for the crime against Mr. Bush’s gin house near Barnesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P
E. W. Elderstock
C. C. Holmes
King
Maconroe County
Warren Wadkins
W. D. Stone
W. H.H. Bush
Barnesville
Bush
Warren
Stone
Rifle Shot Wounds Laborer in Dispute Over Levy Food
Last Saturday morning J W Colquitt shot George Martin after a dispute over levied fodder. George tried to shoot Colquitt with a pistol but fired unsuccessfully. The incident resulted from unsettled business and levies on George's effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Colquitt
George Martin
George
Mr. Colquitt
Pike County Cotton Yield Tops State Contests
The Gazette notes Pike County soil as highly productive. In the Gossypium contest, D. W. Perdue of Milner won the $200 premium with 1,545 pounds of clean lint from 700 pounds of fiber. Nearby entries include J. P. McLean with 1,086 pounds and others yielding 531 to 555 pounds. Also advertised are fresh confectioneries and cheap flour at J L Kennedys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Pike County
J. P. McLean
Messrs
G. W. Scott & Co
Messrs Scott & Co
D. W. Perdue
Milner
Gossy Pluin
McLeans
W. D. Burks
A. S. Moyes
Pike County Theft Targets Elections Court Controls
A Zebulon ballot box theft and loss of indictments from Pike County courts reveal ongoing weaknesses after a prior postwar moral decline. The Grand Jury had indicted whisky suppliers on election day, but the case docket was transferred and the indictments could not be found, limiting the county court's authority. The Gazette condemns the theft as harmful to county property and integrity and warns against attempts to influence elections or court justice by theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Zebulon
Pike Superior Court
Stewart
Pike County
Lady Compositors Learn to Set Type in Community Test
The newspaper opens its composing rooms to young women after Kate's communique. Three girls accept and rapidly learn to set type, while boys struggle to adjust after a room cleaning post October fire. Advocates say women should access independent, dignified work and possibly outrun sewing trades. An advertisement from J E Repding promotes sugar coffee salt lard and New Home sewing machines from R S Crutcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate
Sisters of the Household
Sweet Voices of Barnesville Girls Lingers in Community Memories
A Barnesville notice recalls a cherished resident born 1846 who joined the Missionary Baptist Church at fourteen and married J. L. Hunt in 1870. Her interment today sits beside sister Priscilla. The article praises local young women singers whose talent brightens church services, noting occasional lapses when voices fail and urging renewed youth participation in worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
God
Holy Angels
Monroe County
Missionary Baptist Church
J. L. Hunt
Priscilla
Parker's Tonic Promise of Reliable Health
All in the line of nature, Parker's Tonic is described as the best science based medicine using vegetable curatives that act on stomach, liver, kidneys and blood. The advertisement claims no imitation can match its efficacy and it cures those who doubted recovery, offering hope for you and your family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
T W. Lee
Greenville
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
The New York Independent praised by Pall Mall Gazette
The Pall Mall Gazette in London lauds The New York Independent as one of the ablest weeklies, comparing its breadth to a monthly or quarterly magazine. It highlights distinguished contributors in its story department including Sir Samuel W Baker Edward Everett Hale H W Lucy Harriet Prescott Spofford and Rebecca Harding Davis. It notes a recent late Ivan Tourgeneff story and urges readers to request a free sample copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
London England
New York Independent
The
Independent
Sir Samuel W Baker
W E Norris
H W Lucy
Edward Everett Hale
H.H. Boyesen
Saah O. Jewett
J.S
Dale
Rebecca Harding Davis
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Ivan Tourgeneff
City Council Minutes and Local Notices Highlight 1884 Meeting
The record notes the mayor and aldermen present and absent, bills approved for officers salaries and Pike County News, and a land plot sale authorized with papers in preparation. Actions include repainting and repairing Gordon Institute verandah, and forming a three member guardhouse committee. Also reported are sales by Crutcher furniture and debt collection notices, plus Judge McCay’s removal from court after mental decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Chambers
Gordon Institute
H. R. Chambers
P. F. Matthews
J. W. Hightower
KE. J. Murpury
G. Ef. Hueurey
Wonderful Efficacy of Browns Iron Bitters Testimony
Mr John P Daly of Gillisonville South Carolina testifies to Browns Iron Bitters curing dyspepsia fever age and general panity of the system He reports satisfactory results and urges others with run down systems to use the medicine The House votes down the proposition to tax professional baseball clubs and players by 107 to 50
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Daly
Gillisonville
Free Dr Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup Trial
An advertisement notes J W Hightower the Druggist offers a free bottle of Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup to those with coughs colds asthma consumption and throat and lung afflictions. The piece also lists various produce items and goods available at J L Kennedy's including nuts fruits cigars tobacco and fresh produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. Hightower
Bosanko
J. W. Hightower
Druggst
Wm. Thomas
Newton
Dr. King
J.w.hightower,s Drug Store
Poisoned by a Nurse and Swift's Specific Praised
An eyewitness account recalls a nurse poisoning a child eight years ago, years of suffering from blood taints, and eventual recovery after using Swift's Specific. The note praises the medicine as a blood purifier and credits a Greenville Alabama testimonial. Other ads claim Electric Bitters cure debility and announce trials of new remedies.
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Barnesville, Georgia
P. S
N. K. Cook & Co’s
Childrens
Ga, Cabaniss, Esq
State Lunatic Asylum
R. C. Fryer
Prialay
Butts County
W. J. Bridges
Spalding County
W. (. Carter
Upson County
Flo
D. Woodall
Augusta
Savannah
J. C. McMichael
J. CC. McMichael
Thomaston Street
Forsyth Street
Brown Avenue
C. W. Kitchings
J. M. McDowell
Barnesvill
New York Herald
Times
R. G. Matthews
Mr. Chambers
Jackson Street
Chambers
Mr. Matthews
Demorest
Illustrated
Charles Barnard
New Orleans
Jenny June
School of the
Charlotte Corday
Rger W. Cochran
T. W. Cochran & CO
Barnesville, Ga
Miurray
West Solomon Street
Griffin, Ga
Royal
Griffin
Murray & Word
Ladies Aid Society
J. T. Binlock
J. W. Starrorp
J. T. Bianoox
Pike
J. L. Kennedys
J. E. Repding
R. 8. Crutcher
Crutcher
Macon
J. E. Reppra
R. S. Crutcher
McCay
United States Court
Baltimore
Senate
Washington Monument
J. L. Kennedy’s
J L. Kenedy
J. L. Kennedy's
J. L. Kennedy
P. P. P. and
Carters
J. E. Reppines
W. H. Smith
Zebulon Street
Roya Baking Powder Co
N.Y. jJanél
Dobson
Arthur
New Orleans Exposition
Washington
J.w.hightower
W. F. Brown
Albany
Fannie Smith
Sinking Mountain
Tallulah
Levi Hottle
Corydon
Indiana
St. Jacobs Oil
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