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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1896
Page
1
Edar L. Rogers declares no more extending credit and orders immediate payment from all debtors by December first. He warns of legal action if unsettled and plans drastic price cuts on clothing and dress goods to clear stock this holiday season.
The Barnesville flower show drew strong attendance and praise for a refined floriculture display. Marriage notices include W. C. Tordan and Bessie Holmes at the Holmes home on Thomaston Street, with Tordan lauded as a trusted book-keeper.
Editor recalls a large flower exhibition at Uncle Jack Smith's Repository last week praising Barnesville ladies for a stunning display. He travels from Brunswick to Key West and Cuba, yet notes nothing surpasses the Barnesville exhibit and extols flowers as symbols of taste and Christian refinement.
The Barnesville Floral Club presented a notable chrysanthemum and flower show at Jackson G. Smith’s repository last Friday. Ladies led by Mrs. Walter B. Smith and Mrs. Charles T. Tyler organized a large, elegant display with prizes awarded to Mrs. A J Blalock Mrs. R A Stafford Mrs J M Stafford and others. The event attracted a steady stream of visitors, raised about fifty dollars for the Presbyterian church, and plans for a larger display next year were set, with Barnesville hailed as a growing floral center in Georgia.
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