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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1897
Page
5
Announcement promotes new Barnesville store with large varied stock valued at $5,000 and deals on corn sugar syrups bran hay flour nails plows and more. Alerts readers to watch for lower prices and to bring barter items if without cash. Includes local society notes and movements of residents and officials.
An advertisement lists discounted items for housekeepers and travelers including cabbage ham onions and rice with prices. The page also reports residents visiting and recovering from illness, noting Miss Laura Mendes’s return to New York and updates on Rev J H Cline Mrs James M Cochrane and Mr M W Pattillo.
Prof E C Branson spoke at the Sunday B Y P U gathering on Come let us live with our children. The lecture impressed fathers and mothers with its strong message and was praised as one of the finest heard.
Misses Emory and Mitchell Connally entertained friends Saturday afternoon at Dr. J. H. Connally’s Forsyth Street home from three to six. The event featured lit parlors, decorative touches, dainty refreshments, recitations, and vocal and instrumental music by a large group including Irene Banks Gertrude Connally Annie Smith May Franklin Maude Murphey and Emory Connally The hostesses were praised for gracious hospitality with guests Mrs Connally and gentlemen Nall Jones and Henderson among the attendees.
Two story brick store and lot fronting Main Street in Barnesville, 31 feet by 78 feet, known as The Racket and formerly owned by C. C. Holmes. Rents well. Also 200 acres near Barnesville within a mile of the corporate limits, adjacent to the Central Railroad. Suburban farm potential. Details from Howard M. Smith at 314 Second St. Macon.
Auction style notice states a loan of 50 200 dollars to lenders on improved Pike pet farms, with J. J. Garland of The Rock Ga overseeing the arrangement.
Dr Cotter states his family held about four fifths of the bank stock but kept some shares and did not sell all. He describes the sale to Mr W S Witham to gain a controlling interest as strengthening the bank and notes his long friendship and trust in Witham while urging stockholders to understand the situation.
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