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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1896
Page
1
A local business owner bids readers a cordial New Year greeting and pledges renewed efforts to meet customer needs. The note reflects gratitude for past success and expresses a commitment to improvement in the coming year.
The town will build a grand chapel for Gordon Institute after widespread public support. President Pound spoke to the city council at the invitation of Mayor Huguley, enabling immediate action with an architect appointed. Watch Barnesville grow.
A reflective column humorously treats bachelors as misfits yet clever suitors. Anecdotes include an old bachelor tricked by a library card, a solicitor mistaken for a married man, and a court clerk misreading evidence prompting a joke about Leap Year and marriage.
Jurors dodge danger when a crowbar falls through the ceiling during a trial. Judge Clark orders seats moved for safety while a country juror jokes that a reader would not be killed by the croviur as laughter erupts in the courtroom.
Milner begins work on new brick buildings replacing recently burned wooden stores. Col Hale starts first with rapid reconstruction, others follow. Col Gardner plans to wait until summer. Milner, a small town, shows resolve as it rebuilds and soon will look untouched by the fire.
The World's Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in leavening power as the Royal. The report highlights Royal as unmatched in purity and effectiveness among competing brands.
Mr T J Williamson purchased the corner lot beside Taylor's store from Barnesville Savings Bank. He plans a two story brick building 22 by 90 feet, with a store on the first floor and offices above, to start about March 1. The project enhances the public square and several store and office applications are on file.
Mr D Wiley of Black Creek New York once hobble with rheumatism using canes. After using Chamberlains Pain Balm he improved enough to throw away his canes. He claims the liniment did more good than all other medicines combined and recommends it at 50 cents a bottle by John H Blackburn Druggist.
Auditor Cotten presided as Murphrey-Bush arguments filled Thursday in chambers. The daylong session ended without a ruling and was postponed to Saturday due to an attorney’s illness. Judges Boynton Griffin and Cols Allen Berner Redding Rogers attended and argued for their sides.
A neat six room house with a good garden and barn is available for rent. The notice is signed by Mus R. J. Powis.
A retailer pledges to avoid old stock by frequent purchases and to offer fresh drugs of reliable quality. The shop emphasizes a strict standard, reasonable profits on all goods, and avoids overcharging by maintaining uniform margins.
Mr J G Smith buys Mrs Chandler’s vacant rear lot as his business expands. He plans an immense brick building covering most of the current plant site and will relocate some old structures to the Chandler parcel. Thus Barnesville grows.
The examination for County School Commissioner candidates occurs in Zebulon on Saturday February 15 1896. The County Board of Education will meet that day to elect the new term Commissioner. J O Bravoname presides. State School Commissioner sets the statewide election date January 30, 1896.
The Penny Racket, owned by the late Bessie G. Holmes, sold by Administrator Holmes Saturday at noon for 50 cents on the dollar. Stock invoiced about $1000 was bought by the J. C. Collier Co who will run the business at the same stand. Personal effects of the late C. C. Holmes were also sold.
The obituary notes the death of Henry Chambers Cheek son of Mr. John W. Cheek. He died Saturday at his father's home near town and was buried Monday morning at Piedmont. Rev. W P Clayton conducted the funeral. Smith handled the interment.
The Literary Club postpones its Tuesday meeting from next week to Tuesday evening February 18 due to preaching at the Methodist church.
Dr. J. M. Brittain preached at the Baptist church last Sunday and accepted the church’s call. He will move to Barnesville the last week in February and begin active duties by March first.
Public notice invites all U.S. readers to obtain a free book on opium and whisky diseases. Address B. M Woolley, Atlanta, Georgia, Box 387, and the volume will be sent at no cost.
Mr J H Collier of Collier's Station and Miss Corinne Evans married last Thursday at the bride's home. They receive congratulations from friends.
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine due to its large sales and a vast patient list. It claims thousands cured, asserts no other prep has a stronger cure record, and notes the need for a large laboratory to produce it.
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